10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1951

Note : I have purposely chosen records that were NOT covered in Samp’s reviews

CALVIN BOZE - BEAL STREET ON A SATURDAY NIGHT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYoPVo9jXw

One of the more important artists of the era that the still-absent Samp
missed out entirely in his reviews was the Aladdin label star Calvin
Boze.

Even his really well known stuff like “Safronia B” got missed as did
things like his version of “Looped” (and of course Tommy Ridgley’s even better version of that one was missed out too)

Which brings us to one of my favorites by Calvin from 1951 which also
never made those reviews. I’m
talking about his ode to one of the most famous streets in Memphis
(yes,even more so than Union Ave with
most folk I think) and that’s the world famed street in the title above

(Yep I know from standing on that actual street that there’s an “e” on the end of “Beal”---but its spelt that way on the record)

One of the best things he ever did its been a favorite of mine ever
since I first heard it

Here’s what Billboard had to say about it in their February 24 1951
(yours truly’s FIFTH birthday BTW!!) issue.And their spelling isn’t too shabby either 😊

CALVIN BOZE Beale Street On A Saturday Night ALADDIN 3079—
Colorful novelty in the groove of “Saturday Night Fish Fry” “gets a sparkling talk-sing job a la Louis Jordan.Good material, good
performance

MILTON BUCKNER & HIS BEALE STREET GANG - RED RED WINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBrmq9Xdx0

Now here the street spelling is right on!

Jazz pianist Milt Buckner slums it up with “His Beale Street Gang” with
the house party crowd in his sights on a pretty raucous (but pretty
catchy) “Red Red Wine”

Recorded in New York City April 5 1951 and released on Savoy Records
with Milt Buckner leading on
piano and handling the vocals the “Beale Street Gang” comprise Tyree
Glenn (trombone) Harold Clark
(tenor sax) Reuben Phillips (baritone sax) Aaron Bell (bass) and Tim
Kennedy (drums)

THE FOUR DOTS - YOU WON'T LET ME GO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D3XlGOpwQM

The Four Dots comprising George Harris (lead),Rudolph Harris (tenor)
Lawrence “Lucky” Green (baritone)
and George Davis Jr (bass) all hailing from Washington DC cut “You Won’t Let Me Go” in 1951 which
rather aptly ended up in the hands of Randy Wood in Gallatin,Tennessee
who issued it (backed with the
equally good ballad “My Dear”) on his then fledgling Dot label.

Instrumental backing comes from the famous Griffin Brothers
group,mainstays of the Dot label at this time

LITTLE EDDIE - MY BABY LEFT ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_bAFOMnVk

This “Little Eddie” is the New Orleans blues singer Eddie Lang(ois) born
on 15 January in New Orleans
and who passed away 10 March 1985 in Slidell,La and not to be confused
with the Chicago blues singer
also of that name.

In a long career (stretching into the 70’s Motown ruled soul years)
Eddie recorded for many labels but here —on his record debut he recorded “My Baby Left Me” (again not to be confused with the famous Crudup
/Presley number of that title) for Jim Bulleit in Nashville appearing on
his famous Bullet label

TILLMAN FRANKS - HOT ROD SHOTGUN BOOGIE NO. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeiTmJq-gPQ

I’m indebted to Bruce for turning me on to this really good exercise in country bop that sees the recording debut of one Faron Young here
fronting Tillman Franks and His Rainbow Boys (Faron Young
[gt/vcl],Calvin Tirbyville, Mal Irby, Floyd Cramer, Tommy Bishop, Ralph
Mayo)

Recorded 10 October 1951 KWKH Radio Station Studio,Shreveport,La. and
released on the Gotham label
of Philadelphia,

IRLTON FRENCH - MY RUNAROUND BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzSChUpook0

IIRC this is another one I picked up via Bruce

On the Okeh label here’s Mr Irlton French on a decent little number that sounds like it was meant to be on the song list for a Joe Turner
session. Song penned by noted bass guitarist John “Shifty” Henry who
also penned Amos Milburn’s “Let Me Go Home Whiskey”

This was a last minute addition to the 1951 Singles Battle as thus :-

R1

17 Irlton French - My Runaround Baby - Okeh 6816
3 Eddie Fisher - Bring Back The Thrill - RCA 47-4016

R2

8 Irlton French - My Runaround Baby - Okeh 6816
6 Smokey Hogg - Penitentiary Blues - Recorded In Hollywood 170

R3

15 The Mello Moods - Where Are You (Now That I Need You) - Robin 105
4 Irlton French - My Runaround Baby - Okeh 6816

SMILEY LEWIS - SAD LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRhhMy6yps

Solid jumper from Smiley that appears to come from the same session in
1951 that produced “Bee’s Boogie”,
”Don’t Jive Me” and “My Baby Was Right”

That being so then the personnel here are Smiley Lewis (vocal, guitar)
and almost certainly Dave Bartholomew (trumpet); Joe Harris (alto
saxophone); Clarence Hall and/or Lee Allen (tenor saxophone) Waldren
"Frog" Joseph (trombone); Isidore "Tuts" Washington (piano); Ernest
McLean (guitar); Frank Fields (bass) and Earl Palmer (drums).

For some unknown reason Imperial decided to release this one on their
short lived Colony subsidiary label
that was operational at the time---making sure of big success by giving
it practically zero publicity and certainly giving future discographers,researchers and humble fans a huge headache with dating
details etc

WILLIE LOVE & THE THREE ACES- TAKE IT EASY BABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHr8CSnrGQs

Strident blues rocker on Lillian McMurry’s famous Trumpet label of
Jackson, Mississippi.

