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The Best of Slim Harpo | 
 enlarge | Artist: Slim Harpo
Label: Hip-O Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 12564
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.6 x 0.5
MPN: 40072
UPC: 076744007223
EAN: 0076744007223
ASIN: B000005KPX
Release Date: November 4, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | I'm a King Bee | | • | I Got Love If You Want It | | • | Wonderin' and Worryin' | | • | You'll Be Sorry One Day | | • | Strange Love | | • | Bobby Sox Baby | | • | One More Day | | • | Rainin' in My Heart | | • | Blues Hangover | | • | Buzzin' | | • | Still Rainin' in My Heart | | • | Snoopin' Around | | • | Te Ni Nee Ni Nu | | • | Tip on In, Pt. 1 | | • | Shake Your Hips | | • | Baby, Scratch My Back |
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| Editorial Reviews:
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Slim Harpo recorded really good rhythm and blues. He never got too fancy; he never forgot the importance of the groove. He died young in 1970, but his music reached the Rolling Stones (who covered his "I'm a King Bee"), the Kinks (who sang his "I Got Love If You Want It"), Van Morrison, and Them (whose first single was Harpo's "Don't Start Crying Now"). These songs and other greats--"Tip on In," "Baby, Scratch My Back"--are all included in this excellent collection of Harpo's greatest sides. --Robert Gordon
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| Customer Reviews:
 Nice slice of blues June 17, 2008
Sue Harrison (Cape Cod, MA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A very nice recording of early bluesman Slim Harpo. Had a few hits, all covered here, and was a major influence on bands like Rolling Stones.
 Blues at his best March 30, 2008
Francis Houart (Brussels , Belgium)
A great blues album.
Two songs covered by the rolling stones,"shake your hips" and "I'm a king bee.They dind't make any changes...Dind't have too , the original was good enough to be reproduced note for note.
 Good sampling of the work of Slim Harpo August 24, 2007
Steven A. Peterson (Hershey, PA (Born in Kewanee, IL))
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Slim Harpo was a terrific harmonica player and a fine blues singer. His works were covered by many rock and rollers. He died, too young, of a heart attack at age 46.
Let's consider some of the exemplar tracks on this CD.
"I'm a King Bee": The Rolling Stones covered this and came up with their own credible version. But Slim Harpo's take on this is great fun to listen to. The vocal riff that recurs throughout this song:
"Well, I'm a King Bee
Buzzin' around your hive."
Another nice line:
"I'm a king bee,
I want you to be my queen."
Harpo displays an interesting blues voice in this sensual song. The backing music is almost hypnotic with its rhythm. Harpo plays the harmonica well.
"I've Got Love if You Want It": One of the Rolling Stones' earliest live albums played off this song title. The piece begins with Harpo's harmonica playing. This is rollicking music with the backing group playing well.
"Shake Your Hips": What a neat song, a nice up tempo dance piece! Once more, the harmonica work is strong.
"I'm tellin' you a dance that's going around
. . . .
Just shake your hips,
Do the hip shake, Babe."
The Rolling Stones, on their "Exiles on Main Street" recorded a close variation on this classic piece.
Finally, "Baby Scratch My Back": This is a nice dance piece. As the liner notes put it, "a slinky dance groove." Harpo's harmonica sings.
This is a nice sampling of the work of Slim Harpo. Well worth listening to. A good piece to add to one's blues library.
Rainin' In My Heart March 20, 2007
The Bluze Brother (Sweet Home Shy Town)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first song I ever hear from Slim Harpo was "Rainin' In My Heart." I hadn't heard that song before and I had to find out who this guy was. I called up the a.m. radio station and actually asked the disc jokey who that was. That was back in the late 50s and times were simpler then. From that moment on, I was a Slim Harpo fan. Slim is great all the time but I especially was knocked out to hear again "I'm A King Bee," "Rainin In My Heart," and "Baby Scratch My Back." Slim Harpo doesn't blow you out of the room. He sneaks up on you and just gets you. I dig him and his music and I think you will to.
BLUESMAN January 26, 2007
Hl Mcmahon (Wales, UK)
If you're not into ' 50's style electric blues....STAY BACK This is Slim Harpo...The KingBee......I litrally sleep with this CD
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