1950
ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE * LAURIE TATE * ATLANTIC 914 * USA
Apologies to Joe Morris who, along with his orchestra (which included
Johnny Griffin tenor saxophone and Vann Walls piano) is officially the
main credited artist for this record, but as good as the musical backing is it
wouldn't be the magnificent recording it is without the incredibly powerful and
haunting voice of (Little) Laurie Tate singing the song.
Released in October Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere was her debut
recording on the label, and the song was so successful that it became the number
one record across America in late 1950 selling so well that in January 1951 Atlantic
gave it the honor of being the first 45 on the label.
Not surprisingly this stellar R&B ballad was never released at the time
in the UK, but was included in 1968 on the musically near perfect and, in the
context of British appreciation of R&B music, historically important Volume
1of the Atlantic LP series History Of Rhythm & Blues.
The song has been recorded many times by many different singers since Laurie
Tate sung it in 1950, one Soul version by Sonny Hines (see below) that was
released in 1965 in the UK, has the original title as it was first written by
Victor Young, Ned Washington, and Lee Wiley in 1933 Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
and consequently slightly different lyrics.
Johnnie Morisette recorded the slightly different version for Sar, released in January 1962 as the B side to Meet Me At The Twisting Place, the record was released in the UK in July 1962, on the Stateside label, who had changed the title to Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere though on the original Sar release it is Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere.
ANYTIME, ANYDAY, ANYWHERE * JOHNNIE MORISETTE * STATESIDE 107 * UK
ANYTIME, ANYDAY, ANYWHERE * SONNY HINES * KING 1009 * UK