CHRIS KENNER

     


                                         

Chris Kenner va escriure una sèrie de clàssics representatius de Nova Orleans R & B, per desgracia seva les versions posteriors van  eclipsar quasi tots els temes  excepte "I Like It Like That", el seu nominat al Grammy de més èxit a 1961. Kenner co-va escriure "Sick & Tired " amb Fats Domino  però la versió de Domino va gaudir de millor éxit . Tot aixó li va fer que es decidids per  signar com , Joe Babashak, un dels grans beneficiats dels temes composats per Kenner va ser justament el recentment desaparegut Allen Toussaint . 

                                

1 I Like It Like That, Pt. 1

2 Packin' Up

3 A Very True Story

4 Come Back and See

5 (I Found) Peace

6 Something You Got

7 Come See About Me

8 How Far

9 How Far

10 Go Thru Life

11 What's Wrong With Life

12 Never Reach Perfection

13 Time

14 She Can Dance

15 Anybody Here Seen My Baby

16 Johnny Little

17 Let Me Show You How (To Twist)

18 Land of 1000 Dances

19 That's My Girl

20 They Took My Money

21 The Life of My Baby

22 Get on This Train

23 I'm Lonely, Take Me

24 Shoo Rah

Chris Kenner (December 25th 1929 – January 25th 1976) was a New Orleans R&B singer and songwriter, best known for two hit singles in the early 1960s that became staples in the repertoires of many other musicians.

Born in the farming community of Kenner, Louisiana, upriver from New Orleans, Kenner sang gospel music with his church choir, and moved to New Orleans in his teens. In 1955 he made his first recordings, for a small label, Baton Records, without success; and in 1957 recorded his "Sick and Tired" for the Imperial Records label; Fats Domino covered it the next year and the song became a hit. "Rocket to the Moon" and "Life Is Just a Struggle," both cut for the Ron Records label, were other notable songs from this period.

Moving to another New Orleans label, Instant, he began to work with pianist and arranger Allen Toussaint. In 1961, this collaboration produced "I Like It Like That", his first and biggest hit, peaking at #2 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (covered in 1965 by The Dave Clark Five) and "Something You Got" (covered by Wilson Pickett, Alvin Robinson, the Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chuck Jackson, Earl Grant, Maxine Brown, Bobby Womack, The Moody Blues on their 1965 debut album, Fairport Convention and Bruce Springsteen). "I Like It Like That" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. In 1962 he produced his most enduring song, "Land of a Thousand Dances," which was recorded by Cannibal & the Headhunters, Thee Midniters, Wilson Pickett, The Action and Patti Smith.

Kenner continued to record for Instant and for various other small local labels, including many of his lesser-known songs from the 1960s, such as "My Wife," "Packing Up" and "They Took My Money". He released an album on Atlantic Records in 1966; the Collectors' Choice label reissued the LP, Land of a Thousand Dances, on CD in 2007.

In 1968 Kenner was convicted of statutory rape of a minor, and spent three years in Louisiana's Angola prison.

Kenner died from a heart attack in 1976, at the age of 46.