LaVern Baker & Jimmy Ricks - You're The Boss

[dairyburrymarry]

i heard this song in that movie dorm dazes. horrible movie but i love this song

[jeanphilippe21220]

duet with ELVIS and ANN MARGRET is very good too

[tenniscollector]

Super duet. Thanks for uploading!

[SirBasildeBrush]

@tenniscollector ...thanks for listening.

[TheSunRecords]

... I LOVE her voice...

[thestylelab]

1:08 HaHaHa :You're a horse !!!

[dancingbella07]

i have to dance to this song! it sounds a little weird but i'm down with it! ha ha !!

[monicalups]

hawt

[thewirah]

Dope.

[brian4858]

What a killer........!

[ElvisLivesUpstairs]

*Dances

[dearmalika]

This is fantastic! I have no words...!

[sgoldcoast]

That is brilliant. Just heard the track on ABC Radio in Queensland and had to investigate it. I know LaVern Baker but who the hell is Jimmy Ricks? Had a great voice, but who is he?

[faraboverubies31]

his stately baritone and her sensual, throaty alto are magic together. the understated sexuality here really simmers, revealed beautifully in that little knowing laugh she does: at 1:52.

[SirBasildeBrush]

@faraboverubies31 A-ha! Thanks for the interesing comment.

[ekocentric]

I have never heard this one or heard of Jimmy Ricks. He's great...and Lavern is as great as ever. There is room for all great singers of EVERY race. Thanx for posting this one.

[sushiglomper]

Great song! Rip Jimmy Ricks & LaVern Baker <3 Great vocalists

[mtwallet]

the Elvis & A-M's version is superior to me ; much more sexual

[cathridge]

@mtwallet You MUST be kidding if you think the Elvis version is sexier or even better than this. hahahaha. What a laugh.

[mtwallet]

sorry but I'm not ;) I know it's very rare that white voices are hotter than the black ones, but on this one, I would say so. Lou Rawls & Marlena Shaw could have done way better!

[gangerollo]

BTW; talk about voices! Mmmmm....she and he and a bunch of others like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Clyde McPhatter (claimed having scottish heritage!), Elvis, Little Wille John (he IS "Fever" for me), Chuck Willis, Elmore James -talk about emotional voice- and don't forget BB King, he is/was as good as singer as gtr player et al, from that golden era aka '50s early '60s (from my pov)

[SirBasildeBrush]

Didn't know about the Scottish heritage!

[gangerollo]

According to Colin Escott, he REALLY did claim to have Schottish ancestry.

"My God, there must be some little old ladies somewhere who bought his records expecting a swirl of bagpipes and some caber tossing music. And what did they get? Just one of the greatest tenor voices in the history of R&B"

- Colin E.

[gangerollo]

hahaha...but the end wasn't that fun. Became an alcoholic and played his old hits in small clubs for $45 a night and passed away 13 June 1972. It was an ignominious end to a career which had contributed so much to popular music.

[SirBasildeBrush]

I Googled but couldn't find a McPhatter tartan.

[gangerollo]

Okey. Maybe it's just one of those myths, that Clyde claimed it or that he just liked the idea having Scottis blood - black as he was - or maybe Clyde was drunk saying that or maybe...well I dunno.

[Nelsoncrossover]

I've had it for 29 years" on a red and black 7"Atlantic 45

[gangerollo]

Yea...real good music. Thank you SirBasildeBrush

[jazzbo5]

classic stuff

[rocfanatic13]

Awesome song! :) Only version I had ever heard of this was the version Elvis Presley did with Ann Margaret in Viva Las Vegas.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Likewise until I got this CD.

[OZPerpetue]

me too! hehe, but i think this version is smoother, i like i a lot better

[euclid216]

This is a Lieber/Stoller song. It was used in Smokey Joe's Cafe.

[gangerollo]

Sorry, but what do you mean that it was used in Smokey Joe's Cafe? Was "Smokey..." a movie too or what?

[jzzlvrmee]

It was a Broadway production

[gangerollo]

Tnx for the info. Always appreciated.

[shynelisa]

can you tell me where you bought the cd?

[SirBasildeBrush]

Alas, I bought it in "Andy's Records" - a set of major UK music chainstores - which closed about 5 years ago.

[shynelisa]

I have her blues ballads cd but you're the boss isn't on it. I have been searching for you're the boss I have alot of her cd's but none have it on it.....My father gave me her 45 was I was a little kid and it has remained my favorite all these years. Unfortunately someone stole all my old 45's my father had given me growing up and I haven't found this till your video thing here. Let me just say I must of hit replay about forty times LOL

[shynelisa]

I LOVE LOVE this song where did you find it?

[SirBasildeBrush]

It's on "Blues Ballads LaVern Baker" from Sequel Records RSA CD911, which is all of her 1959 album of the same name - plus 6 bonus tracks, of which this is one from 1960.

[CountryGirlDaisyDoo]

LOve It, Simply LOve it.

[SirBasildeBrush]

Thanks. It really shows her great voice off.

[elofan567]

Another goodie exellent.