100 Hot Rhythm & Blues Tunes from... The R&B Years 1949

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Homecoming Blues
Jimmy Liggins2:32
2Walkin' Around
Paul Williams2:47
3Mourning Blues
Piney Brown2:31
4Hot Biscuits
Jay McShann2:31
5Beggin' Woman
Cousin Joe2:54
6Rainy Weather Blues
Roy Brown2:19
7I Feel Like Crying
Andrew Tibbs2:56
8The Deacon's Hop
Big Jay McNeely2:48
9I Don't Dig It
Joe Turner2:15
10Weasel Walk
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1948-12-22)
baritone saxophone:
Bill McLemore (Saxophonist) (on 1948-12-22)
bass:
Percy Heath (on 1948-12-22)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1948-12-22)
piano:
Elmo Hope (on 1948-12-22)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Griffin (on 1948-12-22)
trombone:
Matthew Gee (jazz trombonist) (on 1948-12-22)
trumpet:
Joe Morris (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1948-12-22)
Joe Morris2:49
11I Don't Care Who Knows
Buddy & Ella Johnson3:23
12The Hucklebuck
Paul Williams3:06
13I Feel That Old Age Coming On
alto saxophone:
William “Cat” Anderson (on 1948-12-19) and Frank Culley (on 1948-12-19)
double bass:
Jimmy Butts (on 1948-12-19)
drums (drum set):
Connie Kay (on 1948-12-19)
tenor saxophone:
Hal Singer (on 1948-12-19)
vocals:
Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) (on 1948-12-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Proper Records Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
Wynonie Harris2:48
14Fat Meat 'n' Greens
double bass:
Curtis Counce (in 1948)
piano:
Edgar Hayes (in 1948)
recording of:
Fat Meat and Greens (in 1948)
composer:
Jimmy Blythe (United States jazz/blues pianist)
Edgar Hayes2:28
15Ain't Nobody's Business Pt. 1
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Jimmy Witherspoon song)
lyricist:
Jimmy Witherspoon
composer:
Richard Henry Grisham and Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon2:56
16Ain't Nobody's Business Pt. 2
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Jimmy Witherspoon song)
lyricist:
Jimmy Witherspoon
composer:
Richard Henry Grisham and Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon3:09
17Bongo Blues
Dee Williams2:41
18I Didn't Like It the First Time
Julia Lee2:59
19King Porter Special
King Porter2:16
20Blip Boogie
Earl Bostic2:57
21Rockin' at Midnight
piano:
Leroy ‘Batman’ Rankins (New Orleans tenor saxophonist) (in 1949-01)
vocals:
Roy Brown (blues musician)
performer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1949-01)
recording of:
Rockin' at Midnight (in 1949-01)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (until 1949-01)
Roy Brown52:43
22Empty Bedroom Blues
Saunders King3:07
23Just Give Me a Man
Mabel Scott2:57
24T-Bone Shuffle
T‐Bone Walker3:00
2547th Street Jive
June Richmond & Andy Kirk Orch.3:16
26Beef Stew
Hal Singer2:33
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Feel So Good
Chicago Davis2:45
2Blue Dreams
Sonny Thompson2:40
3State Street Boogie
Don Johnson2:35
4Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Do
Stick McGhee3:14
5D'natural Blues
Lucky Millinder3:10
6I'm a Good Man But a Poor Man
Cecil Gant2:27
7The Hucklebuck
Roy Milton2:21
8Hucklebuck Daddy
Jimmy Preston2:44
9Hold Me Baby
Amos Milburn2:50
10Tell Me So
The Orioles3:15
11Trouble Blues
piano:
Charles Brown (blues musician) (in 1949-01)
Charles Brown2:22
12Midnight in the Barrel House
Pete Lewis & Johnny Otis Orch.3:06
13Sarah! Sarah!
King Perry2:16
14Pot Likker
Todd Rhodes2:41
15B&O Blues
Joe Turner2:55
16Red Hot Blues
T.J. Fowler2:31
17Saturday Night
Kansas City Jimmy2:49
18Cole Slaw
Frank Culley3:07
19Red Hot
Five Scamps2:52
20Rock and Roll
Wild Bill Moore2:50
21Taken Me Back, Baby
Jimmy Witherspoon2:44
22Sunday Mornin' Blues
double bass:
Curtis Counce (in 1948)
piano:
Edgar Hayes (in 1948)
Edgar Hayes2:46
23Junior Jumps
Roy Milton2:25
24Delinquency Blues
Max Bailey3:21
25Call's Jump
Bob Call2:49
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hot Dog
Chris Powell2:35
2In the Middle of the Night
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1949-02-28)
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (US jazz/R&B bassist) (on 1949-02-28)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (on 1949-02-28)
guitar:
Gene Phillips (US jump blues guitarist & singer) (on 1949-02-28)
piano:
Amos Milburn (on 1949-02-28)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B") (on 1949-02-28)
vocals:
Amos Milburn (on 1949-02-28)
Amos Milburn2:41
3Baby, It's Cold Outside
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-04-28)
alto saxophone and alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-04-28)
double bass:
Billy Hadnott (on 1949-04-28)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morris (1940-50s jazz drummer) (on 1949-04-28)
electric guitar:
James Jackson (jazz/jump blues guitarist) (on 1949-04-28)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1949-04-28)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-04-28) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-04-28)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1949-04-28), Bob Mitchell (1940s–50s jazz trumpeter) (on 1949-04-28) and Harold Mitchell (on 1949-04-28)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1949-04-28) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-04-28)
recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Neptune’s Daughter) (in 1948)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 22)
cover recording of:
Baby, It’s Cold Outside (Neptune’s Daughter) (on 1949-04-28)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL UK Publishing, Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM)
part of:
Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 22)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan2:43
4Ricky's Blues
The Ravens2:30
5Every Man to His Own Profession
recording of:
Every Man to His Own Profession
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and William J. Tennyson, Jr.
