Disc 1: The Roots Of Shuffle Blues (1944-1951) |
1-01 | Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five | GI Jive | Johnny Mercer | Rate |
1-02 | Joe Liggins And His Honeydrippers | The Honeydripper (Parts 1 And 2) | Joseph Liggins | Rate |
1-03 | Roy Milton And His Solid Senders | Milton's Boogie | Roy Milton | Rate |
1-04 | Sherman Williams And His Orchestra | Baby Don't You Want To Go | James Arnold | Rate |
1-05 | Joe Liggins And His Honeydrippers | TWA | Joseph Liggins | Rate |
1-06 | Sherman Williams And His Orchestra | Sherman's Boogie | | Rate |
1-07 | Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five | Run Joe | Joe Willoughby, Walt Merrick, Louis Jordan | Rate |
1-08 | Felix Gross | Worried About You Baby | Felix Gross | Rate |
1-09 | Hal Singer Sextette | Corn Bread | Hal Singer, Theodore Reig | Rate |
1-10 | Paul Williams And His Hucklebuckers | The Huckle-Buck | | Rate |
1-11 | Dave Bartholomew | Country Boy | Dave Bartholomew | Rate |
1-12 | Roy Byrd And His Blues Jumpers | Bald Head | Henry Byrd | Rate |
1-13 | Lowell Fulson Featuring Lloyd Glenn At The "88" | Rocking After Midnight | Lowell Fulson | Rate |
1-14 | Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy | Saturday Nite Boogie Woogie Man | Jimmy Liggins | Rate |
1-15 | Amos Milburn And His Aladdin Chickenshackers | Sax Shack Boogie | Amos Milburn | Rate |
1-16 | Teddy Brannon Orchestra (Vocal: Dickie Thompson | Don Newcomb Really Throws That Ball | Teddy Brannon, Sam Theard | Rate |
1-17 | Calvin Boze And His All Stars | Waiting And Drinking | Calvin Boze | Rate |
1-18 | Roy Brown | New Rebecca | Roy Brown | Rate |
1-19 | Erline Harris | Jump And Shout | Erline Harris, Lieb | Rate |
1-20 | T-Bone Walker And His Band | Strollin' With Bones | Eddie Davis, Vida Lee Walker | Rate |
1-21 | Willis Jackson | Call Of The Gators | Willis Jackson | Rate |
1-22 | Gene Phillips With Jack McVea Orchestra | Slippin' And Slidin' | Gene Phillips, Joe Josea | Rate |
1-23 | Joe Thomas | Raw Meat | Joe Thomas, Henry Bernard | Rate |
1-24 | Amos Milburn And His Aladdin Chickenshackers | Bad, Bad Whiskey | Maxwell Davis | Rate |
1-25 | Peppermint Harris With Maxwell Davis And His All-Stars | I Got Loaded | Harrison Nelson | Rate |
1-26 | Lynn Hope | Blue Moon | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Rate |
Disc 2: The Golden Years Of Shuffle Blues (1951-1954) |
2-01 | Oscar McLollie And His Band | The Honey Jump | Rafael Rene, Leon Rene | Rate |
2-02 | James Waynes | Please Baby Please | James Wayne | Rate |
2-03 | Chuck Higgins And His Mellotones (Vocal: John Watson) | Motor Head Baby | John Watson, Vernon Haven | Rate |
2-04 | Oscar McLollie And His Honeyjumpers | All That Oil In Texas | Leon Rene | Rate |
2-05 | Jimmy McCracklin's Blues Blasters | What's Your Phone Number | Jimmy McCracklin | Rate |
2-06 | Rosco Gordon And His Orchestra | New Orleans Wimmen | Rosco Gordon, Jules Taub | Rate |
2-07 | Fats Domino | Goin' Home | Antoine Domino, Al Young | Rate |
2-08 | Rosco Gordon And His Orchestra | Booted | Rosco Gordon | Rate |
2-09 | Lloyd Glenn's Combo | Cuba Doll | Lloyd Glenn | Rate |
2-10 | Ruth Brown | 5-10-15 Hours | Rudolph Toombs | Rate |
2-11 | Jack Dupree | Ain't No Meat On De Bone | Jack Dupree, Teddy McRae | Rate |
2-12 | Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists | Bongo Chant | Kenny Graham | Rate |
2-13 | Chuck Willis | You're Still My Baby | Chuck Willis | Rate |
2-14 | The Hawks | I-Yi | Dave Bartholomew | Rate |
2-15 | Fats Domino | Going To The River | Antoine Domino, Dave Bartholomew | Rate |
2-16 | Guitar Slim | Well, I Done Got Over It | Eddie Jones | Rate |
