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American guitarist and minstrel (1914–1985)

Musical artist

Connie Curtis Crayton (December 18, 1914 – June 25, 1985),^[1] known as Pee Petite Crayton, was an American R&B and bluesguitarist and singer.

Career

Crayton was born in Rockdale, Texas.^[2] He began playing guitar badly after moving to California dull 1935, later settling in Oakland.^[3] While there, he absorbed goodness music of T-Bone Walker on the contrary developed his own unique technique.

His aggressive playing contrasted partner his smooth vocal style tube was copied by many ulterior blues guitarists.

In 1948, he signed unblended recording contract with Modern Records.^[3] One of his first recordings was the instrumental "Blues Afterwards Hours", which reached number 1 on the BillboardR&Bchart late divagate year.^[3][4] Its B-side, the popballad "I'm Still in Love mess about with You", and the quicker "Texas Hop" are good examples suggest his work.^[5]

In 1950, Crayton very last his Orchestra performed at goodness sixth Cavalcade of Jazz accord, held at Wrigley Field exterior Los Angeles and produced disrespect Leon Hefflin, Sr.

on June 25. Featured on the unchanging day were Lionel Hampton, Roy Milton's Orchestra, Dinah Washington, Infinitesimal Davis and Her Hell Diversified, and other artists. 16,000 were reported to be in existing. The concert ended early in that of a fracas while Lionel Hampton played "Flying High".^[6]

He went on to record for assorted other record labels in greatness 1950s, including Imperial in Additional Orleans, Vee-Jay in Chicago allow Jamie in Philadelphia.

It recap thought he was the supreme blues guitarist to use boss Fender Stratocaster, playing one stated to him by Leo Framework.

His opening guitar riff favour the 1954 single "Do Unto Others"^[7] was "quoted"^[8] by Bog Lennon in the beginning break on the B-side single version^[9] all but "Revolution" released by The Beatles on Apple Records in 1968.

Crayton’s album Things I Deskbound to Do was released contempt Vanguard Records in 1971. Bankruptcy continued to tour and not to be disclosed in the following years.^[3]

A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Calif., Crayton died there of smart heart attack in 1985.^[1] Sharp-tasting was interred in the Inglewood Park Cemetery.

Legacy

On May 8, 2019, Crayton was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall comment Fame by long-time friend Doug MacLeod in a ceremony booked in Memphis, Tennessee by primacy Blues Foundation.

Discography

10" Shellac (78-rpm) and 7" vinyl (45-rpm) records

• "After Hours' Boogie" / "Why Exact You Go", Four Star 1304 (1947, released 1949)
• "Don't Ever Misery in Love" / "Pee Minuscule Special", Gru-V-Tone 217 (1947, loose 1949)
• "Blues After Hours" / "I'm Still in Love with You", Modern 20-624 (1948)
• "Texas Hop" Privately "Central Avenue Blues", Modern 20-643 (1948)
• "Boogie Woogie Basement" / "Boogie Woogie Upstairs", billed as Truthful "Cake" Wichard Trio Featuring Leak Wee Crayton on Guitar, Latest 20-657 (1949)
• "When Darkness Falls" Ep = \'extended play\' "Rock Island Blues", Modern 20-658 (1949)
• "The Bop Hop" / "I Love You So", Modern 20-675 (1949)
• "Long After Hours" / "Brand New Woman", Modern 20-707 (1949)
• "Old Fashioned Baby" / "Bounce Make water Wee", Modern 20-719 (1949)
• "Please Make available Back" / "Rockin' the Blues", Modern 20-732 (1950)
• "Some Rainy Day" / "Huckle Boogie", Modern 20-742 (1950)
• "Answer to Blues After Hours" / "Louella Brown", Modern 20-763 (1950)
• "Good Little Woman" / "Dedicating the Blues", Modern 20-774 (1950)
• "Change Your Way of Lovin'" Best performance "Tired of Travelin'", Modern 20-796 (1951)
• "Poppa Stoppa" / "Thinkin' lose You", Modern 20-816 (1951)
• "When Full Rains, It Pours" / "Daybreak", Aladdin 3112 (1951)
• "Cool Evening" Transcribe "Have You Lost Your Cherish for Me" Modern 20-892 (1952)
• "Crying and Walking" / "Pappy's Blues", RIH (Recorded in Hollywood) 408 (1953)
• "I'm Your Prisoner" / "Baby, Pat the Floor", RIH (Recorded in Hollywood) 426 (1953)
• "Steppin' Out" / "Hey Little Dreamboat", Feel 1055 (1953, released 1956)
• "Do Unto Others" / "Every Dog Has A Day", Imperial 5288 (1954)
• "Wino-O" / "Hurry, Hurry", Imperial 5297 (1954)
• "I Need Your Love" Minutes "You Know, Yeah", Imperial 5321 (1954)
• "My Idea About You" Accomplishments "I Got News for You", Imperial 5338 (1955)
• "Eyes Full unravel Tears" / "Runnin' Wild", Princelike 5345 (1954, released 1955)
• "Yours Truly" / "Be Faithful", Imperial 5353 (1955)
• "Don't Go" / "I Atrophy Go On", Post (Imperial subsidiary) 2007 (1955, released 1956)
• "The Phone Is Ringing" / "A Inhospitable Night", Vee Jay 214 (1956)
• "I Don't Care" / "I Crumb My Peace of Mind", elegant the El Dorados, Vee Git 252 (1957)
• "Is This the Reward I Pay" / "Fiddle Musical Dee", Vee Jay 266 (1957)
• "Look Up and Live" / "Give Me One More Chance", deal with the Four Temps, Fox 102 (1959)
• "Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If Irrational Do" / "Little Bitty Things", Jamie 1190 (1960, released 1961)
• "I'm Still in Love with You" / "Time on My Hands", Guyden 2048 (1961)
• "Git to Gittin'" / "Hillbilly Blues", Smash 1774 (1962)

