Description
DESCRIPTION
Marie Adams - Colloquially Nicknamed "TV Mama" - Was Best Known By UK Audiences For Her Role In The Johnny Otis Show With Her Backing Singers, The Three Tons Of Joy. She'd However Enjoyed Earlier Success As A Singer, Recording Gospel And R&B Material For The Peacock Label, Before Hooking Up With Otis In The Mid-1950s. Otis Hosted His Own Radio And TV Shows In Los Angeles And Marie, Plus Sisters Sadie & Francine McKinley, As The Three Tons Of Joy (Their Combined Weight Topped 800lbs), Were A Major Focus. This Is The First Compilation To Encompass All The Different Elements Of Marie's Recording Career, Covering The Period 1951-58. Included Are Her US Hit 'I'm Gonna Play The Honky-Tonks' (#3 R&B, 1952) And The Johnny Otis Show's Later UK Top 20 Hits 'Ma (He's Makin' Eyes At Me)' (#2, 1957) And 'Bye Bye Baby' (#17, 1958).
TracksCredits
1 My Search Is Over
2 My Destination
3 I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks
4 He's My Man
5 Sweet Talking Daddy
6 My Song
7 Alone
8 Ain't Car Crazy
9 I'm the Bluest Gal in Town
10 You're Gone from Me
11 Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
12 One Sweet Letter
13 Baby, Don't Do It
14 I'm Gonna Latch on
15 The Shape I'm in
16 In Memory (A Tribute to Johnny Ace)
17 Boom Diddy Wa Wa
18 Ma (He's Makin' Eyes at Me)
19 Loop de Loop
20 In the Dark
21 Bye Bye Baby
22 All I Want Is Your Love
23 I Wonder
24 The Light Still Shines in My Window
25 A Fool in Love
26 What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?
