Putting aside many of the records listed by Roger, these are my fave instrumentals from 1962.

Playlist - 11 instrumentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=LOlwZsRoUM4,z8nTp-x3WJ0,p3NuFGQsKGY,-NXQPLv_HqA,tpfnxGHAZvg,aE8sOVk_9H4,tCr5BhPqUjk,0wc1dK7NOiM,KHCF6dPUQMo,uBRvGPkVEYg,hcOtxUrx-ps,

01. The Sentinals - Latin'ia (Lateenya) [ERA 3082]

02. Ali Hassan - Chopsticks [Philles 103]

03. Dick Dale and The Del-Tones - Surf Beat [Deltone 4940]

04. The Trebletones - Guitar Movement [Souvenir 1010; Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho]

05. Lawrence Welk - Zero-Zero [Dot 16420]

06. The Fentones - The Breeze And I [UK Parlophone R 4937]

07. The John Barry Seven and Orch û The James Bond Theme (From Film
"Doctor No") [UK Columbia DB 4898]

08. The Lively Ones - Miserlou [Del-Fi 4189]

09. Nite Caps - Wildcat [Bryte 307;;Ohio]

10. The Shadows - Guitar Tango [UK Columbia DB 4870]

11. David Rose AHO - The Stripper [MGM 13064] rec.1958
#1 on BB-100 chart in July 1962;
BB ranked the record as #5 for 1962
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stripper

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On Sat, 04 Jan 2025 07:47:12 -0500, RWC <geoff@opbox.com> wrote:

02. Ali Hassan - Chopsticks [Philles 103]

Sorry, that should be

02. Ali Hassan - Malaguena [Philles 103]

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Don't get the attraction of #2, and can't stand "Telstar."

Here is what I have:

4 ¦ Green Onions ¦ Booker T. & MG's
16 ¦ Broadway ¦ Hank Ballard & Midnighters
65 ¦ So What ¦ Bill Black's Combo
76 ¦ Wiggle Wobble ¦ Les Cooper
80 ¦ Wipe Out ¦ Surfaris
147 ¦ Nut Rocker ¦ B. Bumble & Stingers
148 ¦ Let's Go (Pony) ¦ Routers
155 ¦ Jelly Bread ¦ Booker T. & MG's
169 ¦ Bo Diddley ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables
174 ¦ Midnite Blues ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables

#169 & #174 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmo8bAp9nJQ

I gather that Roger does not consider "Broadway" to be an instrumental, otherwise it surely would have made his list.

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On 1/4/2025 2:22 AM, Roger wrote:

20 FAVE INSTRUMENTAL RECORDS

TODAY........FROM 1962

6. CLEO’s MOOD – JR. WALKER ALL STARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf_JnV6VvZY

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After "Hard Times The Slop" this is my favorite instrumental ever. Of
course I heard "Cleo's Back" first.
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14. JELLY BREAD – BOOKER T. & MG’S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ueoIbpf_1A

The moral of the tale is simple---when you’ve gorged yourself on “Green Onions”
then come down to Earth with a few helpings of “Jelly Bread” the direct followup
on Stax. Charted #82 BBpop released UK on London but failed to chart

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So this came *before* "Mo' Onions?" That's a surprise.
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20.WIGGLE WOBBLE – LES COOPER & SOUL ROCKERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGo5k1ObOnw&t=39s

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I loved this back then, ran out and bought it. Still enjoy it.

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On 1/3/2025 11:22 PM, Roger wrote:

2. MISIRLOU – DICK DALE & THE DELTONES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovdZLIXJFmY

Frantic guitar revival of the famous Asian number first popularized in
the
US in 1941 by band leader Mitchell Ayres.Released on Deltone in 1962
it failed to chart and also failed to get UK release as a single

My son and his wife entered their wedding reception to this in 2005. It
was an interesting surprise.

--
Steve Mc

DNA to SBC to respond

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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 14:02:14 -0500, DianeE <DianeE@NoSpam.net> wrote:

On 1/4/2025 2:22 AM, Roger wrote:

20 FAVE INSTRUMENTAL RECORDS

TODAY........FROM 1962

6. CLEOÆs MOOD û JR. WALKER ALL STARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf_JnV6VvZY

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After "Hard Times The Slop" this is my favorite instrumental ever. Of
course I heard "Cleo's Back" first.
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Let other members compare their Desert Island fave 1946-1964
instrumental with DianeE's #1 instrumental - classic R&B with superb
sax throughout and a solid guitar break:

Noble 'Thin Man' Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - Hard Times (The Slop)
[Baton 249] - 1957
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO7FQY4FYxs

I'd prefer to go with "Sleep Walk", but that's just dreamy old me :)

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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:05:18 +0000, Bruce wrote:

Don't get the attraction of #2, and can't stand "Telstar."

Here is what I have:

4 ¦ Green Onions ¦ Booker T. & MG's
16 ¦ Broadway ¦ Hank Ballard & Midnighters
65 ¦ So What ¦ Bill Black's Combo
76 ¦ Wiggle Wobble ¦ Les Cooper
80 ¦ Wipe Out ¦ Surfaris
147 ¦ Nut Rocker ¦ B. Bumble & Stingers
148 ¦ Let's Go (Pony) ¦ Routers
155 ¦ Jelly Bread ¦ Booker T. & MG's
169 ¦ Bo Diddley ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables
174 ¦ Midnite Blues ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables

#169 & #174 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmo8bAp9nJQ

I gather that Roger does not consider "Broadway" to be an instrumental, otherwise it surely would have made his list.

It's-

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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 20:43:23 +0000, Roger wrote:

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:05:18 +0000, Bruce wrote:

Don't get the attraction of #2, and can't stand "Telstar."

Here is what I have:

4 ¦ Green Onions ¦ Booker T. & MG's

#5 on my 1962 list and a 10

16 ¦ Broadway ¦ Hank Ballard & Midnighters

See below

65 ¦ So What ¦ Bill Black's Combo

A 6 here

76 ¦ Wiggle Wobble ¦ Les Cooper

Ditto

80 ¦ Wipe Out ¦ Surfaris

#249 - 7

147 ¦ Nut Rocker ¦ B. Bumble & Stingers

#441 - 7

148 ¦ Let's Go (Pony) ¦ Routers

#273 - 7

155 ¦ Jelly Bread ¦ Booker T. & MG's

a 6

169 ¦ Bo Diddley ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables
174 ¦ Midnite Blues ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables

#169 & #174 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmo8bAp9nJQ

I have these as 1960

I gather that Roger does not consider "Broadway" to be an instrumental,
otherwise it surely would have made his list.

It's-

Yikes!! Dunno what happened there---pressed "post" somehow I
guess...sorry!

OK to continue...it's #219 on my 1962 list and you're half right I've
never 100% accepted it as instrumental but if I did it would appear as
#5 on my Faves list between "Pipeline" and "Wipe Out"

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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 21:11:00 +0000, Roger wrote:

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 20:43:23 +0000, Roger wrote:

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:05:18 +0000, Bruce wrote:

Don't get the attraction of #2, and can't stand "Telstar."

Here is what I have:

4 ¦ Green Onions ¦ Booker T. & MG's

#5 on my 1962 list and a 10

16 ¦ Broadway ¦ Hank Ballard & Midnighters

See below

65 ¦ So What ¦ Bill Black's Combo

A 6 here

76 ¦ Wiggle Wobble ¦ Les Cooper

Ditto

80 ¦ Wipe Out ¦ Surfaris

#249 - 7

147 ¦ Nut Rocker ¦ B. Bumble & Stingers

#441 - 7

148 ¦ Let's Go (Pony) ¦ Routers

#273 - 7

155 ¦ Jelly Bread ¦ Booker T. & MG's

a 6

169 ¦ Bo Diddley ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables
174 ¦ Midnite Blues ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables

#169 & #174 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmo8bAp9nJQ

I have these as 1960

I gather that Roger does not consider "Broadway" to be an instrumental,
otherwise it surely would have made his list.

It's-

Yikes!! Dunno what happened there---pressed "post" somehow I
guess...sorry!

OK to continue...it's #219 on my 1962 list and you're half right I've
never 100% accepted it as instrumental but if I did it would appear as
#5 on my Faves list between "Pipeline" and "Wipe Out"

"Pipe Fucking Line" is better than Broadway???????

