Showing posts with label Rhythm and Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rhythm and Blues. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Dooto/Dootone Records

Formed 1951 in Los Angeles, California by Walter (Dootsie) Williams, Dootone records served as a vehicle for rhythm and blues, jazz, comedy, gospel and popular music.

Although the label was responsible for some killer sides and "respectable" artists (Earth Angel - Penguins, Carl Perkins and Dexter Gordon) it was better known for its novelty "blue" records and its star, Redd Foxx.

Picked up "Laff Along with Foxx" at a garage sale this weekend and hope to burn some of the more racy tracks if the internet file sharing Nazis will allow me.


In the meantime, here is the You Tube offering, complete with some of his classic bits.


Wanna learn more? Check out the Dootone bio here: Dootone/Dooto Discography

Friday, May 13, 2011

Cha Cha Sue

Viva.

Tiny was anything but as her full scale throaty roar can attest to. Skinny girls have no soul.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Divorce Me C. O. D. Uh, Rhythmically and Bluesfully.


Today must be my day to find great cover versions of country hits. Though Everybody Loves a Fat Man is my favorite cut from this album posted at The Blues Collective, I'm loving Eddie Mack's Divorce Me C. O. D. too. 

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Ila Vann

Funk My Soul offers a collection of singles from R & B singer Ila Vann, never released on album or CD.