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Johnny Otis modeled an amazing number of contrasting musical hats over a career spanning more than half a century. Bandleader, record producer, talent scout, label owner, nightclub impresario, disc jockey, TV variety show host, author, R&B pioneer, rock & roll star -- Otis answered to all those descriptions and quite a few more. Not bad for a Greek-American who loved jazz and R&B so fervently that he adopted the African-American culture as his own.
California-born John Veliotes changed his name to the blacker-sounding Otis when he was in his teens. Drums were his first passion -- he spent time behind the traps with the Oakland-based orchestra of Count Otis Matthews and kept time for various Midwestern swing outfits before settling in Los Angeles during the mid-'40s and joining Harlan Leonard's Rockets, then resident at the Club Alabam.
It wasn't long before the Alabam's owner entreated Otis to assemble his own orchestra for house-band duties. The group's 1945 debut sides for Excelsior were solidly in the big-band jazz vein and included an arrangement of the moody "Harlem Nocturne" that sold well. Shouter Jimmy Rushing fronted the band for two tracks at the same date. Otis' rep as a drummer was growing; he backed both Wynonie Harris and Charles Brown (with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers) that same year.
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Johnny Otis - Rock 'N' Roll Hit Parade 2000
1. The Jayos - Honey Love [02:24]
2. The Jayos - Sh Boom [02:24]
3. The Jayos - Earth Angel [03:00]
4. The Jayos - Gee [02:01]
5. The Jayos - Sincerely [03:09]
6. Johnny Otis Orchestra - The Midnight Creeper (Part 1) [02:55]
7. Jayos - At My Front Door [02:32]
8. Johnny Otis Orchestra - Long Tall Sally [01:53]
9. Jayos - Only You [02:34]
10. Jayos - One Mint Julep [02:20]
11. Johnny Otis Orchestra - Hey Hey Hey [02:56]
12. Johnny Otis Orchestra - Please Don't Leave Me [02:27]
13. Jeannie Barnes - Shake A Hand [02:41]
14. Jayos - Sexy Ways [02:18]
15. Arthur Lee Maye & Mel Williams - Ko Ko Mo, I Love You So[02:43]
16. Arthur Lee Maye - Fever [02:39]
17. Harold Lewis - It's Love Baby [02:33]
18. Prince Moreland - I Almost Los [02:43]
19. Johnny Otis Orchestra - The Midnight Creeper (Part 2) [02:35]
20. Jayos - Good Lovin' [02:58]
21. Jeannie Barnes - Teardrops From My Eyes [02:54]
22. Prince Moreland - I Need You So [02:51]
23. Mel Williams - I Cried A Million Tears [02:21]
24. Mel Williams - All Through The Night [02:16]
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Johnny Otis - The Greatest Johnny Otis Show 1998
1. Johnny Otis - Shake It Lucy Baby [05:17]
2. Marie Adams & Three Tons Of Joy - Ma (He´s Making Eyes At Me)[02:26]
3. Marie Adams & Three Tons Of Joy - (Romance) In The Dark [02:09]
4. Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive [02:36]
5. Marie Adams & Johnny Otis - Bye Bye Baby [02:17]
6. Marie Adams - Loop De Loop [02:04]
7. Johnny Otis - Can´t You Hear Me Callin´ [02:30]
8. Marie Adams - The Light Still Shines In My Window [02:18]
9. Johnny Otis - Hum Ding A Ling [02:34]
10. Mel Williams - Well Well Well [02:17]
11. Jeannie Sterling & The Moonbeams - Story Untold [01:58]
12. Marie Adams - All I Want Is Your Love [02:49]
13. Johnny Otis - Good Golly [02:32]
14. Mel Williams - You Just Kissed Me Goodbye [02:04]
15. Johnny Otis - Ring-A-Ling [01:55]
16. Johnny Otis - Three Girls Named Molly,Doin´ The Hully Gully[02:33]
17. Marie Adams - A Fool In Love [02:22]
18. Johnny Otis - Crazy Country Hop [02:42]
19. Johnny Otis - Hey Baby, Don´t You Know [02:29]
20. Marci Lee & Johnny Otis - I´ll Do The Same Thing For You[02:03]
21. Marie Adams - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?[01:46]
22. Johnny Otis - Willie Did The Cha Cha [02:38]
23. Johnny Otis - Mumblin´ Mosie [02:18]
24. Johnny Otis - Let The Sun Shine In My Life [02:24]
25. Marci Lee & Johnny Otis - Castin´ My Spell [02:11]
26. Marci Lee & Johnny Otis - Telephone Baby [02:09]
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Johnny Otis Show - Cold Shot & Snatch And The Poontangs 1969
1. Johnny Otis - The Signifyin' Monkey Part 1 [03:08]
2. Johnny Otis - Country Girl [02:37]
3. Johnny Otis - I Believe I'll Go Back Home [02:44]
4. Johnny Otis - High Heel Sneakers [02:46]
5. Johnny Otis - Sittin' Here Alone [03:21]
6. Johnny Otis - C C Rider [02:34]
7. Johnny Otis - You Better Look Out [02:39]
8. Johnny Otis - Goin' Back To La [02:54]
9. Johnny Otis - Bye Bye Baby (Until We Meet Again) [03:07]
10. Johnny Otis - Cold Shot [02:44]
11. Snatch And The Poontangs - The Signifyin' Monkey Part 2 [04:01]
12. Snatch And The Poontangs - That's Life [02:29]
13. Snatch And The Poontangs - The Great Stack A Lee [06:17]
14. Snatch And The Poontangs - The Pissed-Off Cowboy [02:28]
15. Snatch And The Poontangs - Hey Shine [03:30]
16. Snatch And The Poontangs - Two Time Slim [04:57]
17. Snatch And The Poontangs - Big John Jeeter [05:25]
18. Snatch And The Poontangs - Two Girls In Love (With Each Other)[04:34]
19. Snatch And The Poontangs - It's Good To Be Free (Unreleased)[03:28]
20. Snatch And The Poontangs - The Dirty Dozens (Unreleased)[03:35]
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Johnny Otis Presents - The Best Of R&B By The Original Artists 1993 (5cd's)
Vol.1
1. Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle And Roll [03:01]
2. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours [05:26]
3. Johnny Otis - Country Girl [02:37]
4. Richard Berry - Louie Louie [02:16]
5. Charles Brown - Trouble Blues [02:43]
6. Louis Jordan - I Got The Walkin' Blues [03:08]
7. Joe Liggins and The Honeydrippers - I've Got A Right To Cry[03:08]
8. Amos Milburn - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer [03:05]
9. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Person To Person [02:31]
10. Gatemouth Moore - My Mother Thinks I'm Something [03:33]
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Vol.2
1. Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive [02:45]
2. Eddie "Cleahead" Vinson - Cleahead's Blues [03:29]
3. Joe Turner - Corrine Corrina [03:05]
4. Amos Milburn - Evening Shadows Coming Down [03:43]
5. Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper (Part 1)[02:59]
6. Louis Jordan - Beans and Cornbread [03:03]
7. Richard Berry - Trackin' Machine [02:30]
8. Charles Brown - Livin' In Misery [02:47]
9. Gatemouth Moore - Beale Street Ain't Beale Street No More[06:03]
10. Pee Wee Crayton - Don't Forget To Close The Door [03:42]
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De Tracklists van Vol.3-Vol.4-Vol.5 van deze CD-Set staan vermeld in de Weblink
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