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Chanteur
Rock 'n' Roll Britannique né Charles Williams Harris, le 25 Mars 1933, à Bermondsey
(Londres). Wee Willie Harris a débuté au début
des années cinquante, mais c'est en 1957 qu'il fera ses vrais débuts dans un
spectacle dont Terry Dene est la vedette. Il a continué dans les années 80 à chanter
dans les récitals de New Rockabilly. We Wille a enregistré chez Decca
(57-60), Arton (62), HMV (63), Parlophone (66) et Polydor (66). Il est
décédé le 27 Avril 2023.
In the
first wave of rock & roll, England could only offer pale
Elvis imitations or ancient pop singers
masquerading as such. One exception to the rule was Wee Willie Harris. Dying his
hair all manner of colors and wearing larger-than-life stage jackets that looked
like the coat hanger was still inside, tight drainpipe trousers, and a huge
polka-dot bow tie, Harris understandably stood out from the rest of the pack.
Coming from the Two I's coffeehouse circuit in Soho, Harris had a love for hard
American rock & roll and an ability to perform it with unrelenting energy that
kept him actively performing and recording from the mid-'50s onward, working
everything from nostalgia packages to cruise ships across the Atlantic --
anyplace where his humorous and dynamic stage show could have a forum.
Wee Willie Harris died on April 27, 2023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wee_Willie_Harris
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Double Bass
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll
Rockin' At The
2 I's
(1957)
Love Bug Crawl (1958)
ROSIE LEE (1958)
Riot In Cell
Block #9 (1958)
I GO APE (1962)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles & EP
| 12/1957 | SP DECCA F 10970 (UK) | . |
Rockin' At The 2 I's
/ Back To School Again |
| 01/1958 | SP DECCA F 10980 (UK) | . |
Love Bug Crawl
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Rosie Lee
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| 03/1958 | EP DECCA DFE 6465 (UK) |
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Rocking With
Wee Willie -
Rockin' At The 2 I's
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| 07/1958 | SP DECCA F 11044 (UK) | . | Got A Match / No Chemise, Please ! |
| 1958 | EP DECCA SDE 7095 (SWE) |
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Rockin' At The
2 I's -
Rosie Lee
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| 03/1960 | SP DECCA F 11217 (UK) | . | Wild One / Little Bitty Girl |
| 1962 | EP ARTON 207 (ISR) |
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I Go Ape
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I Go Ape
/ I Don't Know Why / Have A Drink On Me / Blueberry Hill |
| 08/1963 | SP HMV POP 1198 (UK) | . | You Must Joking / Better To Have Loved |
| 09/1966 | SP PARLOPHONE R 5504 (UK) | . | Someone's In The Kitchen With Diana / Walk With Peter And Paul |
| 1966 | SP ODEON O 23 387 (GER) |
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Someone's In The Kitchen With Diana / Walk With Peter And Paul |
| 12/1966 | SP POLYDOR BM 56140 (UK) | . | Listen To The River Roll Along / Try Moving Baby |
| 05/1974 | SP DECCA F 13516 (UK) | . |
Together / Rock 'n' Roll Jamboree |
| 09/1976 | SP EL TORO ET-15 C82 (S) |
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GOING APE IN PORTUGAL - I Go Ape / Say Mama |
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Albums
| 1962 | LP 12" ARTON AN 64-99 (ISR) |
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I GO APE - Grab You / Row Row Row / Trouble In Mind / Get Happy / Mean Woman Blues / Buona Sera / Have A Drink On Me / I Go Ape / I Don't Know Why / Let's Have A Party / Blueberry Hill / Bloodshot Eyes / Medley : Shufflin' Along - Baby Face - Rock-A-Bye Your Bab With A Dixie Melody / Toot Toot Tootsie |
| 1986 | LP 12" ACE CHA 178 (UK) |
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Goes Ape! - Rosie Lee / Rockin' At The 2 I's / Back To School Again / Smack Dab In The Middle / No Chemise, Please! / Got A Match? / Love Bug Crawl / I Go Ape / Little Bitty Girl / Wild One / Trouble In Mind / Riot In Cell Block #9 / Frankie And Johnny |
| 2000 | CD FURY FCD 3059 (UK) |
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Twenty Reasons To Be Cheerful - Lollipop Mama / Riot In Cell Block #9 / Diggin' My Potatoes / Careless Love / Splish Splash / North To Alaska / South Of The Border / Lucille / I Hear You Knocking / Voodoo Woman / You Win Again / Rockin' At The 2 I's / Girl In The Wood - Wild Goose - Ghost Riders In The Sky / Rag Mop / Peggy Sue / Maybe Baby / Sea Cruise / No Rice No Peas No Coconut Oil / Wild One / Rock 'n' Roll Genie |
| 06/2003 | CD POLLYTONE PEPCD 137 (UK) |
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Rag Moppin' - WEE WILLIE HARRIS & THE ALLABAMA SLAMMERS - Be My Guest / Bloodshot Eyes / Riot In Cell Block No.9 / Kokomo / Rockin' Pneumonia / Rag Mop / Kansas City / Lollipop Mama / Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Good Times And Mighty Fine Rock 'n' Roll / Rockin' At The 2'Is / Smack Dab In The Middle / Mojo Working / Screaming Ab Dabs / Greenback Dollar |
| 01/2014 | CD WWH WWCD 001 (UK) |
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Wee Willie Harris - 1957-1965 - Rosie Lee / Rockin' At The Two I's / Back To School Again / Smack Dab In The Middle / No Chemise Please / Got A Match? / Love Bug Crawl / I Go Ape / Little Bitty Girl / Wild One / Trouble In Mind / Riot In Cell Block No.9 / Frankie And Johnny / Someone's In The Kitchen / Better To Have Loved / You Must Be Joking |
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