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Rhythm 'n' Blues: Shouters

Rhythm 'n' Blues: Shouters

  • Number of Discs: 4
  • Total time: 4:18:28
  • Label: Membran
  • Availability: In stock
  • Item #: 8010771
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  • List Price: $29.98
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Read About This Recording

The 1945-54 period was a rather unique time in pop music history. While the Big Band Era ended in 1946 and swing was considered passé, the pop charts became dominated by smooth ballad vocalists and novelties, many of which sound very dated today. The mainstream of jazz became bebop while some of the most exciting music of the time was rhythm & blues.

R&B was a natural outgrowth of swing, with riffs dominating, the honking saxophone becoming the main horn, and shouting singers being in the spotlight. While most of their recordings did not quite make the best seller's lists, the spirited music had its own audience and eventually led to rock and roll.

The four-CD set Rhythm 'n' Blues: Shouters, which is imported from Europe, contains exactly 100 recordings from the period, many of which are quite exhilarating and riotous. Among the bigger names represented are Roy Brown, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, Wynonie Harris, Tiny Bradshaw, a very young B.B. King, Roy Milton, Amos Milburn and Johnny Otis, but quite often it is the obscure bands that take honors. There is no lack of energy to these very danceable recordings and this is music that is impossible not to enjoy.

Hot stuff!

—Scott Yanow

Contents

Imported from Europe!

CD 1 (TT: 64:54): Roy Brown: Mr. Hound Dog's in Town; Big John Greer: Bottle it Up and Go; Jimmy Rushing: Hi-ho Sylvester; The Sly Fox: I'm Tired of Beggin'; Tiny Grimes: Hey Now; Gene Phillips: Rock Bottom; Louis Jordan: Caldonia; Stomp Gordon: Damp Rag; Big Joe Turner: Shake, Rattle and Roll; Lionel Hampton: Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop; Wynonie Harris: Sittin' on it All the Time; Goree Carter: She's Just Old Fashioned; Calvin Boze: Safronia B.; Freddie Kohlman Orchestra: Hole in the Ground; Dave Bartholomew: My Ding-a-ling; Fats Noel: Ride Daddy, Ride; Big Bill Broonzy: You've Been Mistreating Me; Milt Trenier: Flip Our Wigs; Tiny Bradshaw: Breakin' Up the House; Jimmy Wilson: Jumpin' From Six to Six; H-Bomb Ferguson: I Love My Baby; Bullmoose Jackson: Big Ten Inch Record; Champion Jack Dupree: Shim Sham Shimmy; B.B. King: Shake it Up and Go; T-Bone Walker: The Hustle is On.

CD 2 (TT: 64:51): Tiny Bradshaw: Walk That Mess; J.B. Summers: Stranger in Town; Big John Greer: If I Told You Once; Roy Milton: Little Boy Blue; Peppermint Harris: Come on Let's Ride; Roy Brown: Good Rockin' Tonight; Todd Rhodes: Rocket 69: Doc Starkes & The Niteriders: Women and Cadillacs; Frank Motley: New Hound Dog; Ernie Williams: My Pretty Baby; King Perry Orchestra: Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket; Jesse Allen: Let's Party; Wynonie Harris: I Like My Baby's Puddin'; All She Wants to Do is Rock; Cootie Williams: Mercenary Papa; Sonny Parker: She Sets My Soul on Fire; Waymon Brown: Barefoot Susie; Jackie Brenston: In My Real Gone Rocket; Tiny Grimes: Ho Ho Ho; Louis Jordan: Don't Worry 'Bout the Mule; B.B. King: She's Dynamite; Manhattan Paul: Mumbles Blues; Jackie Brenston & Billy Love: Juiced; Tommy Ridgley: Monkey Man; Big Joe Turner: Low Down Dog.

CD 3 (TT: 64:59): Chuck Willis: Let's Jump Tonight; Stomp Gordon: Dragnet; Oooh Yes; Roy Brown: Caldonia's Wedding Day; Wally Mercer: Rock Around the Clock; Big Joe Turner: My Gal's a Jockey; Mr. Rain: Who Dat; Wynonie Harris: I Want My Fanny Brown; Drinkin' Wine Spoo-dee-o-dee; Jackie Brenston: Rocket 88; Melvin Smith: California Baby; Eddie Lockjaw Davis: Mountain Oyster; Willie Johnson: Say Baby; Calvin Boze: Slippin' and Slidin'; Big John Greer: I'm the Fat Man; Jimmy Rushing: Lotsa Poppa; Bob Williams: Talk to Me; Louis Jordan: All for the Love of Lil; Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Baptize Me in Wine; Tiny Bradshaw: Mailman's Sack; Memphis Slim: Rockin' the House; Oscar Black: Love, Love, Love; H-Bomb Ferguson: Rock H-Bomb, Rock; Redd Lyte & The Johnny Otis Orchestra: Little Red Hen; Wild Bill Moore: Hey Spoo-dee-o-dee.

CD 4 (TT: 63:44): Big Joe Turner: Well All Right; Harry Crafton: It's Been a Long Time Baby; Roy Brown: Lolly Pop Mama; Butcher Pete; Elmore Nixon: If You'll Be My Love; Chris Powell: Rock the Joint; Bullmoose Jackson: Nosey Joe; Mr. Google Eyes August: Oh Ho Doodle Lu; Tommy Ridgley: Looped; Smiley Lewis: Big Mamou; Frank Motley: When the Saints; Hal Singer: Rock Around the Clock; Jimmy Preston: Oh Babe; Rock the Joint; Mr. Sad Head: Sad Head Blues; Champion Jack Dupree: Ain't No Meat on de Bone; Melvin Smith: I'm Out of My Mind; Gene Parrish: Screamin' in My Sleep; Louis Jordan: Fat Back & Corn Liquor; Amos Milburn: Real Pretty Mama; Big Joe Turner/Wynonie Harris: Battle of the Blues, Part 1; Battle of the Blues, Part 2; Big Joe Turner/Herb Hardesty: Jumpin' Tonight; Tiny Bradshaw: The Train Kept A-rollin'; Hot Lips Page: Jungle King.

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