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Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
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The Ravens |
Silent Night |
VA - Christmas Blues |
Savoy Jazz, 2003 |
orig. Savoy rec. 1948 |
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Leo Watson |
Jingle Bells |
VA - Hipster's Holiday |
Rhino, 1989 |
orig. Signature rec. 1946 w/ Leonard Feather, Vic Dickinson |
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Charlie Parker Quintet |
White Christmas |
VA - Christmas Blues |
Savoy Jazz, 2003 |
Royal Roost broadcast on 12/25/48 |
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Charles Brown w/ Johnny Moore's 3 Blazers |
Merry Christmas, Baby |
VA - Merry Christmas, Baby |
Gusto King LP |
orig. rec. on Exclusive in 1949 |
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Louis Armstrong & Commanders |
'Zat You, Santa Claus? |
VA - Hipster's Holiday |
Rhino, 1989 |
orig. rec. on Decca in 1953 |
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The Drifters |
White Christmas |
The Drifters: Let the Boogie Woogie Roll - Greatest Hits 1953-58 |
Atlantic |
1954, Clyde McPhatter, lead vocal |
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Pearl Bailey |
Five Pound Box of Money |
VA - Hipster's Holiday |
Rhino, 1989 |
orig. Kapp release (?) in 1958 |
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Amos Milburn |
Christmas (Comes But Once a Year) |
45 single |
King reissue 1975 |
orig. King issue about 1960 |
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Jay McShann & his Orchestra |
Hootie Blues |
Jay McShann Orchestra - Blues From Kansas City |
GRP Decca Jazz reissue cd, 1992 |
orig. Decca rec. 4/30/41, with Charlie Parker solo |
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Jay McShann Trio |
Hold 'Em Hootie |
as above |
as above |
feature for drummer Gus Johnson |
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Jay McShann Trio w/ Walter Brown - vocal |
New Confessin' the Blues |
as above |
as above |
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Jay McShann Orch. |
The Jumpin' Blues |
as above |
as above |
7/42 rec. with Bird solo |
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Jay McShann Orch. |
Sepian Bounce |
as above |
as above |
as above |
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Jay McShann & his Sextette |
I Want A Little Girl |
VA - The Mercury Rhythm & Blues Story, 1945-1955 |
Mercury reissue 8 cd box |
1946 rec, feat. Jimmy Witherspoon vocal |
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Jay McShann Sextet |
Hot Biscuits |
The Band That Jumps The Blues |
Black Lion reissue LP, 1973 |
orig. 1948 Swingtime recording |
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Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann band |
Time Gettin' Tougher |
VA - The Swingtime Records Story |
Capricorn 2 cd box |
orig. 1949 Supreme rec., feat. Louis Speigner - gtr. |
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Jay McShann with Priscilla Bowman, vocal |
Hands Off |
45 single |
Veejay orig. 1955 rel. |
Top 10 on Billboard R&B charts |
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Helen Humes |
Woojamacooja |
dootone Rock'N'Rhythm and Blues |
Ace, 2002 reissue compilation |
orig. Dootone rec. 1955 |
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Ruth Brown |
It's Love, Baby |
Miss Rhythm (Greatest Hits and More) |
Atlantic 2 cd reissue |
orig. 1955 release from recently deceased pioneer Atlantic recording star |
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Mongo Santamaria |
Watermelon Man |
Watermelon Man |
Milestone compilation cd, 1998 |
March 1963 crossover hit, vocal asides from La Lupe |
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Ray Barretto |
El Watusi |
VA - Golden Oldies, 1963 (Vol. 18) |
Roulette LP |
May 1963 crossover hit |
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Mongo Santamaria |
Sweet Tater Pie |
VA - Sabroso! The Afro-Latin Groove |
Rhino 1998 compilation cd |
orig. Riverside rec. 1964 |
