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Table of Contents:

• v. 1. Jumpin' the blues (1943-1950). Five guys named Moe (Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five)
• When my man comes home (Buddy Johnson & his orchestra)
• Flying home, part I (Illinois Jacquet & his All Stars)
• The honeydripper (Joe Liggins & his Honeydrippers)
• Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop (Lionel Hampton & his orchestra)
• Drifting blues (Johnny Moore's Three Blazers)
• R.M. blues (Roy Milton & his Solid Senders)
• Ol' man river (the Ravens)
• King size papa (Julia Lee & her Boyfriends)
• Fine brown frame (Nellie Lutcher & her Rhythm)
• Elevator boogie (Mabel Scott)
• Chicken-shack boogie (Amos Milburn)
• The huckle-buck (Paul Wiliams & his Hucklebuckers)
• The deacon's hop (Big Jay McNeely's Blue Jays)
• Drinkin' wine, spo-dee-o-dee (Stick McGhee & his Buddies)
• Baby get lost (Dinah Washington)
• Cupid boogie (Johnny Otis Orchestra)
• Please send me someone to love (Percy Mayfield & orchestra)
• v.2. Teenagers are diggin' it (1951-1954). Rocket "̀88" (Jackie Brenston with his Delta Cats)

• The glory of love (the Five Keys)
• Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Lloyd Price & his orchestra)
• (Mama) He treats your daughter mean (Ruth Brown)
• Hound dog (Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton)
• Crying in the chapel (the Orioles)
• Shake a hand (Faye Adams)
• Drunk (Jimmy Liggins & his 3-D Music)
• Honey hush (Joe Turner & his band)
• Tipitina (Professor Longhair)
• A Sunday kind of love (the Harp-Tones featuring Willie Winfield)
• Lovey dovey (the Clover)
• Goodnite, sweetheart, goodnite (the Spaniels)
• Sh-boom (the Chords)
• Earth angel (will you be mine) (the Penguins)
• Tweedlee dee (LaVern Baker & the Gliders)
• Sincerely (the Moonglow's)
• All night long (Joe Houston Orchestra)
• v.3. Rockin' 'n' rollin' (1955-1956). I've got a woman (Ray Charles & his band)
• Pledging my love (Johnny Ace)
• What'cha gonna do (Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters)
• Bo Diddley (Bo Diddley)
• Feel so good (Shirley & Lee)
• I hear you knocking (Smiley Lewis)
• At my front door (the El Dorados)
• Smokey Joe's cafe (the Robins)
• Speedoo (the Cadillacs)
• Please, please, please (James Brown)
• I'm in love again (Fats Domino)
• I want you to be my girl (Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers)
• In the still of the nite (the Five Satins)
• Candy (Big Maybelle)
• It's too late (Chuck Willis & his band)
• Oh what a nite (the Dells)
• Since I met you baby (Ivory Joe Hunter)
• Goodnight my love (Pleasant dreams) (Jesse Belvin)
• v. 4. Goin' nationwide (1956-1961). The girl can't help it (Little Richard & his band)
• Young blood (the Coasters)
• Reet petite (The finest girl you ever want to meet) (Jackie Wilson)
• Little bitty pretty one (Thurston Harris & the Sharps)
• Maybe (the Chantels)
• Don't you just know it (Huey (Piano) Smith & the Clowns)
• For your precious love (Jerry Butler & the Impressions)
• A lover's question (Clyde McPhatter)
• Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison)
• I only have eyes for you (the Flamingos)
• Hey little girl (Dee Clark)
• Gee whiz (Look at his eyes) (Carla Thomas)
• At last (Etta James)
• Spanish Harlem (Ben E. King)
• Every beat of my heart (Pips featuring Gladys Knight)
• I pity the fool (Bobby Bland)
• Mother-in-law (Ernie K-Doe)
• Blue moon (the Marcels)
• v.5. Soul brothers & soul sisters (1961-1965). I like it like that, part 1 (Chris Kenner)
• Just out of reach (of my two open arms) (Solomon Burke)
• Gypsy woman (the Impressions)
• Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler)
• The one who really loves you (Mary Wells)
• Any day now (My wild beautiful bird) (Chuck Jackson)
• Green onions (Booker T. & the MG's)
• Release me (Esther Phillips ("Little Esther"))
• Just one look (Doris Troy)
• Pride and joy (Marvin Gaye)
• Mickey's monkey (the Miracles)
• Quicksand (Martha & the Vandellas)
• Mercy, mercy (Don Covay & the Goodtimers)
• Hold what you've got (Joe Tex)
• Hurt so bad (Little Anthony & the Imperials)
• We're gonna make it (Little Milton)
• I can't help myself (Four Tops)
• Over the rainbow (Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles)
• v.6. The end of the golden age (1966-1972). This old heart of mine (is weak for you) (Isley Brothers)
• 634-5789 (Wilson Pickett)
• When a man loves a woman (Percy Sledge)
• Ain't too proud to beg (the Temptations)
• Summertime (Billy Stewart)
• Knock on wood (Eddie Floyd)
• Love is a hurtin' thing (Lou Rawls)
• Tell it like it is (Aaron Neville)
• Try a little tenderness (Otis Redding)
• The dark end of the street (James Carr)
• Do right woman, do right man (Aretha Franklin)
• I thank you (Sam & Dave)
• Slip away (Clarence Carter)
• Who's making love (Johnnie Taylor)
• The thrill is gone (B.B. King)
• Rainy night in Georgia (Brook Benton)
• Proud Mary (Ike & Tina Turner)
• I'll be around (Spinners).

