Tuesday February 8 2022

Black History Month Special; The Original Versions Of R&R Hits;

VERA WARD HALL ~ "TROUBLE SO HARD";


BIG JOE TURNER ~ "SHAKE RATTLE & ROLL";


THE CHORDS ~ "SH-BOOM";


THE CADETS ~ "STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE";


(artist/song/album/label);

1. Vera Ward Hall ~ Trouble So Hard ~ Alan Lomax Songbook (comp) ~ Smithsonian/Folkways

2. Wynonie Harris ~ Good Rocking Tonight ~ Box Set ~ JSP

3. James "Boodle It" Wiggins ~ Keep A Knockin' ~ Paramount Records Box Set ~ JSP

4. Smiley Lewis ~ I Hear You Knockin' ~ The Best Of ~ King

5. Big Joe Turner ~ Shake Rattle & Roll ~ Greatest Hits ~ Atlantic

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

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

8. Arthur Big Boy Cruddup ~ That's Alright Mama ~ Mean Old Frisco ~ Charly

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

10. Muddy Waters ~ You Need Love ~ Box Set ~ Chess

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

12. The Cadets ~ Stranded In The Jungle ~ Rockin & Reeling ~ Crown

13. The Gladiolas ~ Little Darling ~ Doo Wop Box Set ~ Rhino

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

15. Little Willie John ~ Fever ~ Fever ~ Rhino

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

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

18. Richard Berry ~ Louie Louie ~ Yama Yama ~ Ace

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

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

21. The Valentinos ~ It's All Over Now ~ The SAR Records Box Set ~ ABKCO

22. Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford ~ Staggolee ~ Deep River Of Song (comp) ~ Smithsonian/Folkways


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";


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


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


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