Buddy & Ella Johnson - Gotta Go Upside Your Head! (1953/2018) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist:

[3:04] 01. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Mush Mouth (Remastered)
[3:12] 02. Buddy And Ella Johnson - That's How I Feel About You (Remastered)
[3:08] 03. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Hittin' On Me (Remastered)
[2:53] 04. Buddy And Ella Johnson - I'm Just Your Fool (Remastered)
[2:51] 05. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Aint''cha Got Me (Where You Want Me) (Remastered)
[2:27] 06. Buddy And Ella Johnson - My Old Man (Remastered)
[2:45] 07. Buddy And Ella Johnson - A12 (Remastered)
[2:52] 08. Buddy And Ella Johnson - One More Time (Remastered)
[2:58] 09. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Shut Your Big Mouth, Girl! (Remastered)
[2:38] 10. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Any Day Now (Remastered)
[3:04] 11. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Ain't But One (Remastered)
[2:34] 12. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Crazy 'bout A Saxaphone (Remastered)
[3:09] 13. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Jit Jit (Remastered)
[3:08] 14. Buddy And Ella Johnson - A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac And Some Money) (Remastered)
[2:24] 15. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Well Do It! (Remastered)
[2:43] 16. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Thinking It Over (Remastered)
[2:36] 17. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Someday (Remastered)
[2:44] 18. Buddy And Ella Johnson - It Used To Hurt Me (Remastered)
[2:43] 19. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Gotta Go Upside Your Head (Remastered)
[3:03] 20. Buddy And Ella Johnson - If You Would Only Say You're Sorry (Remastered)
[2:46] 21. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Alright, Okay, You Win! (Remastered)
[2:49] 22. Buddy And Ella Johnson - It's About To Break My Heart In Two (Remastered)
[3:00] 23. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Gone Walkin' (Remastered)
[2:30] 24. Buddy And Ella Johnson - So Good (Remastered)
[2:41] 25. Buddy And Ella Johnson - I Don't Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) (Remastered)
[2:30] 26. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Bring It Home To Me (Remastered)
[2:37] 27. Buddy And Ella Johnson - It's Obdacious (Remastered)
[2:51] 28. Buddy And Ella Johnson - Doot Doot Dow (Remastered)

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
Total length: 01:18:27
Main artist: Buddy And Ella Johnson
Label: RevOla
Genre: Jazz
Hi-Res 24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo
1953 RevOla Records
2014 RevOla Records

One of the most unsung swing bandleaders of the 1940s, Buddy Johnson's astute mixture of jazzy R&B, pop, blues and jump coupled with his prolific composing ("That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch" and "Since I Fell for You" are among his standards) helped him transition his band into and throughout the '50s with a sound that came dangerously close at times to being actual rock & roll. Although Johnson featured several fine vocalists during his run, including Arthur Prysock, Nolan Lewis and Floyd Ryland, it was his younger sister Ella Johnson who arguably best interpreted her brother's material. This generous 28-track set from Rev-Ola Records features several of Ella's vocals on Buddy Johnson sides originally released by Mercury Records between 1953 and 1955, including Ella's perfectly nuanced (she sounds positively annoyed) "Hittin' on Me," the dubiously trusting "My Old Man," the gorgeous hitting-the-road threat "Any Day Now," the defiant "Well Do It!," and the aching "It's About to Break My Heart in Two," all of which are essentially jump numbers but they edge very close to the feel of rock & roll, particularly given Ella's playful vocal phrasing. With the rise of smaller guitar-led combos after Elvis Presley hit in 1956, Johnson found it increasingly difficult to sustain his large band concept, and consequently Ella and Buddy's hits fell off as the decade drew to a close. This intriguing set has all the essentials from the successful Mercury years.
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