King Cole Birthday

BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 3/16/25 KING COLE BIRTHDAY!
This week on BBS – March 17^th is St Patrick’s Day everywhere - except on BBS. On BBS, March 17^th is Nat King Cole’s Birthday. Join us as we celebrate the date during Hour #1 with an hour’s worth of my favorite Nat King Cole and King Cole Trio recordings. (Sorry – March 16^th is as close as we can get to the actual date this year) Then during Hour #4 we dust off records from the 1960s here in Chicago – Jr. Wells, Freddy King, Magic Sam, Earl Hooker, A.C. Reed, Ricky Allen, Lee Jackson, Little Mack Simmons, Jody Williams, Jesse Fortune, Mary Lane, Johnny Littlejohn, Eddie Shaw, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Clearwater, Lee Shot Williams, Harold Burrage, Syl Johnson, etc. Plus – don’t forget Hep Harmony, Vintage Gospel Set, The Complete Ethel Waters series, The Soul Breakfast – Hey, ragged but right all through the night – Only on BBS!
HOUR #1
HIP-HIP-HOORAY	KING COLE TRIO
MAN ON THE LITLE WHITE KEYS	KING COLE TRIO
SATCHEL MOUTH BABY	KING COLE TRIO
HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN	KING COLE TRIO
ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE	KING COLE TRIO
GOT A PENNY BENNY	KING COLE TRIO
STRAIGHTEN UP & FLY RIGHT	KING COLE TRIO
OH BUT I DO	KING COLE TRIO
I’M LOST(1961)	NAT KING COLE
MEXICO JOE	MILLS BROS
A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP	NAT KING COLE
LITTLE JOE FROM CHICAGO	KING COLE TRIO
IF I HAD YOU	KING COLE TRIO
THE GEEK	KING COLE TRIO
LOST APRIL	NAT KING COLE
THAT’S WHAT	KING COLE TRIO
GUESS I’LL GO BACK HOME	NAT KING COLE
HOUR #2
ONE O’CLOCK JUMP	DELTA RHYTHM BOYS
HOUSE PARTY	LOUIS JORDAN
YOU KNOW IT TOO	LOUIS JORDAN
THAT’S THE STUFF YOU GOTTA WATCH	WYNONIE HARRIS
SHE’S GONE WITH THE WIND	WYNONIE HARRIS
THE STRANGER	PIGMEAT MARKHAM
I FEEL SO BAD	CHUCK WILLIS
LOUD MOUTH LUCY	CHUCK WILLIS
A DAY IS COMING	TOMMY RIDGELY
SOON THIS MORNING	CHARLIE SPAND
WHO’LL GET IT WHEN I’M GONE	ETHEL WATERS
ALL THE TIME	ETHEL WATERS
U CAN’T DO WHAT MY LAST MAN DID	ETHEL WATERS
ETHEL SINGS ‘EM	ETHEL WATERS
SWEET MAN BLUES	ETHEL WATERS
WATCH & PRAY	REV W.M. MOSLEY
ROLL ALL BURDENS AWAY	FAIRFIELD FOUR
HOUR #3
FLOATING BRIDGE	SLEEPY JOHN ESTES
EASIN’ BACK TO TENNESSEE	SLEEPY JOHN ESTES
LITTLE LAURA	SLEEPY JOHN ESTES
LOUDELLE BLUES	YANK RACHEL
IT SEEMS LIKE A DREAM	YANK RACHEL
EZELL’S PRECIOUS FIVES	WILL EZELL
LONESOME GHOST BLUES	SPECS McFADDEN
RISING RIVER BLUES	GEORGE CARTER
HOT JELLY ROLL BLUES	GEORGE CARTER
WEEPING WILLOW BLUES	GEORGE CARTER
GHOST WOMAN BLUES	GEORGE CARTER
IT’S TIGHT LIKE THAT	CLARA SMITH
GOT MY MIND ON THAT THING	CLARA SMITH
OH MR MITCHELL	CLARA SMITH
TEASIN’ BROWN SKIN	WALTER DAVIS
I’LL BE BACK AFTERWHILE	WALTER DAVIS
YOUR PICTURE DONE FADED	CAROLINA SLIM
HOUR #4
MESSIN’ WITH THE KID	JR WELLS
RAMBLING WOMAN	BIG MOOSE WALKER
HARD TIMES	MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
SAN-HO-ZAY	FREDDY KING
CUT YOU ALOOSE	RICKY ALLEN
OUT OF BAD LUCK	MAGIC SAM
SLEEPING THE MONKEY	EDDIE C. CAMPBELL
U DON’T WANT MY LOVIN’ NO MORE	MARY LANE
THIS LITTLE VOISE	A.C. REED
WILD MOMENTS	EARL HOOKER
TIMES ARE GETTING’ TOUGHER	LITTLE MACK SIMMONS
RIDIN’ HIGH	EDDIE SHAW
JUANITA	LEE JACKSON
DUCK WALK	EDDIE CLEARWATER
MOANIN’ FOR MOLASSES	JODY WILLIAMS
LOVE MY BABY	MAGIC SLIM
29 WAYS	JOHNNY LITTLEJOHN
HELLO BABY	HAROLD BURRAGE
I’VE GOT TO FIND MY BABY	SYL JOHNSON
HOUR #5
NIGHT SIDE	HENRY MANCINI
DANCING IN THE DARK	CHARLIE PARKER
JOURNEY’S END	DINAH WASHINGTON
TRAVELING LIGHT	JOE WILLIAMS/BASIE
YARDBIRD SUITE	JIMMY SMITH
SWING GATE SWING	INKSPOTS
SWING HIGH SWING LOW	INKSPOTS
THE WHISPERING GRASS	INKSPOTS
BLUES AFTER HOURS	PEEWEE CRAYTON
TEXAS HOP	PEEWEE CRAYTON
DEDICATING THE BLUES	PEEWEE CRAYTON
WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS	PEEWEE CRAYTON
SAVAGE BOY	LLOYD GLENN
HEART TROUBLES BLUES	JOHN LEE HOOKER
DEVIL’S JUMP	JOHN LEE HOOKER
SURFER’S LOVE CALL	BO DIDDLEY
ALBATROSS	FLEETWOOD MAC