A WILD WAGON OF BOPPIN' R&B AND SOUL DEDICATED TO YOU AND YOURS!

 

Here's a bluesy doozie for youse! It's an hour and change that covers 13 years in Black music: from the jazz-based post-war style to the onset of soul! This show is in two parts, as follows:

R&B IN THE 1950s:

01 Laverne Ray & The Raytones/I've Got That Feeling

OKeh 4-7091/Sep 1957

02 Larry Williams/Let Me Tell You, Baby

Specialty 597/Feb 1957

03 Bobby Mitchell/Try Rock 'n' Roll

Imperial X5378/Feb 1956

04 Gene & Eunice/Bom Bom Lulu

Aladdin 45-3351 /Dec 1956

05 Victorials/Prettiest Girl In The World

Imperial X5398/Jun 1956

06 Don & Dewey/My Heart Is Aching

Shade 1000X45/May 1956

07 Five Keys/Serve Another Round

Aladdin 45-3312 /Jan 1956 (rec. Sep 1952)

08 Marktones/Hold Me Close

Ember E-1022/Aug 1957

09 Echoes [Gee]/Ding Dong

Gee GG-1028/Jan 1957

10 Wendell Smith/Puddin' Pie

United Artists UA 166/Mar 1959

11 Platters/Shake It Up Mambo

Federal 45-121981/Nov 1954

INTO THE 1960s:

12 Bobby Newton/Dance Craze

Foxie FOXIE 7003/Nov 1961

13 Thurston Harris/Goddess Of Angels

Dot 45-16415/Oct 1962

14 Coasters/Shoppin' For Clothes

Atco 45-6178/Sep 1960

15 Dorsets/Pork Chops

Asnes 101/Apr 1961

16 Leona Douglas/Too Many Chicks

Monument 45-802/Nov 1962

17 Ann Cole with Richard Barrett/Have Fun

Roulette R-4452/Sep 1962

18 Barbara Lynn/Don't Spread It Around

Jamie 1286/Sep 1964

19 Tony Harrison/I'm Not The Only One

Commerce C-5016/?-1964

20 Mike Williams With The Tempest Band/Draw With Me

Atlantic 45-2307/Oct 1965

21 Gems/I Can't Help Myself

Chess 1908/Sep 1964

It's a feast, to say the least! And it's easy as (puddin') pie to enjoy...just click on this fine feline's fuzzy tummy...

...and let the good times roll!

We'll be back in two of your Earth weeks with one of our old-school, anything-goes episodes! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy this blues bokay!