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Bill Black's Combo - White Silver Sands The Singles & Albums Collection 1959-62 - He represented a fascinating and very particular strand of pop during these years, which makes for fun listening. Bill Black was a Memphis-based bass player and entertainer, who worked with guitarist Scotty Moore and other local musicians in a hillbilly band with a humorous edge, playing in Memphis clubs and on radio In 1954 Sam Phillips of Sun Records asked them to play back-up on a session by a new artist of his called Elvis Presley. As a result Black and Moore became the resident band on Presley's sessions, and then became his touring band, indelibly associated with his early success. In 1959, he formed a five-piece group called Bill Black's Combo and signed to the Memphis tag Hi Records, whose co-founders included former Sun producers. He gave the tag it's first big hit with the two-sided instrumental InchSmokieInch and became Hi's major artist, specialising in grooving R&B-flavoured instrumentals, which embraced various styles along the way, including The Twist. This great-value 64-track 2-CD set comprises A&B sides of his singles on the Hi tag during this era, plus selected titles from his albums for Hi, InchSmokieInch, InchSaxy SaxInch, InchSolid And RaunchyInch, InchThat Wonderful FeelingInch, InchMovin'Inch, InchLet's Twist HerInch and The Untouchable SoundInch. It features his No. 1 R&B hits InchSmokieInch and InchWhite Silver SandsInch, and his other hits from these years InchJosephineInch, InchDon't Be CruelInch, InchBlue TangoInch, InchHearts Of StoneInch, InchOle Buttermilk SkyInch, InchHonky TrainInch, InchMovin'Inch and InchTwist-HerInch. He represented a fascinating and very particular strand of pop during these years, which makes for fun listening. Album Tracks 1. Smokie - Part 1 2. Smokie - Part 2 3. White Silver Sands 4. The Wheel 5. Josephine 6. Dry