That's shocking to me. The only use I see for "Pipeline" would be if
you're on the air and there's only like 68 seconds before the network
news comes on so you put some innocuous instrumental on that you're
gonna fade as the Network News comes on. It's like a nonentity to me.

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On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 5:47:31 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 21:11:00 +0000, Roger wrote:

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 20:43:23 +0000, Roger wrote:

On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 17:05:18 +0000, Bruce wrote:

Don't get the attraction of #2, and can't stand "Telstar."

Here is what I have:

4 ¦ Green Onions ¦ Booker T. & MG's

#5 on my 1962 list and a 10

16 ¦ Broadway ¦ Hank Ballard & Midnighters

See below

65 ¦ So What ¦ Bill Black's Combo

A 6 here

76 ¦ Wiggle Wobble ¦ Les Cooper

Ditto

80 ¦ Wipe Out ¦ Surfaris

#249 - 7

147 ¦ Nut Rocker ¦ B. Bumble & Stingers

#441 - 7

148 ¦ Let's Go (Pony) ¦ Routers

#273 - 7

155 ¦ Jelly Bread ¦ Booker T. & MG's

a 6

169 ¦ Bo Diddley ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables
174 ¦ Midnite Blues ¦ J.M. Van Eaton & Untochables

#169 & #174 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmo8bAp9nJQ

I have these as 1960

I gather that Roger does not consider "Broadway" to be an instrumental, >>>> otherwise it surely would have made his list.

It's-

Yikes!! Dunno what happened there---pressed "post" somehow I
guess...sorry!

OK to continue...it's #219 on my 1962 list and you're half right I've
never 100% accepted it as instrumental but if I did it would appear as
#5 on my Faves list between "Pipeline" and "Wipe Out"

"Pipe Fucking Line" is better than Broadway???????

That's shocking to me. The only use I see for "Pipeline" would be if
you're on the air and there's only like 68 seconds before the network
news comes on so you put some innocuous instrumental on that you're
gonna fade as the Network News comes on. It's like a nonentity to me.

This is a silly argument that we've had countless times before.
"Pipeline" was always a favorite instrumental of mine and is reflected
that way in my list.
I'm sure I rated it above many instrumentals from that year that others
like better but that's because its MY opinion I'm putting forward and
not theirs.

Its no different to imagining someone putting something like "Love Grows
(Where My Rosemary Goes)" that I consider pure 101% unadulterated junk
ahead of many excellent soul records of the day in a list of theirs.A
bit far fetched I know but I bet whats in my wallet there's someone out
there who thinks that

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On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 7:53:45 +0000, Roger wrote:

Its no different to imagining someone putting something like "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" that I consider pure 101% unadulterated junk
ahead of many excellent soul records of the day in a list of theirs.A
bit far fetched I know but I bet whats in my wallet there's someone out
there who thinks that

There's tons of us out there who think that. But we already know that we
have very different taste outside of the 50s era.

By the way, IMO the so called "cusp years" here should only go from 1960
to 1962. I think 1963 fits much better in the 60s and beyond than it
does in the era before 1963. You've got a load of Beatles songs in 1963 including several of their most famous ones. There's a bunch of other
British white rock records from the likes of the DC5, Searchers, Stones,
Gerry & the Pacemakers, Hollies, Billy J. Kramer and others. There's a
load of Beach Boys. There's the first well known Bob Dylan stuff.

I just loaded all my favorites from 1962 and back on to one flash drive
to play in my car. I'm gonna make a second one with everything I like
best from 1963 and beyond. I think it makes better sense to consider our
era here to be 1947 to 1962. Three years before and three years after
the 50s.

Unfortunately the drive won't play in my 2018 car. I get a message
saying that "This device may not be supported." The technology on a 64
GB flash drive is too play on a now 7 year old car stereo system. I fit
5605 songs on the drive and it's only 25% full.

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On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 15:09:24 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

I think it makes better sense to consider our
era here to be 1947 to 1962. Three years before and three years after
the 50s.

IIRC 'here' was unofficially extended to 1964 because 1963-64 was
poorly represented by posts in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s

further, there are 1963-64 sounds from the speaker that are
reminiscent of the cusp years or perhaps even earlier

Unfortunately the drive won't play in my 2018 car. I get a message
saying that "This device may not be supported." The technology on a 64
GB flash drive is too play on a now 7 year old car stereo system. I fit
5605 songs on the drive and it's only 25% full.

Bruce, members here would likely be keen to see your list of 5605
songs, preferably with year (perhaps not all in one post :)

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On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 15:49:11 +0000, RWC wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 15:09:24 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

I think it makes better sense to consider our
era here to be 1947 to 1962. Three years before and three years after
the 50s.

IIRC 'here' was unofficially extended to 1964 because 1963-64 was
poorly represented by posts in rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s

further, there are 1963-64 sounds from the speaker that are
reminiscent of the cusp years or perhaps even earlier

Unfortunately the drive won't play in my 2018 car. I get a message
saying that "This device may not be supported." The technology on a 64
GB flash drive is too play on a now 7 year old car stereo system. I fit >>5605 songs on the drive and it's only 25% full.

Bruce, members here would likely be keen to see your list of 5605
songs, preferably with year (perhaps not all in one post :)

1900-1919
1. Pullman Porters' Parade - Al Jolson
2. Casey Jones - Billy Murray & American Quartet
3. Stars And Stripes Forever March - Sousa's Band
4. I'm Henry the VIII - Harry Champion
5. Roll Them Cotton Bales - Heidelberg Quartet
6. On the 5:15 - American Quartet
7. Pray For The Lights To Go Out - George O'Connor
8. Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody - Al Jolson
9. Over There - American Quartet
10. The Camptown Races (Gwine To Run All Night) - Billy Murray
11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Fisk University Jubilee Quartet
12. Alabam - Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
13. Moonlight Bay - American Quartet
14. Slippery Hank - Earl Fuller's Novelty Orchestra
15. Play That Barber-Shop Chord - Bert Williams
16. The Grand Old Rag - Billy Murray
17. Dark Town Strutters' Ball - Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan
18. If The Man in The Moon Were A Coon - Ada Jones
19. The Star-Spangled Banner - Prince's Orchestra
20. I'm Saving Up The Means To Get To New Orleans - Al Jolson
21. I'm All Bound Round With The Mason-Dixon Line - Irving Kaufman
22. Take Me Out To The Ball Game - Edward Meeker
23 - It's Nobody's Business But My Own - Bert Williams
24 - Winter - Lyric Quartet (Haydn Quartet)

1920s
1. Waiting For A Train - Jimmie Rodgers
2. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
3. Swanee - Al Jolson
4. You've Been A Good Old Wagon - Bessie Smith
5. Turkey In The Straw - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers
6. James Alley Blues - Rabbit Brown
7. In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers
8. On The Road Again - Memphis Jug Band
9. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Peerless Quartet
10. Ukulele Lady - Paul Whiteman (Southern Quartet)
11. Gut Bucket Blues - Louis Armstrong
12. Shake That Thing - Ethel Waters
13. Aggravatin' Papa - Sophie Tucker
14. The Brakeman's Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
15. Mamma, T'ain't Long Fo' The Day - Blind Willie McTell
16. I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second Fiddle - Bessie Smith
17. Corrine Corrina - Bo Carter
18. My Lovin' Gal, Lucille (Blue Yodel No. 2) - Jimmie Rodgers
19. California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4) - Jimmie Rodgers
20. Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
21. Bringin' Home The Bacon - Blossom Seeley
22. West End Blues - Louis Arnstrong
23. Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In - Boodle It Wiggins
24. Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn - Cotton Top Sanctified Singers


