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January 2

Artist Song Title Album Label
Samuel James* Wooooooo Rosa Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy Northern Blues
Outkast Idlewild Blue (Don't Chu Worry 'bout Me Idlewild  
The Wild Magnolias Brother John Is Gone Our New Orleans Nonesuch
Jimmy King Drawers Soldier for the Blues Bullseye
Sharon Jones What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes Daptone Sampler Daptone Records
James Brown Cold Sweat Star Time Polydor
Deborah Coleman Good-Bye Misery Where Blue Begins Blind Pig
Ike & Tina Turner You Got Me Running Sing the Blues  
Solomon Burke You're Good to Me The Definitive Collection  
Ray Charles But On The Other Hand Baby    
Esther Phillips Use Me Jazz Moods: Hot  
Graham Central Station I Can't Stand the Rain Ain't No Bout Adoubt It  
Jackie Shane Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Any Other Way
Sticks and Stones
All the Singles Plus the Concert  
Ann Peebles I Pity the Fool Hi Records Years: The Best Of Ann Peebles  
Lou Rawls I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water Black & Blue/Tobacco Road  
Paul Pena Terraplane Blues Genghis Blues  
Eric Bibb Tell Riley Natural Light  
Rosie Ledet I'm Gonna Take Care of Your Dog Zesty Zydeco Maison du Soul
Dinah Washington Why Can't You Behave The Queen Sings Proper
Nina Simone I Don't Want Him Anymore The Amazing Nina Simone  
Nina Simone Pirate Jenny Nina Simone in Concert Phillips
John Zorn Hico Taylor (feat. Albert Collins) Spillane  
Taj Mahal I'm Gonna Love Me Some Recycled Blues and Other Related Stuff  
Samuel James* Sugar Smallhouse and the Legend of the Wandering Siren Cactus Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy Northern Blues
Homesick James Homesick Shuffle The Bluesville Years, Vol. 2  
Joe Turner Kick the Front Door In Blues Around the Clock Fantasy
Willie Kent Dirty Works Long Way to Ol' Miss Delmark
Eddie Cleanhesd Vinson Just a Dream on My Mind Blues Around the Clock Fantasy
Irma Thomas Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor* After the Rain Rounder
Bonne Musique Zydeco Je Va's Jamas L Voir Encore Keep on Dancin' Big Berv Music
Charlie Christian Boy Meets Goy* The Original Guitar Hero Legacy
Sammy Davis Jr. Frankie and Johnny Something's Gotta Give  
Tic & Toc Jibba Jab    
Sharps and Flats I Knew He Would He Got Out His Big Ten Inch Indigo
Roy Montrell Mellow Saxophone Specialty Story  
Thurston Harris & the Sharps Little Bitty Pretty One R&B Box  

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January 9

Artist Song Title Album Label
Kenny Neal Northern Man Blues Double Take Alligator
Robert Nighthawk Take It Easy Baby Live on Maxwell Street 1964 Bullseye
Ma Rainey Yonder Come The Blues Blues Masters, Vol. 11: Classic Blues Women  
Kokomo Arnold 'Cause You're Dirty He Got Out His Big Ten Inch Indigo
R.L. Burnside Boogie Instrumental Alan Lomax Blues Songbook  
Nina Simone Nobody's Fault But Mine Best of Nina Simone: Sugar in My Bowl  
Rufus Thomas Can't Ever Let You Go The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Stax
Tic Tocks Is It Too Late Gumbo Stew  
Robin Tarrant Blues With A Feeling Ham Hocks & Cornbread  
Junior Wells Cha Cha Cha In Blue (Cut My Toe) Harp & Soul  
Erma Franklin Piece of My Heart Legacy's Rhythm and Soul Revue  
Clarence Reid If It Was Good Enough for Daddy Right On! Vol. 4  
Etta James Baby What You Want Me to Do Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Aretha Franklin Just Right Tonight Hey Now Hey Atlantic
James Brown Funky Drummer Star Time Polydor
Bobby Blue Bland This Time I'm Gone for Good Anthology MCA
Lowell Fulson Blue Shadows Chess Blues [box] Chess
Eddie Boyd Come on Home Chess Blues [box] Chess
The Big Three Trio Wrinkles Chess Blues [box] Chess
Muddy Waters Double Trouble Chess Blues [box] Chess
St. Louis Jimmy Florida Hurricane Chess Blues [box] Chess
Little Walter Got to Find My Baby Chess Blues [box] Chess
Henry Gray I Declare That Ain't Right Chess Blues [box] Chess
Johnny Shines Joliet Blues Chess Blues [box] Chess
Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor Chess Blues [box] Chess
Memphis Slim Mother Earth Chess Blues [box] Chess
Sonny Boy Williamson Nine Below Zero Chess Blues [box] Chess
Paul Gryten & Myrtl Jones Right to Love You Chess Blues [box] Chess
Otis Rush So Many Roads, So Many Trains Chess Blues [box] Chess
Elmore James The Sun Is Shining Chess Blues [box] Chess
Jimmy Rogers Walking By Myself Chess Blues [box] Chess
Sly and the Family Stone If You Want Me to Stay
Que Sera Sera
Fresh  
Sly Stone Buttermilk Precious Stone  
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings 100 Days, 100 Nights
The Collection Song
100 Days, 100 Nights Daptone Records
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Pick It Up, Lay It on the Cut
Got a Thing On My Mind
Dap-Dippin' with the Dap-Kings Daptone Records
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Money
If You Call
I Learned the Hard Way Daptone Records
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Your Thing Is a Drag
My Man Is a Mean Man
Naturally Daptone Records
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra Che Che Cole Daptone Sampler Daptone Records
The Sugarman 3 Chicken Half Daptone Sampler Daptone Records
The Sugarman 3 Turtle Walk* Daptone Sampler Daptone Records
The Mighty Imperials Thunder Chicken Daptone Sampler Daptone Records
The Daktaris Super Afro Beat Daptone Sampler Daptone Records
The Budos Band Up from the South Daptone Sampler Daptone Rec`ords
Air Le Voyage de Penelope Moon Safari  
Sir Mix-A-Lot Swass Swass  
De La Soul Transmitting from Mars 3 Feet High and Rising  
Kraftwerk Pocket Calculator Computer World  
Vanity Six Makeup Vanity Six  
Christina Aguilera Show Me How You Burlesque Burlesque  
Janelle Monae Smile Metropolis: The Chase Suite  
Bob Marley Rebel Music (3 o'Clock Roadblock)    

