Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings

Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings
Studio album by Bill Cosby
Released September 1967
Recorded 1967
Genre rhythm and blues
Length 30:31
Label Warner Bros.
Bill Cosby chronology
Wonderfulness
(1966)		 Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings
(1967)		 Revenge
(1967)
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Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings (1967) is the fifth album by Bill Cosby.

Contents

Background

This was Cosby's first album that was recorded in the studio, as well as his first album that showcased his singing, backed by the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band. The album consisted mostly of straightforward rhythm and blues performances, including several Jimmy Reed songs, a cover version of Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman" with slightly comedic lyrics, "Mojo Workout", which was a sequel to the Muddy Waters classic "I Got My Mojo Workin'", and "Little Ole Man" which combined a comedic monologue with Stevie Wonder's "Uptight, Everything's Alright". Also included is an original song credited to Cosby, "Don'cha Know".

"Little Ole Man" became a major hit upon release as a single, attaining gold record status for selling one million copies in the United States and reaching #4 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart.

Track listing

Side one

  1. Bright Lights, Big City (Reed) – 2:41
  2. Big Boss Man (Dixon, Smith) – 2:45
  3. Hush Hush (Reed) – 1:54
  4. Baby, What You Want Me to Do (Reed) – 2:43
  5. Tell Me You Love Me (Reed, Smith) – 3:07
  6. Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth (Reed) – 1:36

Side two

  1. Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright) (Cosby, May, Wonder) – 4:10
  2. Mojo Workout (Bright) – 2:53
  3. I Got a Woman (Charles) – 3:22
  4. Don'cha Know (Cosby) – 2:45
  5. Place in the Sun (Miller, Wells) – 2:35

References

  1. ^ Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings at Allmusic
Bill Cosby
Comedy albums
Music albums
Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings (1967)  • Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968)  • Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971)  • Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971)  • Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972)  • At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings (1974)  • Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976)  • Disco Bill (1977)  • Where You Lay Your Head (1990)  • My Appreciation (1991)  • Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love (1997)  • Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby - The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (2004)  • Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby - The New Mixes Vol. 1 (2004)  • State of Emergency (2009)  • Keep Standing (2010)
Compilations
The Best of Bill Cosby (1969)  • More of the Best of Bill Cosby (1970)  • Bill (1973)  • Down Under (1975)  • Cosby and the Kids (1986)  • At His Best (1994)  • 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Cosby (2001)  • The Bill Cosby Collection (2004)
Singles
"Little Ol' Man (Uptight—Everything's Alright)" (1967)  • "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" (1970)  • "I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself" (1976)  • "Yes, Yes, Yes" (1976)
Television
I Spy (1965-1968)  • The Bill Cosby Show (1969-1971)  • The Electric Company (1971-1977)  • The New Bill Cosby Show (1972)  • Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972-1985)  • The Cosby Show (1984-1992)  • A Different World (1987-1993) • The Cosby Mysteries (1994-1995)  • Cosby (1996-2000)  • Little Bill (1999-2004)  • Fatherhood (2004-2005)
Books
Fatherhood (1986)  • Time Flies (1987)  • Love and Marriage (1989)  • Childhood (1991)  • Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998)  • Congratulations! Now What?: A Book for Graduates. (1999)  • American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge (2000, w/ Allen, Dwight William)  • Cosbyology: Essays and Observations from the Doctor of Comedy (2001, w/ Booth, George)  • I Am What I Ate ... and I'm Frightened!!!: And Other Digressions from the Doctor of Comedy (2003)  • Friends of a Feather: One of Life's Little Fables (2003, w/ Cosby, Erika)  • Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors (2007, w/ Poussaint, Alvin F.)  • I Didn't Ask to be Born, But I'm Glad I Was (2011)