Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday with In My Solitude an album by saxophonist Willis Jackson which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Moodsville label

Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Born in Miami, Florida, Jackson joined Cootie Williams's band in 1948 as a teenager, and was part of it on and off until 1955.

Under his own name (Willis Jackson and His Orchestra) he recorded various rhythm-and-blues instrumentals for Atlantic Records. His most famous record for Atlantic is "Gator's Groove" (1952), with "Estrellita" as the B-side.

Jackson toured as leader of the backing band for singer Ruth Brown. Publicly they were married, but privately they never married but lived together from 1950 to 1955. Jackson joined Prestige Records in 1959, making a string of albums.. - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCkShst8ro

#WllisJackson #SoulJazz #Music #Jazz #Moodsville #RuthBrown #Gator #CootieWilliams

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Fatherhood. Here are five of my favorites:

Ruth Brown: Papa Daddy (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW0v8ZvY4jQ

Shep & the Limelites: Daddy's Home (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGla91-qmk

The Radiants: Father Knows Best (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM2L-J5kLgc

Don Covay & the Goodtimers: Daddy Loves Baby (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_pOdJ-NCg

The Winstons: Color Him Father (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngIdbFMXwc

#RuthBrown #ShepandtheLimelites #Radiants #DonCovay #Winstons

#ThursdayFiveList
#TheShortestSongs

50's r'n'b & r'n'r in less than 2 minutes !

1/ Ruth Brown - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' (1:50, 1958) : https://soundcloud.com/ruthbrownmusic/this-little-girls-435389642

"Well-a, well-a, well-a, well-a
I washed all the dishes and I did a lot more
I even bought the dinner at the grocery store
Now, Mom, you'll find the 🗝️ next door
Cause this little girl's gone rocking"

2/ Rosco Gordon - Decorate The Counter (1:49, 1952) : https://soundcloud.com/rosco-gordon/decorate-the-counter-3

"Decorate the counter! Put that 💵 down!"

3/ Bobby And Terry Caraway - Ballin' Keen (1:54, 1959) : https://song.link/fr/i/545186575

"He likes to rock and he likes to roll
He's got rockin′ in his soul"

4/ Ronnie Self - Petrified (1:44, 1958) : https://soundcloud.com/ronnieself69370/petrified?in=ronnieself69370/sets/my-best-self-2

"You can talk about the Yellowstone National Park
Talk about the 🌲 turning into 🪨
When my baby gives me lovin', it shakes me inside
And I'm here to tell the world that I'm petrified"

5/ The Phantom - Love Me (1:33, 1958) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zgsIdMa8qA

"You set my soul on 🔥!!"

#Rockabilly #RockNRoll #RhythmNBlues #RuthBrown
#AtlanticRecords #SunRecords
#RoscoGordon #BobbyAndTerryCaraway #RonnieSelf #ThePhantom

Along Comes Ruth by Ruth Brown, released on Philips in 1962.

Top Ruth Brown with Mickey Baker on guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHB206Fbuc&list=RDhmHB206Fbuc&start_radio=1

#ruthbrown #mickeybaker #rnb #1962inmusic