708535799122

The Best Of Wilbert Harrison

Wilbert Harrison

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: CDSBR7991LE

Format Details: 3CD

Release Date:  29 January 2021

Label:  Sunset Blvd Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  708535799122

Genres:  Rock  Pop  

  • Description

    3 CDS / 70 Tracks includes 30 Previously Unavailable Songs. 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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Kansas City (Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller)
      • 2. Listen
      • 3. My Darling (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 4. Cheating Baby (Wilbert Harrison/Bobby Robinson/Clarence Lewis)
      • 5. Don’t Wreck My Life (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 6. Good Bye Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 7. 1960 (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 8. C.C. Rider (Wilbert Harrison/Price)
      • 9. Why Did You Leave (Bobby Charles)
      • 10. Little School Girl (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 11. Since I Fell For You (Buddy Johnson)
      • 12. The Horse (Wilbert Harrison/Bobby Robinson/Clarence Lewis)
      • 13. Da-De-Ya-Da (Anything For You) (Rose Marie Mccoy/Charles Singleton)
      • 14. Happy In Love (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 15. Calypso Dance (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 16. Drafted (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 17. My Heart Is Yours (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 18. Let’s Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 19. Kansas City Twist (Bobby Robinson)
      • 20. A Woman Is Trouble (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 21. It’s Been A Long Time (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 22. Messed Around (And Fell In Love) (Naomi Neville)
      • 23. My Love (Wilbert Harrison/Marshall Sehorn)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Pretty Little Women (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 2. Off To Work Again (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 3. After Graduation (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 4. Off To School Again (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 5. Broke (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 6. You Don’t Know (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 7. Near To You (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 8. Say It Again (Emmitt Davis/Sid Wyche)
      • 9. (It Will Have To Do) Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Cahn/Saul Chaplin/L.E. Freeman/Mann Holiner/Alberta Nichols)
      • 10. Sadness And Sorrow (Dale Davidson/Stan Randell)
      • 11. New York World’s Fair (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 12. Mama
      • 13. Mama
      • 14. Mama (J. Miller)
      • 15. Poison Ivy (Mel London)
      • 16. Please Forgive Me (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 17. Baby Move On (David Parker)
      • 18. You’re Still My Baby (Chuck Willis)
      • 19. Sugar Lump (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 20. Don’t Take It So Hard (Charles Singleton/Rose Marie Mccoy)
      • 21. Let’s Have Some Fun (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 22. Clementine (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 23. Sentimental Journey (Bud Green/Les Brown/Ben Homer)
      • 24. From The Bottom Of My Heart (Chuck Willis)
      • 25. I Got To Know (Wilbert Harrison)

      Disc 3

      • 1. (Just Got To Have Some) Money Honey (Wilbert Harrison/Bobby Robinson)
      • 2. Get It While You Can (Wilbert Harrison/Marshall Sehorn)
      • 3. Amen (Wilbert Harrison/Marshall Sehorn)
      • 4. My Babe (Willie Dixon)
      • 5. Ain’t That A Shame (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew)
      • 6. Honest I Do (Jimmy Reed)
      • 7. Going To The River (Fats Domino/Dave Bartholomew)
      • 8. Girls On Parade (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 9. When The Saints Go Marching In (Traditional)
      • 10. Blueberry Hill (Al Lewis/Larry Stock/Vincent Rose)
      • 11. You Can Make It If You Try (Ted Jarrett)
      • 12. My Dream (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 13. Cold
      • 14. Cold Heart (Hank Williams)
      • 15. I Really Love You (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 16. I Don’t Know (Willie Mabon)
      • 17. Mary Ann (Roaring Lion)
      • 18. Sweet Baby (Wilbert Harrison)
      • 19. Just Because (Lloyd Price)
      • 20. On Top Of Old Smokey (Traditional)
      • 21. Loving Operator (Ronnie Arthurs)
      • . Tell On Yourself (Wilbert Harrison)