Chanteur et guitariste US né le 27 septembre 1920, originaire de l'Alabama. Hal Harris fut l'un des principaux musiciens de Starday durant les années cinquante et il participa à de nombreuses sessions. C'est par hasard qu'il enregistra une démo qui allait devenir un classique du Rockabilly à la fin d'une session de George Jones, le fameux "Jitterbop Baby". Titres : I Don't Know When (57 ?) - STARDAY (unissued) Jitterbop Baby (57 ?) - STARDAY (unissued)
References: Feature article in issue 53 (1992) of American Music Magazine.
Original Releases
Date & Source
Label & Number
V
Titles {& References to LP/CD List}
As By
Matrix Numbers
Additional Tracks on Comps
Starday unissued
I Don't Know When {a,b,c,d,h,k,l} Jitterbop Baby {a,d,e,f,g,i,j,k,l}
Other Notes:
SEE ALSO: Half Brothers; Urban, Al
Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks
a.
Ace CH 17 (10-in. lp)
Rockabilly Party
b.
Ace CDCH 191 (cd)
Rockabilly Shakeout
c.
Ace CH 191 (lp)
Rockabilly Shakeout
d.
Ace CDCH 218 (cd)
The Fifties: Rockabilly Fever
e.
Ace CDCHD 311 (cd)
Rarest Rockabilly & Hillbilly Boogie ; The Best Of Ace Rockabilly
f.
Ace 45 (lp)
The Best Of Ace Rockabilly
g.
Cascade DROP 1003 (lp)
Twenty Great Rockabilly Hits Of The 50's
h.
Cascade DROP 1009 (lp)
Twenty Great Rockabilly Hits Of The 50's
i.
Mustang MUST 6 (cd)
Rockabilly & Hillbilly Bop, Vol. 6
j.
NME PRO 5 (lp)
I Dreamt I Was Elvis
k.
SD SD 860 (lp)
Teenage Cutie
l.
Texas Gold TG 933 (cd)
The Starday Story, Vol. 3
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Hal HARRIS
Chanteur et guitariste US né le 27 septembre 1920, originaire de l'Alabama. Hal Harris fut l'un des principaux musiciens de Starday durant les années cinquante et il participa à de nombreuses sessions. C'est par hasard qu'il enregistra une démo qui allait devenir un classique du Rockabilly à la fin d'une session de George Jones, le fameux "Jitterbop Baby".
1957 ? STARDAY (unissued) (US) I Don't Know When / Jitterbop Baby
JITTERBOP BABY
Dernière édition par FRANK DAYMON le Mer 09 Déc 2009, 23:50, édité 5 fois
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Texte ecris par BLACKAT
http://www.rockabilly.nl/artists/halharris.htm
HAL HARRIS
Of all the country guitar styles, none are richer or more complex than those played with the fingers. And none have had such far-reaching effects on other musical idioms, like rockabilly. History has generally credited only a few guitarists, most notably Merle Travis and Chet Atkins, for the development of the wide range of fingerpicking styles. Two other legendary early rock stylists heavily influenced by the Atkins/Travis style were Eddie Cochran and Duane Eddy. Both even emulated Chet's choice of guitar, the Gretsch 6120.
The lesser-known Hal Harris was a Texas country and rockabilly player who also excelled in this style. Though he approached it with a more primitive sense of phrasing. His pulsating, harsh sound worked well on many country and rockabilly recordings for Starday Records. Harris worked as a deejay in Houston and was a session guitarist at the Gold Star studios, where many of the Starday records were cut. He was featured prominently on George Jones' gospel number "Taggin' Along" and Thumper Jones' (who is in fact also George Jones) "Rock It" (Starday 240, 1956). He also backed Rock Rogers (a pseudonym of Leon Payne) on the Elvis Presley cover "My Baby Left Me".
Hal Harris was born in 1920, in Alabama, and started performing in the early 1940s. His two rockabilly vocals are "Jitterbop Baby" and "I Don't Know When" (1958), neither of them were issued at the time, but have been considered rockabilly classics ever since they first appeared on various rockabilly compilations. I think Ace Records was the first, correct me if I'm wrong, who also released them on 45 (NS47, 1978).
On April 25th 1956 Hal Harris played lead on Joe Clay's session. 5 songs were recorded: "Ducktail", "Sixteen Chicks", "Doggone It", "Goodbye, Goodbye", "Slipping Out And Sneaking In". The session was held at Bill Quinns Goldstar studio. Only "Ducktail" and "Sixteen Chicks" were issued at that time on the Vik label, a subsidiary of RCA. "Sixteen Chicks" was written by Link Davis and Wayne Walker. Link Davis had made a recording of it himself prior to the recording by Joe Clay and released it on the Starday label and Hal Harris also played lead on Wayne Walkers version.
Harris was Sleepy LaBeef's manager for a short time during the late 50s, and he was co-author of LaBeef's classic "All The Time", which was released on Mercury 71179 in 1957. He was also booked for a session by Charlie Fitch of Sarg Records. Hal Harris would be scheduled to play lead guitar on two recordings by Al Urban, "Gonna Be Better Times" and "Won't Tell You Her Name". Both were released on Sarg 158-45 in 1958.
Compiled by The BlackCat, 2001 Special thanks to Ole V. Frank