Size: 166,1 MB
Time: 71:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Blues/R&B
Art: Front
1. Let's Be Friends (2:41)
2. You Satisfy (3:07)
3. Turn Your Lamp Down Low (3:19)
4. Married Woman's Blues (2:36)
5. Keep Your Hands On Your Heart (3:18)
6. Don't You Want A Man Like Me (2:42)
7. Hey Little Girl (2:52)
8. Four Cold, Cold Walls (2:46)
9. Man's Brand Boogie (2:57)
10. Mean Old Wine (2:25)
11. After Awhile (2:17)
12. After Dark Blues (2:19)
13. Bad Luck, Heartaches And Trouble (2:45)
14. Billy's Boogie Blues (2:30)
15. If I Didn't Love You So (2:52)
16. New Way Of Lovin' (2:48)
17. Drinkin' And Thinkin' (2:58)
18. Every Evening (2:27)
19. Stacked Deck (2:57)
20. 'Fore Day Blues (2:32)
21. Gotta Find My Baby (2:24)
22. I Remember (3:24)
23. Live The Life (2:43)
24. Mercy Mercy (2:45)
25. The Question (Watcha Gonna Do?) (2:26)
26. When The Wagon Comes (2:44)
A prime influence on Little Richard during his formative years, "Prince of the Blues" Billy Wright's hearty shouting delivery was an Atlanta staple during the postwar years. Wright was a regular at Atlanta's 81 Theatre as a youth, soaking up the vaudevillians before graduating to singing and dancing status there himself. Saxist Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams caught Wright's act when they shared a bill with Charles Brown and Wynonie Harris at Atlanta's Auditorium, recommending the teenaged singer to Savoy Records boss Herman Lubinsky.
Wright's 1949 Savoy debut, "Blues for My Baby," shot up to number three on Billboard's R&B charts, and its flip, "You Satisfy," did almost as well. Two more of Wright's Savoy 78s, "Stacked Deck" and "Hey Little Girl," were also Top Ten R&B entries in 1951. The flamboyant Wright set his pal Little Richard up with powerful WGST DJ Zenas Sears, who scored the newcomer his first contract with RCA in 1951. It's no knock on Richard to note that his early sides sound very much like Wright.
Wright recorded steadily for Savoy through 1954, the great majority of his sessions held in his hometown with hot local players (saxist Fred Jackson and guitarist Wesley Jackson were often recruited). After he left Savoy, Wright's recording fortunes plummeted - a 1955 date for Don Robey's Peacock discery in Houston and sessions for Fire (unissued) and Carrollton in 1959 ended his discography. Wright later MCed shows in Atlanta, remaining active until a stroke in the mid-'70s slowed him down. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic
Wright's 1949 Savoy debut, "Blues for My Baby," shot up to number three on Billboard's R&B charts, and its flip, "You Satisfy," did almost as well. Two more of Wright's Savoy 78s, "Stacked Deck" and "Hey Little Girl," were also Top Ten R&B entries in 1951. The flamboyant Wright set his pal Little Richard up with powerful WGST DJ Zenas Sears, who scored the newcomer his first contract with RCA in 1951. It's no knock on Richard to note that his early sides sound very much like Wright.
Wright recorded steadily for Savoy through 1954, the great majority of his sessions held in his hometown with hot local players (saxist Fred Jackson and guitarist Wesley Jackson were often recruited). After he left Savoy, Wright's recording fortunes plummeted - a 1955 date for Don Robey's Peacock discery in Houston and sessions for Fire (unissued) and Carrollton in 1959 ended his discography. Wright later MCed shows in Atlanta, remaining active until a stroke in the mid-'70s slowed him down. /Biography by Bill Dahl, AllMusic
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