We've got some musical giants this week - the larger-than-life Roosevelt Sykes, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Rosetta Tharpe and Joe Venuti to name a few plus some great but lesser-known artists like The Coon Creek Girls and Stuff Smith, along with new "old" music from Po' Boy Jeffreys and Calamity Jane.
Artist Title Year Chris Powell Ida Red 1952 The Blankenship Brothers Hard Up Blues 1960 Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra I Want a Tall Skinny Papa 1942 Jerry Lee Lewis Deep Elem Blues 1956 Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon, Tampa Red & His Hokum Jug Band I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone 1929 Sandy Walker & His Country Boys Beatin' Round The Bush 1956 Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Doin' Things 1927 Po'Boy Jeffreys & Calamity Jane Wayward Girl Blues 2022 Roosevelt Sykes Hush Oh Hush 1955 Stuff Smith After You've Gone 1936 The Coon Creek Girls Flowers Blooming In the Wildwood 1938 Mahalia Jackson I Gave Up 1952 Louis Armstrong Didn't He Ramble 1950 Lesa Cormier & The Sundown Playboys Saturday Night Special 1972 The Clovers Ting A Ling 1952 Jerry McCain Ting Tang Tagalu 1965 Cliff Gross Hog Pen Hop 1954 Don Gibson A Born Loser 1964 Dave Bartholomew Jump Children 1954 Buddy Johnson Buddy's Tune 1992