Category Archives: Rhythm and Blues

Country Rhythm & Blues

We’ll be covering the covers once more this week but this time we’ll be burrowing into a cross section of genres to get to the heart of the matter. It’s country songs with rhythm & blues interpretations, all from the decades of the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear from a few familiars rhythm rockers including The Coasters, Fats Domino, King Curtis and Ruth Brown as they take on the very best of country and tradition with a style all their own. But there’s also the surprises and unknowns like Thin Man Watts, Piney Brown, and The Ray-o-Vacs to fill out the show this morning. From Jambalaya to Tumbling Tumbleweeds, we’ve got some fine soul and R&B interpretations for you. Tune in and find out.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Ray-O-Vacs Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
3Piney Brown Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
4Joe Liggins Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
5Billy Ward & The Dominoes Lonesome Road Vol. 4-21 Hits Amazon
6The Hurricanes Pistol Packin' Mama Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
7Scatman Crothers Ghost Riders In The Sky Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
8Andre Williams You Are My Sunshine Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
9Jimmy Ricks Do You Promise Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
10Thin Man Watts Walking The Floor Over You Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
11Mickey & Sylvia To The Valley Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
12The Coasters Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
13Clyde McPhatter I'm Movin' On More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
14Little Junior Parker Walking The Floor More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
15Guitar Jr Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon
16Ruth Brown I Burned Your Letter Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
17Fats Domino Don't Come Knockin' A Lot Of Dominos Amazon
18Varetta Dillard A Little Bitty Tear The Lovin' Bird Amazon
19Bobby Hebb Night Train To Memphis Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
20Esther Phillips Release Me Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
21King Curtis Your Cheatin' Heart Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
22King Curtis Tumbling Tumbleweeds Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
23The Marvellettes Love Letters Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
24Damita Jo Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
25Travis Ricks No Need To Cry Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
26Little Mack Let Hootenanny Blues Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart Amazon
27Joe Hinton Lovesick Blues Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues Amazon
28Big Maybelle Cold Cold Heart Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
29Fats Domino Your Cheatin' Heart Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) Amazon
30Ray Charles I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova) Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
31Esther Phillips Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version) Country Side Of Esther Amazon
32Esther Phillips I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version) Country Side Of Esther Amazon
33O. C. Smith The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country Amazon
34Ray Charles When I Stop Dreamin' Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
35Little Richard Settin' the Woods on Fire King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music] Amazon
36Little Richard Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart) Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On Amazon
37Koko Taylor Honky Tonky Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide Amazon

Cool Daddy

Welcome to the club. We’ve got some cool sounds from the jazz lounges and clubs blended with some beat generation salutations for you this morning. Beatniks, boppers, lounge chanteuse performances, saxophones, and some cool fifties sounds. Tune in for Patsy Raye and The Beatniks, Earl Bostic, Mose Allison, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and a BeBop blend of out-of-this-world swing and percussion. From the Gaslight Café to Slim Gallaird’s Yep Roc sounds…we’ll have your foot tappin’ and your fingers snappin’ on a magical blend of cool ultra-lounge and café sounds from mid-century. Tune in on the web or grab our free app out on the Apple Store or Google Play. You can find them by searching for KOWS.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Salt Peanuts Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
3Gerry Mulligan Quartet Swinghouse The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
4Charles Kuralt The Greenwich Village Poets The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
5King Pleasure Don't Get Scared The BeBop Singers Amazon
6Mose Allison Your Mind Is On Vacation Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
7Earl Bostic Up There In The Orbit Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space Amazon
8J. J. Johnson Beboppers Coppin' The Bop J. J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy (Proper Introduction) Amazon
9Peggy Lee The Boy from Ipanema Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too Amazon
10Richard Marino & His Orchestra Fever Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia Amazon
11Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
12Patsy Raye And The Beatniks Beatnik's Wish The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
13Carl Sandburg On Beatniks The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
14Three Bips, A Bop Professor Bop The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
15Charlie Parker Quartet Cosmic Rays The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
16Charlie Parker Quintet Scrapple From The Apple Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
17Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra Ha The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
18Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys Oop-Bop Sh-Bam The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
19Elmer Bernstein Like Having Fun The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
20Del Close & John Brent Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
21Slim Gaillard, The Middle Europeans Yip Roc Heresy The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
22Oscar Brown Jr. But I Was Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
23The Playboys Charge It Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
24Joe Carroll Got A Penny Benny The BeBop Singers Amazon
25Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Twisted The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
26Ken Nordine Hunger Is From The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
27Eddie Jefferson Old Shoes The BeBop Singers Amazon
28Serge Chaloff Gabardine And Serge Birth of Bebop Amazon
29Julie London Daddy Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
30Edd Kookie Byrnes Kookie's Mad Pad The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
31Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes And Connie Stevens Kookie Kookie [Lend Me Your Comb] The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2 Amazon
32Mabel Scott Yes Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
33Julie London Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
34Cooltrane Quartet Some Like It Hot Vintage Cafi Vol.3 Amazon

