Earl Hooker – Sweet Angel – Rockin’ Records
Little Sam Davis – Rockin’ Records – Cash Box (1953)
Eddie Hope and The Manish Boys – Marlin Records (1956)
Eddie Hope & Manish Boys – Marlin “Lost Child” – Eddie Hope and Manish Boys dish up a middle beat blues with a deep south flavor. Hope and his group turn in a good performance and the deck could get a good reception in the down home areas. “A Fool No More” – Similar type […]
Roy Gaines – “Loud Mouth Lucy” and “I’m Setting You Free” – Chart Records – Cash Box (1955)
Roy Gaines – Chart 606 “Loud Mouth Lucy” (2:57) [Chuck Willis] Roy Gaines sings a down home blues about his talkative pretty baby. Ok with sales potential strongest in the southern market. “I’m Setting You Free” (2:45) [Sherlyn BMI – Lewis] Gaines is going to see his lawyer to set her free. A slow blues […]
Michael Bloomfield – Count Talent and The Originals – Cash Box (1978)
COUNT TALENT AND THE ORIGINALS – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds 8805 – Producer : Norman Davron – List: 7.98 After nearly a decade of exile from the music scene which followed his halcyon days with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Michael (nee Mike) Bloomfield has returned. The electric guitar and the blooze, as always, remain […]
Count Talent and The Originals – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds Records (1978)
COUNT TALENT AND THE ORIGINALS – Michael Bloomfield – Clouds 8805 – Producer: Norman Davron – List Price: $7.98 After nearly a decade of exile from the music scene which followed his halcyon days with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Michael (nee Mike) Bloomfield has returned. The electric guitar and the blooze, as always, […]
Miami R&B Full Page Ad for Radio Station WMBM (1953)
“Saturday, January 17, 1953. Miami Times. Miami, FL. Page Thirteen. The all new WMBM. 800 on every dial. Now featuring boogie, blues, spirituals, the nation’s top disc jockeys: Jockey Jack, Ed Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Swing, The Bronze Voice, and many others. All new and different programming. WMBM will broadcast the daily feature race from […]
Before Ray Charles, There Was W.C. Baker, and He’s “Going Back Home”
W.C. Baker’s “Rumors About My Baby” is the first known release on Henry Stone’s Rockin’ Records label from 1952, good old GR-170-1, a 78rpm slab of history worth double and triple digits at auction today. But his best song is “Going Back Home Today” which came out a few releases later. W.C. Baker […]