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"The Power of Blues Compels You" Playlists
April 6 | April 13 | April 20 | April 27 | archives | DJ Marilynn spins every Monday, 9:00 a.m.-Noon
April 6
| Artist | Song Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Tinsley | Fan Your Fanny Blues | Ham Hocks & Cornbread | |
| Wynonie Harris | I Want My Fanny Brown | Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon | |
| Larry Williams | Short Fat Fannie | Specialty Story | Specialty |
| Aretha Franklin | I Wonder | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| Ray Charles | I Wonder | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection | |
| Etta Jones | I Wonder | Lonely and Blue | |
| David Honeyboy Edwards | Worried Life Blues | Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Sonny Terry | Worried Blues | Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Plas Johnson | Worrying Blues | Ham Hocks & Cornbread | |
| Los Lobos | Don't Worry Baby | How Will the Wolf Survive | |
| Elmore James | I'm Worried | Shake Your Moneymaker | |
| Ray Charles | Worried Life Blues | Ingredients in a Recipe for Sul | |
| OutKast | Idlewild Blue | Idlewild | |
| Bessie Smith | Baby Have Pity on Me | Chattanooga Gal | A Proper Box |
| Bobby Blue Bland | I Pity the Fool | Anthology | MCA |
| Otis Redding | Mr. Piiful | The Very Best of Otis Redding | |
| Big Maybelle | Pitiful | Blues, Candy, & Big Maybelle | Savoy |
| Aretha Franklin | Pitiful | The Queen of Soul: the Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| Big Joe Williams | Roll Me Over Slow | Down Home Slide | |
| Lafayette Leake | Slow Leake | Chess Blues | Chess |
| Little Willie John | Walk Slow | All 15 of His Chart Hits | |
| Larry Williams | Slow Down | Specialty Story | Specialty |
| Louis Jordan | Slow, Smooth and Easy | Rock 'n' Roll Call | |
| The Drivers | Smooth, Slow, and Easy | Risque Blues | |
| King Curtis | Slow Drag | The Best of King Curtis | |
| Howling Wolf | Going Down Slow | His Best, The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection | Chess |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Goin' Down Slow | Anthology | MCA |
| Aretha Franklin | Going Down Slow | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| Lightnin Hopkins | Mojo Hand | This Is the Blues | Direct Source |
| Coot Grant and Kid Wesley Wilson | Take Your Hand off My Mojo | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Muddy Waters | Got My Mojo Working | Chess Blues | Chess |
| Tami Lynn | Mojo Hanna | Gumbo Stew | |
| Tami Lynn | Mojo Hanna | Right On! Volume 4 | |
| Don Covay | Mercy Mercy | R&B Box | Rhino |
| Cannonball Adderly | Mercy Mercy Mercy | Mercy Mercy Mercy | |
| Queen Latifah | Mercy Mercy Mercy | The Dana Owens Album | |
| Duffy | Mercy | Rockferry | |
| James Brown | Have Mercy Baby | Messing with the Blues | |
| Tampa Red | Kingfish Blues | Playin' the Blues | Direct Source |
| Jack Owens & Bud Spires | Catfish Blues | Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook | Smithsonian Folkways |
| John Littlejohn | Catfish Blues | Chicago Blues Stars | |
| Bobo Thomas | Catfish Blues | Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon | |
| Sonny Thompson | The Fish | Ham Hocks & Cornbread | |
| Freddie Mitchell | Fish Market Boogie | Ham Hocks & cornbread | |
| Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom | Fish House Blues | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Blind Boy Fuller | What That Smells Like Fish? | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Esther Phillips | Just Like a Fish | Atlantic Blues: Vocalists | Atlantic |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | Fish in the Dish | Naturally | Daptone Records |
| Bessie Smith | Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine | Sugar in My Bowl | Buzzola |
| Eddie Miller | Good Jelly Blues | Ride Daddy Ride | Buzzola |
| Richard Berry | Jelly Roll | Get Out of the Car | Flair |
| Wynonie Harris | Whiskey and Jelly Roll Blues | Rockin' the Boogie | |
| 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 |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Jelly Jelly Jelly | Turn on Your Love Light | MCA |
| Nina Simone | Jelly Roll | Very Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl |
April 13
| Artist | Song Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Woods | Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away_ | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Georgia White | If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin On It | Copulatin' Blues | Mojo |
| Wynonie Harris | She Just Won't Sell No More | Rockin the Boogie | A Proper Box |
| Jimmy Gordon | She Sells Good Meat | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Walter Davis | That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good | Bed Spring Poker | |
| Tampa Red | She Wants to Sell My Monkey | Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon | Indigo |
| Ruth Brown | If I Can't Sell It | Blues on Broadway | |
