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Detroit Junior

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Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. (October 26, 1931 – August 9, 2005) was an American, Chicago blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He is known for songs such as "So Unhappy", "Call My Job", "If I Hadn't Been High", "Ella" and "Money Tree". His songs have been covered by a.o. Koko Taylor and Albert King. Born in Haynes, Arkansas, Detroit recorded his first single, "Money Tree" with the Bea & Baby Records label in 1960. His first full album, Chicago Urban Blues, was released in the early 1970s on the Blues on Blues label.

Top songs

  1. Christmas Day
  2. I Got Money
  3. If I Hadn't Been High
  4. Some Nerve
  5. Somebody to Shack
  6. Call My Job
  7. Talk Fast
  8. Too Poor
  9. It's Bad to Make a Woman Mad
  10. Your Family
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  1. Christmas Song (live)
  2. Christmas Day (Remastered)
  3. So Unhappy
  4. Boogie Blues
  5. The Way I Feel
  6. Strange Things Happen
  7. I Got High Last Night
  8. Chicken Shack Boogie
  9. Honest I Do
  10. Baby Workout
  11. Take Out the Time
  12. Trouble In Mind
  13. I Don't Know
  14. Turn Up the Heat
  15. What I Say
  16. Slow Dancing
  17. Race Track
  18. I'm So Unhappy
  19. Need More, Got to Have
  20. We're Through
  21. Blueberry Hill
  22. What Am I Living For
  23. You've Been Laid
  24. Key To The Highway
  25. Bring It on Home
  26. Send For Me
  27. Come Back To Me
  28. Killing Floor
  29. Please Don't Leave
  30. You're Begging Too Much
  31. Buy Some Love
  32. Ella
  33. If I Had'nt Been High
  34. Christmas Candles
  35. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
  36. Staggerlee
  37. Baby What You Want Me to Do
  38. Anybody Can Have The Blues
  39. Bad, Bad Whiskey
  40. Caledonia
  41. Got High Again
  42. Money Tree
  43. Just a Matter of Time
  44. Mabelline/Whole Lotta Shakin'
  45. Everyday I Have the Blues
  46. Last Call
  47. Young Blood
  48. Sombody to Shack
  49. All Through With Love
  50. This Time Last Christmas
  51. This Here
  52. Harrassment
  53. Call My Job
  54. Bad Bad Whiskey
  55. If I Hadn’t Been High
  56. Christmas Day/DETROIT Junior
  57. Come On In
  58. Christmas Song - live
  59. Killing Floor (live)
  60. How Blue Can You Get (live recording)
  61. Killing Floor - Live
  62. I Feel OK
  63. How Blue Can You Get
  64. Strange Thing Happen
  65. This Time For Xmas
  66. Ain't Nobody's Business
  67. Feel OK on this Christmas Day
  68. Christmas Day - Detroit Junior
  69. Please Don't Leave Me
  70. 06 - Trouble In Mind - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  71. Blues on the Internet
  72. Stagger Lee
  73. Cool Water Blues
  74. Just You My Love
  75. What'd I Say
  76. 07 - What I Say - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  77. 08 - I Don't Know - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  78. Too Poor (Alt. Take)
  79. Alice
  80. 01 - Take Out The Time - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  81. 02 - I Got High Last Night - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  82. 03 - Chicken Shack Boogie - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  83. 04 - We're Through - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  84. 05 - Baby Workout - 1997 - Take Out the Time
  85. I'm So Unhappy - Detroit Jr.
  86. Maybelliene - Whole Lotta Shakin'
  87. Secret Love
  88. Xmas Day
  89. So Unkind
  90. How Blue Can You Get (Live)

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