#729 (Week of 10/15/11 - 10/21/11)

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IVORY JOE HUNTER AND HIS IVORYTONES
PART ONE OF TWO

"A Tear Fell"/"I Need You By My Side"
by Ivory Joe Hunter And His Ivorytones
on Atlantic 1086
released in 1956

Above: Clipping for Ivory Joe Hunter's "A Tear Fell" from The Billboard dated 2/11/56. Ivory Joe Hunter was a singer, piano player, band leader, composer and arranger. The Ivorytones were a formation of Atlantic's ubiquitous "house" vocal group, generally known as The Cues.

From The Billboard 12/18/54: "JOE HUNTER SIGNS ATLANTIC PACT.... Atlantic Records has signed Ivory Joe Hunter, for the past three years with the M-G-M label. Hunter a few years ago was one of the hottest warblers in the r&b field. His "I Almost Lost My Mind" and "I Need You So" were big hits for M-G-M.

Click HERE for an article about The Cues by Marv Goldberg.
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Above: Ivory Joe Hunter Sheet Music for "A Tear Fell."

Above: (Left) Ivory Joe Hunter at the piano and (Right) his biography from The Billboard magazine dated 1/13/58.

Above Left: A 1946 photo of Ivory Joe Hunter.

Above Right: Label image of Atlantic 1086 recorded on November 19, 1955 and released in January 1956. It was the third of three (or possibly four) records by Ivory Joe Hunter And His Ivorytones, all on the Atlantic label (1955-56). He continued on making hits for Atlantic as a single artist, but sometimes with vocal group backing.

Listen to this week's selections by Ivory Joe Hunter And His Ivorytones on Atlantic 1086 from 1956:
[Audio restoration by Dave Saviet.]

A. Stream RealAudio...             1. A Tear Fell           2. I Need You By My Side             BOTH played in sequence      B. Download RealAudio...             1. A Tear Fell           2. I Need You By My Side      C. Stream/Download Media Player...             1. A Tear Fell           2. I Need You By My Side

Ivory Joe Hunter 1954

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