Peppermint Harris - 2018 - The Very Best Of (2 Cd's) @320

 

Peppermint Harris

Harrison Demotra Nelson, Jr. (July 17, 1925 – March 19, 1999), known as Peppermint Harris, was an American rhythm and blues and jump blues singer and guitarist.

Originally from Texarkana, Texas, he first recorded in Houston, as Peppermint Nelson, in the late 1940s, accompanied by his friend Lightnin' Hopkins. He then made further recordings including, in 1950, "Raining In My Heart" for the Sittin' In With record label run by Bob Shad, who allegedly forgot Nelson's name and released them as by Peppermint Harris.

In 1951 he moved to Modern Records in Los Angeles, California, and had his biggest R&B hit, on the Aladdin Records label, with "I Got Loaded", which reached number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart in November that year. He had eight further releases on the label but none were as successful. In the late 1950s and 1960s he had releases on various small Southern California labels, such as Dart, Combo, Duke, Jewel, but these were also less successful. He issued one self-titled album, on the Time label, in 1962.

Harris later recorded in Shreveport, Louisiana, and worked in Sacramento and New Jersey, before recording a final album on the Home Cooking label in 1995.

He died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1999, at the age of 73

Tracks;

Cd.1

01. Peppermint Boogie.mp3

02. Houston Blues.mp3

03. Raining In My Heart.mp3

04. My Blues Have Rolled Away.mp3

05. This Is Goodbye Baby.mp3

06. Mabel, Mabel.mp3

07. Texarkana Bound.mp3

08. Fat Girl Boogie.mp3

09. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.mp3

10. Hey Sweet Thing.mp3

11. Oo-Wee Baby.mp3

12. Reckless Lover.mp3

13. I’m Telling You People (Times Are Getting Hard).mp3

14. How Long Must I Suffer (For The One Mistake I Made).mp3

15. Let’s Ride.mp3

16. The Blues Pick On Me.mp3

17. I Always End Up Blue.mp3

18. I Screamed And I Cried.mp3

19. She’s My Baby.mp3

20. I Wake Up Screaming.mp3

21. Got A Big Fine Baby.mp3

22. I Will Always Think Of You.mp3

23. These Are My Blues.mp3

24. Evil Woman Blues.mp3

25. Too Late To Worry.mp3

26. Oh, I Got The Blues.mp3

27. Please Tell Me Baby.mp3

Cd.2

01. Gonna End My Worries.mp3

02. I Want To See You Baby.mp3

03. I’m Writing You Baby.mp3

04. It’s You, Yes, It’s You.mp3

05. I Got Loaded.mp3

06. Wasted Love.mp3

07. I Sure Do Miss My Baby.mp3

08. I Never Get Enough Out Of You.mp3

09. Have Another Drink And Talk To Me.mp3

10. Middle Of Winter.mp3

11. P. H. Blues.mp3

12. Let The Back Door Hit You.mp3

13. I Cry For My Baby.mp3

14. Hey, Little Schoolgirl.mp3

15. There’s A Dead Cat On The Line.mp3

16. Right Back On It.mp3

17. Maggie’s Boogie.mp3

18. Goodbye Blues.mp3

19. Three Sheets In The Wind.mp3

20. Bye, Bye, Fare Thee Well.mp3

21. Black Cat Bone.mp3

22. Treat Me Like I Treat You.mp3

23. Cadillac Funeral.mp3

24. Need Your Lovin’.mp3

25. Just Me And You.mp3

26. I Don’t Care.mp3

27. Love At First Sight.mp3

28. Messing Around With The Blues.mp3

29. You Got Me Wonderin’.mp3

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