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Tom & Jerrio |
Boogaloo |
Tom and Jerry-O: Boo-Ga-Loo |
Boo-Ga-Loo Records 101 |
orig. 1965 rel. on ABC-Paramount |
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Willie Bobo |
Spanish Grease |
Willie Bobo - Spanish Grease/Uno, Dos, Tres |
Verve reissue cd, 1994 |
orig. Verve rel. 1965 |
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Willie Rosario & his Orch. |
Watusi Boogaloo |
VA - Sabroso! The Afro-Latin Groove |
Rhino 1998 compilation cd |
orig. Atco rec. late 1966 |
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Joe Cuba Sextet |
El Pito (I'll Never Go Back to Georgia |
VA - Nu Yorica Roots! |
Soul Jazz Records compilation, 2000 |
orig. Tico release, charted R&B 8/66 |
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Willie Bobo |
Boogaloo in Room 802 |
Willie Bobo - Spanish Grease/Uno, Dos, Tres |
Verve reissue cd, 1994 |
orig. Verve rel. 1966 |
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Joe Bataan |
Gipsy Woman |
Joe Bataan - Latin Funk Brother |
Vampi Soul reissue comp. LP |
orig. Fania rel. 1967 |
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Lou Courtney |
Do The Thing (C'Mon and Shingaling) |
45 single |
Riverside orig. 1967 release |
#17 R&B hit |
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Pete Rodriguez |
I Like It Like That |
Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That |
Fania reissue cd |
orig. Alegre rel. 1967 |
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The New Swing Sextet |
Monkey See, Monkey Do |
VA - Brown Sugar - Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo |
Harmless compil. cd, 2002 |
orig.1967 rel. |
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Joe Cuba Sextet |
Oh, Yeah |
Joe Cuba - Bang! Bang! Push, Push, Push |
Fania cd reissue of Tico album |
orig. 1996 Tico rel. |
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Ray Barretto |
The Soul Drummers |
VA - Brown Sugar - Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo |
Harmless compil. cd, 2002 |
orig. included on Barretto's Acid album in 1967 |
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Willie Colon' |
Willie Baby |
Willie Colon - El Malo |
Fania cd reissue |
from Colon's first album, 1967 |
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Fantastic Johhny C |
Boogaloo Down Broadway |
45 single |
Phi-LA of Soul orig. 1967 |
orig. 1967 #5 R&B hit |
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Kako & his Orchestra |
Shingaling, Shingaling |
VA - Sabroso! The Afro-Latin Groove |
Rhino 1998 compilation cd |
orig. Musicor rec. 1967, with Louie Ramirez, Cachao in group |
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La Lupe |
Fever |
La Lupe - Queen of Latin Soul |
Fania reissue of 1967 album |
One of La Lupe's biggest hits, a version of Willie John/Peggy Lee standard |
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Richie Ray |
Mr. Trumpet Man |
Ricardo Ray - Jala, Jala Boogaloo, Vol. II |
Fania reissue of 1968 Alegre album |
Ray along with Johnny Colon' recorded some of the earliest Latin boogaloos in 1965 |
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Charlie Palmieri & his Orch. |
Bugalu |
Charlie Palmieri - Latin Bugalu |
Collectables reissue of 1968 Atlantic album |
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Tito Puente & his Orch. |
T.P.'s Shingaling |
The King - Tito Puente |
Fania reissue of 1968 Tico album |
psychedelic cover art |
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Ralph Robles |
Taking Over |
VA - Brown Sugar - Latin Breakbeats, Basslines & Boogaloo |
Harmless compil. cd, 2002 |
orig. Fania 1968 rel. |
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Gilberto Gil |
Yemanja' |
VA - Eu Vim Da Bahia |
BMG reissue of late 1960's album with Gil, Veloso, costa, bethania, ze |
orig. 1966 rec. |
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Gilberto Gil |
A Novidade |
Gilberto Gil - Acoustic |
1994 Warner Music Brasil cd |
reggae number |
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