RARE LARRY WILLIAMS JOHNNY WATSON NORTHERN SOUL LP USA
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Description
For Auction is this Rare Album LARRY WILLIAMS & JOHNNY WATSON Two for the price of one, 1st press 1A 1B matrix USA Okeh label OKM 12122.
The Vinyl is in Very Good condition with just some very light surface marks. The cover is in Very Good Condition with some edge & Ring ware. There is a punch hole through the cover at the top corner with several pin holes also
Track Listing
Two for the price of one
Keep on lovin you
Ask me
Ain't gonna move
Mercy mercy mercy
Too late
Love is such a funny thing
Takin no chances
I'd rather fight than switch
A Quitter Never Wins
Larry Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Williams is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Bony Moronie", "Short Fat Fannie", "Bad Boy", "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" and "She Said Yeah," which were later covered by British Invasion groups and other artists. John Lennon, in particular, was a fan of Williams, recording several of his songs over the course of his career. "Bony Maronie" is listed as one of the Top 500 songs that shaped Rock and Roll.
Williams lived a life mixed with tremendous success and violence-fueled drug addiction. He was a long-time friend of Little RichardWilliams made a comeback in the mid-1960s with a funky soul band that included Johnny "Guitar" Watson, which paired him musically with Little Richard who had been lured back into secular music. He produced two Little Richard albums for Okeh Records in 1966 and 1967, which returned Little Richard to the Billboard album chart for the first time in ten years and spawned the hit single Poor Dog. He also acted as the music director for the Little Richard's live performances at the Okeh Club. Bookings for Little Richard during this period skyrocketed. Williams also recorded and released material of his own and with Watson, with some moderate chart success. This period may have garnered few hits but produced some of his best and most original work
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