Ivory Joe Hunter
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Biography
[Edit]Bespectacled and velvet-smooth in the vocal department, pianist Ivory Joe Hunter appeared too much mild-mannered to be a rock & roller. But when the rebellious music first crashed the American consciousness in the mid-'50s, there was Ivory Joe, deftly delivering his blues ballad "Since I Met You Baby" right alongside the wildest pioneers of the era.
Hunter was already a grizzled R&B vet by that time who had first heard his voice on a 1933 Library of Congress cylinder recording made in Texas (where he grew up). An accomplished tunesmith, he played around the Gulf Coast region, hosting his own radio program for a time in Beaumont before migrating to California in 1942. It was a wise move since Hunter — whose real name was Ivory Joe, incidentally (perhaps his folks were psychic!) — found plenty of work pounding out blues and ballads in wartime California. He started his own label, Ivory Records, to press up his "Blues at Sunrise" (with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers backing him), and it became a national hit when leased to Leon Rene's Exclusive imprint in 1945. Another Hunter enterprise, Pacific Records, hosted a major hit in 1948 when the pianist's "Pretty Mama Blues" topped the R&B charts for three weeks.
At whatever logo Hunter paused from the mid-'40s through the late '50s, his platters sold like hot cakes. For Cincinnati-based King in 1948-1949, he hit with "Don't Fall in Love with Me," "What Did You Do to Me," "Waiting in Vain," and "Guess Who." At MGM, then new to the record biz, he cut his immortal "I Almost Lost My Mind" (another R&B chart-topper in 1950), "I Need You So" (later covered by Elvis), and "It's a Sin." Signing with Atlantic in 1954, he hit big with "Since I Met You Baby" in 1956 and the two-sided smash "Empty Arms"/"Love's a Hurting Game" in 1957.
Hunter's fondness for country music reared its head in 1958. Upon switching to Dot Records, he scored his last pop hit with a cover of Bill Anderson's "City Lights." Hunter's Dot encores went nowhere; neither did typically mellow outings for Vee-Jay, Smash, Capitol, and Veep. Epic went so far as to recruit a simmering Memphis band (including organist Isaac Hayes, trumpeter Gene "Bowlegs" Miller, and saxist Charles Chalmers) for an LP titled The Return of Ivory Joe Hunter that he hoped would revitalize his career, but it wasn't meant to be. The album's cover photo — a closeup of Hunter's grinning face with a cigarette dangling from his lips — seems grimly ironic in the face of his death from lung cancer only a few years later.
Title: Real Side Records Remembers Ivory Joe Hunter - Single
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Fabulous Ivory Joe Hunter
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Country
Title: I Almost Lost My Mind (Digitally Remastered) - Single
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Pop
Title: Texas Piano Blues - South Soulfoul Sounds
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Ivory Joe Hunter Sings Sixteen of His Greatest Hits
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz
Title: Since I Met You Baby: The '50s Collection (CD1)
Artist: Ivory Joe Hunter
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Collections
Title: Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles (1959-1968)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Chart Misses 3
Title: The Early Roots of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock, Rockabilly
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1957, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Mambo! 100 Popular Latin Dance Classics
Genre: Latin
Title: We All Love Our Mums Vol. 1 (Classic Mother's Day Songs)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Rock & Roll Stars, Vol. 4
Genre: Rock
Title: America's Greatest Hits 1956, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights Of 1950, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Inspiring Elvis
Genre: Country
Title: Corrine Corrina & More R&B Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Oldies & Doo Wops, Vol. 7
Genre: Pop
Title: R&B Soul Hits of the Past, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Essential Doo Wop Pop Vol 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 100 Latin Classics! Samba, Mambo, Cha Cha & More
Genre: Latin
Title: Loco Country Vol. III
Genre: Country
Title: Loco Country, Vol. 2
Genre: Country, Alternative
Title: Loco Country Vol. I
Genre: Country
Title: Atlantic 60th - Love Song Soul
Genre: Rock
Title: Rhythm & Blues 1945-1951 - Music Sampler Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: 22 Original R&B Recordings
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: R&B Soul Hits of the Past, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Essential Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Great Songs, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Definitive Collection of R&B Hits from 1949
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: East Coast Teen Party - Volume 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 10
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Heritage of the Blues 1956, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1948 Volume 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 4
Genre: Pop
Title: Jump Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Soul Review Volume 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Soul Rarities, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: 30 Blues Picks
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Best of Blues Piano!
Genre: Blues
Title: Beyond Words Vol. II - Blues Instrumentals
Genre: Blues
Title: One Dozen R & B Greats
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: 25 Years of Rhythm and Blues Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: West Coast Blues Ramblers
Genre: Blues
Title: Soul Rangers Vol. II
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Alan Freed Rock N' Roll Radio (Live)
Genre: Rock
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Rock and Roll Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: The Men of Soul 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Brothers & Sisters of Soul, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Men of Soul 2
Genre: Blues
Title: The Oldies Vol 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Oldie's Doo Wops, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Stax/Volt - The Complete Singles 1959-1968 - Volume 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Sun, Sea and Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1949, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Movie Hits And Themes - Original Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Featuring albums
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 4
Artist: Various Blues Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Wow! - More Soul and R&B with Eastern Promise (Belgium Popcorn)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Atlantic 60: Rhythm and Blues Jukebox
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock
Title: The Singles Collection 1945 - 52
Artist: Johnny Moore'S Three Blazers
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Essencial e Inesquecível / Soul Essencial e Inesquecivel
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
