Blowing the Fuse: 29 R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1952

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Chill Is On
Big Joe Turner with Van Walls2:46
2It Ain’t the Meat
The Swallows2:34
33 O’Clock Blues
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2020/2021)
cover recording of:
Three O’Clock Blues (First recorded in 1946)
writer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc. and Powerforce Music
B.B. King2.53:02
4Got You on My Mind
John Greer2:40
5Booted
drums (drum set):
John Murray Daley (on 1951-10-16)
piano:
Rosco Gordon (on 1951-10-16)
saxophone:
Adolph "Billy" Duncan (on 1951-10-16) and Willie Wilkes (on 1951-10-16)
vocals:
Rosco Gordon (on 1951-10-16)
recording of:
Booted (on 1951-10-16)
writer:
Tommy Courtney (until 1951-10) and Richard Henry (Austin, TX DJ/promoter) (until 1951-10)
Rosco Gordon3:06
6Weepin’ and Cryin’
Griffin Brothers Orchestra3:22
7Dust My Broom
recorded in:
Jackson, Mississippi, United States (on 1951-08-05)
producer:
Lillian McMurry
double bass:
Leonard Ware (US blues bassist) (on 1951-08-05)
drums (drum set):
Frock O'Dell (on 1951-08-05)
guitar and slide guitar:
Elmore James (on 1951-08-05)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1951-08-05)
lead vocals:
Elmore James
vocals:
Elmore James (on 1951-08-05)
recording of:
Dust My Broom (on 1951-08-05)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:46
8Lovin’ Machine
Wynonie Harris2:29
9Hard Times
recording of:
Hard Times (Leiber & Stoller)
lyricist:
Jerry Leiber
composer:
Mike Stoller
Charles Brown3:04
10Wheel of Fortune
cover recording of:
Wheel of Fortune (1951 song)
writer:
Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp.
Dinah Washington2:15
11Baby Please Don’t Go
The Orioles2:23
12The Train Kept A-Rollin’
recording of:
The Train Kept A‐Rollin’ (in 1951)
writer:
Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay and Lois Mann
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated), Fort Knox Music Co, Quartet Music Inc. and Trio Music, Inc. (publisher)
part of:
Twins (1988)
Tiny Bradshaw52:47
13Goin’ Home
producer:
Al Young (songwriter and producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s) (in 1991)
recorded at:
J&M/Cosimo Recording Studios (New Orleans, circa 1945-1955) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
recording of:
Goin’ Home (from 1951-11 until 1952-01)
writer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino) and Al Young (US songwriter & arranger)
Fats Domino42:11
14One Mint Julep
producer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer) and Herb Abrahmson
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Connie Kay (on 1951-12-19)
piano:
Harry Van Walls (R&B pianist) (on 1951-12-19)
tenor saxophone:
Willis Jackson (tenor saxophonist) (on 1951-12-19)
vocals:
The Clovers (US rhythm and blues/doo-wop vocal group) (on 1951-12-19)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (234 West 56th St., New York, 1947-1956) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1951-12-19)
recording of:
One Mint Julep (on 1951-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Rudolph Toombs
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI) and Unichappell Music
The Clovers2:27
15I Can’t Lose With the Stuff I Use
Lester Williams2:13
16Night Train
recording of:
Night Train (Jimmy Forrest’s original instrumental version) (on 1951-11-27)
composer:
Jimmy Forrest
is based on:
Happy Go Lucky Local
Jimmy Forrest53:00
17I’m Gonna Play the Honky Tonks
Marie Adams2:43
18Have Mercy Baby
The Dominoes2:24
19So Tired
Roy Milton3:12
20Lawdy Miss Clawdy
alto saxophone:
Joseph Harris (on 1952-03-13)
double bass [bass]:
Frank Fields (on 1952-03-13)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Earl Palmer (on 1952-03-13)
guitar:
Ernest McLean (on 1952-03-13)
piano:
Fats Domino (on 1952-03-13)
tenor saxophone:
Herb Hardesty (on 1952-03-13)
trumpet:
Dave Bartholomew (on 1952-03-13)
lead vocals:
Lloyd Price (US R&B/soul singer) (on 1952-03-13)
conductor:
Dave Bartholomew (on 1952-03-13)
recorded at:
J&M Record Shop in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1952-03-13)
recording of:
Lawdy Miss Clawdy (on 1952-03-13)
lyricist and composer:
Lloyd Price (US R&B/soul singer) (in 1952-03)
publisher:
ATV Music, Carlin Music Corporation, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Venice Music
Lloyd Price2:32
215-10-15 Hours
Ruth Brown3:13
22Mary Joe
The Four Blazes2:36
23My Song
Johnny Ace3:02
24The Bells Are Ringing
Smiley Lewis2:26
25Easy, Easy Baby
Varetta Dillard2:38
26Juke
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-05-12)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1952-05-12) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1952-05-12)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1952-05-12)
membranophone:
Elgin Evans (on 1952-05-12)
recording of:
Juke (on 1952-05-12)
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter2:45
27Goodbye Baby
Little Caesar2:29
28I Don’t Know
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1952)
bass:
Bill Evans (bassist for Willie Mabon) and Bill Anderson (1950s US R&B bassist) (in 1952)
drums (drum set):
Billy Stepney (in 1952)
piano:
Willie Mabon (in 1952)
tenor saxophone:
Ernest Cotton (1950s US jazz saxophonist) (in 1952)
vocals:
Willie Mabon (in 1952)
recording of:
I Don’t Know (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
Cripple Clarence Lofton and Willie Mabon
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
is based on:
Strut That Thing
Willie Mabon and His Combo3:08
29Rock Me All Night Long
The Ravens2:44

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part of:Blowing the Fuse (number: 1952) (order: 8)