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Contributors:

Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975 , performer

Johnson, Buddy, 1915-1977 , performer

Jacquet, Illinois , performer

Liggins, Joe , performer

Hampton, Lionel , performer

Milton, Roy , performer

Lee, Julia, 1902-1958 , performer

Lutcher, Nellie , performer

Scott, Mabel , performer

Milburn, Amos , performer

Williams, Paul, 1915-2002 , performer

McGhee, Sticks, 1918-1961 , performer

Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963 , performer

Mayfield, Percy, 1920-1984 , performer

Brenston, Jackie, 1930-1979 , performer

Price, Lloyd , performer

Brown, Ruth, 1928-2006 , performer

Thornton, Big Mama , performer

Liggins, Jimmy , performer

Turner, Joe, 1911-1985 , performer

Professor Longhair, 1918-1980 , performer

Winfield, Willie , performer

Baker, LaVern , performer

Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 , performer

Ace, Johnny, 1929-1954 , performer

McPhatter, Clyde , performer

Bo Diddley, 1928-2008 , performer

Lewis, Smiley, 1913-1966 , performer

Brown, James, 1933-2006 , performer

Domino, Fats, 1928-2017 , performer

Lymon, Frankie , performer

Big Maybelle, 1924-1972 , performer

Willis, Chuck, 1928-1958 , performer

Hunter, Ivory Joe, 1914-1974 , performer

Belvin, Jesse, 1932-1960 , performer

Little Richard, 1932-2020 , performer

Wilson, Jackie , performer

Harris, Thurston , performer

Smith, Huey , performer

Butler, Jerry , performer

Harrison, Wilbert , performer

Clark, Dee, 1938-1990 , performer

Thomas, Carla, 1942- , performer

James, Etta, 1938-2012 , performer

King, Ben E. , performer

Knight, Gladys, 1944- , performer

Bland, Bobby , performer

K-Doe, Ernie , performer

Kenner, Chris , performer

Burke, Solomon , performer

Chandler, Gene , performer

Wells, Mary, 1943-1992 , performer

Jackson, Chuck , performer

Phillips, Esther, 1935-1984 , performer

Troy, Doris, 1937-2004 , performer

Gaye, Marvin , performer

Reeves, Martha , performer

Covay, Don , performer

Tex, Joe, 1933-1982 , performer

Little Milton , performer

LaBelle, Patti , performer

Pickett, Wilson , performer

Sledge, Percy , performer

Stewart, Billy, 1937-1970

Floyd, Eddie , performer

Rawls, Lou , performer

Neville, Aaron, 1941- , performer

Redding, Otis, 1941-1967 , performer

Carr, James, 1942-2001 , performer

Franklin, Aretha , performer

Carter, Clarence, 1936- , performer

Taylor, Johnnie , performer

King, B. B. , performer

Benton, Brook , performer

Vera, Billy , writer of supplementary textual content, producer

Peterson, Gary (Jazz musician) , writer of supplementary textual content

Hansen, Barry, 1941- , writer of supplementary textual content

Tympany Five , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

All Stars (Musical group : Illinois Jacquet) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Honeydrippers (Rhythm and blues group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Lionel Hampton Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Solid Senders (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Ravens (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Boyfriends (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Rhythm (Musical group : Nellie Lutcher) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Hucklebuckers (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Blue Jays (Musical group : Big Jay McNeely) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Buddies (Musical group : Sticks McGhee) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Johnny Otis Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Delta Cats (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Five Keys (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Orioles (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

3-D Music (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Harptones (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Clover (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Spaniels (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Chords (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Penguins (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Gliders (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Moonglows (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Joe Houston Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Drifters (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Shirley and Lee (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

El Dorados (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Robins (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Cadillacs (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Teenagers (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Five Satins (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Dells (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Coasters (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Sharps (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Chantels (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Clowns (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Impressions (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Flamingos (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Gladys Knight and the Pips , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Pips (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Marcels (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Booker T. & the MG's (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Miracles (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Vandellas (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Goodtimers (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Little Anthony and the Imperials , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Four Tops (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Bluebelles (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Isley Brothers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Temptations (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Sam & Dave , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Ike and Tina Turner Revue , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Spinners (Musical group : U.S.) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Rhythm and blues music

Genres:

Rhythm and blues music

Popular music

Performers:

Various artists.

Production Credits:

Compilation produced by James Austin, Richard Foos & Billy Vera.

Performance Medium:

Singer; instrumental ensemble

General Notes:

Rhythm and blues music.
Title from container.
Reissues: 1943-1972.
In six jewel cases in one container.
Discographical annotation by Gary Peterson; research by Barry Hansen; program notes by Billy Vera (58 pages : illustrations, portraits), inserted in box.
From the collection of Wayne and Kathy Zatopek.

Physical Description:

6 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 151,067- 151,073

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Rhino: R2 71806

OCLC Numbers:

31525003