Caribbean in America 1915–1962

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1▼CD: 1915–1952
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Bajan Girl	Lionel Belasco		2:55
2	One Love	Marcus Garvey		0:29
3	Trinidad Carnival Songs	Monrose’s String Orchestra		2:55
4	New Orleans Blues	Jelly Roll Morton		2:44
5	Sly Mongoose	Sam Manning and The Cole Mentor Orchestra		3:05
6	Stone Cold Dead in the Market cover recording of: Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming) lyricist and composer: Houdini (Calypso artist Wilmoth Hendricks aka Edgar Leon Sinclair)	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan with Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five		2:45
7	Calypso Daddy	Jeanne Demetz with The Johnny Alston Orchestra		3:19
8	Salee Dame	Albert Nicholas with Baby Dodds		3:26
9	Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing	Danny Barker		3:09
10	Cubana Bop	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra		3:20
11	Barbados	Charlie Parker		2:35
12	Ojai	Joe Lutcher and His Orchestra		4:08
13	Hey Little Girl	Professor Longhair and His New Orleans Boys		3:04
14	Carnival Day	Dave Bartholomew		2:49
15	Shrinking Up Fast	Camille Howard		2:47
16	El mambo diablo	Tito Puente and His Orchestra		3:15
17	Vibe Mambo	Tito Puente and His Orchestra		3:04
18	Amorios	Dioris Valladares & Angel Viloria y su conjunto típico Cibaeño		2:48
19	El gallero	Dioris Valladares & Angel Viloria y su conjunto típico Cibaeño		2:58
20	Un poco loco	Bud Powell		4:47
21	Chee‐Koo Baby recording of: Chee Koo Baby lyricist and composer: Lloyd Price (US R&B/soul singer)	Lloyd Price and The Dukes		2:14
22	Sly Mongoose	Charlie Parker		3:45

2▼CD: 1952–1957
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Make It Do	Slim Gaillard and His Musical Aggregation, Whenever He Maybe		2:54
2	La paloma	Charlie Parker		2:44
3	Tell Me Pretty Baby	Lloyd Price and His Orchestra		2:20
4	Begin the Biguine	Charlie Parker		3:16
5	Little School Girl	Fats Domino		2:41
6	Don’t Touch Me Tomato recording of: Don’t Touch My Tomatoes lyricist and composer: Sam Manning (Calypso artist)	Marie Bryant		3:05
7	Oh Maria	Joe Alexander & the Cubans with Chuck Berry		2:48
8	Yesterdays	Cal Tjader		3:25
9	East of the Sun	Cal Tjader		3:05
10	Don’t Touch Me Nylon	The Charmer with The Johnny McCleverty Calypso Boys		2:53
11	Is She Is, or Is She Ain’t	The Charmer with The Johnny McCleverty Calypso Boys		2:31
12	Guitarambo	Mickey Baker		2:48
13	Matilda	Harry Belafonte		3:43
14	Rhythm Pum Te Dum	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra		2:56
15	Trinidad E‐O	Luis Amando		2:03
16	Let’s Pray for Rain	Lloyd Prince Thomas and The Calypso Troubadours		2:48
17	I’m Goin’ Back	Lloyd Price		2:25
18	St. Thomas recording engineer: Rudy van Gelder (on 1956-06-22) double bass: Doug Watkins (on 1956-06-22) drums (drum set): Max Roach (20th century US jazz drummer & composer) (on 1956-06-22) piano: Tommy Flanagan (on 1956-06-22) tenor saxophone: Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1956-06-22) recorded at: Van Gelder Studio (Hackensack – July 1, 1959) in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (on 1956-06-22) recording of: St. Thomas (on 1956-06-22) composer: Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) publisher: Prestige Music Co. (US, affiliated with BMI)	Sonny Rollins	4	6:49
19	Taking a Chance on Love	Josephine Premice		1:29
20	Mona recording of: Mona lyricist and composer: Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) publisher: Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)	Bo Diddley		2:22
21	Calypsociety	Herb Jeffries		2:37
22	Mama Look a Boo Boo	Aaron Collins		2:43

3▼CD: 1957–1962
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Siesta	Josephine Premice		2:22
2	Inside vocals: Hector the Ram (tango) performer: Lady “T” and Her Cali‐Calypsonians	Hector the Ram with Lady “T” and Her Cali‐Calypsonians		2:58
3	Brandy in Me Tea recording of: Brandy-Me Tea lyricist and composer: Ruth Wallis (US novelty/cabaret singer)	Ruth Wallis with Lord James and His Calypso Invaders		3:10
4	Magical Joe	Herb Jeffries		2:35
5	Take Me Down to Lover’s Row	Robert Mitchum		2:37
6	Talk T’ Me	Josephine Premice		1:38
7	A Sad Calypso	Ruth Wallis with Lord James and His Calypso Invaders		2:53
8	Run Come See Jerusalem	Stan Wilson		2:49
9	Salty Fish, Aki Rice	Ruth Wallis		3:03
10	Pound Your Plantain in the Mortar	Stan Wilson		3:02
11	I Learn a Merengue	Robert Mitchum		3:07
12	Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree	Josephine Premice		1:58
13	De Gay Young Lad	Ruth Wallis		3:09
14	Jamaica D.J.	Billy Williamson with Bill Haley & the Comets		2:41
15	La Maricutana	Damirón y Chapuseaux		2:45
16	Chico	Allen Toussaint		2:20
17	Afro‐Blue	Cal Tjader Sextet		6:35
18	Pa’ tumbar la caña	Cortijo y su combo		2:44
19	It Keeps Rainin’ recording of: It Keeps Rainin’ writer: Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino), Dave Bartholomew and Robert Guidry	Fats Domino		2:49
20	Jamaica Farewell cover recording of: Jamaica Farewell lyricist and composer: Irving Burgie publisher: Cherry Lane Music Ltd.	Sam Cooke		2:35
21	White Man’s Heaven Is Black Man’s Hell [Part 1]	Louis X		5:42
22	Under the Mango Tree	Diana Coupland		2:24

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