James Waynes "Crying In Vain / Lonely Room" 1954 7" Vinyl 45rpm Very RARE NM
VERY RARE 45 rpm 1954 pressing, recorded on Aladdin 45-3234. I cannot find another copy of a 45 in this release. The record is graded EXcellent with generic sleeve. Please carefully examine the actual pictures of your record Records are visually graded based on Goldmine standards, some are test played to assure distortion free playback. I am happy to offer combined shipping for 7” records paid for in the same order (Media Mail), and shipped to addresses within the US is $3.25 for the 1st 3, and $.25 for each additional 7” single. Please wait to be invoiced if combining shipping. All records are carefully packed and shipped surrounded by stiff cardboard to ensure safe arrival. Thanks.
JAMES WAYNES, According to his own account, he was born in Houston, Texas, in 1920] although some sources give his birthplace as Jefferson County, Texas with a date of birth in 1924, and others state it as New Orleans.
He claimed to have undertaken training as a commando, and spent time in jail around 1950 for burglary, before becoming a musician. He sang, played guitar, and reportedly also played drums. He is believed to have first recorded in Houston, for the Sittin' In With record label started by Bob Shad. His recording of "Tend To Your Business" became a hit in 1951, and stayed on the R&B chart for 14 weeks.[6] He followed it up with "Junco Partner (Worthless Man)" in 1952, recorded by Shad in Atlanta, Georgia. According to musician Mac Rebennack (Dr. John), Wayne's version made the song popular, although it was already widely known among musicians in New Orleans and elsewhere, as: "the anthem of the dopers, the whores, the pimps, the cons. It was a song they sang in Angola, the state prison farm, and the rhythm was even known as the 'jailbird beat'." In all, he recorded five singles for the Sittin' In With label, the first three credited to James Waynes, with a final "s".
Wayne then recorded with Lee Allen and other musicians for Imperial Records in New Orleans, before moving to the Aladdin label in Los Angeles, and then Old Town Records. He returned to Imperial in 1955, when he began to record as Wee Willie Wayne. One of his recordings there was "Travelin' Mood", which became another R&B standard recorded by Dr. John and others; the B-side was "I Remember", another classic recording. He also recorded for the Peacock and Angletone labels, before, in 1961, returning again to Imperial where he recorded an updated version of "Tend To Your Business", as part of an album, Travelin' Mood, mostly made up of earlier recordings.
