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Witherspoon's style of blues—as a "blues shouter"—became unfashionable in the mid-1950s, but he returned to popularity with his 1959 album Jimmy Witherspoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival, which featured Roy Eldridge, Woody Herman, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines, and Mel Lewis. [9]
"Roll 'Em Pete" is a boogie-woogie song, originally recorded in December 1938 by singer Big Joe Turner and pianist Pete Johnson. [2] The recording is regarded as one of the most important precursors of what later became known as rock and roll.
[1] [3] In 1947, the song was revived by the jump blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon as "Ain't Nobody's Business". [4] It was the best-selling race record of 1949 [5] and inspired numerous adaptations of the song. [1] In 2011, Witherspoon's rendition was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame as a "Classic of Blues Recording". [4]
Biographer John Collis says: "The 15-minute sequence billed as 'Lonely Avenue/4 O'Clock in the Morning (Try for Sleep)', does indeed begin with the Pomus song and includes the Morrison blues in the title, but also wheels on Jimmy Witherspoon for his own medley and also throws in passing quotes from 'Be Bop a Lula', Sly Stone's 'Family Affair ...
Baby, Baby, Baby is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Prestige label. [1] The title track, "Baby Baby Baby" with music by Jerry Livingston and lyrics by Mack David, was written in 1950 but first sung by Teresa Brewer in the film Those Redheads from Seattle (1953), [2] and then became title track of the album Baby, Baby, Baby by Mindy ...
Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues is an album by blues vocalist Jimmy Witherspoon which was recorded in Sweden in 1964 and released on the Prestige label. [1]
Thomas Ward reviewed the album for Allmusic and described The Blues Is Now as "arguably the finest" of Witherspoon's Verve albums and described his voice as "...in top form and hugely expressive. ...A light-night blues classic, this is Witherspoon at his most relaxed and assured and is a joy to listen to". [2]
Midnight Lady Called the Blues is an album by the American musician Jimmy Witherspoon, released in 1986. [2] [3] It was recorded shortly after Witherspoon recovered from throat cancer. [4] Midnight Lady Called the Blues was dedicated to Big Joe Turner. [5] The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male". [6]