Marie Adams
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Ollie Marie Givens was born in Linden, Texas, in October of 1925. Her musical imagination was fired up in her early teens by that wellspring of talent in the R & B years, the Black church. By 1951 she was in Houston looking for a way to break into the business. She gravitated naturally to the center of the Texas blues world, the Bronze Peacock Club and its owner Don Robey. He was impressed enough by her ability that she caught on and occasionally appeared on stage as a supporting act. She was part of a big two week holiday show at the end of 1951 in Houston with Willie Mae Thornton, Jimmy McCracklin & The Blues Blasters, and Billy Wright. She was being billed then as Ollie Marie Adams. By April she had dropped the Ollie and was simply Marie, and was touted by Peacock Records and Don Robey as a second "big Mama" and had her first record release for the label with "I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks" and "My Search Is Over" with the Bill harvey band on #1583. "Search" does well in the Texas and Louisiana areas and Peacock decides to go to releasing it on 45 rpm to increase sales potential. Soon all Peacock recordings follow suit.
In mid May of 1952, the flip side of Adams record "Honky Tonks" suddenly starts to sell big in the Northeast, especially in Philadelphia where it is one of the top five best selling R & B discs in the city. The next month "Search" is the number one R & B record in Peacock's home city of Houston. By August the record had become the biggest non-gospel seller in the history of the label. Because of the continued demand for the record and the emergence of Johnny Ace for the label's new subsidiary company, Duke Records (recently purchased in Memphis and moved to Houston), three record pressing plants are working 24 hours a day to keep up with sales orders. Don Robey's labels are fast becoming major players in the Rhythm & Blues field. With her first record still selling well, Peacock releases "My Man" and "Alone" on #1604 recorded with the band of Puma Davis.
In early August "I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks" hits the best seller lists in New York. That month in an unusual move, Don Robey has Marie record a cover version of Johnny Ace's current hit for the company, "My Song". Robey hopes to market the Adams version more toward the pop music audience. The flip side of "My Song" is "Sweet Talking Daddy" both recorded with a small combo of members of the Buddy Johnson band under the leadership of Cherokee Conyers, and it is out on Peacock #1610. In late 1952 Marie Adams is part of a hugely successful R & B package show that tours the West Coast. Along with Adams are Johnny Ace, James Moody and his band, famous for "Moody's Mood For Love", , and Jimmy Forrest and his combo, famous for "Night Train". After the tour ended she stayed out west and played many dates into early 1953.
Author: 5121949
Keywords: r&b soul
Added: December 1, 2008
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Author: worthalot2
Keywords: Yealand Conyers Sex
Added: November 22, 2008
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