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At This Stage Not Yet "King Of The Stroll" - But The Roots Are Here Sep 04, 2007
Chuck would earn the tag "The King Of The Stroll" after joining Atlantic Records in 1956 (those hits beautifully packaged in the Collectables CD "Chuck Willis - I Remember Chuck Willis/King Of The Stroll). But in this fantastic 26-track compilation from Sony you get his first five charted R&B hits for Columbiua's Okeh subsidiary registered from 1952 to 1954 where, on several of the cuts, you will hear the roots of The Stroll craze to follow. The tracks actually cover from 1951 to 1956 but of course not all were hits (some were never previously released).
The first came in 1952 when My Story went all the way to # 2 in November/December b/w Caldonia (not here), and kept from the top spot only by three R$&B classics: Eddie Boyd's Five Long Years (7 weeks at # 1), B.B. King's You Know I Love You (2 weeks), and Willie Mabon's I Don't Know (8 weeks). Not a bad debut. His follow-up hit, Going To The River, didn't fare too badly either, rising to # 4 R&B in May 1953 b/w Baby Have Left Me Again (not here), with the backing of Leroy Kirkland & His Orchestra. In the hit, you can clearly hear the formation of The Stroll dance. And I'll bet it was hauled out and played later in the 50s when it was featured at most dances.
That summer Don't Deceive Me (Please Don't Go) reached # 6 R&B b/w I've Been Treated Wrong Too Long (also omitted here), and in 1960 Ruth Brown would cover it and take it to # 10 R&B/# 62 Hot 100. That was followed in March 1954 by the # 4 R&B You're Still My Baby b/w What's Your Name? (the only B-side included in this volume). That summer I Feel So Bad made it to # 3 R&B b/w Need One More Chance, the last four sides also backed by the Kirkland orchestra.
With the disc you get a beautifully-rendered insert with the cover showing a vintage Willis poster and inside a dull six pages of liner notes written by Bill Dahl and a discography of the contents with all details but chart performances. Just a marvelous entry in the Legacy Series covering Rhythm And Soul.
Early R&B at its best! Feb 09, 2005
This album covers Chuck Willis' early recording career on the OKeh label.
It's easy to trace the roots of rock & roll when you listen to these classic tracks by Mr. Willis.
Although he was to later gain fame as "King Of The Stroll" on Atlantic records and die a tragic death at a young age, these early recordings show the genius of the man.
All the tunes are the original versions and the recording quality is excellent.
A must-have for rock and R&B fans!
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Don't Pass This Up! Jan 12, 2003
Chuck Willis, known more for his later work on Atlantic, including the huge hit "C.C. Rider", was one of the best songwriters of the 50's and a tremendously talented singer capable of delivering uptempo romps and tender ballads with effortless style and grace. "Let's Jump Tonight" collects a whopping 26 sides recorded for OKeh when he was at his most versatile as a singer and a huge star in that still segregated world of rhythm & blues.For the most part early 50's R&B despite being among the most influencial music of the 20th Century (spawning something called "rock 'n' roll" which you may have heard of) gets shafted when it comes to recognition, and because of that it generally has few CD's available to document it, with those that do exist being increasingly hard to find. Willis typifies this snubbing. His equally impressive Atlantic years retrospective, "Stroll On" seems to have disappeared from print and his OKeh material is only sporadically available, and never has had all those songs in one place. Any fan of the vital precursor to rock 'n' roll should grab this if they have the chance before it too vanishes. These 26 songs show Willis as a masterful writer, from storming rockers ("Wrong Lake To Catch A Fish", "Loud Mouth Lucy") to sweet ballads ("My Story" and the oft-covered "Don't Deceive Me") and swinging rhythms ("You're Still My Baby" and the famed "I Feel So Bad", which Elvis Presley worshipfully covered right down to the glitches in the early 60's). Each song is filled with sly lyrics telling a clever story, rhythms that were instantly in a groove, and delivered in a voice capable of nailing any mood. Getting a complete discography of Willis is difficult, even if all his previous CD collections were still widely available. "Stroll On" gathers all the Atlantic sides, but to get each song he cut for OKeh from '51-'56 requires some detective work. This disc however is the best place to begin that worthwhile quest. It has excellent, informative liner notes, a great 50's style-poster cover and pristine sound (you can hear the echo of movement during the brief intimate discussion between the producer, band and Chuck preceeding "Lawdy Miss Mary"). Each song is absolutely magical. One listen to this disc for the unfamiliar and Chuck Willis will be in your heart forever.
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