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(1955) Sun 233 ''Little Fine Healthy Thing'' b/w ''Something For Nothing'' Billy Emerson

STUDIO SESSION FOR BILLY EMERSON AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1955 SUN RECORDING STUDIO 706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SUN SESSION: UNKNOWN DATE NOVEMBER 1955 SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS In his twenty months spent with Sun, Billy Emerson added five quality singles to the catalogue. For this, his concluding release, he called upon the talents of Phineas Newborn senior along with his younger son Calvin, to play drums and lead guitar. Also fleshing out the line-up was Billy "Red" Love, one of Sun's growing band of workaday sidemen, who took over the piano stool leaving The Kid plenty of room to conjure up the wolfish howls that introduce each chorus. (SC) "LITTLE FINE HEALTHY THING" Composer: - William Robert Emerson Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated Matrix number: - U 174 - Take 1 Master (2:29) Recorded: - November 1955 Released: - January 15, 1956 First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 233-A mono LITTLE FINE HEALTY THING / SOMETHING FOR NOTHING Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802-1-9 mono THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2 This is a catchy, melodic composition with more spice and variety than most rhythm and blues titles from the period. It also shows up Emerson's limitations as a vocalist, he was competent, even distinctive, but lacked the aggressiveness of many of his contemporaries. Emerson seemed to have a penchant for woman who could make ''a bulldog hug a hound...'' a familiar line after Johnny Temple popularized it on ''Big Leg Woman''. Emerson, though, prided himself on being a songwriter, not just another reshuffle of blues cliches. What he says here is both loving and lecherous; a combination. She should have been flattered, who ever she was. Billy the Kid Emerson's last Sun single was sandwitched between Johnny Cash's ''Folsom Prison Blues'' and Carl Perkins' ''Blue Suede Shoes''. Even before those two records became hits, Emerson saw the writing on the wall, and was gone from Sun Records. (HD) (CE) "SOMETHING FOR NOTHING" Composer: - William Robert Emerson Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated Matrix number: - U 175 - take 1 Master (2:42) Recorded: - November 1955 Released: - January 15, 1956 First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 233-B mono SOMETHING FOR NOTHING / LITTLE FINE HEALTY THING Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802-1-10 mono THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2 In November 1955, Billy Emerson was back at Sun to record what would prove to be his last session. On the twenty-second of the same month, he was recording for Vee-Jay in his newly adopted home town, Chicago. For his last Sun session, he was reunited with Phineas Newborn, Sr's nightclub band. Emerson rated his work on ''Something For Noting'' very highly, and with good reason, ''That was the best'', Emerson said later. ''That was when I really found my style. You're listening to the real Billy The Kid Emerson''. Talking to Jim O'Neal later, he was a little more forthcoming. ''That song came about from a Butterbeans and Susie routine. 'Now looka here, Susie, you sure is tight, you ain't never gonna treat yo' papa Butter right. 'She made a reply and he would sing, 'Something for noting seems to be your/You oughta get yourself a monkey 'cause you sure don't need no man''. He's remembering Butterbeans & Susie's 1930 record of ''Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (And Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)''. Talk about handling it on. (CE) Name (Or. No. Of Instruments) William Billy Emerson - Vocals Billy Love - Piano Jewell Briscoe - Tenor Saxophone Moses Reed - Tenor Saxophone Calvin Newborn - Guitar Kenneth Banks - Bass Phineas Newborn Sr. - Drums Band Chorus © - 706 UNION AVENUE SESSIONS - ©