WHEN "WHAT'S ON THE TURNTABLE" MEETS LEVI'S

For another installment of :"what's on the turntable" two in one today : a great original LP and a great cover featuring a pair of LEVI'S .The crazy little mama sports a pair of 701 aka  "LADY LEVI'S".....Before the "dude Ranch" craze pants weren’t considered as an acceptable part of a woman’s wardrobe, let alone a style of pants considered to be men’s workwear.In 1934 LEVI'S created the 701 especially for women working on ranches and farms. Soon after, Levi’s jeans became a popular fashion trend.

The first 30's models,like the 501 Jean of the time,had a cinch back, a curved top block and a wide, straight leg. By the 1950s, the 701 had lost the cinch back but still maintained the distinct high-wasted fit  The zipper fly was first introduced in 1947 to accommodate the brand’s growing popularity, which included "proper women" on the East Coast who thought the button fly was inappropriate for ladies......

WHAT'S ON THE TURNTABLE TODAY !?....

So what's on the turntable today !??

It's B.B King's 1957 original first album on Bihari Brothers'"dime store" Crown label.This LP : "singin' the blues" is a compilation of singles issued on the RPM label.Despite their "cheap" production the B.B. King Crown albums became collectors' items due to the high quality of B.B.'s recordings and the eye-catching artwork."Singin' The Blues" was issued as Crown 5020 in the spring of 1957 and featured some of B.B.'s best-loved songs up to that point. The LP included four #1 R&B hits: '3 O'Clock Blues' and 'You Know I Love You' (1952), 'Please Love Me' (1953) and 'You Upset Me Baby' (1954); four other top ten hits; plus 'Blind Love' from 1953 and covers of Tampa Red's 'Crying Won't Help You' (1955) and Gatemouth Moore's 'Did You Ever Love A Woman' from 1956. To fill out the album, a superior alternate take of 'Sweet Little Angel' was added. "Singin' The Blues" issued in 1957 gave the first real indication that B.B. King was destined to be a major star......