Article: The Best Saxophone Solos in Pop History (When Saxophone Solos Mattered)*

A continuation of my previous post...

When the 5 Royales were recording for Apollo Records 1952 to early 1954 before going to King Records in 1954 the backup group on those Apollo sides was Charlie "Little Jazz" Ferguson & His Orchestra...

Charlie Ferguson was not only a great band leader but a great musician whose choice instrument was sax...

So the first 14 suggestions on this list come from those sessions while the last 4 come from obscure Doo-Wop artists of the late 50s - early 60s which no data can be found on the backing band for those recordings...

Happy listening & hunting...


The 5 Royales ;
1.You Know I Know (1952)
2.Take All Of Me (Baby) (1952)
3.Too Much Lovin (1952)
4.Laundromat Blues (1953)
5.All Righty (1953)
6.I Do (1954)
7.I'm Gonna Run It Down (1954)
8.Cry Some More (1954)
9.I Like It Like That (1954)
10.Monkey Hips and Rice (1954)
11.Devil With The Rest (1954)
12.What's That (1954)
13.You Didn't Learn It At Home (1955)
14.I Need Your Lovin (1955)


And now the rest

15.The 5 Echoes - Evil Woman
16.Kool Gents - Crazy Over You
17.The Orchids - I Can't Refuse
18.The Orchids - Please Don't Leave Me


Enjoy & RocknRoll Forever !

 

Peter Bardens - After Dark (Mel Collins on sax)