100 Hot Rhythm & Blues Tunes from... The R&B Years 1951

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▶ CD 2
▼ CD 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
Grant Jones2:42
2What a Fool I Was
Percy Mayfield2:47
3Chains of Love
Big Joe Turner3:23
4I Know
Ruth Brown2:50
5Castle Rock
Johnny Hodges2:49
6Stacked Deck
Billy Wright2:54
7Tra La La
Griffin Brothers Orchestra2:13
8Eyesight to the Blind
cover recording of:
Eyesight to the Blind
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Algonquin Music Inc., Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
The Larks2:53
9't' 99 Blues
Jimmie Nelson3:07
10The Thrill Is Gone
Roy Hawkins2:50
11Will You Be Mine
The Swallows2:54
12I Have News for You
Roy Milton2:31
13I'm Crying
Memphis Slim3:11
14Boogie Woogie Choo Choo
Mabel Scott3:07
15The Glory of Love
The Five Keys3:09
16Bloodshot Eyes
vocals:
Wynonie Harris (R&B singer, known as “Mr. Blues”) (on 1951-02-27)
recording of:
Bloodshot Eyes (on 1951-02-27)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Penny
writer:
Ruth Hall
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) and Quartet Music Inc.
Wynonie Harris2:43
17Juiced
drums (drum set):
Phineas Newborn, Sr. (on 1951-07-31)
guitar:
Calvin Newborn (50s US R&B guitar player) (on 1951-07-31)
piano:
Billy Love (50s Mississippi blues/R&B pianist on Chess) (on 1951-07-31)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Walker (1950s US R&B sax player) (on 1951-07-31)
vocals:
Billy Love (50s Mississippi blues/R&B pianist on Chess) (on 1951-07-31)
Billy Love2:33
18Blow Joe, Blow
Joe Houston2:09
19Big Town
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Orrington Hall (on 1951-01-16)
bass guitar:
Clarence Mack (US bassist) (on 1951-01-16)
drums (drum set):
Calvin Shields (on 1951-01-16)
guitar:
Edgar Blanchard (on 1951-01-16)
piano:
James Robinson (1950s US R&B pianist) (on 1951-01-16)
tenor saxophone:
Red Prysock (US R&B tenor saxophonist) (on 1951-01-16)
trumpet:
Leslie Ayers (US trumpeter) (on 1951-01-16)
vocals:
Roy Brown (blues musician)
recording of:
Big Town (on 1951-01-16)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (until 1951-01-16)
Roy Brown2:55
20I've Been Lost
Little Willie Littlefield3:18
21All Night Long
Johnny Otis2:40
22Go! Go! Go!
The Treniers2:23
23T-Town Twist
Roy Milton2:50
24Smooth Sailing
bass guitar:
Arnold Fishkind (on 1951-06-26)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Blowers (on 1951-06-26)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (on 1951-06-26)
background vocals:
The Ray Charles Singers (on 1951-06-26)
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (on 1951-06-26)
instrumental cover recording of:
Smooth Sailing (Instrumental) (on 1951-06-26)
composer:
Arnett Cobb
publisher:
Wayne Music (smooth sailing - Cobb)
Ella Fitzgerald3:07
25Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse)
Rosco Gordon2:54
▶ CD 4

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ASIN:UK: B00028DOI0 [info]