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Varetta Dillard: Varetta Dillard Vol.2 (CD)

Signed by Savoy Records she had her first recording session with the company in September 1951. Although her early singles were commercially unsuccessful, she was invited by Alan Freed to perform at the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland on March 21, 1952. Because of concerns over crowd safety, the concert was shut down by the authorities after the first song, and in the event Dillard did not perform. However, her next record, 'Easy, Easy Baby', reached no. 8 on the Billboard R&B charts in July 1952. She then toured with Oran 'Hot Lips' Page and The Five Keys before the record company paired her with singer H-Bomb Ferguson for a series of duets. She had her biggest hit in mid 1953 with 'Mercy, Mr. Percy', which reached no. 6 on the R&B charts. The song was nationally popular and became her theme song, but she had difficulty following it up. Her next major success and final chart hit came in early 1955 when she recorded 'Johnny Has Gone', a tribute to singer Johnny Ace who had died as a result of an accidentally self-inflicted gunshot - the so-called 'Russian Roulette'. Dillard's recording was one of the most popular of several tributes to Ace and reached no. 6 on the R&B charts. She went on tour again and starred in the first Rock'n'Roll show in New Jersey in May 1955. She left the Savoy label in early 1956 and signed for the RCA subsidiary Groove where she issued several singles including a tribute to James Dean, 'I Miss You Jimmy'. In 1957 she moved from its subsidairy to the mother label RCA Victor. With the producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller she recorded several tracks backed by The Cookies but finally again unsuccessful commercially. She was dropped by the label in early 1958. She went on to record for the Triumph label set up by Herb Abramson of Atlantic Records fame. Then she moved to MGM's subsidairy Club Records. Her last recordings were done in 1961.

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Interpret: Varetta Dillard
Album titlle: Varetta Dillard Vol.2 (CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label ROCK'N'RHYTHM
Artikelart CD
EAN: 4000127801067
weight in Kg 0.1

Dillard, Varetta - Varetta Dillard Vol.2 (CD) CD 1
01	No Kinda Good, No How	Varetta Dillard
02	That's Why I Cry	Varetta Dillard
03	Undecided	Varetta Dillard
04	If (You Want To Be My Baby)	Varetta Dillard
05	One More Time	Varetta Dillard
06	Skinny Jimmy	Varetta Dillard
07	Leave A Happy Fool Alone	Varetta Dillard
08	I Got A Lot Of Love	Varetta Dillard
09	Star Of Fortune	Varetta Dillard
10	Just Multiply	Varetta Dillard
11	The Night Is Never Long Enough	Varetta Dillard
12	Teaser	Varetta Dillard
13	Mercy Mr Percy	Varetta Dillard
14	What Can I Say	Varetta Dillard
15	Hey Sweet Love	Varetta Dillard
16	A Little Bitty Tear	Varetta Dillard
17	You Ain't Foolin' Nobody	Varetta Dillard
18	Scorched	Varetta Dillard
19	Easy, Easy Baby	Varetta Dillard
20	Love And Wine	Varetta Dillard
21	I Can't Stop Now	Varetta Dillard
22	Love That Man	Varetta Dillard
23	Send Me Some Money	Varetta Dillard
24	Getting Ready For My Daddy	Varetta Dillard
25	So Many Ways	Varetta Dillard
26	I Cried And Cried	Varetta Dillard
27	I'm Yours	Varetta Dillard
28	Three Lies	Varetta Dillard
29	You're The Answer To My Prayer	Varetta Dillard

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The song was nationally popular and became her theme song, but she had difficulty following it up. Her next major success, and final chart hit came in early 1955 when she recorded 'Johnny Has Gone', a tribute to singer Johnny Ace who had died as a result of an accidentally self-inflicted gunshot – the so-called 'Russian Roulette'. Dillard's recording was one of the most popular of several tributes to Ace and reached no. 6 on the R&B charts. She went on tour again and starred in the first Rock'n'Roll show in New Jersey in May 1955. She left the Savoy label in early 1956 and signed for the RCA subsidiary label Groove, where she issued several singles including a tribute to James Dean, 'I Miss You Jimmy'. In 1957, she moved from its subsidairy to the mother label RCA Victor.

With the producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller she recorded several tracks backed by The Cookies but finally again unsuccessful commercially. She was dropped by the label in early 1958. She went on to record for the Triumph label set up by Herb Abramson of Atlantic Records fame. Then she moved to MGM's subsidairy Club Records. Her last recordings were done in 1961.

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