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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Jackie Wilson
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
- That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle and Roll
- Rock'N'Roll.
- Atlantic.
- 1.
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Ray Charles
Hallelujah I Love Her
- Ray Charles.
- Atlantic.
- 4.
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James Brown
I'll Go Crazy
- And I Write The Songs.
- Spectrum.
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Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog
- The Original Hound Dog.
- Universal-Island Records Limited.
- 1.
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Sam Cooke
(What A) Wonderful World
- Sam Cooke - The Man & His Music.
- RCA.
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Louis Jordan
Caldonia '56
- In The 50's: Hit, Git And Split.
- Cherry Red.
- 24.
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Wilson Pickett
Let Me Be Your Boy
- A Man And A Half.
- Warner Music.
- 2.
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Smiley Lewis
One Night
- The London American Label Year By Year: 1956.
- Ace.
- 7.
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Solomon Burke
Why Do Me That Way
- This Is It.
- Shout Records.
- 4.
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Muddy Waters
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Electric Mud & More.
- Charly.
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Larry Williams
Bony Moronie
- That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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LaVern Baker
Jim Dandy
- Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974: Volume 3 1955-1958.
- Membran.
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Big Mama Thornton & Johnny Ace
Yes, Baby
- Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings.
- Island Records.
- 8.
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Muddy Waters
I Just Want To Make Love To You
- Chess: The Rhythm And The Blues.
- Universal-Island Records Limited.
- 14.
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Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips
- Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974: Volume 3 1955-1958.
- Atlantic.
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Dinah Washington
What A Diff'rence A Day Made
- The Best Of Dinah Washington.
- Mercury.
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Chuck Willis
What Am I Living For
- Rockfile Volume 28.
- Universal.
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Elvis Presley
One Night
- Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
Broadcast
- Sat 16 Apr 2016 12:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 2 50s
People's History of Pop
Journey through a decade of exhilarating music with a selection of tracks from the 50s