We've got classics from the Carter Family, the Soul Stirrers, Ruth Brown and Ella Fitzgerald this week. Jake Vaadeland channels Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder re-imagines some Stax soul and an early '50s Chicago vocal group, the Five Chances gives us a rousing version of Nagasaki.
Artist Title Year Comments Ruth Brown - Lucky Lips 1957 Later a hit for Cliff Richards - also sung in German Jake Vaadeland - Father's Son 2022 The Soul Stirrers - Jesus I'll Never Forget 1951 Ella Fitzgerald (w; The Delta Rhythm Boys) - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons 1946 Dr. Clayton's Buddy (Sunnyland Slim) And His Orchestra - Across The Hall Blues 1948 Jack Padgett The Texas Wrangler - Boogie Woogie Gal 1948 The Five Chances - Nagasaki 1954 Early Chicago group AKA The Maples Paul Daigle, Mike Doucet & Robert Elkin - Hackberry Hop 1962 Professor Longhair - Gone So Long 1952 Recorded for Federal Records - https://www.spontaneouslunacy.net/professor-longhai-gone-so-long-federal-12073/ Bro Will Hairston - Shout School Children 1957 "Hurricane of the Motor City". Song about the enrollment of 9 black children in a school in Little Rock. The Carter Family - Jimmy Brown the Newsboy 1931 Adapted by A.P. Carter from Jimmy Brown the Paperboy by W.S. Hays in 1875 Ry Cooder - Trouble, You Can't Fool Me 1979 Originally by Frederick Knight The Sky Light Singers - New Jerusalem 1946 Red Saunders And His Orchestra - Riverboat 1954 Chicago bandleader John Lee Hooker - Think Twice Before You Go 1968 Clyde McPhatter - Thirty Days 1956 Joe South - You're the Reason 1961 Cover of Bobby Edwards song - not a hit for him Ray Smith - You Made A Hit 1958 Sun recording - Charlie Rich on piano Pete Johnson - Let 'Em Jump 1939