New Orleans Artists

1955 - 1959: Rhythm and Blues, Rock & Roll

1955

Al Reed - (Post 2013 1955) She's Rolling
Big Boy Myles & the Shaw-Weez (Specialty 564 1955) Who's Been Foolin' You / That's The Girl I Married
Big Mike - (Savoy 1152 1955) Down in New Orleans
Bobby Mitchell - (Imperial 5346 1955) I'm In Love
Boo Breeding - (Imperial 5336 1955) Country Woman / Low and Lonesome
Earl King - (Ace 509 1955) Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
Written by Earl King; recorded in Jackson, MS at Ace records
Eddie Bo - (Apollo 486 1955) I’m Wise / Happy Tears
Song is basis for Little Richard's "Slippin' and Sliddin'" record
Eddie Bo - (Apollo 509 1956) Too Much of a Good Thing
Eddie Bo - (Ace 515 1955) I'm So Tired
Edgar Blanchard - (Specialty 586 1956) Steppin' High
Ernest Kador - (Specialty 562 1955) Eternity / Do Baby Do
aka Ernie K-Doe before he changed name and style
Little Bo - (Ace 501 1955) Baby / So Glad
Little Richard - (Peacock 1658 1955) Little Richard's Boogie / Directly From My Heart To You
backed by Johnny Otis Band
Little Richard - (Peacock 1673 1955) I Love My Baby / Maybe I'm Right
backed by Johnny Otis Band
Little Richard - (Specialty 561 1955) Tutti Frutti
Marker for Classic New Orleans Rock & Roll period!
Lloyd Price - (Specialty 540 1955) Trying to Find Someone to Love
Nappy Brown - (Savoy 1162 1955) There'll Come A Day
Nappy Brown - (Savoy 1167 1955) Just A Little Love
Roy Brown - (King 4761 1955) Fannie Brown Got Married
Roy Milton - (Dootone 377 1955) I Wanna Go Home
The Barons - (Imperial 5343 1955) Eternally Yours / Boom Boom
The Barons - (Imperial 5360 1955) Why Fool Yourself
The Hawks - (Imperial 5332 1955) It's Too Late Now
The Spiders - (Imperial 5354 1955) Bells in My Heart
The Spiders - (Imperial 5366 1955) Witchcraft
Tony Allen - (Specialty 560 1955) Night Owl
Wee Willie Wayne - (Imperial 5355 1955) Travelin' Mood / I Remember
Willie Egans - (Mambo 111 1955) Come On

