The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will be your host on the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will be a retrospective on blues recordings from 70 years ago, the year 1946.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 9/18/2016 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Milton & His Solid Senders | R. M. Blues | VA -Let Me Tell You About The Blues West Coast : The Evolution of West Coast Blues | Fantastic Voyage 3 CD set | recorded by Milton (voc/dms) on Art Rupe's Juke Box label in early 1946; fifth biggest R&B hit of 1946 |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Sunny Road | Roosevelt Sykes - Bluebird No. 10: From Willie Kelly (1930) to the Honeydripper (1948) | French RCA LP | RCA Victor rec.; 15th biggest R&B hit of 1946 |
| Wynonie Harris | Playful Baby | Wynonie Harris - Rockin' The Blues | Proper 4 cd box set | Apollo rec.; 20th biggest R&B hit of 1946 |
| The Blues Woman (Marion Abernathy) | Voo-It! Voo-It! | Buddy Banks Sextet - Hppy Home Blues 1945-1949 | Official LP | Juke Box rec.; 23rd biggest R&B hit of 1946 |
| Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup | So Glad You're Mine | Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's All Right Mama | RCA Bluebird LP | RCA Victor; 24th biggest R&B hit of 1946 |
| Airbreak | ||||
| McKinley Morganfield (aka Muddy Waters) | Mean Red Spider | Chicago Is Just That Way | JSP 4 cd box set | Muddy Waters' first commercial recording on the 20th Century label |
| Jazz Gillum | Look On Yonder Wall | The Essential Jazz Gillum | Classic Blues 2 cd set | RCA Victor |
| Memphis Slim | Mistake In Life | Chicago Is Just That Way | JSP 4 cd box set | Hy-Tone |
| John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson | Early In The Morning | 'Sonny Boy' Williamson Vol. 2 - Bluebird No. 15 | French RCA LP | RCA Victor |
| Memphis Minnie with Little Son Joe | I'm So Glad | Blues Classics By Memphis Minnie | Blues Classics LP | Columbia |
| Doctor Clayton | Angels In Houston | VA - The Secret History Of Rock & Roll | BMG/RCA/Bluebird 4 cd box set | RCA Victor |
| Johnny Shines | Ride, Ride Mama | Chicago Is Just That Way | JSP 4 cd box set | unissued Columbia recording |
| Tampa Red | She's A Solid Killer Diller | Tampa Red Volume 13: July 1945 to October 1947 | Document Records | RCA Victor |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Annisteen Allen with Lucky Millinder Orch. | There's Good Blues Tonight | Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Apollo Jump | Proper Records 2 cd set | Decca |
| Buster Harding with Roy Eldridge & His Orch. | All The Cats Join In | Roy Eldidge - Aftr You've Gone | GRP/Decca Jazz | Decca |
| Beverly White with Andy Kirk & His Orch. | He's My Baby | The Chronological Andy Kirk and his Orchestra 1943-1949 | Classics | Decca |
| Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra | Jelly, Jelly | Billy Eckstine - The Legendary Big Band | Savoy Jazz 2 cd set | National |
| Ivie Anderson with Phil Moore's Orch. | Empty Bed Blues | Ivie Anderson With The Duke & Beyond - I Got It Good And That Ain't Bad | Jasmine | Black & White |
| Earl Hines & His Orch. | Straight Life | Wardell Gray - The Wardell Gray Story | Proper 4 cd box set | ARA label instrumental feat. Hines (p) and Wardell Gray (ts) |
| Alice Roberts with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orch. | Good Dues Blues | Dizzy Gillespie and his sextets and orchestra - Shaw 'Nuff | Musicraft | Musicraft |
| Gerald Wilson Orchestra | Et-ta | Gerald Wilson And His Orchestra 1946-1954 | Classics | Black & White |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Ivory Joe Hunter | Boogie In The Basement | Ivory Joe Hunter - Jukebox Hits 1945-1950 | Acrobat | Pacific |
| Effie Smith with Buddy Harper's All-Stars | Effie's Boogie | Wailin' Daddy: The Best Of Maxwell Davis 1945-1959 | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | Aladdin rec. feat. Maxwell Davis (ts) |
| Julia Lee | Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got | Julia Lee - That's What I Like | Proper Records | Capitol |
| Amos Milburn | Amos Boogie | Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie | United Artists LP | Aladdin |
| Big Maceo (Merriweather) | Chicago Breakdown | VA - Midnight Steppers: 70 Masterpieces by 34 Blues Piano Heroes | Fantastic Voyage 3 cd set | RCA Victor |
| Big Joe Turner | Sally Zu-Zazz | Big Joe Turner - Shout, Rattle and Roll | Proper 4 cd box set | National |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Charles Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers | Travelin' Blues | Charles Brown with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Drifting & Dreaming | Ace(UK)/Modern | Modern |
| Lowell Fulson | San Francisco Blues | Lowell Fulson - My First Recordings | Arhoolie | Big Town |
| Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann's Sextette | Roll On Katy | VA - The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story | Mercury 4 cd box set | Mercury |
| Blu Lu Barker | Buy Me Some Juice | VA - Blu Lu, Wee Bea & Baby Dee - Don't You Feel My Leg | Delmark/Apollo | Apollo |
| Dinah Washington with Lucky Thompson All-Stars | Mellow Mama Blues | Dinah Washington - Mellow Mama | Delmark/Apollo | Apollo |
| Helen Humes & Her All Stars | Pleasing Man Blues | The Chronological Helen Humes 1945-1947 | Classics | Philo rec. by singer Humes |