The record debut of Love born in Lambert,Mississippi 1911 (deceased in
1957)

Personnel : Willie Love vcl/pno with Joe Willie Wilkins (gtr) plus
bs,dms

MUMBLES - JUMPIN' BLUES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433LTNnMs98

“Mumbles” alias bluesman Walter Horton recorded his urgent blues
harmonica soaked rocker “Jumpin’
Blues” at 706 Union Ave Memphis Tennessee circa June 1951. The session
was supervised by Sam
Phillips

Session personnel are Walter Horton (vcl/hca) Calvin Newborn (gtr)
Willie Nix (dms) Billy Love (pno)

Tapes were sent to Modern Records on the West Coast who released the performance as the “B” side of
RPM 338

THE SOUL STIRRERS - PEACE IN THE VALLEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJD46mEwoU

One of the greatest of gospel groups and featuring a young Sam Cooke
here come up with one of the best
ever readings of the popular spiritual and also one of the earliest.

I make it that only the Flying Clouds Of Detroit (the original) in
1947,The Paramount Singers in 1948,The
Jordanaires in 1950 and The Statesmen Quartet earlier in 1951 had the
song out on record earlier.

The Stirrers beat Red Foley to the song by a month (and of course beat
Elvis by some six years! 😊 )

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On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 10:45:15 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (roger)
wrote:

10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1951

Billboard "Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" Jan 1951 to Feb
1952 inclusive:

by Artist - Song (followed by Song - Artist)
------------------
Amos Milburn - Thinkin' And Drinkin'
Arthur Prysock - I Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
B.B. King - Story From My Heart And Soul
B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues
B.B. King - You Know I Love You
Cardinals - Wheel Of Fortune
Charles Brown - Hard Times
Chuck Willis - My Story
Clovers - Hey,Mrs.Fannie
Clovers - I Played The Fool
Clovers - Middle Of The Night
Clovers - Ting A - Ling
Dinah Washington - Cold,Cold Heart
Dinah Washington - New Blowtop Blues
Dinah Washington - Trouble In Mind
Dinah Washington - Wheel Of Fortune
Dominoes - Have Mercy,Baby
Dominoes - That's What You're Doing To To Me
Earl Bostic - Flamingo
Earl Bostic - Sleep
Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
Edna Mcgriff - Heavenly Father
Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Fats Domino - Goin' Home
Fats Domino - How Long?
Floyd Dixon - Call Operator 210
Four Blazers - Mary Jo
Griffen Brothers - Weeping And Crying
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Illinois Jacquet - Port Of Rico
J Forrest - Hey Mrs.Jones
Jimmie Lee & Artis - My Heart's Desire
Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
Jimmy Witherspoon - Wind Is Blowing
Joe Turner - Sweet Sixteen
John Greer - Got You On My Mind
John Lee Hooker - I'm In The Mood
Johnnie Ray - Cry
Johnny Ace - My Song
Johnny Otis & Mel Walker - Sunset To Dawn
King Pleasure - Moody Mood For Love
Little Caesar - Goodbye,Baby
Little Esther - Ring - A Ding Doo
Little Walter - Juke
Little Walter - Sad Hours
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Lloyd Price - Oooh,Oooh,Oooh
Lloyd Price - Restless Night
Marie Adams - I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tunes
Mellow Moods - Where Are You?
Muddy Waters - She Moves Me
Orioles - Baby,Please Don't Go
Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded
Percy Mayfield - Big Question
Percy Mayfield - Cry Baby
Ravens - Rock Me All Night Long
Ray Charles - Kiss Me Baby
Roscoe Gordon - Booted
Roscoe Gordon - No More Doggin'
Roy Milton - Best Wishes
Roy Milton - Night And Day
Roy Milton - So Tired
Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours
Ruth Brown - Daddy,Daddy
Shirley & Lee - I'm Gone
Smiley Lewis - Bells Are Ringing
Sonny Thompson - I'll Drown In My Tears
Sonny Thompson - Let's Call It A Day
Sonny Thompson - Mellow Moods (Parts I & Ii)
Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox - Wheel Of Fortune
Swallows - Beside You
Tab Smith - Because Of You
The Clovers - Fool,Fool,Fool
The Clovers - One Mint Julep
Varetta Dillard - Easy,Easy Baby
Willie Mabon - I Don't Know
Wini Brown - Be Anything (But Be Mine)
Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine

by Song - Artist
------------------
5-10-15 Hours - Ruth Brown
Baby,Please Don't Go - Orioles
Be Anything (But Be Mine) - Wini Brown
Because Of You - Tab Smith
Bells Are Ringing - Smiley Lewis
Beside You - Swallows
Best Wishes - Roy Milton
Big Question - Percy Mayfield
Booted - Roscoe Gordon
Call Operator 210 - Floyd Dixon
Cold,Cold Heart - Dinah Washington
Cry Baby - Percy Mayfield
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Daddy,Daddy - Ruth Brown
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Easy,Easy Baby - Varetta Dillard
Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd
Flamingo - Earl Bostic
Fool,Fool,Fool - The Clovers
Goin' Home - Fats Domino
Goodbye,Baby - Little Caesar
Got You On My Mind - John Greer
Hard Times - Charles Brown
Have Mercy,Baby - Dominoes
Heavenly Father - Edna Mcgriff
Hey Mrs.Jones - J Forrest
Hey,Mrs.Fannie - Clovers
How Long? - Fats Domino
How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf
I Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night - Arthur Prysock
I Don't Know - Willie Mabon
I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris
I Played The Fool - Clovers
I'll Drown In My Tears - Sonny Thompson
I'm Gone - Shirley & Lee
I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tunes - Marie Adams
I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker
Juke - Little Walter
Kiss Me Baby - Ray Charles
Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price
Let's Call It A Day - Sonny Thompson
Lovin' Machine - Wynonie Harris
Mary Jo - Four Blazers
Mellow Moods (Parts I & Ii) - Sonny Thompson
Middle Of The Night - Clovers
Moody Mood For Love - King Pleasure
My Heart's Desire - Jimmie Lee & Artis
My Song - Johnny Ace
My Story - Chuck Willis
New Blowtop Blues - Dinah Washington
Night And Day - Roy Milton
Night Train - Jimmy Forrest
No More Doggin' - Roscoe Gordon
One Mint Julep - The Clovers
Oooh,Oooh,Oooh - Lloyd Price
Port Of Rico - Illinois Jacquet
Restless Night - Lloyd Price
Ring - A Ding Doo - Little Esther
Rock Me All Night Long - Ravens
Sad Hours - Little Walter
She Moves Me - Muddy Waters
Sleep - Earl Bostic
Smooth Sailing - Ella Fitzgerald
So Tired - Roy Milton
Story From My Heart And Soul - B.B. King
Sunset To Dawn - Johnny Otis & Mel Walker
Sweet Sixteen - Joe Turner
That's What You're Doing To To Me - Dominoes
Thinkin' And Drinkin' - Amos Milburn
Three O'clock Blues - B.B. King
Ting A - Ling - Clovers
Trouble In Mind - Dinah Washington
Weeping And Crying - Griffen Brothers
Wheel Of Fortune - Cardinals
Wheel Of Fortune - Dinah Washington
Wheel Of Fortune - Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox
Where Are You? - Mellow Moods
Wind Is Blowing - Jimmy Witherspoon
You Know I Love You - B.B. King

