Henry Glover
Henry Bernard Glover ( born May 21, 1921 in Hot Spring, Arkansas, † April 7, 1991 in St. Albans, New York) was a successful producer, composer and arranger for a wide range of styles, including rock & roll, country, blues or rock for independent U.S. record labels such as King Records or Roulette Records.
Life
Career
The trained trumpeter and keyboardist played after finishing school in 1943 for black dance music bands, including the bands of Buddy Johnson ( from 1944 as principal trumpet ) and Lucky Millinder (from 1945). When he appeared with the latter band in Cincinnati, he came into contact with Syd Nathan of King Records. Nathan caught up with him in June 1945 for newly founded record label as a producer, arranger and A & R man. Later Glover also noticed his talent as a composer. He was the first black producer in the country music scene and the second black manager at a white label. He took a Bull Moose Jackson, Bill Doggett and Wynonie Harris from the Millinder band as interpreters to King. Most hillbilly performers had to learn to deal with that now a black producer and arranger gave them musical instructions. Glover helped significantly with the construction of the label's own studio in Cincinnati, in particular, is to him the construction of one of the first echo chambers due.
The beginnings
His first success as a producer celebrated Glover Benjamin " Bull Moose" Jackson. As the first plate of the newly founded subsidiary labels Queen Honey Dripper Records / Hold Him Joe ( Queen # 4100 ) was published in August 1945, though still without chart note. But already I Know Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well was recorded on December 19, 1945 in New York, and published in February 1946 ( Queen # 4116 ) penetrate up to # 4 the independent R & B charts. With the occupation of Harold "Money" Johnson ( trumpet), Bernie Peacock ( alto saxophone), Clarence " Bull Moose" Jackson and Sam " The Man" Taylor (tenor saxophone ), Sir Charles Thompson ( piano ), Bernard Mackey (guitar), Beverly Peer ( bass) and Dave "Panama" Francis ( drums) emerged in this session, two more songs in New York, of which the slow blues Bull Moose Jackson was paired with Blues We Is not Got Nothin 'But the Blues as a single and as Queen # 4102 in the same month again appeared under the band name Bull Moose Jackson And His Buffalo Bearcats without charts resonance. Overall, after 8 shots remained unpublished. Glover first looked in I Love You, Yes I Do / Sneaky Pete, sufficient potential hit. His sense gave him right, because composed by Glover blues ballad reached the top position of the R & B charts and became the first R & B million Sellers. were received than ever first rhythm & blues song a gold record.
Meanwhile, the boss of the record label Nathan had set in August 1947, the daughter of Queen Records label after only 75 singles and transfer its catalog on King Records, where then the song was released in October 1947 ( King # 4181 ). Some songs in the repertoire of King Records, and in particular by Bull Moose Jackson were textually risky and were in danger of not being played on the radio, such as the particularly vulgar Nosey Joe ( Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and written; March 1952, King # 4524 ) or the ambiguous Big Ten Inch Record ( November 1952, King # 4580 ) were suggestive of an airplay. Bull Moose Jackson remained until 1955 when King Records.
Wynonie Harris started for King Records with a recording session led by Glover in New York City on December 13, 1947, from the published in January 1948 for the Single Rose Get Your Clothes / Wynonie 's Boogie ( King # 4202 ) was selected. When in 1947 Ivory Joe Hunter came to King, Glover knew him musically not classified as correct. The pressure to succeed was great because Hunter had left the previous Pacific label with a number 1 hit. They were not with King; nevertheless managed Guess Who / Landlord Blues ( King # 4306 ) in October 1949, number 2 R & B (with Owen Bradley, guitar). After a total of 25 recordings Hunter left the label in 1949 and went to MGM Records, which in turn came out the big hits.
The Fifties
When Nathan founded the subsidiary label Federal in November 1950, he ordered Glover to New York City to 54th Street there to rent for King Records an office in the 154 West to tap the talent and potential of the city.
Henry Glover was also responsible for some of the country 's repertoire at King Records. He produced Grandpa Jones, Cowboy Copas or Moon Mullican. For the latter, he produced and composed the classic I'll Sail My Ship Alone, which penetrated after the publication in February 1950 and topped the Country & Western charts. " We stood at the piano and put together the remains of an unfinished composition, but we still structured ," Glover explained the genesis of the top hits later.
Glover also took Billy Ward & The Dominoes under contract, published on 14 November 1950, however, under future directed by Ralph Bass at Federal Records, took up the Chicken Blues and as a Federal # 12002 in December 1950. Glover discovered in 1951 doo-wop lineup Swallows. Recorded in New York on April 6, 1951 Will You Be Mine / Dearest, the 4458 in May 1951 directly achieved a # 9 of the R & B charts as King # emerged. From the third session of October 10, 1951 comes Beside You, by the Glover was only convinced, as the lead singer almost imitated the voice of Charles Brown. The idea succeeded, because the board came with # 8 is still a position higher than the previous single chart note.
On July 25, 1951 he designed and directed by Glover a lot gecoverter classic. Tiny Bradshaw's blues band takes Train Kept A -Rollin on ', reminiscent of the later Johnny Burnette ( October 1956 ), the Yardbirds ( November 1965 ) or Aerosmith ( March 1974). From this B- side of Knockin 'Blues but no notice is taken, and only his single soft / Strange ( King # 4577 ), recorded on 6 October 1952 again reached a good result.
