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Meet Claude King was Claude King's debut long-player, even though he had been recording for a variety of labels since 1947. As a new Columbia artist he had already made three big hits, all of which are included on this album. The biggest was the enormously successful story-song "Wolverton Mountain." "The Comancheros" was recorded for, but not used in, the film of the same name, and "Big River, Big Man" was the third in King's trio of early Top Ten hits. King was a good songwriter, but had a hand in writing only a couple of songs on this album. Many of the other selections are oldies that smack of filler, like Jimmie Rodgers' "Pistol Packin' Papa" and Karl & Harty's "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail," although the latter receives an appealingly wistful treatment from King. The hits are the bright spots on Meet Claude King, and all of them can be heard on subsequent greatest-hits anthologies.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
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Claude King, MainArtist - Tillman B Franks, Composer, Lyricist - EMI Robbins Catalog Inc / EMI April Music Inc / Sony-ATV Music Publishing LLC / EMI Music Publishing Ltd, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1961 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Claude King, MainArtist - Harriett Melka, Composer, Lyricist
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Claude King, MainArtist - Roy Carter, Composer, Lyricist - Peer International Corporation / Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Claude King, MainArtist - Alvin Pleasant Carter, Composer, Lyricist
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Claude King, MainArtist - George Watson, Composer, Lyricist - EMI Robbins Catalog Inc / EMI United Partnership Ltd., MusicPublisher - Michael Abiola Phillips, Composer, Lyricist
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1961 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Tillman Franks, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Claude King, MainArtist - Clyde Baum, Composer, Lyricist
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1961 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
MERLE KILGORE, Composer, Lyricist - Claude King, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Painted Desert Music Corporation / Shapiro Bernstein & Co Inc / Shapiro Bernstein & Co Ltd, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Tillman Franks, Composer, Lyricist - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Claude King, MainArtist - A Cole, Composer, Lyricist
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Claude King, MainArtist - Jimmie Rodgers, Composer, Lyricist - Waldo O Neal, Composer, Lyricist - Peer International Corporation / Peermusic (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Claude King, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist - Painted Desert Music Corporation / Shapiro Bernstein & Co Inc / Shapiro Bernstein & Co Ltd, MusicPublisher
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Claude King, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1961 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Claude King, MainArtist - Acuff Rose Music Ltd / Sony-ATV Acuff Rose Music / Sony-ATV Music Publishing LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Thomas P Glaser, Composer, Lyricist
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
Album review
Meet Claude King was Claude King's debut long-player, even though he had been recording for a variety of labels since 1947. As a new Columbia artist he had already made three big hits, all of which are included on this album. The biggest was the enormously successful story-song "Wolverton Mountain." "The Comancheros" was recorded for, but not used in, the film of the same name, and "Big River, Big Man" was the third in King's trio of early Top Ten hits. King was a good songwriter, but had a hand in writing only a couple of songs on this album. Many of the other selections are oldies that smack of filler, like Jimmie Rodgers' "Pistol Packin' Papa" and Karl & Harty's "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail," although the latter receives an appealingly wistful treatment from King. The hits are the bright spots on Meet Claude King, and all of them can be heard on subsequent greatest-hits anthologies.
© Greg Adams /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:35
- Main artists: Claude King
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Music Manager
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
2021 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager 1962 Brand Recordings, under license to Music Manager
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