No Crazy Kid!

Freddy Cole was the youngest of four brothers - Eddie (1910-1970), Nat (1919-1965), Ike (1927-2001), and Freddy (1931-2020) - who all played piano and sang, with similar timbres in their voices. Starting with Eddie, they each passed on their gifts to the other brothers. Though overshadowed by Nat's superstardom, they each enjoyed successful careers on their own and Freddy, perhaps because he was the youngest, eventually came to overdue prominence on his own.

In this Jasmine collection, they include 12 of his early pop singles. These are quite rare and most have not been heard since their first release in the early 1950's, and joining them is Freddy's first stereo album from 1960.

In his own words: "How am I different than Nat? That's for you to decide, but I feel there's a distinct difference," he said in 1995. "But I don't worry about it. What I worry about is sounding good. I go and play music and do the best show I can do."

No, he wasn't Nat, but he was Freddy and he left us a great legacy of wonderful recordings.

1: (Mama Didn't Raise) No Crazy Kids
2: The Joke Is On Me
3: Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees)
4: Love Me Tender
5: They Gave You Everything
6: Chance of a Lifetime
7: My Sugar's Getting Salty With Me
8: Son of Alcohol
9: It's Christmas Time
10: Right Now
11: Please Love Me Now
12: Swirl
13: Waiter, Ask the Man to Play the Blues
14: Black Night
15: Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound
16: Bye Bye Baby
17: Just a Dream
18: Muddy Water Blues
19: Black Coffee
20: Then Joke Is On Me
21: I Wonder
22: This Life I'm Living
23: Blues Before Sunrise
24: I'm All Alone

Number of Discs: 1

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