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January 16

Artist Song Title Album Label
B.B. King I Gotta Move Blues Summit  
Bettye LaVette Talking Old Soldiers The Scene of the Crime  
Sam Cooke A Change Is Gonna Come The Man and His Music Rhino
Donny Hathaway To Be Young, Gifted and Black A Donny Hathaway Collection Motown
Pop Staples Black Boy Stax Singles Stax
Ray Charles Bein' Green Renaissance Concord
Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream (Full Speech) The Great March on Washington Motown
Nina Simone Why the King of Love Is Dead
Mississippi Goddam
Pirate Jenny
Verve Jazz Masters 17 Verve
Temptations Run Charlie, Run All Directions Motown
Stevie Wonder Pasttime Paradise
Village Ghetto Land
Songs in the Key of Life Motown
Graham Central Station Ghetto Graham Central Station Warner Brothers
Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King's Desired Eulogy Free at Last Motown
Mahalia Jackson I'm On My Way The Promised Land  
Pops Staples Why Am I Treated So Bad Father Father  
Staple Singers For What It's Worth Freedom Highway  
Stevie Wonder Blowing in the Wind Moving On Up  
Aretha Franklin Someday We'll All Be Free Malcolm X  
Mahalia Jackson Battle of Jericho YouTube  
LaBelle Something in the Air/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Moving On Up  
Nina Simone Feelin' Good Verve Unmixed Verve
Nina Simone Revolution Forever Young, Gifted, and Black  
James Brown I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing Star Time Polydor
Isley Brothers Freedom Am I Black Enough For You  
Temptations Message from a Black Man Emperors of Soul Motown
Martin Luther King, Jr. I Would    
Mary Bond Davis I know Where I've Been Hairspray  
James Brown Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud) Star Time  
the Knockouts Darling Lorraine    
the Cufflinks Guided Missiles    
Rosie Ledet This Is Gonna Take Awhile
I'm Gonna Take Care of Your Dog
   
Dimitri from Paris Un World Myteriouse    
David Bowie Moonage Daydream The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars  
Air New Star in the Sky Moon Safari  
Mel Henke Woman in Space La Dolce Henke  
Tipsy Space Golf    
  Theme from "Lost in Space"    
Tipsy Nude on the Moon    

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January 23

Etta James, January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012
Johnny Otis, December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012

