Cat. No. VV 1243: WYNONA CARR ~ JUMP JACK JUMP! SPECIALTY SP 2157.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

BORN AUGUST 23, 1924 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, WYNONA'S NATURAL ABILTY FOR SINGING WAS NOTED EARLY BY HER PARENTS. THEY STARTED HER IN THE STUDY OF MUSIC AT THE TENDER AGE OF EIGHT. WHEN WYNONA WAS THIRTEEN, SHE ENTERED THE CLEVELAND MUSIC COLLEGE. DUE TO HER LOVE OF MUSIC AND CONSCIENTIOUS STUDY OF VOICE, HARMONY, ARRANGING, ETC. SHE SOON BECAME A STAR PUPIL AND WAS SELECTED OVER ALL OF THE OTHER STUDENTS FOR TRAINING CHOIRS AND CHORUSES. WHEN WYNONA WAS TWENTY, SHE MOVED TO DETROIT, MICHIGAN AND FOR TWO YEARS TRAINED A 200 VOICE CHORUS. WYNONA DEVOTED HER EARLY STAGES OF HER CAREER TO GOSPEL MUSIC AND HER FIRST RECORDINGS FOR SPECIALTY WERE GOSPEL MUSIC AND COMPRISED TEN RELEASES ON THE LABEL.

IN 1955, WYNONA STARTED RECORDING "POP" MATERIAL FOR SPECIALTY - RECORDING MATERIAL THAT RANGED FROM NOVELTY JUMP TUNES TO DRAMATIC BALLADS. ON THIS ALBUM WYNONA SWITCHES FROM ROMANTIC BALLADS SUCH AS "OLD FASHIONED LOVE" - HER WARM, PASSIONATE VOICE HANDLING EACH CHANGE OF STYLE WITH CONSUMATE EASE. IN 1961, WYNONA MOVED TO WARNER-REPRISE AND RECORDED AN ALBUM OF STANDARDS.

THIS SELECTION WAS RELEASED BY SPECIALTY RECORDS IN 1985 AND CONTAINS 16 TRACKS THAT WYNONA RECORDED FOR THE LABEL BEWEEN 1955 AND 1958. THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR ALONG A COUPLE OF EDGES ALONG WITH SOME SMALL CREASES ALONG THE SPINE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Jump Jack Jump / 'Tile The Well Runs Dry / Boppity Bop (Boogity Boog) / Should I Ever Love Again / I'm Mad At You / Old Fashioned Love / Hurt Me / It's Raining Outside. Side 2 - Nursery Rhyme Rock / Ding Dong Daddy / Someday, Somewhere, Somehow / Act Right / What Do You Know (About Love) / Now That I'm Free / Heartbreak Melody / Please Mr. Jailer.

12" VINYL RECORD