The Front Porch Blues Show
JD Esquire
Rich Blackmarr will host the Front Porch Blues Show this evening. The program will take another look at blues, bluesy R&B, and jazz from the year 1958. Featured artists will range from Chicago bluesmen Magic Sam , J.B. Lenoir, and Bobby Parker to bluesy doowoppers the Five Royales and the Midnighters to the jazz bands of Horace Silver and Art Blakey. There will be forgotten early recordings from Sugar Pie DeSanto, the Shirelles, and Dave ('Baby' Cortez) Clowney.
Genre
Blues
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Sunday 2/02/2020 @ 8:00PM - 10:00PM
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.B. King | You Know I Go For You | B.B. King - The Complete Singles As & Bs 1949-62 | Acrobat 5-cd box set | Jan. 1958 LA recording for the Bihari Bros. new Kent label by B.B. King (voc/gtr) |
| Sugar Pie (DeSanto) & Pee Wee (Parham) | If You Take Away Your Love | VA - Rhythm ...And Blues! 50s Blues And R&B From Rhythm Records: Don Barksdale Masters, Vol. 2 | Westside | Late 1957 rec. for San Francisco's Rhythm Records by Sugar Pie (nee Umpeylia Balinton) and her husband Pee Wee Parham |
| Magic Sam | Easy Baby | Magic Sam - West Side Guitar: 1957-1966 | Flyright | 1958 Chicago rec. for Cobra Records by Sam Maghett (voc/gtr) with Harold Burrage (p), Odell Campbell (bass gtr), Willie Dixon (b), Odie Payne (d) |
| Howlin' Wolf | Moanin' For My Baby | Howlin' Wolf - The Wolf Is At Your Door: The Singles As & Bs 1951-1960 | Jasmine 2-cd set | April 1958 Chicago rec. for Chess by Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) on vocal/harmonica with Hosea Lee Kennard (p), Hubert Sumlin & Jody Williams (gtrs), Alfred Elkins (b), Earl Phillips (d) |
| Ella Johnson | Don't Shout At Me Daddy | Ella Johnson with Buddy Johnson and his Orchestra - Say Ella | Mr. R&B Records/Jukebox Lil LP | 1957 NYC rec. for Mercury by singer Ella Johnson with Buddy Johnson Orch., incl. Slide Hampton (tb), Purvis Henson (ts), Lord Westbrook (gtr), others |
| Sonny Boy Williamson | Ninety-Nine | The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson | MCA/Chess 2-cd set | Sept. 1957 rec. for Checker by Sonny Boy (voc/hca) with Otis Spann (p), Robert Lockwood Jr & Luther Tucker (gtrs), Willie Dixon (b), Fred Below (d) |
| J.B. Lenoir with Junior Wells | Back Door | J.B. Lenoir - I Wanna Play A Little While: The Complete Singles Collection 1950-1960 | Jasmine 2-cd set | Aug. 1958 Chicago rec. for Shad by singer/guitarist Lenoir with Junior Wells (hca), Joe Montgomery (p), Ernest Cotton (ts), Jesse Fowler (d) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Five Royales | Don' Let It Be In Vain | The Five Royales -The Complete Singles 1952-1962 | Real Gone Music 4-cd box set | Oct. 1958 release on King by Loman Pauling (voc/gtr) and the Five Royales vocal group |
| Hank Ballard & the Midnighters | Baby Please | Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Five Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 | Real Gone Music 4-cd box set | Nov. 1958 release on Federal by Ballard & the Midnighters vocal group with guitarist Cal Green |
| Don & Dewey | Just A Little Lovin' | Don & Dewey - Jungle Hop: The Legends of Specialty Series | Specialty | Jan. 1958 release on Specialty by Don Sugarcane Harris and Dewey Terry with unknown band and vocal group |
| The Shirelles | I Got The Message | The Shirelles - Two Classic Albums Plus Singles | Real Gone Music 2-cd set | Nov.1958 release on Decca by the Shirelles vocal group |
| The Clovers | All About You | The Clovers - Dance Party | Sequel | Feb. 1958 release on Atlantic by the Clovers vocal group |
| The Sharps | Have Love Will Travel | VA - Lonesome Road: The Jamie Records Story | One Day Music 2-cd set | July 1958 release on Jamie by vocal group the Sharps, which sprang from the Lamplighters and later morphed into the Rivingtons |
| The Storey Sisters (aka the Twinkles) | Bad Motorcycle | VA - Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 | ABKCO Records 4-cd box set | Jan. 1958 release on Cameo by the Storey Sisters |
| Airbreak | ||||
| The Silhouettes | I Sold My Heart To The Junkman | VA - The Best Of Ace Records: The R&B Hits | Rock N' Roll Records | Sept. rel. on Ace by vocal group the Silhouettes, which had a 1957 hit with Get A Job. The ballad 'Junkman' was first recorded in 1946-47 by the Basin Street Boys, Etta Jones, and Dinah Washington. |
