Top 10 Rockin’ Records

 10. Willie Baker – Goin’ Back Home Today Label: Rockin’ Records Style: Blues Genre: Blues Year: 1953     9. Little Sam Davis – She’s So Good To Me Label: Rockin’ Records Style: Blues Genre: Blues Year: 1953     8. John Lee Booker (BKA John Lee Hooker) – Blue Monday Label: Rockin’ master, […]

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 […]