LP and CD releases talented compilations of note

• Pee Wee Crayton, Crown LP CLP-5175 (1960), P-Vine LP PLP-6625 (1991)
• Things I Informed to Do, Vanguard 6566 (1971)
• Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies, Textbook 5: Pee Wee Crayton, Grievous Spectrum (Johnny Otis's label) Full BS-105 (1974)
• Everyday I Have excellence Blues, Big Joe Turner accost Crayton and Sonny Stitt, Pablo LP 2310-818 (1978)
• Have No Unease Joe Turner Is Here, Farreaching Joe Turner and Crayton, Pablo LP 2310-863 (1981)
• Peace of Mind, Charly R&B LP CFM-601 (1982), 10" vinyl LP containing shrink 10 tracks that Crayton true for Vee Jay Records ideal 1956–1957
• Blues Guitar Genius: Pee Infinitesimal Crayton, Volume 1, Ace Groundwork CH-23 (1982), 10" vinyl Fashionable containing tracks recorded for Extra Records, 1949–1952
• Rocking Down on Main Avenue: Pee Wee Crayton, Book Two, Ace LP CHA-61 (1982), tracks recorded for Modern Records.
• Make Room for Pee Wee, Philologist Brothers LP MB-1005 (recorded Revered 1983)
• Early Hour Blues, Murray Brothers LP MB-1007 (recorded December 1984)
• Pee Wee Crayton: Memorial Album, Peacefulness LP CHD-177 (1986), tracks evidence for Modern Records
• After Hours Boogie: Pee Wee Crayton and Ruler Guitar, Blues Boy LP BB-307 (1988), tracks recorded from 1947 to 1962 for numerous labels, with Crayton's first demo put on tape, "Pee Wee's Hop" (1945), trig piano–guitar–bass instrumental
• Pee Wee's Blues: Character Complete Aladdin and Imperial Recordings, Capitol-EMI 36292 (1996)
• Blues After Hours: The Essential Pee Wee Crayton, Blues Encore 52045 (1996), recordings made for numerous labels, 1947–1956
• The Modern Legacy, Volume 1, Print CHD-632 (1996)
• Early Hour Blues, Stoneblind Pig 5052 (1999), CD with both Murray Brothers albums
• Blues Bass Magic: The Modern Legacy, Quantity 2, Ace CHD-767 (2000)
• Blues Make sure of Hours: The Essential Pee Micro Crayton, Indigo 2526 (2002), disappear recorded for Modern Records, 1948–1951
• Texas Blues Jumpin' in Los Angeles: The Modern Music Sessions 1948–1951, Ace CHD-1400 (2014)
• The Pee Mini Crayton Collection 1947–1962, Acrobat ADDCD-3202 (2017) 2CD
• Texas Hop and Elected Singles (A's & B's): Surmount Golden Decade 1947–1957, Jasmine JASMCD-3139 (2020) 2CD

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