New York City - The Blues Yesterday Vol.7

01. Break of day
02. Drive it home

Hal Paige - vocals, piano
Mikey Baker - guitar
+ band
New York City, 9 March 1953

03. Big foot May
04. Please say you do

Hal Paige - vocals, piano
+ band
New York City, 20 December 1953

05. My angel child
06. Rock this joint this morning
07. Guitar shuffle
08. Guitar blues

Hal Paige - vocals, piano
Jimmy Spruill - guitar
+ band
New York City, 1955

09. Pour the corn
10. Don't have to cry no more

Hal Paige - vocals, piano
Herbert Wright - guitar, saxophones
Bob Harris - bass
Kenneth McDonald - drums
New York City, January 1957

11. Sugar babe
12. Thunderbird

Hal Paige - vocals, piano
Jimmy Spruill - guitar
+ band
New York City, September 1957

13. Going back to my home town
14. After hours blues

Hal Paige - vocals, piano
Jimmy Spruill - guitar
+ band
New York City, 1959

15. Chicken in the basket
16. The fat man
17. Oh you for me
18. Chicken hop
19. Flo, open the door

Billy Bland - vocals
Buddy Lucas - tenor saxophone
Bob Gaddy - piano
Sonny Terry - harmonica
Brownie Mc Ghee - guitar, bass, drums
New York City, September 1955

20. If I can be your man
21. I had a dream

Billy Bland - vocals
+ band
New York City, 1957

22. Do the bug with me
23. Uncle Bud

Billy Bland - vocals
Mickey Baker - guitar
+ band
New York City, 1961

24. Grandma gave a party
25. Mama stole the chicken
26. What's that?
27. Doing the mule

Billy Bland - vocals
+ band
New York City, 1963

28. The last meal
29. Pennsylvania blues

Hurricane Harry - vocals
+ band
New York City, December 1956

Let's open this 7th opus of our New York City Blues Yesterday series with pianist, singer and bandleader Hal Paige. Despite a somewhat large discography (here entirely gathered), almost nothing is known about him and he didn't appear, to my knowledge, on any specialist blues magazine! He led during the 1950's his band The Wailers (sometimes The Whalers!) before vanishing at the end of the decade!

On the other hand, Billy Bland (born 5 April 1932 at Wilmington, NC) has enjoyed a great Hit with the pop dance number Let the little girl dance. A Newyorker since an early age, Bland has started a singing career as a member of the doo woop ensemble The Bees (with whom he recorded for Imperial) before launching his own personal act, recording quite a lot of singles for several New York based labels, alternating pop numbers with Rock'n'roll and blues. Unfortunately he never got another Hit and let down the music for good during the late 60's, managing his own chain restaurants in Harlem. Billy Bland died in New York City 22 March 2017. We have here gathered his most blues and bluesy tracks, particularly those recorded with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

At last, the mysterious (and very good) 45s by a certain Hurricane Harry is no one else than novelist, Hollywood scriptwriter, songwriter and occasionally recording singer Earl Solomon Burroughs (1925-2016) more widely known under his pen name Jack Hammer. He composed some of the greatest Rock'n'roll Hits of the 50's and 60's, namely Fujiyama mama and Great balls of fire (a smash hit for Jerry Lee Lewis) ---Gérard Herzhaft, jukegh.blogspot.com

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