Arbee Stidham - Classic Blues (2010)

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Title: Classic Blues
Year Of Release: 2010
Label: Master Classics Records
Genre: Blues, Jazz
Quality: Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 01:25:42
Total Size: 328 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. I Found Out For Myself 3:03
02. My Heart Belongs To You 2:58
03. Your Heart Belong To Me 2:53
04. Stidham Jumps 3:57
05. A Heart Full Of Misery 3:10
06. You'll Be Sorry 3:03
07. I've Got So Many Worries 3:32
08. Feel Like I'm Losing You 2:25
09. Squeeze Me Baby 2:56
10. Any Time You Ring My Bell 3:31
11. Sixty Minutes To Wait 2:41
12. I've Got New For You Baby 5:28
13. Why Did I Fall In Love With You 2:34
14. I'm In The Mood 3:09
15. I Want To Rock 3:15
16. Mr. Commissioner 3:14
17. Baby Stop The Clock 1:54
18. Blues Why Do You Pick On Me 2:20
19. Meet Me Halfway 2:33
20. Please Let It Be Me 3:08
21. Look Me Straight In The Eye 2:58
22. I Stayed Away Too Long 1 2:50
23. Last Goodbye Blues 2:39
24. You Can't Live In This World By Yourself 2:31
25. I'm Tired Of Wandering 2:42
26. Wee Baby Blues 2:58
27. You Keep Me Yearning 2:32
28. People, What Would You Do 2:18
29. Teenage Kiss 2:29

An exciting and expressive jazz-influenced blues vocalist, Arbee Stidham also plays alto sax, guitar and harmonica. His father Luddie Stidham worked in Jimme Lunceford's orchestra, while his uncle was a leader of the Memphis Jug Band. Stidham formed the Southern Syncopators and played various clubs in his native Arkansas in the '30s. He appeared on Little Rock radio station KARK and his band backed Bessie Smith on a Southern tour in 1930 and 1931. Stidham frequently performed in Little Rock and Memphis until he moved to Chicago in the '40s. Stidham recorded with Lucky Millinder's Orchestra for Victor in the '40s for Victor. He did his own sessions for Victor, Sittin' In, Checker, Abco, Prestige/Bluesville, Mainstream, and Folkways in the '50s and '60s, and appeared in the film The Bluesman in 1973. Stidham also made many festival and club appearances nationwide and internationally. He did occasional blues lectures at Cleveland State University in the '70s.~Ron Wynn