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On this day in 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, while preparing to lead a local march in support of the heavily-black Memphis sanitation workers' union. You can reed more about the assassination at wikipedia.org.
Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| Sista Monica | Never Say Never The Sista Don't Play |
Live in Europe | Mo muscle |
| Shemekia Copeland | Ka Ching | Talking To Strangers | |
| Otis Taylor | Cold at Midnight | When Negroes Walked the Earth | shoelace |
| Junior Wells | Please Throw this Poor Dog a Bone | Blues Hit Big Town | Delmark |
| Zora Young | I Learned My Lesson | 50 Years of Jazz and Blues : Blues | delmark |
| Boozoo Chavis | Crying Waltz | Hey Do Right | Antones |
| Sleepy John Estes | Poor Mother's Blues Government Money |
Newport Blues | Delmark |
| Arthur Adams | Soul of the Blues | Soul of the Blues | PM Record Company |
| Arthur Adams | Good Good Good | Back on Track | Blind Pig |
| BB King | Ain't Nobody Home | Best of BB King | MCA |
| Bobby Bland | Good Time Charlie |
Anthology | MCA |
| ZZ Hill | Greatest Love | ||
| Bobby Bland | Dust Got In Daddy's Eyes | ||
| Queen Latifah | Mercy Mercy Mercy | the dana owens album | |
| Chaka Khan | Fever | ||
| Aretha Franklin | Pitiful | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| Big Maybelle | Pitiful | Blues, Candy, & Big Maybelle | |
| Clara Smith | It's Tight Like That | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Bill Harvey & His Orchestra | Walk Right In | Honkers and Bar Walkers Vol. 2 | Delmark |
| Wynonnie Harris | Keep on Churning | Risqué Blues | |
| Frankie Jaxon and the Harlem Hamfats | Wet It | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Barbara Carr | Bone Me Like You Own Me | The Best of Ecko Records | Ecko |
| Chick Willis | Stoop Down Baby | every Day's A Holiday with the Blues | Kris Records |
| Bessie Smith | Empty Bed Blues | Playin' the Blues | Direct Source |
| LaVerne Baker | Gimme a Pigfoot | Atlantic Blues: Vocalists | Atlantic |
| Artie Blues Boy White | Don't Pet My Dog Thinking About Making a Change |
Tired of Sneaking Around | Ichiban |
| Mem Shannon | Sweet Potato* Ignant Stick |
I'm from Phunkville | Northern Blues Music |
| Sista monica | Can't Keep a Good Woman Down | Can't Keep a Good Woman Down | Mo muscle |
| Pops Staples, Albert King, Steve Cropper | Tupelo | Stax Blues Brothers | Stax |
| Ike & tina Turner | River Deep, Mountain High | Greatest Hits | |
| Ike & Tina Turner Revue | All I Could Do was Cry/Please Please Please | Live!!! | Kent |
| Howling Wolf | Sitting On Top of the World | Chess Blues, Vol. 4 | Chess |
| Freddie King | Play It Cool | Atlantic Blues: Chicago | Atlantic |
| Nina Simone | cotton Eyed Joe | The Amazing Nina Simone | |
| Aretha Franklin | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
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Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| Jimmy King | Introduction/The Ghetto Somebody Don't Burn Down the Bridges Living in the Danger Zone Drowning on Dry Land Standing in the Rain It Aint the Same No Mo |
Live At Monterey | Bullseye |
| BB King | Sweet 16 | Best of BB King | MCA |
| Aretha Franklin | Nobody Knows The Way I feel This Morning | Unforgettable | |
| Mem Shannon | Sweet Potato | I'm From Phunkville | Northern Blues Music |
| Mem Shannon | I Smell Something | Morning in Memphis | Shanachie |
| Mem Shannon | Ignant Stick | I'm From phunkville | Northern Blues Music |
| Ray Charles | Rockin Chair Blues | Living the Blues | |
| Ray Charles | Ain't That Love | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years | |
| Etta James | Prisoner of Love | These Foolish Things | |
| Nina Simone | Feelin Good | Blues | |
| Elmore James | Dust My Broom | Shake your Money Maker | |
| Jimmy Reed | Bright Lights Big City | Blues Masters: The very Best of Jimmy Reed | |
| Robert Johnson | Stones in My Passway | king of the Delta Blues | |
| Blind Willie Johnson | Everybody Out To Treat A Stranger Right Lord I Just Can't Keep from Crying Go With Me To that Land |
Sweeter as the Years Go By | Yazoo |
| Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim | I Got a Razor** | Willie's Blues | Prestige |
| KC Douglas | I Don't Want No Woman To Love Me | Mercury Blues | Arhoolie |
| Bo Diddley | I'm A Man | His Best | Chess |
| Geno Delaphose | One Lie Leads to Another | French Rockin Boogie | Rounder |
| Chamion Jack Dupree | Give Me the Flowers While I'm Living | A Portrait of Champion Jack Dupree | Rounder |
| Blind Willie Davis | When I Been Drinking | Blind Willie Davis | Evidence |
| ZZ Hill | It's a Hangup Baby | Atlantic Blues: Vocalists | Atlantic |
| Wynonnie Harris | Destination Love | Atlantic Blues: Vocalists | Atlantic |
| The Swallows | It Ain't the Meat | Risque Blues | |
| Big Maybelle | A Good Man I Hard To Find | Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle | |
| Irma Thomas | Yield Not To Temptation | ||
| John Lee Hooker | Mama, You Got a Daughter | City of Angels | |
| Stick McGhee | Tall Pretty Woman | Atlantic Blues: Guitar | Atlantic |
| Jim Yancey | Shave Em Dry | Atlantic Blues: Piano | Atlantic |
| Alberta Hunter | You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Little Willie John | Leave My Kitten Alone | ||
| Big Joe Williams | Jinx Blues | Chasin The Blues | |
| Amos Milburn | On Burbon, One Scotch, One Beer | Living the Blues: Blues Masters | |
| Jimmy Reed | Baby What You Want Me To Do | Living the Blues: Blues Greats | |
| Little Milton | Blues In the Night | We're Gonna Make It | |
| Eddy Clearwater | Sun Is Shining | Clark Street Ramblers | Blue Chicago |
| Taj Mahal | Big Legged Women | Like Never Before | |
| Jarmels | A Little Bit of Soap |
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I Heard You Twice the First Time: Branford Marsalis.
Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| Howling Wolf | Killing Floor | ||
| Brownie McGhee | Million Lonesome Women | ||
| John Littlejohn | What In the World You Goin' To Do | Chicago Blues Stars | |
| Johnny Copeland | It's My Own Tears That's Bein' Wasted | Atlantic Blues Vocalists | |
| Elmore James | Early One Morning | Shake Your Moneymaker | |
| Jimmy Reed | I Ain't Got You | Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed | |
| Tic & Toc | Jibba Jab | Las Vegas Grind Part 1 | |
| Robert Johnson | Last Fair Deal Gone Down | King of the Delta Blues Singers | |
| Seatbelts | Digging My Potato | Cowboy Bebop OST | |
| Chris Thomas King | Hard Time Killing Floor Blues | O Brother Where Art Thou | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | It's My Life Baby | Anthology | MCA |
| Big Maybelle | A Good Man Is Hard to Find | Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle | |
| Etta James | If I Can't Have You | Etta James: Her Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection | Chess |
| Nina Simone | Do I Move You | Blues | |
| Ray Charles | But On the Other Hand Baby | Ray Charles & Betty Carter | |
| Wynonnie Harris | I Like My Baby's Pudding | Risque Blues | |
| Aretha Franklin | When the Battle Is Over | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| Eric Bibb | I Heard the Angels Singing | Painting Signs | Earthbeat |
| Fontella Bass | I Want Everyone To Know | Free | |
| James Brown | Three Hearts In A Tango | I Got You/I Feel Good | |
| James Brown | Suds | Soul Pride: The Instrumentals | |
| BB King | How Blue Can You Get | Greatest Hits | MCA |
| Willis Jackson | This'll Get To Ya | Giants of the Blues and Funk Tenor Sax | |
| Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon & the Harlem Hamfats | Wet It! | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Keep Your Hands Off My Mojo | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo | |
