Bobby Robinson (record producer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Bobby Robinson was an African-American independent record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

and songwriter in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, most active from the 1950s through the mid 1980s. He produced hits by Wilbert Harrison

Wilbert Harrison

Wilbert Harrison was an American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player.Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, Harrison had a Billboard #1 record in 1959 with the song "Kansas City". The song was written in 1952 and was one of the first credited collaborations...

, The Shirelles

The Shirelles

The Shirelles were an African-American girl group that achieved popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Addie "Micki" Harris , and Beverly Lee...

, Dave "Baby" Cortez, Elmore James

Elmore James

Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...

, Lee Dorsey

Lee Dorsey

Lee Dorsey was an African American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.-Career:...

, Gladys Knight & The Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...

, King Curtis

King Curtis

Curtis Ousley , who performed under the stage name King Curtis, was an American saxophone virtuoso known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, funk and soul jazz. Variously a bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer...

, Spoonie Gee

Spoonie Gee

Spoonie Gee is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of few rap artists to release records in the 1970s. He has been credited with originating the term 'hip hop' and some the themes in his music were precursors of Gangsta rap....

, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Doug E. Fresh

Doug E. Fresh

Douglas E. Davis , better known by the stage name Doug E. Fresh, is an American rapper, record producer, and beat boxer, also known as the Human Beat Box...

, and Treacherous Three

Treacherous Three

The Treacherous Three was a pioneering hip hop group that was formed in 1978 and consisted of DJ Easy Lee, Kool Moe Dee, L.A. Sunshine, Special K and Spoonie Gee , with occasional contributions from DJ Dano B, DJ Reggie Reg and DJ Crazy Eddie...

. He founded or co-founded Red Robin Records

Red Robin Records

Red Robin Records was a record label that began in 1951 as "Robin Records" in New York. Owner Bobby Robinson was unaware that another company was already using the name "Robin" and after about four releases was forced to change to "Red Robin" to avoid litigation. Robinson also opened Fury...

, Whirlin' Disc Records

Whirlin' Disc Records

Whirlin' Disc Records was one of the early record labels set up by Bobby Robinson before he set up Fury Records in 1957....

, Fury Records

Fury Records

Fury Records was set up by Bobby Robinson in 1957. In 1959 it had a Billboard No.1 hit with Kansas City, sung by Wilbert Harrison. In the early seventies the label launched early rap groups like Grandmaster Flash....

, Fire Records

Fire Records

Fire Records was an independent record label set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson . Among others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James and Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup.-Selected discography:...

and Enjoy Records

Enjoy Records

Enjoy Records was a record label owned and operated by Bobby Robinson from 1962 through the mid-1980s, and was run out of his record shop at 125th Street and 8th Ave. in Harlem...

Biography

Born in Union, South Carolina

Union, South Carolina

Union is the county seat of Union County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,393 at the 2010 census.It is the principal city of the Union Micropolitan Statistical Area , an which includes all of Union County and which is further included in the greater...

, Robinson served in the US Army in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. After the war, Robinson moved to New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

and opened "Bobby's Record Shop" (later "Bobby's Happy House") in 1946. His was the first black-owned business on Harlem

Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

's famed 125th Street

125th Street (Manhattan)

125th Street is a two-way street that runs east-west in the New York City borough of Manhattan, considered the "Main Street" of Harlem; It is also called Martin Luther King, Jr...

. Located on the corner of 125th St. and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)

Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic. Eighth Avenue begins in the West Village neighborhood at Abingdon Square and runs north for 44 blocks through Chelsea, the Garment District, Hell's Kitchen's east end, Midtown and the...

(formerly, "8th Avenue"), his shop remained open until January 21, 2008, forced to close only because its landlord planned to raze the building for new construction. Robinson's store outlasted large chain store competitors, including HMV

HMV

His Master's Voice is a trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up gramophone...

and the Wiz.

The store became a focal point for the independent record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

s establishing themselves in New York, and Robinson spent some time assisting Ahmet Ertegun

Ahmet Ertegun

Ahmet Ertegün was a Turkish American musician and businessman, best known as the founder and president of Atlantic Records. He also wrote classic blues and pop songs and served as Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum...

at Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

. He produced his first recording, "Bobby's Boogie" by saxophonist Morris Lane and his band, in 1951, but originally specialised in recording vocal groups including the Mello-Moods, the Rainbows, the Vocaleers and the Du-Droppers. However, he also recorded blues performers such as Sonny Terry

Sonny Terry

Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts.-Career:Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia...

and Brownie McGhee

Brownie McGhee

Walter Brown McGhee was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.-Life and career:...

, and had his first major success with "Shake Baby Shake" by Champion Jack Dupree

Champion Jack Dupree

William Thomas Dupree, best known as Champion Jack Dupree, was an American blues pianist. His birth date is disputed, given as July 4, July 10, and July 23, in the years 1908, 1909, or 1910. He died on January 21, 1992.-Biography:...

in 1953. The record was released on Red Robin Records

Red Robin Records

, which Robinson had established the previous year, originally under the name Robin Records until forced to change the name after legal threats by another company.

