MyVinyl presents The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend - the only album of Baby Huey that has been released to date. It was put together and released in 1971 after his death. A quarter century after its release, The Baby Huey Story went on to become a cult classic among soul musicians and hip-hop fans. Its single "Hard Times" in particular has been sampled many times!
Producer: Curtis Mayfield!
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Ramey came to prominence under the stage name Baby Huey as the vocalist for the group Baby Huey & the Babysitters, which released a string of singles and found success in the Chicago area during the 1960s.
Baby Huey was in the midst of recording tracks for his debut album when he died as a result of a heart attack in 1970. Some time lapsed before his manager Marv Stuart, aka Marv Heiman, and producer/songwriter/musician Curtis Mayfield took what had already been recorded, added some instrumental tracks that had been recorded previously, and managed to gather up enough for the album's release.
It is quite likely that some of the tracks feature Curtom Records session men and not the Babysitters since Mayfield wanted to sign Ramey and not the rest of the band. Noteworthy tracks include a "massive psychedelic rendition" of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come."
| A1 | Listen To Me | 6:35 |
| A2 | Mama Get Yourself Together | 6:10 |
| A3 | A Change Is Going To Come | 9:23 |
| B1 | Mighty, Mighty | 2:45 |
| B2 | Hard Times | 3:19 |
| B3 | California Dreaming | 4:43 |
| B4 | Running | 3:36 |
| B5 | One Dragon Two Dragon | 4:02 |
