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Arthur Prysock Jr. (January 1, 1924 or 1929 – June 21, 1997) was an American jazz and R&B singer best known for his live shows and his deep baritone, influenced by Billy Eckstine. According to his obituary in The New York Times , "his heavy, deep voice projected a calm, reassuring virility."
Arthur Prysock. Arthur Prysock was perfectly at home singing jazz, blues, or R&B, but his smooth-as-silk baritone made him a superbly effective (and underappreciated) pop crooner in the manner of his chief influence, Billy Eckstine. Prysock was born January 2, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, and was the brother of saxophonist Red Prysock.
Arthur Prysock, the deep-voiced rhythm-and-blues singer whose seductive bass-baritone once coaxed listeners to ''let it be Lowenbrau'' in a popular beer commercial, died on Saturday at King...
29. Nov. 2023 · Basie Swings The Blues is a bit unusual although in ways it is a throwback to the 1960s and early ’70s. During that period, the Count Basie band often was used as an accompanist for a variety of singers on recordings including Sammy Davis Jr, Arthur Prysock, the Mills Brothers, Kay Starr, Jackie Wilson, and Bing Crosby with mixed ...
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Born on January 10, 1915, in Darlington, SC; died on February 9, 1977. Career:Pianist: Cotton Club Revue, mid- to late1930s; performed and recorded with various musicians, 1930s-70s; bandleader, composer: The Buddy Johnson Orchestra, 1939 to early-1960s; House band, Savoy Ballroom, New York, NY, 1946-58; recording artist. Awards: Induced into the S...
Rock ’n Roll Stage Show, Mercury/Wing, 1956. Buddy Johnson Wails, Mercury, 1957. Swing Me, Mercury, 1958. Rock and Roll with Buddy Johnson, Mercury/Wing, 1958. Go Ahead and Rock and Roll, Roulette, 1958.
Periodicals
Down Beat, January 1999, p54.
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www.allmusic.com Big Bands Database, http://64.33.34.112/.WWW/jl.html www.lpitr.state.sc.us/bills/4047.htm www.visitdarlingtoncounty.org —Candace LaBalle
Johnson’s blues-based orchestra was one of the most popular black big bands in America, and Prysock remained with it from 1944 until 1952, scoring such hits as "They All Say I’m the Biggest Fool," "I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone," "Jet, My Love," and "At Last." Though Prysock’s hits with Johnson helped to establish his reputation as one ...
Wilburt "Red" Prysock (February 2, 1926 – July 19, 1993) was an American R&B tenor saxophonist, one of the early Coleman Hawkins-influenced saxophonists to move in the direction of rhythm and blues, rather than bebop.
