Joe Liggins Honeydripper 1962 Mono Original White-label promo Vinyl plays Mint-
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Joe Liggins ~ Honeydripper 1962 original white-label promo pressing. Mercury Records - MG-20731 Vinyl is VG++ to Mint- or better. Vinyl side 1 looks VG++ with minor, inaudible, faint marks. Side 2 looks VG++ to Mint- with very minor, inaudible faint marks. Vinyl plays Mint-, except for a few segments that play VG++t o Mint-, mostly Mint-: minor background wear and occasional, faint ticks between tracks that might be heard with focused listening. Label side 1 is Mint-. Label side 2 is VG++ to Mint-. Out of print, white-label promo.
"Pianist Joe Liggins and his band, the Honeydrippers, tore up the R&B charts during the late '40s and early '50s with their polished brand of polite R&B. Liggins scored massive hits with "The Honeydripper" in 1945 and "Pink Champagne" five years later, posting a great many more solid sellers in between.
Born in Oklahoma, Liggins moved to San Diego in 1932. He moved to Los Angeles in 1939 and played with various outfits, including Sammy Franklin's California Rhythm Rascals. When Franklin took an unwise pass on recording Liggins' infectious "The Honeydripper," the bespectacled pianist assembled his own band and waxed the tune for Leon René's Exclusive logo. The upshot: an R&B chart-topper. Nine more hits followed on Exclusive over the next three years, including the schmaltzy "Got a Right to Cry," the often-covered "Tanya" (Chicago guitarist Earl Hooker waxed a delicious version), and "Roll 'Em."
In 1950, Joe joined his brother Jimmy at Specialty Records. More hits immediately followed: "Rag Mop," the number one R&B smash "Pink Champagne," "Little Joe's Boogie," and "Frankie Lee." During this period, the Honeydrippers prominently featured saxophonists Willie Jackson and James Jackson, Jr.Liggins stuck around Specialty into 1954, later turning up with solitary singles on Mercury and Aladdin. But time had passed Liggins by, at least right then; his sophisticated approach later came back into fashion, and he led a little big band until his death."
-allmusic
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