Junior Parker
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Biography
[Edit]His velvet-smooth vocal delivery to the contrary, Junior Parker was a product of the fertile postwar Memphis blues circuit whose wonderfully understated harp style was personally mentored by none other than regional icon Sonny Boy Williamson.
Herman Parker, Jr. only traveled in the best blues circles from the outset. He learned his initial licks from Williamson and gigged with the mighty Howlin' Wolf while still in his teens. Like so many young blues artists, Little Junior (as he was known then) got his first recording opportunity from talent scout Ike Turner, who brought him to Modern Records for his debut session as a leader in 1952. It produced the lone single "You're My Angel," with Turner pounding the 88s and Matt Murphy deftly handling guitar duties.
Parker and his band, the Blue Flames (including Floyd Murphy, Matt's brother, on guitar), landed at Sun Records in 1953 and promptly scored a hit with their rollicking "Feelin' Good" (something of a Memphis response to John Lee Hooker's primitive boogies). Later that year, Little Junior cut a fiery "Love My Baby" and a laid-back "Mystery Train" for Sun, thus contributing a pair of future rockabilly standards to the Sun publishing coffers (Hayden Thompson revived the former, Elvis Presley the latter).
Before 1953 was through, the polished Junior Parker had moved on to Don Robey's Duke imprint in Houston. It took a while for the harpist to regain his hitmaking momentum, but he scored big in 1957 with the smooth "Next Time You See Me," an accessible enough number to even garner some pop spins.
Criss-crossing the country as headliner with the Blues Consolidated package (his support act was labelmate Bobby Bland), Parker developed a breathtaking brass-powered sound (usually the work of trumpeter/Duke-house-bandleader Joe Scott) that pushed his honeyed vocals and intermittent harp solos with exceptional power. Parker's updated remake of Roosevelt Sykes's "Driving Wheel" was a huge R&B hit in 1961, as was the surging "In the Dark" (the R&B dance workout "Annie Get Your Yo-Yo" followed suit the next year).
Parker was exceptionally versatile — whether delivering "Mother-in-Law Blues" and "Sweet Home Chicago" in faithful down-home fashion, courting the teenage market with "Barefoot Rock," or tastefully howling Harold Burrage's "Crying for My Baby" (another hit for him in 1965) in front of a punchy horn section, Parker was the consummate modern blues artist, with one foot planted in Southern blues and the other in uptown R&B.
Once Parker split from Robey's employ in 1966, though, his hitmaking fortunes declined. His 1966-1968 output for Mercury and its Blue Rock subsidiary deserved a better reception than it got, but toward the end, he was covering the Beatles ("Taxman" and "Lady Madonna," for God's sake!) for Capitol. A brain tumor tragically silenced Junior Parker's magic-carpet voice in late 1971 before he reached his 40th birthday. In 2001, he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Title: Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On
Artist: Junior Parker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Collections
Title: Depression Blues: Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out
Genre: Jazz
Title: My Baby Left Town
Genre: Blues
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Very Best of Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Breaking Blues Vol.01
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1955, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1957, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1955, Vol. 8
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Legendary Sun Classics, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock
Title: Troubadors of Groove
Genre: Jazz
Title: ABC Of The Blues CD 36
Title: Call The Midwife (The Album) (CD1)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Why Don'T We Do It In The Road
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Country, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Depression Blues Baladas Para Un Dia De Lluvia
Genre: Blues
Title: Electric Blues 2005 Part 3 - 1960-1969 (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: I Just Love Soul Music (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Pop
Title: Living The Blues ~ Blues Classics Vocal
Genre: Blues
Title: Living The Blues ~ Blues Classics 1955-1956
Genre: Blues
Title: Living The Blues ~ Blues Classics 1960-1964
Genre: Blues
Title: Living The Blues: Blues Greats
Genre: Blues
Title: Living The Blues ~ Blues Masters
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues- A Musical Journey (Martin Scorsese) (CD4)
Genre: Blues
Title: Elvis Inspiration Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Let It Be: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney And Harrison
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk
Title: 1961 R&B Hits Collection 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Children Of Men Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Explicit)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: All Star Parade of Jazz and Blues Legends, Vol. 4 - The Voices
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Elvis Presley: The Searcher (The Original Soundtrack) [Deluxe]
Artist: Elvis Presley
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Sun Records 65th Anniversary: Born from the Blues
Artist: Various Artists
Title: The Long Kiss Goodnight (Music From The Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack