Legends Mix

In today's show I compare the makers of the two greatest Rhythm & Blues hits of the mod-forties - and actually, of all time - the one a major hit maker with a strong label backing him, the other relatively unknown on a smallish West Coast indie. For both I play some other track - in this show you'll never get worn-out hits.

There's more - like a '27 recording of Helen Humes, still a teenager, and a blues on a 19th century murder case.

Transcript

Playlist

1. Lucille Bogan - Cravin' Whiskey Blues
2. Helen Humes - Black Cat Blues
3. Punch Miller - Maxwell Street Stomp
4. Ethel Waters - Frankie and Johnnie
5. Roosevelt Sykes - Are You Unhappy
6. Sonny Boy Williams - Reverse The Charges
7. Sonny Boy Johnson - Quinsella
8. Lil Green - My Mellow Man
9. Florida Kid - That's All Right Baby
10. Coleman Hawkins - What Harlem Is to Me
11. Louis Jordan - I Like 'Em Fat Like That
12. Joe Liggins - You Ain't Goin' To Heaven No How
13. Curtis Jones - Flamin' Blues
14. Blow-Top Lynn & His House Rockers - Reliefin' Blues
15. Lynn Hope - Hope, Skip And Jump
16. Little Willie Littlefield - Striking On You Baby
17. Annisteen Allen - Baby I'm Doin' It

Outtro:

• Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce

• Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
• Duke Ellington - The Mooche
• Frank Culley - Bubbles
• Harlem Hamfats - Growling Dog
• Lil Armstrong & her Dixielanders - Riffin' The Blues
• Sax Kari - Down For Debbie
• Tiny Grimes- The Sidewalks Of New York