The 1952 R&B Hits Collection
Various Artists
The 1952 R&B Hits Collection
Various Artists
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This fills in one of the gaps on our strand of R&B and country collections associated with Acrobat’s highly popular “America’s Greatest Hits” series, this one focusing on the top R&B records in the US Billboard charts during 1952. This great value 90-track 4-CD anthology includes, with the exception of certain records which are unavailable for inclusion due to copyright restrictions, just about every record which peaked during the year in the published Top 10 “Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records” and “Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues” charts. It was a fascinating time in R&B, with different strands of the genre creating the musical landscape from which rock ‘n’ roll was already emerging – Lloyd Price’s “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” and Fats Domino’s “Goin’ Home” are among the hits featured. There’s the electric Chicago guitar blues of B.B. King and Muddy Waters, doowop groups like The Orioles and The Clovers, sophisticated vocalists like Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald and Percy Mayfield, old-school jump blues from Roy Milton, jazz stars like Johnny Hodges and Illinois Jacquet, pop crossovers like Johnny Ray, and more. As with all these collections, it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings of which even enthusiasts of the genre may not be too aware, and which will be welcome additions to their collections. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record as well as full discographical and chart information.
Contents and tracklist
DISC 1:
1. Peppermint Harris with Maxwell Davis and His All-Stars - I Got Loaded
2. Dinah Washington - Cold Cold Heart
3. Griffin Brothers Orchestra - Weeping and Crying
4. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads - Cry
5. B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues
6. The Clovers - Fool, Fool, Fool
7. Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Best Wishes
8. Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
9. Joe Turner - Chill Is on
10. Arthur Big Boy Crudup - I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole
11. Tab Smith - Because of You
12. Percy Mayfield - Cry Baby
13. John Godfrey Trio - Hey Little Girl
14. Charles Brown - Seven Long Days
15. Rosco Gordon - Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse)
16. Roy Brown and His Mighty Mighty Men - Bar Room Blues
17. Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra - Sunset to Dawn
18. Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing
19. Arthur Prysock - I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
20. John Lee Hooker - I'm in the Mood
21. Orioles - Baby Please Don't Go
22. Nat King Cole - Walkin'
DISC 2:
1. Rosco Gordon - Booted
2. Eddie Wilcox Orchestra & Sunny Gale - Wheel of Fortune
3. Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads - the Little White Cloud That Cried
4. The Mello-Moods - Where Are You (Now That I Need You)
5. Muddy Waters - She Moves Me
6. Lightnin Hopkins - Give Me Central 209
7. Joe Houston - Worry Worry Worry
8. Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
9. Charles Brown - Hard Times
10. Muddy Waters - Still a Fool
11. Dinah Washington - Wheel of Fortune
12. Dinah Washington - Tell Me Why
13. Cardinals - Wheel of Fortune
14. John Greer & His Rhythm Rockers - Got You on My Mind
15. Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers - Thinkin' and Drinkin'
16. Ray Charles - Kissa Me Baby
17. Johnny Hodges - a Pound of Blues
18. Dinah Washington - Trouble in Mind
19. Lightnin' Hopkins - Coffee Blues
20. Edna McGriff - Heavenly Father
21. Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours
22. Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin
DISC 3:
1. Dinah Washington - New Blowtop Blues
2. Joe Turner - Sweet Sixteen
3. Percy Mayfield - Big Question
4. Jimmy Witherspoon - Wind Is Blowing
5. Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow - Diane
6. The Clovers - One Mint Julep
7. The Clovers - Middle of the Night
8. Fats Domino - Goin' Home
9. Wini Brown & Her Boyfriends - Be Anything (But Be Mine)
10. King Pleasure - Moody's Mood for Love
11. Roy Milton - So Tired
12. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
13. Billy Eckstine - Kiss of Fire
14. Marie Adams - I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks
15. Varetta Dillard - Easy, Easy, Baby
16. Four Blazes - Mary Jo
17. Jimmie Lee & Artis - My Heart's Desire
18. The Clovers - Ting-A-Ling
19. Floyd Dixon - Call Operator 210
20. The Clovers - I Wonder Where My Baby's Gone
21. Joe Turner - Don't You Cry
22. Johnny Ace - My Song
23. Johnny Otis & His Orch. Feat. Mel Walker - Call Operator 210
DISC 4:
1. Ruth Brown - Daddy Daddy
2. Smiley Lewis - the Bells Are Ringing
3. B.B. King - Darlin', You Know I Love You
4. Little Walter & His Night Cats - Juke
5. Roy Milton - Night and Day (I Miss You So)
6. Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
7. Fats Domino - Poor Poor Me
8. Little Caesar - Goodbye Baby
9. Lloyd Price - Restless Heart
10. Lloyd Price - Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
11. Four Blazes - Please Send Her Back to Me
12. Chuck Willis - My Story
13. Joe Williams - Every Day I Have the Blues
14. The Ravens - Rock Me All Night Long
15. The Clovers - Hey, Miss Fannie
16. Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra - Port of Rico
17. The Clovers - I Played the Fool
18. Willie Mabon - I Don't Know
19. Fats Domino - How Long
20. Little Walter & His Night Caps - Sad Hours
21. Shirley & Lee - I'm Gone
22. Jimmy Forrest - Hey Mrs. Jones
23. B.B. "Blues Boy" King - Story from My Heart and Soul