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roger wrote:

10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1951

Note : I have purposely chosen records that were NOT covered in Samp’s reviews

CALVIN BOZE - BEAL STREET ON A SATURDAY NIGHT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYoPVo9jXw

I first heard this on the trip Diane and I took to Memphis. They played
it at the R&B museum down there and had a big picture of the 78 label
where I noted the misspelling of Beale. This would have been over 20
years ago now I think. A solid 8 and #63 for me for the year.

One of the more important artists of the era that the still-absent Samp missed out entirely in his reviews was the Aladdin label star Calvin
Boze.

Samp must have decoded that Boze was part of the pre-rock R&B acts that
he doesn't cover, like Jordan, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Milton and
Liggins.

MILTON BUCKNER & HIS BEALE STREET GANG - RED RED WINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBrmq9Xdx0

This one I've known since like 1975 as I found one VG copy in the Savoy basement and thought it was great. A high 8 and #49 on my 1951 list.

THE FOUR DOTS - YOU WON'T LET ME GO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D3XlGOpwQM

Good ballad with a strong bass singer, a 6.

LITTLE EDDIE - MY BABY LEFT ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_bAFOMnVk

Good rocker, a high 6 here. I have it as Little Eddie Lang, but I gather
the label just says Little Eddie.

TILLMAN FRANKS - HOT ROD SHOTGUN BOOGIE NO. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeiTmJq-gPQ

An 8 that scores at #87 on my list for the year. How does something like
this end up on Gotham????

IRLTON FRENCH - MY RUNAROUND BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzSChUpook0

A 7 here and #126 for the year on my list. French sounds like a pretty
good Joe Turner immitator.

IIRC this is another one I picked up via Bruce

Yes, we certainly have fed off of each other here for a long time.

SMILEY LEWIS - SAD LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRhhMy6yps

Feels weird to consider an artist this great as obscure, but this one
certainly qualifies as it doesn't seem to have done anything at the
time. The only SLIGHT problem here is that it's 1952 according to the
box set. Recorded in April 1951, but released on the Colony label and of
course never reviewed. No way to really figure out release dates on
Colony, but the box set says 1952.

WILLIE LOVE & THE THREE ACES- TAKE IT EASY BABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHr8CSnrGQs

It's a little disorganized, but still a 6.

MUMBLES - JUMPIN' BLUES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433LTNnMs98

When I saw this one here I thought I did not know it or have it, but I
did have it. It's only a 5 which explains why I had forgotten about it.

THE SOUL STIRRERS - PEACE IN THE VALLEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJD46mEwoU

This one I do not have although I do know it. Doesn't do much for me, a
4.

I'll get to mine later, have lots to do today with orders and listing
more reggae items.

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Bruce wrote:

roger wrote:

10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1951

Note : I have purposely chosen records that were NOT covered in Samp’s
reviews

CALVIN BOZE - BEAL STREET ON A SATURDAY NIGHT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYoPVo9jXw

I first heard this on the trip Diane and I took to Memphis. They played
it at the R&B museum down there and had a big picture of the 78 label
where I noted the misspelling of Beale. This would have been over 20
years ago now I think. A solid 8 and #63 for me for the year.

One of the more important artists of the era that the still-absent Samp
missed out entirely in his reviews was the Aladdin label star Calvin
Boze.

Samp must have decoded that Boze was part of the pre-rock R&B acts that
he doesn't cover, like Jordan, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Milton and
Liggins.

Yep it sure seems that way. And STILL no news of SAmp.........

Meantime this one rates #37 on my 1951 faves list and an 8

MILTON BUCKNER & HIS BEALE STREET GANG - RED RED WINE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBrmq9Xdx0

This one I've known since like 1975 as I found one VG copy in the Savoy basement and thought it was great. A high 8 and #49 on my 1951 list.

#106 on my list and an 8

THE FOUR DOTS - YOU WON'T LET ME GO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D3XlGOpwQM

Good ballad with a strong bass singer, a 6.

#376 and a 7

LITTLE EDDIE - MY BABY LEFT ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_bAFOMnVk

Good rocker, a high 6 here. I have it as Little Eddie Lang, but I
gather
the label just says Little Eddie.

#38 and an 8

TILLMAN FRANKS - HOT ROD SHOTGUN BOOGIE NO. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeiTmJq-gPQ

An 8 that scores at #87 on my list for the year. How does something
like
this end up on Gotham????

#55 and an 8

IRLTON FRENCH - MY RUNAROUND BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzSChUpook0

A 7 here and #126 for the year on my list. French sounds like a pretty
good Joe Turner immitator.

IIRC this is another one I picked up via Bruce

Yes, we certainly have fed off of each other here for a long time.

#85 a nd an 8

SMILEY LEWIS - SAD LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRhhMy6yps

Feels weird to consider an artist this great as obscure, but this one certainly qualifies as it doesn't seem to have done anything at the
time. The only SLIGHT problem here is that it's 1952 according to the
box set. Recorded in April 1951, but released on the Colony label and
of
course never reviewed. No way to really figure out release dates on
Colony, but the box set says 1952.

