Robert Parker - Barefootin' - Golden Classics '1966/2001

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Robert Parker (October 14, 1930 – January 19, 2020) was an American R&B
singer and musician. His sole hit was "Barefootin'" (1966), and he is considered
a one-hit wonder.

Saxman and singer Robert Parker was one of the originals in postwar New Orleans
R&B and rock & roll, his career starting out right alongside the likes of Fats
Domino and Dave Bartholomew. Born in New Orleans in 1930, he took up the
saxophone as a teenager and in 1949 was playing behind Professor Longhair,
including on his hit "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" that year. Over the next
decade, he played with Domino, Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas, Earl King, Eddie Bo,
Frankie Ford, and Huey "Piano" Smith, among many others. He signed as a solo act
with Ace in 1958 and cut his debut single, "June Teen" b/w "Lawdy Miss Clawdy,"
that same year. In 1959, he had his first hit on the Ron label, an instrumental
entitled "All Night Long, Pts. 1-2," which charted regionally. He cut sides for
Imperial and Booker Records in the early '60s, and in 1965 signed with Nola
Records. It was there that he enjoyed his biggest hit in 1966 with the release
of his first Nola single, "Barefootin'" b/w "Let's Go Baby," which soared to
number two on the R&B chart and number seven on the pop chart. After
considerable delay, the label issued ten more singles and an LP from Parker, but
he was never able to repeat the success of that first single; oddly enough,
although his popularity was intermittent in the United States, Parker did much
better with British audiences, and toured England regularly during the second
half of the '60s. Parker moved to Silver Fox Records in 1969, and was later
shifted over to SSS International, the principal label of Silver Fox's co-owner
Shelby Singleton. His own recording career had ended by the close of the '70s,
but Parker remained busy as a performer for years afterward, and he capped off
his recording history in 1984 with a new version of "Barefootin'." Robert Parker
was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in April 2007. He died on
January 19, 2020 in Roseland, Louisiana, at the age of 89. ~ Bruce Eder

Tracklist:
1.01 - Robert Parker - Barefootin' (2:37)
1.02 - Robert Parker - Give Me The Country Side Of Life (3:03)
1.03 - Robert Parker - Get Right On Down (2:42)
1.04 - Robert Parker - Let's Go Baby (2:25)
1.05 - Robert Parker - Sneakin Sally Through The Alley (3:12)
1.06 - Robert Parker - Better Luck In The summertime (2:44)
1.07 - Robert Parker - Just Like Saturday Night (3:03)
1.08 - Robert Parker - Fire On The Bayou (3:58)
1.09 - Robert Parker - Get Ta' Steppin' (2:46)
1.10 - Robert Parker - Brighter Day Ahead (2:39)
1.11 - Robert Parker - Skinny Dippin (2:39)
1.12 - Robert Parker - I Like What You Do To Me (2:34)
1.13 - Robert Parker - Good Woman (2:50)
1.14 - Robert Parker - Coconut Heaven (3:47)
1.15 - Robert Parker - The Way She Do It (3:19)
1.16 - Robert Parker - They All Ask For You (4:27)

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