Crothers,Scatman Rock N Roll With Scat Man CD

Although he is chiefly remembered as an actor and voice-over specialist, Scatman Crothers also enjoyed a parallel career in music, which actually predated his acting career by a couple of decades. An experienced singer/drummer/guitarist, he'd been working since the early 1930s and was famously one of the first vocalists to improvise nonsense syllables to jazz tunes, hence the nickname "Scat Man". This compilation features his collectable 1956 LP?"Rock 'n' Roll with Scat Man", plus seventeen 'bonus tracks'. Included among the bonus sides are 'Dead Man's Blues' and 'Riff's Blues' (both recorded with Riff Charles), '(I Want To) Rock 'n' Roll' (with Wild Bill Moore), 'Beale Street On A?Saturday Night' (with Calvin Boze) and 'Papa (I?Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean)'. However, the standout among these bonus sides is the controversial, collectable "The Death of Emmett Till (parts 1 & 2)", which Crothers released under the pseudonym The Ramparts, and has never previously appeared on CD. This is the first in-depth overview of Crothers' singing career and many of these sides have never previously appeared on CD.

1. Ghost Riders in the Sky 2. Exactly Like You 3. September Song 4. Nobody Knows Why 5. St. James Infirmary 6. My Blue Heaven 7. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a?Letter 8. I?Got Rhythm 9. The Best Things in Life Are Free 10. The Gal Looks Good 11. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 12. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 13. Dead Man's Blues 14. Riff's Blues 15. (I?Want to) Rock'n'roll 16. Beale Street on a Saturday Night 17. Papa (I Don't Treat That Little Girl Mean) 18. Easy Money 19. Keep That Coffee Hot 20. Rock Island Line 21. I'm in Love?Again 22. Transfusion 23. Be Bop A-Lula 24. Hound Dog 25. The Fool 26. Blueberry Hill 27. Since I Met You Baby 28. The Death of Emmett Till (Part 1) 29. The Death of Emmett Till (Part 2)