About this artist
Little Junior Parker or Junior Parker (born March 3, 1927, West Memphis, Arkansas, USA or May 27, 1932, Clarksdale or Bobo (Coahoma County), Mississippi, USA - died November 18, 1971, Blue Island, Illinois, USA) was an American Memphis blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter.
He first came to blues as a harmonica player, and backed when he came to West Memphis in 1948. By 1950, Parker, now known as "Little Junior" due to the closeness with Wolf, had formed a band with pianist . Known as , the band included and and they were recorded by for early in 1952. By this time Parker was almost primarily a vocalist. The following year and replaced Murphy and Dranes on guitar and drums respectively, and the band began to record for ' new label. Their first record, "Feelin' Good" was a hit, so much so that Parker was soon signed by / in Houston in 1954. Bill Johnson took over the Blue Flames and together they made several hits such as "Mother In Law Blues" and Barefoot Rock". Parker later recorded in a soul style but occasionally reverted to playing the blues with a harp.