Wilbert Harrison The Very Best Of Wilbert Harrison (2-CD)

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Wilbert Harrison: The Very Best Of Wilbert Harrison (2-CD)

(2016/One Day) 40 Tracks - Deluxe Digipack - With liner notes, rare photos and recording data! Original recordings 1953-1962!

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Interpret: Wilbert Harrison
Album titlle: The Very Best Of Wilbert Harrison (2-CD)
Genre R&B, Soul
Label ONE DAY MUSIC
Artikelart CD
EAN: 5060255182987
weight in Kg 0.1

Harrison, Wilbert - The Very Best Of Wilbert Harrison (2-CD) CD 1
01	Kansas City	Wilbert Harrison
02	Off To Work Again	Wilbert Harrison
03	C.C. Rider	Wilbert Harrison
04	1960	Wilbert Harrison
05	The Ways Of A Woman	Wilbert Harrison
06	Happy In Love	Wilbert Harrison
07	Confessin' My Dream	Wilbert Harrison
08	I Know My Baby Loves Me	Wilbert Harrison
09	Letter Edged In Black	Wilbert Harrison
10	Da-De-Ya-Da (Anything For You)	Wilbert Harrison
11	Confused	Wilbert Harrison
12	Little School Girl	Wilbert Harrison
13	Jeanie	Wilbert Harrison
14	Baby Don't You Know	Wilbert Harrison
15	Drafted	Wilbert Harrison
16	Calypso Man	Wilbert Harrison
17	Kansas City Twist	Wilbert Harrison
18	Why Did You Leave	Wilbert Harrison
19	Pledging	Wilbert Harrison
20	Don't Drop It	Wilbert Harrison

Harrison, Wilbert - The Very Best Of Wilbert Harrison (2-CD) CD 2
01	Let's Stick Together	Wilbert Harrison
02	Off To School Again	Wilbert Harrison
03	The Horse	Wilbert Harrison
04	Broke	Wilbert Harrison
05	Since I Fell For You	Wilbert Harrison
06	Gonna Tell You A Story	Wilbert Harrison
07	After Graduation	Wilbert Harrison
08	Calypso Dance	Wilbert Harrison
09	Baby Don't You Know (Alternate Take)	Wilbert Harrison
10	Cool Water	Wilbert Harrison
11	The Way I Feel	Wilbert Harrison
12	Darling, Listen To This Song	Wilbert Harrison
13	Don't Wreck My Life	Wilbert Harrison
14	Florida Special	Wilbert Harrison
15	This Woman Of Mine	Wilbert Harrison
16	My Heart Is Yours	Wilbert Harrison
17	Cheating Baby	Wilbert Harrison
18	My Love Is True	Wilbert Harrison
19	Listen, My Darling	Wilbert Harrison
20	Goodbye Kansas City	Wilbert Harrison

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Wilbert Harrison

Kansas City has been a hallowed standard for so long that it’s easy to forget that prior to Wilbert Harrison’s across-the-board chart-topping rendition for Bobby Robinson’s Fury label, cut in February of 1959, the song had been a dud. Texas pianist Little Willie Littlefield cut the original of the Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller composition in ’52 for Federal to no avail, and Little Richard’s torrid mid-‘50s versions for Specialty didn’t see light of day at the time.

Harrison persuaded Robinson to cut the number, the Harlem record entrepreneur obliging with a session that Wilbert didn’t arrive at until the band was packing up its gear. Bobby coughed up an extra few bucks to rent the joint for another 15 minutes, Harrison sat down at the 88s, and promptly cut a classic. Its off-kilter rhythm was complemented by the barbed-wire lead guitar and chomping chording of New York session ace Wild Jimmy Spruill. Unfortunately, Wilbert didn’t inform Bobby that he wasn’t its author, and he was greeted by an avalanche of covers. Still, Wilbert ended up sitting atop the pop and R&B charts that spring. They were listening down in Jamaica as well; the song’s offbeat rhythm probably helped launch the ska movement.

Born January 5, 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Harrison’s approach was a weird mixture of country, R&B, gospel, even calypso. After exiting the Navy in 1950, Wilbert landed in Miami, a city whose R&B recording scene was presided over by Henry Stone. Harrison made his debut sides for Stone’s Glades logo in ’53 and cut more for Chart and DeLuxe before heading off to Newark, New Jersey and signing with the Savoy label. Wilbert’s eclectic Savoy output commenced in mid-’54 and took him into 1957, when he was shown the door by Savoy boss Herman Lubinsky.

Harrison thought he was free of contractual obligations when Kansas City tore up the charts, but Lubinsky thought otherwise, leading to more litigation. But Wilbert stayed on Fury, making more 45s (Cheating Baby, the sequel Goodbye Kansas City, The Horse, and his memorable Fury farewell Let’s Stick Together) without equaling his shining moment. But he did emerge triumphant a decade later, reworking the last title into the brotherhood ode Let’s Work Together for Juggy Murray’s Sue imprint. It proved a sizable pop hit that also attracted its share of covers.

Sometimes working as a one-man band, Harrison kept on performing even after the recording opportunities dried up. He died October 26, 1994 in Spencer, North Carolina. The metropolis of Kansas City was far better for his efforts.

Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois

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