The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 94
The Miracle label
Miracle was one of these typical postwar independent labels from Chicago. A company founded by record producers Lee Egalnick and Lew Simpkins that, like so many, specialized in the Rhythm & Blues sound that boomed after the war.
Miracle's greats were Sonny Thompson, Eddie Chamblee and Memphis Slim, but of course they produced more artists. Among them a crooner who got many recording opportunities with Miracle, but his output was of such a horrible quality that most of it remained unreleased. A surprising amount of quality material, unfortunately, also never made it to the record store and is still waiting to be discovered.
Playlist
- Memphis Slim - Rockin' the House (Miracle 103)
- Gladys Palmer & the Floyd Hunt Quartette - Fool that I am (104)
- Dick Davis - Memphis Train (109)
- Memphis Slim - Motherless Child (110)
- Browley Guy & The Skyscrapers - Certain Other Someone (119)
- Gladys Palmer - Palmer's Boogie (123)
- Sonny Thompson - Just boogie (127)
- Lillie Mae Kirkman - Lonesome (129)
- St. Louis Jimmy Oden - I'm Sorry Now (134)
- Memphis Slim - Help Me Some (136)
- The Four Vagabonds - Mighty Hard To Go Through Life Alone (141)
- Sonny Thompson - Backyard Affair (146)
- Eddie Chamblee - Cradle Rock (150)
- Bill Samuels Trio - New Jockey Blues (152)
- Eddie Chamblee - Jump For Joy (155)
- Johnny Temple - Sit Right On It (156)
- Tommy Dean - Scamon Boogie (157)
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Gladys Palmer & the Floyd Hunt Quartette - Harlem Breakdown (Miracle 104)
- Memphis Slim - Pacemaker Boogie (110)
- Sonny Thompson - Long Gone Part 2 (126)
- Eddie Chamblee - Back Street (133)
- Sonny Thompson - Dreaming Again (146)
- Tommy Dean - Hours Past Midnight (157)