#65 and an 8

WILLIE LOVE & THE THREE ACES- TAKE IT EASY BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHr8CSnrGQs

It's a little disorganized, but still a 6.

#72 and an 8

MUMBLES - JUMPIN' BLUES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433LTNnMs98

When I saw this one here I thought I did not know it or have it, but I
did have it. It's only a 5 which explains why I had forgotten about it.

#57 and an 8

THE SOUL STIRRERS - PEACE IN THE VALLEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJD46mEwoU

This one I do not have although I do know it. Doesn't do much for me, a
4.

381 and a 7

I'll get to mine later, have lots to do today with orders and listing
more reggae items.

Have fun :)

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roger wrote:

Bruce wrote:

I'll get to mine later, have lots to do today with orders and listing
more reggae items.

Have fun :)

You would not believe the furor that these reggae items have caused.
I've already sold 4 albums for $500 or more each, along with loads of 3
figure prices 12 inchers and albums from the late 70s and early to
mid-80s. Three or 4 guys have already made thousand dollar or more
orders, a couple of them more than once. I've got a bunch of guys
watching all day to see what I post that day.

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Bruce wrote:

roger wrote:

Bruce wrote:

I'll get to mine later, have lots to do today with orders and listing
more reggae items.

Have fun :)

You would not believe the furor that these reggae items have caused.
I've already sold 4 albums for $500 or more each, along with loads of 3 figure prices 12 inchers and albums from the late 70s and early to
mid-80s. Three or 4 guys have already made thousand dollar or more
orders, a couple of them more than once. I've got a bunch of guys
watching all day to see what I post that day.

There's a few raggae things I quite like but I'm not really a fan of the

genre

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roger wrote:

Bruce wrote:

roger wrote:

Bruce wrote:

I'll get to mine later, have lots to do today with orders and listing
more reggae items.

Have fun :)

You would not believe the furor that these reggae items have caused.
I've already sold 4 albums for $500 or more each, along with loads of 3
figure prices 12 inchers and albums from the late 70s and early to
mid-80s. Three or 4 guys have already made thousand dollar or more
orders, a couple of them more than once. I've got a bunch of guys
watching all day to see what I post that day.

There's a few raggae things I quite like but I'm not really a fan of the genre.

Me either. And I especially hate all of these Dub things that were
popular in the early to mid 1980s and beyond. But lots of them are among
the most sought after items it seems. Aside from Jamaica the other 3 big countries for reggae releases are the USA, the UK, and Canada. The UK
may even be second after Jamaica.

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Okay, let's see what I can come up with for favorite obscurities of
1951.

19 ¦ Every Hour ¦ Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsRZJG2Thsc

This was certainly very obscure in late 1951 when it was current. The
flip "Taxi Blues" is also great, but I like this side a bit better.
There's a very obvious Billy Wright influence here that is much stronger
on the early LR ballads than on the fast stuff.

23 ¦ Sopping Molasses ¦ Buddy Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahCi2bAsBY

This was my most wanted record for awhile like 20 years ago. I heard it
played on the Seton Hall radio station and could not find it for awhile
until my friend had it on a CD and lent it to me. I gave it to Diane who
made the video that I posted the link to here.

58 ¦ That's What The Good Book Says ¦ Robins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3p1xHVASU

This one was not exactly well known either. It was issued on Modern
which I guess was the group's first stop after leaving Savoy. They also
did 3 singles for Hollywood this year, so maybe those came before this.

64 ¦ House Warmin' Boogie ¦ Sticks McGhee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTp1OMZ8rtk

Despite being on Atlantic, thing doesn't see to have seen any success at
all in 1951. Atlantic gave him several releases to try and have another
big hit but the only one that clicked was probably the worst record of
his tenure at Atlantic. It was instrumental called "Tennessee Waltz
Blues" during this year of 1951.

76 ¦ Levee Blues ¦ Johnnie Lee Wills (Leon Huff) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FwwBD72VMU

Here's one that I plucked off of the box set that someone (Bear Family?)
of the Country stuff from Bullit Records. There was another one that had
the blues and R&B stuff. Johnnie Lee Wills was of course Bob Wills'
brother, and was also the original artist to record "Rag Mop." But this
one just hit me as a really good country boogie thing.

131 ¦ My Kind Of Rockin' ¦ Rene Hall Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfykW_Q9Nk

Rene Hall did a lot of arranging and recoding dates for various labels
and was not really known as a featured artist, but I really like this
one. It came out on Decca on the flip side of "Summertime Blues," which
is NOT the same song that Eddie Cochran made famous in 1958.

134 ¦ Green Onion Top ¦ Roosevelt Sykes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SeRIhRGqzI

This one came out on Regal, the same New Jersey label that Larry Darnell
had his hits on.

144 ¦ Chili-Dogs ¦ Dusty Brooks & Four Tones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1qio3PtWfo

This one comes from the aforementioned Bullit R&B box set. By mid-1951
Dusty had signed with Okeh.

How About Rocking With Me ¦ Piney Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-wAKzpeq6s

On the Apollo label and reviewed in February 1951, this one really
rocks.

181 ¦ Who'll Be The Fool From Now On ¦ Marshall Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lRJMUo6DGg

And last but not least we have to slip in a Savoy record. The Marshall
Brothers were an offshoot of the Ravens with lead singer Maithe Marshall leaving and forming his own group here. Not sure how he ended up coming
to Herman, but here they are with a big collector's side. Here's an
excerpt from Marv's Ravens articles about how the Marshall Brothers came
about:

In August 1951 Maithe Marshall, Leonard Puzey, and Louis Heyward all
quit the Ravens. They formed a trio called the Hi-Hatters, which only
existed for a short time (their only appearances were at the Baby
Grand).

After the Hi-Hatters disbanded Maithe, Leonard, and Louis re-joined
Ricky for the Ravens' August 8, 1951 session (at which they recorded
"The Whiffenpoof Song"), but this proved to be Maithe's last recordings
with them. By late September, Maithe was working as a soloist, appearing
at the Apollo Bar in Harlem. Maithe then got together with tenor Phil
Shaw, baritone Willis Sanders, and bass Raymond Johnson (from the
Beavers, whose pianist and arranger was Howard Biggs) to form the
Marshall Brothers. They secured a contract with Savoy and did two
sessions. All of their released material was recorded on November 11,
1951 (including some backups to WAAT DJ Bill Cook); all the unreleased
tracks were laid down on December 17.

