Paul Jones 50s R & B
Classic R&B sounds from the 1950's - the decade when the blues found a new mass audience. Including Muddy Waters, BB King, Etta James, Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed and Bo Diddley.
Classic R&B sounds from the 1950's - this was the decade when the blues found a new audience in white teenage America and beyond. At the beginning of the 50's rhythm and blues was dismissed as 'race music' by the mainstream. But within a few years the leading lights of blues had become major stars, were selling millions of records and influencing a whole new generation of musicians who would go on to transform popular music in the 60's and beyond. Paul Jones explores the best in 50's R&B with a star studded list of artists including Muddy Waters, BB King, Etta James, Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley.
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Muddy Waters
Long Distance Call
- Big Town Playboys - Chicago Blues 1949-54.
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Little Junior鈥檚 Blue Flames
Feelin' Good
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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B.B. King
3 O'Clock Blues
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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Ernestine Anderson
Square Dance Boogie
- The Complete 1947-1958.
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Ray Charles
Hard Times
- Genius Sings The Blues.
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Jimmy Reed
You Don't Have To Go
- Big Town Playboys - Chicago Blues 1949-54.
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Little Walter
My Babe
- Just A Feeling (Chess Sides 1952-1962).
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Sonny Boy Williamson
I Don't Know
- Down & Out Blues.
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Bo Diddley
Pretty Thing
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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Chuck Berry
Maybellene
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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Etta James
Woman
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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John Lee Hooker
Dimples
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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Fats Domino
Blue Monday
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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T鈥怋one Walker
Play On Little Girl
- T-Bone Walker.
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Howlin鈥 Wolf
Smokestack Lightnin
- The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
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Champion Jack Dupree
Goin' Down Slow
- Blues From The Guitar.
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Mahalia Jackson
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well
- Newport 1958.
Broadcast
- Sun 17 Apr 2016 14:00成人快手 Radio 2 50s
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