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

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1Page Boy Shuffle
Joe Thomas2:40
2Mistreatin' Baby
Roy Hawkins2:44
3In the Evening
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-11-20)
alto saxophone:
Frank Sleet (on 1947-11-20)
bass:
Benny Booker (on 1947-11-20)
drums (drum set):
Pete McShann (on 1947-11-20)
guitar:
Louis Speigner (40s jazz guitarist) (on 1947-11-20)
piano:
Jay McShann (on 1947-11-20)
tenor saxophone:
Charlie Thomas (saxophone) (on 1947-11-20)
trumpet:
Forrest Powell (on 1947-11-20)
vocals:
Jimmy Witherspoon (on 1947-11-20)
orchestra:
Jay McShann & His Orchestra (on 1947-11-20)
Jimmy Witherspoon3:00
4Numbers Boogie
Sugar Chile Robinson2:28
5Walkin' Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers & Billy Valentine2:56
6Saturday Night Fish Fry
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-08-09)
alto saxophone and alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-08-09)
double bass:
Billy Hadnott (on 1949-08-09)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morris (1940-50s jazz drummer) (on 1949-08-09)
electric guitar:
James Jackson (jazz/jump blues guitarist) (on 1949-08-09)
piano:
Bill Doggett (on 1949-08-09)
tenor saxophone:
Josh Jackson (tenor saxophone player) (on 1949-08-09) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-08-09)
trumpet:
Aaron Izenhall (on 1949-08-09), Bob Mitchell (1940s–50s jazz trumpeter) (on 1949-08-09) and Harold Mitchell (on 1949-08-09)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1949-08-09)
recording of:
Saturday Night Fish Fry (on 1949-08-09)
writer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and Ellis Walsh
publisher:
Cherio Corp. and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
Louis Jordan5:24
7Blues for My Baby
Billy Wright3:13
8Landlord Blues
Ivory Joe Hunter2:51
9Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me?
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1949-09-15)
alto saxophone:
Eugene Adams (US saxophonist) (on 1949-09-15) and Snooky Hulbert (US saxophonist) (on 1949-09-15)
bass:
Johnny Allen (US jazz bassist) (on 1994-09-15)
drums (drum set):
Les Erskine (on 1949-09-15)
piano:
Irving Greene (US pianist) (on 1949-09-15)
tenor saxophone:
Harold Clark (US jazz saxophonist) (on 1949-09-15) and Bull Moose Jackson (on 1949-09-15)
trumpet:
Money Johnson (on 1949-09-15)
vocals:
Bull Moose Jackson (on 1949-09-15)
Bull Moose Jackson3:00
10Rockin' Blues
Ruth Brown2:50
11Ja-Hoosey Baby
Marion Abernathy2:41
12Memphis Hop
Bumps Myers2:24
13For You My Love
Larry Darnell2:38
14My Time Is Explosive
Clarence Gatemouth Brown2:45
15Nobody Loves Me
Memphis Slim2:33
16Boogie at Midnight
bass guitar:
Tommy Shelvin (US bassist) (on 1949-09-20)
drums (drum set):
Frank Parker (1950s US R&B drummer) (on 1949-09-20)
guitar:
Louis Sargent (on 1949-09-20)
piano:
Edward Santineo (on 1949-09-20)
tenor saxophone:
Johnny Fontenette (on 1949-09-20)
trumpet:
Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer) (on 1949-09-20)
vocals:
Roy Brown (blues musician)
recording of:
Boogie at Midnight
writer:
Roy Brown (blues musician) (until 1949-09-20) and Henry Bernard (until 1949-09-20)
Roy Brown2:53
17Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red
Eddie Vinson2:42
18Mountain Oysters
Eddie Davis2:40
19Drinkin' Beer
J.B. Summers2:51
20How Long Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Ray Charles32:35
21Homesick Blues
piano:
Charles Brown (blues musician) (on 1948-11-10)
Charles Brown3:14
22Kind Loving Daddy
Eddie Mack2:35
23Thursday Night Blues
Johnny Otis2:36
24Bounce Pee Wee
Pee Wee Crayton2:49
25Big Fine Gal
Jimmy Witherspoon2:30