Young Jessie recorded as Young Jessie in the 1950s and 1960s, and was known for his solo career, work with The Flairs and a brief stint in The Coasters.
10 Facts About Young Jessie
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Young Jessie later performed and recorded jazz as Obie Jessie.
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Young Jessie's father was a cook but had no musical background.
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On his mother's side of the family, Young Jessie was kin to the blues musician, Blind Lemon Jefferson.
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Young Jessie then moved on to record jazz for the Capitol label, novelty records for Mercury in the early 1960s, and soul ballads for the Vanessa label in 1963, but with little commercial success.
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Young Jessie recorded some unreleased material for Jake Porter in the 1960s.
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Young Jessie did an album's worth of songs owned by Harvey Fuqua in the 1970s that never got released.
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Young Jessie formed a jazz group, the Obie Jessie Combo, which played club dates, and in 1976 became musical director for Esther Phillips.
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Young Jessie performed with Leon Hughes' group of The Coasters.
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Young Jessie recorded with Atlanta-based saxophonist Bob Miles, and performed on the song "People The Time Has Come" with lyrics by Nadim Sulaiman Ali.