Title: Johnny Otis Blues Caravan Part One: Hound Dog 1952-1954 Artist: Otis, Johnny / Blues Caravan Label: Jasmine Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 604988331622 Genre: Blues Release Date: 2025-07-25 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT
JOHNNY OTIS - Aka "The Godfather Of R&B" - Was One Of Those Men To Whom The Phrase "A?Living Legend" Was Applied Throughout His Entire Career. As A Singer, Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Record Producer And Talent Scout He Went On To Become A Seminal Influence On Both R&B And Rock & Roll. This Compilation Is The First In A Two CD?Mini-Series Which Anthologises Virtually Everything That He Recorded Between 1952-57 For Don Robey's Famed Peacock And Duke Labels, In Houston, Texas. In Addition To Otis' Own Releases It Features Sides On Which His Band Backed Artists Like Big Mama Thornton, Joe "Mr?Google Eyes"?August, Johnny Ace, Joe Fritz, Little Richard And Junior Ryder, And Which Otis, In Turn, Produced.
Tracks: 1.1 They Call Me Big Mama 1.2 Walking Blues 1.3 Hound Dog 1.4 I Just Can't Help Myself 1.5 Nightmare 1.6 Rockabye Baby 1.7 I've Searched the World Over 1.8 O What a Fool 1.9 Play the Game 1.10 Please Forgive Me 1.11 Saving My Love for You 1.12 Yes, Baby 1.13 Rock Me Baby 1.14 Young Girl 1.15 I Ain't No Fool Either 1.16 The Big Change 1.17 I Smell a Rat 1.18 Willie Mae's Blues/Troubles 1.19 Honey Honey 1.20 The Woman I Love 1.21 Maybe I'm Right 1.22 Directly from My Heart to You 1.23 I Love My Baby 1.24 Little Richard's Boogie 1.25 Sad Story 1.26 Better Stop
