Young Jessie - Don't Happen No More

Size: 81,9 MB
Time: 35:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: R&B
Art: Front, back

1. I Smell A Rat (2:24)
2. Lonesome Desert (2:55)
3. Hoochie Coochie (2:08)
4. Don't Happen No More (2:26)
5. Mary Lou (Modern) (3:04)
6. Lula Belle (2:13)
7. Hit, Git And Split (2:31)
8. Big Chief (King Of Love) (2:30)
9. The Wrong Door (2:23)
10. Teacher Gimme Back (2:14)
11. Brown Eyes (Come On Home) (2:43)
12. You Were Meant For Me (2:29)
13. Make Me Feel A Little Good (2:42)
14. Mary Lou (Mercury) (2:33)

Young Jessie is one of the unheralded greats of the R&B, rock & roll and soul eras. Beginning his career as a young teenager in L.A. vocal group the Flairs (with schoolmate Richard Berry, later of "Louie Louie" infamy), he then signed on with Modern Records and cut several high-quality R&B sides through the mid-1950s. Never quite achieving the level of fame and fortune of some of his immediate peers, the closest Young Jessie got to a hit was 1956's "Mary Lou," which sold well regionally and was later on covered by the likes of Bob Seger and the Steve Miller Band.

Meanwhile, Young Jessie busied himself recording demos with Leiber & Stoller for one of their regular artists, Elvis Presley. Flitting between labels at the end of the '50s and into the '60s, his own output remained consistently of a very high quality, and always in step with the changing times - from doo-wop in his beginnings through blues, R&B, rock & roll and into soul. Throughout all of that, Young Jessie always considered himself a jazz singer first and foremost, and this influence underpins all of his vocal performances. Don't Happen No More is a retrospective collection of some of the finest moments of Young Jessie's career, between 1953 and 1963.

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Young Jessie - I'm Gone: The Legendary Modern Recordings

Year: 1995
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:02
Size: 125,4 MB
Styles: R&B
Scans: Full

1. Mary Lou (w. Maxwell Davis & Orchestra) (3:04)
2. Lonesome Desert (2:56)
3. Rabbit On A Log (The Hunters) (2:59)
4. Don't Think I Will (w. Maxwell Davis & Orchestra) (2:34)
5. Well Baby (2:35)
6. Nothing Seems Right (3:19)
7. Down At Hayden's (The Hunters) (3:00)
8. I Smell A Rat (2:26)
9. Why Do I Love You (w. The Flairs) (3:11)
10. Pretty Soon (2:22)
11. Oochie Coochie (2:09)
12. Don't Happen No More (2:28)
13. Hit, Git And Split (Take 1) (2:36)
14. Here Comes Henry (2:06)
15. Hot Dog (2:19)
16. Do You Love Me (Alt. Take) (2:39)
17. Well Baby (Alt. Take) (2:30)
18. Pretty Soon (Take 2) (2:19)
19. Do You Love Me (2:37)
20. 'This Is Young Jessie' (Station Identification For KMDA) (0:10)
21. Hit, Git And Split (2:40)
22. I Hear You Knockin' (Bonus) (0:31)
23. Maybelline (Bonus) (0:21)

One of the unsung greats of R&B, Young Jessie was born Obediah Donnell Jessie on 28 December 1936 in Dallas, Texas. As a youngster he was part of a school band that also included saxophonist David 'Fathead' Newman. Relocating to Los Angeles, he joined a vocal outfit with Louie Louie composer Richard Berry, the group eventually being recorded as The Flairs.

By 1953, both Richard Berry and Young Jessie had embarked on solo careers. Young Jessie recorded his most famous song Mary Lou for Modern Records in 1955 (it would later be covered in 1959 by Ronnie Hawkins) and a year later the magnificent Hit, Git And Split (featuring Sam 'The Man' Taylor's tough saxophone blowing and Mickey Baker's fuse-blowing guitar playing).

This terrific 21 track CD assembles Young Jessie's legendary Modern recordings made between 1953-1957 and includes not only his most famous songs but also two previously unreleased snippets of planned soundalike singles as well as a "This Is Young Jessie" station indentification for KDMA (Mad Lad Johnstone's show).

With the demise of Modern in 1957, Young Jessie went on to sing with The Coasters on their Searchin' and Young Blood hits and he appeared in 1983 at The Electric Ballroom, Camden (a knockout set released on the now deleted Ace LP 1983 R&B Jamboree).

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Various Artists - 1983 R&B Jamboree

Year: 1983
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:07
Size: 125,1 MB
Styles: R&B
Scans: LP front & back

1. Willie Egan - Wow Wow (4:15)
2. Willie Egan - Driftin' Blues (5:24)
3. Willie Egan - Lawdy Miss Clawdy (2:35)
4. Chuck Higgins - Pachuko Hop (3:18)
5. Chuck Higgins - Baby What You Want Me To Do (5:31)
6. Chuck Higgins - Aw Shucks (4:48)
7. Young Jessie - It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) (3:09)
8. Young Jessie - It Don't Happen No More (3:25)
9. Young Jessie - Lonesome Desert (5:35)
10. Big Jay McNeely - Night Train (4:52)
11. Big Jay McNeely - There Is Something On Your Mind (6:11)
12. Big Jay McNeely - 3D (4:58)

Willie Egan and Young Jessie accompanied by Juice On The Loose.
Chuck Higgins and Big Jay McNeely accompanied by Red Beans And Rice.

Note: Haven't been able to find any specific info/review for this LP, the music speaks for itself though. I have however included biographies (from AMG) for the featured artists which might be of some interest.

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