| Eartha Kitt | Sell Me! | Eartha Kitt in Person at the Plaza | |
| Slim Gaillard | Selling OUt | Absolute Beginners | |
| Big Joe Williams | Providence Help the Poor People | Big Joe Williams | Ain't Times Hard |
| Bessie Smith | Poor Man's Blues | Chattanooga Gal | A Proper Box |
| Walter Davis | Poor Grinder Blues | He Got Out His Big Ten Inch | Indigo |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Poor Bill Blues | Trouble in Mind | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Arthur Weston | Poor Boy Long Way From Home | Down Home Slide | |
| Buddy Guy & Junior Wells | Poor Man's Plea | Atlantic Blues: Chicago | Atlantic |
| Wynonie Harris | Lightnin' Struck the Poor House | Rockin' the Blues | A Proper Box |
| Detroit Junior | Too Poor | Chess Box | Chess |
| Big Maybelle | Don't Leave Poor Me | The Complete Okeh Sessions | Sony |
| Dock Reed and Vera Hall Ward | Trouble So Hard | Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Ethel Davenport | My Troubles Are So Hard to Bear | The Great 1955 Shrine Concert | |
| Sam Cook | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | Night Beat | |
| Muddy Waters | Double Trouble | Chess Box | Chess |
| Big Maybelle | No More Trouble Out of Me | The Complete Okeh Sessions | Sony |
| Christina Aguilera | I Got Trouble | Back to Basics | |
| Ike & Tina Turner | I Smell Trouble | Live at Carnegie Hall | |
| Charles Brown | Trouble Blues | Livin' the Blues | Direct Source |
I Be's Troubled |
Muddy Waters | Alan Lomax: Blues songbook | Smithsonian Folkways |
| Big Bill Broonzy | Trouble in Mind | Trouble in Mind | |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Trouble in Mind | Atlantic Blues: Vocalists | Atlantic |
| Nina Simone | Trouble in Mind | Great Ladies Sing the Blues | |
| Aretha Franklin | Trouble in Mind | The Queen in Waiting | Sony |
| Bobby Blue Bland | I Smell Trouble | Anthology | MCA |
| Sam Cooke | Trouble Blues | Night Beat | |
| Wynonie Harris | Man, Have I Got Troubles | Rockin' the Blues | |
| Muddy Waters | My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble | Chess Blues | Chess |
| Lou Rawls | World of Trouble | Live! | |
| Barrett Strong | Money (That's What I Want) | Hitsville | Motown |
| Camille Howard and Her Boyfriends | Money Blues | Central Avenue Sounds | Rhino |
| Clyde McPhattrer & the Drifters | Money Honey | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues | Atlantic |
| Robert Tucker | It Sure Costs Money to Live | Ham Hocks & Cornbread | |
| Elmore James | Shake Your Moneymaker | Shake Your Moneymaker | |
| James Brown | I've Got Money | I Got You (I Feel Good) | King |
| Mississippi Sheiks | Sales Tax | Ain't Times Hard | |
| Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly | Working Man Blues | Ain't Times Hard | |
| Ivory Joe Hunter | High Cost Low Pay Blues | Ain't Times Hard | |
| Smoky Hogg | Unemployment Blues | Ain't Times Hard | |
| Roosevelt Sykes | All My Money Gone Blues | High Rollers | Buzzola |
| Ray Charles | Busted | Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul | |
| Little Johnnie Taylor | How Can a Broke Man Survive | From Chicago to Shreveport: Deep Soul, Vol. 1 | |
| Bobby Blue bland | Poverty | Anthology | MCA |
| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes | The Daptone Sampler | Daptone |
April 20
I'm back and ridiculously jetlagged.
| Artist | Song Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howlin' Wolf | Highway 49 | Muddy & the Wolf | Chess |
| The Coasters | Shopping for Clothes | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| The Ikettes | I'm Blue | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| Cast | Let the Good Times Roll | 3 Mo' Divas: Smashing Musical Barriers | Acorn Media |
| Nina Simone | Blues for Mama | The Very Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl | RCA |
| James Moody | Moody's Mood for Blues | Moody's Mood for Blues | OJC |
| James Brown | Like a Baby | Messing with the Blues | Polygram |
| Bobby Blue Bland | It's My Life Baby | Anthology | MCA |
| Jimmy Hughes | Neighbor Neighbor | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| Big Maybelle | Gabbin' Blues | The Complete Okeh Sessions | Okeh |
| Elmore James | Look on Yonder Wall | Shake Your Moneymaker: The Best of the Fire Sessions | Buddha |
| Etta James | Loving You More Every Day | At Last! | MCA |
| Sweet Inspirations | Chained | Best of the Sweet Inspirations | Ichiban |
| Ike & Tina Turner | Come Together | Jazz & Blues Collection No. 6 | |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Living in a Different World | Ain't Times Hard | A Proper Box |
| Ray Charles | Mess Around | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| Nancy Wilson | You Don't Know Me | Welcome to My Love | Blue Note |
| Sarah Vaughan | No 'count Blues | Great Ladies Sing the Blues | UMVD Special Markets |
| Mitty Collier | You're the Only One | Shades of Mitty Collier | Chess |
| Nova Payton | Summertime | 3 Mo' Divas: Smashing Musical Barriers | Acorn Media |
