1942-45: The R&B Hits

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cherry Red Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson / Cootie Williams3:05
2Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Louis Jordan2:45
3Hamp's Boogie Woogie No. 1
Lionel Hampton3:16
4Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
recording of:
Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Don Redman
publisher:
Michael H. Goldsen Inc. and Razaf Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Nat King Cole Trio2:57
5I Wonder
recording of:
I Wonder
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Gant (in 1944)
writer:
R. Laveen
Cecil Gant2:45
6Somebody's Gotta Go
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson3:16
7Mop Mop
Louis Jordan2:57
8You Can't Get That No More
Louis Jordan3:21
9S.K. Blues, Pt. 1
Joe Turner3:01
10Strange Things Happening Every Day
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:50
11Rock Me Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1944-12-15)
recording of:
Rock Me Mama
writer:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:59
12Caldonia
Louis Jordan2:43
13Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)
recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Billie Holiday3:17
14Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well
Wynonie Harris / Lucky Millinder2:58
15Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
recording of:
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
lyricist and composer:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Louis Jordan3:16
16That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch
Buddy Johnson3:08
17The Honeydripper, Pt. 1
Joe Liggins / The Honeydrippers3:05
18The Honeydripper, Pt. 2
Joe Liggins & His Orchestra3:12
19Jimmy's Blues
Count Basie & His Orchestra / Jimmy Rushing2:58
20Things Have ChangedMaceo Merriweather2:58
21Blues at Sunrise
Ivory Joe Hunter3:15
22Be - Baba - Leba
Helen Humes2:41