From Roger Ford@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 27 00:31:43 2023
As Samp crosses from October to November 1952 here's a few of the items we might expect to see reviewed over the next few weeks :-
Archibald – Great Big Eyes
Dave Bartholomew – Who Drank My Beer While I Was In The Rear/Rest Of My Life**
Jesse Belvin – Dream Girl
Otis Blackwell – Wake Up Fool
Bobby Blue Bland – I.O.U Blues/Lovin’ Blues
Tiny Bradshaw – Soft
Bep Brown – Round House Boogie
Little Caesar – Move Me/Lyin’ Woman
The Checkers – Night’s Curtains
Little Willie Cotton – Gonna Shook It Up And Go
Margie Day – My Story
Varetta Dillard – I Cried And Cried
Fats Domino – How Long/Dreaming
Little Esther – Flesh Blood And Bones
The Five Keys – I Cried For You/Serve Another Round
The Flasher Brothers – Love Gave Me You
Earl Forest – Whoopin’ And Hollerin’/Pretty Bessie
Roscoe Gordon – Too Many Women/Wise To You Bsby
Hattie Green – Pawn Shop Blues
John Greer – I’m The Fat Man
Bill Haley w. Haley’s Comets – Real Rock Drive/Stop Beatin’ Round The Mulberry Bush (ALREADY REVIEWED)
Peppermint Harris – Hey Little Schoolgirl
Wynonie Harris -Rot Gut
The Heartbreakers – There Is Time
The Hollywood 5 Blue Jays – Cloudy And Raining
The Hollywood Four Flames – I’ll Always Be A Fool
Ivory Joe Hunter – Rockin’ Chair Boogie
Sonny Jones – Is Everything All Right?
Willie Mabon – I Don’t Know
Fat Man Matthews – Later Baby/When Boy Meets Girl
Big Maybelle – Gabbin’ Blues
Amos Milburn – Rock Rock Rock
The Orioles – You Belong To Me
Johnny Otis – Why Don’t You Believe Me
Marvin Phillips – Wine Woogie/Old Man’s Blues
Lula Reed – My Story
Todd Rhodes – Must I Cry Again (vcl LaVern Baker)
The Royal Kings – Bouncin’ The Boogie (this was Dave Bartholomew & his guys doing a spot of moonlighting)
The Swallows – Please Baby Please
The Treniers – Poon-Tang!
Billy Ward & His Dominoes – I’m Lonely/Yours Forever
Chuck Willis – Wrong Lake To Catch A Fish
Billy Wright – Goin’ Down Slow/If I Didn’t Love You
**this is how it appeared in trade papers. Copies I’ve seen all have “Little Girl Sing Ding A Ling” as the flip. “Rest Of My Life” was an alternate title for “Ain’t Gonna Do It”