Monday 17 September 2018

Al (Doctor Horse) Pittman born 17 September 1917


Al  (“Dr. Horse”)  Pittman (17 September 1917 – 28 April 2003), an American rhythm and blues vocalist and entertainer who performed between the 1930s and 1960s.

I couldn’t find much information concerning Mr. Pittman but here’s all I could muster…also I found two uncredited photos of Al Pittman. (There is supposedly only one…but which one?)

Dr. Horse was the stage name of Alvergous "Al" Pittman Al Pittman, son of Henry and Susan A. Pittman, was born in Vinnia, Georgia. He first performed in New York City in the 1930s as a dancer and a member of Doc Sausage's musical comedy group, the Five Pork Chops.

However, he did not record until 1961, when he released "I'm Tired Of It" on the Fire label owned by Bobby Robinson. His second record, "Jack, That Cat Was Clean", is the one for which he is best known. Produced by Robinson and Marshall Sehorn, Dr. Horse delivered a jive monologue about "a tall handsome guy", Bobo, who "really knows how to dress" and had "two $50,000 rings, and he wore one on each hand... The chicks used to scream when Bobo walked in the door".


                             

The backing musicians included Red Prysock (tenor saxophone) and Billy Butler (guitar). The track has been included on several compilation albums, including Early Rappers: Hipper Than Hop - The Ancestors of Rap. Sadly it would be his only side enumerating the acquisitions and exploits of “Bobo,” who comes across as a sort of moddish Stagger Lee figure. 


Dr. Horse also recorded a straight blues album, Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Good Man Feelin' Bad, with Sammy Price and His Bluesicians, recorded in New York in 1961 and released by Kapp Records in 1962.

He died 28 April 2004 in new York City, at the age of 85.

(Info mainly Wikipedia)

5 comments:

boppinbob said...

For “SAMMY PRICE & HIS BLUESICIANS FEATURING DOC HORSE: BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A GOOD MAN FEELIN' BAD” (1962) go here:

https://www61.zippyshare.com/v/bQktk5zy/file.html

1) Wee Baby Blues
2) Key To The Highway
3) How Long, How Long Blues
4) In The Dark
5) Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
6) I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
7) Piney Brown Blues
8) Trouble In Mind
9) The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Good Man Feelin' Bad
10) Confessin' The Blues BONUS TRACKS
11) I’m Tired Of It – Dr. Horse (1961)
12) Jack That Cat Was Clean – Dr. Horse (1962)
13) Salt Pork, West Virginia – Dr. Horse (1962)
14) Crazy Beat - AL (DR. HORSE) PITTMAN, THE MUSICAL JOCKEYS (1962)
15) Mark My Words - THE ORIGINAL "DOC" PITTMAN & THE UNFORGETTABLE INK SPOTS (circa 1982)

A big thank you to YouTube and Audiotut for mp3s.

Anton said...

Well , Thanks A Lot For Diggin'; Love It !

john said...

Any chance of Al (Doctor Horse) Pittman getting re-upped Thanks

boppinbob said...

Hello John, Since this post from 2018 I have found better quality mp3's with an extra track which I have added. So the track list needs amemnding
14. I Think I Know
15. Crazy Beat
16. Mark My Words (1974)
Regards. Bob

https://www.upload.ee/files/13942437/Dr_Horse-_Collected.rar.html

john said...

Thank you the albums