Having enjoyed healthy local sales with doo-wop

Doo-wop

The name Doo-wop is given to a style of vocal-based rhythm and blues music that developed in African American communities in the 1940s and achieved mainstream popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. It emerged from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Newark, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and...

and blues discs in the early to mid-1950s, he established several more record labels in the 1950s and '60s

1960s

The 1960s was the decade that started on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. It was the seventh decade of the 20th century.The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends across the globe...

, some in partnership with his brother, Danny Robinson. Among them were Whirlin' Disc Records

Whirlin' Disc Records

Whirlin' Disc Records was one of the early record labels set up by Bobby Robinson before he set up Fury Records in 1957....

in 1956, Fury Records

Fury Records

and Everlast Records in 1957, Fire Records

Fire Records

in 1959, and Enjoy Records

Enjoy Records

Enjoy Records was a record label owned and operated by Bobby Robinson from 1962 through the mid-1980s, and was run out of his record shop at 125th Street and 8th Ave. in Harlem...

in 1962. He launched Fire and Fury as vehicles for rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

and rock and roll

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

artists, most of which were produced by him in New York

New York

, but some were produced by others and acquired by him in various Southern cities.

Robinson produced numerous million-selling records by such notable performers as Wilbert Harrison

Wilbert Harrison

, The Shirelles

The Shirelles

The Shirelles were an African-American girl group that achieved popularity in the early 1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Shirley Owens , Doris Coley , Addie "Micki" Harris , and Beverly Lee...

, Lee Dorsey

Lee Dorsey

Lee Dorsey was an African American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.-Career:...

, and Dave "Baby" Cortez. One of his earliest hits was Harrison's "Kansas City", over which he faced legal action brought by Herman Lubinsky of Savoy Records

Savoy Records

Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part in popularizing bebop.Savoy Records is an American record label specializing in jazz, R&B and gospel. Starting in the mid 1940s, Savoy played an important part...

, who claimed he had Harrison under contract. Robinson produced Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips

' first hit, "Every Beat of My Heart" (after he signed them to Fury; the original version was recorded in Atlanta, issued locally on Hintom and leased to Vee Jay, who had the bigger hit). Robinson produced several of Elmore James

Elmore James

' greatest records as well as recordings by other leading blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

musicians including Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins

Sam John Hopkins better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, from Houston, Texas...

, Arthur Crudup

Arthur Crudup

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known outside blues circles for writing songs such as "That's All Right" , "My Baby Left Me" and "So Glad You're Mine", later covered by Elvis Presley and dozens of other artists.-Career:Arthur Crudup...

, and Buster Brown

Buster Brown (musician)

Buster Brown was an American blues and R&B singer best known for his hit, "Fannie Mae".Brown was born in Cordele, Georgia, and in the 1930s and 1940s he played harmonica at local clubs and made a few non-commercial recordings...

. King Curtis

King Curtis

's "Soul Twist" was the first release of his Enjoy label in 1962, and over twenty years later, he released the highly successful hit, "I’m The Packman (Eat Everything I Can)" by The Packman, on the same label. The rights to Robinson's recordings on Fire and Fury were sold to Bell Records

Bell Records

Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 by Arthur Shimkin in New York, the owner of children's record label Golden Records, and initially a unit of Pocket Books, after the rights to the name were acquired from Benny Bell who used the Bell name to issue risque novelty records. A...

in 1965.

Compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

producer Diana Reid Haig wrote:

"The common thread that connected all of Robinson's various record labels was his uncanny ability to bring out the best in his artists. While most producers at that time attempted to soften the edges of rhythm & blues singers in hopes of appealing to the pop market, Robinson delighted in capturing raw-edged artists like Elmore James and Buster Brown just as they were."

In the 1970s, Robinson produced some of the first hip-hop music records for his "Enjoy" label and had considerable influence and success in that genre through the mid-1980s. He achieved another success in 1979, when he recorded Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's first record, "Superrappin'", an innovative record which was very influential in hip-hop's early years. A local hit among New York area hip-hop fans, the music industry, however, was not ready for the new sound, and the record failed to hit nationwide.

Robinson then went to commercial success with other old school hip hop artists, including Pumpkin and Friends, the Funky Four Plus One More, Spoonie Gee

Spoonie Gee

(Robinson's nephew), and Kool Moe Dee

Kool Moe Dee

Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an American Hip Hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was born in Manhattan, New York...

with the Treacherous Three.

Robinson chalked up yet another success when he produced Doug E. Fresh

Doug E. Fresh

Douglas E. Davis , better known by the stage name Doug E. Fresh, is an American rapper, record producer, and beat boxer, also known as the Human Beat Box...

's "Just Having Fun (Do The Beatbox)", which introduced beatboxing

Beatboxing

Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, and the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments...

to the record-buying public.

Robinson died on January 7, 2011 at the age of 93, after a period of declining health.

