H-BOMB FERGUSON BIG CITY BLUES 1951-54 torrent

Born Robert Ferguson in Charleston, South Carolina, he was the eleventh of twelve children. His father was a baptist preacher who paid for piano lessons for his son[2], on condition he learned sacred melodies. But Ferguson had other ideas. "After church was over, while the people was all standing outside talking, me and my friends would run back inside and I'd play the blues on the piano."

At the age of 19, he was on the road with Joe Liggins and the Honeydrippers. They moved to New York, where Ferguson branched off on his own, getting a gig at the nightclub Baby Grand Club in Harlem, billed as "The Cobra Kid."[1]

His 1951-1952 recording contract with Savoy Records produced some of his best recordings. Drummer, Jack "The Bear" Parker, who played on the Savoy dates, allegedly bestowed the singer with his explosive moniker. Other accounts credit Savoy record producer, Lee Magid, with coining H-Bomb's handle; either way, his dynamite vocals fulfilled the billing.[1] However, it was not until 1955 that rock and roll became a sensation, when Bill Haley & His Comets' version of "Rock Around the Clock" became a hit.

Ferguson retired from touring in the early 1970s, but made a number of comebacks. Backed by the Medicine Men, he recorded his first album, Wiggin' Out, for Chicago's Earwig Records in 1993.[1] He died in 2006 at the Hospice of Cincinnati of complications from emphysema and cardiopulmonary disease.


1. WINE HEAD
2. HARD LOVIN' WOMAN
3. I LOVE MY BABY
4. ROCK H-BOMB ROCK
5. ON MY WAY
6. GOOD TIME GAL
7. FEEL LIKE I DO
8. MY LOVE
9. SLOWLY GOIN' CRAZY
10. PREACHIN' THE BLUES
11. SUNDOWN BLUES
12. GOOD LOVIN'
13. GIVE IT UP
14. BIG CITY BLUES
15. MY BROWN FRAME BABY
16. NEW WAY BLUES
17. BOOKIE'S BLUES
18. LIFE IS HARD
19. HOT KISSES
20. TORTURED LOVE
21. WORK FOR MY BABY
22. MY BABY'S BLUES
23. I NEED YOU BABY
24. YOU MADE ME BABY
25. SHE'S BEEN GONE
26. NOBODY KNOWS
27. BABY DON'T GO
28. JOSEPHINE
29. BABY PLEASE (ALT. OF "SHE'S BEEN GONE")
30. HOLE IN THE WALL
31. DOUBLE CROSSIN' DADDY