Little Walter Jacobs was blues harmonica player, singer, songwriter and occasional guitarist who revolutionised the way that the harmonica was played and recorded, bringing a new dimension to the blues during the 1950s. He was one of the first artists to amplify his harmonica by holding it to a microphone and maybe the first artist on any instrument deliberately to use electronic distortion as part of his range of sounds. He was a member of Muddy Waters' band, appearing on many of his records during the 1950s, but from 1952 recorded for the Chess subsidiary Checker, his releases regularly featuring a harmonica-led instrumental on one side and a vocal performance on the others. He scored an R&B No. 1 with his first solo single "Juke", and another one a few years later with what became a staple of blues bands the world over "My Babe". Little Walter became the only harmonica player to be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame. This great value 52-track collection, with extensive booklet notes plus comprehensive discographical, chart, session and personnel information, comprises all of his Checker A & B sides from 1952 to 1960 plus two bonus tracks from 1961 and 1962, and includes all of his 15 R&B chart hits
2 Can't Hold on Much Longer (Little Walter and the Night Cats)
3 Mean Old World (Little Walter and the Night Cats)
4 Sad Hours (Little Walter and the Night Cats)
5 Don't Have to Hunt No More (Little Walter)
6 Tonight with a Fool (Little Walter)
7 Off the Wall (Little Walter and the Night Cats)
8 Tell Me, Mama (Little Walter and the Night Cats)
9 Blues with a Feeling (Little Walter and the Jukes)
10 Quarter to Twelve (Little Walter and the Jukes)
11 Lights Out (Little Walter and the Jukes)
12 You're So Fine (Little Walter and the Jukes)
13 Rocker (Little Walter and the Jukes)
14 Oh, Baby (Little Walter and the Jukes)
15 You'd Better Watch Yourself (Little Walter and the Jukes)
16 Blue Light (Little Walter and the Jukes)
17 Last Night (Little Walter and the Jukes)
18 Mellow Down Easy (Little Walter and the Jukes)
19 My Babe (Little Walter and the Jukes)
20 Thunder Bird (Little Walter and the Jukes)
21 Roller Coaster (Little Walter and the Jukes)
22 I Got to Go (Little Walter and the Jukes)
23 Too Late (Little Walter and the Jukes)
24 I Hate to See You Go (Little Walter and the Jukes)
25 Who (Little Walter and the Jukes)
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1 It Ain't Right (Little Walter and the Jukes)
2 One More Chance with You (Little Walter and the Jukes)
3 Flying Saucer (Little Walter and the Jukes)
4 Teenage Beat (Little Walter and the Jukes)
5 Just a Feeling (Little Walter and the Jukes)
6 It's Too Late, Brother (Little Walter and the Jukes)
7 Take Me Back (Little Walter and the Jukes)
8 Nobody But You (Little Walter and the Jukes)
9 Everybody Needs Somebody (Little Walter and the Jukes)
10 Boom, Boom, Out Goes the Light (Little Walter and the Jukes)
11 Temperature (Little Walter and the Jukes)
12 The Toddle (Little Walter)
13 Confessin' the Blues (Little Walter)
14 Key to the Highway (Little Walter and the Jukes)
15 Rock Bottom (Little Walter and the Jukes)
16 My Baby's Sweeter (Little Walter)
17 Crazy, Mixed Up World (Little Walter)
18 Everything's Gonna Be All Right (Little Walter)
19 Back Track (Little Walter)
20 Me and Piney Brown (Little Walter)
21 Break It Up (Little Walter)
22 Ah'w Baby (Little Walter)
23 I Had My Fun (Little Walter)
24 My Babe (Little Walter)
25 Blue Midnight (Little Walter)
26 I Don't Play (Little Walter)
27 Just Your Fool (Little Walter)
Little Walter Jacobs was blues harmonica player, singer, songwriter and occasional guitarist who revolutionised the way that the harmonica was played and recorded, bringing a new dimension to the blues during the 1950s. He was one of the first artists to amplify his harmonica by holding it to a microphone and maybe the first artist on any instrument deliberately to use electronic distortion as part of his range of sounds. He was a member of Muddy Waters' band, appearing on many of his records during the 1950s, but from 1952 recorded for the Chess subsidiary Checker, his releases regularly featuring a harmonica-led instrumental on one side and a vocal performance on the others. He scored an R&B No. 1 with his first solo single "Juke", and another one a few years later with what became a staple of blues bands the world over "My Babe". Little Walter became the only harmonica player to be inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame. This great value 52-track collection, with extensive booklet notes plus comprehensive discographical, chart, session and personnel information, comprises all of his Checker A & B sides from 1952 to 1960 plus two bonus tracks from 1961 and 1962, and includes all of his 15 R&B chart hits
