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    11/05/1997

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  • "I Wonder"

    • All Music Guide Review

    Yet another excellent collection from British blues and R&B label Indigo, 1942-45: The R&B Hits chronicles the heady period when small and big band swing morphed into jump blues in major cities across the U.S. Featuring 44 cuts spread over two discs, the mix takes in most of the major players, including Louis Jordan, Lucky Millinder, Wynonie Harris, Joe Turner, Jimmy Rushing, the Count Basie band, and Jimmy Liggins. Also on hand are such smooth crooners as Nat King Cole, Ivory Joe Hunter, and Helen Humes. Mighty contributions are also heard from vintage blues picker Tampa Red, R&B-hewn jazz diva Dinah Washington, rock & roll forefather Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and vibraphone master Lionel Hampton. Crucial cuts abound on an album which consistently rocks the house. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Take It and Git
  • Kirk, Andy & His Clouds of Joy
  • 3:17

  • 2
  • I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
  • Jordan, Louis [1] & His Tympany Five
  • 3:06

  • 3
  • Stormy Monday Blues
  • 3:11

  • 4
  • Let's Be Friends
  • Green, Lillian "Lil"
  • 3:18

  • 5
  • What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)?
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 2:51

  • 6
  • See See Rider Blues
  • Bea Booze
  • 3:17

  • 7
  • That Ain't Right
  • King Cole Trio
  • 3:12

  • 8
  • Let Me Play With Your Poodle
  • Tampa Red
  • 2:38

  • 9
  • Let's Beat Out Some Love
  • Johnson, Buddy & His Orchestra
  • 3:02

  • 10
  • Apollo Jump
  • Millinder, Lucky And His Orchestra
  • 3:23

  • 11
  • Why Don't You Do Right?
  • Lee, Peggy and Benny Goodman Orchestra
  • 3:15

  • 12
  • Riffette
  • Slack, Freddie & His Orchestra
  • 3:02

  • 13
  • Flying Home
  • Hampton, Lionel
  • 3:12

  • 14
  • Rusty Dusty Blues
  • 3:13

  • 15
  • Hey Lawdy Mama
  • 2:57

  • 16
  • Five Guys Named Moe
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 3:09

  • 17
  • Ration Blues
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 3:02

  • 18
  • Hurry Hurry
  • 2:56

  • 19
  • When My Man Comes Home
  • 3:07

  • 20
  • Straight up and Fly Right
  • King Cole Trio
  • 2:28

  • 21
  • Evil Gal Blues
  • Washington, Dinah
  • 2:54

  • 22
  • G.I. Jive
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 2:59

  • 23 (2)
  • Cherry Red
  • 3:05

  • 24 (2)
  • Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 2:45

  • 25 (2)
  • Hamp's Boogie Woogie No. 1
  • Hampton, Lionel
  • 3:16

  • 26 (2)
  • Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
  • King Cole Trio
  • 2:57

  • 27 (2)
  • I Wonder
  • Gant, Cecil
  • 2:45

  • Lyrics for I Wonder
  • 28 (2)
  • Somebody's Gotta Go
  • 3:16

  • 29 (2)
  • Mop! Mop!
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 2:57

  • 30 (2)
  • You Can't Get That No More
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 3:21

  • 31 (2)
  • S.K. Blues, Pt. 1
  • Turner, Joe
  • 3:01

  • 32 (2)
  • Strange Things Happening Every Day
  • Tharpe, Sister Rosetta
  • 2:50

  • 33 (2)
  • Rock Me Mama
  • Crudup, Arthur "Big Boy"
  • 2:59

  • 34 (2)
  • Caldonia
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 2:43

  • 35 (2)
  • Lover Man
  • Holiday, Billie
  • 3:17

  • 36 (2)
  • Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well?
  • 2:58

  • 37 (2)
  • Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
  • Jordan, Louis [1]
  • 3:16

  • 38 (2)
  • That's the Stuff You Gotta Watch
  • Buddy Johnson Orchestra
  • 3:08

  • 39 (2)
  • The Honeydripper, Pt. 1
  • Liggins, Joe & His Honeydrippers
  • 3:05

  • 40 (2)
  • The Honeydripper, Pt. 2
  • Liggins, Joe & His Orchestra
  • 3:12

  • 41 (2)
  • Jimmy's Blues
  • 2:58

  • 42 (2)
  • Things Have Changed
  • Merriweather, Big Maceo
  • 2:58

  • 43 (2)
  • Blues at Sunrise
  • Hunter, Ivory Joe
  • 3:15

  • 44 (2)
  • Be-Baba-Leba
  • Humes, Helen
  • 2:41

  • Credits



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