Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1954

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#TitleArtistLength
1Gee
The Crows2:12
2You're So Fine
Little Walter3:04
3Saving My Love for You
recording of:
Saving My Love For You (on 1953-01-28)
writer:
Don Robey and Sherman 'Blues' Johnson
Johnny Ace2:38
4I'll Be True
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1953)
trumpet:
Joe Morris (in 1953)
vocals:
Faye Adams (in 1953)
recording of:
I'll Be True (in 1953)
lyricist and composer:
William McLemore
Faye Adams2:49
5I Didn't Want to Do It
The Spiders2:43
6A Sunday Kind of Love
cover recording of:
A Sunday Kind of Love (in 1953-09)
writer:
Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima and Stan Rhodes
publisher:
Leeds Music Inc.
The Harptones3:00
7I Do
The “5” Royales2:33
8I'm Just Your Fool
recording of:
Just Your Fool
writer:
Walter Jacobs
Buddy Johnson & Ella Johnson2:53
9The Things That I Used to Do
alto saxophone:
Gus Fontenette (on 1953-10-26)
bass guitar [bass]:
Lloyd Lambert (on 1953-10-26)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Oscar Moore (on 1953-10-26)
guitar:
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (on 1953-10-26)
piano:
Ray Charles (on 1953-10-26)
tenor saxophone:
Charles Burbank (on 1953-10-26) and Joseph Tillman (on 1953-10-26)
trumpet:
Frank S. Mitchell (on 1953-10-26)
vocals:
Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (on 1953-10-26)
arranger:
Ray Charles (on 1953-10-26)
recorded at:
J&M Music Shop in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1953-10-26)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1984)
recording of:
The Things That I Used to Do (on 1953-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Jones
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Venice Music
Guitar Slim3:01
10Lovey Dovey
The Clovers2:42
11It Should Have Been Me
recording of:
It Should Have Been Me
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles
Ray Charles2:40
12Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite
recording of:
Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite (on 1953-09-23)
writer:
Calvin Carter and James Hudson
The Spaniels2:42
13Big Heavy (Blue Light Boogie)
Cozy Eggleston2:48
14Work With Me Annie
electric bass guitar:
Alonzo Tucker (on 1954-01-14)
guitar:
Arthur Porter (on 1954-01-14)
membranophone:
Robert Boswell (on 1954-01-14)
piano:
Sonny Thompson (on 1954-01-14)
tenor saxophone:
Robert Darby (on 1954-01-14)
background vocals:
Henry Booth (on 1954-01-14) and Charles Sutton (on 1954-01-14)
bass vocals:
Sonny Woods (on 1954-01-14)
lead vocals:
Hank Ballard (on 1954-01-14)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
Work With Me, Annie (on 1954-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Ballard
The Midnighters2:45
15Jock-A-Mo
bass guitar:
Frank Fields (in 1953-09)
guitar:
Snooks Eaglin (in 1953-09)
membranophone:
Eric Warner (in 1953-09)
piano:
James Crawford, Jr. (in 1953-09)
saxophone:
Alfred Bernard (in 1953-09) and David Lastie (in 1953-09)
trombone:
Big Boy Myles (in 1953-09)
background vocals:
Slim Saunders (in 1953-09)
vocals:
James Crawford, Jr. (in 1953-09)
recording of:
Jockomo (in 1953-09)
lyricist and composer:
James Crawford, Jr. (until 1953-09)
Sugar Boy Crawford2:27
16I Just Want to Make Love to You
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-04-13)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (on 1954-04-13) and Jimmy Rogers (on 1954-04-13)
harmonica:
Little Walter (on 1954-04-13)
membranophone:
Fred Below (on 1954-04-13)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-04-13)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (on 1954-04-13)
recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You (on 1954-04-13)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp., Copyright Control and Hoochie Coochie Music
recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp., Copyright Control and Hoochie Coochie Music
Muddy Waters2:51
17I Feel So Bad
vocals:
Chuck Willis (on 1953-09-17)
orchestra:
Leroy Kirkland Orchestra (on 1953-09-17)
conductor:
Leroy Kirkland (on 1953-09-17)
recording of:
I Feel So Bad (on 1953-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Willis
publisher:
Berkshire Music Inc., Cecil Lennox Ltd, Chuck Willis Music Co., Elvis Presley Music Inc. and Tideland Music Publishing Corporation
Chuck Willis2:53
18Sh-Boom
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1954-03-15)
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler
tenor saxophone:
Sam Taylor (on 1954-03-15)
vocals:
The Chords (on 1954-03-15)
arranger:
Howard Biggs
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 215)
recording of:
Sh‐Boom (on 1954-03-15)
writer:
William Edwards, Carl Feaster, Claude Feaster, James Keyes and Floyd McRae
premiered by:
The Chords
The Chords2:26
19Shake, Rattle and Roll
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 126)
Big Joe Turner3:01
20Oh What a Dream
Ruth Brown2:54
21Riot in Cell Block #9
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (in 1954)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (in 1954)
guitar:
Barney Kessel (in 1954)
piano:
Mike Stoller (in 1954)
saxophone:
Gil Bernal (in 1954)
lead vocals:
Richard Berry (in 1954)
vocals:
Carl Gardner (in 1954), Bobby Nunn (in 1954), Billy Richard (in 1954), Roy Richard (in 1954) and Ty Terrell (in 1954)
arranger:
Mike Stoller
recorded at:
Master Recorders in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1954)
recording of:
Riot in Cell Block #9 (in 1954)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
The Robins3:02
22Honey Love
The Drifters2:25
23Evil Is Goin' On
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1954-05-25)
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1954-05-25)
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips (on 1954-05-25)
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (on 1954-05-25) and Jody Williams (on 1954-05-25)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1954-05-25)
vocals:
Howlin’ Wolf (on 1954-05-25)
recording of:
Evil (aka “Evil Is Going On”) (on 1954-05-25)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. and Hoochie Coochie Music
Howlin’ Wolf2:54
24Oop Shoop
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (in 1954)
recording of:
Oop Shoop (in 1954)
writer:
Shirley Gunter and Blondene Taylor
Shirley Gunter & The Queens2:14
25Jump Children
Dave Bartholomew2:21
26Gloria
cover recording of:
Gloria (1940s doo-wop song written by Leon René) (in 1954-07)
lyricist:
Esther Navarro and Leon René
composer:
Leon René
The Cadillacs2:53
27You Upset Me Baby
alto saxophone:
Jewell Grant (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
bass:
Ralph Hamilton (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Jesse Sailes (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
guitar:
B.B. King (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
piano:
Willard McDaniel (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
saxophone:
Floyd Turnham (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
trumpet:
Harry D. Jones (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
vocals:
B.B. King (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
arranger:
Maxwell Davis
publisher:
Intersong Music
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ace Records Ltd (in 1954) and P‐VINE RECORDS (in 1954)
recorded at:
Modern Studios in Culver City, California, United States (from 1954-08-18 until 1954-08-19)
recording of:
You Upset Me Baby (from 1954-08-18 until 1958-08-19)
writer:
Riley B. King and Jules Taub
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Copyright Control
B.B. King3:03
28Hearts of Stone
The Charms2:35
29All Night Long
Joe Houston2:37

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ASIN:UK: B0006VBH7S [info]

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part of:Blowing the Fuse (number: 1954) (order: 10)