100 Hot Rhythm & Blues Tunes from... The R&B Years 1951

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Little Joe's Boogie
Joe Liggins2:52
2Strange Things Happening
Percy Mayfield2:50
3Telephone Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers3:15
4Little Red Rooster
Margie Day with Griffin Brothers Orchestra3:02
5Do Something for Me
The Dominoes3:03
6Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
recording of:
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles3:01
7Black Night
Charles Brown3:07
8Rock Little Daddy
Eunice Davis2:32
9Riverside Jump
Tiny Grimes3:04
10No More Love
Buddy Johnson & Ella Johnson3:04
11Elephant Rock
Charlie Singleton2:24
12Frankie Lee
Joe Liggins2:54
13Lost Love
Percy Mayfield2:56
14Mambo Boogie
Johnny Otis2:40
15The Deacon Moves In
recording of:
The Deacon Moves In
writer:
Rose Marks and Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist)
Little Esther2:46
16Rock Little Baby
Cecil Grant3:11
17Don't You Want a Man Like Me
recording of:
Don’t You Want a Man Like Me
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:21
18Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle
The Ray‐O‐Vacs2:57
19The Shot Gun Boogie
Cootie Williams2:32
20Tired of Crying
recording of:
Tired of Crying (in 1951-01)
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino)
Fats Domino52:14
21I'll Wait for You
Ruth Brown2:37
22Tear Drops From My Eyes
Louis Jordan3:01
23Looking for a Woman
Jimmy McCracklin2:37
24I Gotta Gal Who Lives Upon a Hill
Jimmy Witherspoon2:17
25Justice Blues
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown2:51
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Keep Your Hand on Your Heart
Billy Wright3:16
2All That Wine Is Gone
Big Jay McNeely2:56
3Let's Rock a While
Amos Milburn2:38
4Gee Baby
Little Esther & Mel Walker with the Johnny Otis Orchestra3:08
5Chica Boo
Lloyd Glenn2:22
6Tears, Tears, Tears
Amos Milburn2:46
7Tend to Your Business
James Waynes2:27
8Tremblin'
Wynonie Harris2:27
9Chew Tobacco Rag
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra2:33
10Sadie Green
Margie Day with Griffin Brothers Orchestra2:31
11Don't Lie to Me
recording of:
Don’t You Lie to Me (Fats Domino’s version) (in 1951-02)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino)
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker (in 1940)
version of:
Don’t You Lie to Me
Fats Domino2:19
12Wrong Woman Blues
Roy Brown3:08
13Weak Minded Blues
Louis Jordan2:29
14Rocket 88
baritone saxophone:
Jackie Brenston (on 1951-03-03)
bass guitar:
Jesse Knight (on 1951-03-03)
drums (drum set):
Willie Sims (on 1951-03-03)
guitar:
Willie Kizart (on 1951-03-03)
piano:
Ike Turner (on 1951-03-03)
tenor saxophone:
Raymond Hill (on 1951-03-03)
vocals:
Jackie Brenston (on 1951-03-03)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1991)
recording of:
Rocket “88” (on 1951-03-05)
lyricist and composer:
Jackie Brenston (until 1951-03-03)
writer:
Ike Turner
Jackie Brenston42:49
15Slippin' and Slidin'
Calvin Boze3:23
16Two Dry Bones on a Pantry Shelf
Tiny Bradshaw1:55
17Featherbed Mama
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:06
18My Baby Was Right
Smiley Lewis2:16
19One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
Stick McGhee2:40
20Sixty Minute Man
recording of:
Sixty Minute Man (on 1950-12-30)
lyricist and composer:
Rose Marks (until 1951) and Billy Ward (US r&b/soul vocalist) (until 1951)
The Dominoes3.52:30
21The Wrong Yo Yo
Piano Red2:41
22It's Later Than You Think
Roy Milton2:40
23Poppa Stoppa
Pee Wee Crayton2:39
24Don't You Know I Love You
The Clovers3:13
25I'm Waiting Just for You
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra2:37
▼ CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
Grant Jones2:42
2What a Fool I Was
Percy Mayfield2:47
3Chains of Love
Big Joe Turner3:23
4I Know
Ruth Brown2:50
5Castle Rock
Johnny Hodges2:49
6Stacked Deck
Billy Wright2:54
7Tra La La
Griffin Brothers Orchestra2:13
8Eyesight to the Blind
cover recording of:
Eyesight to the Blind (on 1951-03-27)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Algonquin Music Inc., Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
The Larks2:53
9't' 99 Blues
Jimmie Nelson3:07
10The Thrill Is Gone
Roy Hawkins2:50
11Will You Be Mine
The Swallows2:54
12I Have News for You
Roy Milton2:31
13I'm Crying
Memphis Slim3:11
14Boogie Woogie Choo Choo
Mabel Scott3:07
15The Glory of Love
The Five Keys3:09
16Bloodshot Eyes
vocals:
Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) (on 1951-02-27)
recording of:
Bloodshot Eyes (on 1951-02-27)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Penny
writer:
Ruth Hall
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) and Quartet Music Inc.