Selected production credits

"Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison was an American rhythm and blues singer, pianist, guitarist and harmonica player.Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, Harrison had a Billboard #1 record in 1959 with the song "Kansas City". The song was written in 1952 and was one of the first credited collaborations...

, 1959
"Dedicated to the One I Love
Dedicated to the One I Love
"Dedicated to the One I Love" is the name of a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass. Pauling was the guitarist of The "5" Royales, the group that recorded the original version of this song, Bass was the producer. A version by The Shirelles was a minor hit for them in 1959. The "5" Royales...

" by The Shirelles, 1959
"The Happy Organ
The Happy Organ
"The Happy Organ" is the name of an instrumental composition made famous by Dave "Baby" Cortez in 1959. Cortez co-composed it with Kurt Wood; both were orphans. A significant portion of the tune bears a strong resemblance to the traditional "Shortnin' Bread" tune. The song topped the Billboard Hot...

" by Dave "Baby" Cortez, 1959
"Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae (song)
"Fanny Mae" is a 1959 song by American blues and R&B singer Buster Brown. The song was written by Morris Levy, Clarence Lewis and Waymon Glasco.The tough harmonica riffs off the song took it into the U.S. Top 40, and to #1 on the R&B chart in April 1960....

" by Buster Brown
Buster Brown (musician)
Buster Brown was an American blues and R&B singer best known for his hit, "Fannie Mae".Brown was born in Cordele, Georgia, and in the 1930s and 1940s he played harmonica at local clubs and made a few non-commercial recordings...

, 1959
"You Don't Have to Go" by Sam Myers
Sam Myers
Sam Myers was an American blues musician and songwriter. He appeared as an accompanist on dozens of recordings for blues artists over five decades. He began his career as a drummer for Elmore James, but was most famous as a blues vocalist and blues harp player...

, 1960
"The Sky Is Crying
The Sky Is Crying (song)
"The Sky Is Crying" is a song that has become a blues standard. The song was written and recorded by Elmore James in 1959. Called "one of his most durable compositions", "The Sky Is Crying" became a R&B record chart hit and has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists.-Original song:"The...

" by Elmore James
Elmore James
Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.-Biography:James was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in...

, 1960
"Ya Ya
Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey song)
"Ya Ya" is a song by Lee Dorsey. The song was written by Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson and Morris Levy. It was inspired by a children's nursery rhyme.-Chart performance:...

" by Lee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey
Lee Dorsey was an African American pop/R&B singer during the 1960s. Much of his work was produced by Allen Toussaint with instrumental backing provided by the Meters.-Career:...

, 1961
"Tossin' and Turnin'
Tossin' and Turnin'
"Tossin' and Turnin" is a song written by Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene, and originally recorded by Bobby Lewis. The record reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 on July 10, 1961, and R&B chart,, and has since become a standard on oldies compilations. It was named Billboard's number-one...

" by Bobby Lewis
Bobby Lewis
Bobby Lewis is an African American rock and roll and R&B singer.-Biography:Lewis learned to play the piano by age six. Adopted at age twelve, he moved to a home in Detroit, Michigan...

, 1961
"Every Beat of My Heart
Every Beat of My Heart (song)
"Every Beat of My Heart" is the 1961 debut single on the Vee-Jay label by Gladys Knight & the Pips. The song was written by Johnny Otis, and first recorded by his group The Royals in 1954. The single was credited to The Pips and was the first of eleven releases to make it to number one on the...

" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...

, 1961
"Soul Twist
Soul Twist
"Soul Twist" is a 1962, instrumental, crossover single for saxophonist, King Curtis. His debut single on the R&B charts was his most successful, hitting number one on the R&B charts for two weeks. "Soul Twist" crossed over to the top 40, where it was one of three singles by King Curtis to make...

" by King Curtis
King Curtis
Curtis Ousley , who performed under the stage name King Curtis, was an American saxophone virtuoso known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, funk and soul jazz. Variously a bandleader, band member, and session musician, he was also a musical director and record producer...

, 1962
"Wiggle Wobble" by Les Cooper
Les Cooper
Les Cooper was an American doo wop musician, best known for his hit rock instrumental "Wiggle Wobble".Cooper sang in several New York doo wop groups, including The Empires and The Whirlers, and was the manager of the group The Charts...

, 1962
"Love Rap" by Spoonie Gee
Spoonie Gee
Spoonie Gee is one of the earliest rap artists, and one of few rap artists to release records in the 1970s. He has been credited with originating the term 'hip hop' and some the themes in his music were precursors of Gangsta rap....

, 1980
"Superappin" by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, 1979
"Rappin' And Rocking The House" by the Funky Four Plus One More, 1979 (at over fifteen minutes, one of the longest rap records of its time)
"Rockin' It" by The Fearless Four, 1982
several hits by Kool Moe Dee
Kool Moe Dee
Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an American Hip Hop MC prominent in the late 1970s through the early 1990s. He was born in Manhattan, New York...

with the Treacherous Three
Treacherous Three
The Treacherous Three was a pioneering hip hop group that was formed in 1978 and consisted of DJ Easy Lee, Kool Moe Dee, L.A. Sunshine, Special K and Spoonie Gee , with occasional contributions from DJ Dano B, DJ Reggie Reg and DJ Crazy Eddie...