1930s
1. (Hep Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive - Cab Calloway
2. Organ Grinder's Swing - Mills Brothers
3. In The Mood - Glenn Miller
4. Nagasaki - Mills Brothers
5. Roll 'Em Pete - Pete Johnson (Joe Turner)
6. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Mills Brothers
7. Rock It For Me - Ella Fitzgerald (Chick Webb)
8. Cross Roads Blues - Robert Johnson
9. Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller
10. F.D.R. Jones - Mills Brothers
11. Your Feet's Too Big - Ink Spots
12. Rockin' Chair - Mills Brothers
13. Flat Foot Floogee - Louis Armstrong & Mills Brothers
14. Gimme A Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Bessie Smith
15. Papa's On The House Top - Leroy Carr
16. I've Found A New Baby - Mills Brothers
17. Jeepers Creepers - Mills Brothers
18. Organ Grinder's Swing - Jimmie Lunceford
19. Match Box Blues - Roy Newman
20. Pork Chops And Gravy - Ink Spots
21. Jungle Fever - Mills Brothers
22. Good Morning School Girl - Sonny Boy Williamson
23. Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
24. A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald
25. Little Brown Jug - Glenn Miller
26. That's What I Like About The South - Bob Wills
27. Comes Love (Live Radio Performance) - Artie Shaw (Helen Forest)
28. Nobody's Sweetheart - Mills Brothers
29. Basin Street Blues - Charleston Chasers (Benny Goodman & Jack
Teagarden)
30. Let That Liar Alone - Golden Gate Quartet
31. When Winter Comes - Artie Shaw (Tony Pastor)
32. I'se A Muggin' - Stuff Smith & His Onxy Club Boys
33. These Foolish Things - Teddy Wilson (Billie Holiday)
34. Nagasaki - Three Keys
35. Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway
36. Lazy Bones - Mills Brothers
37. Keep A-Knockin' - Louis Jordan
38. Fan It - Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
39. Organ Grinder's Swing - Ella Fitzgerald
40. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
41. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Duke Ellington
(Ivie Anderson)
42. Yes Suh! - Ink Spots
43. I Believe I'll Make A Change - Leroy Carr
44. Caravan - Mills Brothers
45. Jump Session - Slim & Slam
46. Anniversary Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7) - Jimmie Rodgers
47. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby - Roy Newman
48. One O'Clock Jump - Harry James
49. Long About Midnight - Mills Brothers
50. Four, Five or Six Times - Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
51. Fit As A Fiddle - Three Keys
52. Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing) - Benny Goodman
53. Flat Foot Floogee - Slim & Slam
54. Stein Song (University of Maine) - Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut
Yankees
55. Bugle Call Boy - Mills Brothers
56. How Could You - Teddy Wilson (Billie Holiday)
57. Stepping Into Swing Society - Duke Ellington
58. Boogie Woogie - Tommy Dorsey
59. Johnson Rag - Glenn Miller
60. The Love Bug Will Bite - Mills Brothers
61. White Jazz - Casa Loma Orchestra (Glen Gray)
62. Ol' Man Mose - Eddy Duchin (Patricia Norman)
63. Big Boy Blue - Ella Fitzgerald & Mills Brothers
64. What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) - Mills Brothers
65. Golden Gate Gospel Train - Golden Gate Quartet
66. Shave 'em Dry - Lucille Bogan
67. Body And Soul - Coleman Hawkins
68. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny - Louis Armstrong & Mills Brothers
69. Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn - Dorsey Brothers (Bing Crosby)
70. I Let A Song Go Out of My Heart - Duke Ellington
71. Tiger Rag - Mills Brothers
72. King Porter Stomp - Glenn Miller
73. He Calls That Religion - Mississippi Sheiks
74. Don't Be That Way - Benny Goodman
75. A Sailboat in The Moonlight - Billie Holiday

MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1940:
1. Romance In The Dark - Lil Green
2. Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller
3. In A Mellotone - Duke Ellington
4. Juneteenth Jamboree - Louis Jordan
5. Step It Up And Go - Blind Boy Fuller
6. Java Jive - Ink Spots
7. Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller
8. Please Mr. Johnson - Buddy & Ella Johnson
9. Wham - Doc Sausage & Five Pork Chops
10. It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red
11. Five O'Clock Whistle - Glenn Miller
12. Wham (Re-Bop Boom Bam) - Jimmie Lunceford (Willie Smith)
13. I've Been Dealing With The Devil - Sonny Boy Williamson
14. Just A Jitterbug - Five Breezes
15. After Hours - Erskine Hawkins
16. Star Dust - Artie Shaw
17. Get Your Boots Laced, Papa - Woody Herman
18. Don't You Lie To Me - Tampa Red
19. You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business - Louis Jordan
20. Boog It - Glenn Miller (Marion Hutton)
21. Make Believe Ballroom Time - Glenn Miller
22. Who's Sorry Now - Hoosier Hot Shots
23. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird - Louis Jordan
24. Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar - Glenn Miller
25. Slow Freight - Glenn Miller
26. Penthouse In The Basement - Louis Jordan
27. Jake, What A Snake - Louis Jordan
28. Red Wagon - Count Basie
29. Never No Lament - Duke Ellington
30. Corrine, Corrina - Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys


MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1941:
1. Junker Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
2. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller (Tex Beneke & Modernaires)
3. A String Of Pearls - Glenn Miller
4. Confessin' The Blues - Jay McShann (Walter Brown)
5. Why Don't You Do Right - Lil Green
6. Yes Indeed - Charioteers
7. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters
8. Georgia On My Mind - Mills Brothers
9. Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
10. Milk Cow Blues - Johnny Lee Wills
11. Playin' The Game - Delta Rhythm Boys
12. Gimme Some Skin - Delta Rhythm Boys
13. Take The "A" Train - Duke Ellington
14. God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday
15. Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' - Duke Ellington
16. Let Me Off Uptown - Gene Krupa (Anita O'Day)
17. Yes Indeed - Tommy Dorsey
18. Take The "A" Train - Delta Rhythm Boys
19. Midnight Special - Lead Belly & Golden Gate Quartet
20. Boulder Bluff - Glenn Miller
21. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Louis Jordan
22. Let Me Off Uptown - Delta Rhythm Boys
23. That's When Your Heartaches Begin - Ink Spots
24. Jump For Joy - Duke Ellington (Ivie Anderson)
25. Dry Bones - Delta Rhythm Boys
26. Rocks In My Bed - Joe Turner
27. Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
28. All By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy


MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1942:
1. Shout, Sister, Shout - Lucky Millinder (Sister Rosetta Tharpe)
2. You Nearly Lose Your Mind - Ernest Tubb
3. Why Don't You Do Right - Benny Goodman (Peggy Lee)
4. Blues In The Night - Jimmie Lunceford
5. Tell Me Your Blues And I Will Tell You Mine - Savannah Churchill
6. (I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser
7. Paper Doll - Mills Brothers
8. It's A Low Down Dirty Shame - Louis Jordan
9. See See Rider Blues - Bea Booze
10. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan
11. I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan
12. Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition - Delta Rhythm Boys
13. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall - Louis Jordan
14. Perdido - Duke Ellington
15. Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman
16. Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller (Modernaires)
17. Flying Home - Lionel Hampton
18. Stormy Monday Blues - Earl Hines (Billy Eckstine)
19. American Patrol - Glenn Miller
20. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town - Big Bill Broonzy
21. Take It And Git - Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy
22. Sun Risin' Blues - Joe Turner
23. Big Fat Mama - Four Vagabonds
24. That Ain't Right - Nat King Cole
25. Blues On Central Avenue - Joe Turner
26. Let Me Play With Your Poodle - Tampa Red
27. Mr. Five By Five - Freddie Slack (Ella Mae Morse)
28. Hamtramck Mama - York Brothers


MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1943:
1. Irene - Leadbelly
2. Mama Put Your Britches On - Five Red Caps
3. Hit That Jive, Jack - Four Vagabonds
4. Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter
5. Don't Fool With Me - Five Red Caps
6. Sharp As A Tack - Four Vagabonds
7. Things Ain;t Wat They Used To Be (V-Disc) - Duke Ellington
8. As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson
9. "Murder" He Says - Four Vagabonds
10. Can't Get Stuff In Your Cuff - Four Vagabonds
11. Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan
12. Move It On Over - Four Vagabonds
13. Ten Little Soldiers (On A Ten Day Leave) - Four Vagabonds
14. Mean Old Frisco Blues - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
15. Ration Blues - Louis Jordan
16. Steam Is On The Beam - Four Vagabonds
17. Grand Central Station - Five Red Caps
18. Slender, Tender And Tall - Four Vagabonds
19. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder
20. Sho' 'Nuff - Four Vagabonds
21. Just For You - Five Red Caps
22. I Don't Want Anybody - Four Vagabonds
23. Don't Cry, Baby - Erskine Hawkins (Jimmy Mitchelle)
24. Yeah Man - Four Vagabonds
25. Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer - Four Vagabonds


MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1944:
1. Cherry Red - Cootie Williams (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson)
2. Straighten Up And Fly Right - King Cole Trio
3. Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby
4. When My Man Comes Home - Buddy & Ella Johnson
5. Till Then - Mills Brothers
6. G.I. Jive - Louis Jordan
7. Cow-Cow Boogie - Ella Fitzgerald (Ink Spots)
8. Salty Papa Blues - Lionel Hampton (Dinah Washington)
9. Opus One - Tommy Dorsey
10. Moonlight In Vermont - Billy Butterfield (Margaret Whiting)
11. Evil Gal Blues - Lionel Hampton (Dinah Washington)
12. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive - Johnny Mercer
13. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby - Louis Jordan
14. You Always Hurt The One You Love - Mills Brothers
15. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
16. It's Only a Paper Moon - King Cole Trio
17. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Duke Ellington (Joya Sherrill)
18. Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
19. And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine - Stan Kenton (Anita O'Day)
20. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - King Cole Trio
21 - I Wonder - Private Cecil Gant
22 - Somebody's Got To Go - Cootie Williams (Eddy "Cleanhead" Vinson)
23 - Rum And Coca-Cola - Andrews Sisters
24 - The Sheik Of Araby - Hot Lips Page
25 - I'll Be Seeing You - Bing Crosby
26 - Don't Fence Me In - Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers
27 - These Foolish Things Remind Me of You - Lester Young


MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1945:
1 ¦ 7th Street Boogie ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
2 ¦ Caldonia ¦ Louis Jordan
3 ¦ The Frim Fram Sauce ¦ King Cole Trio
4 ¦ Wynonie's Blues ¦ Wynonie Harris
5 ¦ The Honeydripper (part 1) ¦ Joe Liggins
6 ¦ That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch ¦ Buddy & Ella Johnson
7 ¦ Drifting Blues ¦ Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown)
8 ¦ Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' ¦ Delta Rhythm Boys
9 ¦ Tippin' In ¦ Erskine Hawkins
10 ¦ Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well ¦ Lucky Millinder (Wynonie
Harris)
11 ¦ The Cattle Call ¦ Eddy Arnold
12 ¦ Buzz Me ¦ Louis Jordan
13 ¦ It's Only A Paper Moon ¦ Ella Fitzgerald & Delta Rhythm Boys
14 ¦ Young Man's Blues ¦ Wynonie Harris
15 ¦ Watch That Jive ¦ Joe Turner
16 ¦ Keep Your Arms Around Me ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
17 ¦ Darktown Strutter's Ball ¦ Four Knights
18 ¦ She's Gone With The Wind ¦ Wynonie Harris
19 ¦ Strange Things Happening Every Day ¦ Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20 ¦ Baby Look At You ¦ Wynonie Harris
21 ¦ Around The Clock ¦ Wynonie Harris
22 ¦ Sentimental Journey ¦ Les Brown (Doris Day)
23 ¦ Johnson & Turner Blues - Joe Turner (Pete Johnson)
24 ¦ Come To Baby, Do - Duke Ellington (Joya Sherrill)
25 ¦ Straighten Him Out - Wynonie Harris

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1945
26 ¦ On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ¦ Johnny Mercer
27 ¦ Got A Right To Cry ¦ Joe Liggins
28 ¦ Lover Man ¦ Billie Holiday


MY TOP 40 RECORDINGS FROM 1946:
1 ¦ Choo Choo Ch'Boogie ¦ Louis Jordan
2 ¦ Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop ¦ Lionel Hampton
3 ¦ My Gal's A Jockey ¦ Joe Turner
4 ¦ Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens ¦ Louis Jordan
5 ¦ Let The Good Times Roll ¦ Louis Jordan
6 ¦ So Glad You're Mine ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
7 ¦ Get Your Kicks On Route 66 ¦ King Cole Trio
8 ¦ Down The Road Apiece ¦ Amos Milburn
9 ¦ There's Good Blues Tonight ¦ Lucky Millinder (Annisteen Allen)
10 ¦ RM Blues ¦ Roy Milton
11 ¦ Milton's Boogie ¦ Roy Milton
12 ¦ Blow Top Blues ¦ Lionel Hampton (Dinah Washington)
13 ¦ Shake The Boogie ¦ Sonny Boy Williamson
14 ¦ I Know Who Threw The Whiskey (In The Well) ¦ Bullmoose Jackson
15 ¦ Playful Baby ¦ Wynonie Harris
16 ¦ Bye Bye Baby Blues ¦ Ravens
17 ¦ Ain't That Just Like A Woman ¦ Louis Jordan
18 ¦ Roly Poly ¦ Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
19 ¦ Everybody's Boogie ¦ Wynonie Harris
20 ¦ Good Morning Corinne ¦ Wynonie Harris
21 ¦ Stay A Little Longer ¦ Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
22 ¦ Open The Door Richard ¦ Dusty Fletcher
23 ¦ You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Gone) ¦ Lowell Fulson
24 ¦ Mad Blues - Joe Turner
25 ¦ Jump The Boogie ¦ Luke Jones
26 ¦ But She's My Buddy's Chick ¦ Delta Rhythm Boys
27 ¦ Texas Woman ¦ Johnny Crawford
28 ¦ My Lovin' Papa ¦ Dinah Washington
29 ¦ The Christmas Song ¦ Nat King Cole
30 ¦ You Don't Love Me ¦ T-Bone Walker
31 ¦ Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti) ¦ Alvino Rey
32 ¦ Got My Discharge Papers ¦ Joe Turner
33 ¦ Nashville Jumps ¦ Cecil Gant
34 ¦ Mistake In Life ¦ Memphis Slim
35 ¦ Zeb's Mountain Boogie ¦ Brad Brady & His Tennesseans
36 ¦ Boogie Blues ¦ Gene Krupa (Anita O'Day)
37 ¦ Salt Pork, West Virginia ¦ Louis Jordan
38 ¦ Time To Change Your Town ¦ Wynonie Harris
39 ¦ That Chick's too Young To Fry ¦ Louis Jordan
40 ¦ Walk 'Em ¦ Buddy Johnson
41 ¦ Now's The Time ¦ Charlie Parker


MY TOP 60 RECORDINGS FROM 1947:
1 ¦ Move It On Over ¦ Hank Williams
2 ¦ Boogie Woogie Blue Plate ¦ Louis Jordan
3 ¦ That's All Right ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
4 ¦ Jammin' Down In Town ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
5 ¦ Merry Christmas Baby ¦ Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown)
6 ¦ Here Comes Smiley ¦ Smiley Lewis
7 ¦ Rootie Tootie ¦ Hank Williams
8 ¦ Turn On Your Volume, Baby ¦ Smiley Lewis
9 ¦ Blues At Midnight ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
10 ¦ Kidney Stew Blues ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
11 ¦ Call It Stormy Monday ¦ T-Bone Walker
12 ¦ My Sweet Love Ain't Around ¦ Hank Williams
13 ¦ After Awhile ¦ Big Three Trio
14 ¦ Sally Zu-Zazz ¦ Joe Turner
15 ¦ Big Fat Mama ¦ Roy Milton
16 ¦ I Had To Let Her Go ¦ Eddie Boyd
17 ¦ Calling You ¦ Hank Williams
18 ¦ Old Maid Boogie ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
19 ¦ Ol' Man River ¦ Ravens
20 ¦ Hey Mama Everything's All Right ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
21 ¦ New Orleans Blues ¦ Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown)
22 ¦ Mother Fuyer ¦ Dirty Red
23 ¦ Killer Diller ¦ Memphis Minnie
24 ¦ Crudup's After Hours ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
25 ¦ Miss Fanny Brown ¦ Roy Brown
26 ¦ Dry Bones (New Version) ¦ Delta Rhythm Boys
27 ¦ Rockin' The House ¦ Memphis Slim
28 ¦ Jack, You're Dead ¦ Louis Jordan
29 ¦ Ebony Rhapsody ¦ Rosetta Howard
30 ¦ Oil Man Blues ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
31 ¦ Good Rockin' Tonight ¦ Roy Brown
32 ¦ Honky Tonkin' ¦ Hank Williams (Sterling)
33 ¦ Thrill Me ¦ Roy Milton (Camille Howard)
34 ¦ Sneaky Pete ¦ Bull Moose Jackson
35 ¦ Jump It With A Shuffle ¦ Jesse Price
36 ¦ High Cost Low Pay Blues ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
37 ¦ True Blues ¦ Roy Milton
38 ¦ Pan American ¦ Hank Williams
39 ¦ King Size Papa ¦ Julia Lee
40 ¦ Blues For The Red Boy ¦ Todd Rhodes
41 ¦ Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee ¦ Sticks McGhee (Harlem)
42 ¦ Bonus Pay ¦ Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
43 ¦ Have You Ever Loved Somebody ¦ Little Miss Cornshucks
44 ¦ Fishin' Pole ¦ Tom Archia (Buster Bennett)
45 ¦ Hey, Little Girl ¦ Paul Gayten
46 ¦ I Want My Loving ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
47 ¦ Gloria ¦ Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown)
48 ¦ That's My Desire ¦ Hadda Brooks
49 ¦ It Had To Be You ¦ Deep River Boys
50 ¦ Come Back, Baby ¦ Wynonie Harris
51 ¦ Box Car Shorty And Peter Blue ¦ Cousin Joe
52 ¦ San Francisco Blues ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
53 ¦ Nobody Loves Me ¦ Memphis Slim
54 ¦ Chattanooga Boogie ¦ Zeb Turner
55 ¦ Write Me A Letter ¦ Ravens
56 ¦ Baby Don't You Want To Go ¦ Sherman Williams
57 ¦ Take The hands Off The Clock ¦ Tiny Bradshaw
58 ¦ I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On ¦ Bob Wills
59 ¦ Toodle-Oo ¦ Joe Lutcher
60 ¦ Texas And Pacific ¦ Louis Jordan
61 ¦ Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) ¦ Tex Williams
62 ¦ I Was Wrong ¦ Julia Lee


