In the late forties the Harlem Hit Parade became the Billboard "R&B" charts. Joe Liggins' song "The Honeydripper" was one of the first R&B chart hits. Sister Rosetta Tharpe had a hit with "Strange Things Happening Every Day", played as one of the first the electric guitar using heavy distortion (she was an example for Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards...). Big Joe Turner was a blues shouter from Kansas known for "My Gal's A Jockey" (according to Doc Pomus "Rock And Roll would have never happened without him"). And finally there's Stick McGhee with "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee", one of the Rhythm And Blues songs that later evaluated to Rock 'N Roll songs.
Features
- 180g Vinyl
- Double LP
- Gatefold jacket
- Import
- Made in the E.U.
Selections:
LP 1
Side A:
- The Honeydripper - Joe Liggins
- Strange Things Happening Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- Caldonia - Louis Jordan
- Long 'Bout Midnight - Roy Brown
- Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
- King Size Papa - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
- Old Maid Boogie - Eddie Vinson
- So Glad You're Mine - Arthur Crudup
- I Know Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well - Bull Moose Jackson
- Good Rockin' Tonight - Wynonie Harris
Side B:
- Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Stone Cold Dead In The Market - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
- Harlem Nocturne - Johnny Otis Band
- That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch - Ella Johnson With Buddy Johnson
- I Love You, Yes I Do - Bull Moose Jackson
- Be-Baba-Leba - Helen Humes With The Bill Doggett Octet
- Drifting Blues - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
- My Gal's A Jockey - Joe Turner
- He's A Real Gone Guy - Nellie Lutcher
LP 2
Side A:
- Let's Jump Tonight - Chuck Willis
- Baby Get Lost - Dinah Washington
- Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan
- R.M. Blues - Roy Milton
- Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
- Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson
- Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn
- Fine Brown Frame - Nellie Lutcher
- Up Above My Head - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Side B:
- Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins
- It's Too Soon To Know - The Orioles
- Deacon's Hop - Big Jay McNeely
- Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere - Joe Morris (Laurie Tate, Vocal)
- I'm Just A Fool In Love - Amos Milburn
- Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee
- I Wanna Be Loved - Dinah Washington
- Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair
- So Long - Ruth Brown