Little Junior Parker - Feelin' Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings (2016)

Tracklist

01. Mary Jo
02. Barefoot Rock
03. Annie Get Your Yo-Yo
04. Seven Days
05. How Long Can This Go On?
06. Peaches
07. Foxy Devil
08. My Dolly Bee
09. Feelin' Good
10. I'll Forget About You
11. I'm Holding On
12. Blue Letter
13. The Next Time
14. That's Just Alright
15. What Did I Do
16. Pretty Baby
17. Sometimes
18. Stand by Me
19. Fussin' and Fightin' Blues
20. Wondering
21. Driving Wheel
22. Love My Baby
23. I Wanna Ramble
24. Sweet Home Chicago
25. Bad Women, Bad Whiskey
26. Mystery Train
27. Yonder's Wall
28. Sittin' at the Bar
29. That's My Baby
30. There Better Be No Feet (In Them Shoes)



Herman ‘Little Junior’ Parker’s seminal Feelin’ Good has been one of the most widely-covered tunes of the last sixty years. It has been recorded by such blues and R&B figures as Ike Turner, James Cotton and Magic Sam, and remains a show-closer in every pub-rock boogie band's repertoire to this day. Despite Parker’s velvet-smooth vocal delivery, he was a product of the gritty postwar Memphis blues circuit. His wonderfully understated harmonica style was personally mentored by none other than regional icon Sonny Boy Williamson. This quintessential release collects 30 classic tracks from his most inspired years, gathering a variety of the sensational sides he recorded for different labels, such as Duke, Modern, and Sun Records, between 1952 and 1962. These seminal recordings feature a virtual who’s who of fabulous musicians, such as Bobby Bland, Johnny Ace and Ike Turner, guitar masters Matt Murphy and Pat Hare,pianist James Booker, drummer Sonny Freeman, and saxophonist Arnett Cobb. Among the highlights included here are the joyous “Annie Get Your Yo-Yo”, the protorockabilly “Love My Baby”, the driving “I Wanna Ramble”, and the superb “Mystery Train”. This edition gives ample proof why Little Junior Parker deserves a spot in the rock & roll and R&B pantheon.

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