The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1925-42

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Tracklist

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1CD: Country Blues, Spirituals, Jug Bands & Hokum
#TitleArtistLength
1My Soul Is a Witness
Austin Coleman?:??
2It's Nobody's Fault but Mine
Blind Willie Johnson?:??
3The Crucifixion of Christ
Jessie May Hill?:??
4Shake That Thing
Papa Charlie Jackson?:??
5Outside Woman Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds?:??
6It's a Good Thing
Frank Stokes?:??
7Minglewood Blues
Cannon’s Jug Stompers?:??
8Match Box Blues
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (in 1927-04)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (in 1927-04)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2010)
recording of:
Match Box Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson?:??
9Diddie Wah Diddie
Blind Blake?:??
10Milk Cow Blues
Sleepy John Estes?:??
11Ease It to Me Blues
Barbecue Bob?:??
12No No Blues
Curley Weaver?:??
13Apaloosa Blues
Bobby Leecan And Robert Cooksey?:??
14Little Rock Blues
Pearl Dickson?:??
15Kansas City Blues
Jim Jackson?:??
16Train Whistle Blues
Jimmie Rodgers?:??
17Goin' Back to Texas
Memphis Minnie?:??
18Roll and Tumble Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern?:??
19If You Haven't Any Hay
recorded in:
United States (in 1931-02)
piano:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
Skip James?:??
20Kokomo Blues
Scrapper Blackwell?:??
21It's Tight Like That
Thomas A. Dorsey And Tampa Red?:??
22Didn't It Rain
Bryant’s Jubilee Quartet?:??
23Beale Street Breakdown
Jed Davenport?:??
24Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold?:??
2CD: Piano Boogie-Woogie, Ragtime & Jazz
#TitleArtistLength
1Get Low Down Blues
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra?:??
2Mr. Johnson's Blues
Lonnie Johnson?:??
3Backwater Blues
Bessie Smith?:??
4Knockin' a Jug
Louis Armstrong?:??
5Bullfrog Blues
Charles Pierce Orchestra?:??
6Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith?:??
7Cow Cow Blues
Cow Cow Davenport?:??
8Guitar Boogie
Roosevelt Graves and Brother?:??
9How Long How Long Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell?:??
10The Dirty Dozen
Speckled Red?:??
11Vicksburg Blues
Little Brother Montgomery?:??
12Sweet Miss Stella Blues
Blue Harmony Boys?:??
13Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra?:??
14St Louis Blues
The Mills Brothers?:??
15Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn
The Three Keys?:??
16Midnight Hour Blues
Leroy Carr?:??
17Lafayette
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra?:??
18Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra?:??
19Strut That Thing
Cripple Clarence Lofton?:??
20Dirty Mother for You
Roosevelt Sykes?:??
21Weed Smoker's Dream
The Harlem Hamfats?:??
22Press My Button
Lil Johnson?:??
23Night Time Is the Right Time
Roosevelt Sykes?:??
24The Blues Ain't Nothin' But
Georgia White?:??
3CD: Urban Blues & Gospel
#TitleArtistLength
1Teasin' Brown Blues
Louie Lasky?:??
2Barrelhouse Woman
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell?:??
3Lead Pencil Blues
Johnny Temple?:??
4Policy Dream Blues
Bumble Bee Slim?:??
5Naptown Stomp
Bill Gaither?:??
6Sloppy Drunk Again
Walter Davis?:??
7Jockey Blues
Jazz Gillum?:??
8Holy Mountain
Elder Otis Jones?:??
9Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbour
The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet?:??
10Louise Louise Blues
Johnny Temple?:??
11Barrelhouse When It Rains
Big Bill Broonzy?:??
12Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1937-05-05)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1990)
recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (on 1937-05-05)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music, Arc Music Corp., Copyright Control, Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Sonny Boy Williamson?:??
13Preachin' Blues
Robert Johnson?:??
14Number Runner Blues
Jimmie Gordon?:??
15Tell Me Baby
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1939-07-21)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1939-07-21)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1939-07-21)
piano:
Walter Davis (on 1939-07-21)
Sonny Boy Williamson?:??
16Rockin' Chair Blues
Big Bill Broonzy?:??
17Diggin' My Potato
Washboard Sam?:??
18This Train
Sister Rosetta Tharpe?:??
19Don't You Lie to Me
Tampa Red?:??
20Jivin' the Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Williams (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson?:??
21I Feel So Good
Big Bill Broonzy?:??
22Worried Life Blues
Big Maceo?:??
23Junker Blues
Champion Jack Dupree?:??
24Ain't No Business We Can Do
Doctor Clayton?:??
25Mean Ol' Frisco
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup?:??
4CD: After Hours, Swing, Boogie & Jive
#TitleArtistLength
1Boogie Woogie Stomp
Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings?:??
2Boogie Woogie
Jones‐Smith, Incorporated?:??
3One-O-Clock Jump
Count Basie?:??
4Sing Sing Sing
Benny Goodman?:??
5Keep-A-Knockin'
Louis Jordan?:??
6T' Ain't What You Do
Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra?:??
7Jumpin' Jive
Cab Calloway?:??
8I Like to Riff
The Nat King Cole Trio?:??
9That's the Rhythm
Three Sharps and a Flat?:??
10I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
The Cats and the Fiddle?:??
11After Hours
Erskine Hawkins?:??
12Floyd's Guitar Blues
Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy?:??
13Gangster Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw?:??
14Roll 'Em Pete
Big Joe Turner With Pete Johnson?:??
15Down the Road A-Piece
Will Bradley Trio?:??
16Central Avenue Breakdown
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra?:??
17Death Ray Boogie
Pete Johnson?:??
18Natchez Mississippi Blues
The Lewis Bronzeville Five?:??
19Confessin' the Blues
Jay McShann?:??
20What's the Use of Gettin' Sober
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five?:??
21Take It and Git
Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy?:??
22Cow Cow Boogie
Freddie Slack and His Orchestra With Ella Mae Morse?:??
23Flying Home
Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra?:??
24Mean Old World
T-Bone Walker?:??