Joe Hill Louis
Joe Hill Louis created quite a racket as a popular one-man blues band around Memphis during the 1950s. If not for his tragic premature demise, his name would surely be more widely revered. Lester (or Leslie) Hill ran away from home at age 14, living instead with a well-heeled Memphis family. A fight with another youth that was won by young Hill earned him the "Joe Louis" appellation. Harp came first for the multi-instrumentalist; by the late '40s, his one-man musical attack was a popular attraction in Handy Park and on WDIA, the groundbreaking Memphis radio station where he hosted a 15-minute program billed as The Pepticon Boy.
Also known as the Be-Bop Boy, Louis made his recording debut in 1949 for Columbia, but the remainder of his output was issued on R&B indies large and small -- Phillips (Sam Phillips's first extremely short-lived logo), Modern, Sun, Checker, Meteor, Big Town (where he cut the blistering "Hydramatic Woman," a tune he'd cut previously for Sun in 1953 with Walter Horton on harp, but Phillips never released it), and House of Sound. Louis was only 35 when he died of tetanus, contracted when a deep gash on his thumb became infected.
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The Be-Bob Boy (with Walter Horton and Mose Vinson)
Blues - Editado por Bear Family Records GmbH el 13 abr. 2012
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Boogie in the Park
Blues - Editado por Ace Records el 25 may. 2015
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Sun Records Originals: We All Gotta Go Sometime
Blues - Editado por Sun Label Group, LLC el 16 jun. 2023
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Essential Blues Masters
Blues - Editado por Nifty Music, Inc. el 1 mar. 2009
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We All Gotta Go Sometime / She May Be Yours
Blues - Editado por Sun Records el 1 ene. 1953
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Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Blues - Editado por Master Tape Records el 19 mar. 2021
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King Of The One Man Bands (B)
Blues - Editado por JSP Records el 1 ene. 2008
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Boogie in the Park
Blues - Editado por HOT BLOOD el 12 feb. 2015
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A'Jumpin' & A'Shufflin' the Blues (1950-1954)
Country - Editado por Jasmine Records el 13 dic. 2019
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Joe Hill Louis - Music History
Blues - Editado por Vintage Jukebox el 11 ago. 2021
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King Of The One Man Bands (A)
Blues - Editado por JSP Records el 1 ene. 2008
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Joe Hill Louis - Star Hits
Blues - Editado por Don't stop the music el 16 sept. 2021
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Boogie in the Park
Rock - Editado por Smith & Co. el 7 mar. 2017
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The One Man Band (Hd Remastered)
Blues - Editado por Reborn recordings el 11 jul. 2019
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We All Gotta Go Sometime
Pop - Editado por JB Production el 12 mar. 2018
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