1956

Big Boy Myles - (Specialty 590 1956) Hickory Dickory Dock / Just To Hold My Hand
Bobby Mitchell - (Imperial 5392 1956) Going 'Round in Circles
Gospel inspired classic!!!
Champion Jack Dupree - (Groove 0171 1956) When I Got Married / Lonely Road Blues
Champion Jack Dupree - (King 4906 1956) Overhead Blues
Charles Williams - (Checker 831 1956) So Glad She's Mine
Chris Kenner - (Specialty 571 1956) I Yi Yi Gomen A Sai / Woe Ho Ho
Chris Kenner - (Specialty 578 1956) Rock 'n Roll Dance / Country Boy Rock
Chris Kenner - (Specialty 582 1956) I'm Glad
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - (Argo 5259 1956) Troubles Troubles Troubles / Ain't Got No Home
Dave Bartholomew - (Imperial 5373 1956) Shrimp and Gumbo
Dave Bartholomew - (Imperial 5390 1956) Turn Your Lamp Down Low
Eddie Bo - (Apollo 486 1956) Baby I'm Wise
Edgar Blanchard - (Specialty 586 1956) Steppin' High
Fats Domino - (Imperial 5386 1956) My Blue Heaven / I'm In Love Again
Fats Domino - (Imperial 5396 1956) Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino - (Imperial 5417 1956) Blue Monday
Huey Smith - (Ace 521 1956) Everybody's Whalin' / Little Liza Jane
Jimmy Beasley - (Modern 996 1956) Don't Feel Sorry for Me / Little Coquette
Joe Clay - (Vik 0211 1956) Duck Tail / Sixteen Chicks
Johnny "Guitar" Watson - (RPM 471 1956) She Moves Me
Lee Allen - (Aladdin 1956) Rockin' At Cosimo's
Session saxophonist for Cosimo's Studio
Little Richard - (Specialty 572 1956) Long Tall Sally / Slippin and Slidin
Little Richard - (Specialty 579 1956) Rip It Up / Reddy Teddy
Little Richard - (Specialty 591 1956) The Girl Can't Help It / All Around the World
Lloyd Price - (Specialty 571 1956) I Yi Yi Gomen A Sai / Woe Ho Ho
Lloyd Price - (Speciality 578 1956) Country Boy Rock / Rock 'n Roll Dance
Milson Luce - (Argo 5260 1956) I Got You / Don't Break Your Promise to Me
with Johnny Wallace Sextet on the Argo label - a subsidiary of Chess developed for jazz recordings. Issued in 1956 on 78-rpm format.
Don't Break Your Promise... Written by Milson Luce; recorded by Dale Hawkins in 1959 on Checker 940
Myrtle Jones - (Courier COU-507 1955) I'm Goin' Home
Paul Gayten - (Checker 836 1956) You Better Believe It
Roy Montrel - (Specialty 583 1956) Oooh Wow
Ruth Durand - (Post 2012 1956) I'm Wise
Shirley & Lee - (Aladdin 3325 1956) Let the Good Times Roll
Considered the gold standard for R&B in New Orleans!!!
Shirley & Lee - (Aladdin 3338 1956) I Feel Good / Now That It's Over
Tony Allen - (Specialty 570 1956) Check Yourself Baby
The Dukes - (Imperial 5415 1956) Wini Brown / Cotton Picking Hands
The Dukes - (Imperial 5401 1956) Teardrop Eyes
Werly Fairburn - (Savoy 1503 1956) I'm A Fool About Your Love / All The Time

1957

More Rock & Roll

Beginning in 1957, a television show named American Bandstand, hosted by Dick Clark, brought Rock & Roll and Doo Wop into the living rooms of American teenagers every weekday - Monday through Friday.

