The R&B Years 1952

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Lovin' Machine
Wynonie Harris2:28
2Good Rockin' ManRoy Brown33:00
3Cry Baby
Percy Mayfield2:50
4It Ain't the Meat
The Swallows2:35
5Slowly Goin' Crazy
H‐Bomb Ferguson2:27
6Sunset to Dawn
Johnny Otis & Mel Walker3:11
7Ride Daddy Ride
recording of:
Ride, Daddy, Ride
writer:
Fats Noel
Fats Noel2:09
8Booted
Rosco Gordon3:08
9Baby Please Don't Go
The Orioles2:21
10Cold, Cold Feeling
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1951-12)
alto saxophone:
Edward Hale (1950s US sax player)
baritone saxophone:
Jim Wynn (US blues saxophonist & pianist)
bass:
Billy Hadnott
drums (drum set):
Oscar Lee Bradley, Sr. (jazz drummer, active 40s-60s)
electric guitar:
T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910–1975)
piano:
Zell Kindred (US pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”)
performer:
T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910–1975)
T‐Bone Walker3:12
11Worry, Worry, Worry
Joe Houston2:17
12Ring-A-Ding-Doo
Little Esther & Mel Walker2:53
13Hi-Ho Baby
drums (drum set):
Phineas Newborn, Sr. (drummer) (on 1951-12-13)
guitar:
Calvin Newborn (50s US R&B guitar player) (on 1951-12-13)
piano:
Phineas Newborn, Jr. (American jazz pianist) (on 1951-12-13)
vocals:
Jackie Brenston (on 1951-12-13) and Edna McRaney (on 1951-12-13)
recording of:
Hi, Ho Baby (on 1951-12-03)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Germany
Edna McRaney & Jackie Brenston2:25
14The Right Kind of Lovin'
Lucky Millinder2:36
15Blow, Blow, Blow
Big Jay McNeely2:03
16Wine-O-Wine
Willis Jackson2:46
17Let Your Tears Fall Baby
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1952)
tenor saxophone:
Bill Harvey (saxophone) (in 1952)
vocals:
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton (Big Mama Thornton) (in 1952)
orchestra:
Billy Harvey Band (in 1952)
recorded at:
ACA Studio in Houston, Texas, United States (in 1952)
recording of:
Let Your Tears Fall Baby (in 1952)
writer:
Don Robey
Big Mama Thornton2:47
18Night 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
19Hard Times
Charles Brown3:03
20Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn2:34
21Your Daddy's Doggin' Around
Todd Rhodes & Connee Allen2:40
22Got You on My Mind
Big John Greer2:41
23Nosey Joe
Bull Moose Jackson2:39
24That's What Knocking Me Out
Jimmy Liggins2:09
25Kissa Me Baby
recording of:
Kissa Me Baby (Ray Charles song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
Ray Charles3:07
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