Big John Greer

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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. It is also recorded that big John Greer is recorded with the occupation musician. It is also recorded that big John Greer is recorded with the occupation singer. Recorded with the occupation saxophonist. It is also recorded that big John Greer is recorded as a citizen of United States. Institutional cataloguing adds that big John Greer is recorded with the gender male. Greer died on 12 May 1972. Born on 21 November 1923. The record continues: big John Greer is classed in the genre jazz.

Greer played with Bob Shad and appeared on Millinder's RCA recordings until 1950, when Millinder signed to King Records. Greer stayed with RCA and played with Wynonie Harris and Jackson among others. He sang lead vocals on his biggest hit, recorded in October 1951 "Got You On My Mind". In 1953, he switched to Groove Records, but did not make much impact on the American record charts there. In August 1954, he released "We Wanna See Santa Claus Do The Mambo", a Christmas hit to this day. In 1956, he finally signed with King, but only recorded for them for about a year. Greer also worked with Hal Singer and Bill Doggett.

• "Long Tall Gal" / " Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinkin' Wine" (RCA Victor 50–0007, 1949) • "Got You On My Mind" / "Woman is a Five Letter Word' (RCA Victor 47-4348, 1951) • "Bottle It Up and Go" / "You'll Never Be Mine" (Groove G-0002, 1954) • "Too Long" / "When the Roses Bloom in Lovers' Lane" (Groove G-0016, 1954) • "Wait Till After Christmas" / "We Wanna See Santa Do the Mambo" (Groove G-0038, 1954) • "Come Back Maybelline" / "Night Crawlin'" (Groove G-0119, 1955)

• Rockin' with Big John (Bear Family BCD-15554 [3CD], 1992) • I'm the Fat Man 1949–1955 (Rev-Ola CRBAND-17, 2007) • Blowin' & Rockin' 1949–1955 (Jasmine JASMCD-3227, 2021)