Tuesday Feb.18 2020

Black History Month Special; Original Versions Of Rock & Roll Hits;

BIG JOE TURNER ~ "SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL";


TINY BRADSHAW ~ "BRADSHAW BOOGIE";


LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ~ "FEVER";


(artist/song/album/label/cancon);

1. Wynonie Harris ~ Good Rockin’ Tonight ~ Good Rockin’ In Here (comp) ~ King

2. Solomon Linda & His Original Evening Birds ~ Mbube ~ The Secret Museum Of Mankind (comp) ~ Yazoo

3. Vera Ward Hall & Dock Reed ~ Trouble So Hard ~ Alan Lomax Songbook (comp) ~ Smithsonian/Folkways

4. James “Boodle It” Wiggans ~ Keep A Knockin’ ~ Paramount Records Box Set ~ JSP

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

6. Richard Berry ~ Louie Louie ~ Best Of Louie Louie (comp) ~ Rhino

7. The Chords ~ Sh-Boom ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

8. The Gladiolas ~ Little Darlin’ ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

9. Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup ~ That’s All Right Mama ~ Mean Ole Frisco ~ Charly

10. Big Joe Turner ~ Shake Rattle & Roll ~ Greatest Hits ~ WEA

11. Tiny Bradshaw ~ Train Kept Rollin’ ~ Walk That Mess ~ King

12. Big Mama Thornton ~ Hound Dog ~ Duke Peacock’s Greatest Hits (comp) ~ MCA

13. Shorty Long ~ Devil With The Blue Dress ~ Songs The Cramps Taught Us (comp) ~ Crypt

14. Little Willie John ~ Fever ~ Fever ~ Rhino

15. The Toys ~ Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby ~ The Dyno-Voice Records Story (comp) ~ West Side

16. The Ronettes ~ Baby I Love You ~ Phil Spector Box Set ~ ABKCO

17. Nina Simone ~ Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood ~ Best Of ~ Tomato

18. Leadbelly ~ Black Betty ~ The Essential ~ Fuel 2000

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


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY" & "SHOUT";


THE CHORDS ~ "SH-BOOM";


LEADBELLY ~ "IN THE PINES", "PICK A BALE OF COTTON", GREY GOOSE" & "TAKE THIS HAMMER";


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