Posted on 06/16/2011 2:28:30 PM PDT by sussex
Chuck Berry had more hits than either of the others and the three of them but all had colossal hits.
Another sad story is that of the great Sam Cooke. Like many black pop heroes, he started out as a gospel singer. All these greats of blues, R&B, and jazz were truly American. There is nothing on any other continent to which their genius can be directly traced.
Hey, don’t forget Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, and the other rockabilly greats. Without them there would have been no Beatles. R&R is a fusion of blues and country.
Frank Isaac Robinson (born 28 December 1938),[1] known in his early career as a musician as Sugar Chile Robinson, is an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer, and later psychologist, whose career began as a child prodigy. Robinson was born in Detroit, Michigan. At an early age he showed unusual gifts singing the blues and accompanying himself on the piano. He won a talent show at the Paradise Theatre in Detroit at the age of three, and in 1945 played guest spots at the theatre with Lionel Hampton, who was prevented by child protection legislation from taking him on tour with him. However, he performed on radio with Hampton and Harry "The Hipster" Gibson, and also appeared as himself in the Hollywood film No Leave, No Love, starring Van Johnson and Keenan Wynn.
Great Music form the good ol’days!
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Thanks for the heads up.
I like the blues KoKo Taylor style. My fear is lving so long that golden oldies will be rap music.
..forgive the spelling, I was in a hurry to comment on a music subject since the thread appeared to be turning homophobic.
Who recorded first is not the point. Both were performing in New Orleans during the same period and surely were familiar with each other.
you are bad to have such a thought, go wash your mind out with soap...LOL
like Sam Cooke also, Billy( Ex stine) phonically spelled, a Mr. B collar was so cool...was great to listen to. A lot of great singers of R & B but damnit I’m getting so old I cannot remember all the names....Favorite song of the day...Shed a tear.....female singer, memory failure..LOL Also Shake a Hand, Shake a Hand.....But for popular music, you cannot beat sweet brown sugar Lou Rawls....
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