Louis Jordan3:18
6That'll Get It
Floyd Dixon2:46
7Baby Get Lost
orchestra:
Teddy Stewart Orchestra
recording of:
Baby Get Lost
writer:
Leonard Feather and Billy Moore, Jr. (40s American jazz pianist/arranger/composer)
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
Dinah Washington2:53
8Beans and Corn Bread
recording of:
Beans and Corn Bread
writer:
Fred B. Clark (wrote "Beans and Corn Bread") and Fleecie Moore
Louis Jordan2:50
9Long John Blues
recording of:
Long John Blues
lyricist and composer:
Tommy George
Dinah Washington3:12
10It's Midnight (No Place to Go)
Little Willie Littlefield2:56
11Mr. Fool
Dave Bartholomew2:56
12Cross Bones
baritone saxophone:
Maurice Simon (US saxophonist) (on 1949-03-18)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (1930s-50s blues bassist) (on 1949-03-18)
drums (drum set):
Chico Hamilton (on 1949-03-18)
piano:
Gerald Wiggins (on 1949-03-18)
tenor saxophone:
Herbert "Bumps" Meyers (on 1949-03-18)
trombone:
Henry Coker (on 1949-03-18)
trumpet:
John Anderson (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1949-03-18), Russell Jacquet (on 1949-03-18) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1949-03-18)
Russell Jacquet2:46
13Hypin' Woman Blues
bass:
Billy Hadnott
electric guitar:
T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910-1975)
instruments:
Oscar Lee Bradley, Sr. (jazz drummer, active 40s-60s)
piano:
Willard McDaniel
tenor saxophone:
“Bumps” Myers
trumpet:
Teddy Buckner (US dixieland jazz trumpeter)
performer:
T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910-1975)
T‐Bone Walker2:48
14Hoy Hoy
Goree Carter2:56
15All She Wants to Do Is Rock
baritone saxophone:
Bill McLemore (Saxophonist) (on 1949-04-13)
double bass:
Gene Ramey (on 1949-04-13)
drums (drum set):
Kelly Martin (US jazz drummer) (on 1949-04-13)
piano:
Elmo Hope (on 1949-04-13)
tenor saxophone:
Freddie Douglas (on 1949-04-13) and Johnny Griffin (on 1949-04-13)
trombone:
Matthew Gee (jazz trombonist) (on 1949-04-13)
trumpet:
Joe Morris (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1949-04-13)
vocals:
Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) (on 1949-04-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Proper Records Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label)
recording of:
All She Wants to Do Is Rock (on 1949-04-13)
writer:
Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) and Teddy McRae
Wynonie Harris2:38
16Doby's Boogie
Freddie Mitchell3:05
17Mardi Gras
Joe Lutcher3:24
18Roomin' House Boogie
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1949-07-13)
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (US jazz/R&B bassist) (on 1949-07-13)
drums (drum set):
Lee Young (40s-60s US jazz drummer, then producer/A&R) (on 1949-07-13)
guitar:
Chuck Norris (jazz & blues guitarist Charles Eldridge Norris) (on 1949-07-13)
piano:
Amos Milburn (on 1949-07-13)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B") (on 1949-07-13)
vocals:
Amos Milburn (on 1949-07-13)
Amos Milburn2:46
19Please Don't Go
Roy Brown2:42
20Late After Hours
Great Gates2:54
21Broken Hearted
Eddie Williams & Floyd Dixon3:10
22Happy Home Blues
Buddy Banks & Baby Davis2:31
23Empty Arms Blues
Amos Milburn2:57
24Lying Woman Blues
recorded in:
Kansas City, Missouri, United States (on 1949-04-23)
bass:
John Witt (Bassist) (on 1949-04-23)
drums (drum set):
John Mosley (Drummer) (on 1949-04-23)
guitar:
Jimmy Walker (US Jazz/Blues guitarist) (on 1949-04-23)
piano:
Willie Rice (US jazz pianist) (on 1949-04-23)
tenor saxophone:
Freddy Culliver (on 1949-04-23)
vocals:
Walter Brown (US jazz/blues singer) (on 1949-04-23)
Walter Brown2:29
25Rock the Joint
recording of:
Rock the Joint (in 1949-05)
writer:
Harry Bagby, Harry Crafton and Wendell 'Don' Keane
Jimmy Preston2:37
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