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October 1 | October 8 | October 15 | October 22 | October 29 | archives | DJ Marilynn spins every Monday, 9:00 a.m.-Noon

October 1

Artist Song Title Album Label
John Lee Hooker The entire album Free Beer and Chicken ABC
Albert King The entire album Blues at Sunrise (Live at Montreux) Stax
BB King Why I Sing the Blues Best of BB King MCA
Sugar Pie DeSanto& Etta James Do I Make Myself Clear Down in the Basement: The Chess Years MCA
Koko Taylor Insane Asylum Koko Taylor MCA
John Patton Dem Dirty Blues Blue John Capitol
Howlin' Wolf Goin' Down Slow
Smokestack Lightning
I Asked for Water
His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
The Triumphs Burnt Biscuits* Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles (1959-1968) Stax
Slim Gaillard Potato Chips Laughing In Rhythm: The Best Of The Verve Years Verve
Gus Jenkins Chitlins*    
Sly Buttermilk    
Howlin' Wolf Moanin' at Midnight
Evil
I Ain't Superstitious
His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Cast Lift Me Up Like a Dove Gospel at Colonus  
Muddy Waters Long Distance Call Muddy & the Wolf Chess
Nancy Wilson Ode to Billy Jo Welcome to My Love  

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October 8

Artist Song Title Album Label
Aretha Franklin Drown in My Own Tears Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings Atlantic
Ray Charles Lonely Avenue The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years Atlantic
Bobby Blue Bland Cry Cry Cry Anthology MCA
Etta James Hold Back the Tears These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry Of Etta James Chess
James Brown Lost Someone I Got You/I Feel Good King
Nina Simone Feelin' Good Verve Unmixed Verve
Little Milton Blues in the Night We're Gonna Make It Chess
Tail Dragger Sitting Here Singing My Blues
Tend to Your Business
Prison Blues
My Head Is Bald Delmark
Big Time Sarah and the BTS Express The Thrill Is Gone Lay It on 'Em Girls Delmark
Dinah Washington Long John Blues
Richest Guy in the Graveyard
Mean and Evil Blues
Hey Good Looking
Why Can't You Behave
The Queen Sings Proper Records
Bessie Smith Hustlin' Dan
I've Got What It Takes
I Want Every Bit of It
Preachin' the Blues
On Revival Day
Chattanooga Gal Proper Records
Wynonie Harris Baby Look at You
Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door
Gone with the Wind
That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch
Straighten Him Out
Everybody Boogie Delmark
Big Maybelle I've Got It Bad
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Goin' Home Baby*
Rockhouse
A Little Bird Told Me
Young Man's Blues
Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle Savoy
Big Mama Thornton I'm Feeling Alright
Sometimes I Have a Hearthache
Black Rat
Life Goes On
Everything Gonna Be Alright
Big Mama Thornton with the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966 Arhoolie
Bobby Blue Bland When You Put Me Down Turn On Your Love Light MCA
Bobby Blue Bland I've Been Wrong So Long Anthology MCA
Bobby Blue Bland I Won't Forget Turn On Your Love Light MCA
Bobby Blue Bland Bobby's Blues Call on Me/That's the Way Love Is Chess
Bobby Blue Bland Lead Me On Anthology MCA
Sweet Inspirations Blues Stay Away from Me
Why Am I Treated So Bad
I've Been Loving You Too Long
Sweet Inspiration
Chained
The Best of the Sweet Inspirations Ichiban
Ruby Hayes St. Louis Blues
Do Your Duty
Ruby's Blues Princess House Records

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October 15

Artist Song Title Album Label
Sonny Rhodes Think Evidence Blues Sampler Four Evidence
Barbara Morrison I'm Gettin' 'long Alright I'm Gettin' 'long Alright Chartmaker

