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Release «Their Complete National Recordings 1947-1950» von Ravens.
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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 2003 09 23 (Ed.), 1950-47 (Rec.)
Label: Savoy Jazz SVY 17304
Produktion:
Genre: Afroamericana - Rhythm'n'Blues - Vocalgroup
Annotationen
Musikalisch waren die Ravens nicht viel mehr als eine Anlehnung an den Sound der Mills Brothers, die seit den 30er Jahren im nationalen Popmarkt erfolgreich waren. Doch die Gruppe löste eine Welle von säkularen Vocalensembles aus. Speziell an ihnen war, dass die Bassstimme von Jimmy 'Ricky' Ricks Lead sang. Beim National Label von Herb Abramson (bei dem der Atomphysiker Tom Dowd als Produzent tätig war, brachten die Ravens 1948 acht Titel heraus, von denen die meisten die Top 10 der R&B-Charts schafften.
Die meisten der Gruppen, die in den nächsten Monaten auf die Ravens folgten, trugen Vogel-Namen: z.B. die Orioles, die Robins oder die Crows.
Personen und Querverweise
Trackliste
CD 1 1. Ol' Man River (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 3:00 2. Mahzel (Means Good Luck) - 3:12 3. For You (Joe Burke, Al Dubin) - 2:58 4. Would You Believe Me (Ray Heindorf, M.K. Jerome, Charles Tobias) - 3:07 5. Write Me a Letter (Howard Biggs) - 2:53 6. Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 2:56 7. Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols) - 3:10 8. September Song (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) - 3:12 9. Always (Irving Berlin) - 2:47 10. Once in a While (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) - 3:03 11. I Don't Know Why (I Love You Like I Do) (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 2:49 12. Searching for Love (Howard Biggs) - 3:09 13. Rooster (Howard Biggs, Jimmy Ricks) - 2:52 14. Be I Bumble Bee or Not (Fay Whitman Manus, Helen Miller) - 3:07 15. I'm Afraid of You (Al Bryan) - 2:48 16. Always (Irving Berlin) - 2:51 17. Fool That I Am (Matty Malneck, Johnny Mercer, Frank Signorelli) - 3:03 18. Together (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 2:48 19. Send for Me If You Need Me (Howard Biggs, Jimmy Ricks) - 2:49 20. There's No You (Tom Adair, Hal Hopper) - 3:00 21. How Could I Know? (Morty Berk, Frank Capano) - 3:02 ^CD 2 1. Sylvia (David Raksin, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:39 2. The House I Live In (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) - 3:06 3. Rickey's Blues (Howard Biggs, Jimmy Ricks) - 2:37 4. It's Too Soon to Know (Deborah Chessler) - 3:05 5. Be on Your Merry Way (Howard Biggs, Jimmy Ricks) - 3:09 6. Silent Night (Franz Grüber, Joseph Mohr) - 2:52 7. White Christmas (Irving Berlin) - 3:08 8. Leave My Gal Alone (Maithe Marshall) - 2:31 9. Deep Purple (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) - 2:42 10. Sylvia (David Raksin, Paul Francis Webster) - 2:40 11. The House I Live In (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) - 2:59 12. Tea for Two (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 2:43 13. Rickey's Blues (Howard Biggs, Jimmy Ricks) - 2:32 14. Without a Song (Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 3:18 15. Marie (Irving Berlin) - 2:51 16. There's Nothing Like a Woman in Love (Joe 'Cornbread' Thomas) - 2:57 17. Careless Love (W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams) - 2:30 18. If You Didn't Mean It (Bill Sanford) - 3:00 19. Moonglow (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) - 2:38 20. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) (Jimmie Hodges) - 2:17 21. Lilacs in the Rain (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) - 3:11 ^CD 3 1. Tea for Two (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 2:25 2. Get Wise Baby (Jimmy Ricks) - 2:38 3. Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols) - 3:14 4. Once in a While (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) - 3:03 5. Bless You (For Being an Angel) (Donald Baker, Edward Lane) - 2:54 6. I've Been a Fool (For Thinking You Cared) - 2:46 7. It's the Talk of the Town (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) - 3:17 8. I Don't Have to Ride No More (Jimmy Ricks, Bill Sanford) - 2:58 9. No More Kisses for Baby - 3:12 10. I'm Gonna Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters (Teddy Powell, Bernie Wayne) - 2:19 11. Count Every Star (Bruno Coquatrix, Sammy Gallop) - 2:59 12. Time Is Marching On (Jimmy Ricks, Bill Sanford) - 2:46 13. Time Is Marching On (Jimmy Ricks, Bill Sanford) - 2:45 14. The Cadillac Song (Maithe Marshall, Jimmy Ricks) - 3:04 15. Phantom Stage Coach (Jimmy Kennedy, Louis Singer) - 2:56 16. Please Believe Me (Louis Heyward, Maithe Marshall) - 2:56 17. I'm Afraid of You (Al Bryan) - 3:04 18. I'm Gonna Take to the Road (Leonard Puzey, Jimmy Ricks) - 2:32 19. Get Wise Baby (Jimmy Ricks) - 2:40 20. Comin' Back Home (Jerome Kern) - 3:00 21. Who's Sorry Now (Bert Kalmar, Ted Snyder) - 2:43 22. I've Got the World on a String (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:03