IVORY JOE HUNTER Since I Met You Baby (1956) - 78 RPM Record

Ivory Joe Hunter – Since I Met You Baby
Orchestra and Chorus directed by Ray Ellis
Written by Ivory Joe Hunter
78 RPM audio transfer from the Bowness Arts collection of vintage records.
(Recorded at 33rpm, click reduction using Audacity)

Label: Quality – 1567
Series: Atlantic Series
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Released: 1956
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
Other side of this record: You Can't Stop This Rocking And Rolling

Ivory Joe Hunter was born October 10, 1914 in Kirbyville, Texas. Ivory Joe was his given name, not a nickname nor a stage name. He was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. He was billed as The Baron of the Boogie, and also known as The Happiest Man Alive. His musical output ranged from R&B to blues, boogie-woogie, and country music, and Hunter made a name in all of those genres. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid-1940s, he became more widely known for his 1956 hit recording "Since I Met You Baby". Hunter died of complications due to lung cancer on November 8, 1974, at the age of 60, in Memphis, Tennessee.