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10/29/2002
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All Music Guide Review
Founded in 1953 by the husband and wife team of James Bracken and Vivian Carter and given direction and vision by Vivian's brother Calvin Carter, Vee Jay Records was one of the first successful black-owned record labels in the country. Initially Vee Jay released urban blues and R&B sides by Chicago-based performers, but eventually branched out into being a full-fledged pop label with a varied catalog (and licensing agreements that included several early singles by the Beatles). This expansive four-disc box centers on the label's blues and R&B material and includes gems like the loping "Coming Home" by Elmore James (complete with his patented "Dust My Broom" slide riff), John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom," Jimmy Reed's sparse and laconic "You Don't Have to Go," Pee Wee Crayton's wrenching "The Telephone Is Ringing," Chick Carbo (aka Leonard Carbo)'s blistering "Pigtails and Bluejeans," Billy Boy Arnold's impressive and spooky "I Was Fooled" and Little Richard's typically kinetic "Money Honey." Exciting and varied, even at 90 tracks this box set just scratches the surface of the vast catalog available from this important and often overlooked label. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
Vee Jay: The Chicago Black Music Track Listing
Credits of Vee Jay: The Chicago Black Music
- Edith Mackey
- Vocals
- Pro McClam
- Vocals
- L.G. McKinley
- Guitar, Vocals
- Joe Montgomery
- Piano
- Henry Oden
- Bass
- Odie Payne
- Drums
- Morris Pejoe
- Guitar, Vocals
- Earl Phillips
- Drums, Vocals
- Milton Rector
- Bass
- Sunnyland Slim
- Piano
- Billy Stepney
- Drums
- Harold Tidwell
- Drums
- Alfred Wallace
- Drums
- Leon Washington
- Sax (Tenor)
- Lucius Washington
- Sax (Tenor)
- Thomas Whitehead
- Drums
- Morris Wilkerson
- Drums
- Quinn Wilson
- Bass
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- Vocals
- Charles "Hungry" Williams
- Drums, Sax (Alto)
- John E. Walker
- Piano
- Jimmy Mobley
- Bass
- Red Tyler
- Sax (Tenor)
- Donald Porter
- Drums, Group Member
- Carl Rainge
- Group Member
- Willie Dixon Band
- Bass
- Lee Allen & His Band
- Sax (Tenor)
- Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Vocals
- Paul Williams
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
- Ed Lewis
- Trumpet
- Lee Diamond
- Piano, Vocals
- Robert "Bumps" Blackwell
- Bongos, Drums
- Jimmy Reed Jr.
- Harmonica, Vocals
- Joe Whitfield
- Sax (Tenor)
- Freddie Lee
- Sax (Tenor)
- Al Smith
- Bass
- Christine Kittrell
- Vocals
- Horace Palm
- Piano
- Sax Kari
- Guitar
- Fats Dennis
- Sax (Tenor)
- Gene Griddins
- Guitar
- Wilbert Harris
- Drums
- Bowlegs Miller
- Trumpet
- Al Jones
- Drums
- Clifton Small
- Piano
- George Washington
- Bass
- Tommy Dean (4)
- Organ, Piano
- Earl Washington
- Piano
- Roy Gaines
- Guitar
- Gene Allison
- Vocals
- Earl Lewis
- Group Member
- Harold Burrage
- Vocals
- John Littlejohn
- Guitar
- Willie Mitchell
- Trumpet
- Jody Williams
- Guitar
- Dillard Crume
- Vocals
- Noble "Thin Man" Watts
- Sax (Tenor)
- Snooky Pryor
- Harmonica, Vocals
- Sonny Thompson
- Piano
- Bobby Parker
- Guitar
- Black Arthur
- Guitar
- Alex Atkins
- Sax (Alto)
- John Avant
- Trombone
- Earl Backus
- Guitar
- Classie Ballou, Jr.
- Guitar
- Lefty Bates
- Guitar
- Fred Below
- Drums
- Wayne Bennett
- Guitar
- Larry Birdsong
- Vocals
- Johnny Board
- Sax (Tenor)
- John Brim
- Guitar
- J.T. Brown
- Sax (Tenor)
- Joe Buckner
- Vocals
- Bob Call
- Piano
- John Calvin
- Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
- Calvin Carter
- Cover Photo
- Danny Cobb
- Vocals
- James "Dimples" Cochran
- Group Member
- Sonny Cohn
- Trumpet
- Rico Collins
- Sax (Tenor)
- Henry Cosby
- Sax (Tenor)
- Ernest Cotton
- Sax (Tenor)
- Clifford Davis
- Sax (Tenor)
- Nathaniel Douglas
- Guitar
- Al Duncan
- Drums
- McKinley Easton
- Sax (Baritone)
- Frank Fields
- Bass
- Harlen Floyd
- Trombone
- Vernell Fournier
- Drums
- Sam Fowler
- Harmonica
- Edward Frank
- Piano
- Grady Gaines
- Sax (Tenor)
- Gerald Gregory
- Group Member
- Jimi Hendrix
- Guitar
- Camille Howard
- Piano, Vocals
- James Hudson
- Group Member
- Elmore James
- Guitar, Vocals
- Earnest Johnson
- Bass
- Grant "Mr. Blues" Jones
- Vocals
- Albert King
- Drums
- King Kolax
- Trumpet
- Sammy Lawhorn
- Guitar
- James Lee
- Bass
- Hank Ballard
- Vocals
- Rosco Gordon
- Vocals
- Little Richard
- Organ, Piano, Vocals
- Johnnie Taylor
- Group Member
- Arnett Cobb
- Sax (Tenor)
- Von Freeman
- Sax (Tenor)
- Al Grey
- Trombone
- Red Holloway
- Sax (Tenor)
- Big Jay McNeely
- Sax (Tenor)
- Jay McShann
- Piano
- Oliver Nelson
- Sax (Alto)
- Lloyd Mayers
- Piano
- Billy Boy Arnold
- Harmonica, Vocals
- Eddie Boyd
- Piano
- Sam Chatmon
- Bass
- Willie Cobbs
- Bass, Vocals
- Pee Wee Crayton
- Guitar, Vocals
- Henry Gray
- Piano
- Earl Hooker
- Guitar
- John Lee Hooker
- Guitar, Vocals
- Floyd Jones
- Guitar, Sax (Tenor), Vocals
- Earl King
- Guitar
- J.B. Lenoir
- Guitar, Vocals
- Jimmy McCracklin
- Organ, Piano
- Memphis Slim
- Piano, Vocals
- Matt "Guitar" Murphy
- Guitar
- A.C. Reed
- Sax (Tenor)
- Hubert Sumlin
- Guitar
- Eddie Taylor
- Guitar, Vocals
- Junior Wells
- Harmonica
- Big Joe Williams
- Guitar, Vocals
- Johnny Young
- Guitar
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