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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.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 17 Apr 2016 14:00

Music Played

  • Muddy Waters

    Long Distance Call

    • Big Town Playboys - Chicago Blues 1949-54.
  • Little Junior鈥檚 Blue Flames

    Feelin' Good

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • Big Mama Thornton

    Hound Dog

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • B.B. King

    3 O'Clock Blues

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • Ernestine Anderson

    Square Dance Boogie

    • The Complete 1947-1958.
  • Ray Charles

    Hard Times

    • Genius Sings The Blues.
  • Jimmy Reed

    You Don't Have To Go

    • Big Town Playboys - Chicago Blues 1949-54.
  • Little Walter

    My Babe

    • Just A Feeling (Chess Sides 1952-1962).
  • Sonny Boy Williamson

    I Don't Know

    • Down & Out Blues.
  • Bo Diddley

    Pretty Thing

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • Etta James

    Woman

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • John Lee Hooker

    Dimples

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • Fats Domino

    Blue Monday

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • T鈥怋one Walker

    Play On Little Girl

    • T-Bone Walker.
  • Howlin鈥 Wolf

    Smokestack Lightnin

    • The History Of Rhythm & Blues 1952-1957.
  • Champion Jack Dupree

    Goin' Down Slow

    • Blues From The Guitar.
  • Mahalia Jackson

    Jesus Met The Woman At The Well

    • Newport 1958.

Broadcast

  • Sun 17 Apr 2016 14:00

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