Louis Jordan

Caldonia - Decca, 1945



Birth of R&B?

of R&R?

Joe Turner

Honey Hush - Atlantic, 1953


Hi Ho, Hi Ho Silver!

Charlie Parker

A Night In Tunisia / Ornithology (Dial, 1946)




Bird's Nest / Dark Shadows (Dial, 1947)




Buzzy / Donna Lee (Savoy, 1947)




Barbados / Parker's Mood (Savoy, 1948)



April In Paris / If I Should Lose You (Mercury, 1949)




You Came Along From Out Of Nowhere / East Of The Sun (Clef, 1950)

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Ray Price

Just one of a long string of great sides he recorded for Columbia in the '50s.

Here's a cool clip of Ray performing the A-side on TV:

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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup

Rock Me Momma / Cool Disposition - RCA Victor (reissue), year unknown

Originally released on Bluebird circa late '40s, this RCA disc probably dates from the early 50s.

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Merrill Moore

The House Of Blue Lights / Bell Bottom Boogie - Capitol, 1953

I've enjoyed the Chuck Berry version, the Flamin' Groovies cover is mighty fine as well... but this is my first listen of the original. This really swings. I dig the pedal steel, the country twang in the vocal that got lost in the rockist cover versions.

The flip side sounds like it was recorded two minutes later (I mean that in a good way, of course).

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Ray Charles

Drown In My Own Tears / Mary Anne - Atlantic, 1955

Nothing rare here. I've heard the A-side many times before, but I swear this is the first time I really heard this song - it's a funny thing about 78s.

The B-side is great - I've only heard the Link Wray cover before (one of his few early vocals).

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Roy Acuff and his Smokey Mountain Boys

I Heard A Silver Trumpet / Blues On My Mind - Okeh, 1945

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Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys

Steel Guitar Rag / Swing Blues #1 - Okeh, 1936

I love the genre info on the label: "Novelty Hot Dance With Singing".

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