The Road to rhythm & blues and rock ʹnʹ roll

Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wadhurst, England: Flapper, 1997
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Table of Contents:
  • CD 1. Hastings Street (Blind Blake and Charlie Spand)
  • Milk cow blues (Kokomo Arnold)
  • Boogie woogie stomp (Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings)
  • My daddy was a lovinʹ man (The Harlem Hamfats ; Hamfoot Ham, vocal)
  • Boogie woogie (I may be wrong) (Jimmy Rushing, vocal ; Count Basie and his Orchestra)
  • Trucking little woman (Big Bill Broonzy)
  • The blues ainʹt nothingʹ but (Georgia White)
  • Roll ʹem Pete (Big Joe Turner, vocal ; Pete Johnson, piano)
  • Baby donʹt tell on me (Jimmy Rushing, vocal ; Count Basie and his Orchestra)
  • Jumpinʹ at the Savoy (Al Cooper and his Savoy Sultans)
  • After hours (Avery Parrish, vocal ; Erskine Hawkins and his Orchestra)
  • Confessinʹ the blues (Walter Brown, vocal ; Jay McShann Trio)
  • I want a tall skinny papa (Rosetta Tharpe, vocal ; Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra)
  • Cow Cow boogie (Ella Mae Morse, vocal ; Freddie Slack and his orchestra)
  • Hey lawdy mama (June Richmond, vocal ; Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy)
  • Hurry, hurry (Savannah Churchill, vocal ; Benny Carter and his Orchestra)
  • I know how to do it (Dinah Washington, vocal ; Lionel Hampton and his Sextet featuring Arnett Cobb, saxophone)
  • The boogie rocks (Albert Ammons, piano)
  • Boogie woogie on a Saturday night (The Red Caps)
  • Groovinʹ the blues (Miss Rhapsody, vocal ; June Colesʹ Orchestra)
  • Bellvue for you (Pete Brown Quintet)
  • Somebodyʹs gotta go (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, vocal ; Cootie Williams and his Orchestra)
  • You need coachinʹ ("Hot Lips" Page and his Orchestra featuring Earl Bostic, saxophone)
  • CD 2. Strange things happening every day (Sister Rosetta Tharpe w. inst. acc. ft. Sammy Price)
  • Thatʹs the stuff you gotta watch (Ella Johnson with Buddy Johnson and his Orchestra)
  • Rock me mama (Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup w. Melvin Draper)
  • Caldonia (Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five)
  • Southpaw serenade (Freddy Slack and his Orchestra)
  • School days blues (Tiny Bradshaw and his Orchestra)
  • Honeydripper (Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers)
  • T-Bone boogie (T-Bone Walker with the Mari Young Orchestra)
  • Juice head baby (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson with Cootie Williams and his Orch.)
  • Here comes the blues (Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris w. Illinois Jacquet and his All Stars)
  • Be-Baba-Leba (Helen Humes with Bill Doggettʹs Octet)
  • Chicago breakdown (Big Maceo w. Tampa Red and Charles Saunders)
  • Bartender boogie (Jack McVea and his Orch. w. Lionel Hampton)
  • Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop (Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra)
  • Choo choo chʹboogie (Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five)
  • Wedding day blues (Cousin Joe with Pete Brownʹs Blue Blowers)
  • Boogie woogie Hannah (Cousin Pete with Pete Brownʹs Blu Blowers)
  • Jump the boogie (Luke Jones with Joe Alexanderʹs Highlanders)
  • Let the good times roll (Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five)
  • Postman blues (Dinah Washington with Tab Smithʹs Orchestra)
  • Bottoms up (Illinois Jacquet and his Orchestra)
  • Amos blues (Amos Milburn with inst. acc.)
  • Pencil broke (Lionel Hampton with his Orch. fr. Arnett Cobb)
  • Wake up old maid (Numa Lee Davis with Russell Jacquet and his Yellow Jackets)
  • Miss Brown blues (Big Joe Turner with Albert Ammons and his Rhythm Kings)