Rhythm & Blues — mostly ’50s, covering all the styles
17 songs — 50 minutes
| Artist | Song | Label & Cat # | Year | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lee Hooker | Let Your Daddy Ride [alt version] | Modern 20-790 | 1950 | March |
| Big Three Trio | Big Three Stomp | Columbia 30166 | 1949 | February |
| Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers | Take Off My Wig | Combo 069 | 1954 | |
| Smiley Lewis | Blue Monday | Imperial 5268 | 1954 | January |
| Fats Domino | I’m In Love Again | Imperial 5386 | 1956 | March |
| Ruth Brown | Wild Wild Young Men | Atlantic 0993 | 1953 | April |
| The Four Tops | Could It Be You | Chess 1623 | 1956 | May |
| The Kents | I Found My Girl | Argo 5299 | 1958 | May |
| The Coasters | Smokey Joe’s Cafe | Spark 122 | 1955 | August |
| The Marquees | Wyatt Earp | OKeh 4-7096 | 1957 | November |
| The Drifters | Baltimore | Atlantic 2050 | 1960 | January |
| Johnny Otis | Mambo Boogie | Savoy 777 | 1951 | March |
| Camille Howard | Within This Heart of Mine | Specialty 352 | 1950 | March |
| Chuck Berry | Drifting Heart | Chess 1626 | 1956 | May |
| Jody Williams | Lucky Lou | Argo 5274 | 1957 | August |
| Bo Diddley | Crackin’ Up | Checker 924 | 1959 | May |
| Howlin’ Wolf | Spoonful | Chess 1762 | 1960 | July |
Notes / Credits / Personnel
- John Lee Hooker – “Let Your Daddy Ride”: James Watkins [piano]; recorded 2/27/50 in Detroit at United Sound Systems Studios
- The Big Three Trio – “Big Three Stomp”: Willie Dixon [bass]; Ollie Crawford [guitar]; Leonard Caston [piano]
- Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers – “Take Off My Wig”: Johnny Moore [guitar]; Floyd Dixon [vocal, piano]; Eddie Williams [bass]
- Ruth Brown – “Wild Wild Young Men”: Connie Kay [drums]; Rector Bailey [guitar]; Van Walls [piano]; George Duvivier [bass]; Heywood Henry [b-sax]; Freddie Mitchell [t-sax]; Taft Jordan [trumpet]; recorded 4/10/53 in NYC
- The Four Tops – “Could It Be You”: Levi Stubbs, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Lawrence Payton
- The Kents – “I Found My Girl”: Dennis Duffy [first tenor]; Joe Rinando [Lead, bass]; Little Frankie LaRussa [lead, high tenor]; Tony LaMonica [second tenor, lead]; Woody Reynolds [guitar, baritone]; with Sammy Lowe’s Band; recorded 4/4/58 at Belltone Studios, Manhattan
- The Coasters – “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”: as The Robins; Mike Stoller [piano]; Barney Kessell [guitar]; Gil Bernal [t-sax]; Ralph Hamilton [bass]; Carl Gardner [lead vocal]; Leiber and Stoller [producers]
- The Marquees – “Wyatt Earp”: Reese Palmer [lead], Marvin Gaye, James Nolan, Chester Simmons
- The Drifters – “Baltimore”: Ben E. King [vocal]; Shep Shepherd [drums]; George Duvivier [bass]; George Barnes [guitar]; Phil Bodner [sax]; Ernie Hayes [piano]; Leiber and Stoller [producers]
- Johnny Otis – “Mambo Boogie”: Don Johnson [trumpet]; George Washington [trombone]; Walter Henry [a-sax]; Lorenzo Holden, James Von Streeter [t-sax]; Johnny Otis [vibes]; Devonia Williams [piano]; Pete Lewis [guitar]; Mario Delagarde [bass]; Leard Bell [drums]
- Bo Diddley – “Crackin’ Up”: Peggy Jones [guitar]; Carnations (aka The Teardrops) [backing vocals]
- Howlin’ Wolf – “Spoonful”: Howlin’ Wolf [vocal]; Otis Spann [piano]; Freddy Robinson [guitar]; Hubert Sumlin [lead guitar]; Willie Dixon [bass]; Fred Below [drums]; recorded June 1960 in Chicago, IL
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