Champion Jack Dupree - (Vik 0279 1957) Old Time Rock 'N Roll
Champion Jack Dupree - (Vik 0304 1957) Shake Baby Shake
Charles Brown - (Aladdin 3366 1957) Please Believe Me
Chris Kenner - (Imperial 5448 1957) Sick and Tired / I Have News for You
Written by Dave Bartholomew/Chris Kenner
Chris Kenner - (Baton 1957) Grandma's House
Clarence "Frogman" Henry - (Argo 5273 1957) I Found A Home / It Won't Be Long
Dale Hawkins - (Checker 863 1957) Susie-Q
Donnie Elbert - (Deluxe 6125 1957) What Can I Do
Earl Palmer w/Jayhawks - (Aladdin 3379 1957) Johnny's House Party Pts 1&2
Eddie Bo - (Chess 1698 1957) Oh-Oh
Eddie Lang - (RPM 466 1957) Come On Home
Ernie Kado - (Ember 1050 1957) Tuff Enough
Fillmore Slim - (Dooto 429 1957) You've Got the Nerve of a Brass Monkey
Huey 'Piano' Smith - (Ace 530 1957) Rockin' Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu
Huey Smith & His Clowns - (Ace 538 1957) Just A Lonely Clown
Jimmy McCracklin - (Irma 107 1957) Savoy's Jump
Larry Williams - (Specialty 597 1957) Just Because
Cover of Lloyd Price's song - 1957
Larry Williams born in New Orleans; recorded on West Coast
Larry Williams - (Specialty 608 1957) High School Dance / Short Fat Fannie
Larry Williams - (Specialty 615 1957) Bony Moronie / You Bug Me Baby
Lightnin' Slim - (Excello 2096 1957) Bad Luck And Trouble
Classic Louisiana blues - a master at capturing the Louisiana spirit!
Little Richard - (Specialty 591 1957) The Girl Can't Help It / All Around the World
Little Richard - (Specialty 598 1957) Lucille / Send Me Some Lovin'
Little Richard - (Specialty 606 1957) Jenny Jenny / Miss Ann
Little Richard - (Specialty 611 1957) Keep A Knockin'
Lloyd Price - (Specialty 602 1957) Baby, Please Come Home
Lloyd Price - (ABC-Paramount 9792 1957) Just Because
Written by Lloyd Price
Professor Longhair - (Ebb 101 1957) No Buts, No Maybes / Cry Pretty Baby
Professor Longhair - (Ebb 106 1957) Look What You're Doing to Me / Misery
Professor Longhair - (Ebb 121 1957) Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Rare singles on the Ebb label - owned by Art Rupe's wife
Roy Brown - (King 5247 1959) Ain't No Rockin' No More
Roy Brown - (Imperial 5469 1957) Slow Down Little Eva
Shirley & Lee - (Aladdin 3362 1957) When I Saw You / That's What I Wanna Do
Shirley & Lee - (Aladdin 3380 1957) Rock All Night
Slim Sanders - (Lamp 2004 1957) For Me and My Gal
Smiley Lewis - (Imperial 5450 1957) Goin' to Jump and Shout
Sugar Boy & the Cane Cutters - (Imperial 5424 1957) She's Got A Wobble (When She Walks)
A huge, local, Mardi Gras favorite!!! (with Earl Palmer on drums)
The Sparks - (Decca 9-30378 1957) Merry Merry Lou
Tommy Ridgley - (Herald 513 1957) Want 'Cha Gone

1958

Al Johnson - (Ric 956 1958) Lena
Albert Scott - (Vin 1005 1958) Hey, Hey, Baby Come Home / Can't Let You Go
Allen Tousan - (LP RCA 1767 1958 "The Wild Sound of New Orleans") tracks: Java; Pelican Parade --- Allen Toussaint's recording alias
Art Neville - (Specialty 637 1958) Cha Dooky Doo
Clarence Henry - (Argo 5266 1958) I'm A Country Boy / Lonely Tramp
Donnie Elbert - (De Luxe 6156 1958) Wild Child
Donnie Elbert - (De Luxe 6168 1958) Come On Sugar
Donnie Elbert - (De Luxe 6175 1958) When You're Near Me
Eddie Bo - (Ace 555 1958) I Love to Rock & Roll
Fats Domino - (Imperial 5515 1958) Sick and Tired
Remake of Chris Kenner's tune from 1957
Frankie Lee Sims - (Vin 1006 1958 ) She Likes to Boogie Real Low
Handsome Earl - (Vin 1003 1958) Everybody Got to Cry
Huey 'Piano' Smith - (Ace 545 1958) High Blood Pressure / Don't Ya Just Know It
Double-sided classic New Orleans' Rock & Roll!!!
Huey Smith & the Clowns - (Ace 548 1958) We Like Birdland
Huey Piano Smith - (Ace 553 1958) Don't You Know Yockomo / Well, I'll Be John Brown
Huey & Jerry - (Vin 1000 1958) Little Chickee Wah Wah (=Huey Smith & Gerri Hall)
Jerry Byrne (Specialty 635 1958) Lights Out / Honey Baby
Jimmy Clanton & Rockets - (Ace 546 1958) Just A Dream
Jimmy McCracklin - (Checker 885 1958) The Walk / I'm To Blame
Jimmy McCracklin - (Checker 893 1958) Everybody Rock / Get Tough
John Fred - (Montel 1002 1958) Shirley - recorded Cosimo Matassa's studio
Larry Williams - (Specialty 626 1958) Slow Down / Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Larry Williams - (Specialty 634 1958) Hootchy-Koo / The Dummy
Lee Allen - (Ember 1027 1958) Walkin' with Mr. Lee (Instrumental)
Lee Allen - (Ember 1031 1958) Boppin’ At The Hop
Lee Diamond - (Vee Jay 272 1958) Hattie Malattie
Leonard Carbo w/Upsetters (Vee-Jay 291 1958) Pigtails & Blue Jeans
Little Richard - (Specialty 624 1958) Good Golly, Miss Molly
Little Richard - (Specialty 633 1958) True Fine Mama / Ooh! My Soul
Little Richard - (Specialty 652 1958) She Knows How to Rock / Early One Morning
Louis Jordan - (Mercury 71319 1958) Sweet Hunk of Junk
Lloyd Price - (ABC 9972 1958) Stagger Lee
Lloyd Price - (KRC 5000 1958) Such A Mess
Marie Knight - (Baton 253 1958) I Thought I Told You Not to Tell Him
Mercy Baby - (Ric 955 1958) Pleadin'
Roy Brown - (Imperial 5489 1958) Ain't Gonna Do It
The Velveteers - (Ric 958 1958) Feelin' Alright On A Saturday Night

