Johnny Otis- Rock Me Baby [Import] (CD)
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Repressing. Johnny Otis was something of an iconoclast. While it is common nowadays for young white people to emulate the style and speech of young African-Americans, during the first half of the 20th century the opposite was true. Otis was considered strange that he, a man born white, would forego all the racial privileges that that birth-right entailed to buck the trend and pass for a black man. He had black friends, lived in the black neighborhood and married a black woman, and his reward was the support of the black community during his record-making years making him the most successful white act of the 1950s on the Billboard R&B chart. This CD represents the early 1950s recordings of Johnny Otis, which are the rarest and least-reissued of his career. We kick off with a short blast from his radio and TV show signature theme to introduce proceedings and allow Johnny himself to describe what will follow: Rockin' R'n'B, greasy Doo-Wop, mighty Jump Blues and Swing sides give US Johnny Otis in full effect!! 29 tracks total. Rev-Ola Bandstand.
Tracklist:
- Johnny Otis Radio Show Signature Tune
- Oopy Do
- One O'Clock Jump
- Baby Baby Blues
- One Nighter Blues
- Love Bug Boogie, The
- Gypsy Blues
- Goomp Blues
- Sugar Sugar
- Why Don't You Believe Me?
- Stardust
- Candle's Burnin' Low, The
- Call Operator 210
- Last Mile, The
- Brown Skin Butterball
- Game Is Over, The
- Wishing Well
- Rock Me Baby
- Young Girl
- Sad Story
- Shake It
- I Won't Be Your Fool No More
- Boom Diddy Wa Wa
- Sittin' Here Drinkin'
- You Got Me Cryin' (Down by the River)
- Better Stop
- Butterball
- Sandy's Boogie
- Yes Baby
UPC > 5013929480926
Format > New CD
Label > Rev-ola Bandstand
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Repressing. Johnny Otis was something of an iconoclast. While it is common nowadays for young white people to emulate the style and speech of young African-Americans, during the first half of the 20th century the opposite was true. Otis was considered strange that he, a man born white, would forego all the racial privileges that that birth-right entailed to buck the trend and pass for a black man. He had black friends, lived in the black neighborhood and married a black woman, and his reward was the support of the black community during his record-making years making him the most successful white act of the 1950s on the Billboard R&B chart. This CD represents the early 1950s recordings of Johnny Otis, which are the rarest and least-reissued of his career. We kick off with a short blast from his radio and TV show signature theme to introduce proceedings and allow Johnny himself to describe what will follow: Rockin' R'n'B, greasy Doo-Wop, mighty Jump Blues and Swing sides give US Johnny Otis in full effect!! 29 tracks total. Rev-Ola Bandstand.
Tracklist:
- Johnny Otis Radio Show Signature Tune
- Oopy Do
- One O'Clock Jump
- Baby Baby Blues
- One Nighter Blues
- Love Bug Boogie, The
- Gypsy Blues
- Goomp Blues
- Sugar Sugar
- Why Don't You Believe Me?
- Stardust
- Candle's Burnin' Low, The
- Call Operator 210
- Last Mile, The
- Brown Skin Butterball
- Game Is Over, The
- Wishing Well
- Rock Me Baby
- Young Girl
- Sad Story
- Shake It
- I Won't Be Your Fool No More
- Boom Diddy Wa Wa
- Sittin' Here Drinkin'
- You Got Me Cryin' (Down by the River)
- Better Stop
- Butterball
- Sandy's Boogie
- Yes Baby
UPC > 5013929480926
Format > New CD
Label > Rev-ola Bandstand
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.