The " 5" Royales had a lot of experience plate collected at Apollo Records, when they came in April 1954 to King Records. However, this was only about a court discharged contract dispute with Apollo, won the King. The predecessor label registered success of Glover could not be repeated at King Records. Only the 13th single on King Records, Thirty Second Lover / Tears Of Joy May 1957, the successor disk Think / I'd better make A Move from September 1957 respectively managed the # 9 R & B.
Work With Me Annie (written by Glover / Nathan ) was intended for the Midnighters, but were produced by bass. As with radio DJ was rumored, the Midnighters would be the next plate Annie Had A Baby (I speak as a biological result of the textual content of the previous plate Work With Me Annie ), Glover had the song hurry compose so he hastily as Federal # 12195 could be released in September 1954. The success is overwhelming, because the plate became another million seller for the group.
The big hits
Lonnie Johnson, one of the most influential blues and jazz guitarists of his time, had already left some record label behind him when he started in December 1947 with King Records. Glover produced there whose first single Tomorrow Night / What A Woman, recorded on December 13, 1947 in New York. The board managed to No. 1 on the R & B charts, which she held for seven weeks, and was so. Then not much more poorly to one of the most successful R & B recordings of 1948 Pleasing You ( As Long As I Live) / Feeling So Lonesome October 1948 from which a number 2 R & B hit. Johnson then left in 1950 with his band the King label, but could not place any chart hits with the new label more.
Wynonie Harris also came in 1947 to the label. It was created on 28 December 1947, the cover of Roy Brown's Good Rocking Tonight, which also penetrated after its release in May 1948 to the # 1 R & B. More good rankings followed until the next # 1 was taken on April 13, 1949 All She Wants To Do Is rock. Glover also took care of the recordings by Earl Bostic, whose first album for King Records the recorded on January 23, 1951 Sleep reached a # 6 R & B charts. Already the next single Flamingo ( created in the first recording session on January 10, 1951) could not find it to number 1 Lucky Millinder DERs band, previously at King Records hitmäßig particularly happy, could only with the I'm Waiting recorded on February 28, 1951 Just For you land a # 2R & B. The mitkomponierte Glover plate remained there for eight weeks and became the million seller.
In June 1955 Glover took the diminutive R & B artist Little Willie John to the King label. In the second recording session from 1 March 1956 emerged after three previous good finishes, with Fever one of the classics of pop and rock music and another # 1 R & B for the label. Glover struggled to produce the song plate ripe with an unusual duration of the recording session of 6 hours. This was followed by 40 more singles for King Records until 1964, 13 of which came in the R & B charts. Almost all were produced by Henry Glover.
Meanwhile, Jump Blues activities culminated ultimately in the Bill Doggett Honky Tonk recording, the most successful rock & roll record of the King label. Recorded on June 16, 1956 in New York, the instrumental song of a robust tenor sax solo by Clifford Scott, backed by Doggets organ and handclaps and a guitar part by Billy Butler, the boogie - counter figures was presented. Label boss Nathan confirmed that in August 1956 ( King # 4950 ) published instrumental hit a turnover of over 4 million records and thus to the top-selling single became King Records. This was also due to the enormous crossover success, as well as a single # 2 was able to prove in the pop charts. Doggett was from now on with his instrumental recordings produced by Glover a permanent guest in the R & B charts.
Departure to Roulette Records
End of 1958, Glover moved to George Goldner's Roulette Records. Again, he took over the role of the producer, responsible for Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Sonny Stitt and Ronnie Hawkins. Big sales success came but only with Joey Dee & the Starliters ' dance song Peppermint Twist, co-written and produced by Glover. The Million Sellers triggered, ironically, on January 27, 1962 The Twist in the cover of Twist King Chubby Checker as a # 1 pop off. Both songs were recorded in the music publishing Jay & Cee Music, who belonged Glover. Glover then produced even with sustained success in May 1966, the rock band Tommy James & The Shondells to 1968 into it, which also provided some million-selling under his direction.
Other activities
When the label boss Sydney Nathan died on 5 March 1968, its entire senior management, had long since left the King Records label, Henry Glover returned to his former employer until the unguided label of Starday Records was still taken in 1968. Then he produced the Grammy Award album The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album by veteran Muddy Waters (1975 ) or 1976 Paul Butterfield Put It in Your Ear LP.
Glovers merits for King Records were not to be underestimated. He had his partially pioneering productions and compositions a major role in getting a comprehensive set especially in country & western area, as well as jump- blues bands and a high proportion of chart hits of the entire label. He was responsible for the development of Rhythm & Blues and Jump Blues in the fifties. Glover was taken into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Compositions
From Glover's total of 453 works of which he had usually also produced with the original performers are to mention in particular: Blues Stay Away From Me by the Delmore Brothers in September 1949 became the biggest country hit of the year, I'll Sail My Ship Alone with Moon Mullican March 1950 ( was covered by Jerry Lee Lewis), I'm Waiting Just For You for Hawkshaw Hawkins in October 1951 ( was covered by Hank Penny, Otis Williams & Charms and Lucky Millinder band DERs ) or Glover's most successful composition, the much gecoverte Drown in My Own Tears for Sonny Thompson of March 1952 (vocals Lula Reed ) or rock Love in 1954 for Lula Reed ( was covered by the Fontane Sisters). He was co - author of most of the early songs by Bull Moose Jackson; to his account go wrong a number of other hits. As Hank Ballard & The Midnighters in February 1959 changed from subsidiary to King Records label Federal, Glover wrote the love ballad Teardrops On Your Letter for them.