Fascinating Rhythm

Crazy rhythm! Big bands, scat vocals, syncopation, snapping fingers, drum and trumpet solos, all packed into two hours on a Sonoma County autumn morning on Deeper Roots. We’re celebrating that fascinating rhythm with some classic jazz, smooth vocals, and the voot of Slim Galliard as well as we take a trip through the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey’s Clambake Seven, Cab Calloway, and Artie Shaw. That’s not all, though. We’ll also hear the celebrations of rhythm with the brothers and sister teams of the Boswells, the Colemans, the Delta Rhythm Boys, and Three Sharps and a Flat. Sweet and sentimental with a celebratory blast. Join Dave Stroud on a journey that celebrates rhythm with the best rhythm-makers on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Benny Goodman And His Orchestra & Helen Ward Get Rhythm in Your Feet (And Music In Your Soul) Wicked Swing Amazon
3Jimmie Lunceford (Willie Smith And Band, Vocals) Rhythm Is Our Business Jimmie Lunceford Amazon
4Ivie Anderson All God's Chillun Got Rhythm An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
5The Delta Rhythm Boys Get on Board Little Children Radio, Gimme Some Jive Amazon
6Coleman Brothers Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang Amazon
7Three Sharps And A Flat That's The Rhythm Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm Amazon
8Slim & Slam The Flat Foot Floogie Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3) Amazon
9The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born That's How Rhythm Was Born Amazon
10Slim & Slam Rhythm Mad Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2) Amazon
11Slim & Slam Buck Dance Rhythm Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1) Amazon
12The Cats & The Fiddle Mr. Rhythm Man The Very Best Of Amazon
13Ace Harris And His Sunset Royals Rhythm 'Bout Town Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep) Amazon
14Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven Nothin' But Rhythm Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep) Amazon
15Django Reinhardt Crazy Rhythm The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1] Amazon
16Fats Waller & His Rhythm Spreadin' Rhythm Around Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
17Billie Holiday Spreadin' Rhythm Around Quintessential: Volume 1, 1933 – 1935 Amazon
18Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra He Ain't Got Rhythm Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 02] Amazon
19Louis Armstrong I Got Rhythm Now You Has Jazz: Louis Armstrong AT M-G-M Amazon
20Cab Calloway Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm Chronological 1937-38 Amazon
21Cab Calloway Black Rhythm Kicking The Gong Around Amazon
22Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Rockin' In Rhythm Ken Burns Jazz: Duke Ellington Amazon
23Artie Shaw All God's Chillun Got Rhythm The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 1 – Free Wheeling Amazon
24Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
25The Mills Brothers Rhythm Saved The World The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4 Amazon
26Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra I'm Nuts About Screwy Music Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford Amazon
27Sol Hoopii Fascinating Rhythm Master of the Hawaiian Guitar, Vol. 2 Amazon
28Fred Astaire Fascinating Rhythm The Astaire Story, Vol.1 & 2 Amazon
29Gene Kelly I Got Rhythm The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love Amazon
30Tony Bennett Crazy Rhythm This Is Jazz Sampler Amazon
31Charlie Barnet Flying Home Wicked Swing Amazon
32Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra He Ain't Got Rhythm Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford Amazon
33Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Jivin' With Jarvis Wicked Swing Amazon
34Nellie Lutcher If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing) Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3] Amazon

