The jukebox of December 1951

It's the end of December of 1951, a cold winter night and we long for warm feet and a good whiskey and so we enter a joint somewhere in a black neighborhood of a Northern big city. I know the place, it's crowded with good people and I have a handful of nickles to put in the slot of the jukebox. And, as that white guy from that remote country I do get some appreciation of the people in there for the selection I make. It's warm in here, the whiskey is good and you'd nearly forget that this is just a radio program.

Transcript

Playlist

1. Clovers - Fool, Fool, Fool
2. John Lee Hooker - I'm in the mood
3. Dinah Washington - Cold Cold Heart
4. Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded
5. Griffin Brothers Orchestra Feat. Tommy Brown - Weepin' and Cryin'
6. B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues
7. Roy Milton - Best Wishes
8. Roy Brown - Bar Room Blues
9. Big Joe Turner - The Chill Is On
10. Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing
11. Roy Milton - Short Sweet and Snappy
12. Charles Brown - Seven Long Days
13. Jimmy Nelson - T-99 Blues
14. Clovers - Needless
15. Five Keys - Hucklebuck With Jimmy
16. Arthur Crudup - I'm gonna dig myself a hole
17. John Godfrey Trio - Hey Little Girl
18. Big Joe Turner - Chains Of Love

Outtro:

• Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

• Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
• ... and a lot of noisy patrons of that joint we went in.