Sold Date: May 29, 2016
Start Date: May 22, 2016
Final Price: $19.99 (USD)
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  CHUCK EDWARDS SHAKE BABY SHAKE / COME ON BABE RENE REDORDS 1152

RARE RELEASE

Soul shouter and early local guitar hero.  He started playing guitar professionally in the late 40’s, eventually heading south and joining up with the popular Sonny Thompson Band. He cut his first piece of wax with them on the be-bop "Harlem Rug Cutter" around 1950.  Edwards struck out on his own, recording for Memphis' Duke Records. As Charles Edwins, he released "Bong Gone" b/w "I Got Loose" (Duke 124) in 1954.  Dumping his given last name in favor of Chuck Edwards, he produced three more singles for Duke. The records were "If You Love Me (Like You Say You Do)" b/w "You Move Me" (Duke 159) in 1956, and and another pair in 1957, "Let's Rock" b/w "I'm Wondering" (Duke 163), followed by "Morning Train" b/w "Warm My Heart" (Duke 174).  Though none of them exactly flew off the shelves, they showed Edwards steady progression from a blues player to a rowdier R&B artist, where he would find his niche.  He switched labels to Apollo in late 1956, and released the doo-wop ballad "Just for a Day" b/w "She Carried Me All Over Town" (Apollo 495), and disappeared for a couple of years.  In 1959, Edwards cut the Alanna single "If I Were King " b/w "Lucy and Jimmy Got Married" (Alanna 577), backed on the latter by the Five Crowns, allegedly featuring budding soul master Ben E. King. The B side, as was commonplace back in the day, was the side the DJs decided to spill some radio love on, but it didn't chart.   Possessed of several dust-collecting disks and a better half, he moved back to the Steel City 'burb of Canonsburg, working a day job in a steel mill to pay the bills. Being a fair-sized fish in a small pond, he picked up a lot of local session work and was a regular on the hops circuit.  Edwards may not have slept much, but he saved up enough money to front his own label, Rene, named for his wife, Irene. He recorded a couple of other artists, but by and large, the Hill District label and its subsidiary, Punch, were Edwards' domain.

Record is in nice condition.  Label as shown.  May have writing and tape. 

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Price Guide listings and internet postings up to $95.00 for this record.

This item is part of a donation made by the family of a former 1960's Top 40 DJ.  These records were part of his personal collection.

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