from Ebony magazine circa 1951:

Wynonie was just another ragged, unemployed blues singer until press
agent Jimmy Evans met him in 1947. He had been singing blues back home
in Omaha, Neb. and on the West Coast for a long time but getting
nowhere fast. Evans himself says: "He was raucous, loud and colorful
— a great entertainer." Under Evans guidance he recorded ‘Good Rocking Tonight' and leaped into prominence, it became a juke box favorite...

A shrewd operator. Evans managed to wrangle an unusual contract from
King Records. Wynonie gets royalties amounting to $2500 every three
months, whether he works or not. Today he averages $1000 a week, playing
top Negro theatres, clubs and one-night stands. With his terrific
showmanship and personal appeal, Mr. Blues has sold himself all over the
south and the midwest. His biggest fan is his wife, Gertrude, (he calls
her Ice-cream), a former New Orleans graduate nurse. With a boxer, two parakeets and several tropical fish, she lives in their 8-room English
Manor type house in St. Albans, Long Island while he tours the country
in a luxurious Cadillac trailer.

Back in Omaha, his friends called him Nonie, and from his teens he was a
great dancer. 'Nonie and Velda' regularly performed in public with
flamboyant adagio, tap, and ballroom dancing; Velda said he would remind
you of Fred Astaire.

Wynonie Harris LP – Playful Baby [Route 66] - 1986 https://www.discogs.com/release/4943630-Wynonie-Harris-Playful-Baby

Playlist - all 12 tracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=T3g9SEkzkVQ,tjKNZIduE5g,q41SMHrvCqE,uE6cLgOq18U,L1P824LMcYM,kBRw2_C-MYE,2Bx4QYvjDMc,XS_nJ9RAqJU,Jog6Dvv5Grs,xYBmUj_uAps,7jSdmGU9VQw,Fo67_6jPF5k,41xMVsAADZE,cMLtyY42NuU,svbOekPwh7A,CbLrW_5NbAY,

Wynonie Harris with Oscar Pettiford and his All Stars
- 01 I Gotta Lyin' Woman (Apollo 387) - rec. Sep 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3g9SEkzkVQ

Wynonie Harris with Johnnie Alston and his All Stars
- 02 Playful Baby (Apollo 372) - rec. Dec 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjKNZIduE5g

Wynonie Harris with Oscar Pettiford and his All Stars
- 03 Rebecca's Blues (Apollo 387) - rec. Sep 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q41SMHrvCqE

Wynonie Harris with Johnnie Alston and his All Stars
- 04 Take Me Out Of The Rain (Apollo 381) - rec. Dec 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE6cLgOq18U

Wynonie Harris with Oscar Pettiford and his All Stars
- 05 Everybody's Boogie (Apollo 378) - rec. Sep 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1P824LMcYM

Wynonie Harris with Johnnie Alston and his All Stars
- 06 Papa Tree Top (Apollo 372) - rec. Dec 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBRw2_C-MYE

Wynonie Harris with the Hot Lips Page Band
- 07 Lollipop Mama (King 4226) - rec. Dec 1947 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bx4QYvjDMc

Wynonie 'Mr. Blues' Harris and his All-Stars
- 08 Ghost Of A Chance (Aladdin 196) - rec. Jul 1947 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS_nJ9RAqJU

Wynonie Harris with the Todd Rhodes Orchestra
- 09 Married Women - Stay Married (King 4526) - rec. Jan 1952 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jog6Dvv5Grs

Wynonie Harris with the Lucky Millinder Orchestra
- 10 Do It Again, Please (King 4555) - rec. Jun 1952 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYBmUj_uAps

Wynonie Harris with the Sonny Thompson band
- 11 Triflin' Woman (King 4415) - rec. Oct 1950 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jSdmGU9VQw

Wynonie Harris with the Lucky Millinder Orchestra
- 12 Night Train (King 4555) - rec. Jun 1952 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo67_6jPF5k

Wynonie Harris with the Sonny Thompson band
- 13 Bring It Back (King 4593) - rec. Nov 1952 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41xMVsAADZE

Wynonie Harris
- 14 Nearer My Love To Thee (King 4668) - rec. Sep 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMLtyY42NuU

Wynonie Harris with the Sonny Thompson band
- 15 Git With The Grits (King 4814) - rec. Nov 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svbOekPwh7A

Wynonie Harris
- 16 Good Mambo Tonight (King 4774) - rec. Nov 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbLrW_5NbAY

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