Ivory Joe Hunter
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Biography
[Edit]Bespectacled and velvet-smooth in the vocal department, pianist Ivory Joe Hunter appeared too much mild-mannered to be a rock & roller. But when the rebellious music first crashed the American consciousness in the mid-'50s, there was Ivory Joe, deftly delivering his blues ballad "Since I Met You Baby" right alongside the wildest pioneers of the era.
Hunter was already a grizzled R&B vet by that time who had first heard his voice on a 1933 Library of Congress cylinder recording made in Texas (where he grew up). An accomplished tunesmith, he played around the Gulf Coast region, hosting his own radio program for a time in Beaumont before migrating to California in 1942. It was a wise move since Hunter — whose real name was Ivory Joe, incidentally (perhaps his folks were psychic!) — found plenty of work pounding out blues and ballads in wartime California. He started his own label, Ivory Records, to press up his "Blues at Sunrise" (with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers backing him), and it became a national hit when leased to Leon Rene's Exclusive imprint in 1945. Another Hunter enterprise, Pacific Records, hosted a major hit in 1948 when the pianist's "Pretty Mama Blues" topped the R&B charts for three weeks.
At whatever logo Hunter paused from the mid-'40s through the late '50s, his platters sold like hot cakes. For Cincinnati-based King in 1948-1949, he hit with "Don't Fall in Love with Me," "What Did You Do to Me," "Waiting in Vain," and "Guess Who." At MGM, then new to the record biz, he cut his immortal "I Almost Lost My Mind" (another R&B chart-topper in 1950), "I Need You So" (later covered by Elvis), and "It's a Sin." Signing with Atlantic in 1954, he hit big with "Since I Met You Baby" in 1956 and the two-sided smash "Empty Arms"/"Love's a Hurting Game" in 1957.
Hunter's fondness for country music reared its head in 1958. Upon switching to Dot Records, he scored his last pop hit with a cover of Bill Anderson's "City Lights." Hunter's Dot encores went nowhere; neither did typically mellow outings for Vee-Jay, Smash, Capitol, and Veep. Epic went so far as to recruit a simmering Memphis band (including organist Isaac Hayes, trumpeter Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, and saxist Charles Chalmers) for an LP titled The Return of Ivory Joe Hunter that he hoped would revitalize his career, but it wasn't meant to be. The album's cover photo — a closeup of Hunter's grinning face with a cigarette dangling from his lips — seems grimly ironic in the face of his death from lung cancer only a few years later.
Title: Cold Blooded Woman - from the Archives (Remastered)
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Title: I Almost Lost My Mind (Digitally Remastered) - Single
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop
Title: Ivory Joe Hunter Sings Sixteen of His Greatest Hits
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz
Title: The Fabulous Ivory Joe Hunter
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Country
Title: Real Side Records Remembers Ivory Joe Hunter - Single
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Texas Piano Blues - South Soulfoul Sounds
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Since I Met You Baby: The '50s Collection (CD1)
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Collections
Title: R&B Years 1952 (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The R&B Years 1956: Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Living The Blues - Texas & West Coast Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: The R&B Years 1946: Vol. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The R&B Years 1946: Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The London American Story - Rarities (CD3)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Rhythm & Blues: Original Masters
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Outta Sight ~ The R&B Singles Collection Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: King Records R&B Box Set (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock
Title: The R&B Years 42-45: Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Top 100 Guitar Icons Through The Decades (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: America, Vol. 12 Soul - Rhythm & Blues Goes To Soul (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Funk
Title: Elvis Inspiration Vol. 1 (CD1)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: Elvis Inspiration Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll
Title: RandB Masters Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Night Train Route 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Rhythm And Blues Roots Vol. 1 (Remastered 2018)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Pop
Title: Groove Com Soul 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Atlantic's Rockin' 40s And 50s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Epic Soul Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, New Wave, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Title: 1950s R&B Hits 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Play: Soul Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Country, Disco, Funk, Acoustic
Title: Serious Business: Texas Blues Greats 2020
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: Greatest Jazz & Blues Singers 2020
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Made In Soul (Best Selection Soul And Jazz Oldies Music)
Genre: Soul
Title: American Soul Connexion (1954-1962) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: These Arms Of Mine - The Birth Of Southern Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Vintage 50's Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Atlantic Rock & Roll Series (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Soul Dynasty 2021
Genre: Soul
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD5)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 7: 1950, Vol. 1 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 1945-46 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz
Title: The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll 1946-1954 (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll
Title: Golden Years The Hits From A To Z. (Vol. 28)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years 1948-1957 · The Hits From A To Z ·, Vol. 26
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: The R&B No. 1s Of The '40s (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The R&B No. 1s Of The '40s (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: An Anthology Of 20th Century Blues (CD3)
Genre: Blues
Title: Golden Years 1948-1957 · The Hits From A To Z (Vol. 58)
Genre: Pop
Title: American Pop Classics The 50's
Genre: Pop
Title: Boogie Woogie Goodies, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Boogie Woogie Goodies, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Best Of The 50's Classic Pop Songs (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 4
Artist: Various Blues Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Wow! - More Soul and R&B with Eastern Promise (Belgium Popcorn)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Atlantic 60: Rhythm and Blues Jukebox
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock
Title: The Singles Collection 1945 - 52
Artist: Johnny Moore'S Three Blazers
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Essencial e Inesquecível / Soul Essencial e Inesquecivel
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
