King Pleasure

About the artist

King Pleasure (March 24, 1922 - March 21, 1981) was a jazz vocalist and a pioneer of the 'Vocalese' style of Jazz singing. Born Clarence Beeks in Oakdale, Tennessee, he moved to New York City in the mid-1940s. Pleasure first achieved popularity by winning a talent show at the Apollo Theater in New York with the vocalese classic 'Moody's Mood for Love'. He influenced numerous other vocalists with his inovation, among then Mark Murphy, Jon Hendricks and Manhattan Transfer.

Top songs

  1. Moody's Mood for Love
  2. Parker's Mood
  3. I'm In The Mood For Love
  4. Twisted
  5. Red Top
  6. I'm In The Mood For Love - 1962 Version / Stereo
  7. Farmer's Market
  8. All of Me
  9. Swan Blues
  10. Jazz Jump
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  1. I'm Gone
  2. The New Symphony Sid
  3. Don't Get Scared
  4. Sometimes I'm Happy
  5. Tomorrow is Another Day
  6. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
  7. Golden Days
  8. Moody's Mood
  9. This Is Always
  10. Little Boy, Don't Get Scared
  11. D.B. Blues
  12. Don't Worry About Me
  13. No, Not Much
  14. You're Crying
  15. Funk Junction
  16. It Might As Well Be Spring
  17. Moody's Mood For Love (I'm In The Mood For Love)
  18. Exclamation Blues
  19. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
  20. What Can I Say (After I Say I'm Sorry)
  21. Blues I Like To Hear
  22. At Your Beck And Call
  23. That Old Black Magic
  24. Jazz Jump - Digital Remaster
  25. Mean To Me
  26. Diaper Pin
  27. Annie's Lament
  28. Little Boy Don't Get Scared
  29. Evening Blues
  30. Blame The Condition
  31. Parker's Mood - Remastered 2015
  32. No Not Much
  33. Moody Mood For Love
  34. Jazz Pump
  35. Jumpin' With The Symphony Sid
  36. I'm In The Mood For Love - 1956 Version / Mono
  37. Parkers Mood
  38. Blues I Like To Hear - 1956 Version / Mono
  39. (What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?
  40. Red Top - Remastered
  41. The Time Was Right
  42. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry
  43. Twisted - Remastered 2015
  44. Old Black Magic (Diaper Pin)
  45. Sometime's I'm Happy
  46. Blues I Like To Hear - 1962 Version / Stereo
  47. Moody'S Mood For Love (Aka I'm In The Mood For Love)
  48. Pretty Eyed Baby
  49. Twisted - Remastered
  50. Pakers Mood
  51. Voo-It
  52. Don't Get Started
  53. Pretty Eyed Baby - 50 bpm
  54. Jazz Jump (Digital Remaster)
  55. JAZZ PUMP - 1962
  56. The New Symphony
  57. I'm In The Mood For Love (1962 Version / Stereo)
  58. Old Black Magis (Diaper Pin)
  59. Swan Blues [1962]
  60. Twisted (feat. Annie Ross)
  61. At You Beck And Call
  62. Going to Kansas City
  63. Funk Junction [*]
  64. Exclamation Blues [*]
  65. I’m In The Mood For Love
  66. You're Crying [*]
  67. King Pleasure
  68. In the Mood for Love
  69. King Pleasure-Red Top
  70. King Pleasure - Moody's Mood For Love (original)
  71. Exclanation Blues
  72. King Pleasure-This Is Always
  73. King Pleasure-Dont Get Scared
  74. I'm in the Mood for Love (Moody's Mood for Love)
  75. Money Can't Boy Love (34 bpm)
  76. i m in the mood for love
  77. King Pleasure_I'm the mood of love
  78. What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?
  79. It Might As Well Be Spring [1962]
  80. The Paradigm Shift
  81. Old Black Tragic (Diaper Pin)
  82. King Pleasure-Moodys Mood For Love
  83. Red Top (Remastered)
  84. The New Symphony Kid
  85. Moodys mood for love
  86. I'm in the Mood for Love [1956]
  87. Farmer's Market (feat. Annie Ross)
  88. I' m In The Mood For Love ( 19 Février 1952 )
  89. Don't Worry 'Bout Me - Instrumental
  90. 51 Jazz Jump

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