The Marshall Brothers stayed together only about four months, most of
which was spent rehearsing. But when it came down to it, they couldn't
get any work. The only appearances they made were at Bill Cook's club in
New Jersey. When it was over, Raymond Johnson went on to replace Bill
Brown in the Dominoes (but never recorded with them), and Willis Sanders
went off to form the Embers in early 1953 (but don't forget him, he'll
be back later).

Maithe Marshall occasionally appeared with the Ravens in 1954 and 1955,
but never recorded with them again. Later in the 50s he joined some non-recording Ink Spots groups, ending up with Ollie Crawford's in the
60s.

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Bruce wrote:

Okay, let's see what I can come up with for favorite obscurities of
1951.

19 ¦ Every Hour ¦ Little Richard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsRZJG2Thsc

This was certainly very obscure in late 1951 when it was current. The
flip "Taxi Blues" is also great, but I like this side a bit better.
There's a very obvious Billy Wright influence here that is much
stronger
on the early LR ballads than on the fast stuff.

I prefer the "Taxi Blues" side #52 on my 1951 faves list and an 8.

I have "Every Hour" at #127 and a 7

23 ¦ Sopping Molasses ¦ Buddy Lucas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahCi2bAsBY

This was my most wanted record for awhile like 20 years ago. I heard it played on the Seton Hall radio station and could not find it for awhile
until my friend had it on a CD and lent it to me. I gave it to Diane
who
made the video that I posted the link to here.

One I'd never heard and took no notice of until you began to mention it
many years ago. It's a very good
number and I currently have it listed as #189 and a 7

58 ¦ That's What The Good Book Says ¦ Robins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3p1xHVASU

This one was not exactly well known either. It was issued on Modern
which I guess was the group's first stop after leaving Savoy. They also
did 3 singles for Hollywood this year, so maybe those came before this.

I have them on Hollywood directly after their Savoy period with this
Modern release virtually clashing with the last Hollywood issue. Modern credited this to "Bobby Nunn with The ROBBINS" presumably to avoid any
possible litigation from Dolphin?

And of course the song itself is one of the earliest appearances on wax
of a couple of young songwriting wannabees----Jerry and Mike something
or other. Too bad they never amounted to anything

Super record #94 here and an 8

64 ¦ House Warmin' Boogie ¦ Sticks McGhee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTp1OMZ8rtk

Despite being on Atlantic, thing doesn't see to have seen any success
at
all in 1951. Atlantic gave him several releases to try and have another
big hit but the only one that clicked was probably the worst record of
his tenure at Atlantic. It was instrumental called "Tennessee Waltz
Blues" during this year of 1951.

I have "One Monkey Don't Stop The Show" as the best thing he did this
year but "House Warmin' Boogie" is a good one too. #187 and a 7

76 ¦ Levee Blues ¦ Johnnie Lee Wills (Leon Huff) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FwwBD72VMU

Here's one that I plucked off of the box set that someone (Bear
Family?)
of the Country stuff from Bullit Records. There was another one that
had
the blues and R&B stuff. Johnnie Lee Wills was of course Bob Wills'
brother, and was also the original artist to record "Rag Mop." But this
one just hit me as a really good country boogie thing.

Not familiar with this one.Not too impressed on first hearing but let me
play it a few times........

131 ¦ My Kind Of Rockin' ¦ Rene Hall Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfykW_Q9Nk

Rene Hall did a lot of arranging and recoding dates for various labels
and was not really known as a featured artist, but I really like this
one. It came out on Decca on the flip side of "Summertime Blues," which
is NOT the same song that Eddie Cochran made famous in 1958.

Virtually same comments as above. Probably a 5 or so.

134 ¦ Green Onion Top ¦ Roosevelt Sykes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SeRIhRGqzI

This one came out on Regal, the same New Jersey label that Larry
Darnell
had his hits on.

This is a mid-table 6 on my list

144 ¦ Chili-Dogs ¦ Dusty Brooks & Four Tones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1qio3PtWfo

This one comes from the aforementioned Bullit R&B box set. By mid-1951
Dusty had signed with Okeh.

Did'nt know this and s far don't do much for me I'm afraid

How About Rocking With Me ¦ Piney Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-wAKzpeq6s

On the Apollo label and reviewed in February 1951, this one really
rocks

WOWWW!!! One of my top 1951 favorites!! #26 on my list and a 9

181 ¦ Who'll Be The Fool From Now On ¦ Marshall Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lRJMUo6DGg

And last but not least we have to slip in a Savoy record. The Marshall Brothers were an offshoot of the Ravens with lead singer Maithe
Marshall
leaving and forming his own group here. Not sure how he ended up coming
to Herman, but here they are with a big collector's side. Here's an
excerpt from Marv's Ravens articles about how the Marshall Brothers
came
about:

In August 1951 Maithe Marshall, Leonard Puzey, and Louis Heyward all
quit the Ravens. They formed a trio called the Hi-Hatters, which only
existed for a short time (their only appearances were at the Baby
Grand).

After the Hi-Hatters disbanded Maithe, Leonard, and Louis re-joined
Ricky for the Ravens' August 8, 1951 session (at which they recorded
"The Whiffenpoof Song"), but this proved to be Maithe's last recordings
with them. By late September, Maithe was working as a soloist,
appearing
at the Apollo Bar in Harlem. Maithe then got together with tenor Phil
Shaw, baritone Willis Sanders, and bass Raymond Johnson (from the
Beavers, whose pianist and arranger was Howard Biggs) to form the
Marshall Brothers. They secured a contract with Savoy and did two
sessions. All of their released material was recorded on November 11,
1951 (including some backups to WAAT DJ Bill Cook); all the unreleased
tracks were laid down on December 17.

