BLUES & THE LITTLE PEOPLE

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