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1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min. The... more

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Wynonie Harris: Wynonie Harris - Rocks (CD)

1-CD (Digipak) with 36 page booklet, 30 tracks. Total playing time approx. 79 min.

The wild voice of jump blues – raw, raunchy, and revolutionary.
Features Harris’ biggest R&B hits, including "Good Rockin' Tonight" – later covered by Elvis, Buddy Holly & James Brown
Prime King Records recordings from the late 1940s and early ’50s
With top-tier saxophonists like Hal "Cornbread" Singer, Johnny Griffin, and Red Prysock
High-quality Bear Family remastering and detailed booklet
A must-have for early rock’n’roll and R&B fans

Wynonie Harris – "Mr. Blues" – was loud, bold, and wildly entertaining. His songs about liquor, women, and nightlife defined postwar rhythm & blues and paved the way for rock ’n’ roll.
From hits like "Lollipop Mama" and "Good Morning Judge" to bangers like "Rock Mr. Blues" and "Quiet Whiskey" – this collection captures him at full power.
Available now from Bear Family Records – explosive, historic, and 100% real.

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Interpret: Wynonie Harris
Album titlle: Wynonie Harris - Rocks (CD)
Label Bear Family Records
Preiscode AR
Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
Artikelart CD
Genre Rock & Roll
EAN: 4000127177469
weight in Kg 0.115

Harris, Wynonie - Wynonie Harris - Rocks (CD) CD 1
01	Rock Mr. Blues	Wynonie Harris
02	Good Rockin' Tonight	Wynonie Harris
03	Blodshot Eyes	Wynonie Harris
04	Quiet Whiskey	Wynonie Harris
05	Just Like Two Drops Of Water	Wynonie Harris
06	Git With The Grits	Wynonie Harris
07	Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town	Wynonie Harris
08	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	Wynonie Harris
09	That's Me Right Now	Wynonie Harris
10	Bite Again, Bite Again	Wynonie Harris
11	Adam Come And Get Your Rib	Wynonie Harris
12	Rot Gut	Wynonie Harris
13	Good Morning Judge	Wynonie Harris
14	My Playful Baby's Gone	Wynonie Harris
15	Lovin' Machine	Wynonie Harris
16	Git To Gittin' Baby	Wynonie Harris
17	Drinkin' Wine Spoo-Dee-O-Dee	Wynonie Harris
18	All Night Long	The Royals feat. Wynonie Harris
19	Blowin' To California	Wynonie Harris
20	Lollipop Mama	Wynonie Harris
21	All She Wants To Is Mambo	Wynonie Harris
22	Shake That Thing	Wynonie Harris
23	Keep On Churnin' ('Til The Butter Comes)	Wynonie Harris
24	I Want My Fanny Brown	Wynonie Harris
25	Sittin' On It All The Time	Wynonie Harris
26	Grandma Plays The Numbers	Wynonie Harris
27	Good Mambo Tonight	Wynonie Harris
28	I Feel That Old Age Coming On	Wynonie Harris
29	Bad News Baby (There'll Be No Rockin' Tonight)	Wynonie Harris
30	Wasn't That Good	Wynonie Harris

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"Wynonie Harris"

Wynonie Harris had an ego as big as his voice and a string of jumping hits for Cincinnati-based King Records that were a direct harbinger of the rock and roll revolution to come.

The Omaha product was born August 24, 1913 and got into show business as a dancer before shifting his focus to singing. He belted the blues in Omaha during the second half of the '30s, then relocated to L.A. in 1940, where he starred at the prestigious Club Alabam on Central Avenue and was tagged with the nickname 'Mr. Blues.' Harris joined Lucky Millinder's big band in 1944 as one of its resident vocalists and cut his first sides with them but was back on his own by year's end. He cut for Philo and Apollo in 1945, scoring two hits for the latter, and Bullet and Aladdin in '46. Then Syd Nathan inked him to King Records in 1947 and Wynonie's fortunes took off for the moon.

Harris turned Roy Brown down flat when the young singer offered him Good Rockin' Tonight but had no qualms about covering Brown's DeLuxe version, which gave Wynonie his first #1 R&B smash. Hits came fast and heavy after that, many reflecting Wynonie's ribald persona: Lolly Pop Mama, the '49 chart-topper All She Wants To Do Is Rock and its flip I Want My Fanny Brown, Sittin' On It All The Time, I Like My Baby's Pudding, and Good Morning Judge in 1950, the country-rooted Bloodshot Eyes in '51, and the lyrically surreal Lovin' Machine the next year.

Seldom using guitar in a prominent role, Harris made a rare exception on Shake That Thing, a salacious ditty cut April 14, 1954 at King's Cincy in-house studio with pianist Sonny Thompson's band (anchored by bassist James Royal and drummer Philip Paul). Kansas City guitarist Clarence 'Sonny' Kenner glides into a twangy break that greatly enhances the leering number, which Wynonie claimed to have written even though it went all the way back to 1925 and banjo-playing songster Papa Charlie Jackson.

Like most of his postwar R&B peers, Harris couldn't weather the rock 'n' roll storm. His fall from grace wasn't pretty. Later singles for Atco, King again, and Roulette were mere shadows of Wynonie's former lusty output, and a '64 Chess date was shelved. Throat cancer killed Mr. Blues on June 14, 1969 in L.A.

Bill Dahl aus PLUG IT IN! TURN IT UP! Electric Blues 1939-2005 - The Definitive Collection! - "Plug It In! Turn It Up! - Electric Blues 1939 - 2005" auf Bear Family Records hat bei den Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tenneessee, am 9. Mai den prestigetraechtigen Preis in der Kategorie 'Bestes historisches Album' erhalten. Die einzigartige, 12-teilige CD-Dokumentation vermittelt erstmals einen umfassenden Blick auf die Geschichte dieses bedeutsamen Genres, unabhaengig von Grenzen, die einzelne Plattenfirmen aufzeigen. Unser Autor Bill Dahl aus Chicago war vor Ort und nahm den Preis vor etwa 1.300 Bluesmusikern, Journalisten und Fans entgegen. Die Blues Music Awards, die alljaehrlich in Memphis fuer die besten Blues-Veroeffentlichungen verliehen werden, gelten als wichtigste Auszeichnung weltweit und werden auch als 'Oscars des Blues' bezeichnet..

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