("The New Rap Language", "Feel The Heartbeat", "At The Party" and "Body Rock")

Fire 7" discography

1000 - Tarheel Slim And Little Ann - It's Too Late / Don't Ever Leave Me
1001 - Earl Lewis & The Channels - The Girl Next Door / My Heart Is Sad
1002 - Mary Ann Fisher - Wild As You Can Be / Put On My Shoes
1003 - Willis Jackson Band - Good To The Bone / Making It
1004 - ?
1005 - Vinnie & Kenny - Schooltime / Who (Is The Girl)
1006 - Wild Jimmy Spurill - Hard Grind / Kansas City March
1007 - Rockin' B Bradley - Lookout / I Have News For You
1008 - Buster Brown - Fannie Mae / Lost In A Dream
1009 - Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - Much Too Late / Lock Me In Your Heart
1010 - May Ann Fisher - As Wild As You Can Be / Only Yesterday
1011 - Elmore James And His Broomdusters - Make My Dreams Come True / Bobby's Rock
1012 - The Rainbows - Mary Lee / Evening
1013 - Little Bobby Roach - Mush / More Mush
1014 - Bobby Marchan & The Tick Tocks - Shoppin' And Accusin' / This Is The Life
1015 - Johnny Acey - Why / Please Don't Go Back (To Baltimore)
1016 - Elmo James And His Broomdusters - The Sky Is Crying
The Sky Is Crying (song)
"The Sky Is Crying" is a song that has become a blues standard. The song was written and recorded by Elmore James in 1959. Called "one of his most durable compositions", "The Sky Is Crying" became a R&B record chart hit and has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists.-Original song:"The...

/ Held My Baby Last Night
1017 - Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - Can't Stay Away Part 1 / Part 2
1018 - Paul Perryman - Look At My Baby / Keep A'Calling
1019 - Riff Ruffin - All My Life / Gravy Train
1020 - Buster Brown - The Madison Shuffle / John Henry (The Steel Driving Man)
1021 - Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - Forever I'll Be Yours / Anything For You
1022 - Bobby Marchan - There's Something On Your Mind Part 1 / Part 2
1023 - Buster Brown - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby / Don't Dog Your Woman
1024 - Elmore James - Rollin' And Tumblin' / I'm Worried
1025 - Billy Lewis - Tell All The World Aboput You /Heart Trouble
1026 - The Gay Poppers - I Want To Know / I've Got It
1027 - Bobby Marchan - Booty Green / It Hurts Me To My Heart
1028 - Bobby Marchan - You're Still My Baby Part 1 / Part 2
1029 - The Upsetters - Jaywalkin' / Steppin' Out
1030 - Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - Security / Bless You My Darling
1031 - Elmo James - Done Somebody Wrong / Fine Little Mama
1032 - Buster Brown - Doctor Brown / Sincerely
1033 - Mighty Joe Young - Empty Arms / Why Baby
1034 - Lightin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand / Glory Be
1035 - Bobby Marchan - All In My Mind / I Miss You So
1036 - Johnny Chef - Can't Stop Moving / Baby Please Come Back
1037 - Bobby Marchan - What You Don't Know Don't Hurt You / I Need Someone (I Need You)
1038 - The Tellers - I Wanna Run To You / Tears Fell From My Eyes
1039 - The Gay Poppers - Please Mr Cupid / You Got Me Uptight
1040 - Buster Brown - Blues When It Rains / Good News
500 - Willie Bradford - So Long / Wanna Be Loved
501 - Dr Horse - I'm Tired Of It / Think I Know
502 - Otis Scott - New Kind Of Love / ?
503 - Slim And Ann, Orchestra Conducted By Larry Lucie - It's A Sin / You're Gonna' Reap (Everything You Sow)
504 - Elmore James - Look on Yonder Wall
Look on Yonder Wall
"Look on Yonder Wall", or "Get Ready to Meet Your Man" as it was first named, is a blues song first recorded in 1945 by James "Beale Street" Clark. Clark, also known as "Memphis Jimmy", was a blues pianist from Memphis, Tennessee...

/ Shake Your Moneymaker
Shake Your Moneymaker (song)
"Shake Your Moneymaker" or "Shake Your Money Maker" is a song recorded by Elmore James in 1961 that has become a standard of the blues. Inspired by earlier songs, it has been interpreted and recorded by several blues and other artists...
505 - Chuck Bradford - You're Gonna Miss Me / Say It Was A Dream
506 - Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - Forever I'll Be Yours / Can't Stay Away From You
507 - Buster Brown - I'm Going Out But I'll Be Back / Sugar Babe
508 - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Loving / Tell Me
509 - ?
510 - Bobby Marchan - Yes It's Written All Over Your Face / Look At My Heart
511 - Chuck Bradford - You Can't Hurt Me Anymore / Wherever You Are
512 - Linda Martell & The Anglos - A Little Tear / The Things I Do For You
513 - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - Don't You Worry / I'm Coming Home To Stay
514 - Dr Horse - Jack The Cat Was Clean / Salt Pork West Va
515 - ?
516 - Buster Brown - Raise A Ruckus Tonight / Gonna Love My Baby
517 - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - Lead Me On / Tcb (Taking Care Of Business)
1501 - Arthur Crudup - Rock Me Mama / Mean Ole Frisco
1502 - Arthur Crudup - Katie Mae / Dig Myself A Hole
1503 - Elmore James - Strangerblues / Anna Lee
2020 - Elmore James - Pickin' The Blues / It Hurts Me To
2021 - Buster Brown - Sugar Babe / Don't Dog Your Woman
2022 - Larry Dale - Rock A While / The Things I Used To Do
5001 - Darwin Nelson - Mary Sue / Good Gosh Gerty - 1959

