PAUL GAYTEN

             Sobrino de Little Brother Montgomery, Paul GAYTEN  es un pianista y cantante básicamente de R&B , empezó a tocar el piano muy jovencito , llegando a tocar el piano con diferentes artistas entre los cúales encontramos a Chuck Berry , precisamente en la grabación de la canción de este Carol , donde Gayten actuó como pianista. Tenía un estilo muy personal, y según como difícil de describir.Aquí tenéis unos audios de los temas que consiguieron más popularidad. 

                          
                   

                                         
                   

Paul Gayten (January 29, 1920 – March 26, 1991) was an American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive.

Gayten was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, the nephew of blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery. In his teens he played piano in local bands while also setting up his own group, Paul Gayten's Sizzling Six, which featured future bebop saxophonist Teddy Edwards.

During the war, he led a band at the Army base in Biloxi, Mississippi. He then moved to New Orleans and, with a new trio, established a residency at the Club Robin Hood. In 1947 the trio recorded two of the first New Orleans hits of the R&B era, "True (You Don't Love Me)", and "Since I Fell for You", the latter featuring singer Annie Laurie. Both made the top ten in the US Billboard R&B chart. Gayten also backed singer Chubby Newsom on her hit single "Hip Shakin' Mama".

In 1949, Gayten expanded his combo into a nine-piece orchestra and moved to Regal Records. There, Gayten wrote the number 1 R&B hit "For You My Love" for Larry Darnell,and recorded "I'll Never Be Free" again with Annie Laurie[ His orchestra toured widely,for a period adding saxophonist Hank Mobley and singer Little Jimmy Scott, and appearing on double bills with both Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. In 1952 he moved to Okeh Records.

In 1956 he decided to quit as a touring bandleader and joined Chess Records as a talent scout, producer, promotion man, songwriter and part-time musician and recording artist. He discovered Clarence "Frogman" Henry and produced his first hit, "Ain't Got No Home", in 1956, later going on to co-write and produce his biggest hit, "But I Do", in 1961. At Chess, Gayten produced Bobby Charles' "Later Alligator" and played piano on Chuck Berry’s "Carol". In 1956 he also had one of the biggest hits of his own career with "The Music Goes Round And Round", followed up by "Nervous Boogie".

                 
 
               Vintage JukeBox - Don't Stop The Music

TRACKLIST
01- Cow Cow Blues  00:11
02- For You My Love  02:12
03- Beatnik Beat  04:39
04- Creole Gal  07:10
05- Hot Cross Buns  09:41
06- Nervous Boogie  12:09
07- You Shouldn´t  14:26
08- The Music Goes Round & Round  16:56
09- If You Love Me, Tell Me So  18:55
10- You Better Believe It  21:34
11- True  23:56
12- Mother Roux  26:37
13- Gayten's Nightmare  29:08


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Paul Leon Gayten (January 29, 1920 – March 26, 1991) was an American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive.

In 1960 he moved to Los Angeles with his wife, Odile, to run the Chess operations there. In 1968 he set up his own label, Pzazz, which recorded Louis Jordan, among others. He continued to live in Los Angeles with Odile after retiring in the 1970s, and died there aged 71 in March 1991.