Knight, Sonny: Confidentially Dedicated To You: Los Angeles R&B Classics 1953-1961
Knight, Sonny: Confidentially Dedicated To You: Los Angeles R&B Classics 1953-1961
Format: CD
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Artist: Knight, Sonny
Label: Jasmine Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 604988120820
Genre: Soul/R & B
One of the few R&B artists of the 50s and 60s to have ever written a successful (and brilliant) novel about the music business - "The Day The Music Died", under his birth name of Joseph C Smith - Sonny Knight epitomised the Los Angeles R&B scene of 70 years ago with his mellow tunes and cool vocals. Although he only ever had one chart hit of note in the 1950s - the much covered 'Confidential' - his influence of a generation of young R&B artists is undeniable. And even now he's beloved of the East Los Angeles 'lowrider' music scene, particularly when an 'Oldies But Goodies' dance is in session. Sonny released a couple of dozen singles in a career that spanned just the one dozen years or so, mostly label hopping with some frequency and often from record to record. This is not a reflection on their quality which - as you will hear from Jasmine's new collection of as many as we could fit onto one CD - is uniformly high. Ballads and downtempo were Sonny's chief stock in trade, but he was equally adept at making rock 'n' roll - 'Jail Bird', 'Keep A Walking' and 'Teenage Party' for example, not to mention the big Jamaican 50s sound system favourite 'But Officer', a tongue in cheek discourse on the Los Angeles Police Department's attitude to errant drivers. It is, however, for 'Confidential' and his other timeless classic 'Dedicated To You' that Sonny the singer-songwriter will always be best remembered, and anyone unfamiliar with the rest of his repertoire will find plenty more where they came from here. This is the first time Sonny's music has been anthologised on CD in more than thirty years, and the first time it has been digitally anthologised this extensively. Jasmine is sure that Sonny's Oldie But Goodies will appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in vintage Rhythm And Blues as it moved towards the early soul years.
Tracks:
1.1 Lonesome Shadows - Sonny Knight
1.2 But Officer - Sonny Knight
1.3 Dear Wonderful God - Sonny Knight
1.4 Baby Come Back - Sonny Knight
1.5 Baby Don't Want Me - Sonny Knight with the Bumps Blackwell Band
1.6 Keep A-Walkin - Sonny Knight with the Bumps Blackwell Band
1.7 Short Walk - Joe Smith
1.8 Dedicated to You - Joe Smith
1.9 Jail Bird - Sonny Knight with the Jack Collier Orchestra
1.10 Confidential - Sonny Knight with the Jack Collier Orchestra
1.11 End of a Dream - Sunny Knight
1.12 Worthless and Lowdown - Sunny Knight
1.13 Lovesick Blues - Sonny Knight
1.14 Insha Allah - Sonny Knight
1.15 One Day - a Sonny Knight Arrangement
1.16 Down Below - a Sonny Knight Arrangement
1.17 So Wonderful - Sonny Knight
1.18 Just Talkin' - Sonny Knight
1.19 School's Out - Sonny Knight
1.20 Once in a While - Sonny Knight
1.21 Lonely Room - Sunny Knight
1.22 Madness - Sunny Knight
1.23 Teenage Party - Sonny Knight
1.24 Lipstick Kisses - Sonny Knight and the Cleeshays
1.25 Eat Your Mush and Hush - Sonny Knight and the Cleeshays
1.26 Debbie - Sonny Knight
1.27 Touch of Love - Sonny Knight
1.28 Barbara - Sonny Knight
1.29 I'm Lost Without You - Sonny Knight
1.30 Mission of the Padres - Sonny Knight
1.31 Who in the World - Sonny Knight
1.32 Saving My Love for You - Sonny Knight
