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.
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The New King of the Blues
Blues - Erschienen bei Fire Records am 16.11.1961
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I'm Going but I'll Be Back 1959-1962
Soul - Erschienen bei Jasmine Records am 30.03.2015
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Fannie Mae
Jazz - Erschienen bei Stars and Stripes am 28.10.2014
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My Blue Heaven / Two Women (Digital 45)
Soul - Erschienen bei Essential Media Group am 18.12.2015
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Something to Say
Blues - Erschienen bei Aztec music am 01.01.1974
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Buster Brown's Doctor Brown
Blues - Erschienen bei Charly Records am 25.06.2006
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Golden Selection (Remastered)
Rock - Erschienen bei Master Tape Records am 22.05.2020
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St. Louis Blues (Remastered)
Blues - Erschienen bei Maestro Entertainment, Corp am 26.02.2021
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I'm Going But I'll Be Back
Pop - Erschienen bei Earfood am 28.12.2018
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I'm Going but I'll Be Back
Blues - Erschienen bei Kinky Jinky am 06.01.2020
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Fannie Mae: the Best of Buster Brown
Blues - Erschienen bei Classic Music International am 25.01.2011
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Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
R&B - Erschienen bei Delta Records am 15.07.2020
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Fannie Mae: The Bobby Robinson Sessions
R&B - Erschienen bei Fire - Fury Admin by Gulf Coast - Prime Entertainment - GAMC am 21.06.2021
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Blueberry Hill Tonight
Blues - Erschienen bei Shami Media Group 3 am 25.01.2016
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Fannie Mae / Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? (Digital 45)
Soul - Erschienen bei Essential Media Group am 06.09.2011
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