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African American artistes of the era, never got the recognition they so rightly deserve. Some, like Ray Charles, reached the heights but not many of his contemporaries achieved Ray's fame. On a radio show, a broadcaster played Shake, Rattle & Roll by Jerry Lee Lewis. He asked his audience who had the original hit. Some phoning in said, Big Joe Turner, but the broadcaster insisted that it was Bill Haley & His Comets. What would he know, he didn't even mention that Elvis Presley recorded it.

But it's not Shake, Rattle and Roll that this is about, I get the sense that Big Joe was snubbed because he is African American. Much can be said for one of Joe's cohorts, BullMoose Jackson. His song, "My Big Ten Inch," was covered by Aerosmith, it was the latter that got all the plaudits, but in the case of my big ten inch, it was a title that puritanical America wasn't ready for. He had to be talking about his wedding tackle, surely. Nope, here's the first verse and chorus.

Got me the strangest woman
Believe me this trick's no cinch
But I really get her going
When I whip out my big ten inch

Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays the blues
She just love my big ten inch
Record of her favorite blues

That's how it's sung but the meaning is in the word construction. The first word of the chorus is blurred into the last line of the verse to give: When I whip out my big ten inch record, namely the large 78rpm type. If the first verse makes you blush, look up the rest of the song.

 
horseless carriage said:
African American artistes of the era, never got the recognition they so rightly deserve. Some, like Ray Charles, reached the heights but not many of his contemporaries achieved Ray's fame.
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I beg to differ. Ray Charles was born in 1930. He became very popular in the mid to late 1950s forward. At that same time numerous Black (not just African American) artists born within ten years of him had huge hits on the popular music charts. Harry Belafonte, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Nat King Cole, Ben E. King and so many more were household names.

In the late 1950s Berry Gordy founded Motown Music, which primarily featured Black artists. To say that their artists and other Black singers were extraordinarily popular during the 1960s and beyond would be a massive understatement. Great success was enjoyed by The Supremes, Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Four Tops, Otis Redding, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, and many dozens more that I can't immediately bring to mind.

Edited to add: This is what I observed (and numbers bear me out) in the US music scene at that time. I can't comment on whether US Black artists were highly popular in the UK during that period.
 

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Whenever I hear this song I think of my older brother and his wife. It was their favorite song. I was only 4yrs old when they got married and it was played at their wedding.
 
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I wish we would stop sticking our noses in every country in the world.
Our infrastructures are collapsing
Our people are befuddled about the covid 19 plague (plague not a pandemic)
Our people are divided in the spectrum of politics
People are killing our cops
Our cops are killing black people
We are uncertain, confused,
Yet, were concerned about the folks in the Ukraine
Our borders are being overrun
Yea, it is time to take care of our own
 
horseless carriage said:
African American artistes of the era, never got the recognition they so rightly deserve. Some, like Ray Charles, reached the heights but not many of his contemporaries achieved Ray's fame. On a radio show, a broadcaster played Shake, Rattle & Roll by Jerry Lee Lewis. He asked his audience who had the original hit. Some phoning in said, Big Joe Turner, but the broadcaster insisted that it was Bill Haley & His Comets. What would he know, he didn't even mention that Elvis Presley recorded it.

But it's not Shake, Rattle and Roll that this is about, I get the sense that Big Joe was snubbed because he is African American. Much can be said for one of Joe's cohorts, BullMoose Jackson. His song, "My Big Ten Inch," was covered by Aerosmith, it was the latter that got all the plaudits, but in the case of my big ten inch, it was a title that puritanical America wasn't ready for. He had to be talking about his wedding tackle, surely. Nope, here's the first verse and chorus.

Got me the strangest woman
Believe me this trick's no cinch
But I really get her going
When I whip out my big ten inch

Record of a band that plays the blues
Well a band that plays the blues
She just love my big ten inch
Record of her favorite blues

That's how it's sung but the meaning is in the word construction. The first word of the chorus is blurred into the last line of the verse to give: When I whip out my big ten inch record, namely the large 78rpm type. If the first verse makes you blush, look up the rest of the song.

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Those old suggestive songs always sounded fun to me. There’s a whole collection of them on YouTube called The Copulatin’ Blues. Lots of similar songs there. I’ve always enjoyed this song, by Clarence Carter. His voice just is one of a kind and he’s perfect with his suggestiveness. He has others but this is one of his best. Or so I think. Enjoy! 😊

 
Chris P Bacon said:
Those old suggestive songs always sounded fun to me. There’s a whole collection of them on YouTube called The Copulatin’ Blues. Lots of similar songs there. I’ve always enjoyed this song, by Clarence Carter. His voice just is one of a kind and he’s perfect with his suggestiveness. He has others but this is one of his best. Or so I think. Enjoy! 😊

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I actually danced to that in the 70s! :ROFLMAO:
 
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