

Blue Velvet – Bobby Lester & The Moonglows – Chess 1961ġ8. Twelve Months Of The Year – Harvey & The Moonglows – Chess 1959ġ7. Mean Old Blues – Harvey & The Moonglows – Chess 1958ġ6. Ten Commandments Of Love – Harvey & The Moonglows – Chess 1958ġ5. GREAT 78 – I Knew From The Start – The Moonglows – Chess 1956ġ4. Sweeter Than Words – The Moonglows – Chess 1958ġ3. Here I Am – The Moonglows – Chess 1957ġ2. The Beating Of My Heart – The Moonglows – Chess 1957ġ1. Engineer (Bring Her Back To Me) – The Moonglows – Chess 1957ġ0. Please Send Me Someone To Love – The Moonglows – Chess 1957ĩ. Over and Over Again (fast version) – The Moonglows – Chess 1956Ĩ. Over and Over Again (slow version) – The Moonglows – Chess 1956ħ. When I’m With You – The Moonglows – Chess 1956Ħ. See Saw – The Moonglows – Chess 1956 – Julyĥ. We Go Together – The Moonglows – Chess 1956Ĥ. This week’s “Juke In The Back” shares the rest of the story on this influential and important 1950s vocal group.Ģ. An interview with the late Reese Palmer reveals how Harvey Fuqua came to hire his group, The Marquees as the “new” Moonglows. This week, Matt The Cat presents part 2 of a 2 part feature on the fantastic Moonglows, covering their career from 1956 through their breakup in 1958 and the singles that followed through the end of 1961. Originally called The Crazy Sounds, Harvey Fuqua and Bobby Lester led The Moonglows to a #1 R&B smash in 1954 with “Sincerely” on Chess, but that was after a somewhat bumpy start on Alan Freed’s Champagne Records and Chicago’s Chance Records. The Moonglows were one of the few groups to come out of the post World War II, pre-Elvis era, who were extremely talented and had the sales figures and notoriety to back it up. Many of the classic groups were either great musicians and vocalists and never had the recognition or record sales to back it up or these groups were thrown together, they couldn’t sing very well and scored one, solid hit that still spins in the eternal jukebox of public consciousness. Much has been written about the great R&B vocal groups of the 1950s. After Hours – Erskine Hawkins – Bluebird 1946 Episode #592Īir Week: September 6-12, 2021 The Moonglows, Pt. Fool In Love – Ike & Tina Turner – Sue 1960ġ8.


Double Trouble – Otis Rush & His Band – Cobra 1958ġ7. Matchbox – Ike Turner’s Kings Of Rhythm – Cobra 1959 (Unreleased at the time)ġ5. GREAT 78 – Ho-Ho – Icky Renrut – Stevens 1959ġ4. BoxTop – Ike Turner, Carlson Oliver & Little Ann – Tune Town 1958ġ3.

I’m On Your Trail – Ike Turner – Royal American 1965 – Recorded 1958ġ2. I’m Tore Up – Billy Gayles With Ike Turner’s Rhythm Rockers – Federal 1956ġ1. Peg Leg Woman – Willie King With The Ike Turner Band – Vita 1956ġ0. I Miss You So – Dennis Binder & His Orch – Modern 1954Ĩ. Sho’ Nuff I Do – Elmore James – Flair 1954ħ. How Many More Years – Howlin’ Wolf – Chess 1951Ħ. Real Gone Rocket – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Chess 1951Ĥ. Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats – Chess 1951ģ. Swanee River Boogie – Albert Ammons – Mercury 1947Ģ. Matt The Cat sorts through the many record labels and incarnations of The Kings Of Rhythm on this week’s “Juke In The Back,” as we honor one of music’s most tragic, but important figures, the legendary Ike Turner.ġ. He played behind Howlin’ Wolf, Little Milton, Elmore James, Otis Rush and many others while also releasing his own important sides. The Chess label called them “Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats,” but it didn’t matter, Ike Turner’s stamp is all over that groundbreaking record, which was based on Jimmy Liggins’ 1948 R&B classic, “Cadillac Boogie.” From there, Turner became a talent scout for both Sam Phillips at Sun Records and The Bihari Brothers at RPM Records. His band, The Kings Of Rhythm, recorded what some would come to name as the “first Rock n’ Roll Record” with “Rocket 88” in 1951.
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He learned boogie woogie piano was the legendary Pinetop Perkins and soon taught himself how to play guitar. Ike Turner was born in the same place that the blues was born, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in Clarksdale in 1931. One of Rhythm & Blues’ greatest innovators was also one of its most notorious personalities.
