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laviolet 4th Mar 2024		78 RPM Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights / Baby You Can Get Your Gun (1955)	Fats Domino also played on Billy Tate's 1954 record.
laviolet 2nd Mar 2024		78 RPM Billy Tate - You Told Me / Single Life (1955)	Fats Domino, in a rare appearances as sideman, plays piano on both tracks. It's obviously Fats from the opening notes.
laviolet 27th Jan 2024		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Twins / Sweet Home Blues (1951)	Both sides from King Records: [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 5th Dec 2022		78 RPM Roy "Bald Head" Byrd - K.C. Blues / Curly Haired Baby (1952)	Discogs entry shows promos.
laviolet 6th Aug 2022		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Hadacol Bounce / Her Mind Is Gone (1950)	Here's the official audio of "Hadacol Bounce." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Aug 2022		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Bald Head / Hey Now Baby (1950)	Byrd recorded "Hey Now Baby" multiple times; this is the Mercury version. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 13th Jun 2022		78 RPM Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers - Bald Head / Hey Now Baby (1950)	Here's "Bald Head." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 9th Mar 2022		78 RPM Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights / Baby You Can Get Your Gun (1955)	Fats Domino doesn't play on this record; it's actually Huey Smith. The bogus credit is a gimmick for which label owner John Vincent became notorious. To my knowledge, the only time Domino played on someone else's record was Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy."
laviolet 19th Dec 2020		78 RPM Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Drifting Blues / Groovy (1946)	Here are both sides in HQ. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 19th Dec 2020		78 RPM Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Drifting Blues / Groovy (1945)	Here are both sides in HQ. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 14th Oct 2020		78 RPM Professor Longhair - Look What You're Doin' To Me (Oooh-Wee Baby) / Misery (1957)	Here are both sides from "authorized" sources. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 31st Aug 2020		78 RPM Joedy Lea - The Devil Paid Me (With A Mother-in-law) / Sweet Little Baby (1953)	"Joedy Lea" is actually New Orleans country singer Joedy Leavins, generally known as "Jody Levens." His records were released with his name spelled as Levins, Leavins and Leviens. He recorded the original version of “Mardi Gras Mambo” in 1954. That song became a Carnival staple when later recorded by Art Neville's first band The Hawketts.
laviolet 7th Jul 2020		78 RPM Salty Holmes - I Found My Mama / Don't Shed Your Tears After I'm Gone (1950)	Here's "Don't Shed Your Tears After I'm Gone." [YouTube Video] Full page ad in Billboard, April 1, 1950, page 41.
laviolet 6th Jul 2020		78 RPM Smiley Lewis - Tee-Nah-Nah / Lowdown (1950)	Here are both sides. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 21st Jan 2020		78 RPM The Blue Diamonds [New Orleans] - Honey Baby / No Money (1954)	A side image here. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 3rd Nov 2019		78 RPM The Five Strings - I Like It / Put Something In The Pot Boy (1955)	Billboard full page ad. Nice rockabilly. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 14th Oct 2019		78 RPM James Waynes - Junco Partner (Worthless Man) / Tryin' To Find A Girl (1951)	Here's "Tryin' to Find a Girl." [YouTube Video]
laviolet 1st Sep 2019		78 RPM The Sha-Weez - No One To Love Me / Early Sunday Morning (1953)	The Sha-Weez' sole single release is noted for its rarity and for Sugar Boy's weeping monologue on "No One To Love Me" (Big Boy Myles did the singing part). Two other tracks from the session, a cover of Guitar Slim's "Feelin' Sad" and a group original "You Made Me Love You," were first issued on a 1968 Imperial LP. All four tracks appeared with Sugar Boy's Imperial sides on a 1985 LP from EMI France as earlier noted. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Jul 2019		78 RPM The Cardinals - Shouldn't I Know / Please Don't Leave Me (1951)	Later reissued on 45 RPM. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 16th Apr 2019		78 RPM The Sha-Weez - No One To Love Me / Early Sunday Morning (1953)	Billboard review, April 4. 1953, p. 28: "Early Sunday Morning": The Sha-weez, new group on the label, come thru with a sock reading of a strong ballad, backed with a hefty beat by the ork. The group sings well and has a good commercial sound. This side could be a coin-grabber with exposure. Watch it. "No One to Love Me": The Sha-weez turn in an effective performance on this side, but the material is much weaker than the flip.
