BUDDY LUCAS AND HIS COMBO R&B 78 OH MARY ANN / HO DIDDY HO US SAVOY 1180 E/E+
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A REALLY EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS GREAT R&B 78 FROM BUDDY LUCAS AND HIS COMBO
OH MARY ANN
b/w HO DIDY HO
TWO GREAT ROCKING R&B SIDES
BUDDY LUCAS
Born Alonzo W. Lucas, 16 August 1914, Pritchard, Alabama
Died 18 March 1983, Stamford, Connecticut
Tenor saxophonist / vocalist / harmonica player.
From the late 1940s onwards, Buddy Lucas was a much-in-demand session saxophonist on the East Coast, who also recorded quite a few vocal sides. Like Big Al Sears, Warren Luckey, Willis Jackson and various other New York saxophonists, he played his part in the growth of rhythm and blues, without garnering much acclaim. Born in Alabama, Buddy moved to Stamford, Connecticut, at the age of three. When he was around eleven years, a neighbour noticed his interest in music and gave him a clarinet.
At 19 he bought a saxophone and began playing in the Stamford night clubs and taverns. In the late 1940s he went to New York City, where he met drummer Herman Bradley, who helped him get his gigs and record dates. A booking agent, Jimmy Evans, got Buddy to form a band, and this, tied in with a 15 minute radio show hosted by Alan Freed on which he was a regular, helped to spread the word.
Lucas made his first (vocal) recordings in 1951, for Jerry Blaine's Jubilee label, where he also became leader of the house band. After the first release, "Soppin' Molasses"/"Whoppin' Blues" (Jubilee 5058), Buddy renamed the combo "The Band Of Tomorrow". His second disc, a revival of the 1927 standard "Diane", went to # 2 on the R&B charts in April 1952, but the flip, an instrumental version of "Undecided", was much more interesting. Dave Penny has called it "a marvellously anarchic slab of proto rock n roll".
This set the pattern for most of his following Jubilee singles : a lush ballad on the A-side and an R&B sax led instrumental on the flip. "Laura"/ "Organ Grinder's Swing" even had a UK release on London L 1181 in June 1953. Apart from "Diane", Lucas had one other hit on Jubilee, "Heavenly Father", sung by Edna McGriff, "with Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow", as the label credit read (# 4 R&B in 1952).
In 1953 Buddy moved to RCA, where he had two singles released on the parent label and three on its subsidiary Groove. He was also a songwriter, his most successful composition being "Steamboat", which the Drifters recorded in Hollywood in September 1955, produced by Nesuhi Ertegun (Atlantic 1078). It went to # 5 on the R&B charts, while the other side, "Adorable", did even better and topped the R&B lists for one week.
After this 1956 single for Savoy, Buddy had six 45s released on Bell Records, a budget label specializing in covers of the big hits of the day.
Next came a short period with George Goldner's Gone label, where Buddy became the nucleus of the Gone All Stars. This session band had two instrumental singles released in 1958, the first of which, " 7-11" (a rock version of Perez Prado's "Mambo # 5"), went to # 30 on the Billboard pop charts.
Disc details
USA SAVOY 1180 10" 78rpm
CONDITION - E/E+
GREAT STUFF!
TWO GREAT SIDES ON THIS FANTASTIC R&B 78 IN REALLY EXCELLENT CONDITION
DON'T MISS OUT - BUY NOW!
POSTAGE STUFF
10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM!
THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORRUGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS
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