Jacksonville Florida native JESSE ALLEN recorded some solid early southern R&B as a guitarist & singer for a relativly short period between 1951 & 1958. He benefitted from solid session players from New Orleans including EARL PALMER, RED TYLER, LEE ALLEN, JAMES BOOKER & DAVE BARTHOLOMEW who produced many of the sides. It appears that his entire legacy was 20 sides released on IMPERIAL, ALADDIN, BAYOU & ACE along with his final single from 1958 on JIMMY LIGGINS DUPLEX label which is one of the GREATEST raucous blues sides of the fifties.............
JESSE ALLEN 1 SHAKE 'EM UP BABY 2 ROCK THIS MORNING 3 GONNA MOVE AWAY FROM TOWN 4 BOOGIE WOOGIE MAMA 5 MY SUFFERING 6 LET'S PARTY 7 DRAGNET 8 TAKE IT EASY
JESSE ALLEN and AUDREY WALKER 9 GOTTA CALL THAT NUMBER 10 I'M GONNA TELL MY MAMA
JESSE ALLEN 11 I WONDER WHAT'S THE MATTER 12 THE THINGS I'M GONNA DO 13 SITTIN' AND WONDERIN' 14 WHAT A PARTY 15 ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN' 16 I LOVE YOU SO 17 BABY SAY YOU WILL 18 GOODBYE BLUES 19 LOVE MY BABY 20 AFTER A WHILE
