Roots of Rock n’ Roll, Vol. 1: 1927–1938

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Annotation

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1.15 Replacing "/" with "&"

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Tracklist

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▼CD 1: Des plantations aux salles de bal
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sun Brimmer’s Blues
guitar:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (on 1927-02-24)
harmonica:
Will Shade (on 1927-02-24)
jug:
Charlie Polk (jug player) (on 1927-02-24)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1927-02-24)
vocals:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player) (on 1927-02-24)
recording of:
Sun Brimmer (on 1927-02-24)
lyricist and composer:
Will Shade
Memphis Jug Band3:25
2Ain’t That Skippin’ and Flyin’?
banjo:
Austin Allen (in 1927)
guitar and kazoo:
Lee Allen (1920-30s country music artist) (in 1927)
vocals:
Austin Allen (in 1927) and Lee Allen (1920-30s country music artist) (in 1927)
recording of:
Ain't That Skippin' and Flyin'? (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
Austin Allen and Lee Allen (1920-30s country music artist)
Allen Brothers3:00
3Matchbox
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1927-04)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1927-04)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2010)
recording of:
Match Box Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:01
4Train 45
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-10-18)
fiddle:
G.B. Grayson (on 1927-10-18)
guitar and spoken vocals:
Henry Whitter (on 1927-10-18)
vocals:
G.B. Grayson (on 1927-10-18)
recording of:
Train 45 (on 1927-10-18)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Grayson & Whitter3:03
5Honolulu Stomp
steel guitar:
Philipo (on 1927-05-12)
additional performer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
Honolulu Stomp (on 1927-05-12)
composer:
Fred Phillips
Honolulu Serenaders3:22
6Frankie (and Johnnie)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert") (on 1928-02-14)
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
Mississippi John Hurt3:23
7Playing With the Strings
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1928-02-21)
recording of:
Playing With the Strings (on 1928-02-21)
composer:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician)
Lonnie Johnson3:01
8Georgia Swing
banjo:
Lee Blair (on 1928-06-11)
clarinet:
Omer Simeon (on 1928-06-11)
cornet:
Ward Pinkett (on 1928-06-11)
drums (drum set):
Tommy Benford (on 1928-06-11)
piano:
Jelly Roll Morton (on 1928-06-11)
trombone:
Julius "Geechie" Fields (on 1928-06-11)
tuba:
Bill Benford (on 1928-06-11)
conductor:
Jelly Roll Morton (on 1928-06-11)
recording of:
Georgia Swing (on 1928-06-11)
composer:
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe
Jelly Roll Morton2:30
9Old Country Stomp
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-13)
guitar and guitar and pan flute [quills]:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13)
solo syrinx [reed pipes] and solo lead vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13)
recording of:
Old Country Stomp (on 1928-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
Henry Thomas2:53
10A Handful of Riffs
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1929-05-09) and Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recordeded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1929-05-09)
recording of:
A Handful of Riffs (on 1929-05-09)
writer:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) and Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recordeded as Blind Willie Dunn)
Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson3:07
11Twistin’ Your Stuff
guitar:
Barbecue Bob (on 1930-04-18)
vocals:
Barbecue Bob (on 1930-04-18)
recording of:
Twistin' Your Stuff (on 1930-04-18)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Hicks
Barbecue Bob3:12
12Tom Dooley
fiddle:
G.B. Grayson (on 1929-09-30)
guitar:
Henry Whitter (on 1929-09-30)
vocals:
G.B. Grayson (on 1929-09-30)
recording of:
Tom Dooley (on 1929-09-30)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)
Grayson & Whitter3:08
13Milk Cow Blues
guitar:
Sleepy John Estes (on 1930-05-13)
mandolin:
Yank Rachell (on 1930-05-13)
piano:
Jab Jones (on 1930-05-13)
vocals:
Sleepy John Estes (on 1930-05-13)
recording of:
Milk Cow Blues (John Estes' version, aka Leaving Trunk) (on 1930-05-13)
lyricist and arranger:
Sleepy John Estes
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Milk Cow Blues
Sleepy John Estes3:02
14You Rascal You
banjo:
Wilbur Gorham (on 1930-07-29)
clarinet:
Jimmie Noone (on 1930-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Johnny Wells (on 1930-07-29)
piano:
