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Elmore James

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Cover of I BELIEVE I'LL DUST MY BROOM in 1951 - idem on Trumpet, in '52 as I Believe on Meteor, reissued on Ace in '55 (as I Believe My Time Ain't Long and as Dust My Blues) and in '52 as She Just Won't Do Right on Checker; on the Trumpet version Elmore introduced the famous slide lick with a life of its own: B.B. King used it in Please Love Me, n°1 R&B in '53; Big Joe Turner used it in TV Mama, The Clovers in Down In The Alley ('57) and so on
Cover of RIDIN' IN THE MOONLIGHT in 1953 - as Make A Little Love
Cover of STRANGE KIND OF FEELING in 1953 - for Flair as Strange Kinda Feeling
Cover of SURE ENOUGH I DO in 1954 - for Flair as Sho' Nuff I Do, inspired by Guitar Slim's The Things That I Used To Do
Cover of BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE in 1955 - for Flair
Cover of IT HURTS ME TOO in 1957 - for Chief and for Vee-Jay; a second version from '63 became an R&B hit in '65
Cover of PLEASE SET A DATE in 1959 - as Baby Please Set A Date for Fire, saved up until '64
Cover of I MUST'VE DONE SOMEBODY WRONG in 1960 - as Done Somebody Wrong, crediting himself
Cover of FANNIE MAE in 1960 - same horn motiv (and producer) in Early One Morning
Cover of RAINY NIGHT BLUES in 1960 - idem
Cover of MINGLEWOOD BLUES in 1960 - as Rollin' And Tumblin'
Cover of GET READY TO MEET YOUR MAN in 1961 - as Look On Yonder Wall
Cover of MEAN MISTREATER MAMA in 1961 - released in '65
Cover of PERSON TO PERSON in 1961 - crediting himself, released in '68
Cover of RAMBLING ON MY MIND in 1961 - as So Unkind, released in '68
Cover of ANNA LOU BLUES in 1962 - as Anna Lee, the last single he witnessed; crediting himself
Cover of STRANGER'S BLUES in 1962 - as Stranger Blues
Cover of BOBBY'S ROCK in 1963 - as Pickin' The Blues during his very last recording session
Cover of NOBODY LOVES ME in 1963

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