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BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
FOR 5/17/26 + LITTLE RICHARD OBIT |
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This week on BBS we peruse the catalog of the Aristocrat Record label. The label was founded in Chicago in the spring of 1947 by two married couples and a friend – and they were all white. Their initial releases were by white pop artists, people like Jerry Abbott and Sherman Hayes. In September of 1947 Leonard Chess bought in as a partner and immediately the label started issuing local black R&B artists. Within a year Leonard bought out four of the five partners and by 1951 owned the entire label with his brother Phil Chess. The Chess label started in 1950 and by 1951 the Aristocrat Label was discontinued. Aristocrat issued over 180 sides during it’s brief run including sides by Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, Babyface Leroy, Robert Nighthawk, St Louis Jimmy, Little Johnny Jones and Forest City Joe. We’ll spend Hours #2, 3, & 4 listening to sides on Aristocrat including many obscure R&B releases seldom collected or heard. And some of it’s good – The Five Blazes, The Dozier Boys, the religious recordings by Gatemouth Moore recorded after his religious conversion (Rev Gatemouth Moore). If you’re not doing anything, join us! Also – During Hour #1 BBS is the last kid on our block to salute to the late Little Richard – Only on BBS! Whop-baba-loo-bop-a-whop-bam-boom! |
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HOUR 1 |
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RICE, RED BEANS & TURNIP GREENS |
TEMPO TOPPERS |
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TUTTI FRUTTI |
LITTLE RICHARD |
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I’M
JUST A LONELY GUY |
LITTLE RICHARD |
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LONG TALL SALLY |
LITTLE RICHARD |
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SLIPPIN’ & A SLIDIN’ |
LITTLE RICHARD |
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RIP IT UP |
LITTLE RICHARD |
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READY TEDDY |
LITTLE RICHARD |
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HEEBIE
JEEBIES |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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THE GIRL
CAN’T HELP IT |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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AFTER AWHILE |
BILLY WRIGHT |
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FOUR COLD,
COLD WALLS |
BILLY WRIGHT |
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LIVE THE LIFE |
BILLY WRIGHT |
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LUCILLE |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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JENNY JENNY JENNY |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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KEEP-A-KNOCKIN’ |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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GOOD GOLLY
MISS MOLLY |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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IN TIMES LIKE
THESE |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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IT
TAKES EVERYTHING TO SERVE THE LORD |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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OH MY SOUL |
LITTLE
RICHARD |
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HOUR 2 |
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STRANGER IN YOUR TOWN |
JIMMY BELL |
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ALL MY GEETS ARE GONE |
FIVE BLAZERS |
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DEDICATED TO YOU |
FIVE BLAZERS |
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EVERY LITTLE
DREAM |
FIVE BLAZERS |
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IT’S A HIT BABY |
PRINCE COOPER |
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NIGHT FALL |
PRINCE COOPER |
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THE MOJO |
SAX MALLARD |
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CABBAGEHEAD PTS I&II |
JOJO ADAMS |
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THE LAST MILE |
GENE AMMONS |
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WHEN
YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER |
CHRISTINE
CHATMAN |
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McKIE’S JAM FOR BOPPERS |
TOM ARCHIA |
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SLIMBER |
TOM ARCHIA |
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HE’S
GOT IT & GONE |
ANDREW TIBBS |
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IN A
TRAVELING MOOD |
ANDREW TIBBS |
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MEAN &
EVIL BABY |
SHEBA GIBSON |
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TONKY BOOGIE |
FORREST C
SYKES |
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FORREST HAS
THE BLUES |
FORREST C
SYKES |
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HOUR 3 |
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HEY PRETTY MAMA |
JUMP JACKSON |
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THE GREATEST
MISTAKE |
JUMP JACKSON |
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LILLACS IN THE RAIN |
HORACE PALMER |
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THE BIBLE’S BEING FULFILLED EVERYDAY |
REV GATEMOUTH MOORE |
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GLORY GLORY HALLELUJAH |
REV GATEMOUTH MOORE |
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BIG TIME BABY |
DOZIER BOYS |
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ALL I NEED IS YOU |
DOZIER BOYS |
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SHE’S GONE |
DOZIER BOYS |
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ROCKIN’ LORD |
SEVEN MELODY MEN |
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NOBODY KNOWS – NOBODY CARES |
SEVEN MELODY
MEN |
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BERCUESE |
DUKE JORDAN |
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I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU |
CALVIN BOSTICK |
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FLEETWOOD BLUES |
CALVIN BOSTICK |
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PEOPLE WILL
TALK |
CALVIN
BOSTICK |
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SATURDAY
NIGHT BOOGIE |
FLOYD SMITH |
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I DON’T
LOVE YOU MAMIE |
CLARENCE
SAMUELS |
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BRONZEVILLE
SWING |
SKEETZ VAN |
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HOUR 4 |
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JOHNSON MACHINE GUN |
SUNNYLAND SLIM |
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FLY RIGHT LITTLE GIRL |
SUNNYLAND SLIM |
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GYPSY WOMAN |
MUDDY WATERS |
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LITTLE ANNA MAE |
MUDDY WATERS |
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FLORIDA HURRICANE |
ST LOUIS JIMMY |
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SO NICE & KIND |
ST LOUIS JIMMY |
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LOCKED OUT BOOGIE |
BABYFACE LEROY |
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SHADY GROVE |
BABYFACE LEROY |
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DOWN THE LINE |
ETHEL MAE |
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HANDSOME LOVER |
ETHEL MAE |
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SWEET
LOVIN’ WOMAN |
ROBERT
NIGHTHAWK |
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SWEET BLACK
ANGEL |
ROBERT
NIGHTHAWK |
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SPECIAL
DELIVERY MAN |
FOREST CITY
JOE |
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SHADY LANE
WOMAN |
FOREST CITY
JOE |
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BIG TOWN
PLAYBOY |
LITTLE JOHNNY
JONES |
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SHELBY COUNTY
BLUES |
LITTLE JOHNNY
JONES |
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HOUR 5 |
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GEORGIA ON MY MIND |
DELTA RHYTHM BOYS |
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DAY DREAM |
JOHNNY HODGES |
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IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DREAM |
AL HIBBLER/ELLINGTON |
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SPRING
CAN RELLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST |
ELLA
FITZGERALD |
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BLUES FOR WES |
MELVIN RHYNE |
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LOVE WILL FIND A WAY |
SAM COOKE |
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SOMEBODY HAVE MERCY |
SAM COOKE |
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SAD MOOD |
SAM COOKE |
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SAIL ON BOOGIE |
T-BONE WALKER |
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YOU
DON’T LOVE ME |
T-BONE WALKER |
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HELLO
STRANGER |
GRANT JONES |
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HOSPITALITY
BLUES PTS I&II |
GRANT JONES |
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BLACK NIGHT |
CHARLES BROWN |
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WITHOUT THE
ONE YOU LOVE |
CHARLES BROWN |
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ALBATROSS |
FLEETWOOD MAC |
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