JAMES (BEALE STREET) CLARK
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| artist: | JAMES (BEALE STREET) CLARK |
| label: | COLUMBIA 36948 |
| release: | 1945, USA, 10" 78rpm |
| A-side: | Love Me Or Let Me Be (Clark) |
| B-side: | Get Ready To Meet Your Man (Clark) |
| comment: | B-side is recorded on October 24, 1945 |
| comment #2: | "Look on Yonder Wall", or "Get Ready to Meet Your Man" as it was first named, is a blues song first recorded in 1945 by James "Beale Street" Clark. Clark, also known as "Memphis Jimmy", was a blues pianist from Memphis, Tennessee. During the 1940s, he appeared on recordings by Jazz Gillum, Red Nelson (aka Dirty Red), and an early Muddy Waters session, as well as several singles in his own name. |
| comment #3: | "Look on Yonder Wall" was performed as a mid-tempo twelve-bar blues, with a recurrent post-World War II theme. It tells of a "man who is somewhat disabled and has not been drafted and takes advantage of that to entertain lonely married women".
Jazz Gillum, with whom the song is often associated, recorded a version on February 18, 1946 (RCA Victor 20-1974), four months after Clark. Although the release was retitled, it credits "James Clark" as the composer. |