Fire LP discography

FLP-100 - Here Are The Hits! - Various Artists [1959] Original cover has photograph of teenagers dancing. Record label is white with red printing. Deserie - Charts/Mary Lee - Rainbows/Dear One -Scarlets/I've Lost - Scarlets/I - Velvets/I Cried - Velvets//My Love Will Never Die - Channels/Bye Bye Baby - Channels/Evening - Rainbows/Oh Gee Oh Gosh - Kodaks/I'm So Happy - Teen Chords/Lydia - Teen Chords

FLP-100 - Memory Lane - Various Artists [1959] Second cover called "Memory Lane, Hits by the Original Groups", there is no picture. Record label is red with black printing. Deserie -Charts/Mary Lee - Rainbows/Dear One -Scarlets/I've Lost - Scarlets/I - Velvets/I Cried - Velvets//My Love Will Never Die - Channels/Bye Bye Baby - Channels/Evening - Rainbows/Oh Gee Oh Gosh - Kodaks/I'm So Happy - Teen Chords/Lydia - Teen Chords

FLP-101 - Buster Brown New King Of The Blues - Buster Brown [1960] Label is white with red printing. FLP-101 in trail off area of LP. Fannie Mae/John Henry/Madison/St. Louis Blues/When Things Go Wrong/Lost In A Dream//Is You Is Or Is You Ain't/Don't Dog Your Woman/Blue Berry Hill/Sincerely/I'm Goin' But I'll Be Back

FLP-102 - Buster Brown New King Of The Blues - Buster Brown [1960] Cover is blue with drawing of Buster Brown, label is red with black printing. FLP-101 in trail off area of LP even though the cover and label say FLP-102. Fannie Mae/John Henry/Madison/St. Louis Blues/When Things Go Wrong/Lost In A Dream//Is You Is Or Is You Ain't/Don't Dog Your Woman/Blue Berry Hill/Sincerely/I'm Goin' But I'll Be Back

FLP-103 - Mean Ol' Frisco - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup [1960] Label is red with black printing. Mean Ole Frisco/Look On Yonder Wall/That's Alright/Ethel Mae/Too Much Competition/Standing At My Window//Rock Me Mama/Greyhound Bus/Coal Black Mare/Katie Mae/Dig Myself A Hole/So Glad You're Mine

FLP-104 - Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins [1962] Label is red with black print. Mojo Hand/Coffee For Mama/Awful Dream/Black Mare Trot/Have You Ever Loved A Woman//Glory Bee/Sometimes She Will/Shine On Moon!/Santa

FLP-105 - I Need Your Lovin' - Don Gardner/Dee Dee Ford [1962] Need Your Lovin'/Now It's Too Late/Nobody But You/Make The Girl Love Me/You Said/Tell Me//I Need You/I'm Coming Home To Stay/What A Thrill/Honey Sweet/Don't You Worry

