Bill Justis
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Biography
[Edit]Best known to most listeners for the aptly titled instrumental smash "Raunchy," Bill Justis was also a longtime linchpin of the Nashville recording community, working as a producer, musical director, and A&R man for labels including Sun and Mercury. Born October 14, 1927, in Birmingham, Alabama, he grew up in Memphis, studying music and English at Tulane University while playing trumpet in local jazz and dance bands. In 1957, the legendary Sam Phillips hired Justis to serve as the musical director for his Sun Records label. At 30, Justis was a good decade older than most of Sun's artists and had little interest in rock & roll until he learned just how lucrative the music had become. With guitarist Sid Manker, Justis composed a wild, primitive instrumental they dubbed "Backwoods"; Phillips renamed the tune "Raunchy," releasing it as a single in November 1957. Although Justis' honking tenor sax assumed center stage, what made "Raunchy" so unique was Manker's guitar; he forged the song's distinctive riff not from the traditional middle strings but from the bass strings, creating a cavernous, resonant sound further buffered by studio echo. The single proved Sun's best-selling instrumental release ever, staying in the pop Top 40 for 14 weeks.
Justis would nevertheless score only more chart hit, "College Man," which only went as high as number 42. He continued recording the occasional single (including "Flea Circus," penned by Steve Cropper), but by and large focused the remainder of his career on studio work, arranging sessions for Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Roy Orbison. Justis also discovered Charlie Rich at Memphis night spot The Sharecropper Club and brought him to Sun in 1960, arranging Rich's first major hit, "Lonely Weekends." However, squabbles with Phillips prompted Justis to leave Sun soon after, and he formed his own label, the short-lived Play Me Records. After moving to Nashville and briefly reuniting with Rich at RCA, he landed with Mercury, which remained his home for the remainder of his career. In the years to follow, Justis would arrange records for everyone from Patsy Cline to Dean Martin to Tom Jones, also recording a series of instrumental LPs for Mercury's Smash subsidiary. In 1972 he scored his first film, Dear Dead Delilah. In 1977, he scored the smash Smokey and the Bandit, reuniting with star Burt Reynolds a year later for Hooper. Justis died of cancer on July 15, 1982.
Title: Raunchy & Other Great Instrumentals
Artist: Bill Justis
Genre: Rock, Country, Pop, Instrumental
Title: Smokey And The Bandit (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Bill Justis, Jerry Reed, Bandit
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: Instrumental Gold (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Rock & Roll Hits
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Instrumental Jukebox Hits of the 50's & 60's
Genre: Instrumental
Title: The 50 Best Instrumental Rock Songs Ever
Genre: Pop
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1957, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Cruisin' 1957
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits of 1957, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Hard to Find Music, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: 40 Rockin' Classics: Roots of Rock and Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: Early 60's Lost & Found Records
Genre: Rock
Title: Discover 50s One Hit Wonders
Genre: Rock
Title: Walking the Line: Sun Studios Classics
Genre: Country
Title: Best Rockabilly Country
Genre: Rock
Title: Sun Records - The Definitive Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: 50s Sock Hop Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: Axes, Saxes, Skins & Ivories, Vol. 1
Genre: Instrumental
Title: The Originals - Classic Hits from the 50's & 60's
Genre: Alternative
Title: Classic American Hits
Genre: Alternative
Title: Wonderful World of the 50's - 100 Hit Songs
Genre: Rock
Title: 706 Union Instrumentals
Genre: Rock
Title: 706 Union Instrumentals
Genre: Rock
Title: 40 Instrumental Hits - The Big Hits of the 50's Era
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Rock & Roll Hits Vol 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock & Roll Mashup, Vol. 3
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Hits of All Time, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: Sun Records Story - Disc Three
Genre: Rock
Title: 150 Rock 'N' Roll Classics (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Rockin' Instrumentals (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Rock 'N Roll Instrumentals - Gold Edition
Genre: Rock
Title: 1957 Hot Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Guitar Legends, Vol.2
Genre: Rock
Title: Sun Records' Greatest Hits
Title: Er du VILD MED DANS for sjov
Genre: Pop
Title: Teen Beat - Rockin' Instrumental Greats
Genre: Rock
Title: The Best Ever Rock & Roll Revival
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Rock&Roll Hits. Don´t Step On My Blue Suede Shoes.
Genre: Rock
Title: 20 Golden Hits of 1958
Genre: Pop
Title: Instrumentals of Rock & Roll
Genre: Rock
Title: Original Pop Hits, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hot Hits of 1957, Vol. 2
Genre: Rock
Title: Sun Records - Rockabilly Archive
Genre: Rock
Title: Jubilee Classic Anthems
Genre: Pop
Title: Fabulous 50's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Jump Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Country Hits of the 50s
Genre: Country
Title: The Sun Story Volume Two - Rockabilly Rhythm
Genre: Country
Title: Collectors Rock & Doo Wops Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Greatest Country Hits of 1958, Vol. 1
Genre: Country
Title: Best of Your Favorite Instrumentals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1957, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Top 20 Jump Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Sun Records - Rock 'n Roll Archive
Genre: Rock
Title: Rock 'n' Roll Heaven
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Road Trip Essentials: 30 Classic Songs from Sun Records
Genre: Rock
Title: Sun Records - Jump Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Let's Have a Rock 'n' Roll Party (36 Rockin' Greats)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1958, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll & Jukebox Music: 100 Greatest Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Best of Rock 'n' Roll Music - 100 Greatest Originals Hits from the 50s & 60s
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock
Title: Smokey and the Bandit (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack