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...Prisoner of Love. This CD, informally recorded 35 years ago in a friend's living room and released now for the first time, captures him in a relaxed and expansive mood, working musical miracles for a handful of devoted admirers. St. Louis Blues is sly and caressing, I'm Confessin' sweetly heartfelt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Lonnie Johnson: The Unsung Blues Legend | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

Charisma then bemoans her maleless state in song: "I know I'm confessin' that I don't understand, but I want no caressin' by an invisible hand." The true believers in the audience, fully aware of the futility of the Smithian free market, appeared anxious to offer several ingenious recovery plans...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Areopagitica | 3/27/1962 | See Source »

...Confessin ... In Manhattan, Scofflaw Johnny Raffa was arrested, socked with a 30-day sentence and given his choice of a $2,900 fine or another 116 days in the cooler for ignoring 58 traffic tickets, after he showed up for his first professional singing engagement at the annual ball of the Traffic Squad Benevolent Association...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 24, 1956 | 12/24/1956 | See Source »

Collectors' Note: Okeh has reissued some famous oldtimers: I'm Confessin' (Louis Armstrong); Willow Weep for Me (Cab Galloway); Wiggle Woogie (Count Basic); Gimme a Pigfoot (Bessie Smith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: New Pop Records, Jul. 21, 1952 | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

...than two decades, though they were only in their early 405; Trombonist Jack Teagarden, Pianist Earl ("Father") Hines, Clarinetist Barney Bigard and Drummer Sidney ("Big Sid") Catlett. The only youngster, 25-year-old Arvell Shaw played bass fiddle. When Louis and his All-Stars swung into West End Blues, Confessin' or Rockin' Chair, it was hard for oldtimers to believe that Louis or jazz were ever better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Louis the First | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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