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The Best Of Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison
The Best Of Wilbert Harrison
Wilbert Harrison
It's extremely unlikely that any other 1950s R&B artist blended quite as many disparate idiomatic influences into an instantly identifiable whole as Wilbert Harrison. Wilbert's skill on a variety of instruments was a key factor in his uncommon versatility. He played rolling piano on 'Kansas City' and several of his followups for Bobby Robinson's Harlem-based Fury Records, but he was just as likely to utilize a guitar/harmonica combination that sometimes expanded into a one-man-band setup with the addition of hi-hat. Harrison wasn't afraid to incorporate instrumentation on his recordings that registered well outside the R&B mainstream. The end result still sounded like nobody but Wilbert as he made a slew of platters over the course of a recording career that spanned more than two decades.
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 3 |
Released | January 29, 2021 |
EAN/UPC | 0708535799122 |
Label | SUNSET BLVD RECORDS CDSBR7991LE |
Genre | Blues Rhythm & Blues |
Dimensions | 129 × 143 × 5 mm · 324 g |
Track list
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1. CD
- Kansas City (Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller)
- Listen, My Darling (Wilbert Harrison)
- Cheating Baby (Wilbert Harrison / Bobby Robinson / Clarence Lewi
- Don't Wreck My Life (Wilbert Harrison)
- Good Bye Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison)
- 1960 (Wilbert Harrison)
- C.c. Rider (Wilbert Harrison / Price)
- Why Did You Leave (Bobby Charles)
- Little School Girl (Wilbert Harrison)
- Since I Fell for You (Buddy Johnson)
- The Horse (Wilbert Harrison / Bobby Robinson / Clarence Lewis)
- Da-de-ya-da (Anything for You) (Rose Marie Mccoy / Charles Sin
- Happy in Love (Wilbert Harrison)
- Calypso Dance (Wilbert Harrison)
- Drafted (Wilbert Harrison)
- My Heart is Yours (Wilbert Harrison)
- Let's Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison)
- Kansas City Twist (Bobby Robinson)
- A Woman is Trouble (Wilbert Harrison)
- It's Been a Long Time (Wilbert Harrison)
- Messed Around (And Fell in Love) (Naomi Neville)
- My Love (Wilbert Harrison / Marshall Sehorn)
- Pretty Little Women (Wilbert Harrison)
- Your Three Letters (Wilbert Harrison)
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2. CD
- Off to Work Again (Wilbert Harrison)
- After Graduation (Wilbert Harrison)
- Off to School Again (Wilbert Harrison)
- Broke (Wilbert Harrison)
- You Don't Know (Wilbert Harrison)
- Near to You (Wilbert Harrison)
- Say It Again (Emmitt Davis / Sid Wyche)
- (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy
- Sadness and Sorrow (Dale Davidson / Stan Randell)
- New York World's Fair (Wilbert Harrison)
- Mama, Mama, Mama (J. Miller)
- Poison Ivy (Mel London)
- Please Forgive Me (Wilbert Harrison)
- Baby Move on (David Parker)
- You're Still My Baby (Chuck Willis)
- Sugar Lump (Wilbert Harrison)
- Don't Take It So Hard (Charles Singleton / Rose Marie Mccoy)
- Let's Have Some Fun (Wilbert Harrison)
- Clementine (Wilbert Harrison)
- Sentimental Journey (Bud Green / Les Brown / Ben Homer)
- From the Bottom of My Heart (Chuck Willis)
- I Got to Know (Wilbert Harrison)
- (Just Got to Have Some) Money Honey (Wilbert Harrison / Bobby
- Get It While You Can (Wilbert Harrison / Marshall Sehorn)
- Amen (Wilbert Harrison / Marshall Sehorn)
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3. CD
- My Babe (Willie Dixon)
- Ain't That a Shame (Fats Domino / Dave Bartholomew)
- Honest I Do (Jimmy Reed)
- Going to the River (Fats Domino / Dave Bartholomew)
- Girls on Parade (Wilbert Harrison)
- When the Saints Go Marching in (Traditional)
- Blueberry Hill (Al Lewis / Larry Stock / Vincent Rose)
- You Can Make It if You Try (Ted Jarrett)
- My Dream (Wilbert Harrison)
- Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams)
- I Really Love You (Wilbert Harrison)
- I Don't Know (Willie Mabon)
- Mary Ann (Roaring Lion)
- Sweet Baby (Wilbert Harrison)
- Just Because (Lloyd Price)
- On Top of Old Smokey (Traditional)
- Loving Operator (Ronnie Arthurs)
- Tell on Yourself (Wilbert Harrison)
- Coming Down with Love (Wilbert Harrison)
- Cheating Woman (Wilbert Harrison)
- I Will Never Trust Another Woman (Wilbert Harrison)