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Jump 'n' Shout! - New Orleans Blues & Rhythm
Delmark DE 715 (2000) – United Series
Compact Disc

The hottest rhythm and blues recordings from the Crescent City!
With Dave Bartholomew, Ernie K-Doe, Larry Darnell, Annie Laurie, Chubby “Hip Shakin'” Newsome, Erline Harris, Joseph “Google Eyes” August and James “Blazer Boy” Locks. This album features an important and highly enjoyable body of blues and rhythm and blues recordings by the De Luxe, Regal and United labels during the late ’40s and early ’50s. These songs are among the best and earliest examples commited to wax. Contains 25 songs, many unissued and others unavailable since their initial issue on 78s.


1 Dave Bartholomew– Country Boy
Written-By – Dave Bartholomew
2:57
2 Dave Bartholomew– Girt Town Blues
Written-By – Dave Bartholomew
2:59
3 Dave Bartholomew– Mister Fool
Written-By – Dave Bartholomew
2:55
4 Erline Harris– Never Missed My Baby
Written-By – Harris*
2:14
5 Erline Harris– Jump And Shout
Written By – Harris - Lieb
Written-By – Harris*
2:17
6 Johnson Brothers– Mellow Woman Blues
Written By – Johnson
2:41
7 Larry Darnell– Why Did You Say Goodbye
Written By – Biggs / Madison
Written-By – Biggs*
2:34
8 Larry Darnell– Pack Your Rags And Go
Written By – Biggs / Thomas
Written-By – Biggs*
2:16
9 Larry Darnell– Do You Love Me
Written By – Green / Biggs / Toombs
Written-By – Biggs*
2:32
10 Annie Laurie– Now That You're Gone
Written By – Seigel / Madison / Biggs
Written-By – Biggs*
2:59
11 Joseph "Google Eyes" August*– Just To Be Home With You (take 1) 3:11
12 Joseph "Google Eyes" August*– I Cried (take 1) 4:02
13 Chubby Newsome– Hard-Lovin' Mama
Written By – Thomas - Biggs
Written-By – Biggs*
2:37
14 Chubby Newsome– Find A Job 2:54
15 Chubby Newsome– Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone 2:29
16 Ernie K-Doe– Talking To The Blues 3:23
17 Ernie K-Doe– Too Drunk To Drink 2:56
18 Chubby Newsome– Where's The Money, Honey
Written-By – Roosevelt Sykes
2:20
19 Chubby Newsome– Little Fat Woman With The Coconut Head
Written By – Dejesus
2:24
20 Sammy Cotton With Paul Gayten– You've Been Mistreatin' Me Baby
Written By – Madison
3:15
21 Ernie K-Doe– Process Blues 3:12
22 Ernie K-Doe– Get Out Of Here Woman 3:01
23 James "Blazer Boy" Locks– Blazer Boy Blues
Written-By – James Locks*
2:44
24 James "Blazer Boy" Locks– New Orleans Women Blues
Written-By – James Locks*
2:38
25 Erline Harris– Jump And Shout (alternate) 2:21

Jump ’n’ Shout Delmark DE-715

Dave Bartholomew
1. Country Boy 2:57
2. Girt Town Blues 2:59
3. Mister Fool 2:55
Erline Harris with the Johnson Brothers’ Combo
4. Never Missed My Baby 2:14
5. Jump And Shout 2:17
Johnson Brothers’ Combo featuring Plas Johnson
6. Mellow Woman Blues 2:41
Larry Darnell
+7. Why Did You Say Goodbye 2:34
+8. Pack Your Rags And Go 2:16
+9. Do You Love Me 2:32
Annie Laurie
+10. Now That You’re Gone 2:59
Joseph "Google Eyes" August
*11. Just To Be Home With You 3:11
12. I Cried 4:02
Chubby "Hip Shakin’" Newsome
13. Hard-Lovin’ Mama 2:37
14. Find A Job 2:54
15. Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone 2:29
Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador)
*16. Talking To The Blues 3:23
*17. Too Drunk To Drink 2:56
Chubby "Hip Shakin’" Newsome
+18. Where’s The Money, Honey 2:20
+19. Little Fat Woman With The Coconut Head 2:24
Sammy Cotton with Paul Gayten
+20. You’ve Been Mistreating Me 3:15
Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador)
*21. Process Blues 3:12
*22. Get Out Of Here Woman 3:01
James "Blazer Boy" Locks
23. Blazer Boy Blues 2:44
24. New Orleans Women Blues 2:38
Erline Harris with the Johnson Brothers Combo
*25. Jump And Shout (alternate) 2:21

*previously unissued
+unavailable since the original 78 rpm issue

When De Luxe Records owners David and Jules Braun arrived in New Orleans early in 1947 they found the city to be a veritable musical hotbed. Before the year was out several New Orleans artists had been signed and the label scored with three major R&B hits. This album features an important and highly enjoyable body of blues and rhythm and blues recordings by the De Luxe, Regal and United labels during the late ’40s and early ’50s. These songs are among the best and earliest examples commited to wax. Complete descriptive notes enclosed by Jeff Hannusch, author of I Hear You Knockin’: The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues.

