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From Gold Star, Deluxe sides. Track Listing: Deep Sea Driver / Bye Baby Bye / Good Rockin' Tonight / Lolly Pop Mama / Special Lesson No. 1 / Woman's A Wonderful Thing / Mighty, Mighty Man / Miss Fanny Brown / Whose Hat Is that? / Long 'Bout Midnight / 'F
Personnel includes: Roy Brown (vocals); Johnny Fontennette (tenor saxophone); Teddy Riley (trumpet); Edward Santineo (piano); Louis Sargent (guitar); Tommy Shelvin (bass); Frank Parker (drumes).
Principally recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana between 1947 & 1949. Includes liner notes by Dave Penny.
With his gospel-inflected vocals, full of melismatic swoops and sighs, and a penchant for speeded-up jump blues songs with strong sax lines, Roy Brown created the very template for early rock & roll in the late 1940s and early '50s. This first installment in Classics Records' chronological survey of Brown's recorded work includes both sides of his rare first single, "Deep Sea Diver" b/w "Bye Baby Bye," cut for the Houston independent Gold Star Records in 1947, and then moves on to feature his initial sides for the Braun Brothers' DeLuxe Records imprint, the first of which was the seminal "Good Rockin' Tonight," which Wynonie Harris turned into a huge hit with a cover version. Brown wrote nearly all of his material, and the nascent roots of rock & roll are clearly outlined in his songs. That he is so little known to the public at large is a complete shame, particularly since many music historians have cited "Good Rockin' Tonight" as arguably the first true rock & roll record. If so, then this is where it all began. ~ Steve Leggett
Roy Brown 1947-1949 Songs | 1. | Deep Sea Diver - Roy Brown | |
| 2. | Bye Baby Bye - Roy Brown | |
| 3. | Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown | |
| 4. | Lolly Pop Mama - Roy Brown | |
| 5. | Special Lesson, No. 1 - Roy Brown | |
| 6. | Woman's A Wonderful Thing - Roy Brown | |
| 7. | Mighty, Mighty Man - Roy Brown | |
| 8. | Miss Fanny Brown | |
| 9. | Whose Hat Is That | |
| 10. | Long About Midnight | |
| 11. | 'Fore Day In The Mornin' | |
| 12. | Rainy Weather Blues | |
| 13. | Miss Fanny Brown Returns | |
| 14. | Roy Brown Boogie | |
| 15. | Judgement Day Blues | |
| 16. | Rockin' At Midnight | |
| 17. | Please Don't Go | |
| 18. | Ridin' High | |
| 19. | Boogie At Midnight | |
| 20. | Blues Got Me Again | |
| 21. | I Feel That Young Man's Rhythm | |
| 22. | End Of My Journey | |
| 23. | Butcher Pete, Pt. 1 | |
| 24. | Butcher Pete, Pt. 1 | |
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