Tuesday March 4 2025

Black History Month Special, The Original Versions Of Rock & Roll Classics;

BOBBY FREEMAN ~ "DO YOU WANNA DANCE";


BIG JOE TURNER ~ "SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL";


THE ISLEY BROS ~ "SHOUT";


BIG MAMA THORNTON ~ "HOUND DOG" & "DOWN HOME SHAKEDOWN";


MARVIN GAYE ~ "AIN'T THAT PECULIAR";



(artist/song/album/label);

1. James "Boodle It" Wiggins ~ Keep A Knocking ~ Paramount Records Box Set ~ JSP

2. Wynonie Harris ~ Good Rockin Tonight ~ Box Set ~ Proper

3. Smiley Lewis ~ I Hear You Knocking ~ The Best Of ~ King

4. Big Joe Turner ~ Shake Rattle & Roll ~ Box Set ~ JSP

5. Leadbelly ~ House Of The Rising Sun ~ The Best Of ~ Fuel 2000

6. Arthur Big Boy Crudup ~ That's All Right Mama ~ Mean Ole Frisco ~ Charly

6. John Brim ~ Ice Cream Man ~ Chess Blues Box Set ~ Chess

7. Muddy Waters ~ You Need Loving ~ Box Set ~ Chess

8. Richard Berry ~ Louie Louie ~ Yama Yama ~ Ace

9. Marvin Gaye ~ Hitchhike ~ Motown Box Set ~ Motown

10. Big Mama Thornton ~ Hound Dog ~ Duke/Peacock Records Greatest Hits (comp) ~ RCA

11. Tiny Bradshaw ~ Train Kept A Rollin ~ Walk That Mess ~ West Side

12. Little Willie John ~ Fever ~ Fever ~ Rhino

13. The Isley Bros ~ Twist & Shout ~ Twist & Shout ~ Wand

14. Willie Bobo ~ Evil Ways ~ Bobo Motion ~ Verve

15. Bobby Freeman ~ Do You Wanna Dance ~ Do You Wanna Dance ~ Jubilee

16. The Gladiolas ~ Little Darlin ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

17. The Paragons ~ Tide Is High ~ Trojan Records Box Set ~ Trojan

17. The Chords ~ Sh'Boom ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

18. The Toys ~ Can't Get Enough Of You Baby ~ The Dynovoice Records Story ~ West Side

19. The Valentinos ~ The Last Time ~ The SAR Records Box Set ~ ABKCO

20. The Chords ~ Sh'Boom ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

21. Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford ~ Stagger Lee ~ Alan Lomax Blues Collection ~ Smithsonian/Folkways


LEADBELLY ~ "GREY GOOSE";


ARTHUR BIG BOY CRUDUP ~ "SO GLAD YOU'RE MINE";


MUDDY WATERS ~ "LONG DISTANCE PHONE CALL";


THE PARAGONS ~ "TIDE IS HIGH";


THE CHORDS ~ "SH-BOOM";



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