Rhythm & Blues — mostly 1950s, mostly guitar-driven.
17 songs — 48 minutes
| Artist | Song | Label & Cat # | Year | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Red | She’s Dynamite | RCA Victor 50-0123 | 1951 | April |
| Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | Little Demon | OKeh 4-7072 | 1956 | November |
| Big Maybelle | Ocean of Tears | Epic 48912 [unreleased] | 1955 | March |
| Professor Longhair | No Buts, No Maybes | Ebb 101 | 1957 | May |
| Elmore James | Can’t Stop Lovin’ | Flair 1014 | 1953 | August |
| T-Bone Walker | Plain Old Down Home Blues | Black & White 127 | 1948 | July |
| Howlin’ Wolf | I’ll Be Around | Chess 1584 | 1954 | December |
| Muddy Waters | Forty Days and Forty Nights | Chess 1620 | 1956 | April |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Little City Woman | Chess 1546 | 1953 | July |
| Betty Everett | My Love [alt version] | Cobra 5019 | 1957 | September |
| Bo Diddley | Oh Yea | Checker 914 | 1959 | January |
| Pee Wee Crayton | Do Unto Others | Imperial 5288 | 1954 | June |
| Lightnin’ Hopkins | Don’t Need No Job | Herald 456 | 1955 | June |
| Lazy Lester | I Hear You Knockin’ | Excello 2155 | 1959 | April |
| The 5 Royales | Say It | King 5082 | 1957 | October |
| James Brown | I’ll Go Crazy | Federal 12369 | 1960 | January |
| Ray Charles | Tell All the World About You | Atlantic 2010 | 1958 | December |
Notes / Credits / Personnel
- Tampa Red – “She’s Dynamite”: Odie Payne [drums]; Ransom Knowling [bass]; Johnny Jones [piano]; Tampa Red [guitar, vocal]; recorded 3/20/51, Chicago
- Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “Little Demon”: Mickey Baker [guitar]; Ernie Hayes [piano]; Sam “The Man” Taylor [t-sax]; Bud Johnson [b-sax]; Al Lucas [bass]; David “Panama” Francis [drums]
- Big Maybelle – “Ocean of Tears”: Jerome Richardson [a-sax]; Heywood Henry [b-sax]; Lloyd Trotman [bass]; Hervie Lovelle [drums]; Mickey Baker [guitar]; Ernie Hayes [piano]; Budd Johnson [t-sax]; Billy Byers [trombone]; Quincy Jones [arranger]
- Professor Longhair – “No Buts, No Maybes”: Fess [piano, vocal]; Charles Williams [drums], Frank Fields [bass], Justin Adams [guitar], Lee Allen [t-sax]; Alvin Tyler [b-sax]
- Elmore James – “Can’t Stop Lovin’”: Odie Payne [drums]; Ransom Knowling [bass]; Johnny Jones [piano]; JT Brown [t-sax]; recorded in Chicago; Joe Bihari [producer]; influence on Chuck Berry’s “Around and Around”
- T-Bone Walker – “Plain Old Down Home Blues”: Oscar Lee Bradley [drums]; Billy Hadnott [bass]; Willard McDaniel [piano]; Bumps Myers [t-sax]; Jack Trainor [trumpet]; recorded in LA, CA 12/18/47
- Howlin’ Wolf – “I’ll Be Around”: Wolf [vocals, harmonica]; Otis Spann [piano]; Jody Williams [lead guitar], Hubert Sumlin [rhythm guitar]; Willie Dixon [bass]; Earl Phillips [drums]; recorded October 1954 in Chicago
- Muddy Waters – “Forty Days, Forty Nights”: Muddy Waters [vocal, guitar]; Little Walter [harmonica; * 2nd harmonica probably James Cotton; Otis Spann [piano]; Pat Hare, Hubert Sumlin [guitar]; Willie Dixon [bass]; Fred Below [drums]; recorded 2/2/56 in Chicago
- Big Bill Broonzy – “Little City Woman”: Ernest “Big” Crawford [bass], Washboard Sam [washboard]; recorded May 1953
- Betty Everett – “My Love [alt version]”: Ike Turner’s Rhythm Kings [backing band]; written by Willie Dixon
- Bo Diddley – “Oh Yea”: Peggy Jones [guitar]; Clifton James [drums]; Otis Spann [piano]; Jerome Green [maracas]
- Pee Wee Crayton – “Do Unto Others”: Dave Bartholomew [producer, trumpet]; Cornelius Coleman [drums]; Frank Fields [bass]; Herb Hardesty [t-sax]; S. Doucette [piano]; W. Duconge [a-sax]; Cosimo Matiassa Studio; first recording of Fender Strat [unconfirmed]
- Lightnin’ Hopkins – “Don’t Need No Job”: Ben Turner [drums]; Donald Cooks [bass]; recorded April 1954 at ACA Studios, Houston
- Lazy Lester – “I Hear You Knockin’”: Warren Storm [drums]; Tony Perreau [guitar]; Emile Joseph [bass] –OR– John “Fats” Perrodin [bass]; Guitar Gable [guitar]; Clarence “Jockey” Etienne [drums]; recorded 5/28/58 in Crowley, LA
- The 5 Royales – “Say It”: Lowman Pauling [guitar]; recorded August 1957
- James Brown – “I’ll Go Crazy”: Nat Kendrick [drums]; Bobby Roach [guitar]; Sonny Thompson [piano]; Bernard Odum [bass]; James McGary [a-sax]; JC Davis [t-sax]; Baby Lloyd, Bobby Bennett, Johnny Terry [backing vocals]
- Ray Charles – “Tell All the World About You”: Marcus Belgrave, Lee Harper [trumpet]; David Newman [t-sax, a-sax]; Emmett Dennis [b-sax]; Ray Charles [piano, vocal]; Edgar Willis [bass]; Richie Goldberg [drums]; The Raelets [backing vocals]; recorded 2/20/58 in NYC
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