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Aaron J. Simpson Smith (born 1973) is an American house music DJ, record producer, and singer from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for recording a track called "Dancin ' " which features female vocalist Luvli .
Completely Well, released in 1969, is a studio album by the blues guitarist B. B. King.It is notable for the inclusion of "The Thrill Is Gone", which became a hit on both the R&B/soul and pop charts and which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 1970.
The Toronto Star deemed the album "nice, laid-back blues." [17] Ebony concluded that "the gritty 'Mean and Evil' reflects his Mississippi upbringing, while the moving, melancholy title song is sure to be a blues classic." [18] The Chicago Tribune called "The Lowdown" "a classic after-hours blues, tailor-made for King's impassioned vocals." [7]
Many blues songs were developed in American folk music traditions and individual songwriters are sometimes unidentified. [1] Blues historian Gerard Herzhaft noted: In the case of very old blues songs, there is the constant recourse to oral tradition that conveyed the tune and even the song itself while at the same time evolving for several decades.
[1] When Proctor left the band, he was replaced by Aaron Smith, who appeared on the album All Fall Down (1984) and remained with the band until 1995. Smith had been a former sideman with Ray Charles and the Temptations and a member of Vector. [1] [2] The next album, The Seventy Sevens, was released by Island Records in 1987.
Aaron Woodward – executive producer; Bill Airey Smith – engineer; Bill McKinney – assistant engineer; Charles Paakkari – engineer; Doug Sax – mastering; Don Murray – engineer, mixing; Eric Weaver – assistant engineer; Gregg Field – conductor, engineer, producer, vocal arrangement; Joe Adams – executive producer, producer
"Gin House Blues" is the title of two different blues songs, which have become confused over the years. Both songs were first recorded by Bessie Smith . The song originally titled "Gin House Blues" was written in 1925 by Fletcher Henderson with lyrics by Henry Troy, [ 1 ] and recorded by Bessie Smith with Henderson on 18 March 1926. [ 2 ]
Hear My Blues (subtitled Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Showcases Al Smith) is the debut album by jazz/blues vocalist Al Smith featuring saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis' working group with organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1959 and becoming the first release on the Bluesville label.