Ivory Joe Hunter
Bill Millar, Ace Records, 1999
ANY ONE ALBUM BY IVORY JOE HUNTER can only hint at the depth and breadth of a career which spanned five decades of entertainment experience. His R&B and pop hits — over twenty between 1945 and 1960 — are catalogued in almost every history of popular music.
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