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Roy Brown: Roy Brown - Rocks (CD)
- Roy Brown, one of the all-time greats of early rhythm 'n' blues and jointly responsible for the breakthrough success of rock and roll - ROCKS!
- His Good Rocking Tonight from 1948 is regarded as an epitome of early rocking R&B and constitutes a cornerstone of R'n'R!
- That rocker and 29 additional tunes in the most comprehensive CD series on Bear Family Records® are pure energy from a fantastic blues shouter!
- The album features recordings from 1948-51 (DeLuxe), 1952-55 (King), 1956-58 (Imperial) and 1960 (Home of the Blues), including Rockin' At Midnight, Boogie At Midnight, Butcher Pete, Hurry Hurry Baby, Gal From Kokomo and Ain't No Rocking No More.
- Carefully mastered and accompanied by a detailed biography of Bill Dahl in the illustrated 36-page booklet, this CD fits seamlessly into the series of great rockers in our ROCKS series!
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Interpret: Roy Brown
Album titlle: Roy Brown - Rocks (CD)
Label Bear Family Records
- Preiscode AR
- Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Artikelart CD
Genre Rock & Roll
EAN: 4000127177490
- weight in Kg 0.115
Brown, Roy - Roy Brown - Rocks (CD) CD 1 | ||||
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01 | Saturday Night | Roy Brown | ||
02 | Butcher Pete -part I | Roy Brown | ||
03 | Rocking All The Time | Roy Brown | ||
04 | I've Got The Last Laugh Now | Roy Brown | ||
05 | I'm Ready To Play | Roy Brown | ||
06 | Good Rockin' Man | Roy Brown | ||
07 | Train Time Blues | Roy Brown | ||
08 | Good Rockin' Tonight | Roy Brown | ||
09 | Gal From Kokomo | Roy Brown | ||
10 | Mr. Hound Dog's In Town | Roy Brown | ||
11 | Riding High | Roy Brown | ||
12 | Rocking At Midnight | Roy Brown | ||
13 | Let The Four Winds Blow | Roy Brown | ||
14 | Good Man Blues | Roy Brown | ||
15 | Cadillac Baby | Roy Brown | ||
16 | Hip Shakin' Baby | Roy Brown | ||
17 | Hurry Hurry Baby (alt. version) | Roy Brown | ||
18 | Rock-A-Bye Baby | Roy Brown | ||
19 | Shake 'em Up Baby | Roy Brown | ||
20 | Love Don't Love Nobody | Roy Brown | ||
21 | Boogie At Midnight | Roy Brown | ||
22 | Black Diamond | Roy Brown | ||
23 | We're Goin' Rockin' Tonight | Roy Brown | ||
24 | Bar Room Blues | Roy Brown | ||
25 | Ain't Gonna Do It | Roy Brown | ||
26 | Beautician Blues | Roy Brown | ||
27 | New Rebecca | Roy Brown | ||
28 | Letter From Home | Roy Brown | ||
29 | Butcher Pete -part II | Roy Brown | ||
30 | Ain't No Rockin' No More | Roy Brown |
Roy Brown and His Mighty Mighty Men
With his huge vocal roar and a band that could melt paint off the walls of any juke joint, Roy Brown anticipated the rise of rock and roll. In fact, he spread the news in 1947 with his epochal Good Rocking Tonight, which he wrote and cut in New Orleans for DeLuxe, though Wynonie Harris' cover was the bigger hit.
B.B. King, Bobby Bland, and Jackie Wilson were all deeply influenced vocally by Roy, whose melismatic flights were direct precursors to soul. Odd, then, that Roy's early idol was Bing Crosby! Born September 10, 1925 in New Orleans, Brown was gigging in Galveston when Good Rocking Tonight came to him. He offered it to Harris, who haughtily turned it down. Pianist Cecil Gant was more impressed, contacting Jules Braun of DeLuxe Records in Linden, New Jersey in Brown's behalf. Braun came down to the Crescent City and supervised as Roy laid down his debut classic at Cosimo Matassa's fledgling J&M Studios. But Wynonie changed his mind and covered Good Rocking Tonight, ending up with an R&B chart-topper.
That kicked off an incredible hitmaking streak for Brown on DeLuxe. His 'Long About Midnight topped the R&B charts in late 1948; Boogie At Midnight nearly did the same in '49, and the harrowing Hard Luck Blues was his second number one hit in 1950. Love Don't Love Nobody made it to #2 R&B in late '50; backed by his own Mighty Mighty Men (trumpeter Wilbur Harden, saxists Johnny Fontennette and Leroy 'Batman' Rankin, pianist Edward Santineo, bassist Ike Isaacs, drummer Calvin Shields, and New Orleans guitarist Edgar Blanchard, a very inventive presence), it's a typically exciting tour de force for its writer.
Brown transferred over to King Records in 1952 and the hits mysteriously ceased, despite the singer releasing some of his most thrilling rockers over the next three years. The singer signed with Imperial in '56, trying to cope with the onslaught of the music he'd boldly predicted nearly a decade earlier. Roy enjoyed a 1957 hit with producer Dave Bartholomew's Let The Four Winds Blow, but the handwriting was on the wall. He occasionally recorded throughout the '60s and mounted something of a comeback over the next decade before a heart attack ended this mighty, mighty man's bid on May 25, 1981 in his adopted hometown of Los Angeles.
Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois
TOP compilation!
A great selection of his 'King' and 'Imperial' output!
Rocking All The Time
superb compilation

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