Stidham,Arbee Feeling Blue & Low: 1947-1957 CD

ARBEE (not R. B. ) STIDHAM was an American Blues/R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist (he played sax, clarinet, and guitar), active between the late 1940s until just before his death, in 1988. Before WWII?he played tenor sax, leading his own Jazz band, who backed Bessie Smith for a couple of years. He cut his first record in 1947 and quickly became a member of that unlucky - if distinguished - group of artistes who scored a R&B #1 with their very first record, in his case 'My Heart Belongs To You', but then failed to register another national hit. He nonetheless enjoyed significant regional successes with sides like 'I Send My Regrets', 'Feeling Blue And Low' and 'Meet Me Half Way'. Despite his career longevity Stidham recorded only sporadically; this compilation presents the very best of his sides for RCA Victor, Sittin' In With, Checker, Abco and States between 1947-57. This body of work is currently unavailable elsewhere on CD.

1. My Heart Belongs to You 2. In Love with You 3. I Don't Know How to Cry 4. Your Heart Belongs to Me 5. A Heart Full of Misery 6. Falling Blues 7. I Send My Regrets 8. Nothing Seems Right 9. Feeling Blue and Low 10. I've Got News for You Baby 11. Bad Dream Blues 12. Why Did I Fall in Love with You 13. I'm in the Mood 14. I Want to Rock 15. Someone to Tell My Troubles to 16. Mr. Commissioner 17. Baby Stop the Clock 18. Blues Why Do You Pick on Me 19. Don't Set Your Cap for Me 20. I Don't Play 21. I'll Always Remember You 22. Meet Me Halfway 23. When I Find My Baby 24. Please Let It Be Me 25. Look Me Straight in the Eye 26. I Stayed Away Too Long