Release Info

This excellent Bear Family collection presents R&B hits from 1953, including "Hound Dog," "I Wanna Know," "Mess Around," and 'I Had a Notion."

Tracks

1. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Brown, Ruth
2. Baby Don't Do It - "5" Royales
3. Gabbin' Blues - Big Maybelle
4. Whoopin' & Hollerin' - Forest, Earl
5. Hound Dog - Thornton, Big Mama
6. Big Ten-Inch Record - Jackson, Bull Moose
7. I'm Gone - Shirley & Lee
8. Please Love Me - King, B.B.
9. Soft - Bradshaw, Tiny
10. Dream Girl - Jesse & Marvin
11. I'm Mad - Mabon, Willie
12. I Wanna Know - Du Droppers
13. Clock - Ace, Johnny
14. Get It - Royals
15. Please Don't Leave Me - Domino, Fats
16. Crying in the Chapel - Orioles
17. Hittin' on Me - Johnson, Buddy & Ella
18. Good Lovin' - Clovers
19. Mess Around - Charles, Ray
20. Shake a Hand - Adams, Faye
21. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
22. Honey Hush - Turner, Big Joe
23. Blues With a Feeling - Little Walter
24. Marie - Four Tunes
25. I Had a Notion - Morris, Joe
26. Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames
27. T.V. Is the Thing (This Year) - Washington, Dinah
28. Money Honey - McPhatter, Clyde & The Drifters
29. Drunk - Liggins, Jimmy