MOON MULLICAN 78 JOLE BLON IS GONE, AMEN / GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN US KING 761 E-

Description: AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS 78 FROM MOON MULLICAN ON US KINGJOLE BLON IS GONE, AMENb/w OH SHE'S GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Moon Mullican was born Aubrey Mullican on March 29, 1909 in Corrigan, Polk County, Texas and he died on January 1, 1967 in Beaumont, Texas. Mullican was raised on a farm that was manned by black workers. One sharecropper, Joe Jones, taught Mullican how to play blues guitar. His father bought an old pump organ so that the family could practise hymn-singing, but Aubrey preferred to pound out boogie-woogie and the blues. When Mullican was 14 years old, he went into a cafe in nearby Lufkin and sat at the piano, he came out two hours later with $40 in tips. When aged 16, and after an argument with his father, he moved to Houston and started playing the piano in brothels and honky tonks. He would work all night and sleep all day, hence his nickname "Moon".In the late 30s Mullican made his first recordings for US Decca as part of Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers, taking the lead vocal for "Truck Driver Blues", arguably the first trucking song. He also recorded as part of Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys. He helped musician Jimmie Davis became the State Governor of Louisiana and later joined his staff. In 1944 he invested his savings in 10 large jukeboxes, but they were confiscated by the authorities because he refused to pay the appropriate tax. In 1946 he was signed by Sid Nathan to the new King label and "New Pretty Blonde", a parody in pigeon French of "Jole Blon", became a million-seller. He won another gold disc with "I'll Sail My Ship Alone", and also found success with a tribute to mothers, "Sweeter Than The Flowers", the double-sided "Mona Lisa / Goodnight Irene" and "Cherokee Boogie", which was one of a succession of boogie records.In the mid-50s, Mullican delighted in the advent of rock 'n' roll as he said he had been doing that all along. Backed by the hit-making Boyd Bennett And His Rockets, he recorded "Seven Nights To Rock". However, he was too portly and bald for teenage record buyers.Jerry Lee Lewis acknowledges Mullican as a major influence - in particular, Mullican's playing of the melody with just two fingers on his right hand. Millican recorded for Coral and Starday but alcohol and too much jambalaya got the better of him. When asked why he chose the piano, Mullican replied; "Because the beer kept sliding off my fiddle". US KING 761 10" 78rpm shellac CONDITION - E- HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO PICK UP AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY 78 DON'T MISS OUT - BUY NOW! POSTAGE STUFF 10" 78 RPM RECORDS NEED CAREFULLY PACKING, AND I CLAIM TO HAVE THE BEST PACKAGING IN THE WORLD FOR DISPATCHING THEM! THE GREG'S GREAT'S SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY DESIGNED INNER BOX MADE OUT OF 1" THICK POLYSTYRENE, WHICH THEN GOES INSIDE A DOUBLE CORRUGATED STIFF OUTER CARDBOARD CARTON. THE BOXES CAN TAKE UP TO 21 RECORDS

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