Larry Williams - Here's Larry Williams (Bonus Track Version) (2016)

Tracklist

01. Short Fat Fannie
02. Make a Little Love
03. Hootchy-Koo
04. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
05. Peaches and Cream
06. Give Me Love
07. Bony Moronie
08. Little School Girl
09. Dizzy, Miss Lizzy
10. Teardrops
11. You Bug Me, Baby
12. Ting-a-Ling
13. Just Because (Bonus Track)
14. Slow Down (Bonus Track)
15. Let Me Tell You Baby (Bonus Track)
16. The Dummy (Bonus Track)
17. High School Dance (Bonus Track)
18. Bad Boy (Bonus Track)
19. She Said, Yeah (Bonus Track)
20. Slow Down (Alternate Take) [Bonus Track]
21. Short Fat Fannie (Alternate Take) [Bonus Track]
22. Steal a Little Kiss (Bonus Track)
23. You Bug Me, Baby (Alternate Take) [Bonus Track]
24. I Can't Stop Loving You (Bonus Track)

Born in New Orleans and raised in California, Larry Williams is from the hard-driving "upsetting" school of R&B, whose fellow classmates included Little Richard and Robert Parker. He was a good-looking, piano-pounding singer songwriter – a rough, rowdy Rock & Roller who wrote and recorded some of the best songs of the 50s. A seriously underrated artist, his influence reached far beyond his meager chart tally. John Lennon was a big Williams fan and The Beatles covered no less than three of his prime cuts on their earlier albums!. This release contains Williams’ magnificent debut album, Here’s Larry Williams (1959), which was re-mastered from the original tapes. In addition, a bunch of B-sides and alternate takes from his early and best years on the Specialty Records label as bonus tracks.
These recordings feature a virtual who's who of great session men including Barney Kessel, Lee Allen, Earl Palmer, René Hall, Plas Johnson, Roy Montrell and Harold Battiste, among others.

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