October 10, 2003: Spotlights on Memphis Minnie - late recordings, Jimmie Davis - 1930s recordings, Dentist Songs, frantic Rockabilly, plus Blues & Hawaiian.
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Track |
Album |
Label |
Format |
Comments |
Year |
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Mound City Blue Blowers
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Hello Lola
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var. art.: Early Jazz Greats
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Jazztone
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LP
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orig rec. 1929
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New Dixie Demons
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It Ain't Right
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Decca
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78
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1936
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Frankie Newton
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Romping
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Bluebird
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78
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1039
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Memphis Minnie
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Can't Afford to Lose My Man
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Columbia
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78
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1941
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Stephane Grappelly & His Hot Four w/Django Reinhardt
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I've Found a New Baby
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Decca
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78
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1935
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Al Casey
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Buck Jumpin'
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Buck Jumpin'
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Prestige Swingville
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LP
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1960
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Music behind DJ:
Johnnie Stavins
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Wheels
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Yale
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45
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1960s?
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Benny Bell
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Misfortune, What Do You Want?
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Bell
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78
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This is on Benny's own label in NYC.
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1940s?
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Bill Akamuhou & the Nautical Hawaiians
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Hawaiian Scotsman
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Bell
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78
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This is on the Bell label from Honolulu
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1940s?
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Junior Wells
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The Hippies Are Trying
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Blue Rock
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45
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1960s?
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Honolulu Serenaders
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Mele of Hawaii
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Victor
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78
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1927
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Four Aristocrats
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Don't Sing Aloha When I Go
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Victor
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78
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1926
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Honolulu Serenaders
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Honolulu Stomp
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Victor
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78
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1927
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Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans
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Steel Guitar Blues
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Columbia
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78
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feat. Clell Sumney, aka Cousin Jody, on steel guitar.
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1946
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Music behind DJ:
The Film Sounds
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Zorba the Greek
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London
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45
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Japan press
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1960s?
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Ichimaru
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Shamisen Boogie Woogie
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Victor
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78
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Japan pressing
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1940s?
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Tito Puente
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Batuka
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Tico
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45
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1972
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Tiger (Anthony) Malvo
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Hurt
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Techniques
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45
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Adaptation of Timi Yuro hit. Jamaica press.
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1970s?
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Lee Perry
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Just Keep It Up
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Studio One
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45
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Adaptation of Dee Clark hit. Jamaica press.
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1960s?
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De-Opels
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Kay lay Lay Pom Pom
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Straker's
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45
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1960s?
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Music behind DJ:
Robert Banks and the Waileros
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Mambo Blues
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Savoy
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45
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1954
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/Sam Price Trio
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Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend
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Decca
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78
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1946
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Doris Day w/Frank De Vol Orch.
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Everybody Loves a Lover
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Columbia
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45
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1958
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Moondog & His Drums
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Snaketime Rhythms - part 1
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SMC
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78
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In 5 beats. His first record.
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1949/50
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Moondog & His Drums
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Snaketime Rhythms - part 2
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SMC
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78
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In 7 beats.
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1949/50
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Moondog
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Moondog's Symphony - part 1
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SMC
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78
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His 2nd record. Composition credits to "Timberwolf"!
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1949/50
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Moondog
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Moondog's Symphony - part 2
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SMC
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78
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1949/50
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Sol K. Bright & His Hollywaiians
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Hame Pila
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Bluebird
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78
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1939
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Music behind DJ:
George Jenkins
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Drum Boogie
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Skylark
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45
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1955
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Jimmie Rodgers
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Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
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Last Sessions (1933)
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Rounder
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CD
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Jimmie Davis
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Bed Bug Blues
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Decca
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78
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1936
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Jimmie Davis
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She's a Hum Dum Dinger
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Victor
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78
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1930
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Jimmie Davis
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High Geared Mama
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Decca
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78
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1936
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Jimmie Davis & Brown's Musical Brownies
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High Geared Papa
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Decca
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78
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w/MIlton Brown
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1936
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Tillman Franks & His Rainbow Boys w/Faron Young vcl
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Hi-Tone Poppa [sic]
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Gotham
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45
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1951
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Music behind DJ:
Andre Kostelanetz & O.
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Sabre Dance
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Columbia
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45
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1960s
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Johnny Burnette Trio
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Train Kept A-Rollin'
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Coral
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45
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Remake of Tiny Bradshaw early 1950s record. JB Trio's version much better.
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1956
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Johnny Burnette & the Rock 'n Roll Trio
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Tear It Up
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Coral
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45
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1956
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John Hampton
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Shadow Blues
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United
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45
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1957
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Andy Starr
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Round and Round
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MGM
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45
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1956
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Clyde Stacy & the Nitecaps
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Hoy Hoy
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Candlelight
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45
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Re-make of Roy Milton's "Hop, Skip & Jump" from 1948
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1957
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Linda & the Epics
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Gonn'a [sic] Be Loved
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Blue Moon
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45
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1959
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Dean Carter
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Jailhouse Rock
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Milky Way
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45
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1967
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Music behind DJ:
Jan August
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Malaguena
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Mercury
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45
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1957
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Memphis Minnie
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Me and My Chauffer
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Okeh
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78
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1941
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Memphis Minnie
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Jump Little Rabbit
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Columbia 30164
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78
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Her last Columbia release
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1949
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Memphis Minnie
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Why Did I Make You Cry
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Regal 3259
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78
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Although rel. on a Linden, N.J. label, this was rec. in Chicago
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1949
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Memphis Minnie w/Little Joe & His Band
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Me and My Chauffer
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Checker 771
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78
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1952
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Memphis Minnie & Her Combo
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Kissing in the Dark
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J.O.B. 1101
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78
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1953
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Memphis Minnie w/Little Joe & His Band
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Broken Heart
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Checker 771
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78
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1952
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Memphis Minnie & Her Combo
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World of Trouble
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J.O.B. 1101
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78
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1953
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Memphis Minnie
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Kidman Blues
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Regal 3259
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78
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1949
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Lonnie Johnson & Victoria Spivey
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Toothache Blues - part 1
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Vocalion
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78
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Dentist song #1. Lonnie on guitar, Clarence Williams, pno.
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1928
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Lonnie Johnson & Victoria Spivey
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Toothache Blues - part 2
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Vocalion
|
78
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1928
|
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Dinah Washington
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Long John Blues
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A Slick Chick on the Mellow Side
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Mercury EmArcy
|
LP
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Dentist song #2. orig. rec. 1947
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Lord Funny w/Ed Watson & Brass Circle
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Check Up
|
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Antillana
|
45
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Dentist's song #3. Trinidad? press.
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1960s?
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