West Coast Blues Roots

The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta.  Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny "Guitar" Watson Gangster Of Love Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics Amazon
3Lowell Fulson Blue Shadows Chess Blues Disc 4 Amazon
4T-Bone Walker T-Bone Shuffle Living The Blues: Blues Greats Amazon
5Ivory Joe Hunter Boogin' In The Rain The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947 Amazon
6Amos Milburn One, Two, Three, Everybody Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
7Amos Milburn One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
8Floyd Dixon Hey Bartender Marshall Texas Is My Home Amazon
9Big Jay McNeely The Deacon's Hop Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
10Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
11Johnny Guitar Watson Mortorhead Baby So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1 Amazon
12Little Esther And Willie Littlefield Turn the Lights Down Low Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13] Amazon
13Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Gonna Send You Where I Got You From Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1 Amazon
14Peppermint Harris I Got Loaded Loaded, Vol. 1 Amazon
15Jimmy McCracklin The Walk Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
16Little Willie Littlefield K. C. Loving Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10] Amazon
17T-Bone Walker Stormy Monday The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch] Amazon
18Roy Milton The Hucklebuck Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton Amazon
19Floyd Dixon Call Operator 210 The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3] Amazon
20Johnny Otis Baby Baby Blues Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars Amazon
21Johnny Otis Head Hunter The Roots Of Frank Zappa Amazon
22Etta James Good Rockin Daddy The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1 Amazon
23Pee Wee Crayton Blues After Hours ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 Amazon
24Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Driftin' Blues Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood Amazon
25Charles Brown Black Night Living The Blues: Blues Greats Amazon
26Cecil Gant I Wonder R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
27Amos Milburn Bad Bad Whiskey Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn Amazon
28Juke Boy Bonner Running Shoes Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
29Lloyd Glenn The Shakedown Chess Blues Disc 4 Amazon
30Etta James I Just Want to Make Love to You At Last! Amazon
31Percy Mayfield The River's Invitation ABC Of The Blues Vol 28 Amazon
32Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers Deep Fried Blues Pajama Party Amazon
33Roy Milton & His Solid Senders R.M. Blues Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton Amazon

Doo Wop’s Golden Age

In the early 1950s, trade magazines were bemoaning the overabundance of vocal groups making it difficult for single artists to break through. It was just the beginning of a wave of adolescent boys finding that street corner singers were attracting the neighborhood girls. Well, that’s the story anyway. But it might not have been too far off the mark as the mid-to-late 1950s saw the charts exploding with groups with vocal prowess in both instrumental imitation and harmonies with inglorious sound effects. It would become an cultural art form born in the tradition of some of the vocal groups of the 30s and 40s. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll revisit doo wop’s golden age where the harmonies were tight and sweet and the ballads were recycled gems of the past or low-brow teen crooning of the present. Join us on Sonoma County Community Radio for some of the best examples of Doo Wop’s Golden Age.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The El Dorados At My Front Door The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
3The Nutmegs Story Untold The Roots Of Frank Zappa Amazon
4The Five Satins In the Still of the Night Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
5The Heartbeats A Thousand Miles Away Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
6The Rays Silhouettes Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits Amazon
7The Willows The Church Bells May Ring Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
8The Cadillacs Zoom For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon
9Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall In Love Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1] Amazon
10The Moonglows See Saw (mono) Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection Amazon
11The Del Vikings Come Go with Me Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
12The Dubs Could This Be Magic The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
13Mellokings Tonight Tonight Tonight-Tonight Amazon
14The Monotones Book Of Love Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1) Amazon
15Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/The Rob Roys Tell Me Why Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
16The Silhouettes Get A Job Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1) Amazon
17The Diamonds Little Darlin' The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
18The Bobbettes Mr. Lee The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
19The Cadillacs Buzz Buzz Buzz For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon
20The Solitaires Walking Along Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
21Lee Andrews & The Hearts Long Lonely Nights Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
22Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Goody Goody Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
23The Chantels Maybe Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 2] Amazon
24The Edsels Rama Lama Ding Dong The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
25The Aquatones You Early Girls: 1 Amazon
26The Marcels Blue Moon The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
27The Elegants Little Star The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
28Dion & The Belmonts I Wonder Why The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
29The Videos Trickle, Trickle The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
30The Coasters Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
31The Flamingos I Only Have Eyes for You For Collectors Only – Disc 1 Amazon
32The Mystics Hushabye The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
33Dion & The Belmonts A Teenager In Love The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
34The Fiestas So Fine The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
35The Sheppards Island Of Love The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
36Earls Remember Then Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon

Let’s Dance

A mix of just about everything your ears might need on a Friday morning with the focus being on preparing you for the weekend here in Sonoma County. Wake up sounds with themes that sport the connective tissue of a variety of genres and performers. We’ll hear some Bo Diddley, Chris Montez, Steve Earle, Del Reeves, and more than two dozen others. We’ll be highlighting small themes of trains, boogie Woogie daddies, sad and happy songs, weed and invitations to the party here on KOWS Community radio where free speech is coupled with a promise of no bull. We stream all over the planet on kowsfm.com/listen and will be celebrating the return of our antenna and the FM signal sooner rather than later. Join us.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2NRBQ Wacky Tobacky Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1] Amazon
3Mel Tillis Loco Weed (Single Version) The Best of Mel Tillis Amazon
4Wayne Hancock Viper of Melody Viper of Melody Amazon
5Harlem Hamfats/Rosetta Howard If You're a Viper When Hemp Was Hip Amazon
6Bea Foote Weed The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
7Cab Calloway Minnie The Moocher Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
8Steve Earle & the Dukes Ain't Nobody's Daddy Now Terraplane Amazon
9The Enchanters Boogie Woogie Daddy Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
10Bo Diddley Diddley Daddy The Chess Box [Disc 1] Amazon
11Howlin' Wolf Rockin' Daddy Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 Amazon
12Jimmy Ricks & The Ravens Daddy Rollin' Stone Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962 Amazon
13Fontella Bass Sweet Lovin' Daddy Very Best Of Amazon
14Stonewall Jackson You're the Sad in My Songs Warped 6742 – Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967 Amazon
15Del Reeves You're the Happy Songs I Sing The Wonderful World of del Reeves Amazon
16The Everly Brothers So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) It's Everly Time Amazon
17Merle Haggard Sing A Sad Song Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
18Rachel Sweet Sad Song Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet Amazon
19Jerry Lee Lewis Invitation to Your Party 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings Amazon
20Cab Calloway Everybody Eats When They Come To My House Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
21The Royal Hounds Invitation To Be Lonely A Whole Lot of Nothin' Amazon
22Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar Invitation to the Blues For Pete's Sake [Gusto] Amazon
23The Soul Stirrers Slow Train Tribute to Sam Cooke Amazon
24Bob Dylan Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) North Country – Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
25Leon Russell Slow Train A Mighty Flood Amazon
26ack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest/Dialogue Pulp Fiction Amazon
27Chris Montez Let's Dance National Lampoon's Animal House Amazon
28Fats Domino The Twist Set Me Free Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4 Amazon
29Chubby Checker Let's Dance It's Pony Time Amazon
30Gary U.S. Bonds Dear Lady Twist Gary "U.S" Bonds – 30 Original Greatest Hits Amazon
31Jimmy Soul Twistin' Matilda (And The Channel) The Best Of Jimmy Soul Amazon
32The Champs Tequila Twist 5 Classic Albums Plus Amazon
33The Isley Brothers Twist and Shout American Roots of the British Invasion Amazon
34Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Do You Know How to Twist The King Records Story – Part 1 Amazon
35The Dovells Bristol Stomp Cameo Parkway The Best of the Dovells, 1961-1965 Amazon

Art Rupe Tribute

The story of R&B, gospel, and early rock were embellished by many performers, artists, and personalities. The early influencers behind the scenes also included people like Art Rupe, a native of Pittsburg who lept into the entertainment industry with both feet after the Second World War, co-founding a small West Coast label called Juke Box Records in 1944. Breaking away from his partners, he would later form a label of his own: Specialty Records. His keen ear for what he termed the “secret [that] lay in a big band sound with a churchy feel” was spot on. Specifically, he took the stigma out of the ‘race’ of ‘race records’ of the day and targeted larger audiences. There were dozens of performers that came from the Specialty stable, chief among them being Roy Milton, Percy Mayfield, Sam Cooke and, of course, Little Richard Penniman. Art Rupe passed away this month at the age of 104 and we’ll be sharing the early-to-mid-century classic pieces from a cross-section of Specialty performers that spanned the gospel, R&B and rock genres that Art helped bring into the mainstream.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Little Joe's Boogie Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
3Roy Milton & His Solid Senders R.M. Blues Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton Amazon
4Camille Howard You Don't Love Me The Specialty Story Amazon
5Paul Gayten My Rough And Ready Man R&B Outbreak CD 2 Amazon
6Percy Mayfield Strange Things Happening Poet of the Blues Amazon
7Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
8Joe Liggins One Sweet Letter Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
9Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
10Marvin & Johnny Wine Woogie The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 Amazon
11Jesse & Marvin Dream Girl Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
12Joe Houston Orchestra All Night Long Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
13Marvin Phillips Mamo Mamo (Specialty 554) R&B Humdingers Volume 12 Amazon
14Tony Allen & the Champs Nite Owl Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
15Little Richard Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE) The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
16Little Richard Tutti Frutti The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
17Don & Dewey Farmer John Jungle Hop Amazon
18Larry Williams Short Fat Fannie The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 Amazon
19Larry Williams Bony Maronie Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
20Larry Williams Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version] Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
21Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon
22Art Neville Belle Amie His Specialty Recordings Amazon
23Hollywood Flames Buzz Buzz Buzz Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
24Don & Dewey Koko Joe Jungle Hop Amazon
25The Original Gospel Harmonettes Get Away Jordan Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
26Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes Love Lifted Me Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
27Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers He's So Wonderful The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
28Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers Come and Go To That Land 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Swan Silvertones Trouble In My Way Gospel Music Amazon
30Clifton Chenier Eh, Petite Fille Bayou Blues Amazon
31Clifton Chenier Boppin' The Rock Bayou Blues Amazon
32Frankie Lee Sims Lucy Mae Blues Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
33John Lee Hooker My Baby's Got Something No Friend Around Amazon
34Little Richard Shake A Hand The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
35Professor Alex Bradford What Folks Say About Me The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon
36Brother Joe May Testimony The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon

Doo Wop Dreams

In today’s show we’ll be spinning up some special doo wop tracks, and not necessarily the ‘big hits’. We’ll be sharing some under-the-radar sounds from some of the greats and some of the ‘never-heards’. Doo wop’s heyday was clearly brief, running from the early urban street corner sounds of the early 1950s to the more commercially viable and polished sounds of the early 1960s. Tune in for the popular sounds of The Cadillacs, Little Anthony, The Flamingos, and The El Dorados as well as off chart vocal gems from The Pastels, The Quotations, The Kodaks, and The Fascinators. All with a story and all in clean fun on Sonoma County Community Radio.



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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels A Rockin' Good Way The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2] Amazon
3The Spaniels Stormy Weather The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
4Ernest Harriston/The Bop Chords Castle in the Sky The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
5The Velvets Spring Fever Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
6The Quotations Imagination Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
7The Chimes Once in a While The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
8The Flamingos Lovers Never Say Goodbye The Best Of The Flamingos Amazon
9The Fascinators Chapel Bells Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
10Little Anthony & The Imperials So Much The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials Amazon
11Accents Wiggle, Wiggle Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
12The Kodaks Oh Gee Oh Gosh Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
13The Cadillacs Peek-A-Boo The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3) Amazon
14The Cadillacs Oh Oh Lolita For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
15The Edsels Rama Lama Ding Dong The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
16The Monotones Tom Foolery Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
17Dion & The Belmonts No One Knows Greatest Hits Amazon
18The Pastels So Far Away Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
19The Students I'm So Young Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
20The Heartbeats One Day Next Year The Best of the Heartbeats [Rhino] Amazon
21The Corsairs Smokey Places (1962 #12) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
22The Penguins Memories Of El Monte Oldies But Goodies Vol. 3 Amazon
23The Desires Rendezvous With You The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
24The Moonglows See Saw Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
25The Crests The Angels Listened In The Best of the Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro [Rhino] Amazon
26The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
27The Timetones In My Heart The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
28The Genies Who's That Knocking Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
29The Silhouettes Miss Thing Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
30Anthony & The Sophomores Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
31The Capris Morse Code of Love Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
32The Videos Trickle, Trickle The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
33The El Dorados I'll Be Forever Loving You The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1] Amazon
34The Platters You're Making A Mistake The Magic Touch: An Anthology Amazon
35The Avalons Heart's Desire Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
36The Cleftones Why Do You Do Me Like You Do Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
37The Classics Till Then Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
38The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
39The Cadillacs Buzz Buzz Buzz For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon

The House That Ruth Built

The decade of the fifties found the sounds of rhythm and blues being best represented on the Atlantic Records label. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, the catalog of artists and the quality of production were unparalleled for their time. And while Ertegun’s biography is subtitled “The House That Ertegun Built”, the performers were also undisputed heavyweights: Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and Lavern Baker to name a few. Things, however, exploded when a lady dubbed “Miss Rhythm” arrived with “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” leading to another moniker: “The House That Ruth Built”. This week’s show will feature some of the great tracks from Ruth Brown and the many contemporaries who made the label synonymous with R&B well into the seventies and beyond. Tune in for a special treat. Rock, rhythm, and dynamite doo wop from the Atlantic vaults on a Friday morning.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Clovers One Mint Julep Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
3The Cardinals Wheel Of Fortune Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Money Honey Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
5Carmen Taylor & The Boleros Ooh I Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
6Sheiks Walk That Walk Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
7The Chords Sh-Boom Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
8The Playboys Good Golly Miss Molly Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
9The Regals Got The Water Boiling Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
10The Clovers Devil Or Angel Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy Amazon
11Ruth Brown Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
12Ruth Brown Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
13Ruth Brown Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
14The Cookies In Paradise Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958 Amazon
15Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Treasure of Love Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
16The Drifters Long Lonely Nights Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
17The Drifters Long Lonely Nights Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
18Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle & Roll Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
19Big Joe Turner Boogie Woogie Country Girl Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
20Ray Charles Hallelujah I Love Her So Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
21Ray Charles Mess Around Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
22Ray Charles This Little Girl of Mine Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
23LaVern Baker Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster] Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
24LaVern Baker Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
25LaVern Baker Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
26Ivory Joe Hunter Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
27Ivory Joe Hunter It's a Doggone Crying Shame Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
28The Bobbettes Mr. Lee Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
29The Ospreys It's Good To Me (You Don't Know And I DOn't Know) Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
30The Drifters Drip Drop Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
31The Coasters Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
32The Coasters Dance! Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
33Del-Larks Remember The Night Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
34The Sh-Booms (The Chords) Blue Moon Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
35Top Note Hearts Of Stone Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
36Billy Storm When You Dance Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
37Stick McGhee & His Buddies Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
38Big Joe Turner Midnight Special Train Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon

Brand New Day

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Joe Liggins Brand New Deal In Mobile Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
3Fletcher Smith Brand New Neighborhood Stompin' 12 Amazon
4George Green Brand New Rockin' Chair The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 Amazon
5Al Harrison Brand New Money Fool Mule Amazon
6Barrel House Blott & Lee Brand New Man Dapper Dan Amazon
7Fats Domino Brand New Baby Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
8Wayne Hancock Brand New Cadillac That's What Daddy Wants Amazon
9The Payments Brand New Automobile So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1 Amazon
10Lightnin' Hopkins Brand New Lock Po' Lightnin' Amazon
11Lead Belly I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
12Ruthie Foster Brand New Day Promise of a Brand New Day Amazon
13Al Kooper Brand New Day (Bonus Track) You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus Amazon
14Dion Brand New Morning Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971 Amazon
15Gary Stewart Brand New Whiskey An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs Amazon
16Mel Tillis Brand New Mister Me 36 All Time Greatest Hits Amazon
17The Everly Brothers Brand New Heartache The Everly Brothers Amazon
18Dave Edmunds Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets Get It Amazon
19Gram Parsons Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track] Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel Amazon
20Emmylou Harris Brand New Dance Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2 Amazon
21Tex Ritter You're Always Brand New High Noon Amazon
22Don Henley The Brand New Tennessee Waltz Cass County (Deluxe) Amazon
23Steve Earle Brand New Companion Townes Amazon
24Dave Alvin Brand New Heart Blue Blvd Amazon
25Greg Brown Brand New '64 Dodge Poet Game Amazon
26Jesse Winchester Brand New Tennesse Waltz Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage Amazon
27Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Brand New Start Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP) Amazon
28Modern Hicks Brand New Tornado Alley Amazon
29Melanie Brand New Key 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Amazon
30Will Kimbrough Brand New Song Americanitis Amazon
31Leftover Salmon Brand New Good Old Days Brand New Good Old Days Amazon
32Elvis Presley There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout Amazon
33Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers Brand New Day (LP Version) Set Me Free Amazon
34James Brown Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
35Slim Harpo Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King) The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1 Amazon