Chick Willis

I Got a Big Fat Woman I Got a Big Fat Woman Ichiban
BB King Caledonia The Best of BB King MCA
Hal Singer Midnight Giants of the Blues and Funk Tenor Sax Prestige
Wynonie Harris Wynonie's Blues
Here Comes the Blues
Baby Look at You
Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door
Everybody Boogie Delmark
Wynonie Harris Destination Love
Tell a Whale of a Tale
Atlantic Blues: Vocalists Atlantic
Wynonie Harris I Want My Fanny Brown Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon GVC
Wynonie Harris Lollypop Mama
I Like My Baby's Pudding
Keep On Churnin'
Sittin' on It All the Time Blues
Risqué Blues King
Wynonie Harris I Got A Lyin' Woman Everybody Boogie Delmark
Big Time Sarah and the BTS Express I Just Want a Little Bit Lay It on 'Em Girls Delmark
Dinah Washington Mean and Evil Blues
Richest Guy in the Graveyard
Rich Man Blues
The Queen Sings [box] Proper Records
Etta James I Want to Be Loved These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James Chess
Ray Charles I Wonder Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection [box] Rhino
Ray Charles I Never See Maggie Alone Ray Charles & Betty Carter  
Nina Simone Gin House Blues The Blues Novus
Bob & Sam King, Arnold McCuller, Willie Green Jr. Hush! Somebody's Calling My Name Crossroads Warner Brothers
Blind Boys of Alabama Moses Atom Bomb Real World
Fred and Annie Mae McDowell Jesus Is Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed Down Home Slide Testament
Robert Johnson Hell Hound on My Trail
Me and the Devil Blues
King of the Delta Blues Singers Sony
Brownie McGhee Old Town Blues (Country Road) Hootin' Muse
John Littlejohn Slidin' Down Home Slide Testament
J. Carter & Prisoners Po' Lazarus O Brother Where Art Thou? Lost Highway
Paul Pena Terraplane Blues Genghis Blues Six Degrees
Albert King Lovingest Woman in Town Funky London Stax
Javon Jackson featuring Cassandra Wilson Country Girl The Last Time I Committed Suicide Blue Note
Stanley Turrentine Ain't No Way The Common Touch Blue Note
James Brown There Was a Time
Mother Popcorn
Baby You're Right
Star Time [box] Polydor
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings The Dap Dip
Pick It up, Lay It on the Cut
What Have You Done for Me Lately?
Dap-Dippin Daptone Records

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October 22

Artist Song Title Album Label
Etta James I Just Want to Make Love to You
Take It to the Limit
Live from San Francisco On the Spot
Aretha Franklin Spirit in the Dark (with Ray Charles) Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings Atlantic
James Brown Mashed Potato '66 Soul Pride: The Instrumentals Polygram
Slim Gaillard Potato Chip 52 Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years Verve
The Earthworms Mo' Taters Las Vegas Grind, Vol. 2 Crypt
Nat Kendrick Mashed Potatoes Part 1 & 2 Nat Kendrick and the Swans Henry Stone
Dee Dee Sharp Mashed Potato Time The Best of Dee Dee Sharp 1962-1966 Abkco
Cowboy Bebop Digging My Potato Cowboy Bebop [box] JVC Victor
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 100 Days, 100 Nights 100 Days, 100 Nights Daptone Records
Bobby Blue Bland St. James Infirmary Turn on Your Love Light MCA
Dinah Washington Walking and Talking
You Didn't Want Me Then
The Queen Sings [box] Proper Records
Bessie Smith Take Me on a Buggy Ride Chattanooga Gal Proper Records
Bessie Smith Kitchen Man Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon GVC
Pinocchio James w/Todd Rhodes Orchestra Your Mouth Got a Hole in It Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
Joe Houston Corn Bread and Cabbage Greens Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
King Ernest In the Dark King of Hearts Evidence
Albert King Lonesome Funky London Stax
Chris Thomas King Death Letter Blues* Red Mud Black Top
Chris Thomas King South Side Shuffle
You'll Be Sorry, Baby
It's A Cold Ass World—The Beginning Arhoolie
Freddie king Big Legged Woman Live at the Electric Ballroom, 1974 Black Top
BB King Going Down Slow Sweet Little Angel Flair
BB King Take a Swing with Me Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Let Them Knock 100 Days, 100 Nights Daptone Records
King Curtis Little Brother Soul The New Scene of King Curtis  
Earl King Happy Little Nobody Waggy Tail Dog King of New Orleans Fuel 2000
Ken Page & Nell Carter Honeysuckle Rose Ain't Misbehavin' RCA
Big Jay McNeely Insect Ball Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
Rudy Greene Buzzard Pie Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
Zuzu Bollin Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
Robin Tarrant w/Jack McVea & His All Stars Blues With A Feeling Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
Barrelhouse Welch Dyin' Pickpocket Blues Outside the Law Buzzola
Blind Willie McTell Dying Gambler
Dying Crapshooter Blues
High Rollers Buzzola
Georgia White Dead Man Blues Playin' the Blues Direct Source
Jelly Roll Morton Dead Man Ken Burns Jazz  
Andrew Tibbs Bilbo Is Dead Chess Blues[box] Chess
Dinah Washington Richest Guy in the Graveyard The Queen Sings Proper Records
Sonny Boy Williamson Your Funeral and My Trial Chess Blues [box] Chess
Rocky Fuller Funeral Hearse at My Door Chess Blues [box] Chess
Fred and Annie Mae McDowell Jesus Is Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed Down Home Slide Testament
Blind Connie Williams I'm on My Way to Canaan Land Down Home Slide Testament
Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor His Best Chess