| Merline Jackson | Don't You Feel My Leg | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | Fish in the Dish | Naturally | Daptone Records |
| Sugar Pie DeSanto | Straighten It Out with Your Man | A Slice of Pie | jasman Records |
| Chick Willis | I Got A Big Fat Woman | I Got A Big Fat Woman | Ichiban |
| Mem Shannon | The Wrong People In charge | 2nd Blues Album | Rykodisc |
| Mem Shannon | Ode To Benny Hill Taxicab Driver* |
A Cab Driver's Blues | Rykodisc |
| Mem Shannon | Ignant Stick | I'm From Phunkville | |
| Bobbie Webb | Honky Tonk The Things I Used To Do T-Bone Shuffle Drifting Blues |
Oct 1993 Sessions | |
| Sarah vaughan | Peter Gunn | Sarah Vaughan Sings The Mancini Songbook | Mercury |
| Laverne Baker | Gimme a Pigfoot | ||
| Queen Latifah | When You're Good To Mama | Chicago | |
| Cast | Joint Is Jumping | Ain't Misbehavin' | |
| Eddie Vinson | That's the Way to Treat Your Woman | Eddie vinson Sings | Bethlehem |
| Rufus Thomas | Bear Cat | We'll Play the Blues For You | Stax |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Tones | You're Gonna Get it | Naturally | Daptone |
| Swamp Dogg | If I Ever Kiss It... He Can Kiss it Goodbye! | If I Ever Kiss It... He Can Kiss it Goodbye! | SDEG |
| Mem Shannon | Taxicab Driver* | A Cab Driver's Blues | Rykodisc |
| Teena Marie | Ballad of Cradle Rob | This Must Be Magic |
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Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| Otis Clay | You're the One | Respect Yourself | Blind Pig |
| Big Time Sara | I Just Want A Little Bit | Lay It On 'Em Girls | Delmark |
| Big Joe Williams | Walkin' Blues | The Sound of the Delta | Testament |
| Alec Seward | Blues All Around My Head #2 | Late One Saturday Evening | Blues Alliance |
| Preston Shannon | Can't Lose What You Never Had | Midnight in Memphis | Bullseye |
| Wilson Picket | Better Him Than Me | It's Harder Now | Bullseye |
| Snooky Pryor | She Tried To Ruin Me | In This Mess Up To My Chest | Antones |
| BB King | Ain't Nobody Home | Best of BB King | MCA |
| Chaka Khan | Hazel's Hips | ClassiKhan | Sanctuary |
| Bobby Bland | Do What You Set Out To Do | Anthology | MCA |
| Blind Boys of Alabama | Moses | Atom Bomb | Real World |
| J. Carter & Prisoners | Po Lazarus | O Brother Where Art Thou | Lost Highway |
| Ben Harper | Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave | Welcome to the Cruel World | Virgin |
| Aretha Franklin | I Never Loved A Man | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| Jimi Hendrix | Red House | City of Angels | |
| Son Seals | Crying For My Baby Don't Pick Me For Your Fool Mother Blues No No Baby Your Love Is Like A Cancer |
Live—Spontaneous Combustion | Alligator |
| Chaka Khan | Goldfinger | ClassiKhan | Sanctuary |
| Spiritual Corinthians | Can't Turn Around | ||
| Ike & Tina Turner Revue | All In My Mind | ||
| James Brown | Like A Baby | Messin With the Blues | |
| Brownie McGhee | Face In the Crowd | Living the Blues | Direct Source |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | Blind Snake Moan | Playing the Blues | |
| Artie Blues Boy White | Tired of Sneaking Around Don't Pet My Dog |
Tired of Sneaking Around | Ichiban |
| Clarence Gatemouth Brown | The Drifter | Okie Dokie Stomp |
Bullseye |
| Shemekia Copeland | Steamy Windows | Wicked | Alligator |
| Branford Marsalis | BB's Blues Mabel The Road You Choose |
I Heard You Twice the First Time | Columbia |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Got A Thing On my Mind | Dap Dippin' with the Dap Kings | Daptone |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Got A Thing On my Mind | Naturally | Daptone |
| Ray Charles | I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town | Genius + Soul = Jazz | |
| Little Milton | Blues In the Night | We're Gonna Make It | Chess |
| James Brown | Ain't That A Groove | Star Time | |
| Staple Singers | Slippery People |