The Marshall Brothers stayed together only about four months, most of
which was spent rehearsing. But when it came down to it, they couldn't
get any work. The only appearances they made were at Bill Cook's club
in
New Jersey. When it was over, Raymond Johnson went on to replace Bill
Brown in the Dominoes (but never recorded with them), and Willis
Sanders
went off to form the Embers in early 1953 (but don't forget him, he'll
be back later).

Maithe Marshall occasionally appeared with the Ravens in 1954 and 1955,
but never recorded with them again. Later in the 50s he joined some non-recording Ink Spots groups, ending up with Ollie Crawford's in the
60s.

#349 and a 7

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On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 10:45:15 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1951

Ten of Geoff's Fave Obscurities from 1951

Playlist (Country alternating with R&B): https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=jkZvYvXw9JA,U1F0d-RJzQw,YV6DDgS4aO4,NEruWF9OWcw,O6y0vrTDl_c,HW_hEk9mm-E,aUlmzfoo3UE,j6KEvnG63-8,TVrAy88mfp8,wv-hO-4PDaU,

Gene O'Quin - Texas Boogie [Capitol 1708] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkZvYvXw9JA
"Gene O'Quin was born in Dallas TX 1931. Gene first made a musical
impression by winning a talent contest on the Big D Jamboree. The
Jamboree manager, Al Turner, became Gene's manager and secured his
first recording deal in 1949 with Talent records. Finally Gene made
it to a regular spot on the Jamboree itself, where he was spotted
by a Capitol talent scout. He auditioned for Lee Gillette and
secured that vital contract. He recorded for Capitol betweeen
1950-1954. Much of Gene's outpost was straight Hillbilly
Boogie/Rockabilly."

Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men - Good Rockin' Man [De Luxe
3319-A]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1F0d-RJzQw
Cincinnati, January 16, 1951; Roy Brown(v), Lesie Ayres(tp),
Wilbur Prysock(ts), Orrington Hall(ts/bs), Jimmy Robinson(p),
Edgar Blanchard(g), Clarence Mack(b), Calvin Shields(d);
flip side - "Bar Room Blues"

Curley Williams - Move In A Little Closer [Circle G Records 102] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6DDgS4aO4

Pee Wee Crayton - Daybreak [Aladdin 3112] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEruWF9OWcw
"with a very special kind of syncopated beat"
Recorded November 5, 1951 in Los Angeles;
Connie Curtis Crayton, Vocals & Guitar;
backing band are members of Maxwell Davis All Stars -
Austin McCoy, Piano; George "Red" Callendar, Bass; Lee Young, Drums;
flip (matrix Q) side - "When It Rains It Pours"

Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan - Juke Box Boogie [Capitol 1720] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6y0vrTDl_c

Slim Gaillard and His Atomic Engineers - The Hip Cowboy [Mercury 8956] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW_hEk9mm-E
Slim Gaillard, vocal, g; Bernie Green, tb; Buddy Tate, ts;
Maceo Williams, p; Clyde Lombardi, sb; Charlie Smith, d
"Slim Gaillard was the BeBop king. BeBop slang was his trademark
and a lot of the time, I wonder if even he knows what he's saying"

Roy Hogsed - The Snake Dance Boogie [Capitol 1854] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUlmzfoo3UE
brings to mind Bill Haley's "Oriental Rock" (on a '58 EP)

Steve Gibson And The Original Red Caps - Three Dollars And
Ninety-Eight Cents [RCA 4076-A]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6KEvnG63-8

Si Jenkins and The Ozark Ranchers - One Dollar Boogie [Bullet 738] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVrAy88mfp8

Sy Oliver AHO {with The Ray Charles Singers} - My Friend Told Me
[Decca 9-27672]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-hO-4PDaU
it's the complete package of musical sounds and cheatin' lyrics that I
enjoy

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On Fri, 7 Jun 2024 04:59:52 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

Okay, let's see what I can come up with for favorite obscurities of
1951.

https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=lsRZJG2Thsc,9ahCi2bAsBY,4i3p1xHVASU,RTp1OMZ8rtk,2FwwBD72VMU,QjfykW_Q9Nk,4SeRIhRGqzI,u1qio3PtWfo,e-wAKzpeq6s,9lRJMUo6DGg,

19 � Every Hour � Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsRZJG2Thsc

23 � Sopping Molasses � Buddy Lucas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ahCi2bAsBY

58 � That's What The Good Book Says � Robins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3p1xHVASU

64 � House Warmin' Boogie � Sticks McGhee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTp1OMZ8rtk

76 � Levee Blues � Johnnie Lee Wills (Leon Huff) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FwwBD72VMU

131 � My Kind Of Rockin' � Rene Hall Trio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjfykW_Q9Nk

134 � Green Onion Top � Roosevelt Sykes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SeRIhRGqzI

144 � Chili-Dogs � Dusty Brooks & Four Tones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1qio3PtWfo

How About Rocking With Me � Piney Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-wAKzpeq6s

181 � Who'll Be The Fool From Now On � Marshall Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lRJMUo6DGg

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On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 10:45:15 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (roger)
wrote:

10 more obscurities chosen at random from my favorites lists

Today......from 1951

https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=XvYoPVo9jXw,yzBrmq9Xdx0,6D3XlGOpwQM,W5_bAFOMnVk,GeiTmJq-gPQ,WzSChUpook0,_eRhhMy6yps,IHr8CSnrGQs,433LTNnMs98,wVJD46mEwoU,

CALVIN BOZE - BEAL STREET ON A SATURDAY NIGHT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvYoPVo9jXw

MILTON BUCKNER & HIS BEALE STREET GANG - RED RED WINE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzBrmq9Xdx0

THE FOUR DOTS - YOU WON'T LET ME GO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D3XlGOpwQM

LITTLE EDDIE - MY BABY LEFT ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_bAFOMnVk

TILLMAN FRANKS - HOT ROD SHOTGUN BOOGIE NO. 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeiTmJq-gPQ

IRLTON FRENCH - MY RUNAROUND BABY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzSChUpook0

