Do Right Baby (1956)
Do Right Baby features two non album tracks with lead vocals by Billy Gayles feat. Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm. Both sides were recorded on March 12, 1956 in Cincinnati. This single is one of a dozen Federal releases by Ike Turner featuring various vocalists, all from Cincinnati sessions between February 1956 and April 1957. Both songs were reissued in 1991 on the sampler Trailblazer. The promo single features extendend infos on the label for Dee Jay’s.
Writer: Ike Turner
Release: October 1956
Label: Federal
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Album: Non album tracks
- Do Right Baby 2:05
- No Coming Back 2:37
Billboard - November 03, 1956
No Coming Back: Gayles follows his successful "Tore Up" with a slow, expressively belted blues ballad. Ike Turner's Rhythm Kings lend a pounding backing. Do Right, Baby: A faster blues on this side with Gayles showing to advantage in his vocalizing with the Rhythm Kings. Singer shows promise for good future waxings.
Cash Box - November 24, 1956
Billy Gayles, currently enjoying a fair success with „I'm Tore Up,“ sings a slow beat rocker and gives it a powerful reading. Gayles can sing, and does. Very exiting deck that bears close watching. It backs with a quick beat rocker, belting it with a socko vocal. Another exciter the market should latch on to. Two sides to be with. They could break out.