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This album draws attention to an important body of historic rhythm
and blues recordings made by the De Luxe, Regal and United labels, during
the late 1940s and early 1950s. The 25 tracks which make up this anthology,
were among the earliest and best examples of New Orleans R&B committed to
wax.
The De Luxe label was owned by two brothers, David and Julius Braun. Based in Linden, New Jersey, De Luxe specialized in recording "race music"— black music that was being ignored by the major labels after WW II. One of the
Brauns’ best retail accounts was Al Young’s Bop Shop which was located on
South Rampart Street, once the main street of black New Orleans. In 1947,
the Brauns called Young and inquired if there was any suitable talent in the
city they might consider recording. Young told the brothers that New Orleans
was indeed brimming with black talent, and that they could record it at the
nearby J&M Studio on North Rampart Street.
Obviously the Brauns found New Orleans to a hotbed for several styles of black music as their catalog proved. Before the year was out, three New Orleans artists had major "Race" hits on De Luxe including Paul Gayten’s
"True," Annie Laurie’s "Since I Fell For You," and Roy Brown’s influential
"Good Rockin’ Tonight." Unfortunately, also in 1947, the Brauns entered into
an ill-fated distribution agreement with King Records’owner Syd Nathan who
managed to assume 51 percent of their label. Their deal eventually soured
and after August 1949, the Brauns stopped sending masters to King, instead
issuing them on Regal, a label they became partners in with Fred Mendelsohn.
Regal operated until November of 1951 and continued to record several New
Orleans artists at the recommendation of Paul Gayten who assumed A&R duties
with the label.

DAVE BARTHOLOMEW
A member of the Rock ’N’ Roll Hall of Fame, even if Dave Bartholomew never plays another note, his place in the annals of popular music is assured via his association with Fats Domino. A native of Edgard, Louisiana, trumpeter Bartholomew was leading the city’s best and most popular bands when the
Brauns came to New Orleans looking for talent.
"The Brauns were just going around town looking for talent," said
Bartholomew, in 1982. "They told me they were interested in recording my
band. So we went down to Cosimo's [actually the J&M Studio] and cut."
Bartholomew would have several releases on De Luxe before coming up with
"Country Boy" which is reissued here. "'Country Boy' was the biggest thing I ever did on myself," recalled Bartholomew. "It did about 100,000, but that was pretty good for 1949. I still get checks on it."
Like several of Bartholomew's compositions "Country Boy" contained playful, slightly risque lyrics with a catchy arrangement which would soon be
referred to as rhythm and blues. The other two selections contained here are
"Girt Town," a neighborhood that contained Al’s Starlight Room where
Bartholomew’s band was a regular, and "Mister Fool," a full blown big band
blues.

ERLINE HARRIS WITH THE JOHNSON BROTHERS’ COMBO
Led by saxophonist Plas Johnson, the Johnson Brothers played at several New Orleans clubs including Lloyd’s Esquire Room, the Gold Leaf, and Club Robin Hood. Ironically, their rendition of "Mellow Woman Blues" displayed their command of the then popular West Coast artist Joe Liggins’ style, as
they would move there in the early 1950s.
Erline Harris was a singer that worked with the Johnson Brothers’ revue in the late 1940s. A commanding vocalist, both "Never Missed My Baby" and "Jump And Shout" (the alternate take is included here) are driving shuffles,
complete with soaring horn arrangements and bold lyrics. Curiously, Harris
only recorded about a dozen songs before disappearing.

LARRY DARNELL
Born in Columbus, Ohio, the late Darnell was a member of the Brown Skinned Models, a singing and dancing troupe that was performing in New Orleans in 1949. Spotted by Frank Painia, the owner of the Dew Drop Inn, Darnell was installed as a regular attraction at the club on La Salle Street. Painia recommended Darnell to Paul Gayten who was looking for a replacement for Roy Brown as Syd Nathan now owned Brown’s De Luxe contract.
Regal would have great success with Darnell as the silky smooth vocalist
placed four songs in the R&B charts between November 1949 and November 1950, including "For You My Love" which made it to number one. A solid follow up to was "Pack Your Rags And Go, " a New York recording with Gayten’s band, which Cashbox listed as a regional best seller in Kansas City, Miami, and Charolette, North Carolina. "Why Did You Say Goodbye" was one side of Darnell's last Regal release in 1951.