SMILEY LEWIS - SAD LIFE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eRhhMy6yps

WILLIE LOVE & THE THREE ACES- TAKE IT EASY BABY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHr8CSnrGQs

MUMBLES - JUMPIN' BLUES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433LTNnMs98

THE SOUL STIRRERS - PEACE IN THE VALLEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVJD46mEwoU

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On Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:55:49 -0400, RWC <letsrock@opbox.com> wrote:

Billboard "Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" Jan 1951 to Feb
1952 inclusive:

by Artist - Song (followed by Song - Artist)
------------------
Amos Milburn - Thinkin' And Drinkin'

Sorry, this post is incorrect (it was for 1952). 1951 should be:

by Artist - Song (followed by Song - Artist)

Amos Milburn - Bad,Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn - Let's Rock Awhile
Amos Milburn - Tears,Tears,Tears
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
Arthur Prysock - I Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues
Billy Eckstine - I Apologize
Camille Howard - Money Blues
Cardinals - Shouldn't I Know
Charles Brown - Black Night
Charles Brown - Seven Long Days
Dinah Washington - Cold,Cold Heart
Dinah Washington - I Won't Cry Anymore
Dominoes - Do Something For Me
Dominoes - I Am With You
Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
Earl Bostic - Flamingo
Earl Bostic - Sleep
Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing
Fats Domino - Every Night About This Time
Fats Domino - Rockin' Chair
Five Keys - Glory Of Love
Floyd Dixon - Telephone Blues
Four Buddies - I Will Wait
Griffen Brothers - Weeping And Crying
Gruffin Brothers - Tra La La
Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
Jackie Brenston - Rocket 88
James Waynes - Tend To Your Business
Jimmy Nelson - 99 Blues
Jimmy Preston & Butnetta Evans - Oh,Babe
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Pink Champagne
Joe Morris - Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere
Joe Morris - Don't Take Your Love From Me
Joe Turner - Chains Of Love
John Lee Hooker - I'm In The Mood
Johnnie Ray - Cry
Johnny Hodges - Castle Rock
Johnny Otis & Mel Walker - All Nite Long
Johnny Otis & Mel Walker - Gee,Baby
Johnny Otis & Mel Walker - Rockin' Blues
Johnny Otis & Mel Walker - Sunset To Dawn
Johnny Otis - Mambo Boogie
Larks - Little Side Car
Les Paul & Mary Ford - How High The Moon
Little Esther & Johnny Otis - Far Away Blues
Little Esther - Ring - A Ding Doo
Lloyd Glenn - Chica Boo
Louis Jordan - Lemonade
Louis Jordan - Teardrops From My Eyes
Louis Jordan - Weak Minded Blues
Lowell Fulson & Lloyd Glenn - Old Time Shuffle Blues
Lowell Fulson - Blue Shadows
Lowell Fulson - I'm A Night Owl (Parts I & Ii)
Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Christmas (Parts I & Ii)
Lucky Millinder - I'll Never Be Free
Lucky Millinder - I'm Waiting Just For You
Margie Day & Griffen Brothers - Pretty Baby
Margie Day & Griffin Brothers - Little Red Roosters
Mellow Moods - Where Are You?
Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call
Muddy Waters - Louisiana Blues
Muddy Waters - She Moves Me
Nat "King" Cole - Jet
Nat "King" Cole - Too Young
Orioles - Baby,Please Don't Go
Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded
Percy Mayfield - Cry Baby
Percy Mayfield - Lost Love
Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love
Percy Mayfield - What A Fool I Was
Piano Red - Just Right Bounce
Piano Red - Laying The Boogie
Piano Red - Red's Boogie
Piano Red - Rocking With Red
Piano Red - Wrong Yo Yo
Ray Charles - Baby,Let Me Hold Your Hand
Roscoe Gordon - Booted
Roy Brown - Big Town
Roy Hawkins - Thrill Is Gone
Roy Milton - Best Wishes
Roy Milton - Oh,Babe
Roy Milton - T-Town Twist
Ruth Brown - I Know
Ruth Brown - I'll Wait For You
Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes
Stick Mcghee - Tennessee Waltz Blues
Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox - Wheel Of Fortune
Swallows - Will You Be Mine
Tab Smith - Because Of You
The Clovers - Don't You Know I Love You
The Clovers - Fool,Fool,Fool
The Larks - Eyesight To The Blind
Tommy Edwards - All Over Again
Wynonie Harris & Lucky Millinder - Oh,Babe
Wynonie Harris - Bloodshot Eyes
Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine

