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Johnny Hodges > Castle Rock
Composed by Al Sears
I first heard this out of character track on a long (sadly) out-of-print Mosaic box. Suprising? Yes. Happy? Yes.
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Louis Jordan & his Tympany 5 > Caldonia
Composed by Fleecie Moore (or probably Louis Jordan)
My hero.
(So much so, I couldn’t figure out which of my ten equal faves should be posted. This one was one of his biggest, most covered hits.)
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Wynonie Harris> Good Rocking Tonight
Composed by Roy Brown
In the second half of the 20th century, this title was probably more famous than the actual song. But it was a genuine hit many times over, for Wynonie, its composer, and most famous of all, for Elvis.
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Louis Prima w/Sam Butera > Be Mine (LIttle Baby)
Composed by Louis Prima & Sam Butera
There was a decade where the difference between pop, jazz, R&B, blues, white and black all mixed together and it took an anthropologist to figure out the diff.
