BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 05/18/25
NO SPECIAL THEME

This week on BBS – Okay, No Special Theme again this week – just five hours of vintage Blues, R&B and Gospel including Babs Gonzales and Piney Brown (did you know his real name was Columbus Perry?) plus a side by Kid Prince Moore(!)  Our earliest record this week is from August 1920. Our program is devoted to vintage recordings and here’s a breakdown of what’s on this week’s playlist by decade: 14 sides from the 1920s: 3 sides from the 1930s: 24 sides from the 1940s: 36 sides from the 1950s: 8 sides from the 1960s: 3 sides from the 1970s; and one side from the 1990s. 87 sides and nothing from the new millennia. Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

LET IT ROLL AGAIN

LUCKY MILLINDER

SOLID POTATO SALAD

KING COLE TRIO

I REALIZE NOW

KING COLE TRIO

LITTLE JOE FROM CHICAGO

KING COLE TRIO

LAURA

KING COLE TRIO

BEULAH’S SISTER’S BOOGIE

LIONEL HAMPTON

LAVENDER COFFIN

LIONEL HAMPTON

RAGMOP

LIONEL HAMPTON

HUCKLEBUCK

LIONEL HAMPTON

GOT OUT THAT BED

BABS GONZALES

A DOLLER IS YOUR ONLY FRIEND

BABS GONZALES

GIT TA DAT

BABS GONZALES

DEM BUMS RIDE AGAIN

BABS GONZALES

LA CONTINENTAL

BABS GONZALES

ROSE ANN OF CHARING CROSS

FOUR VAGABONDS

SPIRIT OF BOOGIE WOOGIE

MEADE LUX LEWIS

LAND OF DREAMS

WILD BILL DAVIS

HOUR #2

BIG LEG MAMA BLUES

POISON GARDNER

WINO BABY BOOGIE

BIG JOE TURNER

SO MANY WOMEN BLUES

BIG JOE TURNER

OLD PINEY’ BROWN’S GONE

BIG JOE TURNER

LOVIN’ GAL BLUES

PINEY BROWN

WHY DO I CRY OVER YOU

PINEY BROWN

THAT’S RIGHT BABY

PINEY BROWN

LAST CALL

PLAS JOHNSON

ACT RIGHT

WYNONA CARR

EASY EASY BABY

ANN COLE

SUMMER NIGHTS

ANN COLE

SWEET TALKIN’ DADDY

MARIE ADAMS

FAT FANNY STOMP

JIMMY CLARK

SWEET MAN

ETHEL WATERS

DINAH

ETHEL WATERS

HE’S MY LIGHT

MAHALIA JACKSON

ARE YOU BOUND FOR HEAVEN OR HELL

REV J.M. GATES

GET AWAY JORDAN

DOROTHY LOVE COATES

HOUR #3

STONE PONY BLUES

CHARLEY PATTON

TRAVELING MAN BLUES

TONY HOLLINS

BROKE DOWN ENGINE

LONNIE CLARK

PICKIN’ LOW COTTON

KID PRINCE MOORE

I’LL BE BACK AFTERWHILE

WALTER DAVIS

CRAZY BLUES

MAMIE SMITH

I’M A MIGHTY TIGHT WOMAN

SIPPI WALLACE

HOODOO MAN BLUES

VICTORIA SPIVEY

LOWLAND BLUES

CHIPPIE HILL

SHE’S GONE WITH THE WIND

BIG BILL BEOONZY

CONVERSATION WITH THE BLUES

BIG BILL BROONZY

TRINITY RIVER BLUES

OAKCLIFF T-BONE

TEXAS BLUES

WILLIE REED

ROUNDER’S LAMENT

WINSTON HOLMES-CHARLIE TURNER

KANSAS CITY DOG WALK

WINSTON HOLMES

HONEY DRIPPER BLUES

EDITH JOHNSON

CHESTNUT STREET BOOGIE

FREDDIE SHAYNE

HOUR #4

BLOW WIND BLOW

MUDDY WATERS

OH YEAH

MUDDY WATERS

TROUBLE NO MORE

MUDDY WATERS

ACT LIKE YOU LOVE ME

JIMMY ROGERS

ROLLIN’ & TUMBLIN’

BABY FACE LEROY

STOCKYARD BLUES

FLOYD JONES

PINETOP’S BOOGIE WOOGIE

MEMPHIS SLIM

GLORY B BLUES

LIGHTNING HOPKINS

DEATH BELLS

LIGHTNING HOPKINS

WILLIE MAE’S BLUES

BIG MAMA THORNTON

STOP & JUMP

GOOD ROCKIN’ ROBINSON

L.C.’S SHUFFLE

GOOD ROCKIN’ ROBINSON

NEW TRAIN TIME

GOOD ROCKIN’ ROBINSON

MAGGIE CAMPBELL (1964)

ROBERT NIGHTHAWK

BIG ROAD BLUES

HOUSTON STACKHOUSE

EVIL BUT KIND HEARTED BLUES

BROWNIE McGHEE

MY BABY LIKES TO SHUFFLE

BROWNIE McGHEE

DAYBREAK

BROWNIE McGHEE

HOUR #5

BAD BOY

JIVE BOMBERS

LAZY AFTERNOON

HAROLD LAND

A SLOW HOT WIND

JOHNNY HARTMAN

DID I REMEMBER

ERNESTINE ANDERSON

DEEP PURPLE

GROOVE HOLMES

IS IT TOO LATE

SAVANNAH CHURCHILL

SINCERELY YOURS

SAVANNAH CHURCHILL

GET THE BLUES OFF ME

T-BONE WALKER

STREET WALKING WOMAN

T-BONE WALKER

BLUE MOOD

T-BONE WALKER

SEND ME YOUR PILLOW

JOHN LEE HOOKER

SHE SHOT ME DOWN

JOHN LEE HOOKER

ONE WAY TICKET

JOHN LEE HOOKER

HONEY WHERE YOU GOIN’

JIMMY REED

I’M GONNA GET MY BABY

JIMMY REED

SIGNALS OF LOVE

JIMMY REED

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC


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