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October 29

Artist Song Title Album Label

John Lee Hooker

Well Well Jealous Mighty Tiger
Nora Jean Bruso When You Leave Don't Take Nothing Nora Jean Bruso Sings the Blues Red Hurricane
Ruth Brown HB's Funky Fable A Good Day for the Blues Bullseye
Hal Singer Midnight Giants of the Blues and Funk Tenor Sax  
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Give Me My Coat and Shoes
Big Boat (Buddy and Junior's Thing)**
Sweet Black Girl
Diggin' My Potatoes
Alone and Acoustic Alligator
Chris Thomas King Hard Time Killing Floor Blues O Brother, Where Art Thou  
Big Bill Broonzy Frankie and Johnny Trouble in Mind  
Taj Mahal Buck Dancer's Choice Oooh So Good 'n' Blues  
Chainsaw Dupont The Flood Ghost Kings of Beale Street Blues Warrior
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings 100 Days, 100 Nights 100 Days, 100 Nights Daptone
James Brown Dancing Little Thing I Got You (I Feel Good) King
Graham Central Station Tell Me What It Is Graham Central Station Warner Brothers
Ray Charles Lonely Avenue The Best of Ray Charles, The Atlantic Years Atlantic
Barbara Morrison Confessin' the Blues
I'm Gettin' 'Long All Right
I'm Gettin' 'Long All Right  
Elmore James Sunnyland
Stranger Blues
Standing at the Crossroads
Something Inside Me
The Sky Is Crying
My Bleeding Heart
I'm Worried
Held My Baby Last Night
Fine Little Mama
Early One Morning
Done Somebody Wrong
Shake Your Moneymaker  
Jayne Cortez & the Firespitters Deadly Radiation Blues Find Your Own Voice  
Chainsaw Dupont When It's Sweet Ghost Kings of Beale Street Blues Warrior

John Lee Hooker

Jealous Jealous Mighty Tiger
Nora Jean Bruso Members Only Nora Jean Bruso Sings the Blues Red Hurricane
The Golden Gate Quartet Atom & Evil Like an Atom Bomb Buzzola
Pinocchio James w/Todd Rhodes Orchestra Your Mouth Got a Hole in It* Ham Hocks and Cornbread JSP
Joe Liggins Whiskey, Women & Loaded Dice High Rollers Buzzola
Maceo Parker Elephant's Foot Funk Overload What Are Records
Lester Chambers Rent Me Lester Chambers Complete
Etta James You Can Leave Your Hat On The Essential Etta James RCA
Aretha Franklin Soulville Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington Sony
Bobby Blue Bland The Greatest Turn On Your Lovelight MCA
Ike & Tina Turner Put On Your Tight Pants Jazz & Blues Collection #6  
Oscar Brown, Jr. But I Was Cool Beat Generation Rhino

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