Roots of Rock n’ Roll, Vol. 2: 1938–1946

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Annotation

Exactly as on covers

Annotation last modified on 2020-12-15 09:24 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: La Folie du boogie‐woogie
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Aura Lee (Love Me Tender)
recording of:
Aura Lea (on 1937-02-17)
lyricist:
W. W. Fosdick
composer:
George R. Poulton
Shelton Brothers2:42
2You Gotta Do Your Duty
Casey Bill Weldon2:46
3Roll’em Pete
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-12-30)
piano:
Pete Johnson (US Boogie-woogie pianist) (on 1938-12-30)
vocals:
Joe Turner (on 1938-12-30)
recording of:
Roll ’em Pete (on 1938-12-30)
writer:
Pete Johnson (US Boogie-woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson2:51
4Pine State Honky Tonk
Claude Casey & Pine State Playboys2:25
5Shout for Joy
recording of:
Shout for Joy (on 1939-01-01)
composer:
Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons2:24
6On the Owl Hoot Trail
recording of:
On the Owl Hoot Trail (on 1938-09-15)
lyricist and composer:
Hy Heath
Shelton Brothers2:58
7Baby Look at You
lead vocals:
Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson3:03
8Mississippi Muddle
Radio Cow Boys2:28
9Joe Turner Blues
Adolph Hofner2:46
10Pipeliner’s Blues
Moon Mullican2:55
11Blueberry Hill
recording of:
Blueberry Hill (on 1940-08-20)
lyricist:
Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Larry Stock
composer:
Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Larry Stock Music Co., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Sovereign Music Company and Victoria Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
part of:
12 Monkeys Soundtrack
Gene Autry2:40
12Rocking Chair Blues
Big Bill Bronzy2:50
13Come On Back
Washboard Sam2:42
14You Nearly Lose Your Mind
Ernest Tubb2:49
15Tell Me Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-07-30)
bass:
Alfred Elkins (on 1942-07-30)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1942-07-30)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1942-07-30)
lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1942-07-30)
Jazz Gillum3:12
16Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1944-05-26)
alto saxophone:
Preston Love (on 1944-05-26) and Bill Swindell (on 1944-05-26)
baritone saxophone:
Ernest Leavy (on 1944-05-26)
double bass:
Al McKibbon (on 1944-05-26)
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (US swing jazz drummer) (on 1944-05-26)
guitar:
Lawrence Lucie (on 1944-05-26)
piano:
Ellis Larkins (on 1944-05-26)
tenor saxophone:
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (jazz saxophonist) (on 1944-05-26), Lucky Thompson (on 1944-05-26) and Elmer Williams (on 1944-05-26)
trombone:
Alfred Cobbs (on 1944-05-26), Joe Britton (trombonist) (on 1944-05-26) and Gene Simon (trombonist) (on 1944-05-26)
trumpet:
Joe Jordan (ragtime/jazz musician/composer) (on 1944-05-26), Leroy Elton Hill (on 1944-05-26), Curtis Murphy (on 1944-05-26) and Freddie Webster (on 1944-05-26)
vocals:
Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) (on 1944-05-26)
conductor:
Lucky Millinder (on 1944-05-26)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Proper Records Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
recording of:
Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well (on 1944-05-26)
writer:
John Brooks, Eddie DeLange and Lucky Millinder
publisher:
Arnel Music Corp. (ended), Fort Knox Music Inc., Music Sales Corp (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Scarsdale Music Corp. (ASCAP), Trio Music Co., Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Wynonie Harris3:01
17Caldonia Boogie
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
bass:
Al Morgan (jazz double-bassist) (on 1945-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Alex 'Razz' Mitchell (1940s jazz drummer) (on 1945-01-19)
piano:
William Austin (1940s jazz pianist) (on 1945-01-19)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Simon (jazz sax) (on 1945-01-19)
trumpet:
Idrees Sulieman (on 1945-01-19)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
recording of:
Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard?) (on 1945-01-19)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Fleecie Moore
writer:
Fleecie Moore
publisher:
Chappell Morris Ltd., Cherio Corp. and Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) (on 1945-04-16)
Louis Jordan2:43
18Roly Poly
recording of:
Roly Poly (on 1945-01-26)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1946-04-11)
Bob Wills2:38
▼ CD 2: Vers le rock n’ roll
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rocky Road Blues
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (country singer and accordionist) (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (US banjo player Dave Akeman) (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Tex Willis (country/bluegrass guitarist) (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Rocky Road Blues (on 1945-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe2:37
2Two Timin’ Blues
Clyde Moody2:49
3T‐Bone Boogie
T‐Bone Walker3:05
4Let’s Have a Ball
Champion Jack Dupree2:26
5Guitar Boogie
Arthur Smith3:23
6Milton’s Boogie
Roy Milton2:51
7Hillbilly Boogie
double bass:
Roy Starkey (Country singer and bassist) (in 1946-01)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-01)
tenor guitar and lead vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-01)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-01)
recording of:
Hillbilly Boogie (in 1946-01)
writer:
Rabon Delmore
Delmore Brothers2:46
8Mandolin Boogie
Armstrong Twins3:01
9Steel Guitar Stomp
Hank Penny2:52
10Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1946-01-23)
alto saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1946-01-23)
claves:
Vic Lourie (on 1946-01-23)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1946-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Eddie Byrd (US drummer) (on 1946-01-23)
electric guitar:
Carl Hogan (on 1946-01-23)
maracas:
Harry Dial (on 1946-01-23)
piano:
Wild Bill Davis (on 1946-01-23)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1946-01-23)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1946-01-23)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1946-01-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1946)
recording of:
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie (on 1946-01-23)
writer:
Denver Darling, Milt Gabler and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Rytvoc (ASCAP) and Warner/Chappell
Louis Jordan52:46
11Boogie‐Woogie Baby
guitar:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-09)
tenor guitar and lead vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-09)
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-09)
recording of:
Boogie Woogie Baby (in 1946-09)
writer:
Bob Nobar and Jim Scott
Delmore Brothers2:48
12Cincinnati Lou
recording of:
Cincinnati Lou
composer:
Shug Fisher and Merle Travis
Merle Travis2:38
13Oklahoma Stomp
fiddle:
Spade Cooley
Spade Cooley2:53
14I Got Texas in My Soul
recording of:
Texas in My Soul (on 1946-08-03)
writer:
Ernest Tubb and Zeb Turner
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Tex Williams2:59
15Three‐Way Boogie
Spade Cooley2:42
16That’s All Right
Arthur Crudup52:55
17Down the Road Apiece
cover recording of:
Down the Road Apiece
lyricist and composer:
Don Raye
publisher:
Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Amos Milburn3:01
18Everything’s Moving Too Fast
vocals:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist) (on 1946-11-22)
orchestra:
Dave Barbour and His Orchestra
recording of:
Everything’s Movin’ Too Fast (in 1946)
lyricist:
Peggy Lee (jazz vocalist)
composer:
Dave Barbour
Peggy Lee3:00