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Happy New Year! I'm receiving the enthusiastic unconditional love of the under-12 crowd. Back next week with Ain't Misbehavin'.
Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| Cast | I played the Entire Musical | Ain't Misbehavin' | RCA |
| Lou Rawls | King Bee | Natural Man | MGM |
| Lou Rawls | All Around the World | Legendary | |
| Lou Rawls | Feelin' Alright | You've Made Me So very Happy | Capitol |
| Lou Rawls | You're Good Thing's About To End | Legendary | |
| Lou Rawls | Hurtin' | You've Made Me So very Happy | Capitol |
| Lou Rawls | I played the Entire Album which, by the way, was his first on-stage recording | Lou rawls Live! | Capitol |
| Lou Rawls | Natural Man | Natural Man | MGM |
| Lou Rawls | Fine Brown Frame | Legendary | |
| Johnnie Taylor | Drowning In My Own Tears |
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Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| Ray Charles | Let's Go Get Stoned | Uh Huh | |
| Aretha Franklin | Tracks of My Tears | ||
| Eric Bibb | I Heard the Angels Singing | Painting Signs | |
| Bob & Sam King, Arnold McCuller, Willie Green Jr. |
Somebody's Calling My Name | Crossroads | |
| Blind Boys of Alabama | Moses | Atom Bomb | RealWorld |
| Sonny Terry | Ham and Eggs | Livin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | Mojo Hand | ||
| John Lee Hooker | One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer | Chess Blues | Chess |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Frankie & Johnny | Black, Brown & White | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Eric Bibb | Delia's Gone | Painting Signs | |
| Richard Berry | Get OUt of the Car | Get Out of the Car | Flair |
| Nina Simone | Why the King of Love Is Dead | Movin' On Up | |
| Cast | Black & Blue | Ain't Misbehavin | RCA |
| James Brown | Say It Loud (I'm Black & I'm Proud) I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing |
Star Time | |
| James Brown | Mashed Potatoes '66 | Soul Pride | |
| James Brown | Dancing Little Thing | I Got You/I Feel Good | King |
| James Brown | Baby You're Right | Messin' With the Blues | |
| James Brown | Like It Is, Like It Was (The Blues) (part 1) |
Messin' With the Blues | |
| James Brown | Love Don't Love Nobody | I Got You/I Feel Good | |
| James Brown | Soul Food Parts 1 & 2 | Soul Pride | |
| James Brown | It's a Man's World It's a Man's Man's Man's World |
Star Time | |
| James Brown | Suds | I Got You/I Feel Good | |
| Fillmore Slim | Street Walker | Funky Mama's House | Fedora |
| Mem Shannon | Taxicab Driver | A Cab Driver's Blues | Rykodisc |
| Son Seals | My Life | Living in the Danger Zone | Alligator |
| Bobby Blue Bland | This Time It's For Good | Anthology | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | For Men Only | Turn On Your Lovelight | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | After It's Too Late | Turn On Your Lovelight | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Your Friends | Turn On Your Lovelight | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Do What You set Out to Do | Anthology | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | I Take It On Home | Anthology | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | It Ain't the Real thing | Anthology | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Loneliness Hurts | Turn On Your Lovelight | |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Recess Heaven | Anthology | |
| Wynonnie Harris | Sittin' On It All The Time Keep On Churning Lollipop Mama I Like My Baby's Pudding |
Risque Blues | |
| Wynonnie Harris | Tell A Whale of a Tale | Atlantic Blues Vocalists | |
| I found Out You're My Cousin | Gumbo Stew |
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Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| John Lee Hooker | We'll Meet Again | Chill OUt | Pointblank |
| Esther Phillips | I'm A Bad Bad Girl | Crybaby | MCA |
| Jimmy Yancey | Yancey special | Atlantic Blues: Piano | Atlantic |
| Luther Guitar Jr. Johnson | Walking the Dog | Atlantic Blues: Chicago | Atlantic |
| Freddie King | Wake Up This Morning* | Atlantic Blues: Chicago | Atlantic |
| johnny Brown | Two Bones and a Pick | Atlantic Blues: Guitar | Atlantic |
| Big Joe Turner | TV Mama | Atlantic Blues: Guitar | Atlantic |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Trouble In Mind | Atlantic Blues: Vocalists | Atlantic |
| The Chips | Rubber Biscuit | Crybaby | MCA |
| Earl King | Those Lonely Lonely Nights | Living the Blues: Blues Legends | Time Life |
| BB King | The Thrill Is Gone | Living the Blues: Blues Legends | Time Life |
| Bobby Bland & BB King | Let The Good Times Roll | Anthology | MCA |
| Ray Charles | I Wonder | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection | Atlantic |
| little Milton | Grits Ain't Groceries | Living the Blues: Blues Masters | Time Life |
| Chuck berry | Wee Wee Hours | Living the Blues: Blues Masters | Time Life |
| Jimmy Rogers | Walking By Myself | Living the Blues: Blues Greats | Time Life |
| Muddy Waters | You Shook Me | Living the Blues: Blues Legends | Time Life |
| Howling Wolf | All My Life | Livin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Leroy Carr | Blues Before Sunrise | Chasin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| John Lee Hooker | Devil's Jump | Playin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Fickle Woman | Livin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Meade Lux Lewis | Honky Tonk Train Blues | Playin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee | I'm A Stranger Here | This Is the Blues | Direct Source |
| Sonny Boy Williamson | Little Low Woman Blues | This Is the Blues | Direct Source |
| Brownie McGhee | Million Lonesome Women | Playin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Ray Charles | Rockin' Chair | Livin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Jimmy Rushing | She's Mine, She's Yours | Livin' The Blues | Direct Source |
| Sharps & Flats | I Knew He Would | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Georgia Tom & Jane Lucas | What's That I Smell | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Blind Boy Fuller | What Smells Like Fish | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Marylin Scott | I Got What My Daddy Likes | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Horny Frog | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Hard Lead Pencil | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Walter Brown | Gonna Play With Your Woman | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Barrelhouse Annie | If It Don't Fit Don't Force It | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Floyd Dixon | Too Much Jelly Roll | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Papa Joe Grappa | Too White To Sing the Blues | Too White To Sing the Blues | |
| Red Garland | Lazy Mae | Dig It | Prestige |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | My Man Is A Mean Man | Naturally | Daptone Records |
| Queen Latifah | Mercy Mercy Mercy | The Dana Owens Album | |
| Bobby Bland | Farther Up the Road | Anthology | MCA |
| Nina Simone | Do I Move You | the Blues | |
| Aretha Franklin | Tracks of My Tears | Queen of Soul | Atlantic |
| James Brown | Like It Is, Like It Was (The Blues) (part 1) |
Messin' With the Blues | |
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Today I interviewed Marlin, creator of "LUMA," the light show opening at the Victoria Theatre on February 3-19. To get a show preview, visit www.lumatheater.com. I'll be at the press preview Thursday.