ANNIE LAURIE
Best known for her 1947 hit, "Since I Fell For You," Annie Laurie was a
vocalist with Paul Gayten’s band for several years. The stirring "Now That
You’ve Gone" was one of several sides she and Gayten recorded for De Luxe in
1949.

JOSEPH "GOOGLE EYES" AUGUST
One of the great unknowns and an influence on many artists, the late "Mr.
Google Eyes" was one of the pioneers of New Orleans rhythm and blues. Signed originally by Coleman Records, also a New Jersey based label, August was one of the top blues shouters of the era.
"Crying records were real popular back then," explained August in 1989.
"Just about everybody had a record out with crying on it. That second voice
that you hear isn't a woman though, it was one of the guys in the band sounding like a chick." More than likely, the Brauns didn’t release any of the material from the session because at the time August’s Coleman contract had just been
purchased by Columbia Records.

CHUBBY "HIP SHAKIN'" NEWSOME
A native of Detroit, Chubby Newsome worked at several New Orleans clubs and theaters when the Brauns signed her in 1948. Best known for her initial De Luxe release, "Hip Shakin’ Mama," Newsome wound up on Regal after the Brauns and Syd Nathan divided up the original roster of De Luxe artists.

ERNEST KADOR a.k.a. ERNIE K-DOE
Easily the most recognizable name on this collection is New Orleans’ Ernest Kador, a.k.a. Ernie K-Doe, who would top the charts with "Mother-In-Law" in 1961. However, long before that occasion, K-Doe paid his dues. After
winning several New Orleans shows as an adolescent for singing and
dancing, at the age of 17 K-Doe moved to Chicago briefly to join his mother
who had moved north in search of employment. During his stay in the Windy
City, he met the Four Blazes at the Crown Propeller. Through the group,
K-Doe was introduced to the legendary Dave Clark who was working as an A&R man for United Records (the label the Four Blazes recorded for). Four songs were recorded on November 30, 1953, under Clark’s direction, but none were issued. K-Doe is still very much active today and runs a popular club in New Orleans.

SAMMY COTTON
According to Chuck Badie, Paul Gayten’s New Orleans bassist, Sammy Cotton was a vocalist Gayten worked with during the year he spent in Newark. "You’ve Been Mistreating Me" proves Cotton was a powerful blues shouter in the tradition of Roy Brown, Wynonie Harris and Tommy Ridgley.

JAMES "BLAZER BOY" LOCKS
Blazer Boy was a popular vocalist that often worked around the Tijuana Club in the late 1940s and the early 1950s. Very much influenced by the then
popular style of Charles Brown, Blazer Boy was one of the first artists signed to the fledging Regal Recording Company. Blazer Boy also recorded for Dave Bartholomew at Imperial Records in the early 1950s but dropped off the music scene not long after.

--Jeff Hannusch—New Orleans, July 2000
(author of I Hear You Knockin': The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm and Blues and the forthcoming The Right Place: The New Orleans Beat)

Sources: Whiskey Woman and...#9 and #10 - A De Luxe and Regal Feast! by Bill Daniels
Walkin’ To New Orleans by John Broven
I Hear You Knockin’ by Jeff Hannusch

