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Boomerissimo.itTutti conoscono il ritornello, pochi sanno da dove viene davvero: un songwriter dimenticato, un genio pieno di vizi e una voce femminile che oggi fa quasi paura. Questo è “Hit the Road Jack”
#RayCharles #HitTheRoadJack #SoulMusic #RhythmAndBlues #PercyMayfield
https://boomerissimo.it/2026/01/22/ray-charles-triangolo-fatale-il-mistero-di-hit-the-road-jack/
50+ Music"Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by the rhythm and blues singer #PercyMayfield and recorded by #RayCharles. The song was a US number 1 hit in 1961, and won a #GrammyAward for #BestRhythmAndBluesRecording, becoming one of Charles' #signatureSongs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyVuYAHiZb8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyVuYAHiZb8
Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack on Saturday Live 1996
Ted Tocks CoversTed Tocks Covers
Hit the Road Jack
Originally posted on August 12, 2022
R&B song writer Percy Mayfield was born on this day in 1920. He is perhaps most famous for writing ‘Hit the Road Jack’.
“Now baby, listen baby, don't ya treat me this way
'Cause I'll be back on my feet some day”
Hit the Road Jack – Celebrating over sixty years of a signature song, tracing it to an unsung hero. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #RayCharles #PercyMayfield #MargieHendrix #JerryLeeLewis #TheAnimals #TheEasybeats #HelenReddy #TheStampeders #OliviaNewtonJohn #JohnFarnham #JohnMellencamp #OmarandtheHowlers #LeslieWest #WillieNelson #WyntonMarsalis #NorahJones #ThePentatonix #TheHeymacs
Every once in a while, Ted Tocks Covers puts some posts together that for the most part lets the music do the talking. Just answer one question. Who steals the show in the Ray Charles version of ‘H…
John EckmanVarious Artists, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records, 2021 on Craft
Craft Recordings release from 2021 – but all the original recordings are from the 1950s (and a few from the 40s).
Wonderful collection – the Little Richard tracks are likely the most well known, but I love the early Sam Cooke, Percy Mayfield, Lloyd Price, and Jesse & Marvin.
Tracklist:
- Lloyd Price– Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Little Richard– Long Tall Sally
- Roy Milton– R.M. Blues
- Sam Cooke– I’ll Come Running
- Joe Liggins– Pink Champagne
- Little Richard– Tutti Frutti
- Percy Mayfield– Please Send Me Someone To Love
- Roy Milton– Information Blues
- Larry Williams – Bony Moronie
- Little Richard– Lucille
- Jesse And Marvin– Dream Girl
- Jimmy Liggins– Drunk
- Lloyd Price– Ain’t That A Shame
- Larry Williams – Short Fat Fannie
- Percy Mayfield– Lost Love (Baby Please)
- Lloyd Price– Oooh-Oooh-Oooh
- Roy Milton– Best Wishes
- Little Richard– Rip It Up
Released on yellow vinyl via the Craft Recordings site – limited edition of 500 copies.
#1940s #2021 #craftRecordings #JesseAndMarvin #JoeLiggins #LarryWilliams #LittleRichard #LloydPrice #PercyMayfield #RoyMilton #SpecialtyRecords #variousArtists #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
seanAnd here, is the Poet of the Blues himself, performing "Louisiana".
