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Paul Gayten, Annie Laurie, Dave Bartholomew, Roy Brown - Regal Records in New Orleans - Amazon.com Music
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2014
The name "Annie Laurie" will mean, to most, the title of an old song first made popular on record way back in 1910 by the famed Irish tenor John McCormack. Probably very few will think of the R&B singer about whom so very little is known. Just type in "Annie Laurie" in the music search box and see for yourself. Born in Atlanta (date unknown), she apparently got her start as a vocalist with Sammy Green's Hot Harlem Revue, followed by a stint with Leon Claxton's Royal American Revue, extensively touring the South. In the mid-1940s she worked with territory bands led by Dallas Bartley and Snookum Russell (these were usually 12-piece one-nighter aggregations that played across adjacent southern and mid-west regions of the U.S. starting in the 1920s up to and including the early 1960s). In 1946 she cut, with Dallas Bartley & His Home Town Boys, St. Louis Blues b/w The Band That Really Comes On as Cosmo 484 - a small New York City independent.
But her big break came when she hooked up with pianist/vocalist/band leader Paul Gayten and, in 1947, cut Since I Fell For You billed as Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten & His Trio. It became a # 3 R&B and # 20 Pop that October as DeLuxe 1082 b/w Love That Man Of Mine. Sixteen years later it would again be a huge hit, this time for Lenny Welch. In Dec 1949, this time billed as Annie Laurie with The Paul Gayten Orchestra, she had Cuttin' Out top out at # 6 R&B as Regal 3235 b/w My Rough And Ready Man. Then, in April-May 1950, billed as Annie Laurie - Paul Gayten & His Orchestra, their version of I'll Never Be Free finished at # 4 R&B as Regal 3258 b/w You Ought To Know.
She then branched out on her own, taking It Hurts To Be In Love (not the same song as the Gene Pitney 1964 hit) to # 3 R&B/# 61 Pop Top 100 in March 1957 as DeLuxe 6107 b/w Hand In Hand, but didn't score again until July 1960 when If You're Lonely finished at # 17 R&B and # 104 Hot 100 Bubble Under as DeLuxe 6189 b/w It's Gonna Come Out In The Wash Someday.
The problem now for hits collectors is finding all her charting sides and their flipsides in one quality CD volume. That, so far, is impossible and until some distributor sees their way clear to correcting that oversight, one is left with the equivalent of a typewriter peck-and-hunt routine involving a combination of old vinyl and obscure and hard-to-find CDs, or the odd song here and there on multiple-artist compilations. What you see here in that regard is the 1991 multiple-artist Specialty CD which, insofar as Annie is concerned, contains: I'll Never Be Free - Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten & His Orchestra (see details above); I Ain't Gonna Let You In - Annie Laurie & The Paul Gayten Orchestra - Regal 3273 - did not chart in 1950; Baby, What's New? - Regal 3246 - did not chart in 1950; My Rough And Ready Man - Regal 3235 - did not chart in 1949 as the flipside of the # 6 R&B Cuittin' Out; I Ain't Gonna Let You In (alternate 1950 take); Low Down Feeling (demo cut - date unknown); 3 x 7 = 21 (demo cut - date unknown); Don't Marry Too Soon (demo cut - date unknown).
This is a great compilation of releases(and some unreleased tunes) by Paul Gayten and Annie Laurie. A nice combination of up tempo rocking tunes and blues ballads. Some of the songs even feature the Basie tenor player Buddy Tate who takes a few very tasty solos. A special bonus is a couple of tunes by the legendary Roy Brown(good rockin' tonight) that were previously unreleased. If you're a fan of early rock n' roll or jumpin' R&B you'll enjoy this collection.
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