Wynonie Harris2:43
17Juiced
drums (drum set):
Phineas Newborn, Sr. (on 1951-07-31)
guitar:
Calvin Newborn (50s US R&B guitar player) (on 1951-07-31)
piano:
Billy Love (50s Mississippi blues/R&B pianist on Chess) (on 1951-07-31)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Walker (1950s US R&B sax player) (on 1951-07-31)
vocals:
Billy Love (50s Mississippi blues/R&B pianist on Chess) (on 1951-07-31)
Billy Love2:33
18Blow Joe, Blow
Joe Houston2:09
19Big Town
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Orrington Hall (on 1951-01-16)
bass guitar:
Clarence Mack (US bassist) (on 1951-01-16)
drums (drum set):
Calvin Shields (on 1951-01-16)
guitar:
Edgar Blanchard (on 1951-01-16)
piano:
James Robinson (1950s US R&B pianist) (on 1951-01-16)
tenor saxophone:
Red Prysock (US R&B tenor saxophonist) (on 1951-01-16)
trumpet:
Leslie Ayers (US trumpeter) (on 1951-01-16)
vocals:
Roy Brown (blues musician)
recording of:
Big Town (on 1951-01-16)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (until 1951-01-16)
Roy Brown2:55
20I've Been Lost
Little Willie Littlefield3:18
21All Night Long
Johnny Otis2:40
22Go! Go! Go!
The Treniers2:23
23T-Town Twist
Roy Milton2:50
24Smooth Sailing
bass guitar:
Arnold Fishkind (on 1951-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1951-06-26)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1951-06-26)
background vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (on 1951-06-26)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (on 1951-06-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
Smooth Sailing (Instrumental) (on 1951-06-26)
composer:
Arnett Cobb
publisher:
Wayne Music (smooth sailing - Cobb)
Ella Fitzgerald3:07
25Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse)
Rosco Gordon2:54
▼ CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Got Loaded
recording of:
I Got Loaded (on 1951-06-16)
lyricist and composer:
Peppermint Harris
Peppermint Harris2:30
2Money Blues
Camille Howard2:30
3Walking the Chalk Line
Tiny Bradshaw2:51
4'Man, Have I Got Troubles
Wynonie Harris3:00
5Fool Fool Fool
The Clovers2:34
6Shouldn't I Know
The Cardinals3:10
7Little Side Car
The Larks2:39
8Hey Little Girl
John Godfrey2:59
9Seven Long Days
Charles Brown3:00
10I Tried
vocals:
Chuck Willis (on 1951-06-27)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
I Tried (To Get Along with You) (on 1951-06-27)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis
Chuck Willis2:54
11Prayin' on Your Return
Percy Mayfield2:57
12Cold Cold Heart
cover recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-02-16)
Dinah Washington3:21
13Flamingo
cover recording of:
Flamingo (on 1951-01-10)
lyricist:
Edmund Anderson
composer:
Ted Grouya
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Grouya Publishing Int.
Earl Bostic2:41
14Welcome Blues
T‐Bone Walker2:26
15Because of You
engineer:
Bill Putnam
producer:
Leonard Allen
bass:
Wilfred Middlebrooks (jazz bassist) (from 1951-08-28 until 1952-02-26)
membranophone:
Walter Johnson (drums) (from 1951-08-28 until 1952-02-26)
saxophone:
Tab Smith (from 1951-08-28 until 1952-02-26)
recorded at:
Universal Recording (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1951-08-28 until 1952-02-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
Because of You (from 1951-08-28 until 1952-02-26)
writer:
Arthur Hammerstein and Dudley Wilkinson
publisher:
Julian Stearns Arena Music, Inc
Tab Smith3:13
16Best Wishes
Roy Milton2:43
17Bar Room Blues
baritone saxophone:
Leroy Rankins (New Orleans tenor saxophonist) (on 1950-06-22)
bass guitar:
Ike Isaacs (bassist) (on 1950-06-22)
drums (drum set):
George Jenkins (Swing/Jazz drummer and band leader) (on 1950-06-22) and Emmett 'Nab' Shields (on 1950-06-22)
guitar:
Edgar Blanchard (on 1950-06-22)
piano:
Edward Santineo (on 1950-06-22)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Fontenette (on 1950-06-22)
trumpet:
Wilbur Harden (on 1950-06-22)
vocals:
Roy Brown (blues musician)
recording of:
Bar Room Blues (on 1950-06-22)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (until 1950-06-22)
Roy Brown3:04
18Let's Jump Tonight
vocals:
Chuck Willis (on 1951-01-26)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
Let's Jump Tonight (on 1951-01-26)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis
Chuck Willis2:16
19Shine On
Ruth Brown2:53
20Weepin' & Cryin'
Griffin Brothers Orchestra3:19
21The Chill Is On
Big Joe Turner2:46
22When It Rain, It Pours
Pee Wee Crayton3:02
23Hey Good Lookin'
Piano Red2:17
24Rockin' Chair
recording of:
Rockin' Chair (Fats Domino 1951 song) (in 1951-02)
writer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino) and Al Young (US songwriter & arranger)
Fats Domino2:25
25Three O'Clock Blues
recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
B.B. King3:02

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ASIN:UK: B00028DOI0 [info]