MY TOP 75 RECORDINGS FROM 1948:
1 ¦ Good Rockin' Tonight ¦ Wynonie Harris
2 ¦ Pretty Mama Blues ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
3 ¦ White Christmas ¦ Ravens
4 ¦ Honky Tonkin' ¦ Hank Williams
5 ¦ It's Too Soon To Know ¦ Orioles
6 ¦ I'm A Long Gone Daddy ¦ Hank Williams
7 ¦ Tomorrow Night ¦ Lonnie Johnson
8 ¦ Silent Night ¦ Ravens
9 ¦ Once In A While ¦ Ravens
10 ¦ Barbra Lee ¦ Orioles
11 ¦ Chicken Shack Boogie ¦ Amos Milburn
12 ¦ Lollipop Mama ¦ Wynonie Harris
13 ¦ Cadillac Boogie ¦ Jimmy Liggins
14 ¦ Alligator Meat ¦ Joe Swift
15 ¦ Sweet Georgia Brown ¦ Brother Bones
16 ¦ Fine Brown Frame ¦ Nellie Lutcher
17 ¦ Let's Have A Ball ¦ Jack Dupree Trio
18 ¦ Some Women Do ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
19 ¦ Wynonie's Boogie ¦ Wynonie Harris
20 ¦ Ain't Nobody's Business ¦ Jimmy Witherspoon
21 ¦ Hop, Skip And Jump ¦ Roy Milton
22 ¦ New Year's Resolution ¦ Roy Milton
23 ¦ Alimony Blues ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
24 ¦ I Can't Be Satisfied ¦ Muddy Waters
25 ¦ The House I Live In (a cappella) ¦ Ravens
26 ¦ The Applejack ¦ Joe Morris
27 ¦ Boogie Chillen ¦ John Lee Hooker
28 ¦ I Saw The Light ¦ Hank Williams
29 ¦ Kind Hearted Woman ¦ Muddy Waters
30 ¦ The Blues Come Around ¦ Hank Williams
31 ¦ I'll Always Be In Love With You ¦ X-Rays
32 ¦ Send For Me If You Need Me ¦ Ravens
33 ¦ Cornbread ¦ Hal Singer
34 ¦ Hey Mama Everything's All Right ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
35 ¦ West Side Baby ¦ T-Bone Walker
36 ¦ I Like It ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
37 ¦ Tennessee Saturday Night ¦ Red Foley
38 ¦ Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues) ¦ Muddy Waters
39 ¦ Train Blues ¦ Roy Milton
40 ¦ Milky White Way ¦ Trumpeteers
41 ¦ Spider Sent Me ¦ Paul Williams
42 ¦ Hard Ridin' Mama ¦ Wynonie Harris
43 ¦ Purgatory ¦ Deep River Boys
44 ¦ When Was Jesus Born ¦ Sons of Heaven
45 ¦ Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket ¦ Roy Milton
46 ¦ Have You Ever Missed Your Baby? ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
47 ¦ Burying Ground ¦ Muddy Waters
48 ¦ (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas ¦ Orioles
49 ¦ Long Gone (part 1) ¦ Sonny Thompson
50 ¦ Better Cut That Out ¦ Sonny Boy Williamson
51 ¦ It's Too Soon To Know ¦ Ravens
52 ¦ Everybody's Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There ¦ Pilgrim
Travelers
53 ¦ Up Above My Head, I Hear Music In The Air ¦ Sister Rosetta Tharpe
(Marie Knight)
54 ¦ Roy Brown's Boogie ¦ Roy Brown
55 ¦ Gypsy Woman ¦ Muddy Waters
56 ¦ Train Fare Home Blues ¦ Muddy Waters
57 ¦ Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well ¦ Bullmoose Jackson
58 ¦ The Deacon's Hop ¦ Big Jay McNeely
59 ¦ Inflation Blues (Can't Stretch In No More) ¦ George Vann
60 ¦ Dog House Boogie ¦ Hawkshaw Hawkins
61 ¦ What Did You Do To Me ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
62 ¦ Fat Meat (Slow Version) ¦ Jim Wynn
63 ¦ Mean And Wicked Boogie ¦ Maddox Brothers & Rose
64 ¦ Shout The Boogie ¦ Memphis Minnie
65 ¦ Chicago Blues ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
66 ¦ We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll ¦ Wild Bill Moore
67 ¦ Pretty Papa Blues ¦ Paula Watson
68 ¦ No Money No Luck Blues ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
69 ¦ Too Tight Mama ¦ Mabel Smith (Big Maybelle)
70 ¦ Boogie Woogie Santa Claus ¦ Mabel Scott
71 ¦ Mercury Boogie ¦ K.C. Douglas
72 ¦ Pan American ¦ Hawkshaw Hawkins
73 ¦ It Took A Long, Long Time ¦ Amos Milburn
74 ¦ Hard Bed Blues ¦ Brownie McGhee
75 ¦ Alma Lee ¦ Dallas Red (Percy Mayfield)
76 ¦ I'll Get A Break Someday ¦ Jimmy McCracklin
77 ¦ Box Car Shorty's Confession ¦ Cousin Joe
78 ¦ Chubby's Confession ¦ Chubby Newsome
79 ¦ Tell Me Daddy ¦ Julia Lee
80 ¦ That's What Really Hurts ¦ Joe Turner
81 ¦ When I Get Drunk ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
82 ¦ Late Freight ¦ Sonny Thompson (Eddie Chamblee)
83 ¦ Backtrackin' ¦ Paul Gayten (Lee Allen)
84 ¦ Happy New Year Baby ¦ Johnny Otis (Lem Tally)
85 ¦ Katie May ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
86 ¦ Daddy-O (I'm Gonna Teach You Some Blues) ¦ Dinah Shore
87 ¦ Down Among The Sheltering Palms ¦ Al Jolson & Mills Brothers


MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1949:
1 ¦ Lovesick Blues ¦ Hank Williams
2 ¦ I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ¦ Hank Williams
3 ¦ Saturday Night Fish Fry ¦ Louis Jordan
4 ¦ Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee ¦ Stick McGhee
5 ¦ Mind Your Own Business ¦ Hank Williams
6 ¦ My Bucket's Got A Hole In It ¦ Hank Williams
7 ¦ Country Boy ¦ Dave Bartholomew
8 ¦ All She Wants To Do Is Rock ¦ Wynonie Harris
9 ¦ Long John Blues ¦ Dinah Washington
10 ¦ Chicago's Just That Way ¦ Eddie Boyd
11 ¦ Boogie At Midnight ¦ Roy Brown
12 ¦ What Are You Doing New Year's Eve ¦ Orioles
13 ¦ When Things Go Wrong With You ¦ Tampa Red
14 ¦ The Huckle-Buck ¦ Paul Williams
15 ¦ Rooming House Boogie ¦ Amos Milburn
16 ¦ Deacon Jones ¦ Orioles
17 ¦ Sittin' On It All The Time ¦ Wynonie Harris
18 ¦ I Feel That Old Age Coming On ¦ Wynonie Harris
19 ¦ My Baby Done Told Me ¦ Four Bluebirds (Robins)
20 ¦ Trombone Man Blues ¦ Blue Lu Barker
21 ¦ She Just Won't Sell No More ¦ Wynonie Harris
22 ¦ Cole Slaw ¦ Frank Culley
23 ¦ Every Man To His Own Profession ¦ Louis Jordan
24 ¦ Rockin' At Midnight ¦ Roy Brown
25 ¦ Grandma Plays The Numbers ¦ Wynonie Harris
26 ¦ Battle Of The Blues (part 2) ¦ Joe Turner & Wynonie Harris
27 ¦ Ricky's Blues ¦ Ravens
28 ¦ I Want My Fannie Brown ¦ Wynonie Harris
29 ¦ Court Room Blues ¦ Johnny Otis
30 ¦ I Quit My Pretty Mama ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
31 ¦ Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me ¦ Bullmoose Jackson
32 ¦ Lavender Coffin ¦ Lionel Hampton
33 ¦ Hole In The Wall ¦ Albennie Jones
34 ¦ The Bulldog Blues ¦ Joe Brown & His Kool Kats
35 ¦ Real Pretty Mama Blues ¦ Amos Milburn
36 ¦ You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) ¦ Hank Williams
37 ¦ Tell Me So ¦ Orioles
38 ¦ I'm Gonna Wind Your Clock ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
39 ¦ For You My Love ¦ Larry Darnell
40 ¦ You Sure Look Good To Me ¦ Robins
41 ¦ Houston Jump ¦ Eddie Williams (Floyd Dixon)
42 ¦ Canary Bird ¦ Muddy Waters
43 ¦ Miss Martha King ¦ B.B. King
44 ¦ Rock The Joint ¦ Jimmy Preston
45 ¦ Around About Midnight ¦ Robins
46 ¦ There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight ¦ Hank Williams
47 ¦ Little Geneva ¦ Muddy Waters
48 ¦ Winola ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
49 ¦ Saturday Night ¦ Kansas City Jimmy
50 ¦ Don't Like The Way You're Doing ¦ Robins
51 ¦ If It's So Baby ¦ Robins
52 ¦ She Ain't Got No Hair ¦ Professor Longhair
53 ¦ Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball ¦ Buddy Johnson
54 ¦ I'm Weak But Willing ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
55 ¦ Shout, Sister, Shout ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
56 ¦ Stand Here Tremblin' ¦ Muddy Waters
57 ¦ You're Gonna Miss Me ¦ Muddy Waters
58 ¦ Tired of Worry ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
59 ¦ Bless You (For The Good That's In You) ¦ Peggy Lee & Mel Torme with
the Mellomen
60 ¦ Tell Me Why You Like Roosevelt ¦ Otis Jackson
61 ¦ Mardi Gras In New Orleans ¦ Professor Longhair
62 ¦ When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes ¦ B.B. King
63 ¦ Baby Get Lost ¦ Dinah Washington
64 ¦ Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do ¦ Billie Holiday
65 ¦ Trouble Blues ¦ Charles Brown
66 ¦ I'll Get Along Somehow ¦ Larry Darnell
67 ¦ Ever-Ready Blues ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
68 ¦ Hold Me Baby ¦ Amos Milburn
69 ¦ Wine-O-Baby Boogie ¦ Joe Turner (Pete Johnson)
70 ¦ 3 X 7 = 21 ¦ Jewel King
71 ¦ Ma-Ma ¦ Jimmy Smith
72 ¦ St. Louis Boogie ¦ Corporal Booker T. Washington & Brown's Blue
Bowers
73 ¦ Mountain Oysters ¦ Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
74 ¦ Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch) ¦ Jesse Stone
75 ¦ I Feel So Good ¦ Chicago Davis
76 ¦ Hey Now ¦ J.B. Summers
77 ¦ Who Snuck The Wine In The Gravy ¦ Earl Bostic
78 ¦ Jackson's Blues ¦ Don Johnson Orchestra
79 ¦ Donkey Serenade ¦ Orioles
80 ¦ Heavenly Highway ¦ Professor James Earl Hines & His Goodwill
Singers
81 ¦ Got A Great Big Shovel ¦ Shorty Muggins (Sammy Davis Jr.)
82 ¦ Chit'Lins ¦ Von Streeter And His Wig Poppers
83 ¦ Lost Highway ¦ Hank Williams
84 ¦ Sunday Dinner ¦ Big Jay McNeely
85 ¦ Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee ¦ Wynonie Harris
86 ¦ Gravy Train ¦ Tiny Bradshaw
87 ¦ State Street Boogie ¦ Don Johnson Orchestra (Smiling Smokey Lynn)
88 ¦ The Huckle-Buck ¦ Roy Milton
89 ¦ The Jelly Roll ¦ Johnny Otis (Lem Tally)
90 ¦ Cool That Thing ¦ Ralph Willis & Spider Sam
91 ¦ Streamline Woman ¦ Muddy Waters
92 ¦ Danger Zone ¦ Mercy Dee
93 ¦ Anticipation Blues ¦ Tennessee Ernie Ford
94 ¦ Mean Mama Blues ¦ Ernest Tubb
95 ¦ Blues Stay Away From Me ¦ Delmore Borothers
96 ¦ Come Back Baby ¦ Lowell Fulson
97 ¦ I'm Gonna Rock ¦ Ralph Willis
98 ¦ T-Bone Shuffle ¦ T-Bone Walker
99 ¦ Half Tight Boogie ¦ Pete Johnson
100 ¦ Back Street ¦ Eddie Chamblee

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1949
101 ¦ Road House Boogie ¦ Big Jay McNeely
102 ¦ Young Boy ¦ Mr. Google Eyes
103 ¦ Harmony Grits ¦ T.J. Fowler
104 ¦ Drinking Beer ¦ J.B. Summers
105 ¦ I Wish I Didn't Love You So ¦ Manhattan Paul & Three Riffs
106 ¦ I Gotta Do It ¦ Beavers
107 ¦ Casey Jones ¦ Dixie-Aires
108 ¦ House Rocker ¦ Paul Williams
109 ¦ Beans And Corn Bread ¦ Louis Jordan
110 ¦ Careless Love ¦ Ravens
111 ¦ I Trust In God ¦ Rising Star Gospel Singers
112 ¦ Ridin' High ¦ Roy Brown
113 ¦ Hey Pretty Baby ¦ Ruth Brown (Jimmy Brown)
114 ¦ Rock & Roll ¦ Wild Bill Moore (Scatman Crothers)
115 ¦ Chatanoogie Shoe Shine Boy ¦ Red Foley
116 ¦ Let's Go To The Liquor Store ¦ Tuff Green
117 ¦ Creole Gal ¦ Paul Gayten
118 ¦ Alimony Boogie ¦ Johnny Otis (Cathy Cooper)
119 ¦ Kind Loving Daddy ¦ Eddie Mack
120 ¦ West Coast Baby ¦ Johnny Taylor


MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1950:
1 ¦ Moanin' The Blues ¦ Hank Williams
2 ¦ Why Don't You Love Me ¦ Hank Williams
3 ¦ The Fat Man ¦ Fats Domino
4 ¦ Long Gone Lonesome Blues ¦ Hank Williams
5 ¦ Jumpin' At The Dew Drop ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
6 ¦ Cool Water ¦ Four Tunes
7 ¦ Nobody's Lonesome For Me ¦ Hank Williams
8 ¦ Love Don't Love Nobody ¦ Roy Brown
9 ¦ Rock Mr. Blues ¦ Wynonie Harris
10 ¦ Bon Ton Roula ¦ Clarence Garlow
11 ¦ Mardi Gras In New Orleans ¦ Prof. Longhair
12 ¦ Carnival Day ¦ Dave Bartholomew
13 ¦ Hey--Spo-De-O-Dee ¦ Wild Bill Moore
14 ¦ Information Blues ¦ Roy Milton
15 ¦ Detroit City Blues ¦ Fats Domino
16 ¦ Double Crossing Blues ¦ Little Esther & Robins
17 ¦ Shotgun Boogie ¦ Tennessee Ernie Ford
18 ¦ Bad Bad Whiskey ¦ Amos Milburn
19 ¦ Chicken Blues ¦ Dominoes
20 ¦ Do Something For Me ¦ Dominoes
21 ¦ Tee-Nah-Nah ¦ Smiley Lewis
22 ¦ Peas And Rice ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
23 ¦ Let's Do It ¦ Sticks McGhee
24 ¦ Teardrops From My Eyes ¦ Ruth Brown
25 ¦ Safronia B ¦ Calvin Boze
26 ¦ Man's Brand Boogie ¦ Billy Wright
27 ¦ I Like My Baby's Pudding ¦ Wynonie Harris
28 ¦ Blue Light Boogie ¦ Louis Jordan
29 ¦ Oh Well ¦ Roy Byrd
30 ¦ Pink Champagne ¦ Joe Liggins
31 ¦ C.C. Baby ¦ Brownie McGhee
32 ¦ Cadillac Baby ¦ Roy Brown
33 ¦ Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man ¦ Jimmy Liggins
34 ¦ Growing Old ¦ Smiley Lewis
35 ¦ Please Send Me Someone To Love ¦ Percy Mayfield
36 ¦ Every Night About This Time ¦ Fats Domino
37 ¦ I'm Through ¦ Robins
38 ¦ Good Morning Judge ¦ Wynonie Harris
39 ¦ Turkey Hop ¦ Robins
40 ¦ Deceivin' Blues ¦ Little Esther
41 ¦ What's Happening ¦ Paul Williams (Connie Allen)
42 ¦ Breaking Up The House ¦ Tiny Bradshaw
43 ¦ Hey La Bas Boogie ¦ Fats Domino
44 ¦ She Walks Right In ¦ Professor Longhair
45 ¦ Bald Head ¦ Roy Byrd
46 ¦ Dirty People ¦ Smiley Lewis
47 ¦ Rollin' Stone ¦ Muddy Waters
48 ¦ My Baby's Coming Back ¦ Sticks McGhee
49 ¦ Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town ¦ Wynonie Harris
50 ¦ Little Red Rooster ¦ Griffin Brothers (Margie Day)
51 ¦ Ain't Gonna Do It ¦ Dave Bartholomew
52 ¦ There's No Use Begging ¦ Robins
53 ¦ Drank Up All The Wine Last Night ¦ Sticks McGhee
54 ¦ We're Gonna Rock ¦ Gunter Lee Carr (Cecil Gant)
55 ¦ Satisfy My Soul ¦ Buddy & Ella Johnson
56 ¦ Southern Menu ¦ Sticks McGhee
57 ¦ Hoot And Holler Saturday Night ¦ Eddie Mack
58 ¦ Mr. Blues ¦ Masterkeys
50 ¦ I Want To Love You Baby ¦ Wynonie Harris
60 ¦ Little Bee ¦ Fats Domino
61 ¦ Everything's Gonna Be Allright Tonight ¦ King Perry
62 ¦ She's My Baby ¦ Fats Domino
63 ¦ Count Every Star ¦ Ravens
64 ¦ Lover's Lane Boogie ¦ Little Esther & Robins
65 ¦ Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again ¦ Bull Moose Jackson
66 ¦ She's Gone ¦ Sticks McGhee
67 ¦ Louisiana Blues ¦ Muddy Waters
68 ¦ Is My Heart Wasting Time ¦ Orioles
69 ¦ Butcher Pete ¦ Roy Brown
70 ¦ Hi-Yo ¦ Harold Burrage
71 ¦ My Baby's Gone ¦ Ravens
72 ¦ Country Boy Goes Home ¦ Dave Bartholomew
73 ¦ Brown Boy ¦ Big Al Sears (Sparrows)
74 ¦ Tee Nah Nah ¦ Van "Piano Man" Walls (Spider Sam)
75 ¦ Stack-A-Lee ¦ Archibald
76 ¦ Venus Blues ¦ Sticks McGhee
77 ¦ I've Played This Town ¦ Willie Holiday
78 ¦ Little Red Hen ¦ Johnny Otis (Redd Lyte)
79 ¦ S.P. Blues ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
80 ¦ Lemon Squeezer ¦ Four Barons
81 ¦ I'm Clappin' And Shoutin' ¦ Bumps Myers & His Frantic Five (Bobby
Nunn)
82 ¦ I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' ¦ Hank Williams

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Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner - Live
I Need Your Lovin' - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - Full version
Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson - Demo
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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 12:47:12 +0000, RWC wrote:

Putting aside many of the records listed by Roger, these are my fave instrumentals from 1962.

Playlist - 11 instrumentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=LOlwZsRoUM4,z8nTp-x3WJ0,p3NuFGQsKGY,-NXQPLv_HqA,tpfnxGHAZvg,aE8sOVk_9H4,tCr5BhPqUjk,0wc1dK7NOiM,KHCF6dPUQMo,uBRvGPkVEYg,hcOtxUrx-ps,

07. The John Barry Seven and Orch – The James Bond Theme (From Film
"Doctor No") [UK Columbia DB 4898]

One of the most famous movie linked themes and a serious omission from
my 1962 favorites list. It would almost certainly have made the Top 25
list I posted.
Thanks for reminding me

11. David Rose AHO - The Stripper [MGM 13064] rec.1958
#1 on BB-100 chart in July 1962;
BB ranked the record as #5 for 1962 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stripper

I always REALLY disliked this one!!!

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On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 15:55:25 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 15:49:11 +0000, RWC wrote:

On Sun, 5 Jan 2025 15:09:24 +0000, savoybg@aol.com (Bruce) wrote:

Unfortunately the drive won't play in my 2018 car. I get a message
saying that "This device may not be supported." The technology on a 64
GB flash drive is too play on a now 7 year old car stereo system. I fit >>>5605 songs on the drive and it's only 25% full.

Bruce, members here would likely be keen to see your list of 5605
songs, preferably with year (perhaps not all in one post :)

1900-1919
1. Pullman Porters' Parade - Al Jolson
2. Casey Jones - Billy Murray & American Quartet
...

Beyond words, thanks Bruce.

Here are the headings in Bruce's list
(number of songs for each Bubbling Under... has been added):

1900-1919 (24)

1920s (24)

1930s (75)

MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1940:

MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1941:

MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1942:

MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1943:

MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1944:

MY TOP 25 RECORDINGS FROM 1945:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1945 (3)

MY TOP 40 RECORDINGS FROM 1946:

MY TOP 60 RECORDINGS FROM 1947:

MY TOP 75 RECORDINGS FROM 1948:

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1949:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1949 (20)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1950:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1950: (42)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1951:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1951: (116)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1952:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1952: (175)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1953:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1953: (324)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1954:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1954: (427)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1955:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1955: (501)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1956:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1956: (653)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1957:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1957: (526)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1958:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1958: (383)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1959:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1959: (164)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1960:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1960: (158)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1961:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1961: (128)

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1962:

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1962: (77)

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On Sat, 4 Jan 2025 07:22:03 +0000, mariabus@blueyonder.co.uk (Roger)
wrote:

20 FAVE INSTRUMENTAL RECORDS

TODAY........FROM 1962

YT Playlist - Roger's 20 + 5 Bubbling Under: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=hVWV0l2C6UM,ovdZLIXJFmY,BpruUfyNuHE,DcjSi_79mVo,-c0rOUMHFaI,jf_JnV6VvZY,ZP9CPq-zimA,fn3_ks5JFis,WKM0Ge_3FMo,bwarHgdiuSM,CZybJPO3WYs,CUSwts6KnUA,ZW0oReX5x1s,7ueoIbpf_1A,EudqryrSQ-E,_KUBMT3aDm0,CTP3xyeOWPY,
a8upnnsb3J4,Tg4gWuMS624,dGo5k1ObOnw,PCdTuSXwZTI,lIsBUyLGKDo,oqmJKPxOPRs,gkzmeo2VQLU,8EMa3vJgZ-A,

1. GREEN ONIONS û BOOKER T. & THE MGÆS

2. MISIRLOU û DICK DALE & THE DELTONES

3. SOUL TWIST û KING CURTIS

4. PIPELINE û THE CHANTAYS

5. WIPE OUT û THE SURFARIS

6. CLEOÆs MOOD û JR. WALKER ALL STARS

7. LETÆS GO (PONY) û THE ROUTERS

8. RINKY DINK û DAVE ôBABYö CORTEZ

9. BALLAD OF PALADIN û DUANE EDDY

10. NUT ROCKER û B. BUMBLE & THE STINGERS

11. TELSTAR û THE TORNADOES

12. BOSS û THE RUMBLERS

13. SO WHAT û BILL BLACKÆS COMBO

14. JELLY BREAD û BOOKER T. & MGÆS

15. SHANK û BO DIDDLEY

16. DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS û DUANE EDDY

17. BEACH PARTY û KING CURTIS

18. RED TOP û JERRY McCAIN

19. TWIST LACKAWANNA û JR. WALKER ALL STARS

20. WIGGLE WOBBLE û LES COOPER & SOUL ROCKERS

BUBBLING UNDER

21. MR MOTO - THE BEL AIRS

22. THE JAM - BOBBY GREGG

23. WONDERFUL LAND - THE SHADOWS

24. SHIMMY SHIMMY WALK - THE MEGATONS

25. BLUES FOR THE RED BOY - BILL BLACK'S COMBO

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20 FAVE INSTRUMENTAL RECORDS

