Junior Walker & The Allstars

Junior Walker and The All-Stars, Jimmy Cliff, Freddie King: Saville Theatre, London

Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, October 1967

GREAT THUNDERING jackanapes! An all-round good show at the Saville: No goofs, no cur­tains falling down, great music, a nice audience and even, won­der of ...

Junior Walker

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, November 1972

CURRENTLY enjoying very considerable success with his very cleverly put together maxi-single of 'Walk In The Night', 'Right On Brothers And Sisters' and 'Gotta Hold ...

The Jackson 5, Junior Walker, The Sisters Love: Empire Pool, Wembley

Live Review by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, December 1972

THE FIRST ever visit of Motown's Jackson Five is something which numerous people won't forget in a hurry: the staff at the hotels that the ...

Junior Walker: Out Front At Last

Interview by uncredited writer, Beat Instrumental, May 1973

AS IS AMPLY evidenced by the success of his recent British tour and the high chart placings gained by his last three singles, Junior Walker ...

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Anthology/Junior Walker & The All Stars: Anthology

Review by Ian MacDonald, NME, October 1974

MARTHA AND The Vandellas never really made the grade. ...

Tamla albums round-up

Review by Cliff White, NME, August 1975

FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS. The Supremes' new LP is a winner. ...

Junior Walker

Interview by Cliff White, NME, August 1975

CONSIDERING THAT THEY'D only checked in at 4 a.m. that morning – that they hadn't been notified of our appointment for an interview – and ...

Junior Walker and the All-Stars: Hot Shot

Review by Joe McEwen, Rolling Stone, March 1976

HOT SHOT is the first Junior Walker album in three years, which is surprising in light of the current reign of disco/dance music, Walker’s natural ...

Time Out With Junior Walker

Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, May 1977

ONE OF the most consistently popular Motown artists of all time has to be Jr. Walker. His ratio of chart records may not be what ...

Junior Walker: The Shotgun Sherriff Rides Again

Interview by Gavin Martin, NME, November 1983

A Motown soul veteran for all seasons, Junior Walker has taken his sax appeal from small American clubs in the '50s to the heart of ...

Junior Walker 1931-1995

Obituary by Geoffrey Himes, Rolling Stone, January 1996

IN EARLY 1965, a new single lit up American radio. It began with a gunshot, echoed by the snare drum that followed. Then a tenor ...