Artist: Young Jessie
Album: I'm Gone
Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Released: 2004
It don't come much tuffer than this, or hipper than this; Young Jessie deals it like it is. Dig it or hit git and split.......
One of the unsung greats of R&B, Young Jessie was born Obediah Donnell Jessie on 28 December 1936 in Dallas, Texas. As a youngster he was part of a school band that also included saxophonist David 'Fathead' Newman. Relocating to Los Angeles, he joined a vocal outfit with Louie Louie composer Richard Berry, the group eventually being recorded as The Flairs. By 1953, both Richard Berry and Young Jessie had embarked on solo careers. Young Jessie recorded his most famous song Mary Lou for Modern Records in 1955 (it would later be covered in 1959 by Ronnie Hawkins) and a year later the magnificent Hit, Git And Split (featuring Sam 'The Man' Taylor's tough saxophone blowing and Mickey Baker's fuse-blowing guitar playing).This terrific 21 track CD assembles Young Jessie's legendary Modern recordings made between 1953-1957 and includes not only his most famous songs but also two previously unreleased snippets of planned soundalike singles as well as a "This Is Young Jessie" station indentification for KDMA (Mad Lad Johnstone's show).With the demise of Modern in 1957, Young Jessie went on to sing with The Coasters on their Searchin' and Young Blood hits and he appeared in 1983 at The Electric Ballroom, Camden (a knockout set released on the now deleted Ace LP 1983 R&B Jamboree, CH 89).
Tracklist
01 Mary Lou
02 Lonesome Desert
03 Rabbit On A Log
04 Don't Think I Will
05 Well Baby
06 Nothing Seems Right
07 Down At Hayden's
08 I Smell A Rat
09 Why Do I Love You
10 Pretty Soon
11 Oochie Coochie
12 Don't Happen No More
13 Hit, Git And Split (Take 1)
14 Here Comes Henry
15 Hot Dog
16 Do You Love Me (Alt version)
17 Well Baby (Alt version)
18 Pretty Soon (Alt version)
19 Do You Love Me
20 Station ID For The Mad Lad On KMDA
21 Hit, Git And Split
22 I Hear You Knocking
23 Maybellene
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