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Driving Wheel by Junior Parker

Label: Duke Records.
Release Date: 1962.
Recording Time: 29 minutes.
Release Info: Studio Recording.
Releases: 1973 (MCA), 1973 (ABC / Dunhill Records),  2006 (Geffen / Hip-O / Hip-O Select).

Styles: Early R&B, Electric Memphis Blues, Regional Blues, Soul Blues.

Junior's emerging from his fin-tailed Cadillac on the front of this vintage LP, which contains all kinds of gems not on MCA's CD. For example: an irresistibly upbeat "How Long Can This Go On," the richly arranged blues ballads "I Need Love So Bad" and "Someone Somewhere," Junior's dance hit "Annie Get Your Yo Yo" (all done with Duke's brassy house band), and the New Orleans-cut "The Tables Have Turned" and "Foxy Devil." - Review by Bill Dahl.

Credits: Robert Geddins - composer; Eddie James - composer; Deadric Malone - composer; Percy Mayfield - composer; Herman Parker - composer; Junior Parker - composer, harmonica, primary artist, vocals; Little Junior Parker - primary artist; Joseph Wade Scott - composer; Roosevelt Sykes - composer.

Tracks: 1) Drivin' Wheel (Single Version); 2) I Need Love So Bad; 3) Foxy Devil; 4) Someone Broke This Heart of Mine; 5) How Long Can This Go On (Single Version); 6) Yonder's Wall (Single Version); 7) Annie Get Your Yo-Yo (Single Version); 8) Tin Pan Alley; 9) Someone Somewhere (Single Version); 10) Seven Days (Single Version); 11) The Tables Have Turned; 12) Sweet Talking Woman.