Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
WANG DANG DOODLE Fire Tease Your Man Koko Taylor released Wang Dang Doodle, written by Willie Dixon, an incredibly industrious Blues writer and performer at CHESS Records in Chicago. On this track Willie Dixon helps Koko with supporting vocals. He originally wrote it for Howlin Wolf who recorded a great blues version. Ko Ko’s version … Read more
The Blues Harp Master Junior Wells often played with a specially made hat. He appeared in the Blues Brothers 2000 film. His track Use Me – is terrific. Born 9th December 1934 – Memphis, Tennessee Died 15th January 15 1998 Junior Wells – Wikipedia
Gangster Of Love -/keen/later – King, USA 1957 ‘Cuttin’ In.’ (1958) ‘Mercy, Mercy, Mercy‘ Its Better To Cry Too Late (With Larry Williams) A Quitter Never Wins (With Larry Williams) Big Bad Wolf- USA import MAGNUM Jimi Hendrix thought very highly of Johnny Guitar Watson. There is no doubt he was a brilliant blues guitarist, well deserving … Read more
I Won’t Cry – 1958 – Re-Released – 1969 SSS Int. Label USA Release Me I Can’t Be All Bad Reconsider Me Johnny Adams started out in New Orleans on the JOKOMO label in the late 1950’s A K A “the Tan Canary” doing albums of songwriters Doc Pomus and Percy Mayfield. Before all that … Read more
Loop de Loop – 1963 More, More, More Love, Love, Love – Johnny Thunder 1964 Produced by Bert Berns, Johnny Thunder was born plain old Gil Hamilton. He sang with The Drifters for a while before Ben E. King left to go solo.
You Talk Too Much – 1960 Old Twisted Wheel Manchester was the place to hear this recorded by Joe Jones.Also recorded by and Frankie Ford. and Clarence Frogman Henry. The lyrics basically complain that the girlfriend talks too much and should just shut up… Joe was also a New Orleans record producer. and he discovered … Read more
Steal Away – Vee Jay USA – Pye International UK 1964 (re-done by Johnnie Taylor 1970) I’m Qualified – 1966 Neighbor Neighbor – Atlantic 1967 Why Not Tonight – 1967 HI-HEEL SNEAKERS – ATCO 1015 It Ain’t What You’ve Got It’s 1967: and Jimmy Hughes is everywhere. Unmistakably, here again is that STAX sound popping … Read more
Opportunity- Dimension 1964/ Colpix UK But I Do Gotta Find a Way Hearts Of Stone (1954) Amazing what you could get for three pence from the deletions box at Moston Lane Manchester’s record shop in 1964. Sandra Bears, Grace Ruffin, Margie Clark and Carrie Mingo from Washington formed the group called The Impalas who then … Read more
The Birds and The Bees Who is Laurel Aitken in relation to Jewel Akens? Strange that both names are so similar and they both recorded the same song The Birds And The Bees. A hit in 1965, The Birds and the Bees, with its bouncing riff got to number three on the USA Billboard pop … Read more
Sad Girl – 1963 Performed by Jay WigginsWritten by Jay Wiggins, Lloyd Smith Jay Wiggins released Sad Girl in 1963. It was a Twisted Wheel/Blue Note favourite. It was also used on the soundtrack for the film A Place Of Our Own.