2-17 | George Green With Jimmy Binkley Jazz Quintet | Brand New Rockin' Chair | Zilner Louis Randolph | Rate |
2-18 | The Charms | Bye Bye Baby | Donald Peake, Joseph Penn | Rate |
2-19 | Harold Burrage With Jimmy Binkley And His Orchestra | Way Down Boogie | | Rate |
2-20 | John Perry's Orchestra | Got Good News For Ya, Baby | Holmes | Rate |
2-21 | Marvin And Johnny | Tick Tock | Joe Josea | Rate |
2-22 | Tommy Ridgley | Jam Up | Tommy Ridgley | Rate |
2-23 | Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five | Messy Bessy | Jon Hendricks | Rate |
2-24 | Earl Curry And His Orchestra | I Want Your Lovin' | William Curry | Rate |
2-25 | Slim Saunders | Let's Have Some Fun Honey | Delove, Slim Saunders, Darvin Sturgill | Rate |
2-26 | The Rocking Brothers | Play Boy Hop | | Rate |
2-27 | Floyd Dixon | Moonshine | Floyd Dixon, Charles Calhoun, Jerry Wexler | Rate |
2-28 | Mike Gordon And The El Tempos | You Got To Give | Gordon | Rate |
2-29 | Georgie Stevenson | Meet Me At Grandma's Joint | George Stevenson | Rate |
Disc 3: The Big Three Take Over (1955-1960) |
3-01 | Nappy Brown | Don't Be Angry | Nappy Brown, Fred Mendelsohn, Rose Marie McCoy | Rate |
3-02 | Boo Breeding | Country Woman | Lucian Davis | Rate |
3-03 | Plas Johnson And His Orchestra | Blue Jean Shuffle | Plas Johnson | Rate |
3-04 | The Dodgers | The Cat Hop | Paul Winley | Rate |
3-05 | The Penguins | Baby Let's Make Some Love | Dootsie Williams | Rate |
3-06 | The Mello-Harps | Ain't Got The Money | Joseph Gowder | Rate |
3-07 | The Turbans | When You Dance | Andrew Jones | Rate |
3-08 | Big Joe Turner | Flip, Flop And Fly | Lou Turner, Charles Calhoun | Rate |
3-09 | Jack Dupree And Mr. Bear | Walking The Blues | Jack Dupree, Teddy McRae | Rate |
3-10 | Shirley And Lee | Let The Good Times Roll | Leonard Lee, Shirley Goodman | Rate |
3-11 | Vince Monroe With Ernie Holland And His Orchestra | Give It Up (Or Tell Where It's At) | Monroe, West | Rate |
3-12 | Smiley Lewis | She's Got Me Hook, Line And Sinker | Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King | Rate |
3-13 | Lloyd Price And His Band | Forgive Me, Clawdy | Lloyd Price | Rate |
3-14 | Ivory Joe Hunter | Since I Met You Baby | Ivory Joe Hunter | Rate |
3-15 | The Pastels | Been So Long | Ervin Di Fosco, Richard Travis, James Willingham, Tony Thomas | Rate |
3-16 | Dave Bartholomew | The Monkey | Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King | Rate |
3-17 | Sil Austin | Slow Walk | Sil Austin, Irving Siders | Rate |
3-18 | Professor Longhair | Misery | Henry Byrd | Rate |
3-19 | Clyde McPhatter | Rock And Cry | Joyce Heath | Rate |
3-20 | The Bobbettes | Mr Lee | Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers, Emma Pought, Jannie Pought, Laura Webb | Rate |
3-21 | Oscar McLollie And Jeanette Baker | Hey Boy Hey Girl | Oscar McLollie, Jimmie Thomas | Rate |
3-22 | The Gone All Stars Featuring Buddy Lucas | The Gee Gee Walk | Chauncey Westybrook | Rate |
3-23 | Preston Brown | Walk On | Preston Brown | Rate |
3-24 | Johnny Otis Show (Vocal: Mel Williams) | You Just Kissed Me Goodbye | Roy Stevens | Rate |
3-25 | Earl (Connelly) King | I Don't Want Your Love | Billy Myles | Rate |
3-26 | Billy Hope And The Bad Men | Riding West | Martin, Brunson, Siegel | Rate |
3-27 | Earl Hooker And His Road Masters | Do The Chickin' | Earl Hooker, Carl Jones | Rate |
3-28 | Ernie Freeman | Live It Up | Ernie Freeman, Charles Land | Rate |
3-29 | Hal Paige And The Whalers | Going Back To My Home Town | Hal Paige, Bobby Robinson | Rate |
3-30 | Rosco Gordon | Surely I Love You | Marion Oliver, James Bracken | Rate |