The series rounds up the crème de la crème of up-tempo rockers and sources some of the best post-war African-American performances from the mighty state. You will encounter a wide variety of Rhythm & Blues, Jump Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll Music and Doo-Wop music, from well-known to forgotten artists whose legacy could often be a solitary recording, and the sleeve notes tell the stor
01 Jimmy Witherspoon with Jesse Stone Orch. All Right Miss Moore (Stone) 02:19 RCA Victor 1957
02 Little Willie John Do You Love Me (John) 01:58 King 1960
03 Gene Allison If Things Don't Change (Jarrett) 02:24 Champion 1959
04 Dee Clark Kangaroo Hop (Clark) 02:18 Falcon 1957
05 Big Maybelle My Country Man (Kirkland, Wyche) 02:33 Okeh 1953
06 Billy 'Red' Love and His Orch. Drop Top (Love) 02:39 Chess 1952
07 Murfreesboro with Jimmy Beck and Orch. Real Good Man (Garner) 02:31 Champion 1959
08 Stick McGhee and His Buddies House Warmin' Boogie (S&B McGhee) 03:07 Atlantic 1951
09 Little Charles and The Daffodils No Fool No More (Bubis) 02:11 Champion 1959
10 Robert Lockwood Jr. with Rhythm Acc. (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole (Lockwood Jr.) 02:37 Mercury 1951
11 Chicago Sunny Boy On The Floor (Louis) 02:57 Meteor 1953
12 Big John Greer Soon, Soon, Soon (Biggs, Thomas) 02:39 Groove 1955
13 Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann Voodoo Woman Blues (Demetrius) 02:35 Mercury 1946
14 Ford Nelson Quintet (vocal) Frank Brown Little Annie (Brown Jr.) 02:13 RCA 1952
15 Lucky Millinder and His Orch. with Rosetta Tharpe Shout, Sister Shout (Millinder, Doggett) 02:49 Decca 1942
16 Cecil Gant Nashville Jumps (Gant) 02:54 Bullet 1946
17 Frank Frost with The Nighthawks Now Twist (Frost) 01:50 Phillips International 1962
18 Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band River Hip Mama (Brown) 02:38 Bluebird 1942
19 Jimmy Witherspoon and The Quintones My Girl Ivy (Smith, Evelyn, Withabig) 02:19 Atco 1956
20 Little Willie John Until You Do (Toombs, McCoy) 02:14 King 1957
21 Dee Clark Seven Nights (Clark, Twiggs) 02:21 Falcon 1957
22 Al Garner Chantilly Lace (Richardson) 02:18 Grand Award 1959
23 Arthur Gunter My Heart's Always Lonesome (Gunter) 02:27 Excello 1961
24 Little Al Easy Ridin' Buggy (Gunter) 02:13 Excello 1958
25 Christine Kittrell Call His Name (Kittrell) 02:23 Republic 1955
26 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five ?Texas And Pacific (Fine, Hirsch) 03:03 Decca 1947
27 Lillian Offitt Miss You So (Babb) 02:09 Excello 1957
28 Big Willie Bogey Man (no writer credit) 03:10 Apollo 1953
