Johnny Moore's Three Blazers

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Drifting Blues 02:55 Tools
Driftin' blues 00:00 Tools
Merry Christmas Baby 00:00 Tools
Dragnet Blues 00:00 Tools
Be Cool 00:00 Tools
Saturday Night (Four Nights Drunk) 00:00 Tools
Nightmare Blues 00:00 Tools
Johnny, Johnny 00:00 Tools
Gee, It's Rough 00:00 Tools
Crazy With the Blues 00:00 Tools
Playing Numbers 00:00 Tools
How Blue Can You Get? 00:00 Tools
How Blue Can You Get (Downhearted) 00:00 Tools
I Don't Know, Yes I Know 00:00 Tools
New Orleans Blues 00:00 Tools
Down in Texas 00:00 Tools
How Blue Can You Get (Downhearted) (Remastered 2002) 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Train 00:00 Tools
Rock With It 00:00 Tools
Be Cool aka Keep Cool 00:00 Tools
Johnny's After Hours (Lazy Blues) 00:00 Tools
Snuff Dippin' Mama 00:00 Tools
Be Cool (Keep Cool) 00:00 Tools
Los Angeles Blues 00:00 Tools
What Does It Matter? 00:00 Tools
Take Off My Wig 00:00 Tools
Merry Christmas, Baby 00:00 Tools
Drifting Blues (feat. Charles Brown) 00:00 Tools
Groovy 00:00 Tools
Walkin' Blues 00:00 Tools
Ridin' Mighty High 00:00 Tools
So Long 00:00 Tools
Groovy Movie Blues 00:00 Tools
Cut off the Fat (Take Out the Bone) 00:00 Tools
Misery Blues 00:00 Tools
Shuffle Shuck 00:00 Tools
A New Shade Of Blues 00:00 Tools
Competition Blues 00:00 Tools
The Jumping Jack 00:00 Tools
Blazer's Boogie 00:00 Tools
Johnny's Guitar Blues 00:00 Tools
How Could I Know? 00:00 Tools
Down in Texas (featuring Mari Jones on vocal) (1953) 00:00 Tools
Forever 00:00 Tools
Fire, Fire, Fire 00:00 Tools
Johnny's Boogie 00:00 Tools
Bop-A-Bye Baby 00:00 Tools
Baby Don't You Cry 00:00 Tools
Pasadena 00:00 Tools
Melody 00:00 Tools
Blues In My Heart 00:00 Tools
How Blue Can You Get (Downhearted) - Remastered 2002 00:00 Tools
I Surrender Dear 00:00 Tools
What Does It Matter 00:00 Tools
There Is No Greater Love 00:00 Tools
Money's Getting Cheaper 00:00 Tools
Drifting Blues - Single Version 00:00 Tools
My Song 00:00 Tools
You Can Go Feed Yourself 00:00 Tools
Too Bad 00:00 Tools
Fugue In C Major 00:00 Tools
Christmas Everyday 00:00 Tools
Christmas Eve Baby 00:00 Tools
Blazers Boogie 00:00 Tools
If You Don't Love Me 00:00 Tools
Scratch Sheet 00:00 Tools
Blues For What I've Never Had 00:00 Tools
False Love 00:00 Tools
Driftin' Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 00:00 Tools
Gloria 00:00 Tools
Groovie Movie Blues 00:00 Tools
You Won't Let Me Go 00:00 Tools
Lonesome Gal Blues 00:00 Tools
Driftin Blues 00:00 Tools
Rosamay 00:00 Tools
What Am I Gonna Do This Christmas? 00:00 Tools
Three Handed Woman 00:00 Tools
Cold In Here 00:00 Tools
Bobby Sox Blues 00:00 Tools
I Was Wrong 00:00 Tools
This Is One Time, Baby (You Ain't Gonna Two Time Me) 00:00 Tools
Wrackin' My Brain Over You 00:00 Tools
Lost In The Night 00:00 Tools
Jukebox Lil 00:00 Tools
When I Meander in the Meadow 00:00 Tools
Citation 00:00 Tools
Someday You'll Need Me 00:00 Tools
Rain-Chick 00:00 Tools
What Do You Know About Love 00:00 Tools
I Cried For You 00:00 Tools
More Than You Know 00:00 Tools
Hard Tack 00:00 Tools
Free Lancin' Again 00:00 Tools
Teresa 00:00 Tools
Peek-a-Boo 00:00 Tools
Dragnet Blues (Featuring Frankie Ervin) 00:00 Tools
How Blue Can You Get? (Downhearted) 00:00 Tools
Don't Know, Yes I Know 00:00 Tools
Tell Me You'll Wait For Me 00:00 Tools
Jilted Blues 00:00 Tools
Any Old Place With Me 00:00 Tools
