Johnny Otis - Doin the Hully Gully '2021
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Artist | Johnny Otis Related artists |
Album name | Doin the Hully Gully |
Country | |
Date | 2021 |
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Play time | 45:01 |
Format / Bitrate | 24 BIT Stereo 1720 Kbps / 48 kHz |
Media | WEB |
Size | 342 / 190 MB |
Price | Download $2.95 |
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Tracklist: 01. Ring-A-Ling 02. Hey Baby Dont You Know 03. Let The Sun Shine In My Life 04. Willie Did the Cha Cha 05. Sunset to Dawn 06. Ma (Hes Makin Eyes At Me) [Live] 07. Harlem Nocturne 08. Telephone Baby 09. The Light Still Shines In My Window 10. Three Girls Named Molly Doin the Hully Gully 11. Crazy Country Hop 12. Mambo Boogie 13. All I Want Is Your Love (Live) 14. Willie and the Hand Jive 15. Mumblin Mosie 16. Wedding Boogie 17. Castin My Spell 18. Bye Bye Baby  Read MoreIt wasnt long before the Alabams owner entreated Otis to assemble his own orchestra for house-band duties. The groups 1945 debut sides for Excelsior were solidly in the big-band jazz vein and included an arrangement of the moody Harlem Nocturne that sold well. Shouter Jimmy Rushing fronted the band for two tracks at the same date. Otis rep as a drummer was growing; he backed both Wynonie Harris and Charles Brown (with Johnny Moores Three Blazers) that same year. The Otis outfit continued to record for Excelsior through 1947 (one date featured Big Jay McNeely on sax), but his influence on L.A.s R&B scene soared exponentially when he and partner Bardu Ali opened the Barrelhouse Club in Watts. R&B replaced jazz in Otis heart; he pared the big band down and discovered young talent such as the Robins, vocalists Mel Walker and Little Esther Phillips, and guitarist Pete Lewis that would serve him well in years to come. Otis signed with Newark, New Jersey-based Savoy Records in 1949, and the R&B hits came in droves: Double Crossing Blues, Mistrustin Blues, and Cupids Boogie all hit number one that year (in all, Otis scored ten Top Ten smashes that year alone!); Gee Baby, Mambo Boogie, and All Nite Long lit the lamp in 1951; and Sunset to Dawn capped his amazing run in 1952 (vocals were shared by Esther, Walker, and other members of the group). By then, Otis had branched out to play vibes on many waxings. In late 1951, Otis moved to Mercury, but apart from a Walker-led version of Floyd Dixons Call Operator 210, nothing found pronounced success with the public. A 1953-1955 contract with Don Robeys Peacock logo produced some nice jump blues sides but no hits (though the Otis orchestra backed one of his many discoveries, Big Mama Thornton, on her chart-topping Hound Dog, as well as a young Little Richard while at Peacock). Otis was a masterful talent scout; among his platinum-edged discoveries were Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard, and Etta James (he produced her debut smash Roll with Me Henry). In 1955, Otis took studio matters into his own hands, starting up his own label, Dig Records, to showcase his own work as well as his latest discoveries (including Arthur Lee Maye & the Crowns, Tony Allen, and Mel Williams). Rock & roll was at its zenith in 1957 when the multi-instrumentalist signed on with Capitol Records; billed as the Johnny Otis Show, he set the R&B and pop charts ablaze in 1958 with his shave-and-a-haircut beat, Willie and the Hand Jive, taking the vocal himself (other singers then with the Otis Show included Mel Williams and the gargantuan Marie Adams & the Three Tons of Joy). During the late 50s, Otis hosted his own variety program on L.A. television, starring his entire troupe (and on one episode, Lionel Hampton), and did a guest shot in a 1958 movie, Juke Box Rhythm. New Johnny Otis ShowAfter cutting some great rock & roll for Capitol from 1957 to 1959 with only one hit to show for it, Otis dropped anchor at King Records in 1961-1962 (in addition to his own output, Otis band also backed Johnny Guitar Watson on several sides). Later in the decade, Otis recorded some ribald material for Kent and watched as his young son Shuggie built an enviable reputation as a blues guitarist while recording for Columbia. Father and son cut an album together for Alligator in 1982, accurately entitled The New Johnny Otis Show. In later years, the multi-talented Otis added operating a California health-food emporium to his endless list of wide-ranging accomplishments. He was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Otis died at home in Altadena, California in January 2012 at the age of 90. If blues ever boasted a renaissance man among its ranks, Johnny Otis surely filled that bill. ~ Bill Dahl
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- 2021 The Fabulous Johnny Otis Show! (Remastered)
- 2020 Good Ole Blues 1949-50
- 2020 Rock Me Baby! (Remastered)
- 2018 Honey Love
- 2007 Rock Me Baby: The Mercury And Peacock Sides 1951-55
- 2005 Rhythm Series 5162: The Chronological Johnny Otis 1951
- 1999 The Rhythm & Blues Caravan - The Complete Savoy Recordings
- 1994 The Original Johnny Otis Show
- 1992/2020 Spirit of the Black Territory Bands
- 1991 The New Johnny Otis Show (with Shuggie Otis)
- 1991 Creepin' With The Cats
- 1981/2009 The New Johnny Otis Show with Shuggie Otis
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