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Billy Wright (May 21, 1932 — October 27, 1991) was an American
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 jump blues
Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo blues usually played by small groups and featuring horns. Jump blues was very popular in the 1940s and was called rock and roll in the 1950s....
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Billy Wright (May 21, 1932 — October 27, 1991) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 jump blues
Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo blues usually played by small groups and featuring horns. Jump blues was very popular in the 1940s and was called rock and roll in the 1950s....
 singer.

Biography

Billy Wright was born in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
. Throughout his career, he was known as the "Prince of the Blues." He was a key figure in Atlanta blues after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 and had an influence on rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
 pioneer Little Richard
Little Richard

Rev. Richard Wayne Penniman , better known by the stage name Little Richard, is anAmerican singer, songwriter and pianist. He is considered a key figure in the transition from Rhythm and blues to Rock and roll in the 1950s....
, whom he helped get his first recording contract
Recording contract

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.

He recorded his last recordings in 1959. He continued to do shows around Atlanta until he suffered a stroke and passed just before his 1991 Halloween Show at the famous Royal Peacock in Atlanta.

Discography


Singles

  • Blues For My Baby/You Satisfy (Savoy #710) (11/1949)
  • I Keep Drinkin/Billy’s Boogie Blues (Savoy #715) (1950)
  • Back Biting Woman/Thinking Blues (Savoy #733) (1950)
  • After Dark Blues/Heavy Hearted Blues (Savoy #741) (1951)
  • Fore Day Blues/Empty Hand (Savoy #761) (1951)
  • Mean Old Wine/Keep Your Hands On Your Heart (Savoy #776) (11/1951)
  • Stacked Deck/Mercy Mercy (Savoy #781) (1951)
  • Hey Little Girl/Gotta Find My Baby (Savoy #810) (1951)
  • New Way Of Lovin/When The Wagon Comes (Savoy #819) (1952)
  • Turn Your Lamps Down Low/Drinkin And Thinkin (Savoy #827) (1952)
  • Married Woman’s Boogie/Every Evening (Savoy #837) (1952)
  • If I Didn’t Love You So/Goin Down Slow (Savoy #870) (12/1952)
  • After Awhile/Four Cold Cold Walls (Savoy #1100) (5/1953)
  • Live The Life/I Remember (Savoy #1127) (4/1954)
  • Have Mercy Baby/I Love You Sweetheart (Carrollton #801) (1959)
  • Man’s Brand Boogie/Beg A Dog (Atlanta #6000) (1959)


Other Recordings

  • Walking The Blues (Savoy) (unreleased) (9/23/1949)
  • Baby Don’t You Want A Man Like Me (Savoy) (1950)
  • Ride On Little Girl (Savoy) (unreleased) (1/7/1950)
  • Misfortune Blues (Savoy) (unreleased) (4/24/1950)
  • Restless Blues (Savoy) (unreleased) (1951) (appears on Savoy LP-1146)
  • This Love Of Mine (Savoy) (unreleased) (1951) (appears on Savoy LP-1146)
  • If I Had My Life To Live Over (Savoy) (unreleased) (1952) (appears on Savoy LP-1146)
  • Sad Hour Blues (Savoy) (unreleased) (1952) (appears on Savoy LP-1146)
  • Keep Your Hand On Your Heart And Your Mind On Me (Savoy) (1953) (appears on Savoy LP-2255)
  • Will You Need Me (Savoy) (unreleased) (1954) (appears on Savoy LP-1146)
  • Titles Unknown (Peacock) (1955)
  • Titles Unknown (Fury/Fire) (1959) (unreleased)


Albums

  • Stacked Deck (Route 66) (1980)
  • Goin Down Slow (Savoy #LP-1146) (1984)
  • Various Artists: Southern Blues: Roots Of Rock And Roll Volume 11 (Savoy #LP-2255) (1985)
  • Billy Wright/Little Richard: Baby Don’t You Want A Man Like Me (Ace #193) (1987)
  • Billy Wright (Savoy Jazz) (1994)
  • Classics 1949-1951 (Melodie Jazz Classics) (2003)

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