SONNY PARKER
SONNY PARKER, estuvo durante mucho tiempo como Front-Man , cantante de la orquesta del vibrafonista LIONEL HAMPTON , se le considera uno de los mas potentes Blues-Shouters. Ya prácticamente al final de su carrera grabó en solitario el álbum cuya carátula véis en la fotografía. Parker era además de cantante baterista y bailarín. Su estilo lo podríamos considerar R&B, a un pasito de lo que más tarde sería el R'n'R.
Sonny Parker (May 5, 1925, Youngstown, Ohio – February 7, 1957, New York City) was an American blues and jazz singer, dancer, and drummer.
Parker was raised in Chicago by a vaudeville duo known as Butterbeans & Susie. He led a band at the Cotton Club in Cincinnati in 1948 which included King Kolax as one of his sidemen, and recorded with Kolax in Los Angeles later that year. He became a member of Lionel Hampton's ensemble in 1949, where he remained for the rest of his career. His time with Hampton included appearances in the film Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra (1949) and on Hampton's recordings from this time. He toured Europe with Hampton several times between 1953 and 1955.
In May 1955, during a concert at Valenciennes, France, Parker had a brain hemorrhage, from which he did not recover. He died of a stroke in 1957.
Sonny Parker With Gladys Hamptons Blues Boys
Peacock Records 1953
B/W Disgusted Blues
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Composed by Singer
Sonny Parker:Vocals & Drums
King Kolax & Jesse Perry:Trumpets
Archie Washington:Alto Sax
Paul Renfro:Tenor Sax
Pick Gordon:Piano
Monty Morrison:Bass
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA. December, 1948
Originally issued on and this recording taken from the 1949 single (Columbia 30151) (78 RPM)
Música
"Lavender Coffin", de: Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
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