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Larry Williams - Bad Boy Of Rock`n`Roll (1959)

Track listing:
  1. Short Fat Fannie 2:27
  2. High School Dance 2:21
  3. Bony Moronie 2:46
  4. You Bug Me Baby 1:55
  5. Dizzy Miss Lizzie 2:11
  6. Slow Down 2:45
  7. She Said 'Yeah' 1:51
  8. Bad Boy 2:19
  9. Let Me Tell You Baby 2:39
  10. Just Because 2:49
  11. Hootchy-Koo 2:36
  12. The Dummy 2:00
  13. Peaches And Cream 2:02
  14. Little School Girl 1:54
  15. Hey Now , Hey Now 1:58
  16. Marie Marie 2:47
  17. Took A Trip 1:57
  18. Jelly Belly Nellie 2:02
  19. Oh Baby 1:50
  20. Heeby Jeebies 1:59
  21. Hocus Pocus 2:01
  22. Steal A Little Kiss 2:14
  23. I Can`t Stop Lovin` You 2:14
  24. Give Me Love 2:03

Notes

Essential late '50s R&B by one of rocks' most nefarious characters. Specialty Records released Williams from his contract in 1959 after he was sent to prison for drug dealing. The singer/pianist expired from a gunshot in 1980 that was rumored a hit but ruled self-inflicted. Bad career choice aside, Williams uncorks with unbridled fury on his classic musical caricatures: "Short Fat Fannie," "Bony Moronie," "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and 21 others. He recorded these in New Orleans with some of the city's finest young musicians--Art Neville (piano), Leo Morris b.k.a. Idris Muhammad (drums) and Lee Allen (tenor sax). Early, raw R&B at its best.