The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 126
The jukebox of September 1945
Today, on this warm Sunday in September 1945, here on L.A.'s Central Avenue I'm in this joint to celebrate victory. Today the radio announced that the Emperor of Japan signed his surrender to our great nation. We won the war and it will finally be over and our men will return home to their women who have waited so long hoping for a safe return.
The owner couldn't get no band for tonight so he asked me to pick out the records and operate the juke box. So here I am, it's awfully hot in here and so crowded that it's virtually impossible to get a drink. Someone got me a whisky but I could do for a big glass of water or a Coke. But then, the jukebox got great music and the crowd likes it.
Playlist
- Louis Jordan - Caldonia
- Big Joe Turner - Johnson and Turner Blues
- Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper
- Lucky Millinder feat. Wynonie Harris - Who threw the whiskey in the well
- Nat King Cole - If You Can't Smile And Say Yes
- Count Basie - Jimmy's Blues
- Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys - It's Only A Paper Moon
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Strange Things Happening Every Day
- Buddy Johnson feat. Ella Johnson - That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Erskine Hawkins - Tippin' In
- Nat King Cole - Shy Guy
- Tampa Red - Detroit Blues
- Louis Jordan - Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
- Albinia Jones - Don't Wear No Black
- Hadda Brooks - Swingin' The Boogie
- Etta Jones - Long Long Journey
- Cecil Gant - I'm Tired
- Dan Grissom & The Flennoy Trio - Poor butterfly
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- ... and a whole lotta noise from my friends at that joint