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STUDIO SESSION FOR RUFUS THOMAS AT MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR CHESS RECORDS 1952 SUN RECORDING STUDIO 706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SUN SESSION: MONDAY APRIL 21, 1952 SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN PRODUCER AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS AND/OR MARION KEISKER The song that was chosen for release along with "Decorate" was "Juanita", an impassioned ballad complete with mock crying and wailing, a style that found favour in the early 1950s and was exemplified in hits like Tommy Brown's "Weepin' And Cryin" on Dot Records which was the number one rhythm and blues hit of December 1951. If anyone was going to be able to carry off this histrionic style, then Rufus Thomas - the entertainer - was probably the man. No doubt his performance of "Juanita" went down a storm in live performance, but this is a very slow song and although Richard Sanders contributes a moving baritone sax solo, the performance drags a little on record. It was left to Chuck Willis - with a different song - to take "Juanita" into the top ten and rhythm and blues history four years later. When Rufus Thomas recorded "Juanita" for Sun Records, Sam Phillips didn't believe in its commercial possibilities. As a result, it had been sold to Chess Records in Chicago, who released it a few months later. It failed to make the charts. "Sam Phillips sold me the damned song to get even with me", Leonard Chess recalled. Some have said that Elvis Presley sang "Juanita", on tour in 1955 and may have recorded it while at Sun Records. Possible dates: February 6, 1955, November 13, 1954; or something in December 1954. Why Elvis Presley selected the song for his act is a mystery. Rumour has it that Elvis Presley watched Thomas perform "Juanita" in local clubs in Memphis. Combined with that, it probably was simply due to his penchant to experiment with rhythm and blues songs, couplet with the fact that he had just visited with Rufus Thomas in Memphis. Source Rufus Thomas. (HD) "JUANITA" Composer: - Rufus Thomas Publisher: - B.M.I. - Burton Limited Matrix number: - 1024 - Master (3:27) Recorded: - April 21, 1952 Released: - July 1952 First appearance: - Chess Records (S) 78rpm standard single Chess 1517-A mono JUANITA / DECORATE THE COUNTER Reissued: - 2008 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 16695-13 mono RUFUS THOMAS - THE SUN YEARS PLUS Name (Or. No. Of Instruments) Rufus Thomas - Vocal Willie Wilkes - Tenor saxophone Richard Sanders - Baritone Saxophone Billy Love - Piano John Murry Daley - Drums © - 706 UNION AVENUE SESSIONS - ©

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