Artist: Billy "The Kid" Emerson Label: Tarpon Country: USA Catalogue: T-6604 Date: 1967 Format: 7"
Tracks: A: It's Gonna Work Out Fine Artist: Billy "The Kid" Emerson Composer: J. Seneca, J. Lee
B: Zulu Artist: Billy "The Kid" Emerson Composer: Emerson
William Robert Emerson (born December 21, 1925 in Tarpon Springs, Florida), known during his recording career as Billy "The Kid" Emerson and more recently as Rev. William R. Emerson, is an African American preacher and former R&B and rock and roll singer and songwriter, best known for his 1955 song, "Red Hot."
Emerson began recording after joining Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in the early 1950s. He recorded for various labels, including Sun, Chess, and Vee-Jay before forming his own, Tarpon Records, where he recorded Denise LaSalle and Matt "Guitar" Murphy. He has worked with blues musicians, such as Earl Hooker, Lonnie Brooks, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Robert Knighthawk.
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Label: Tarpon
Country: USA
Catalogue: T-6604
Date: 1967
Format: 7"
Tracks:
A: It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Artist: Billy "The Kid" Emerson
Composer: J. Seneca, J. Lee
B: Zulu
Artist: Billy "The Kid" Emerson
Composer: Emerson
William Robert Emerson (born December 21, 1925 in Tarpon Springs, Florida), known during his recording career as Billy "The Kid" Emerson and more recently as Rev. William R. Emerson, is an African American preacher and former R&B and rock and roll singer and songwriter, best known for his 1955 song, "Red Hot."
Emerson began recording after joining Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm in the early 1950s. He recorded for various labels, including Sun, Chess, and Vee-Jay before forming his own, Tarpon Records, where he recorded Denise LaSalle and Matt "Guitar" Murphy. He has worked with blues musicians, such as Earl Hooker, Lonnie Brooks, Sonny Boy Williamson II, and Robert Knighthawk.
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