Lucky Millinder - like Tiny Bradshaw - was a contemporary of Cab Calloway in the swing 1930s (managed, or should we say "owned" at one point by Al Capone) who turned to R&B in the 1940s/50s. His band was famous for being the breeding ground for singers like Wynonie Harris, Bull Moose Jackson, Rosetta Tharpe, Ruth Brown, and Big John Greer, and musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Panama Francis, Sam "The Man" Taylor, etc. In the late 1950’s/early 1960’s, after disbanding, he became the toast of NYC cafe society as a mystic/fortune-teller/spiritualist. This compilation includes his best recordings following his long tenure with US Decca records in the 1940s; he hit with "D Natural Blues" (the inspiration for the huge hit "The Hucklebuck"), Little Girl, Don't Cry", "I'll Never Be Free" (pop hit cover by Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie), and "I'm Waiting Just For You" (pop hit for Pat Boone in 1957)...................
