- Written by
- Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-902.194.648-5 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC
- Comments
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In the late 1920s, Joe Turner got a job as a bartender at the "Sunset Club" in Kansas City It was there, while mixing drinks, that he started singing to house pianist Pete Johnson's accompaniment. Turner's volcanic, half-shouted blues, along with Johnson's spectacular boogie-woogie piano, electrified club patrons and attracted the attention of such bandleaders as Bennie Moten, Andy Kirk, and Count Basie, with whom he later toured.
"Piney Brown Blues" was written in honor of Thomas "Big Piney" Brown, the manager of the "Sunset Club" in the 1930s and good friend of Joe Turner. - Published by
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UNIVERSAL ON BACKSTREET MUSIC INC
GEMA
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORPORATION ASCAP
- Licensing
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Song
Versions
Piney Brown Blues written by Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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| Piney Brown Blues | Joe Turner and His Fly Cats | December 1940 | First recording on November 11, 1940 First release |
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| Piney Brown Blues | Jimmy Rushing with Buck Clayton and His Orchestra | 1957 | |||
| Piney Brown Blues | Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann and His Band | May 1958 | |||
| Me and Piney Brown | Little Walter | December 1959 | |||
| Piney Brown Blues | Muddy Waters | 1966 | |||
| Piney Brown | Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham and The Sweet Baby Blues Band | 1986 | |||
| Kansas City – Piney Brown Blues – Alright, OK, You Win | David Basse | 1996 | Live Medley |
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| Piney Brown Blues | Pete Mayes | August 4, 1998 | |||
| Piney Brown | Big Al Dupree | August 1999 | |||
| Piney Brown Blues | Dani Thompson | 2003 | Unverified | ||
| Piney Brown Blues | RJ Spangler's Blue Four | 2009 |