Air Week: February 12-18, 2018

Ivory Joe Hunter, Pt. 1 – The 1940s

This week, the “Juke In The Back” spotlights one of the most underrated hit-makers of the 1940s and ’50s, Ivory Joe Hunter. Today, most people only know a handful of Hunter’s hits, but between the years 1945-1958, he scored 21 R&B hits. He was a prolific piano player who constantly blurred the lines between rhythm & blues and country & western music and was very successful for it. This week, Matt The Cat plays all of his charting hits from the 1940s. Next week on part 2, Matt will featuring all of Hunter’s hits from the 1950s.

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