Artist |
Song Title |
Album/CD Title |
Label |
| Willis Jackson | Pee Wee (Call of the Gators) | Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 | Delmark |
| Morris Lane & His Orchestra | Return of BO Plenty | Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 | Delmark |
| Morris Lane & His Orchestra | Gitcie Gitchie Goomba | Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 | Delmark |
| Morris Lane & His Orchestra | Joe's beat | Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 | Delmark |
| Morris Lane & His Orchestra | Blue Jeans | Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 2 | Delmark |
| Sugar Pie DeSanto | Nobody's Home | Refined Sugar | Jasman Records |
| I Wish You Would | |||
| Darondo | Let My People Go | Let My People Go | Ubiquity Records |
| Alvin Robinson | Tuned In, Turned On | Gumbo Stew | Ace |
| James Carter & the Prisoners | Po Lazarus | O Brother Where Art Thou | Lost Highway |
| John Lee Hooker | Mama, You Got A Daughter | City of Angels | Reprise |
| Elmore James | My Bleeding Heart | Shake Your Money Maker | Buddha |
| Jimmy Reed | You Got Me Dizzy | Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed | Rhino |
| Robert Johnson | Preachin' Blues (Up jumped the Devil) | King of the Delta Blues Singers | Sony |
| Ike & Tina Turner | Keep On Using Me | Jazz & Blues Collection #6 | |
| Bobby Bland | Dust Got In Daddy's Eyes | Turn On Your Lovelight | MCA |
| Little Esther | I'm A Bad Girl | Cry Baby | MCA |
| The Chips | Rubber Biscuit | Cry Baby | MCA |
| Floyd Dixon | Hey Bartender | Atlantic Blues: Piano | Atlantic |
| Willie Mabon | I Don't Know | Atlantic Blues: Piano | Atlantic |
| Ray Charles | I'll Do Anything But work | In the Beginning | Fabulous |
| Laverne baker | Gimme A Pigfoot | Atlantic Blues: Vocalist | Atlantic |
| Ted Taylor | Something Strange Is Going On In My House | From Chicago to Shreveport: Deep Soul Vol. 1 | Varese |
| Bobby Powell | CC Rider | From Chicago to Shreveport: Deep Soul Vol. 1 | Varese |
| Eddie Bo | Tee Na Na Na Na Nay | Gumbo Stew | Ace |
| Sonny Boy Williamson | Fattening Frogs for Snakes | Chess Blues | Chess |
| King Curtis | Dynamite at Midnight | Honkers & Bar walkers Vol. 2 | Delmark |
| Bobby Bland | You've Got Bad Intentions | Anthology | MCA |
| BB King | Paying the Cost of Being the Boss | Living the Blues: Blues Greats | Time Life |
| Howling wolf | Back Door Man | Living the Blues: Blues Masters | Time Life |
| Koko Taylor | I'm a Woman | Audience with the Queen | Alligator |
| Bessie Smith | Nobody Knows You When You're Down & OUt | Blues Masters Vol. 11: Classic Blues Masters | |
| Bessie Smith | Empty Bed Blues | Playin' the Blues | Direct Source |
| Canes | Pop Eye Stroll | Stax | Stax |
| Bobby Bland | Turn On Your Lovelight | Anthology | MCA |
| Wynonnie Harris | Sittin' On It All the Time | Risque Blues | |
| Wynonnie Harris | Keep On churning | Risque Blues | |
| Wynonnie Harris | I Like My Baby's Pudding | Risque Blues | |
| Clara Smith | It's Tight Like That | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Lil Johnson | Meat Balls | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| The Sultans | Lemon Squeezing Daddy | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Lonnie Johnson | Jelly Roll Baker | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Floyd Dixon | Too Much Jelly Roll | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Otis Rush | I Can't Quit You Baby | ||
| James Brown | Night Train | Star Time | |
| Aretha Franklin | Spirit in the Dark (w/Ray Charles) | The Queen of Soul | Atlantic |