The "Juke In The Back" focuses on the " soul that came before rock n' roll," the records that inspired Elvis, Buddy Holly, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and countless others.
Bandleader, pianist, composer and sometimes vocalist Buddy Johnson and his chanteuse sister Ella are in the spotlight on this week's "Juke In The Back."
Johnson was a superstar and one of the hottest live acts of the 1940s in the Black Community, but he barely made a dent with White audiences, though a few of his records actually did cross over into the Pop Chart.
Raised in South Carolina, Buddy moved to New York when he was 23 and began touring the world with the Cotton Club Revue. A professed lover of Classical Music, Buddy found his bread n' butter was playing Big Band Swing and Jump Blues to audiences coast to coast. His touring band was widely popular after WWII, when most large ensembles had paired down to smaller combos.
Buddy Johnson always put entertaining the people first and he changed with the times, keeping his style fresh and relevant. He scored numerous R&B hits with "Let's Beat Out Some Love," "When My Man Comes Home," "That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch," "(Gotta Go) Upside Your Head" and many more. His sister Ella Johnson was the featured vocalist on many of Buddy's biggest hits, but he also discovered a young Arthur Prysock, who would go on to greater fame after leaving Johnson.
Buddy Johnson wrote some of the era's most endearing tunes, including "Fine Brown Frame," "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball" and "Since I Feel For You," which is now a jazz standard.
Matt The Cat loads the ol' Rockola Juke with Buddy Johnson's biggest Decca and Mercury sides, spanning 18 years on this week's "Juke In The Back."
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