Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers ‎– It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) / Chicken Shuff

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Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers ‎– It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) / Chicken Shuffle

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Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers ‎– It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) / Chicken Shuffle

Label: Excello ‎– 2056

Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM 

Released: 1955

Genre: Rock, Blues

Style: Rhythm & Blues

A: It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)

Composer – Jarrett

Vocals – Earl Gaines (tracks: A)

Earl Gaines, Jr. (August 19, 1935 – December 31, 2009) was an American soul and electric blues singer. Born in Decatur, Alabama, he sang lead vocals on the hit single "It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)", credited to Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers,

B: Chicken Shuffle

Composer – Brooks

LOUIS BROOKS Born Louie O'Neal Brooks, 19 March 1911, Nashville, Tennessee

Died 5 May 1993, Nashville, Tennessee

Sax player / band leader. Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers are best remembered for their smash Excello collaboration with singer Earl Gaines on "It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)", which went to # 2 on the R&B charts in 1955 and was success- fully covered by Ruth Brown (# 4) Hank Ballard and the Midnights (# 10).