JOE TURNER'S INFLUENCE ON THE BLUES AND R&B CAN NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED. HE WAS AWESOME. HERE ARE THREE EARLY GREATS..."HONEY HUSH", "T.V. MAMA" AND "OKE-SHE-MOKE-SHE-PO P"
HERE IS ANOTHER MEDLEY OF SONGS OF THE WONDERFUL DRIFTERS FEATURING CLYDE MCPHATTER. "WHAT'CHA GONNA DO" ..."THREE THIRTY THREE" AND "HONEY LOVE" . REALLY... MUSIC DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THE DRIFTERS.
NEW YORK GROUP HAD A HUGE TWO SIDED HIT IN THE NORTHEAST IN 1958. JULIUS McMICHAEL
IS THE FALSETTO LEAD ON "TWILIGHT" AND BEN FRAZIER THE LEAD ON "VOWS OF LOVE"
A LEGEND HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, MAURICE WILLIAMS WROTE TWO OF THE ALLTIME CLASSICS "LITTLE DARLING" AND "STAY" AT THE AGE OF 13. HE WAS JUST 16 WHEN HE AND HIS GROUP THE GLADIOLAS RECORDED "LITTLE DARLING". STILL ACTIVE TODAY MAURICE WILLIAMS RECORDED THE "STAY" ALBUM IN 1961.HERE ARE "WE'RE LOVERS'...."RUNNING AROUND" AND "THE NEARNESS OF YOU".
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