Fury 7" discography

1000 - Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords - I'm So Happy (Tra La La La La La) / Lydia
1001 - The Miracles - Your Love (Is All I Need) / I Love You So
1002 - Hal Paige & The Whalers - Don't Have To Cry No More / Pour The Corn
1003 - Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords - Honey Honey (You Don't Know) / Please Tell The Angels
1004 - Little Bobby Rivera & The Hemlocks - Cora Lee / Joys Of Love
1005 - The Federals - While Our Hearts Are Young / You're The One I Love
1006 - Lewis Lymon & The Teenchords - I'm Not Too Young To Fall In Love / Falling In Love
1007 - The Kodaks With Pearl McKinnon - Teenager's Dream / Little Boy And Girl
1008 - Bobby & Buddy - What's The Word - Thunderbird / I Cried
1009 - The Federals - Dear Loraine / She's My Girl
1010 - The Emotions - Candlelight / It's Love1011 - The Du Mauriers - All Night Long / Baby I Love You
1012 - The Velvets - Dance Honey Dance / I - I - I (Love You So - So - So)
1013 - The Duals - Wait Up Baby / Forever And Ever
1014 - Sherman & Darts - Remember (It's Only You And I) / Rockin' At Midnight
1015 - The Kodoks Featuring Pearl McKinnion - Oh Gee, Oh Gosh / Make Believe World
1016 - Tarheel Slim - Number 9 Train / Wildcat Trainer
1017 - The Southwinds - Build Me A Cabin / They Call Me Crazy
1018 - Curtis Carrington - I'm Gonna Catch You / You Are My Sunshine
1019 - The Kodaks - Kingless Castle / My Baby And Me
1020 - The Kodaks - Run Around Baby / Guardian Angel
1021 - The Channels - My Love Will Never Die / Bye Bye Baby
1022 - The Vibra-Harps - The Only Love Of Mine / Be My Dancing Partner
1023 - Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City / Listen My Darling
1024 - Hal Paige & The Whalers - Going Back To My Home Town / After Hours Blues
1025 - Gino - Catastrophe / Right From The Start
1026 - The 3 Emotions - Night We Met / The Girl I Left Behind
1027 - Wilbert Harrison - Cheating Baby / Don't Wreck My Life
1028 - Wilbert Harrison - 1960 / Goodbye Kansas City
1029 - The Premiers - I Pray / Pigtails Eyes Are Blue
1030 - June Bateman - Believe Me Darling / Come On Little Boy
1031 - Wilbert Harrison - C C Rider / Why Did You Leave
1032 - Clarence "Junior" Lewis - Cupid's Little Helper / Half A Heart
1033 - Gil Hamilton - Much Obliged / Pretty Baby
1034 - The Starlites - Valarie / Way Up In The Sky
1035 - Sammy Myers - You Don't Have To Go / Sad Sad Lonesome Day
1036 - The Scarlets - Truly Yours / East Of The Sun
1037 - Wilbert Harrison - Since I Fell For You / Little School Girl
1038 - Delmar - Depending On You / Lizzie Mae
1039 - Little Junior Lewis - Come On Back Where You Belong / And That's All I Need
1040 - Little Junior - Can She Give Me Fever / Your Heart Must Be Made Of Stone
1041 - Wilbert Harrison - The Horse / Da-De-Ya-Da (Anything For You)
1042 - Helen Bryant - That's A Promise / I've Learned My Lesson
1043 - Riff Ruffin - Hucklebuck Scratch / Dig That Rock & Roll
1044 - Buddy Skipper - The Clock / No More Doggin'
1045 - The Starlites - Ain't Cha' Ever Coming Home / Silver Lining
1046 - Ike Nesbit - I Want You / I'm Lonely
1047 - Wilbert Harrison - Happy In Love / Calypso Dance
1048 - Pearl & The Deltars - Teenage Dream / Dance Dance Dance
1049 - Charles Baker - Love Will Make You / Darling Here You Are
1050 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Every Beat Of My Heart / Room In Your Heart
1051 - Buddy Skipper - Make Believe Baby / Back On The Beach Again
1052 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Guess Who / Stop Running Around
1053 - Lee Dorsey - Ya Ya / Give Me You
1054 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Letter Full Of Tears / You Broke Your Promise
1055 - Wilbert Harrison - Drafted / My Heart Is Yours
1056 - Lee Dorsey - Do-Re-Mi / People Gonna Talk
1057 - Jackie & The Starlites - I Found Out Too Late / I'm Coming Home
1058 - Barry & The Tots - Christmas Each Day Of The Year / I'm A Happy Little Christmas Tree
1059 - Wilbert Harrison - Let's Stick Together / Kansa City Twist
1060 - Little Joe Cook - This I Know / These Lonely Tears
1061 - Lee Dorsey - Eenie Meenie Miny Moe / Behind The 8 Ball
1062 - Buddy Skipper - Don't Be A Shame / Baby Please
1063 - Wilbert Harrison - Let's Stick Together / My Heart Is Yours
1064 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - Operator / I'll Trust In You
1065 - ?
1066 - Lee Dorsey - You Are My Sunshine / Give Me Your Love
1067 - The Pips - Darling / Linda
1068 - Slim & Little Ann - Send Me The Pillow You Dream On / I Love You Because
1069 - Tyron Rowe - Mama Don't Allow / I'm A Go'fer
1070 - Jimmy Ricks - I Wonder / Let Me Down Easy
1071 - The Channels - My Love Will Never Die / Bye Bye Baby
1072 - ?
1073 - Gladys Knight - Come See About / I Want That Kind Of Love
1074 - Lee Dorsey - Hoodlum Joe / When I Met My Baby
5000 - Billy Habric - Human / Talk To Me Baby
5001 - Wilbert Harrison - (If Women Are) Trouble / Let's Have Some Fun
5002 - Willie Hightower - If I Had A Hammer / So Tired
5003 - Man U Huffman - Things Go Better With You / School Boy In Love
5004 - Willie Hightower - Let's Walk Together / I Love You
5005 - Billy Hambrick - You're A Sweetheart / Flaming Mamie
5006 - Billy Hambre - This Is My Prayer / Everybody Needs Love
5050 - Johnny Jones - Tennessee Waltz / I Find No Fault
5051 - Ricky Lewis - Cupis / Somebody's Gonna Want Me
5052 - Joe Haywood - Ghost Of A Love / Debt Of Love

Fury LP discography

FULP-1001 - Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & Pips [Unissued?] The trail off wax of FULP-1003 also has FLP-1001 which is scratched out. This would indicate that the Gladys Knight album was intended to be Fury 1001.