by Song - Artist

99 Blues - Jimmy Nelson
All Nite Long - Johnny Otis & Mel Walker
All Over Again - Tommy Edwards
Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere - Joe Morris
Baby,Let Me Hold Your Hand - Ray Charles
Baby,Please Don't Go - Orioles
Bad,Bad Whiskey - Amos Milburn
Because Of You - Tab Smith
Best Wishes - Roy Milton
Big Town - Roy Beown
Black Night - Charles Brown
Bloodshot Eyes - Wynonie Harris
Blue Shadows - Lowell Fulson
Booted - Roscoe Gordon
Castle Rock - Johnny Hodges
Chains Of Love - Joe Turner
Chica Boo - Lloyd Glenn
Cold,Cold Heart - Dinah Washington
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Cry Baby - Percy Mayfield
Do Something For Me - Dominoes
Don't Take Your Love From Me - Joe Morris
Don't You Know I Love You - The Clovers
Every Night About This Time - Fats Domino
Eyesight To The Blind - The Larks
Far Away Blues - Little Esther & Johnny Otis
Flamingo - Earl Bostic
Fool,Fool,Fool - The Clovers
Gee,Baby - Johnny Otis & Mel Walker
Glory Of Love - Five Keys
How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
How Many More Years - Howlin' Wolf
I Am With You - Dominoes
I Apologize - Billy Eckstine
I Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night - Arthur Prysock
I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris
I Know - Ruth Brown
I Will Wait - Four Buddies
I Won't Cry Anymore - Dinah Washington
I'll Never Be Free - Lucky Millinder
I'll Wait For You - Ruth Brown
I'm A Night Owl (Parts I & Ii) - Lowell Fulson
I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker
I'm Waiting Just For You - Lucky Millinder
Jet - Nat "King" Cole
Just Right Bounce - Piano Red
Laying The Boogie - "Piano" Red
Lemonade - Louis Jordan
Let's Rock Awhile - Amos Milburn
Little Red Roosters - Margie Day & Griffin Brothers
Little Side Car - Larks
Lonesome Christmas (Parts I & Ii) - Lowell Fulson
Long Distance Call - Muddy Waters
Lost Love - Percy Mayfield
Louisiana Blues - Muddy Waters
Lovin' Machine - Wynonie Harris
Mambo Boogie - Johnny Otis
Money Blues - Camille Howard
Oh,Babe - Jimmy Preston & Butnetta Evans
Oh,Babe - Roy Milton
Oh,Babe - Wynonie Harris & Lucky Millinder
Old Time Shuffle Blues - Lowell Fulson & Lloyd Glenn
Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield
Pretty Baby - Margie Day & Griffen Brothers
Red's Boogie - Piano Red
Ring - A Ding Doo - Little Esther
Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston
Rockin' Blues - Johnny Otis & Mel Walker
Rockin' Chair - Fats Domino
Rocking With Red - Piano Red
Seven Long Days - Charles Brown
She Moves Me - Muddy Waters
Shouldn't I Know - Cardinals
Sixty Minute Man - Dominoes
Sleep - Earl Bostic
Smooth Sailing - Ella Fitzgerald
Sunset To Dawn - Johnny Otis & Mel Walker
T-Town Twist - Roy Milton
Teardrops From My Eyes - Louis Jordan
Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown
Tears,Tears,Tears - Amos Milburn
Telephone Blues - Floyd Dixon
Tend To Your Business - James Waynes
Tennessee Waltz Blues - Stick Mcghee
Three O'clock Blues - B.B. King
Thrill Is Gone - Roy Hawkins
Too Young - Nat "King" Cole
Tra La La - Gruffin Brothers
Weak Minded Blues - Louis Jordan
Weeping And Crying - Griffen Brothers
What A Fool I Was - Percy Mayfield
Wheel Of Fortune - Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox
Where Are You? - Mellow Moods
Will You Be Mine - Swallows
Wrong Yo Yo - Piano Red

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On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 10:45:15 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (roger)
wrote:

Today......from 1951

Vol. 2 of Geoff's Fave Obscurities from 1951

Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=Eo0b6tdvnzg,KF0eksl1650,Nh7O_49iM98,XJ1SqgZWZ-Q,8MCuqA1kwgc,0YkpkVFH1Eg,joxQ_2aJ7wY,pbc9OtDLkio,8Ej_6OXcVzA,vNhA34dV8mw,

The Cabineers - Each Time [Prestige 904;;NYC]
accompanied by Mercer Ellington Quartet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo0b6tdvnzg
an exquisite, slow, love ballad

Sidney Torch AHO - Barwick Green [UK Parlophone 3418] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0eksl1650
recorded at Abbey Road Studios
"This is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera
The Archers (1950s to 1990s). It's a 'maypole dance' from the suite
My Native Heath, written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur
Wood, and named after Barwick-in-Elmet, east of Leeds, West
Yorkshire"

The Meadowlarks - Brother Bill [Imperial 5146;b-side] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh7O_49iM98
not the famous doo-wop group led by Don Julian
"Brother Bill", written in 1939 by Louis Armstrong, is the story
of two friends hunting in the woods. One of them shoots what he
thinks is a bear, but the "doggone thing turns white," which
causes him spend the rest of the record running like hell to get
away. 'Windmill' and 'wind' refers to 'gin mill' and 'gin'.

Tiny Bradshaw - Bradshaw Boogie [King 4457] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ1SqgZWZ-Q
it was the flip side, "Walkin' the Chalk Line", that made it on the
R&B charts (Juke Box), peaking at #10 in September, 1951

The Ward Singers - Take Your Burden To The Lord [Savoy 4033] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MCuqA1kwgc
leads Clara Ward and Marion Williams

Tillman Franks and his Rainbow Boys - California Blues [Pacemaker 1011-A;;Shreveport LA]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YkpkVFH1Eg
composed by Jimmie Rodgers;
Webb Pierce [gt/vcl solo/yodelling], Buddy Attaway [gt],
Shot Jackson [steel gt], Tillman Franks [bass]

Webb Pierce - Drifting Texas Sand [Decca 46322] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joxQ_2aJ7wY
Recorded March 7, 1951 - Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, Nashville;
Webb Pierce [vcl solo], Teddy Wilburn [rh gt or slap bass],
Doyle Wilburn [rh gt or slap bass], Buddy Attaway [el gt/harmony
vcl], Shot Jackson [steel gt], Tommy Jackson [fiddle].
Webb Pierce also led on a 1950 version from Tillman Franks and he
recorded this song again for Decca on October 12, 1959.

Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - Faded Love [Columbia 20781] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbc9OtDLkio
The melody came from an 1856 ballad "Darling Nelly Gray";
1st. Recorded April 27, 1950 By Bob Wills (vcls Rusty McDonald);
Recorded Dec 18, 1950 - Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, Nashville;
... and Their Clinch Mountain Clan (Wilma Lee Cooper [vcl/rh gt],
Stoney Cooper [vcl/fiddle], Gene Jenkins [gt/rh gt], Bill Carver
[dobro/fiddle], Blaine Stewart [mandolin], Albert Ray Cole [bass]
Born Wilma Leigh Leary in Valley Head WV 1921-2011,
aka "The First Lady of Bluegrass", active from 1938 to 2001.

Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - Sunny Side Of The Mountain [Columbia
20861]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ej_6OXcVzA
Recorded July 13, 1951 - Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, Nashville;
this time, Stoney Cooper takes the lead.

Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) The Singing Cowboy - Wha Hoppen? [RCA
4252-B]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNhA34dV8mw

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