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Luke McDaniel
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Born 3 February 1927, Ellisville, Mississippi Died 27 June 1992, Mobile, Alabama Luke McDaniel, like many a good singer was born in the good ole southern state of Mississippi, in Ellisville on February 3, 1927. He started in music as a mandolin player, and was influenced by hillbilly singers like The Bailes Brothers. He formed his own band and turned professional in 1945. He opened for Hank Williams in New Orleans in the late 40's and appears to have become hooked on the lonesome sound of Hank. In 1952 he recorded "Whoa Boy" for Trumpet Records in Jackson, Mississippi as well as a tribute single, "A Tribute To Hank Williams, My Buddy". The Trumpet records were all high quality hillbilly, but as with many at the time, showed him at this stage as little more than a Hank Williams clone. I'm not knocking him, I love his Trumpet stuff, it's just that he hadn't developed his own sound yet. In 1953 he was introduced to King Records by fellow artist Jack Cardwell (The Death of Hank Williams/ Dear Joan). He joined King but failed to register any hits despite half a dozen fine singles."Money Bag Woman" was particularly strong, fusing his hillbilly with a rhumba beat. When the King contract expired, he went back to New Orleans where he recorded for the Mel-A-Dee label. He worked under the alias Jeff Daniels and recorded his Mel-A-Dee tracks at the legendary Cosimo's Studio with the pick of the city's black musicians. Only one single was released, the great "Daddy -O Rock" coupled with
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Essential Sun Rockabillies Vol.1
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The Ultimate Sun Rockabilly Collection (disc 2)
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Rockabilly - The Greatest '50s Collection!
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Sun Rockabilly Meltdown
Rockabilly Gold, Volume 2
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Great Rockabilly - Just About As Good As It Gets!, Vol. 4
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From Boppin' Hillbilly To Red Hot Rockabilly
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Essential Sun Rockabillies, Volume 3
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Sun Records 25 Red-Hot Rockabilly Classics
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111 Rock 'n' Roll Superhits (The Ultimate Compilation)
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Essential Sun Rockabillies Vol. 2
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Essential Sun Rockabillies Vol.3