FULP-1002 - Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey [1962] Yellow label with black printing. Ya Ya/Give Me You/Do-Re-Me/People Gonna Talk/Chin Chin/Mess Around//Eenie Meenie Mini Mo/One And One/Yum Yum/Ixie Dixie Pixie Pie/Behind The Eight-Ball

FULP-1003 - Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & Pips [1962] The label is yellow with black printing. Trail off wax contains FU-LP-1003 and FLP 1001 which is scratched out. Letter Full Of Tears/You Broke Your Promise/Operator/I'll Trust In You/Morning Noon And Night/I Can't Stand By//Every Beat Of My Heart/Room In Your Heart/Guess Who/Stop Running Around/What Shall I Do?

Enjoy 7" discography

1000 - King Curtis - Soul Twist / Twisting Time
1002 - King Curtis - Wobble Twist / Twisting With The King
1002 - Chuck Paulin - Everybody's Talking / ?
1003 - Janet Calloway & Chuck Paulin - Lover's Prayer / Mercy Mercy
1003 - Janet Calloway - Lovers Prayer / Bank Of Love (note diff. b-side and no mention of Paulin)
1004 - Jay Cee's - Just Say The Word / The Waddle
1005 - Titus Turner
Titus Turner
Titus Turner was an American R&B and East Coast blues singer and songwriter. His best remembered recordings were "We Told You Not To Marry" and "Sound-Off," plus he wrote "Leave My Kitten Alone," and "Tell Me Why."...

- People Sure Act Funny / My Darkest Hour
1006 - ?
1007 - Betty Boothe - I'm The One Who Needs You / Just A Little Bit Of True Love
1008 - Noble Watts - Jookin / Noble Watts And June Bateman - What Ya Gonna Do
1009 - The Naturals - Swingin' Low / Lenny Goofed
1010 - Rinkydinks - Hot Potato Part 1 / Part 2
1011 - Les & Gloria - Twisting One More Time / Peter Piper
1012 - Ti Mattison - Don't Make Me Cry / Please Don't
1013 - The Cross Jordan Singers - Jesus Died / Troubled No More
1014 - Mary B - Ain't Nobody's Business / Cut It Out
1015 - Titus Turner - Soulville / My Darkest Hour
1016 - Jimmy Armstrong - Count The Tears / I'm Going To Lock My Heart
2001 - Channels - Sad Song / My Love
2002 - Johnny Wilson - Please Be Fair / You're Still My Baby
2003 - The Hootenaires - Baby, Baby (I Love You) / Bill Bailey (Come On Home)
2004 - Barry & The Tots - I'm A Happy Little Christmas Tree / Christmas Each Day Of The Year
2005 - Charlie Lucas - Walkin' / Jump For Joy
2006 - Wild Jimmy Spruill - Cut And Dried / The Rooster
2007 - Riff Ruffin - Plain English / Hoop And Holler
2008 - Ronnie & The Manhattans - Come On Back / Long Time No See
2009 - Louis Jones - I Believe In My Soul / Hurry Baby
2010 - Titus Turner - Bow Wow / I Love You Baby
2011 - Little Joe & The Thrillers - Peanuts And Popcorn / Chicken Little Boo Boo
2012 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - What Shall I Do / Love Call
2013 - Joe Haywood - Warm And Tender Love / I Would If I Could
2014 - Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - Got To Keep On Lovin' You / You Make Me Feel So Good
2015 - Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
It Hurts Me Too
"It Hurts Me Too" is a blues standard that is "one of the most interpreted blues [songs]". First recorded in 1940 by Tampa Red, the song is a mid-tempo eight-bar blues that features slide guitar...

/ Bleeding Heart
2015 - Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too / Pickin' The Blues
2016 - Joe Haywood - When You Look In The Mirror (You're Looking At The One You Love) / Talk To Me Baby (Put Some Sugar In My Ear)
2017 - Jay Dee Bryant - You're Hurting Me / Get It
2018 - Riff Ruffin - Home Cookin / Hot Waffles
2019 - Willie Hightower - Too Late / What Am I Living For
2020 - Elmore James - Mean Mistreatin' Mama / Bleeding Heart
2021 - Bobby Porter - Foxy Devil / Searching For Love
2022 - Elmore James - Look On Yonder Wall / Shake Your Moneymaker
2023 - Sammy Taylor - Ain't That Some Shame / Next In Line
2024 - Les Cooper - Owee Baby / Let's Do The Boston Monkey
2025 - Ster-Phonics - Roamin' Heart
2026 - ?
2027 - Elmore James - Dust My Broom / Everyday I Have The Blues
2028 - Sammy Taylor - Don't Lie / Your Precious Love
5000 - Rocky O'Neal - Here I Go / Where Am I Going Wrong
5001 - Ricky Lewis - Welcome Home / Somebody's Gonna Want Me
5050 - Ricky Lewis - Cupid / Somebody's Gonna Want Me
6009 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five / Super Rappin' No. 2 / Super Rappin' Theme
6016 - Treacherous Three / Feel The Heartbeat (Have Fun)

