The Legends of the Rocking Dutchman - episode 259

Capitol Rhythm & Blues series

Today I play from the beginnings of the Capitol 70000 Rhythm & Blues series, that started in 1949, when Capitol, founded in '42, was quickly growing into a major record label. The series has some great Rhythm & Blues and a few that I wonder what they're doing on a series like this.

The series also has some of the best of T-Bone Walker, recorded for the Black & While label, and aquired by Capitol when B&W closed down. Capitol kept some of them, like his iconic "Stormy Monday" in print troughout the fifties. T-Bone had recorded for Capitol before, in fact he was among the first to sign for the fledgling label, but he never got in their studios again - he signed for Imperial and later for Atlantic.

Transcript

Playlist

  1. Big Sis Andrews and Her Huckle-Busters - The Huckle-Buck (Capitol 70000)
  2. Nellie Lutcher - Ditto from Me to You (70001)
  3. Blues Taylor - Hackensack Mama (70003)
  4. Sammy Davis Jr. - I Ain't Got Nobody (70004)
  5. Julia Lee - Take It or Leave It (70006)
  6. Blue Lu Barker - Trombone man blues (70007)
  7. Nellie Lutcher - Kiss Me Sweet (70009)
  8. Addie Williams - Maybe Someday (70010)
  9. Betty Hall Jones - You Got To Have What It Takes (70011)
  10. T-Bone Walker - Vacation Blues (70012)
  11. T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday (70014)
  12. Julia Lee - Tonigth's the night (70013)
  13. Walter Brown - Lyin' Woman Blues (70015)
  14. Tommy Douglas Band - Goosed (70016)
  15. Bus Moten - It's so Hard to Laugh of Smile (70017)
  16. Lee Young - Seeing Double (70019)
  17. T-Bone Walker - You're My Best Poker Hand (70023)

Outtro:

  • Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
The following music served as background music during the spoken parts:
  • Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
  • Coleman Hawkins - Stuffy
  • Joe Lutcher - Joe Joe Jump
  • Joe Lutcher - Shuffle Boogie
  • Joe Lutcher - Strato-Cruiser
  • Zutty Singleton Trio - Barney's Bounce