I've decided to do a show featuring music from the first decade of the Billboard R&B chart (1942-52). The artists I plan to play include (in approximate chronological order):
The Ink Spots
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris
Lucky Millinder
Earl "Fatha" Hines
The King Cole Trio
Private Cecil Gant
Roosevelt Sykes
Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
Savannah Churchill
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats
Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends
Mempis Slim
Pee-Wee Crayton
Sonny Til & The Orioles
The Ravens
The Swallows
Billy Ward & The Dominoes
John Lee Hooker
Amos Milburn
Ivory Joe Hunter
Little Esther and the Robins
Percy Mayfield
Charles Brown
Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
The Clovers
B.B. King
Fats Domino
Lloyd Price
If you'd like to catch the show live, you can log onto the webcast here:
http://whus.org