Parker, Junior: Singles Collection 1952-62
Parker, Junior: Singles Collection 1952-62
Format: CD
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Artist: Parker, Junior
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 824046333720
Genre: Blues
Born in Mississippi in 1932, Herman "Junior" Parker moved with his family to Memphis in the '40s and grew up surrounded by the blues, learning harmonica and being mentored by the great Sonny Boy Williamson. He toured with Howlin' Wolf and then with B.B. King and Bobby Bland in The Beale Streeters before forming The Blue Flames, and being spotted by Ike Turner, who recorded him for Modern Records. He signed to Sam Phillips' Sun Records, before moving to the Duke label. He had developed what one critic called a "honeyed, velvet-smooth" voice, and as another writer said, "deserted downhome harmonica blues for uptown blues-soul music", having ten R&B and pop hits during the '50s and into the 1960s. This 50-track 2-CD set comprises all the A & B sides he released on the Modern, Sun and Duke labels in this era, and naturally features all his hits during this key first decade of his career, when he had all his Top 20 hits. It features the Top 10 R&B entries "Feelin' Good", "Next Time You See Me", "In The Dark", "Driving Wheel" and "Annie Get Yout Yo-Yo". It also includes his original version of "Mystery Train", recorded for Sun, which Elvis Presley recorded a couple of years later. It's a fine showcase for an artist who has not generally had the attention which he merits and who was a fine songwriter, as well as a top-class and distinctive blues stylist.
Tracks:
1.1 You're My Angel
1.2 Bad Women, Bad Whiskey
1.3 Feelin' Good
1.4 Fussin' and Fightin' Blues
1.5 Mystery Train
1.6 Love My Baby
1.7 Can't Understand
1.8 Dirty Friend Blues
1.9 Sittin' Drinkin' and Thinkin'
1.10 Please Baby Blues
1.11 Backtracking
1.12 I Wanna Ramble
1.13 There Better Not Be No Feet (In Them Shoes)
1.14 Driving Me Mad
1.15 Mother-In-Law Blues
1.16 That's My Baby
1.17 Next Time You See Me
1.18 My Dolly Bee
1.19 That's All Right
1.20 Pretty Baby
1.21 Pretty Little Doll
1.22 Peaches
1.23 Sitting and Thinking
1.24 Wondering
2.1 Barefoot Rock
2.2 What Did I Do
2.3 Sweet Home Chicago
2.4 Sometimes
2.5 Five Long Years
2.6 I'm Holding on
2.7 Stranded
2.8 Blue Letter
2.9 Dangerous Woman
2.10 Belinda Marie
2.11 You're on My Mind
2.12 The Next Time
2.13 That's Just Alright
2.14 I'll Learn to Love Again
2.15 Stand By Me
2.16 I'll Forget About You
2.17 Seven Days
2.18 Driving Wheel
2.19 How Long Can This Go on
2.20 In the Dark
2.21 Annie Get Your Yo-Yo
2.22 Mary Jo
2.23 Sweeter As the Days Go By
2.24 I Feel Alright Again
2.25 Someone Somewhere
2.26 Foxy Devil
Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.
