Roots and Rhythms
Wednesday February 21st, 2018 with Relentless Renny
Black History Month = BLACK ROCK & ROLL. From the chart-toppers to the obscure, tonight's show will be unrelenting African-American Rock & Roll. All killer, no filler!
Until June of 1949 African-American music was classified as Race Music in the Billboard charts, then it was called Rhythm & Blues. In the Fifties when white teenagers started listening to black music it was rebranded as Rock & Roll. The ironic thing about the new designation, is that the term Rock & Roll had been used in African-American music as a synonym for sexual intercourse since the Twenties.
| Rocket 88 JACKIE BRENSTON & HIS DELTA CATS - Ike Turner - That Kat Sure Could Play!: The Singles 1951 to 1957 - '51 Chess Records/'10 Secret Records |
| Love My Baby LITTLE JUNIOR'S BLUE FLAMES - The Sun Records Story - The Blues Came Down From Memphis - '53 Sun Records/'95 Charly Records |
| Well All Right BIG JOE TURNER - Rocks In My Bed - '54 Atlantic Records/'05 Membran Music |
| Runaway JESSE STONE - Jesse Stone Alias Charles Calhoun - '54 Atlantic Records/'96 Bear Family Records |
| Rock'n'Roll Dance LLOYD PRICE - The Cosimo Matassa Story - '56 Specialty Records/'07 Proper Records |
| Who Do You Love BO DIDDLEY - Signifying Blues - '56 Checker Records/'93 Charly Records |
| Chicken Little PICO PETE - Sin Alley (30 Real Gone Rockabilly & R&B Howlers!) - '56 Jet Records/'97 Crypt Records |
| Juicy Fruit RUDY GREENE - Sin Alley (30 Real Gone Rockabilly & R&B Howlers!) - '57 Ember Records/'97 Crypt Records |
| King Kong BIG "T" TYLER - The Aladdin Records Story - '57 Aladdin Records/'95 EMI Records |
| Flatfoot Sam TV SLIM & HIS HEARTBREAKERS - Gumbo Ya Ya - The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2 - '57 Checker Records/'12 Proper Records |
| Ooh! My Soul LITTLE RICHARD - The Georgia Peach - '58/'91 Specialty Records |
| Justine DON & DEWEY - Jungle Hop - '58/'91 Specialty Records |
| Oh, Oh EDDIE BO - Gumbo Ya Ya - The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2 - '58 Chess Records/'12 Proper Records |
| Dizzy, Miss Lizzy LARRY WILLIAMS - The Specialty Records Story - '58/'94 Specialty Records |
| Down On The Farm BIG AL DOWNING & THE POE-KATS - Wild Men Ride Wild Guitars! Original Rockabilly and Chicken Bop – Volume 1 - '58 White Rock Records/Challenge Records/'90 Sundazed Music |
| Strollin' On The Beach HOLLYWOOD FLAMES - Smell Of The Cramps: More Songs From The Vault Of Lux & Ivy - '58 Ebb Records/'12 Righteous/Cherry Red Records |
| Shombolar SHERIFF & THE RAVELS - The Cramps Jukebox - '59 Vee-Jay Records/'10 Chrome Dreams |
| The Bear JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON - 3 Hours Past Midnight - '59 Class Records/'86 Ace Records |
| Jack Rabbit ICKY RENRUT - Jack Rabbit Blues - '59 Stevens Records/'11 Secret Records |
| Castin' My Spell JOHNNY OTIS SHOW - That's Your Last Boogie! - '59 Capitol Records/'12 Fantastic Voyage |
| Johnny Otis was genetically Greek but grew up in a black neighbourhood in Berkley, were his family ran a store. Culturally, socially and philosophically, Johnny identified himself as black and changed his name from Veliotes to Otis. He is one of the more important figures in West Coast Rhythm & Blues and was instrumental in the development of what was to become known as Rock & Roll. |
| The Girl Can't Dance BUNKER HILL - Talkin' Trash! Lookey Dookey - '63 Mala Records/'99 Rhythm & Blooz/Crypt Records |
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WARNING: There are no slow songs tonight. Dance to this show at your own risk!.
6:41 PM, February 21st, 2018