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B.B. King/Lowell Fulson
4+ albums
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One of the great blues guitarists, singers, and composers of all time, Fulson began recording after World War II in California in a country-blues context but soon made a transition to a more urban sound. His recordings for Swingtime (1949-1952) have been collected on a variety of labels and are notable for Fulson's Texas guitar, slick piano (usually Lloyd Glenn), and subtle horns. Notable hits from the period include "Every Day I Have the Blues," "Blue Shadows," and "Low Society."Fulson joined Chess Records in 1954 and had an immediate smash hit with "Reconsider Baby" on the Checker label. Though he had no other commercial successes for Checker, he continued to record for them until late 1963. By 1965, he began recording for Kent Records in Los Angeles (owned by The Bihari family of Modern/RPM/Flair fame). Once again he scored an enormous hit with "Tramp" and had other strong items with "Black Nights" and "Make a Little Love." Moving to Jewel in 1969, he began recording albums with some rock background. Since that time his recordings have been album projects with varying degrees of success. He has also recorded in France and Japan. Invariably Fulson's performances are fine -- if the results are less than satisfactory as a whole, it is usually a failed concept or an inappropriate accompaniment that is at fault. ~ Bob Porter User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.