SAD NEWS...3/11/99:
This is to inform you that Lowell Fulson passed away on Saturday 3/6/99, in Los Angeles.
Memorial services will be held for him on 3/12/99 Friday evening 7:00pm and Saturday
3/13/99 at 12:00 noon at Angelus Funeral Home in Los Angeles. If you need further
information please contact me at my e-mail address or land line (310) 767-1294.
Fulson joined Chess Records in 1954 and had an immediate smash hit with "Reconsider Baby" on the Checker label. Though he had no other commercial successes for Checker, he continued to record for them until late 1963. By 1965, he began recording for Kent Records in Los Angeles (owned by the Bihari family of Modern/RPM/Flair fame). Once again he scored an enormous hit with "Tramp" and had other strong items with "Black Nights" and "Make a Little Love." Moving to Jewel in 1969, he began recording albums with some rock background. Since that time his recordings have been album projects with varying degrees of success. He has also recorded in France and Japan. Invariably Fulson's performances are fine -- if the results are less than satisfactory as a whole, it is usually a failed concept or an inappropriate accompaniment that is at fault.
-- Bob Porter, All-Music Guide