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
Johnny Otis Jumpin' the Blues Spirit of the Black Territory Bands Arhoolie
Etta James Roll with Me Henry R&B Dynamite Flair
Etta James Taking Up Another Man's Place The Right Time Elektra
Johnny Otis Why Don't You Do Right The New Johnny Otis Show Alligator
Etta James I Want to Be Loved These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James Private Music
Etta James Something's Got a Hold on Me
Baby What You Want Me to Do
Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Johnny Otis Barrelhouse Stomp Ham Hocks & Cornbread JSP
Etta James Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home Seven Year Itch Island
Etta James Lover Man Mystery Lady Private Music
Johnny Otis Rock & Roll Wedding The 1984 Johnny Otis Show Ala Records
Etta James Stop the Wedding
If I Can't Have You
Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Etta James Don't Blame Me These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James Private Music
Etta James Sunshine of Love R&B Dynamite Flair
Johnny Otis Harlem Nocturne Central Avenue Sounds_ Jazz in Los Angeles (1921-1956) Rhino
Etta James Spoonful Life, Love & the Blues Private Music
Etta James I'd Rather Go Blind Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Johnny Otis Cupid Boogie (Feat. Little Esther) R&B Box Rhino
Etta James Hold Back the Tears These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James Chess
Etta James All I Could Do Was Cry Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Etta James Street of Tears At Last Private Music
Etta James I Won't Cry Any More These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James Chess
Johnny Otis Hit That Jive, Jack/Rollin'
Do It Again (feat. Barbara Morrison)**
The 1984 Johnny Otis Show Ala Records
Etta James Payback At Last Geffen
Etta James A Sunday Kind of Love Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Johnny Otis Barrel House Blues Chasin' the Blues Direct Source
Etta James Otis Redding Medley
Born Blue
Live in San Francisco On the Spot
Etta James You Can Leave Your Hat On The Essential Etta James Chess
Etta James Hoochie Coochie Gal Life, Love and the Blues Private Music
Johnny Otis Double Crossing Blues (Feat. Little Esther) Central Avenue Sounds_ Jazz in Los Angeles (1921-1956) Rhino
Etta James Good Rockin' Daddy R&B Dynamite Flair
Etta James In the Basement Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Johnny Otis Keep the Faith The Johnny Otis Story Ace Records
Etta James Market Place R&B Dynamite Flair
Etta James Tell Mama Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Johnny Otis Big Time Scoop The New Johnny Otis Show Alligator
Etta James Let's Burn Down the Cornfield Sweetest Peaches : Part Two Chess
Etta James Night Time Is the Right Time The Right Time Elektra
Etta James These Foolish Things These Foolish Things: The Classic Balladry of Etta James Chess
Johnny Ace with the
Johnny Otis Orchestra
Pledging My Love R&B Box Rhino
Etta James Trust in Me Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Chess
Etta James W-O-M-A-N R&B Dynamite Flair
Etta James At Last At Last  
Jimmy Castor Bunch Troglodyte    
Supreme Beings of Leisure Truth from Fiction Supreme Beings of Leisure  
The Chinese Man I've Got That Tune The Groove Sessions  
Ben Charest Cabaret Opening The Triplets of Belleville  
Esthero Wikked Lil' Girls    
Madras Cinematic Orchestra Fusebox Jolly Mukherjee Chill OUt In Paris, #2  
The Chinese Man Artichaut The Groove Sessions  
       

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January 30

Artist Song Title Album Label
Eddie Lockjaw Davis In The Kitchen* The Best of Eddie Lockjaw Davis Prestige
Count Basie Orchestra Blues on Mack Avenue Swinging, Singing, Playing Mack Avenue
B.B. King The Blues Come Over Me Blues in the Night Rounder
Sista Monica Parker No Shame in My Game Living in the Danger Zone Mo Muscle
Memphis Slim Stewball Mississippi Blues Putumayo
J.B. Hutto Slidewinder South Side Chicago Blues Delmark
B.B. King Lucille YouTube  
B.B. King B.B. King on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual 1968 YouTube  
Isley Brothers Freedom Am I Black Enough For You  
James Brown Devil's Den (Live) Soul Pride  
Theola Kilgore For the Love of My Man YouTube  
Etta James I Want to Be Loved These Foolish Things: The Classic
Balladry of Etta James
Private Music
Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town Beggin' for Mercy    
the Cufflinks Guided Missiles Doo Wop Box II Rhino
The Knockouts Darling Lorraine Doo Wop Box II Rhino
Ike & Tina Turner Revue A Fool in Love Live!!!! Kent
Sugar Pie DeSanto In the Basement, Part 2 Go Go Power Chess
The Cleftones Can't We Be Sweethearts    
John Coltrane Trane's Blues Trane's Blues Blue Note
Kermit Ruffins Black and Blue 1533 St. Philip Street Basin Street Records
Cast Black & Blue Ain't Misbehavin' RCA
Cast Black Boys Hair  
James Brown Say It Loud (I'm Black & I'm Proud) Star Time  
Etta James Born Blue Live from San Francisco  
Ray Charles Bein' Green Renaissance  
Oscar Brown, Jr. Brown Baby Sin & Soul... and Then Some  
Jim Wynn Fat Meat Specialty Story Specialty
Little Temple and His 88 I Ate the Wrong Part Specialty Story Specialty
John Brim Ice Cream Man Chess Box Chess
Roosevelt Sykes Ice Cream Freezer Specialty Story Specialty
Richard Berry Jelly Roll Get Out of the Car Flair
Little Milton Grits Ain't Groceries Living the Blues Time Life
Laverne Baker Gimme a Pigfoot Atlantic Blues: Vocalists Atlantic
Julia Lee The Spinach Song A Proper Introduction to Julia Lee Proper Records
Sonny Terry Ham and Eggs Livin' the Blues Direct Source
The Chips Rubber Biscuit Cry-Baby  
Howling Wolf Spoonful Living the Blues Time Life
Joe Williams Medley Joe Williams Live  
Lou Rawls Tobacco Road Live!  
India Arie I Am Not My Hair    
Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town I'm So Glad (I've Got Skin) YouTube  
Scrumbly Koldewyn Midnight in Manhattan    
Jackie Shane Walking the Dog YouTube  
Billy Paul Windmills of Your Mind Ebony Woman  

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