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From The Heart Of A Woman
''From the Heart of a Woman'' is a blues album by Koko Taylor, released in 1981 by Alligator Records. Critical reception ''The New York Times'' wrote: "A highlight is Miss Taylor's gritty but swinging version of the Dinah Washington evergreen 'Blow Top Blues', which contrasts nicely with several performances in a more typically hard-edged Chicago vein." Track listing # "Something Strange Is Going On" (McQueen, Edwin Williams) – 4:01 # "I'd Rather Go Blind" (Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan) – 4:57 # "Keep Your Hands Off Him" (Priscilla Bowman, Jay McShann) – 3:49 # "Thanks, But No Thanks" (Edwin Williams) – 4:14 # "If You Got a Heartache" (Deadric Malone, Joe Scott) – 3:42 # "Never Trust a Man" (Edwin Williams) – 3:18 # "Sure Had a Wonderful Time Last Night" (Louis Jordan) – 3:05 # "Blow Top Blues" (Leonard Feather) – 4:15 # "If Walls Could Talk" (Bobby Miller) – 3:30 # "It Took a Long Time" (Koko Taylor) – 3:58 Personnel *Koko Taylor – vocals *Vino Louden â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor (born Cora Anna Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known for her rough, powerful vocals. Life and career Born on a farm near Memphis, Tennessee, Taylor was the daughter of a sharecropper. She left Tennessee for Chicago in 1952 with her husband, Robert "Pops" Taylor, a truck driver. In the late 1950s, she began singing in blues clubs in Chicago. She was spotted by Willie Dixon in 1962, and this led to more opportunities for performing and her first recordings. In 1963 she had a single on USA Records, and in 1964 a cut on a Chicago blues collection on Spivey Records, called ''Chicago Blues''. In 1964 Dixon brought Taylor to Checker Records, a subsidiary label of Chess Records, for which she recorded "Wang Dang Doodle", a song written by Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf five years earlier. The re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |