An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Hank Penny
Hold The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
2
Ike & Tina Turner
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Birth Of Soul: 3
3
Marshall Crenshaw
Blues Is King
Downtown
4
Daddy Cleanhead
Something's Goin' On In My Room
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
5
The Marquees
Hey Little Schoolgirl
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
6
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Dry Bones
The Best Of 1940-50
7
James Taylor
Coming Back To You
Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
8
Bob Dylan
Braggin'
Triplicate
9
Frank Sinatra
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
10
Peggy Lee
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
11
Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra
Blue Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
12
The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest
Deep In A Dream
The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2]
13
Buddy Emmons
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
14
Geraint Watkins
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Aide Memoire
15
Carl Perkins
Matchbox
Original Sun Greatest Hits
16
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Train of Love
Come on Back
17
Slim Whitman
Down In The Valley
Wagon Wheels [Disc 2]
18
The Handsome Family
Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs
Through the Trees
19
The Louvin Brothers
The Wreck On The Highway
Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs
20
George Jones
Just One More
The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
21
Geraint Watkins
Heart of Stone
Rush of Blood
22
Merle Travis
I Used To Work In Chicago
The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
23
Webb Pierce
California Blues
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
24
The Carlisles
Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
25
Hank Williams
No, No Joe
Beyond The Sunset
26
Charlie Louvin
Katy Dear
Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
27
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Cadillac in Model "A"
Legends of Country Music Disc 4
28
Jerry Lee Lewis
End of the Road
25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
29
Everly Brothers
I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
30
Johnny Cash
Train Of Love
His Sun Years: Down South
31
T-Bone Burnett
I'm Coming Home
Truth Decay
32
Bob Dylan
Ring Them Bells
Oh Mercy
33
Steve Allen
This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Fats Domino
The Fat Man
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
2
Smiley Lewis
Tee-Nah-Nah
I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1
3
Guitar Slim and His Band
Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles]
Louisiana Swamp Blues
4
Big Jay McNeely
All That Wine Is Gone
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
5
T-Bone Walker
Cold Cold Feeling
Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
6
Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens
Later Baby
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
7
Fats Domino
Goin' Home
Rock And Rollin
8
Lil' Son Jackson
Get High Everybody
Vol. 2 1950-1952
9
Smiley Lewis
Big Mamou
I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
10
Hawks
I-Yi
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
11
Pee Wee Crayton
Win-O
Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
12
Joe Houston Orchestra
All Night Long
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
Wild and sassy sounds from the archives of 40s and 50s rhythm & blues featuring some of the female dynamos of the genre coming your way on a Friday morning here on Deeper Roots. We’ll be featuring some great performances from the catalog of Jubilee Records (those Jubilee Jezebels) and a host of peers including some early scorchers from Little Sylvia (Robinson), Big Maybelle, Viola Watkins, Fay Simmons, and Ruth Brown. For the first three or four decades of the recorded blues and jazz, women played a major part in black music’s popularity and there was a resurgent ‘boom’ post-war that played a bigger part than we imagined in that tidal wave of wild rhythm beat that would become rock and soul. These are some classic tracks that don’t always get the attention they deserve…but they will here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning on KOWS.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Strange Things Happen Every Day
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
2
Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells)
Sweet Man
Blues Women
3
Mabel Scott
Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing
Blues Women
4
The Enchanters
Boogie Woogie Daddy
Jubilee Jezebels
5
Enchanters
Housewife Blues
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
6
Jeanne Gayle
Bim Bam Baby
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
7
Little Sylvia
Drive Daddy Drive
Jubilee Jezebels
8
Little Sylvia
Everything I Need But You
Jubilee Jezebels
9
Little Sylvia
Ain't Gonna Do It
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
10
Viola Watkins
It Must Be Love
Jubilee Jezebels
11
Viola Watkins
Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night
Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
12
Viola Watkins
Really Real
Jubilee Jezebels
13
Varetta Dillard
Mercy, Mr Percy
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
14
Mabel Scott
Mr Fine
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15
LaVern Baker
Voodoo Voodoo
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
16
Edna McGriff
Oh Little Daddy
Stompin' 34
17
Edna McGriff
I'll Surrender Anytime
Jubilee Jezebels
18
Edna McGriff & The Tomcats
Mambo Baby
Rumba Gone Mambo
19
Big Maybelle
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
20
Big Maybelle
Ring Dang Dilly
The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
21
Big Maybelle
Hair Dressin' Women
ABC Of The Blues Vol 29
22
Ruth Brown
Smooth Operator
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
23
Fay Simmons
You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb
Atomic Platters
24
Fay Simmons
Ella Weaver
Dapper Dan
25
Fay Simmons
Hangin' Around
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26
Patti Jerome
No Mama, No Papa
Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
27
Linda Hopkins
Rock And Roll Blues
Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
28
Carol Fran
Knock Knock
Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
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.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The Ray-O-Vacs
Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
2
Piney Brown
Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
3
Joe Liggins
Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
4
Billy Ward & The Dominoes
Lonesome Road
Vol. 4-21 Hits
5
The Hurricanes
Pistol Packin' Mama
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
6
Scatman Crothers
Ghost Riders In The Sky
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
7
Andre Williams
You Are My Sunshine
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
8
Jimmy Ricks
Do You Promise
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
9
Thin Man Watts
Walking The Floor Over You
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
10
Mickey & Sylvia
To The Valley
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
11
The Coasters
Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
12
Clyde McPhatter
I'm Movin' On
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
13
Little Junior Parker
Walking The Floor
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
14
Guitar Jr
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
15
Ruth Brown
I Burned Your Letter
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
16
Fats Domino
Don't Come Knockin'
A Lot Of Dominos
17
Varetta Dillard
A Little Bitty Tear
The Lovin' Bird
18
Bobby Hebb
Night Train To Memphis
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
19
Esther Phillips
Release Me
Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
20
King Curtis
Your Cheatin' Heart
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
21
King Curtis
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
22
The Marvellettes
Love Letters
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
23
Damita Jo
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
24
Travis Ricks
No Need To Cry
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
25
Little Mack
Let Hootenanny Blues
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
26
Joe Hinton
Lovesick Blues
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
27
Big Maybelle
Cold Cold Heart
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
28
Fats Domino
Your Cheatin' Heart
Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
29
Ray Charles
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)
Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
30
Esther Phillips
Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version)
Country Side Of Esther
31
Esther Phillips
I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version)
Country Side Of Esther
32
O. C. Smith
The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
33
Ray Charles
When I Stop Dreamin'
Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
34
Little Richard
Settin' the Woods on Fire
King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music]
35
Little Richard
Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart)
Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On
36
Koko Taylor
Honky Tonky
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
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.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Benny Goodman And His Orchestra & Helen Ward
Get Rhythm in Your Feet (And Music In Your Soul)
Wicked Swing
2
Jimmie Lunceford (Willie Smith And Band, Vocals)
Rhythm Is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford
3
Ivie Anderson
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
4
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Get on Board Little Children
Radio, Gimme Some Jive
5
Coleman Brothers
Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away
Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
6
Three Sharps And A Flat
That's The Rhythm
Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
7
Slim & Slam
The Flat Foot Floogie
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
8
The Boswell Sisters
That's How Rhythm Was Born
That's How Rhythm Was Born
9
Slim & Slam
Rhythm Mad
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
10
Slim & Slam
Buck Dance Rhythm
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
11
The Cats & The Fiddle
Mr. Rhythm Man
The Very Best Of
12
Ace Harris And His Sunset Royals
Rhythm 'Bout Town
Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
13
Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven
Nothin' But Rhythm
Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
14
Django Reinhardt
Crazy Rhythm
The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
15
Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Spreadin' Rhythm Around
Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
16
Billie Holiday
Spreadin' Rhythm Around
Quintessential: Volume 1, 1933 – 1935
17
Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
He Ain't Got Rhythm
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 02]
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.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Gangster Of Love
Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
2
Lowell Fulson
Blue Shadows
Chess Blues Disc 4
3
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Shuffle
Living The Blues: Blues Greats
4
Ivory Joe Hunter
Boogin' In The Rain
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
5
Amos Milburn
One, Two, Three, Everybody
Amos Milburn Rocks
6
Amos Milburn
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn Rocks
7
Floyd Dixon
Hey Bartender
Marshall Texas Is My Home
8
Big Jay McNeely
The Deacon's Hop
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
9
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
10
Johnny Guitar Watson
Mortorhead Baby
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
11
Little Esther And Willie Littlefield
Turn the Lights Down Low
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
13
Peppermint Harris
I Got Loaded
Loaded, Vol. 1
14
Jimmy McCracklin
The Walk
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
15
Little Willie Littlefield
K. C. Loving
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
16
T-Bone Walker
Stormy Monday
The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
17
Roy Milton
The Hucklebuck
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
18
Floyd Dixon
Call Operator 210
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
19
Johnny Otis
Baby Baby Blues
Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
20
Johnny Otis
Head Hunter
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
21
Etta James
Good Rockin Daddy
The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
22
Pee Wee Crayton
Blues After Hours
ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
23
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Driftin' Blues
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
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.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The El Dorados
At My Front Door
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
2
The Nutmegs
Story Untold
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
3
The Five Satins
In the Still of the Night
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
4
The Heartbeats
A Thousand Miles Away
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
5
The Rays
Silhouettes
Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
6
The Willows
The Church Bells May Ring
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
7
The Cadillacs
Zoom
For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
8
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
9
The Moonglows
See Saw (mono)
Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection
10
The Del Vikings
Come Go with Me
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
11
The Dubs
Could This Be Magic
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
12
Mellokings
Tonight Tonight
Tonight-Tonight
13
The Monotones
Book Of Love
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
14
Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/The Rob Roys
Tell Me Why
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
15
The Silhouettes
Get A Job
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
16
The Diamonds
Little Darlin'
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
17
The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
18
The Cadillacs
Buzz Buzz Buzz
For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
19
The Solitaires
Walking Along
Doo Wop Love Songs
20
Lee Andrews & The Hearts
Long Lonely Nights
Doo Wop Love Songs
21
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Goody Goody
Doo Wop Love Songs
22
The Chantels
Maybe
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 2]
23
The Edsels
Rama Lama Ding Dong
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
24
The Aquatones
You
Early Girls: 1
25
The Marcels
Blue Moon
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
26
The Elegants
Little Star
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
27
Dion & The Belmonts
I Wonder Why
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
28
The Videos
Trickle, Trickle
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
29
The Coasters
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
Doo Wop Love Songs
30
The Flamingos
I Only Have Eyes for You
For Collectors Only – Disc 1
31
The Mystics
Hushabye
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
32
Dion & The Belmonts
A Teenager In Love
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
33
The Fiestas
So Fine
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
34
The Sheppards
Island Of Love
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
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.
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.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Little Joe's Boogie
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
2
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
R.M. Blues
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
3
Camille Howard
You Don't Love Me
The Specialty Story
4
Paul Gayten
My Rough And Ready Man
R&B Outbreak CD 2
5
Percy Mayfield
Strange Things Happening
Poet of the Blues
6
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
7
Joe Liggins
One Sweet Letter
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
8
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
9
Marvin & Johnny
Wine Woogie
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
10
Jesse & Marvin
Dream Girl
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
11
Joe Houston Orchestra
All Night Long
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
12
Marvin Phillips
Mamo Mamo (Specialty 554)
R&B Humdingers Volume 12
13
Tony 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
14
Little Richard
Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE)
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
15
Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
16
Don & Dewey
Farmer John
Jungle Hop
17
Larry Williams
Short Fat Fannie
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
18
Larry Williams
Bony Maronie
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
19
Larry Williams
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version]
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
20
Art Neville
That Old Time Rock And Roll
His Specialty Recordings
21
Art Neville
Belle Amie
His Specialty Recordings
22
Hollywood Flames
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
23
Don & Dewey
Koko Joe
Jungle Hop
24
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
25
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Love Lifted Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
26
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
He's So Wonderful
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
27
Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
Come and Go To That Land
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
28
Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Gospel Music
29
Clifton Chenier
Eh, Petite Fille
Bayou Blues
30
Clifton Chenier
Boppin' The Rock
Bayou Blues
31
Frankie Lee Sims
Lucy Mae Blues
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
32
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