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Artist:	WILLIS, CHUCK
Title:	King Of The Stroll
Label:	RUMBLE RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	RUM 2011010LP

"Though well known to his fans as the 'Sheik of the Blues', thanks to his gigantic private collection of colorful turbans he used on stage, by the end of 1957 the Atlanta-born Chuck Willis found himself crowned with yet another title: The King of the Stroll. When the new dance step, the Stroll, began sweeping the US, his Betty And Dupree 45 had just been released, making it immediately clear that the groovy, slow tempo type of music to which the Stroll was danced went perfectly with the type of music Chuck Willis was releasing for Okeh Records, such as his irresistible update of 'C.C. Rider', a classic folk blues performed by Ma Rainey in Atlanta before Willis was even born, along with a plethora of R&B top sellers. These Okeh singles were later collected by Atlantic on this 1958 LP, The King Of The Stroll."

Artist:	WILLIS, CHUCK
Title:	Chuck Willis Wails! The Complete Okeh Recordsings, '51-'56
Label:	SUNDAZED
Format:	2CD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	SC 11122CD

"Chuck Rules The House! With his fervent, soaring vocals blistering through both thunderous jump blues and spine-tingling ballads, the sensational Chuck Willis, crowned 'The King Of The Stroll', scored many R&B smashes for the Okeh label in the mid-50s. Comprising 51 tracks, this first-ever, vault-emptying 2-disc retrospective features from the original master tapes every recording Willis waxed for Okeh, Columbia and Epic Records, 1951-1956: blazing 78rpm and 45rpm sides, album tracks, and long-lost gems heard here for the very first time."

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