Joe Medlin

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Joe Medlin (* around 1925) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues singer (baritone) and music manager.

Live and act

Joe Medlin started singing when he was 16; from 1944 to 1947 he was a vocalist with Buddy Johnson . In 1948 he recorded with the Tab Smith Orchestra . He was also a brief member of the vocal ensemble The Ravens in autumn 1948 ; he left the group in November of the same year to resume work on his solo career. From the early 1950s he released a number of singles under his own name such as "Afternoon of a Dream" (with Freddie Washington ), "Here In This Magic Moment", "Suffering with the Blues", "No One But You" and “ Who Am I? “Which appeared on the labels ASA, Decca , Roost, King and Mercury Records . He had a national hit with the song "I Kneel at Your Throne", which reached # 85 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1959. Jazz discographer Tom Lord lists his participation in 17 recording sessions between 1945 and 1959.

In the following years Medlin worked as a producer, A&R and promoter in the music industry, u. a. for the music label United Artists , Atlantic Records and from 1963 for Roulette Records . In 1962, while at United Artists , he was the first African-American vice president of a major label; among others he produced Debbie Taylor . Jimmy Scott named Medlin as one of the singers who influenced him.

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b Remember Joe Medlin
  2. ^ Marv Goldberg The Ravens
  3. ↑ He was accompanied at the King Session in 1956 by Clifford Scott , Budd Johnson , Big John Greer (ts), Bill Doggett (p, org), Billy Butler (git), Al Lucas (kb), Shep Shepherd (dr) and Ruth Berman Harris (harp).
  4. ↑ Recorded in 1957 for King Records : With Hilton Jefferson (as) Lowell "Count" Hastings (ts), Maxwell Lucas (bar), Kelly Owens (p), Kenny Burrell (git), Carl Pruitt (kb), Shadow Wilson (dr ).
  5. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 27, 2018)
  6. ^ Billboard Nov. 7, 1964, p. 24
  7. ^ Billboard Feb. 16, 1963, p. 31
personal data
SURNAME Medlin, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz, R&B, and soul musician and music A&R, producer and promoter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1925