Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Context
Recorded in December 1949 with Lionel Hampton's orchestra, this track entered the R&B top 10 in 1950, but the label credits only "Lionel Hampton and vocalists": Jimmy Scott is not named. On it he displays the natural, high contralto voice, linked to Kallmann syndrome, that would make him distinctive.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Jump blues, R&B, Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Jump blues, R&B: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Boogie-woogie, Swing, big bands, Kansas City, Gospel.