Bruce's Faves: Top 5 for each year 1940-1962
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I've turned all 5500+ (1900-1962) Faves into a consistent format -
creating a database in effect - so that all these faves can be easily
sorted and selected according to any desired criteria (within reason).
1940 - 1 - Lil Green - Romance In The Dark
1940 - 2 - Glenn Miller - Pennsylvania 6-50
1940 - 3 - Duke Ellington - In A Mellotone
1940 - 4 - Louis Jordan - Juneteenth Jamboree
1940 - 5 - Blind Boy Fuller - Step It Up And Go
1941 - 1 - Champion Jack Dupree - Junker Blues
1941 - 2 - Glenn Miller (Tex Beneke & Modernaires) - Chattanooga Choo
Choo
1941 - 3 - Glenn Miller - A String Of Pearls
1941 - 4 - Jay McShann (Walter Brown) - Confessin' The Blues
1941 - 5 - Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right
1942 - 1 - Lucky Millinder (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) - Shout, Sister,
Shout
1942 - 2 - Ernest Tubb - You Nearly Lose Your Mind
1942 - 3 - Benny Goodman (Peggy Lee) - Why Don't You Do Right
1942 - 4 - Jimmie Lunceford - Blues In The Night
1942 - 5 - Savannah Churchill - Tell Me Your Blues And I Will Tell You
Mine
1943 - 1 - Leadbelly - Irene
1943 - 2 - Five Red Caps - Mama Put Your Britches On
1943 - 3 - Four Vagabonds - Hit That Jive, Jack
1943 - 4 - Al Dexter - Pistol Packin' Mama
1943 - 5 - Five Red Caps - Don't Fool With Me
1944 - 1 - Cootie Williams (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson) - Cherry Red
1944 - 2 - King Cole Trio - Straighten Up And Fly Right
1944 - 3 - Bing Crosby - Swinging On A Star
1944 - 4 - Buddy & Ella Johnson - When My Man Comes Home
1944 - 5 - Mills Brothers - Till Then
1945 - 1 - Ivory Joe Hunter - 7th Street Boogie
1945 - 2 - Louis Jordan - Caldonia
1945 - 3 - King Cole Trio - The Frim Fram Sauce
1945 - 4 - Wynonie Harris - Wynonie's Blues
1945 - 5 - Joe Liggins - The Honeydripper (part 1)
1946 - 1 - Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
1946 - 2 - Lionel Hampton - Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
1946 - 3 - Joe Turner - My Gal's A Jockey
1946 - 4 - Louis Jordan - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1946 - 5 - Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll
1947 - 1 - Hank Williams - Move It On Over
1947 - 2 - Louis Jordan - Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
1947 - 3 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right
1947 - 4 - Ivory Joe Hunter - Jammin' Down In Town
1947 - 5 - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown) - Merry
Christmas Baby
1948 - 1 - Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight
1948 - 2 - Ivory Joe Hunter - Pretty Mama Blues
1948 - 3 - Ravens - White Christmas
1948 - 4 - Hank Williams - Honky Tonkin'
1948 - 5 - Orioles - It's Too Soon To Know
1949 - 1 - Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues
1949 - 2 - Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
1949 - 3 - Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry
1949 - 4 - Stick McGhee - Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
1949 - 5 - Hank Williams - Mind Your Own Business
1950 - 1 - Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues
1950 - 2 - Hank Williams - Why Don't You Love Me
1950 - 3 - Fats Domino - The Fat Man
1950 - 4 - Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
1950 - 5 - Ivory Joe Hunter - Jumpin' At The Dew Drop
1951 - 1 - Clovers - Don't You Know I Love You
1951 - 2 - Ivory Joe Hunter - Boogin' In The Rain
1951 - 3 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - My Baby Left Me
1951 - 4 - Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin'
1951 - 5 - Smiley Lewis - Bee's Boogie
1952 - 1 - Smiley Lewis - Gumbo Blues
1952 - 2 - Dominoes - Have Mercy Baby
1952 - 3 - Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues
1952 - 4 - Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
1952 - 5 - Todd Rhodes w/ Connie Allen - Your Daddy's Dogging Around
1953 - 1 - Sticks McGhee - Head Happy With Wine
1953 - 2 - Drifters - Money Honey
1953 - 3 - Five Royales - Too Much Lovin'
1953 - 4 - Joe Turner - Honey Hush
1953 - 5 - Smiley Lewis - Big Mamou
1954 - 1 - Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle And Roll
1954 - 2 - Champion Jack Dupree - Rub A Little Boogie
1954 - 3 - Elvis Presley - Good Rocking Tonight
1954 - 4 - El Dorados - Baby I Need You
1954 - 5 - Elvis Presley - I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
1955 - 1 - Little Richard - Tutti-Frutti
1955 - 2 - Joe Turner - Midnight Cannonball
1955 - 3 - Little Walter - My Babe
1955 - 4 - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
1955 - 5 - Guitar Slim - Stand By Me
1956 - 1 - Fats Domino - I'm In Love Again
1956 - 2 - Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
1956 - 3 - Muddy Waters - Don't Go No Farther
1956 - 4 - Johnny Burnette Trio - Honey Hush
1956 - 5 - Johnny Burnette Trio - The Train Kept A'Rollin'
1957 - 1 - J.B. Lenoir - What About Your Daughter?
1957 - 2 - Huey "Piano" Smith - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie
Woogie Flu (part 1)
1957 - 3 - Carl Perkins - Matchbox
1957 - 4 - Five Royales - Think
1957 - 5 - Bo Diddley - Before You Accuse Me
1958 - 1 - Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
1958 - 2 - Jimmy Reed - Down In Virginia
1958 - 3 - Jerry Lee Lewis - It'll Be Me (LP Version)
1958 - 4 - Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
1958 - 5 - Sidney Simien & His All Stars - They Call Me Rockin'
1959 - 1 - Falcons - You're So Fine
1959 - 2 - Revels - Dead Man's Stroll
1959 - 3 - Ray Charles - What'd I Say
1959 - 4 - Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues
1959 - 5 - Five Royales - I Know It's Hard But It's Fair
1960 - 1 - Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
1960 - 2 - Hank Ballard & Midnighters - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
1960 - 3 - New Orleans - Gary U.S Bonds
1960 - 4 - Elmore James - Madison Blues (unreleased master)
1960 - 5 - Fats Domino - My Girl Josephine
1961 - 1 - Showmen - It Will Stand
1961 - 2 - Drifters - No Sweet Lovin'
1961 - 3 - Fats Domino - Let The Four Winds Blow
1961 - 4 - Flares - Footstompin'
1961 - 5 - Little Milton - Lonely No More
1962 - 1 - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Lovin'
1962 - 2 - Upsetters - I'm In Love Again
1962 - 3 - Eddie Cochran - Pink Pegged Slacks
1962 - 4 - Green Onions - Booker T & MG's
1962 - 5 - Allan Sherman - Shticks And Stones
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