11 Bill Harvey - Walk Right In

Bill Harvey & His Orchestra– Walk Right In
2:50
Session date: prob February 1952

Bill Harvey: tenor saxophone
Bonita: vocals
remainder unknown

BILL HARVEY is best known for his work in the Memphis area with people like Bobby Bland and Junior Parker, and there is not a lot in his leader discography. Each of these tunes feature vocals, as well as tenor. "Walk Right In" was adapted by saxophonist Jesse Powell (with vocalist Fluffy Hunter) as "The Walking Blues" in a 1956 Federal recording with even more suggestive lyrics.

William G. Harvey (October 1918 – October 6, 1964) was an American rhythm and blues saxophonist and bandleader.

Born in Winona, Mississippi, he moved with his mother to Memphis, Tennessee, as a child. He became the leader of one of the most successful performing bands in Memphis immediately after World War II, establishing a residency at Mitchell's Hotel on Beale Street. In 1950, he signed a deal with Don Robey's Peacock Records in Houston, Texas, and his band featured on many of the successful R&B records released by Peacock and Duke Records during the 1950s, including those by Marie Adams, Big Mama Thornton, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Little Junior Parker. He also led Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown's touring band. In 1952, he signed with B.B. King to become the blues singer and guitarist's bandleader, a role he continued for the next four years.