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Chicago Sunny Boy AKA Joe Hill Louis - Western Union Man - Meteor 5004 1953 R&B Blues

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Author: coldwar1952

Tags: Electric Blues Memphis Meteor R&B Rhythym Tetanus Race Record

If you enjoy great group harmony music, come join us on Filetopia in the 'Pittsburgh Hits' chat. We share oldies of all kinds, but especially period group harmony sounds. Here is Chicago Sunny Boy AKA Joe Hill Louis - Western Union Man - Meteor 5004 February 24,1953, recorded at Meteor studio in...

Rufus Thomas - Somebody's My Back By MARI

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Author: musicland65

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SUN 181 Rufus Thomas Jr Walking In the Rain 45rpm 1953

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Author: jll259

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This is the flip side of "Bear Cat". Very bluesy because SUN started as a blues label. This tune is not to be mistaken with "Just Walkin´ In The Rain" by the Prisonaires recorded some time later in 1953!

SUN 181 Rufus Thomas Jr Bear Cat 45rpm 1953

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Author: jll259

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This is an original 1953 SUN Records 45rpm by Rufus Thomas Jr doing "Bear Cat". Copied note by note and just written new lyrics, for this "answer" to Big Mama Thornton´s "Hound Dog" Sam Phillips had to go to court. On the other hand "Bear Cat" was the first bigger selling record on the Label and...