Johnny Moore's Three Blazers were one of the most distinctive and stylish R&B groups of the post-war era

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers were one of the most distinctive and stylish R&B groups of the post-war era, specialising in a smooth jazz-flavoured style of music similar to the approach pioneered by Nat King Cole's King Cole Trio during the early and mid-1940s. Led by guitarist Johnny Moore, and featuring various vocalists, the most successful and illustrious being Charles Brown, they enjoyed a succession of R&B hits in the decade which spanned the latter years of the '40s and the first half of the 1950s. They were unusual in that Moore refused to sign an exclusive recording contract, so they recorded for a variety of labels, with their output for different imprints sometimes being released in parallel. This great-value 74-track 3-CD set comprises selected A and B sides for the Atlas, Philo, Aladdin, Modern, Exclusive, RCA and Hollywood labels during this era, presented broadly in chronological order of their recording. It features all their sixteen career hits, including their No. 1 with Floyd Dixon 'Telephone Blues' and their Top 5 classics 'Driftin Blues', 'So Long', 'Sunny Road', Changeable Woman', 'Merry Christmas Baby', 'New Orleans Blues', and 'More Than You Know' as well as ten other Top 10 hits. As well as their many recordings with Charles Brown before he embarked on a successful solo career, featured vocalists include Ivory Joe Hunter, Floyd Dixon, Billy Valentine, Lee Barnes, Mari Jones and Frankie Ervin. It's a very classy and entertaining cross-section of their work across their various different line-ups

Track Listing

• Maureen
• Blues At Sunrise
• You Taught Me To Love You (But Not To Forget)
• Lost In The Night
• B-Sharp You'll See
• C.O.D.
• Hard Tack
• Pasadena
• It Ain't Gonna Be Like That
• My Silent Love
• Baby Don't You Cry
• Drifting Blues
• Blazer's Boogie
• Melancholy Madeline
• Fugue in C Major
• Tell Me You'll Wait For Me
• You Are My First Love
• Till The Real Thing Comes Along
• Travelin' Blues
• It's The Talk Of The Town
• What Do You Know About Love
• Nutmeg
• How Deep Is The Ocean
• So Long

• You Won't Let Me Go
• You Showed Me The Way
• More Than You Know
• Sail On Blues
• Blue Because Of You
• Make Believe Land
• If You Should Ever Leave
• Sunny Road
• Way Over There By The Cherry Tree
• (Was I To Blame For) Falling In Love With You
• Gloria
• New Orleans Blues
• I Love To Make Love To You
• Juke Box Lil
• It's Over
• Changeable Woman Blues
• I'm Looking For Love
• Merry Christmas, Baby
• Soothe Me
• Groovy Movie Blues
• Don't Get Salty, Sugar
• You Better Change Your Way Of Lovin' (Before The Well Runs Dry)
• Jilted Blues
• Lonesome Blues
• Tomorrow
• So There

• Any Old Place With Me
• Cold In Here
• I Hate Myself
• If I Had You
• Love Me Tonight
• Where Can I Find My Baby
• Snuff Dippin' Mama
• B & O Blues
• Blues for What I've Never Had
• A New Shade of Blues
• Bop-A-Bye Baby
• Walking Blues
• Rock With It
• Cut Off The Fat (Take Out The Bone)
• Rain Chick
• Jumping Jack
• Telephone Blues
• Unlucky Girl
• You Played Me For A Fool
• Gee It's Rough
• Lonesome Train
• Too Late
• Dragnet Blues
• Blues In My Heart
• Johnny Ace's Last Letter

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: R & B

Language: English

Run Time: 211 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 03/08/19

UPC: 824046907921