| Etta James | I Want to Ta-Ta You, Baby | Life, Love & the Blues | RCA |
| Aretha Franklin | Today I Sing the Blues | Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings | Atlantic |
| Little Milton | Have Mercy, Baby | Little Milton Sings Big Blues | Chess |
| Willie Tee | Teasin' You | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| Solomon Burke | Got to Get You off My Mind | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| Sam Cooke | Fool's Paradise | Night Beat | RCA |
| Staple Singers | Gamblin' Man | Great Day | Milestone |
| H-Bomb Ferguson | Bookie's Blues | Ham Hocks & Cornbread | JSP Records |
| Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart | A Tip on the Numbers | Outside the Law | Buzzola |
| Wynonie Harris | Grandma Plays the Numbers | Rockin' the Blues | A Proper Box |
| The Mississippi Mud Mashers | Bring It On Home to Grandma | Them Dirty Blues | Jass |
| Eddie Bo | Tee Na Na Na Na Nay | Gumbo Stew` | Ace Records |
| Little Milton | Life Is Like That | We're Gonna Make It | Chess |
| Staple Singers | Samson and Delilah | Freedom Highway | SBME Special Markets |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Blues in the Night | Turn on Your Love Light | MCA |
| Etta James | It Must Be Your Love | At Last! | MCA |
| B.B. King | I Got Some Help I Don't Need | When We Were Kings | Polygram |
| Albert King | I've Made Nights by Myself | Thursday Night in San Francisco | Stax |
| Joe Williams | Tell Me Where to Scratch (I Want to Love You Baby) | Joe Williams Live | OJC |
| Irma Thomas | Hip Shakin' Mama | Live! Simply the Best | Rounder |
| Taj Mahal | Bound to Love Me some | Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff | |
| Laurice Lanier | His Eye Is on the Sparrow | 3 Mo' Divas: Smashing Musical Barriers | Acorn Media |
| Staple Singers | Wish I Had Answered | Great Day | Milestone |
| Blind Connie Williams | I'm on My Way to Canaan land | Down Home Slide | Testament |
| Bobby Blue Bland | You're the One That I Adore | Turn on Your Love Light | MCA |
| Howlin' Wolf | Howlin' for My Darling | His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection | Chess |
| Nina Simone | The House of the Rising Sun | The Blues | Novus |
| John Brim | Tough Times | Ain't Times Hard | A Proper Box |
| J.B. Hutto | Things Are So Slow | Ain't Times Hard | A Proper Box |
| Esther Phillips | And I Love Him | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| King Curtis | Memphis Soul Stew | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
April 27
| Artist | Song Title | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honkers & Bar Walkers, Vol. 3 | Delmark | ||
| Champion Jack Dupree | Too Evil to Cry | Playin' the Blues | Direct Source |
| King Curtis | Slow Drag | The Best of King Curtis | |
| The Ikettes | I'm Blue | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| Ray Charles | I Wonder | ||
| Ray Charles | Worried Life Blues | Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul | |
| Christina Aguilera | I Got Trouble | Back to Basics | |
| Billy Eckstine | Driftin' Blues | Esquire | Atlantic |
| Queen Latifah | Baby Get Lost | The Dana Owens Album | |
| Rufus Thomas | Walkin' the Dog | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| The coasters | Shopping for Clothes | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| James Brown | I Can't Help It | I Got You (I Feel Good) | |
| Ike & Tina Turner | All I Could Do Was Cry/Please Please Please | ||
| Aretha Franklin | Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home |
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| Junior Wells | Good Morning Little School Girl | Heaven's Prisoner | Atlantic |
| Johnny Copeland | Further on Up the Road That's All Right |
Live in Australia | Black Top |
| Walter Shakey Horton | Good Moanin' Blues | Heaven's Prisoner | Atlantic |
| Guitar Slim | It Hurts to Love Someone | Heaven's Prisoner | Atlantic |
| Bobby Rush | Handy Man | Handy Man | Ichiban |
| B.B. King | Don't Answer the Door | Heaven's Prisoner | Atlantic |
| Magic Sam | Tremble | Rockin' Wild in Chicago | Delmark |
| Albert King | Born under a Bad Sign |
Heaven's Prisoner | Atlantic |
| Ruth Brown | I I Can't Sell It | Blues on Broadway | |
| Nina Simone | Jelly Roll | ||
| Nina Simone | I Loves You Porgy | Verve Jazz Masters 17 | Verve |
| Nova Payton | Summertime | 3 Mo' Divas: Smashing Musical Barriers | Acorn Media |
| Aretha Franklin | It Ain't Necessarily So | The Collection | |
| Don Redmond | Reefer Man | Reefer Songs | |
| Big Maybelle | Gabbin' Blues | The Complete Okeh Sessions | |
| Bessie Smith | Empty Bed Blues | This Is the Blues | |
| Cast | Ain't Misbehavin' Medley | Ain't Misbehavin' | RCA |
| Bobby Blue Bland | Honky Tonk | Anthology | MCA |
| Joe Tex | I Want to Do Everything to You | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues, 1947-74 | Atlantic |
| The Fieldstones | Mud Island | Mud Island | HMG/Hightone |
| King Curtis | Little Brother Soul |
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