Enjoy label - 12" Discography

EN-6002 Spoonie Gee & Treacherous Three, The* Love Rap / The New Rap Language (12")
ER-6011 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Super Rappin' No.2 (12", RP)
6000 Funky Four Plus One More Rappin' And Rocking The House (12")
6001 Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five* Superappin' (12")
ER-6002 Spoonie Gee & Treacherous Three, The* The New Rap Language / Love Rap (12")
ER-6006 Kool Kyle The Starchild Do You Like That Funky Beat (Ahh Beat Beat) (12")
ER-6007 Treacherous Three, The* The Body Rock (12")
ER-6008 Treacherous Three, The* At The Party (12")
ER-6010 Disco Four, The* Move To The Groove (12")
ER-6011 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Super Rappin' No.2 (12")
ER-6012 Doctor Ice (2) Calling Doctor Ice (12")
ER-6013 Treacherous Three Feel The Heartbeat (12")
ER-6014 Kool Kyle (The Starchild)* It's Rockin Time (12")
ER-6017 Disco Four Do It, Do It (12")
ER-6018 Treacherous Three, The* Put The Boogie In Your Body (12")
ER-6021 Midnight Blue Enjoy With Me (12")
ER-6022 Spanish Fly & The Terrible Two Spanglish (12")
ER-6023 Higher Ground (2) Shake 'Em Up (12")
ER-6023 Higher Ground (2) Shake 'Em Up (12")
EN-1163 Packman, The I'm The Packman (Eat Everything I Can) (12")
EN-1163 / EN-1164 Packman, The I'm The Packman (Eat Everything I Can) (12", Promo)
EN-6032 Masterdon Committee, The Funk Box Party (12")
ER-6024 Fearless Four, The It's Magic (12")
ER-6024 Fearless Four, The It's Magic (12", RE)
ER-6025 Silver Star Eei Eei O (12")
ER-6026 Disco Four Country Rock And Rap (12")
ER-6028 Fearless Four, The Rockin' It (12")
ER-6029 Masterdon Committee, The Gonna' Get You Hot (12")
ER-6029 Masterdon Committee, The Gonna' Get You Hot (12", Promo)
ER-6031 Packman, The I'm The Packman (Eat Everything I Can) (12")
ER-6032 Masterdon Committee, The Funkbox Party (Live) (12")
EN-6033 Masterdon Committee, The Musicgram (12")
EN-6035 Doug E. Fresh Just Having Fun (Do The Beat Box) (12", Promo)
ER-6034 Source, The (2) The Ghetto (12")
ER-6035 Doug E. Fresh Just Having Fun (Do The Beat Box) (12")
EN-6036 Spoonie Gee New Love Rap (12")
EN-6037 Crazy Eddie (3) & Jazaq Come On Party People (Lets Ge Down) (12")
EN-6038 New York City Trooper Here We Go (12")
EN-6039 Ninga Crack Attack (12")
EN-6040 DLB (The Microphone Wizard)* Magic (12")
EN-6044 Masterdon I Paid The Cost To Be The Boss (12")
ER-6041 Deuce II, The Are You Ready (For The Big Throwdown) (12")

Enjoy LP discography

ENLP-2001 - Soul Twist - King Curtis [1962] Label is gold with blue printing. Soul Twist/Twisting Time/What'd I Say/I Know/Sack O' Woe Twist/Camp Meetin'//Wobble Twist/Irresistible You/Big Dipper/Twisting With The King/Midnight Blue

Everlast LP discography

ELP-201 - Our Best To You - Various Artists [1960] Label is orange with black printing. Deserie - Charts/Zoop - Charts/Why Do You Cry - Charts/Dance Girl - Charts/You're The Reason - Charts/I've Been Wondering - Charts//I Want To Know - Ladders/Counting The Stars - Ladders /My Love Has Gone - Ladders /Lorraine - Harmonaires/Come Back - Harmonaires/Baby - Bop-Chords

ELP-202 - Wiggle Wobble - Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers [1963] Label is white and orange with black printing. Popeye Dance/Wiggle Wobble No. 2/Jungle Pony/Dig Yourself/Shimmy Rock/Wiggle Wobble//The Monkey/Hippity Hop/Wobble Party/Twistin' One More Time/Bossa Nova Dance/At The Party

Front Page 7" discography

1000 – Joe Haywood – Im Walkin’ / Strong Feelin’
1001 – The Victones – I Need You So / My Baby Changes
1002 – Jim And Lee – Adam And Eve / I’ll Never Change
1003 – Joe Haywood – I Cross My Heart And Hope To Die / In Your Heart You Know I Love You
2301 – Lee Moses – Time And Place / I Can’t Take No Chances
2302 – The Victones- Somebody Really Loves You / Two Sides To Love

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