TODAY........FROM 1962

GREEN ONIONS – BOOKER T. & THE MG’S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVWV0l2C6UM

My personal #1 fave instrumental of all time from the combo led by
Booker
T. Jones originally recorded in 1962 for the Stax label subsidiary Volt
Huge hit #1 BBr&b #3 BBpop. Failed to chart in 1962 on initial London
label release but soared to #6 in early 1980 on an Atlantic label
reissue

2. MISIRLOU – DICK DALE & THE DELTONES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovdZLIXJFmY

Frantic guitar revival of the famous Asian number first popularized in
the
US in 1941 by band leader Mitchell Ayres.Released on Deltone in 1962
it failed to chart and also failed to get UK release as a single

3. SOUL TWIST – KING CURTIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpruUfyNuHE

Notorious label-hopper Mr Ousley made a one shot stopover at Bobby
Robinson’s NYC based Enjoy label with his biggest hit that reached #1
BB r&b and #17 BB pop. The UK release on London did not chart

4. PIPELINE – THE CHANTAYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcjSi_79mVo

Yeah I know it charted well into 1963 but that was on Dot label. The
famous surf-rock number by this Santa Ana Ca group originated on the
Downey label in late 1962. Charted #4 BBpop #11 BB r&b.In UK the
London label release charted at #16

5. WIPE OUT – THE SURFARIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c0rOUMHFaI

Five-man surf-rock outfit from Glendora Ca. famously paid to record
their
“Surfer Joe” and had to scrabble around for a flipside---“Wipe Out” (complete
with the cackling laughter opening) in December 1962 with copies pressed
on
the DFS label. A further release on the title came out on Princess label
before
Dot took the now rejigged “Wipe Out” high in the charts in 1963.Charted
#2
BBpop #10 BBr&b and again in 1966 at #16 BBpop. In UK on London it
charted #8

6. CLEO’s MOOD – JR. WALKER ALL STARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf_JnV6VvZY

Moody piece by the future smash Motown soul outfit was their second
release
on the Harvey label in 1962 (after “Twist Lackawanna” –see below) but
did
not score on the charts until reissued on Motown’s Soul subsid label in
1966
where it scored #50 BB pop and #14 BBr7b. it did not appear as a single
in UK
until 1966 on the Tamla-Motown label but did not chart

7. LET’S GO (PONY) – THE ROUTERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP9CPq-zimA

Despite the constant shouted repetition of the title I’ve always
considered this to be an instrumental in the same way that “Tequila” is
one (despite the several vocal repeats of the title). Released on Warner
Bros it charted at #19 BB pop. Also on Warner Bros in UK it failed to
chart despite enormous radio exposure

8. RINKY DINK – DAVE “BABY” CORTEZ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3_ks5JFis

I never went much for Cortez’s stuff (so don’t go looking for “The Happy Organ”
when we get to 1959) but I always dug this one. Originally on the Julia
label it was taken over by Chess for national distribution. Charted #10
BBpop #9 BB r&b.in UK it appeared on Pye International but did not
chart.BTW a short time afterwards the whole tune structure was lifted
and a vocal added for Bobby Rydell’s “The Cha Cha Cha”

9. BALLAD OF PALADIN – DUANE EDDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKM0Ge_3FMo

It was inevitable that Duane would get around to the terrific theme to
one of TV’s best ever Western series “Have Gun-Will Travel” which aired circa 1958 (does it ever still appear in USA? Never seen it here since
back then). Providing a great guitar version of the original TV theme
song (as by Johnny Western back then) it became Duane’s second single
for his new label RCA.Charted #33 BBpop and here in UK reached #10

10. NUT ROCKER – B. BUMBLE & THE STINGERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwarHgdiuSM

Tchaikovsky gets a rock ‘n’ roll treatment here as the colorfully named
B. Bumble & The Stingers cash in with a cover of the original version by
the just-as-colorfully named Jack B. Nimble & The Quicks combo. Released
on Rendezvous in US and Top Rank in UK it made #23 BBpop (US) but soared
to #1 in the UK

11. TELSTAR – THE TORNADOES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZybJPO3WYs

Tho The Shadows’ “Wonderful Land” (see below) was the most successful UK instrumental of the year in their home country The Tornadoes and the Joe
Meek
produced “Telstar” came a good second (for those wondering “Stranger On The Shore” was from 1961).On Decca in the UK and London in USA the
number reached #1 in both countries

12. BOSS – THE RUMBLERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUSwts6KnUA

Five man instrumental group hailing from Norwalk Ca who recorded the
catchy
“Boss” for the Downey label. When it started getting local radio play
the much bigger Dot label moved in a took over distribution nationally.
The record made #87 BBpop released in UK on London but did not chart

13. SO WHAT – BILL BLACK’S COMBO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0oReX5x1s

The theme of “The Lloyd Thaxton Show” that was on US-TV screens in the 60’s
and one of Bill Black’s catchiest numbers in his extensive library of recordings for the Hi label. A #78 BB pop hit in US but the UK London
release did not chart

14. JELLY BREAD – BOOKER T. & MG’S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ueoIbpf_1A

The moral of the tale is simple---when you’ve gorged yourself on “Green Onions”
then come down to Earth with a few helpings of “Jelly Bread” the direct followup
on Stax. Charted #82 BBpop released UK on London but failed to chart

15. SHANK – BO DIDDLEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EudqryrSQ-E

A favorite instrumental Bo track of mine that appears on the 1962
Checker LP
“Bo Diddley’s A Twister” . Here in UK it appeared on a different LP compilation
“Hey Bo Diddley” on Pye International

16. DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS – DUANE EDDY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KUBMT3aDm0

Following a change of labels Duane Eddy celebrates his first release of
1962
on his new label RCA---a revival of the oldie but goldie “Deep In The
Heart
Of Texas” originally from 1941 in a pretty horrid Alvino Rey version
(tho
Gene Autry sings a much better version in his movie “Heart Of The Rio Grande”
from the following year. Charted by Duane at #78 BBpop and #19 in UK
(also
on RCA)

17. BEACH PARTY – KING CURTIS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTP3xyeOWPY

Following the huge US success of “Soul Twist” King Ousley finds himself
on
a bona fide major label for the first time since 1956 (when he recorded
for RCA’s Groove subsidiary) but sad to say to not much avail since it
will be 1964 before he sees major chart success again (still on Capitol
with “Soul Serenade”). Meantime he had to settle for a #60 BBpop chart place here. Not released as single in UK

18. RED TOP – JERRY McCAIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8upnnsb3J4

Here’s a blues guy who’s been around the block a few times label hopping galore
with a few real hot records to his name—now on Columbia’s Okeh label
with a nice
harmonica driven instrumental. The YT poster has an excellent detailed
write up on the guy

19. TWIST LACKAWANNA – JR. WALKER ALL STARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg4gWuMS624

Their debut record release and one of the earliest releases on Harvey
Fuqua’s self named label (destined to be eventually absorbed into the
growing Motown empire and take Junior & his guys with it) .Not a great seller—the outfit would have to wait until 1965 for their first taste of
real success with “Shotgun”

20.WIGGLE WOBBLE – LES COOPER & SOUL ROCKERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGo5k1ObOnw&t=39s

Both Les Cooper himself and Joe Grier the tenor sax player here were
previously
involved with The Charts vocal group of “Deserie” fame (Grier sang lead) and as with the earlier record Cooper’s effort here was released by
Bobby & Danny Robinson on their Everlast label.Charted #22 BB pop #12
BBr&b. Released on Stateside label in UK but despite good radio play
failed to chart

BUBBLING UNDER

21. MR MOTO – THE BEL AIRS
22. THE JAM – BOBBY GREGG
23. WONDERFUL LAND – THE SHADOWS
24. SHIMMY SHIMMY WALK – THE MEGATONS
25. BLUES FOR THE RED BOY – BILL BLACK’S COMBO

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