Roots and Rhythms
Wednesday May 2nd, 2018 with Retro Radio Renny
RADIO BLAST FROM THE PAST! - Live broadcasts from 1943 to 1953, featuring jump blues master Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, honking tenor player Big Jay McNeely and more. 441 trillion miles from earth....
| Introduction ERNEST "BUBBLES" WHITMAN - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Five Guys Named Moe LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Honky Tonk Train Blues MEADE "LUX" LEWIS - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Infantry Blues LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| This Train SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Knock Me A Kiss LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| One O'Clock Jump/Program Close ENSEMBLE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Jan. 1943, Armed Forces Radio Service, "Jubilee" #9/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Pink Champagne JOE "HONEYDRIPPER" LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Summer 1950, broadcast from the Apollo Theatre/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Hunter Hancock's "Harlematinee" Radio Show Theme HUNTER HANCOCK with THE JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA - That's Your Last Boogie! The Best Of Johnny Otis 1945-1960 - Jan. 1951, KFVD or KFOX/'12 Fantastic Voyage/Future Music Ltd. |
| Harlem Nocturne THE JOHNNY OTIS BAND - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Dec. 1952, broadcast from the Apollo Theatre/'93 Natasha Imports |
| I'm Just A Fool In Love AMOS MILBURN - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - 1952, broadcast from the Apollo Theatre"/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Charmaine EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - 1952 broadcast from the Apollo Theatre/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Didn't It Rain, Children? SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - 1952, broadcasts from the Apollo Theatre"/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Let's Ball Tonight ENSEMBLE - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - 1952, broadcasts from the Apollo Theatre/'93 Natasha Imports/'93 Natasha Imports |
| The Goof THE BIG JAY McNEELY BAND - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Feb. 1953, broadcast from Birdland/'93 Natasha Imports |
| Deacon's Hop THE BIG JAY McNEELY BAND - "Let's Have A Ball Tonight": The Pioneers Of Rhythm & Blues - Feb. 1953, broadcast from Birdland/'93 Natasha Imports |
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Perhaps the grand daddy of rock'n'roll, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five were the hottest jump blues band of the Forties and Fifties.
8:06 PM, May 2nd, 2018