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La grabación de Jackie Brenson Chess "Rocket 88" se cortó en 1951 y a menudo se cita como el primer disco de rock and roll, sin embargo, una escucha casual de "Cadillac Boogie" de Jimmy Liggins, cortada en 1947, puede causar una reescritura de ese particular. hecho histórico. Esta compilación abarca los 6 años desde 1947 hasta 1953 y comprende 24 cortes laterales de Jimmy Liggins para Specialty Records, 5 de los cuales no fueron emitidos previamente. A diferencia del hermano Joe, el guitarrista Jimmy tocó un blues más áspero y listo, pero aún tenía una buena cantidad de éxitos de R&B. incluyendo el top 5 "Drunk ", que incluye la línea inmortal "Fui por la almohada, perdí toda la maldita cama".  Tal vez no sea sofisticado, pero seguro que hace rock.



Jackie Brenson's Chess recording "Rocket 88" was cut in 1951 and is often cited as the first rock'n' roll record- however a casual listen to Jimmy Liggins' "Cadillac Boogie", cut in 1947 may well cause a rewrite of that particular historical fact. This compilation spans the 6 years from 1947 to 1953 and comprises 24 Jimmy Liggins sides cut for Specialty Records, 5 of which are previously unissued. Unlike brother Joe, guitarist Jimmy played a more rough and ready blues, but still had his fair share of R&B hits. including the top 5 "Drunk", which includes the immortal line "Went for the pillow, missed the whole darn bed". Maybe not sophisticated, but it sure does rock.



Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy

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Jimmy Liggins, the younger brother of fellow Jazz Hall inductee Joe Liggins, was born in Newby,Oklahoma.  The family moved to San Diego, California when Jimmy was nine and, despite an aptitude for guitar and vocals, young Jimmy was slow to follow his brother into a career in music.  He started as a professional boxer under the name "Kid Zulu,” worked as a disc jockey, and even drove the band bus for Joe's "Honeydrippers."  Seeing Joe's recording and touring success inspired Jimmy to begin to write songs, and in 1946 he formed his own band the "Drops of Joy."

Despite both working in the emerging jump blues/R&B genre, the two brothers had very different sounds.  Jimmy's raw blues and rocking boogie contrasted with Joe's Louis Jordan-influenced urban jump swing.  They were so different that Joe and his recording company, Exclusive Records, passed on Jimmy's group.  Signing on with Specialty Records, Jimmy scored big with the 1947 release "Cadillac Boogie," one of the first rock and roll records.  Jimmy's style was a great influence on young musicians working in southern blues and R&B and is cited as an early influence on the development of rock music.  From 1947 to 1954, Jimmy Liggins and his Drops of Joy were one of the most successful groups in the country, with hits like 1948's "Tear Drop Blues.”

Although Jimmy toured successfully in the South and elsewhere during his heyday, he was often in trouble with bad bookings, union difficulties, and cancelled engagements and an accidental shooting in 1949 in Jackson, Mississippi that temporarily sidelined him.  By 1954 he had switched to Aladdin Records, but rapidly changing musical tastes had ended his era of stardom.  Jimmy formed his own record label, Duplex, in 1958 and continued to release singles until the late 1970s, eventually settling in Durham, North Carolina.  He ran a record shop and a recording studio, and was a nightclub promoter there. He oversaw a release of his original hits in 1981 by the Swedish label Route 66.


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Jimmy Liggins (born James L. Elliott; October 14, 1918 – July 21, 1983) was an American R&B guitarist and bandleader. His brother was the more commercially successful R&B/blues pianist, Joe Liggins.
Career
The son of Harriett and Elijah Elliott, he was born in Newby, Oklahoma, United States, and adopted his stepfather's surname, Liggins, as a child. He moved with his family to San Diego, California in 1932. He fought under the name of Kid Zulu as a professional boxer until age 18, when he began as a driver for his brother Joe's band, the Honeydrippers.





Liggins started his own recording career as a singer, guitarist, and leader of the Drops of Joy, on Art Rupe's Specialty label in 1947.One of his early releases, "Cadillac Boogie" was a direct forerunner of "Rocket 88", itself often called the first rock and roll record. Recordings such as "Tear Drop Blues" (1948) and, later, "I Ain't Drunk" (1954), featuring leading saxophone players such as Maxwell Davis, made him one of the most successful bandleaders in the jump blues period of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Liggins left Specialty in 1954, recording "I Ain't Drunk" (1954), later covered by Albert Collins, at Aladdin, before fading from the scene. He began his own management and record company Duplex Records in 1958. His wild stage presence and manic delivery influenced Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and Elvis Presley.

Liggins died in July 1983, at the age of 64, in Durham, North Carolina.



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