Zinky Cohn (on 1930-07-29)
saxophone:
Eddie Pollack (on 1930-07-29)
tuba [brass bass]:
Bill Newton (US jazz bassist and tuba player, 1920s/30s) (on 1930-07-29)
vocals:
Eddie Pollack (on 1930-07-29)
cover recording of:
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You (on 1930-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Theard
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
Jimmie Noone2:23
15Let’s Go to Town
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1931-03-16)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1931-03-16) and Memphis Minnie (on 1931-03-16)
Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie3:09
16Nancy Jane
recording of:
Nancy Jane (on 1932-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
Milton Brown (30s western swing bandleader)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1932-03-22)
Fort Worth Doughboys3:13
17I’ve Found a New Baby
New Orleans Feetwarmers3:14
18Talking About You
Milton Brown3:01
▼CD 2: Le Swing partout
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1The Twelves
Kokomo Arnold3:12
2Boogie Woogie
recording of:
Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (on 1935-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith
Cleo Brown2:26
3Rock and Roll
double bass:
Jake Garcia (on 1934-10-04)
reeds:
James Briggs (on 1934-10-04) and Frank Schumacher (on 1934-10-04)
trombone:
Homer Menge (on 1934-10-04)
trumpet:
Stanley Green (on 1934-10-04)
violin:
Bob Morrow (on 1934-10-04) and Dwight Muma (on 1934-10-04)
vocals:
The Boswell Sisters (on 1934-10-04)
recording of:
Rock and Roll (on 1934-10-04)
writer:
Sidney Clare and Richard A. Whiting
Boswell Sisters2:46
4I’m Needing Someone
Bumble Bee Slim3:03
5Mama Don’t Allow It
Milton Brown2:48
6Keep a Knockin’
recording of:
Keep a Knockin' (Milton Brown's version) (on 1936-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Milton Brown (30s western swing bandleader) (until 1936-03-03)
version of:
Keep A-Knockin' an You Can't Get In
Milton Brown2:35
7Swing That Music
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-05-18)
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1936-05-18)
drums (drum set):
Paul Barbarin (jazz drummer from New Orleans) (on 1936-05-18)
guitar:
Lee Blair (on 1936-05-18)
piano:
Luis Russell (on 1936-05-18)
reeds:
Charlie Holmes (US jazz saxophonist, active 1920s/1930s) (on 1936-05-18), Henry “Moon” Jones (swing era reeds) (on 1936-05-18) and Greely Walton (on 1936-05-18)
tenor saxophone:
Bingie Madison (on 1936-05-18)
trombone:
Jimmy Archey (on 1936-05-18) and Snub Mosley (on 1936-05-18)
trumpet:
Gus Aiken (on 1936-05-18), Louis Armstrong (on 1936-05-18), Louis Bacon (on 1936-05-18) and Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1936-05-18)
vocals:
Louis Armstrong (on 1936-05-18)
orchestra:
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (on 1936-05-18)
recording of:
Swing That Music (on 1936-05-18)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Armstrong and Horace Gerlach
Louis Armstrong2:53
8It Feels So Good #2
Hartman’s Heartbreakers3:08
9She’s Gone Again
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1936-07-02)
clarinet:
Odell Rand (on 1936-07-02)
double bass:
? Harrison (unknown jazz bassist, 1930s) (on 1936-07-02)
drums (drum set):
Pearlis Williams (on 1936-07-02)
guitar:
Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1936-07-02) and Joe McCoy (on 1936-07-02)
mandolin:
Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1936-07-02)
piano:
Horace Malcolm (on 1936-07-02)
trumpet:
Herb Morand (on 1936-07-02)
vocals:
Joe McCoy (on 1936-07-02)
Harlem Hamfats2:33
10Baby Please Don’t Go
Tampa Kid2:39
11Honky Tonk Blues
Jimmie Davis3:07
12White Heat
recording of:
White Heat (on 1937-06-07)
composer:
Will Hudson
Bob Wills2:44
13What’s My Baby Doin’?
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1937-01-14)
clarinet:
Odell Rand (on 1937-01-14)
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1937-01-14)
drums (drum set):
Pearlis Williams (on 1937-01-14)
guitar:
Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1937-01-14) and Joe McCoy (on 1937-01-14)
mandolin:
Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1937-01-14)
piano:
Horace Malcolm (on 1937-01-14)
trumpet:
Herb Morand (on 1937-01-14)
vocals:
Joe McCoy (on 1937-01-14)
Harlem Hamfats3:01
14The Rhythm of the Range
recording of:
Rhythm of the Range (on 1937-10-11)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Johnny Marvin
Gene Autry2:32
15Stompin’ at Decca
recording of:
Stompin’ at Decca (on 1938-01-31)
composer:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) and Django Reinhardt (French jazz guitarist and composer)
Django Reinhardt2:37
16Better Quit It Now
Adolph Hofner2:37
17I Got Rhythm
Larry Adler2:55
18Fascinating Rhythm
Sol Hoopii2:47