Ollie Nightingale
Ollie Nightingale
Top Songs
| 1 | You've Got a Booger Bear Under There | ||
| 2 | I'm Gonna Turn This Bed Over | ||
| 3 | I Got A Sure Thing | ||
| 4 | Booty Scoot | ||
| 5 | Babysitting |
Albums
Jan 2016 • 13 songs
Jan 2007 • 10 songs
Jul 2002 • 10 songs
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Biography
Call him a blues singer if you prefer, but Ollie Nightingale will likely always be recalled most readily for the emotionally charged Memphis soul he cut from 1968 to 1970 as front man for Ollie & the Nightingales.
Like most great soul singers, Ollie Hoskins came straight out of church musically. He was the lead singer of the Dixie Nightingales, a Memphis spiritual aggregation, by 1958, when they made their vinyl debut on tiny Pepper Records. Influenced by gospel greats Kylo Turner and Ira Tucker, Hoskins hung in with the group as they moved to Nashboro in 1962 before signing ...