In the 1950s Elvis Presley became famous all over the world for his moves, his crazy clothes, his hairdo, his music, and his singing style. Before Elvis, only African-American blues and rhythm and blues singers would move that way on stage, wore those crazy clothes, and sang that type of music in that style etcetera. So he basically "stole their job" so to speak.
01. Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – My Baby Left Me (Crudup) RCA Victor 50-0109 1951
02. Roy Brown – Slow Down Little Eva (Bartholomew, Brown) Imperial X5469 1957
03. Roy Hamilton – Don’t Let Go (Stone) Epic 5-9257 1957
04. Robert Nighthawk and his Nighthawks Band – The Moon Is Rising (Nighthawk)
States S-131 1953
05. Arthur Gunter – Baby Lets Play House (Gunter) Excello 45-2047 1954
06. Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters – Money Honey (Stone) Atlantic 1006 1953
07. Bernard Hardison with Band – Too Much (Weinman, Norris) Republic 7111-45
1955
08. Brook Benton – Hurtin’ Inside (Benton, Colacrai, Otis, Randazzo) Mercury
71394X45 1959
09. Pete Mann – I Followed My Heart (Owen) Poplar 113 1957
10. The Eagles – Trying To Get To You (Singleton, McCoy) Mercury 70391 1954
11. Chuck Willis – I Feel So Bad (Willis) Okeh 4-7029 1954
12. Wynonie Harris – Good Rockin’ Tonight (Brown) King 4210 1948
13. Poppa Hop and his Orchestra – My Woman Has A Black Cat Bone (Wilson,
Semiens) Ivory 127 1960
14. Andre Williams with The Inspirations – I Still Love You (Williams) Fortune 856
1958
15. Vikki Nelson – Like A Baby (Stone) Vik 4X-0273 1957
16. Jimmy Breedlove – Jealous Fool (Saffer) Diaomond D-144 1963
17. Jackie Wilson – Right Now (Wolf, Starr) Brunswick BL 54042 1958
18. Willy & Ruth – Love Me (Leiber, Stoller) Spark 45x105 1954
19. Lloyd Price – Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Price) Speciality 428 1952
20. The Clovers – Little Mama (Taylor, Carroll, Jesmet) Atlantic 45-1022 1954
21. Eddie Riff With Orchestra – Ain’t That Loving You Baby (Otis, Hunter) Dover
102 1957
22. Billy Emerson – When It Rains It Pours (Emerson) Sun 214 1955
23. Fention Robinson With The Dukes – Tennessee Woman (Robison, Leslo)
Meteor 5041 1957
24. Smiley Lewis – One Night (Bartholomew, King) Imperial X5380 1956
25. Sonny Starns – Tangi Paho (Starns) Silon 45-201 ???
26. The Twilighters – Live Like A King (Williams, Wright) Ebb 117 1957
27. The Orioles – Crying In The Chapel (Glenn) Jubilee 45-5122 1953
28. Phil Flowers – You Stole My Heart (Davis, Flowers, Flowers, Flowers)
Hollywood 45-1089 1958
29. Otis Blackwell – Make Ready For Love (Blackwell) Atlantic 45-1165 1957
30. Joe Hughes – Make Me Dance Little Ant (Hayes, Young) Kangaroo KA-106
1958
