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Herman " Junior " Parker (March 27, 1932 – November 18, 1971) [1] [2] was an American blues singer and harmonica player. He is best remembered for his voice which has been described as "honeyed" and "velvet-smooth". [3] . One music journalist noted, "For years, Junior Parker deserted down home harmonica blues for uptown blues-soul music". [4] .
"Mystery Train" is a song written and recorded by American blues musician Junior Parker in 1953. Originally performed in the style of a Memphis blues or rhythm and blues tune, it was inspired by earlier songs and later became a popular rockabilly song, as first covered by Elvis Presley, then numerous others.
27 de may. de 2024 · May 27, 2024. By. Richard Havers. Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. In late 1953, “Mystery Train” was recorded by a band led by Herman Parker. Herman, better known as “Little Junior,”...
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Little Junior Parker or Junior Parker (born March 3, 1927, West Memphis, Arkansas, USA or May 27, 1932, Clarksdale or Bobo (Coahoma County), Mississippi, USA - died November 18, 1971, Blue Island, Illinois, USA) was an American Memphis blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter.
25 de jul. de 2022 · Junior Parker never lived to see much of the song’s rich afterlife — he died of a brain tumour in 1971.He was commemorated by Al Green in 1974, who mentions him as “a cousin of mine who’s gone on, and we’d kinda like to carry on in his name” at the start of “Take Me to the River”, another Memphis classic that mixes secular and spiritual concerns.
Little Junior Parker, one of the most outstanding blues singers of the 1950s and ‘60s, was born on a plantation near Bobo on March 27, 1932. As a youngster Parker moved with his mother to West Memphis, and he recorded his first hit, “Feelin’ Good,” for Sun Records in Memphis in 1953.
Mystery Train — Little Junior’s Blue Flames (Junior Parker) (Sun, 1953) On his way to becoming one of the biggest blues stars of the 1950s and ’60s, Little Junior Parker rocked out some classic blues at Sun Records in Memphis.
