1950
ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE * LAURIE TATE * ATLANTIC 914 * USA
Apologies to Joe Morris who, along with his orchestra, is officially the main credited artist for this record, but as good as the musical backing is it wouldn't be the magnificent recording it is without the incredibly powerful and haunting voice of (Little) Laurie Tate singing the song. Released in October Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere was her debut recording on the label, and the song was so successful that it became the number one record across America in late 1950 selling so well that in January 1951 Atlantic gave it the honor of being the first 45 on the label. Not surprisingly this stellar R&B ballad was never released at the time in the UK, but was included in 1968 on the musically near perfect and, in the context of British appreciation of R&B music, historically important Volume 1of the Atlantic LP series History Of Rhythm & Blues.