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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Freddie King, Lula Reed & Sonny Thompson - Boy-Girl-Boy

Size: 88,0 MB
Time: 34:18
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1962/1988
Styles: Blues, R&B, Rockabilly
Art: Full

01. Do The President Twist (2:48)
02. I Got A Notion (3:00)
03. Know What You're Doing (3:03)
04. You Can't Hide (3:00)
05. What Makes You So Cold (2:08)
06. Puddentane (2:16)
07. (Let Your Love) Watch Over Me (4:02)
08. I'm A Woman (But I Don't Talk Too Much) (3:00)
09. Waste No More Tears (2:49)
10. It's Easy Child (3:11)
11. I Know (2:29)
12. Why Don't You Come On Home (2:27)

Lula Reed (born Lula Marietta McCleland or McClelland, 21 March 1926 – 21 June 2008) was an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer who recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. She had two R&B hits in 1952 as vocalist with pianist and bandleader Sonny Thompson, and later recorded with guitarist Freddy King. She was occasionally credited as Lulu Reed.

Reed was born in Port Clinton, Ottawa County, Ohio, and sang in her local church choir. She was mentored by blind gospel singer Professor Harold Boggs, before winning an audition over 50 other contestants in Toledo to become the vocalist with Sonny Thompson's band. Credited as vocalist on Thompson's records, she made her recording debut for King Records in Cincinnati in late 1951, on the song "I'll Drown in My Tears" written by Henry Glover. The song reached no.5 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1952, and was recorded by Ray Charles in 1956 as "Drown in My Own Tears", with wider commercial success.

Reed's next record with Thompson, "Let's Call It A Day", also written by Glover, reached no.7 on the Billboard R&B chart. Most of her later records for King were credited in her own name, although she continued to record with Thompson, who became her husband in 1954. She was a versatile singer, performing some gospel songs as well as blues and R&B. Her 1954 recording, "Rock Love", was later covered by Little Willie John. She remained popular, being voted no.4 R&B singer in the Cash Box annual poll in 1954, and continued to record for the King label until 1956. However, Reed failed to have any further chart hits. King released an album of her recordings, Blue And Moody, in 1958.

Reed and Thompson recorded for the Chess Records subsidiary Argo between 1958 and 1960, before returning to Cincinnati and starting to record for King's subsidiary Federal label in 1961. She released seven singles on Federal over the next two years, on many of them accompanied by Freddy King, but none made the charts. Accompanied by King and Thompson, she also released an album on Federal, Boy-Girl-Boy, in 1962. She then moved to the Tangerine label set up by Ray Charles, and recorded a series of singles in the early 1960s. Her final single was released in 1967.

She then left the music business, and later refused to talk about her career singing and recording secular rhythm and blues music. She died in Detroit, Michigan in 2008 at the age of 82.

Several compilation albums of her recordings have been issued, including I'll Drown In My Tears - The King Anthology

Boy-Girl-Boy

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