| Ernestine Anderson | Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams | Ernestine Anderson - The Complete 1947-1958 | Le Chant Du Monde 2-cd set | August 1958 release on Mercury by singer Anderson of recording made in Sweden in late 1956 |
| Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orchestra | How Can You Lose | Joe Williams & Count Basie - Everyday I Have The Blues | Roulette Jazz | March 1958 Chicago rec. for Roulette by singer Joe Williams with the Count Basie Orch. |
| Bill Henderson with the Horace Silver Quintet | Senor Blues | Horace Silver Quintet - Six Pieces Of Silver | Blue Note | June 1958 Hackensack, NJ rec. for Blue Note by pianist Silver's quintet feat. vocal by Bill Henderson; other quintet members were Donald Byrd (t), Junior Cook (ts), Gene Taylor (b), Louis Hayes (d) |
| Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk | In Walked Bud | Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk | Atlantic | 1958 album released on Atlantic Records by quintet led by drummer Art Blakey with Thelonious Monk (p), Johnny Griffin (ts), Bill Hardman (t), Spanky DeBrest (b) |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Roy Brown | Sail On Little Girl | Roy Brown - The Complete Imperial Singles | Capitol Blues Collection | June 1957 New Orleans rec. for Imperial by singer Brown backed by group incl. Fats Domino, Herb Hardesty, Ernest McLean, others |
| Nappy Brown | If You Need Some Lovin' | Nappy Brown - Down In The Alley: The Complete Savoy Singles As & Bs 1954-1962 | Jasmine 2-cd set | Oct. 1957 NYC rec. for Savoy by singer Brown backed by orchestra incl. Hilton Jefferson, Budd Johnson, Kelly Owens, Skeeter Best, others |
| Little Willie Littlefield | I Want A Little Girl | VA - Rhythm ...And Blues! 50s Blues And R&B From Rhythm Records: The Don Barksdale Masters, Vol. Two | Westside | Late 1957 San Francisco rec. for Rhythm by Littlefield (voc/p) with band incl. Johnny Heartsman, and vocal group the Mondellos |
| Bobby Bland | Teach Me How To Love You | Bobby Bland - I Pity The Fool: The Duke Recordings, Vol. One | MCA/Duke 2-cd set | Houston recording for Duke rel. Feb. 1958 by singer Bobby Bland backed by band incl. Clarence Holloman (gtr), Johnny Board (ts), others |
| Varetta Dillard with Sid Bass & His Orch. | Just Multiply | Varetta Dillard - Mercy, Mr. Percy | Great Voices Of The Century 2-cd set | May 1958 NYC rec. for RCA Victor by singer Dillard with orch. incl. King Curtis, George Barnes, Bucky Pizzarelli, Panama Francis, others |
| Bobby Parker | You've Got What It Takes | VA - A Taste Of The Blues, Vol. Two | Vee-Jay | May 1958 release on Vee-Jay by Chicago singer/guitarist Bobby Parker backed by band incl. Paul Williams (bs), Skeeter Best (gtr), Gene Redd (vib), others; song later became a Berry Gordy produced hit by Marv Johnson; flip side Blues Get Off My Shoulder was covered by Dee Clark. |
| Lula Reed | Give Me The Right | VA - Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story | One Day Music 2-cd set | May 1958 release on Argo by singer Lula Reed with pianist Sonny Thompson & His Orc. |
| Wynona Carr | Touch And Go | The Very Best Of Wynona Carr | Not Now Music 2-cd set | April 1958 release on Specialty by former gospel singer Carr. |
| Airbreak | ||||
| Lynn Hope | The Scrunch | Lynn Hope And His Tenor Sax | EMI/Pathe Marconi LP | May 1958 release on Aladdin by tonor sax player Lynn Hope |
| Lee Allen | Tic Toc | Lee Allen And His Band - Walkin' With Mr. Lee | Collectables | Aug. 1958 rel. on Ember by New Orleans-based Lee Allen (ts) and band |
| Buddy Johnson & His Orch. | Minglin' | Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra 1962 - Buddy Wails! | Trip Jazz LP | March 1958 rel. on Mercury by bandleader/pianist Johnson |
| David Clowney & Band | Hoot Owl | Dave 'Baby' Cortez - The Happy Organ And Other Great Recordings 1956-1961 | Jasmine 2-cd set | 1958 NYC rec. for Paris by keyboard artist David Clowney aka 'Baby' Cortez |
| Piano Red | Comin' On | Piano Red Aka Dr. Feelgood & The Interns - Rockin' With Red: Singles As & Bs 1950-1962 | Jasmine 2-cd set | April 1958 release on RCA Victor by singer/pianist Willie Perryman aka Piano Red |