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60s Swamp Pop - Rock And Roll - Rhythm And Blues (Unreleased Version) 1963.
R.I.P. Gene Summers, January 3, 1939–February 17, 2021💔 You will never be forgotten 💔
Biography : allmusic.com/artist/gene-summers-mn0001811406/biography
Musicians are The Tom Toms, including: James McClung (lead guitar) Jack Castleberry (Bass) Charlie Mendias (Drums) C.B. Williams (sax) Ernest Walker (Organ).
"Big Blue Diamonds" is a song written by Earl J. (Kit) Carson in 1950.
It was first recorded by the country singer Red Perkins, and originally issued as a 78 rpm on King Records 903 (1950)
Tex Ritter - Capitol (1950)
Jimmy Dean & His Texas Wildcats - Mercury (1955)
Earl (Connelly) King - King (1956)
Jack Lionel - "D" (1961)
Little Willie John - King (1962)
Gene Summers With The Tom Toms - Donnybrook (1963)
Gene Summers With The Tom Toms - Capri (1964)
Gene Summers With The Tom Toms - Jamie (1964)
Jack Barnett & The Blue Diamonds - Audio Art (1965)
Les York - York (1965)
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - MGM (1965)
Gene Summers - Maridene (1966)
Clint West - Jin (1966)
Tommy Tate - Okeh (1966)
Little Johnny Taylor - Galaxy (1967)
Arthur Prysock - King (1971)
Mel Street - Metromedia Country (1972)
Jacky Ward - Target (1972) And many others...
One of the best-selling versions of the song was recorded in 1962 by Little Willie John on King Records, which made the Billboard charts.
Gene Summers with the Tom Toms had his biggest-selling single with the song in 1964 on Jamie Records 1273, and it became his signature song throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Country singer Jacky Ward covered the Gene Summers version in 1972, where it reached #39 on the US Country chart.
Although "Big Blue Diamonds" was originally written as a country song, it has been able to switch genres from Country to Rhythm And Blues, Rock And Roll And Jazz.
#rockandroll #popvocal #60s
60s Swamp Pop - Rock And Roll - Rhythm And Blues (Unreleased Version) 1963.
R.I.P. Gene Summers, January 3, 1939–February 17, 2021💔 You will never be forgotten 💔
Biography : allmusic.com/artist/gene-summers-mn0001811406/biography
Musicians are The Tom Toms, including: James McClung (lead guitar) Jack Castleberry (Bass) Charlie Mendias (Drums) C.B. Williams (sax) Ernest Walker (Organ).
"Big Blue Diamonds" is a song written by Earl J. (Kit) Carson in 1950.
It was first recorded by the country singer Red Perkins, and originally issued as a 78 rpm on King Records 903 (1950)
Tex Ritter - Capitol (1950)
Jimmy Dean & His Texas Wildcats - Mercury (1955)
Earl (Connelly) King - King (1956)
Jack Lionel - "D" (1961)
Little Willie John - King (1962)
Gene Summers With The Tom Toms - Donnybrook (1963)
Gene Summers With The Tom Toms - Capri (1964)
Gene Summers With The Tom Toms - Jamie (1964)
Jack Barnett & The Blue Diamonds - Audio Art (1965)
Les York - York (1965)
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - MGM (1965)
Gene Summers - Maridene (1966)
Clint West - Jin (1966)
Tommy Tate - Okeh (1966)
Little Johnny Taylor - Galaxy (1967)
Arthur Prysock - King (1971)
Mel Street - Metromedia Country (1972)
Jacky Ward - Target (1972) And many others...
One of the best-selling versions of the song was recorded in 1962 by Little Willie John on King Records, which made the Billboard charts.
Gene Summers with the Tom Toms had his biggest-selling single with the song in 1964 on Jamie Records 1273, and it became his signature song throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Country singer Jacky Ward covered the Gene Summers version in 1972, where it reached #39 on the US Country chart.
Although "Big Blue Diamonds" was originally written as a country song, it has been able to switch genres from Country to Rhythm And Blues, Rock And Roll And Jazz.
#rockandroll #popvocal #60s