Dave Bartholomew
1. Country Boy (935-2) (Dave Bartholomew) 2:57
2. Girt Town Blues (937-1) (Dave Bartholomew) 2:59
3. Mister Fool (934-1) (Dave Bartholomew) 2:55
Erline Harris with the Johnson Brothers’ Combo
4. Never Missed My Baby (1016-5) (Harris) 2:14
5. Jump And Shout (1015-2) (Harris-Lieb) 2:17
Johnson Brothers’ Combo featuring Plas Johnson
6. Mellow Woman Blues (1018-1) (Johnson) 2:41
Larry Darnell
7. Why Did You Say Goodbye (1412-4) (Biggs/Madison, Merit, BMI) 2:34
8. Pack Your Rags And Go (1156-2) (Biggs/Thomas, Merit, BMI) 2:16
9. Do You Love Me (1414-3) (Green/Biggs/Toombs, Merit, BMI) 2:32
Annie Laurie
10. Now That You’re Gone (1363-1) (Seigel/Madison/Biggs, Merit, BMI) 2:59
Joseph "Google Eyes" August
11. Just To Be Home With You (take 1) 3:11
12. I Cried (take 1) 4:02
Chubby "Hip Shakin’" Newsome
13. Hard-Lovin’ Mama (1139-2/1) (Thomas-Biggs, Merit, BMI) 2:37
14. Find A Job (1138-1) 2:54
15. Please Throw This Poor Dog A Bone (1137-4) 2:29
Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador)
16. Talking To The Blues (1407-5) 3:23
17. Too Drunk To Drink (1406-3) 2:56
Chubby "Hip Shakin’" Newsome
18. Where’s The Money, Honey (1434-2) (Roosevelt Sykes, Merit, BMI) 2:20
19. Little Fat Woman With The Coconut Head (1435-1) (DeJesus, Merit, BMI) 2:24
Sammy Cotton with Paul Gayten
20. You’ve Been Mistreating Me (1323- 1) (Madison, Merit, BMI) 3:15
Ernie K-Doe (Ernest Kador)
21. Process Blues (1404-7) 3:12
22. Get Out Of Here Woman (1405-4) 3:01
James "Blazer Boy" Locks
23. Blazer Boy Blues (1025-5) (James Locks) 2:44
24. New Orleans Women Blues (1026-2) (James Locks) 2:38
Erline Harris with the Johnson Brothers’ Combo
25. Jump And Shout (alternate) (1015-1) 2:21

Dave Bartholomew, vocals, trumpet; Joe Harris, alto sax; Clarence Hall, tenor sax; Fred Lands, piano; Frank Fields, bass; Earl Palmer, drums. New Orleans, 1949
Erline Harris with the Johnson Brothers’ Combo, Plas Johnson, tenor sax. New Orleans 1950
Larry Darnell, vocals; (1156) probably Wallace Davenport, trumpet; Frank Campbell, baritone sax; Lee Allen, tenor sax; Paul Gayten, piano; Jack Scott, guitar; George Pryor, bass; Robert Green, drums. New Orleans, 1949
(1412 and 1414) Mary Lou Greene, vocal on 1414. NY, 1950
Annie Laurie, vocal; Wallace Davenport, trumpet; Lee Allen, tenor sax; Paul Gayten, piano; Peter Chuck Badie, bass; Bob Green, drums. New Orleans, 1949
Joseph "Google Eyes" August, vocal; Lee Allen, alto saxophone; Paul Gayten, piano. Newark, NJ, 1950
Chubby "Hip Shakin'" Newsome, vocals (1137 - 1139) Howard Biggs, piano; Gene Ramey, bass; Jo Jones, drums. NY, December 19, 1949
(1434, 1435) Russ Royster, trumpt; Russell Moore, trombone, Ray Abrams, tenor sax; Snooky Hulbert, baritone sax; Howard Biggs, piano; Gene Ramey, bass; Al Taylor,drums. NY, February 23, 1951
Ernie K-Doe, vocals. Chicago, November 30, 1953
Sammy Cotton, vocal; Paul Gayten, piano. NY, 1949
James "Blazer Boy" Locks, vocals. Newark, NJ, August, 1949

Album Production: Robert G. Koester
CD Production: Steve Wagner
Supervision: Fred Mendelsohn (De Luxe and Regal), Leonard Allen (United)
Recording: United sides by Bill Putnam, Universal Studio, Chicago
Cover Art: George Hansen
Photos: Courtesy Jeff Hannusch
Design: Kate Hoddinott

Special thanks to Victor Pearlin, George Paulus, Edward Komara at The University of Mississippi Blues Archive and Dave Sax for providing information from original 78s.

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Elmore James, Otis Spann...
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Roosevelt Sykes, Raining In My Heart (642)
Long Man Blues (717) with Eddie Boyd, Harold Burrage, Arbee Stidham...
Honkers & Bar Walkers, Volume One (438) with Jimmy Forrest,
Tab Smith, Doc Sausage...
The Four Blazes, Mary Jo (704) with Tommy Braden, Floyd McDaniel
Working The Road - The Golden Age of Chicago Gospel (702) with
Robert Anderson & The Caravans, Lucy Smith Singers...
The Danderliers & Other Great Groups on States, Chop Chop Boom
(703) featuring Chicago doowop groups
J.T. Brown, Windy City Boogie (714)
Morris Pejoe/Arthur "Big Boy" Spires, Wrapped In My Baby (716)
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers featuring Matt "Guitar" Murphy,
Memphis Slim U.S.A. (710)
Jimmy Forrest, Night Train (435)
Tab Smith, Top 'n' Bottom (499)
Ace High (455)
Jump Time (447)
Paul Bascomb, Bad Bascomb (431)

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