it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings

This great value 90-track 4-CD anthology include just about every record which peaked during the year in the published Top 10 'Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records' and 'Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues' charts.

Track Listing

• Peppermint Harris With Maxwell Davis And His All-Stars - I Got Loaded
• Dinah Washington - Cold Cold Heart
• Griffin Brothers Orchestra - Weeping And Crying
• Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads - Cry
• B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues
• The Clovers - Fool, Fool, Fool
• Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Best Wishes
• Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
• Joe Turner - Chill Is On
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole
• Tab Smith - Because Of You
• Percy Mayfield - Cry Baby
• John Godfrey Trio - Hey Little Girl
• Charles Brown - Seven Long Days
• Rosco Gordon - Saddled The Cow (And Milked The Horse)
• Roy Brown And His Mighty Mighty Men - Bar Room Blues
• Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra - Sunset To Dawn
• Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing
• Arthur Prysock - I Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night
• John Lee Hooker - I'm In The Mood
• Orioles - Baby Please Don’t Go
• Nat King Cole - Walkin'

• Rosco Gordon - Booted
• Eddie Wilcox Orchestra & Sunny Gale - Wheel Of Fortune
• Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads - The Little White Cloud That Cried
• The Mello-Moods - Where Are You (Now That I Need You)
• Muddy Waters - She Moves Me
• Lightnin Hopkins - Give Me Central 209
• Joe Houston - Worry Worry Worry
• Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
• Charles Brown - Hard Times
• Muddy Waters - Still A Fool
• Dinah Washington - Wheel Of Fortune
• Dinah Washington - Tell Me Why
• Cardinals - Wheel Of Fortune
• John Greer & His Rhythm Rockers - Got You On My Mind
• Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers - Thinkin' And Drinkin'
• Ray Charles - Kissa Me Baby
• Johnny Hodges - A Pound Of Blues
• Dinah Washington - Trouble In Mind
• Lightnin' Hopkins - Coffee Blues
• Edna McGriff - Heavenly Father
• Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours
• Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin

• Dinah Washington - New Blowtop Blues
• Joe Turner - Sweet Sixteen
• Percy Mayfield - Big Question
• Jimmy Witherspoon - Wind Is Blowing
• Buddy Lucas & His Band Of Tomorrow - Diane
• The Clovers - One Mint Julep
• The Clovers - Middle Of The Night
• Fats Domino - Goin' Home
• Wini Brown & Her Boyfriends - Be Anything (But Be Mine)
• King Pleasure - Moody's Mood For Love
• Roy Milton - So Tired
• Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
• Billy Eckstine - Kiss Of Fire
• Marie Adams - I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks
• Varetta Dillard - Easy, Easy, Baby
• Four Blazes - Mary Jo
• Jimmie Lee & Artis - My Heart's Desire
• The Clovers - Ting-A-Ling
• Floyd Dixon - Call Operator 210
• The Clovers - I Wonder Where My Baby's Gone
• Joe Turner - Don't You Cry
• Johnny Ace - My Song
• Johnny Otis & His Orch. Feat. Mel Walker - Call Operator 210

• Ruth Brown - Daddy Daddy
• Smiley Lewis - The Bells Are Ringing
• B.B. King - Darlin', You Know I Love You
• Little Walter & His Night Cats - Juke
• Roy Milton - Night And Day (I Miss You So)
• Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
• Fats Domino - Poor Poor Me
• Little Caesar - Goodbye Baby
• Lloyd Price - Restless Heart
• Lloyd Price - Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
• Four Blazes - Please Send Her Back To Me
• Chuck Willis - My Story
• Joe Williams - Every Day I Have The Blues
• The Ravens - Rock Me All Night Long
• The Clovers - Hey, Miss Fannie
• Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra - Port Of Rico
• The Clovers - I Played The Fool
• Willie Mabon - I Don't Know
• Fats Domino - How Long
• Little Walter & His Night Caps - Sad Hours
• Shirley & Lee - I'm Gone
• Jimmy Forrest - Hey Mrs. Jones
• B.B. 'Blues Boy' King - Story From My Heart And Soul

Additional Details

Label: ACROBAT

Genre: R & B

Run Time: 300 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 02/02/24

UPC: 824046718022