Buddy Johnson, Walkin' (1957)

Buddy Johnson, Walkin' (1957)



Friday's lunch record is an early big band rock & roll album by Buddy Johnson and his orchestra. Walkin' was his 1957 album recorded for Mercury records. It features his Walk Em' orchestra with it's hard bluesy swing and his sister Ella Johnson and Floyd Nylan on vocals.  All songs composed by Buddy Johnson, they include; "Rockin' Time", "They Don't Want Me To Rock No More", "Theres No One Like You", "Rock On!", "Ain't Cha Got Me Where You Want Me", "Buddy 's Boogie", "Oh! Baby Don't You Know", "You'd Better Believe Me", "You're Everything My Heart Desires", "So Good", "Bitter Sweet", "Gone Walkin''. The YouTube sample song is "They Don't Want To Rock No More" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qxH9IRnRk . . bucko