BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 08/17/97
STEVE’S TOP 15 CLASSIC BLUES SINGERS
 

This week excitement reigns on BBS. I put on my thinking cap and we came up with yet another cure for insomnia – Steve’s “Top Fifteen Classic Blues Singers!” Steve highlights the giants and the trailblazers among the women of the 1920s - over a century ago.  Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

I’M IN LOVE AGAIN

SCATMAN CROTHERS

PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA (brdcst)

LOUIS JORDAN

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE (brdcst)

LOUIS JORDAN

NAGASAKI (brdcst)

LOUIS JORDAN

BAHAMA JOE (brdcst)

LOUIS JORDAN

YOU WAS RIGHT BABY (brdcst)

LOUIS JORDAN

LOW DOWN DOG (brdcst)

BIG JOE TURNER

A GAL FOR EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK (brdcst)

BIG JOE TURNER

JOHNSON & TURNER BLUES (brdcst)

BIG JOE TURNER

GOIN’ AWAY BLUES (brdcst)

BIG JOE TURNER

ROLL ‘EM PETE (brdcst)

BIG JOE TURNER

IF YOU CAN DREAM

LENA HORNE

THE SPING

LENA HORNE

TREMBLING OF A LEAF

LENA HORNE

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE

DELTA RHYTHM BOYS

CANAL STREET BOOGIE

DERYCK SAMPSON

DEATH WHERE IS THY STING

BERT WILLIAMS

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

EDDIE LOCKJAW DAVIS

HOUR #2

GROOVY BLUES

CAMILLE HOWARD

JILTED BLUES

CHARLES BROWN

SUNSHINE OF LOVE

ETTA JAMES

I HOPE YOU’RE SATISFIED

ETTA JAMES

LOST LOVE

PERCY MAYFIELD

SECOND HAND FOOL

JIMMY T-99 NELSON

I SAT & CRIED

JIMMY T-99 NELSON

EASY EASY BABY

JIMMY WILSON

WHAT IS IT TASTES LIKE GRAVEY

TAMPA RED

HOUSE RENT SCUFFLE

LIL JOHNSON

I DONE TOLD YOU

LONNIE JOHNSON

NAPTOWN SPECIAL

HERVE DUERSON

WEARY FEET

ETHEL WATERS

SMILE

ETHEL WATERS

HOME CRADLE OF HAPPINESS

ETHEL WATERS

TAKE YOUR BLACK BOTTOM OUTSIDE

ETHEL WATERS

ONE DAY

ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES

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ORIGINAL GOSPEL HARMONETTES

GET RIGHT CHURCH

DIXIE HUMMINGBIRDS

HOUR #3

HE’S GOT ME GOIN’

BESSIE SMITH

DON’T FISH IN MY SEA

MA RAINEY

TAKE YOUR BLACK BOTTOM OUTSIDE

ETHEL WATERS

I WANT A TWO-FISTED DOUBLE-JOINTED MAN

CLARA SMITH

SO SOON THIS MORNING

IDA COX

HE’S A DARN GOOD MAN

ALBERTA HUNTER

MORNING DOVE BLUES

SIPPI WALLACE

CAN’T BE BOTHERED WITH NO SHEIK

ROSA HENDERSON

MICHIGAN WATER BLUES

VIOLA McCOY

THE LURE OF THE SOUTH

MAMIE SMITH

MY MAN ROCKS ME

TRIXIE SMITH

SUGAR BLUES

SARA MARTIN

EARLY EVERY MORNING

MAGGIE JONES

ARKANSAS BLUES

LUCILLE HEGAMIN

GOING DOWN TO THE LEVEE

MONETTE MOORE

HOUR #4

BLUES WHAT AM

JAZZ GILLUM

OTIS IN THE DARK

OTIS SPANN

WHO’S BEEN TALKIN’

HOWLING WOLF

I’M NOT THE LAD

JAZZ GILLUM

COUNTRY BOY

OTIS SPANN

IT AIN’T RIGHT

LITTLE WALTER

LOOK WHAT YOU ARE TODAY

JAZZ GILLUM

WORRIED LIFE BLUES

OTIS SPANN

SWEET WOMAN FROM MAINE

ROBERT JR LOCKWOOD

JAZZ GILLUM’S BLUES

JAZZ GILLUM

THE HARD WAY

OTIS SPANN

JOHNSON MACHINE GUN

SUNNYLAND SLIM

IT’S ALL OVER NOW

JAZZ GILLUM

THIS IS THE BLUES

OTIS SPANN

BIG TOWN PLAYBOY

LITTLE JOHNNY JONES

HOUR #5

WRAPPED UP IN A DREAM

DEEP RIVER BOYS

EVERYTHING HAPPENS TO ME

CHARLIE PARKER

BLUES THE MOTHER OF SIN

BILLY ECKSTINE

I CAN’T FACE THE MUSIC

ELLA FITZGERALD

FLAMINGO

JIMMY SMITH

GAMBLER’S BLUES

B.B. KING

BLIND LOVE

B.B. KING

I CAN’T PUT YOU DOWN

BOBBY BLAND

I SMELL TROUBLE

BOBBY BLAND

LET’S RIDE

PEPPERMINT HARRIS

FAT GIRL BOOGIE

PEPPERMINT HARRIS

WASHOUT

FREDDIE KING

HONEY I AIN’T TEASIN’

SMOKEY SMOTHERS

DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI

JIMMY REED

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC


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