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TRIBUTE TO JESSIE HILL , DOO WOP

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Jessie Hill
Freddie Dominos Band (members Freddie Domino (cousin of Fats Domino), Jessie Hill,
The House Rockers (members Jessie Hill,
Huey Smith & The Clowns (members Huey Smith, Jessie Hill, until 1958
Jessie Hill and The Rhymaires (members Jessie Hill,
Mida 110 - Lonely Broken Heart / We Won't Have To Ask - 1958
Jessie Hill (born 9-December-1932 in New Orleons --- died 17 -September- 1996 in New Orleons --- cause: ?)
Minit 607 - Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 1) / Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 2) - 1960 (also recorded in 1963 by Bobby Long on Everlast 5020 and also in 1963 by The Sisters on Del-Fi 4302 plus in 19 by Smokey And The Flames Recorded Live at the Club Cliche, Detroit, Michigan on Detro 1 )
Minit 611 - Whip It On Me / I Need Your Love - 1960 (released in Canada on London 45-M. 17112)
* Ooh Poo Pah Doo by Jessie Hill (1960)
o Ooh Poo Pah Doo by Rufus Thomas (1963)
o Ooh Poo Pah Doo by The Kingsmen (1964)
o Ooh Poo Pah Doo by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1966)
o Ooh Poo Pah Doo by Taj Mahal (February 27, 1996)
The importance of the disc jockey in the R &B market cannot be overstated. If a hot DJ liked your record and plugged it on the air, you were pretty much guaranteed a hit. The hottest DJ in New Orleans back in 1960 was a cat named Larry McKinley. Many's the R&B classic he "broke" on his show and sent on it's way to the top of the national charts (not the least of which was Ray Charles' "What'd I Say"). It was a stroke of brilliance when vinyl distributor Joe Banashak asked him to be a partner in his new label, MINIT records. Talk about air time!
In January of 1960, McKinley arranged to hold an open audition at WYLD studios as a way of scouting talent for the new company. That one night resulted in the signing of Benny Spellman, Aaron Neville, Allen Orange and Jessie Hill (Irma Thomas and Joe Tex also tried out but were still under contract to other labels). Allen Orange brought along a piano player to accompany him, one Allen Toussaint. He ended up playing behind most of the other folks who had shown up, and so impressed McKinley and Banashak that they asked him to be the new label's producer and arranger.Jessie Hill was a drummer that had worked with such luminaries as Professor Longhair, Bobby Marchan, and Huey "Piano" Smith as well as with his own group, "The House Rockers" (Longhair claimed he was the only drummer who could keep up with him!). He brought a "raggedy" tape to the audition with him of a tune he had written that was just tearin' it up at his live gigs. That song was the immortal "Ooh Poo Pah Doo", and Minit decided to go with it. Tou
ssaint produced the session, playing piano along with Jessie's regular band.
The record broke big in New Orleans, and absolutely buried poor Al Johnson's "Carnival Time" as the big Mardi-Gras record in 1960. After Banashak worked out a few kinks with national distribution, the song just ate up the R &B charts. Although it was the truly incredible Part 1 that was creating a disturbance in everyone's mind, and has become a perennial Carnival classic, it was today's B side, Part II, that crossed over to the pop charts and actually is listed as #28 in Billboard's Hot 100 for 1960 (I guess white America just wasn't ready for Jessie's vocals...)! This track provided the first national exposure of Toussaint's piano based productions and laid the groundwork for Minit's string of big hits. It also is one of the first recorded examples of true "9th Ward Music" - that infectious call and response funky thang that guys like Eddie Bo and Oliver Morgan (who jammed with Jessie as neighborhood kids) would run with so well.
In addition to good ol' Alvin Robinson on guitar, The House Rockers at this point also included the awesome David Lastie on sax, as well as future AFO Executives John Boudreaux on drums and Richard Payne on the bass. They went out on a national tour to support the record, making it as far as the famed Apollo Theater in New York City. Jessie had never seen that much money in his life, and apparently was blowing it as fast as it was coming in, without saving too much for the rest of the band. Before they even got back to New Orleans, the group had broken up for good. Minit released a few more singles on him, but Jessie never was able to match the success of his first hit.
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