Al Hibbler
He attended a school for the blind in Little Rock, Arkansas where he joined… Read Full Bio ↴He attended a school for the blind in Little Rock, Arkansas where he joined the school choir. He won an amateur talent contest in Memphis, Tennessee and at first worked with local bands, as well as starting a band of his own. In 1942 he joined a band led by Jay McShann, and the next year he joined Duke Ellington's band, replacing Herb Jeffries. He worked eight years with Ellington before becoming a soloist. Some of his singing is classified as rhythm and blues, but he is really best classified as a bridge between R&B and traditional pop music.

His biggest hit was "Unchained Melody" in 1955. Other hits were "He", "11th Hour Melody", "Never Turn Back", and "After the Lights Go Low" (all in 1956). "After the Lights Go Low", sung with a put-on British accent, was his last charted hit.

In the late 1950s and 1960s, Hibbler became a civil rights activist, marching with protestors and getting arrested in 1959 in New Jersey and in 1963 in Alabama. The notoriety of this activism discouraged major record labels from carrying his work, but Frank Sinatra supported him and signed him to a contract with his label, [lable]Reprise Records.

However, Hibbler made very few recordings after that, occasionally doing live appearances through the 1990s. He died in April 2001 in Chicago.
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Al Hibbler Lyrics


11th Hour Melody [Chorus:] The 11th hour is here The hour of parting dear We…
A Tree in a Meadow There's a tree in the meadow With a stream drifting by And…
A Tree in the Meadow There's a tree in the meadow With a stream drifting by And…
After The Lights Go Down Low After the lights go down low, baby, you know There'll be…
All or Nothing at All You know the game of love, so the flame never…
Away All Boats Away all boats I'm sending All my ships of dreams To bring…
Danny Boy Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen…
Daybreak Daybreak, another new day, The mist on the meadow is driftin…
Dedicated to You After the lights go down low, baby, you know There'll be…
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't…
Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to…
Don't Get Around Much Anymore Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Could…
Don't Take Your Love From Me Tear a star from out the sky and the sky…



Don't You Know I Care Don't you know I care Or don't you care to know? If…
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Cou…
Eleventh Hour Melody [Chorus:] The 11th hour is here The hour of parting dear We…
He He can turn the tides and calm the angry sea He…
Honeysuckle Rose Honey, honey, Oh, honey, listen to my plea: Every honeybe…
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
I Got a Right to Sing the Blues I got a right to sing the blues I got a…
I Got It Bad Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears W…
I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears …
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues I got a right to sing the blues I got a…
I Hadn't Anyone Till You I hadn't anyone till you, I was a lonely one 'til…
I Love You I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
I Surrender Dear Pride, sad, splendid liar, Sworn enemy of love Kept my…
I'm A Fool To Want You I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
I'm Traveling Light I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on…
It Don It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing (doo…
Laughing On The Outside The crowd sees me out dancing Carefree and romancing Happy w…
Lover Come Back to Me You went away I let you We broke the ties that bind I…
Mafia 2: After The Lights Go Down Low After the lights go down low, baby, you know There'll be…
Never Turn Back Never turn back Never turn back If you had known All the te…
Night and Day Like the beat, beat, beat, Of the tom-tom; When the jungle s…
Now I Lay Me Down To Dream Dinner for one please, James The Madame will not be…
Old Folks I'm trav'lin' light Because my man has gone So from now on…
Pennies from Heaven Every time it rains, it rains, pennies from heaven Don't you…
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
Stardust And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the…
The Party's Over The party's over, it's time to call it a day They've…
The Very Thought of You The very thought of you and I forget to do The…
There Is No Greater Love There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
There's No You There is no greater love Than what I feel for you No…
This Is Always This isn't sometimes, this is always. This isn't maybe, thi…
This Love of Mine This love of mine, goes on and on Though life is…
Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as…
Unchained Melody Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch A long,…
Where or When It seems we stood and talked like this before. We looked…
You'll Never Know You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll…


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