laviolet 6th Apr 2019		78 RPM Annie Laurie - Since I Fell For You / Love That Man Of Mine (1947)	In his 1992 album Goin' Back to New Orleans, Dr. John covered "Since I Fell for You" and wrote in the notes that he'd been looking for a copy of this record for 20 years. Wonder if he ever found one? "Since I Fell For You" written by Buddy Johnson (not noted on label). Recorded at Cosimo Matassa's J&M Studio, 838 - 840 North Rampart Street, New Orleans. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Apr 2019		78 RPM Buddy Johnson - They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool / Since I Fell For You (1947)	"Since I Fell for You" became the standard, most notably through hit versions by Annie Laurie (1947) and Lenny Welch (1963). Vocalist on "They All Say I'm the Biggest Fool" is Arthur Prysock. [YouTube Video] [YouTube Video]
laviolet 22nd Mar 2019		78 RPM Roy Brown - Good Rocking Tonight / Lolly Pop Mama (1947)	Here's "Lolly Pop Mama" in improved sound. I saw Roy Brown's final performance at the 1981 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 14th Mar 2019		78 RPM Wee Willie Wayne - Kinfolks / Good News (1955)	See Discogs entry for label images. [YouTube Video] Picture on "Kinfolks" is incorrect; it's actually Little Willie John. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 10th Mar 2019		78 RPM Wee Willie Wayne - I Remember / Travelin' Mood (1955)	See Discogs entry for label images. Sides listed in same order as Billboard review. "I Remember": A pixieish blues lament by Wee Willie Wayne, who sings with expressive warmth and a sly beat. "Travelin' Mood": A haunting Southern blues with fine warbling by Wayne and highly effective whistling on the backing. Here's audio of both sides with 78 labels ... [YouTube Video] ... and Dr. John's version of "Travelin' Mood" from In the Right Place. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Mar 2019		78 RPM James Waynes - Junco Partner (Worthless Man) / Tryin' To Find A Girl (1951)	BMI lists Bob Shad as writer of both sides. "('Junco Partner' is) a New Orleans classic ... the rhythm was even known as the 'jailbird beat.'" --Mac Rebennack, In his notes to Dr. John's Gumbo (1972). [YouTube Video]
laviolet 12th Feb 2019		78 RPM Roy "Bald Head" Byrd - Rockin' With Fes / Gone So Long (1952)	Billboard, May 31, 1952, p. 36 "Rockin' with Fes": Nice effort by the singer on this rockin' item, with the ork punching away thruout. Side is not outstanding, however. "Gone So Long": Boogie blues, with a fne beat and a lot of good piano is sung pleasantly by Byrd. [YouTube Video]
laviolet 6th Jan 2019		78 RPM Fats Domino - Korea Blues / Every Night About This Time (1950)	Uploaded Billboard ad from September 23, 1950, which lists the sides in reverse order from the following month's ad. I don't like the bugle either. The Domino records with Al Young were mostly commercially successful, but poorly produced.
laviolet 24th Dec 2018		78 RPM Dave Bartholomew - Mr. Fool / Country Boy (1949)	Happy 100th birthday to Dave Bartholomew!
laviolet 7th Dec 2018		78 RPM Charles Brown - Merry Christmas, Baby / Black Night (1956)	The Aladdin version of "Merry Christmas Baby," recorded in New Orleans, is arguably the best of the ten (maybe more) Brown recorded. [YouTube Video] "Black Night" was first released January 1951 on Aladdin 3076. [YouTube Video]

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