Artist:Chuck Norris
Song:Let Me Know
Album:Messing with the Blues
No, not THAT Chuck Norris. This Chuck Norris was a Los Angeles session guitarist backing up blues musicians. He recorded a handful of singles from 1947-53. He's a pretty good singer but he went nowhere and returned to session work. He was born Aug. 11, 1921 in Kansas City, MO but he grew up in Chicago. He was taught by classical violinist Walter Dyett who was a music teacher at DuSable High School in Chicago. His students included Nat King Cole, Johnny Griffin, Eddie Harris and plenty more. After a failed marriage, Norris moved to Los Angeles and played clubs at night. He started getting calls for studio work and he was very popular with guys like Floyd Dixon and Percy Mayfield. Norris recorded as a leader from 1947-53. Among the labels he recorded for were Coast, Imperial, Selective, Mercury, Aladdin and Atlantic. Let Me Know was released in 1953 along with Messin' Up. You can get both songs on this Ace Records comp of vintage Atlantic R&B. He recorded two other songs for Atlantic that were not released. Norris continued to play sessions and was in Johnny Otis' band with Johnny "Guitar" Watson. Apparently Norris had a big following in Sweden and he recorded the 1980 album The Los Angeles Flash there. There is even a Swedish band named after him called The Chuck Norris Experiment. He died on Aug. 26, 1989 at age 68. Here's a video of Let Me know by Chuck Norris.
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