Cat. No. BCD 17268: RED SOVINE ~ JUKE JOINT JOHNNY. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17268. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. BCD 17268: RED SOVINE ~ JUKE JOINT JOHNNY. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17268. (IMPORT).

  • $27.95
    Unit price per 
Tax included.

Only 1 left!

RED SOVINE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS HIT SINGLES “PHANTOM 309” ON THE STARDAY LABEL FROM 1967 AND HIS BIGGEST SONG, THE TEAR-JERKER, “TEDDY BEAR” FROM 1976 ALSO ON STARDAY. RED STARTED HIS RECORDING CAREER IN 1949 ON THE MGM LABEL AFTER BEING REFERRED TO THE LABEL BY HANK WILLIAMS. THE SAME YEAR SOVINE REPLACED WILLIAMS ON THE “LOUISIANA HAYRIDE”. RED’S FIRST RECORDING SESSION TOOK PLACE ON 1st SEPTEMBER 1949, WHEN HE RECORDED “I’LL WORRY YOU OUT OF MY MIND” WHICH FAILED TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE CHARTS. HE MADE SEVERAL MORE RECORDINGS FOR MGM ALL OF WHICH FAILED TO FURTHER HIS CAREER. IN 1954, WITH THE HELP OF WEBB PIERCE, HE SIGNED WITH DECCA AND HAD HIS FIRST #1 IN 1956 ON A DUET WITH WEBB PIERCE TITLED “WHY BABY WHY”. IN 1959, RED SIGNED WITH STARDAY AND REMAINED WITH THAT LABEL FOR MANY YEARS WHERE HE SCORED MANY A COUNTRY HIT. GREAT OVERVIEW OF RED’S CAREER*****

TRACK LISTING: Okey Dokey / When I Get Rich / Sundown Sue / You’re Barking Up The Wrong Tree Now / I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key) / The Intoxicated Rat (My Little Rat 1) / I’ll Worry You Out Of My Mind / Billy Goat Boogie / Don’t Worry / Till Today / It’d Surprise You / Farewell. So Long, Goodbye / Sixteen Tons / Juke Joint Johnny / I Hope You Don’t Care / My Little Rat (2) / No Thanks, Bartender / You’re Calling Me Sweetheart / Why Baby Why (with Webb Pierce) / Wild Beating Heart / You Used To Be My Baby / Don’t Drop It / How Do you Think I Feel / Down On The Corner Of Love / Poor Man’s Riches / Are You Mine (with Goldie Hill) / Courtin’ Time In Tennessee / Hold Everything (Till I Get Home ) / Ko Ko Mo (with Goldie Hill) / Four Arms / The Cajun Queen.

CD


We Also Recommend