Buster Brown
Whooping blues harpists nearing the age of 50 with number one R&B hits to their credit were predictably scarce in 1959. Nevertheless, that's the happy predicament Buster Brown found himself in when his infectious "Fannie Mae" paced the charts. Even more amazingly, the driving number made serious inroads on the pop airwaves as well.
The Georgian, whose harp style was clearly influenced by Sonny Terry, had never made a professional recording (there was a 1943 Library of Congress session that laid unissued at the time) before Fire Records boss Bobby Robinson brought the short, stockily built Brown into a New York studio in June of 1959 to wax "Fannie Mae."
Brown's reign as an unlikely star was short-lived. He managed minor follow-up hits on Fire with a rather ragged 1960 revival of Louis Jordan's "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" and his 1962 farewell bow, the effervescent rocker "Sugar Babe." A subsequent 1964 stop at Chicago's Checker Records produced a glistening update of the old blues "Crawlin' Kingsnake" that sank without a trace.
© Bill Dahl /TiVo
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I'm Going but I'll Be Back 1959-1962
Soul - Paru chez Jasmine Records le 30 mars 2015
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My Blue Heaven / Two Women (Digital 45)
Soul - Paru chez Essential Media Group le 18 déc. 2015
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Buster Brown's Doctor Brown
Blues - Paru chez Charly Records le 25 juin 2006
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Golden Selection (Remastered)
Rock - Paru chez Master Tape Records le 22 mai 2020
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St. Louis Blues (Remastered)
Blues - Paru chez Maestro Entertainment, Corp le 26 févr. 2021
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I'm Going But I'll Be Back
Pop - Paru chez Earfood le 28 déc. 2018
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I'm Going but I'll Be Back
Blues - Paru chez Kinky Jinky le 6 janv. 2020
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Fannie Mae: the Best of Buster Brown
Blues - Paru chez Classic Music International le 25 janv. 2011
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Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
R&B - Paru chez Delta Records le 15 juil. 2020
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Fannie Mae: The Bobby Robinson Sessions
R&B - Paru chez Fire - Fury Admin by Gulf Coast - Prime Entertainment - GAMC le 21 juin 2021
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Blueberry Hill Tonight
Blues - Paru chez Shami Media Group 3 le 25 janv. 2016
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Fannie Mae / Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? (Digital 45)
Soul - Paru chez Essential Media Group le 6 sept. 2011
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Sugar Babe (Billboard Hot 100 - No 99)
R&B - Paru chez Music Manager le 23 oct. 2020
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