Sonny Thompson & Lula Reed - The Very Best Of

Year: 2010
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 80:03
Size: 185,1 MB
Styles: R&B
Scans: Front

1. Blues Mambo (2:45)
2. Single Shot (2:46)
3. Let's Move (2:43)
4. Just Whisper (2:31)
5. Watch Dog (2:56)
6. Cat On The Keys (2:52)
7. I'm Gone, Yes I'm Gone (2:25)
8. I Ain't No Watch Dog (2:48)
9. Four Thirty In The Morning (2:50)
10. Clang! Clang! Clang! Master (2:35)
11. Don't Make Me Love You (2:16)
12. Waiting To Be Loved By You (2:20)
13. Going Back To Mexico (2:30)
14. Real Real Fine (2:47)
15. Let Me Be Your Love (2:27)
16. I'll Drown In My Tears (2:51)
17. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (2:32)
18. This Fool Has Learned (2:35)
19. Turn The Lights Down Low (2:29)
20. Rock Love (2:08)
21. Mellow Blues (2:43)
22. I'm Beggin' And Pleadin' (2:27)
23. My Poor Heart (2:50)
24. Sick And Tired (2:28)
25. Caught Me When My Love Was Down (2:40)
26. I'm Giving All My Love (2:16)
27. Flying Home (4:10)
28. I'm Still Lonesome (2:40)
29. Behind The Sun (2:46)
30. Heavyweight Mama (2:43)

Sonny Thompson: Bandleader and pianist Sonny Thompson was among the most prolific R&B instrumentalists of the late '40s and early '50s. Thompson began recording for Sultan in 1946, then did several sessions for Miracle, King, Federal, and Deluxe, while also backing vocalist Lula Reed from 1951 to 1961. Thompson scored two number one R&B hits for Miracle in 1948: "Long Gone," Pts. 1 & 2, and "Late Freight." He landed another Top Ten and two more Top 20 singles for Miracle in 1949, and then had three Top Ten hits for King in 1952. The biggest was "I'll Drown In My Tears," which reached number five. /Biography by Ron Wynn, AllMusic

Lula Reed: A longtime cohort of pianist/producer Sonny Thompson, singer Lula Reed recorded steadily for Cincinnati-based King Records during the mid-'50s after debuting on wax in 1951 to sing Thompson's original version of the moving ballad "I'll Drown in My Tears" (a 1956 smash for Ray Charles as "Drown in My Own Tears").

After serving as Thompson's vocalist at first, the attractive chanteuse was sufficiently established by 1952 to rate her own King releases. She was versatile, singing urban blues most of the time but switching to gospel for a 1954 session. Reed's strident 1954 waxing "Rock Love" was later revived by labelmate Little Willie John. She briefly moved to the Chess subsidiary Argo in 1958-1959 but returned to the fold in 1961 (as always, under Thompson's direction) on King's Federal imprint. While at Federal, she waxed a series of sassy duets with guitarist Freddy King in March of 1962. Another move - to Ray Charles's Tangerine logo in 1962-1963 - soon followed. After that, her whereabouts are unknown. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic

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