Rocks in My Bed 00:00 Tools
Johnny's After Hours 00:00 Tools
Grooovy 00:00 Tools
Where Can I Find My Baby 00:00 Tools
Sunny Road 00:00 Tools
You Are My First Love 00:00 Tools
Be Fair With Me 00:00 Tools
Driftin' Blues (Digitally Remastered) 00:00 Tools
C.O.D. 00:00 Tools
You Left Me Forsaken 00:00 Tools
Johnnie's Boogie 00:00 Tools
What Makes A Man Fool Around 00:00 Tools
Be Cool (featuring Mari Jones) 00:00 Tools
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers / Baby Don't You Cry 00:00 Tools
Changeable Woman Blues 00:00 Tools
Driftin' Blues- 00:00 Tools
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Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers were a successful and influential vocal and instrumental group in the 1940s and 1950s. The original members were :- Johnny Moore (b. John Dudley Moore, 20 October 1906, Austin, Texas - d. 6 January 1969, Los Angeles, California) Charles Brown (b. 13 September 1920, Texas City, Texas – d. 21 January 1999, Oakland, California) Eddie Williams (b. 12 June 1912, San Augustine, Texas – d. 18 February 1995, Los Angeles) Johnny Moore (who was not related to the singer with The Drifters) and his younger brother Oscar grew up in Texas and then Phoenix, Arizona, where they both started playing guitar and formed their own string band. In the mid 1930s they relocated to Los Angeles, where Oscar Moore, who had become influenced by Charlie Christian and turned to jazz, joined the King Cole Trio. Johnny remained devoted to rhythm and blues, his guitar style being considered to be an influence on Chuck Berry. He joined and formed several groups, before forming The Three Blazers with two fellow Texans, bassist Eddie Williams and pianist and singer Charles Brown, who was newly arrived in the city. After the Cole Trio moved from Atlas Records to Capitol in 1943, Oscar suggested to Atlas boss Robert Scherman that he replace them with his brother Johnny’s group. Scherman agreed to record the Blazers if Oscar would play with them, and the recordings were released as by "Oscar Moore with The Three Blazers". Although this upset Johnny, it brought the group some exposure, and in 1945 they had their first hit, backing Ivory Joe Hunter on "Blues At Sunrise". In 1946, they had greater success with "Drifting Blues", sung by Charles Brown. Although Brown was clearly the group’s star attraction, Johnny Moore refused to allow him his own credit on the records. He also refused to sign an exclusive contract with any label, so that the group’s early records appeared on various labels, particularly Philo, Exclusive and Modern. The group followed up the success of “Drifting Blues” with a number of other big R&B hits, including “Sunny Road” (1946), “New Orleans Blues” (1947) and “Merry Christmas Baby” (1947, but also a hit in 1948 and 49). In 1948, frustrated by his lack of recognition and financial reward, Charles Brown left the group for a successful solo career. The remaining two Blazers continued with a succession of vocalists, notably Billy Valentine, Mari Jones, Floyd Dixon, and, in the mid-1950s, Frankie Ervin. After the Cole Trio broke up, Oscar Moore also played occasionally as a guest musician with the group. Johnny Moore and his group continued to record occasionally for small labels until the early 1960s Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.