H-BOMB FERGUSON
Otro de los artistas que aparecen en el album citado en nuestro post del otro día Let Me Tell You About ATLANTA .
H-BOMB FERGUSON
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H-Bomb Ferguson (May 9, 1929 – November 26, 2006) was an American jump blues singer from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He was an early pioneer of the rock and rollsound of the mid 1950s, featuring driving rhythm, intensely shouted vocals, honking tenor saxophone solos, and outlandish personal appearance. Ferguson sang and played pianoin a flamboyant style, wearing colorful wigs.
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Born Robert Percell Ferguson in Charleston, South Carolinahe was the eleventh of twelve children. His father was a Baptist preacher who paid for piano lessons for his son,on condition he learned sacred melodies. But Ferguson had other ideas. "After church was over, while the people was all standing outside talking, me and my friends would run back inside and I'd play the blues on the piano."
Life and career
At the age of 19, he was on the road with Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers. They moved to New York, where Ferguson branched off on his own, getting a gig at the nightclub Baby Grand Club in Harlem, billed as "The Cobra Kid."
His 1951-1952 recording contract with Savoy Records produced some of his best recordings. Drummer, Jack "The Bear" Parker, who played on the Savoy dates, allegedly bestowed the singer with his explosive moniker. Other accounts credit Savoy record producer, Lee Magid, with coining H-Bomb's handle; either way, his dynamite vocals fulfilled the billing However, it was not until 1955 that rock and roll became a sensation, when Bill Haley & His Comets' version of "Rock Around the Clock" became a hit.
Ferguson retired from touring in the early 1970s, but made a number of comebacks. Backed by the Medicine Men, he recorded his first album, Wiggin' Out, for Chicago's Earwig Music in 1993. He died in 2006 at the Hospice of Cincinnati of complications from emphysema and cardiopulmonary disease
His early work was featured in a compilation album H-Bomb Ferguson: Big City Blues, 1951-54.
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H-Bomb Ferguson (9 maig 1929-26 novembre 2006) va ser una cantant nord-americana de blues salt de Cincinnati, Ohio, Estats Units. Va ser un dels pioners del rock and rollsound de mitjans de 1950, amb el ritme de conducció, intensament va cridar la veu, sols de saxo tenor tocant la botzina i aparença personal extravagant. Ferguson cantava i tocava pianoin un estil extravagant, vestint acolorides perruques.
Nascut Robert Ferguson Percell a Charleston, South Carolinahe era l'onzè de dotze germans. El seu pare era un predicador baptista que va pagar per classes de piano al seu fill, amb la condició que va aprendre melodies sagrades. Però Ferguson tenia altres idees. "Després de l'església havia acabat, mentre que el poble estava fora parlant tots drets, els meus amics i jo aniria a entrar i m'agradaria tocar blues al piano."
Vida i carrera
A l'edat de 19 anys, estava en el camí amb Joe Liggins i els Honeydrippers. Es va mudar a Nova York, on Ferguson es van separar pel seu compte, aconseguint un concert al club nocturn Club infantil Gran Harlem, anunciat com "The Kid Cobra".
El seu 1951-1952 contracte de gravació amb Savoy Records va produir algunes de les seves millors gravacions. El baterista, Jack "L'Ós" Parker, qui va jugar en les dates Savoy, suposadament atorgat a la cantant amb el seu sobrenom explosiu. Crèdit Altres comptes Savoy productor musical, Lee Magid, amb encunyar el mànec H-Bomb, de qualsevol manera, la seva veu dinamita va complir la facturació No obstant això, no va ser sinó fins a 1955 que el rock and roll es va convertir en una sensació, quan Bill Haley & His. estels versió "de" Rock Around the Clock "va esdevenir un èxit.
Ferguson es va retirar de les gires en la dècada de 1970, però va fer una sèrie de reaparicions. Amb el suport dels curanderos, va gravar el seu primer àlbum, Out Wiggin, perquè de Música Earwig de Chicago el 1993. ] Ell va morir el 2006 a l'Hospici de Cincinnati de complicacions d'emfisema i malaltia cardiopulmonar.
Els seus primers treballs va aparèixer en un àlbum recopilatori H-Bomb Ferguson: Big City Blues, 1951-1954.
