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Sounds of the 50s with Leo Green

As well as the mainstream charts, the 50s celebrated Blues, Rhythm & Blues and Soul music with their own charts and in this programme Leo Green plays the hits by the Kings & Queens of the genres, as well as recalling their lives and stories behind the music.

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Sat 16 Apr 2016 12:00
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Music Played

  • Jackie Wilson

    Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Big Joe Turner

    Shake, Rattle and Roll

    • Rock'N'Roll.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Ray Charles

    Hallelujah I Love Her

    • Ray Charles.
    • Atlantic.
    • 4.

  • James Brown

    I'll Go Crazy

    • And I Write The Songs.
    • Spectrum.

  • Big Mama Thornton

    Hound Dog

    • The Original Hound Dog.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 1.

  • Sam Cooke

    (What A) Wonderful World

    • Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
    • RCA.

  • Louis Jordan

    Caldonia '56

    • In The 50's: Hit, Git And Split.
    • Cherry Red.
    • 24.

  • Wilson Pickett

    Let Me Be Your Boy

    • A Man And A Half.
    • Warner Music.
    • 2.

  • Smiley Lewis

    One Night

    • The London American Label Year By Year: 1956.
    • Ace.
    • 7.

  • Solomon Burke

    Why Do Me That Way

    • This Is It.
    • Shout Records.
    • 4.

  • Muddy Waters

    I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

    • Electric Mud & More.
    • Charly.

  • Larry Williams

    Bony Moronie

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • LaVern Baker

    Jim Dandy

    • Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974: Volume 3 1955-1958.
    • Membran.
    • 7.

  • Big Mama Thornton & Johnny Ace

    Yes, Baby

    • Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings.
    • Island Records.
    • 8.

  • Muddy Waters

    I Just Want To Make Love To You

    • Chess: The Rhythm And The Blues.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 14.

  • Ruth Brown

    Lucky Lips

    • Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974: Volume 3 1955-1958.
    • Atlantic.
    • 15.

  • Dinah Washington

    What A Diff'rence A Day Made

    • The Best Of Dinah Washington.
    • Mercury.

  • Chuck Willis

    What Am I Living For

    • Rockfile Volume 28.
    • Universal.
    • 13.

  • Elvis Presley

    One Night

    • Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Apr 2016 12:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 50s

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