1959

Art Neville - (Specialty 656 1959) Arabian Love Call
Bobby Marchan - (Ace 557 1959) Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain
Bobby Marchan & the Tick Tocks - (Fire 1014 1959) Snoopin' and Accusin'
Bonnie Fussell - (Hammond 104 1959) Too High Class
Boogie Jake - (Minit 602 1959) Early Morning Blues
Chris Kenner - (Ron 335 1959) Rocket to the Moon / Life Is Just A Struggle
Cookie & the Cupcakes - (Paula 221 1959) Mathilda
Earl Williams - (Arcadia 114 1959) Nothing But the Lights
Eddie Lang - (Ron 324 1959) She's All Mine / Troubles Troubles
Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 604 1959) Make You Love Me
New Orleans' master integrator of R&B, Rock & Roll and Soul!!!
Fats Domino - (Imperial 5585 1959) I'm Ready
Fats Domino - (Imperial 5606 1959) I Want to Walk You Home
Frankie Ford - (Ace 554 1959) Sea Cruise / Roberta
Huey Smith & Gerri Hall - (Ace Uniss 1959) Sea Cruise
Remastered by Johnny Vincent (Ace) with Frankie Ford doing vocal track
issued on Ace 554
Huey Smith - (Ace 562 1959) Would You Believe It (I Have A Cold) / Genevieve
Irma Thomas - (Ron 328 1959) Don't Mess with My Man
her first 45-rpm at age 17
Jerry Byrne - (Specialty 662 1959) Carry On
Jimmy Clanton - (Ace 575 1959) Go Jimmy Go
Johnny Adams - (Ric 961 1959) I Won't Cry
Johnny Adams - (Ric 963 1959) Come On / Nowhere to Go
Little Richard - (Specialty 660 1959) By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Lloyd Price - (ABC-Paramount 9997 1959) Where were You on Our Wedding Day
Lloyd Price - (ABC-Paramount 10032 1959) I'm Gonna Get Married
Lloyd Price - (ABC-Paramount 10018 1959) Personality
Lloyd Price - (KRC 5002 1959) Gonna Let You Come Back Home
Marty Lewis - (Flame 147 1959) Your Voodoo Love
Morgus & the Ghouls (Vin 1013 1959) Morgus The Magnificent
Novelty song about a local TV personailty!!!
with Jerry Byrne, Dr. John and Frankie Ford
Nappy Brown - (Savoy 1562 1959) All Right Now
Paul Marvin - (Ron 322 1959) Hurry Up / Cinderella
Robert Parker - (Ron 331 1959) Across the Track
Stark Whiteman & the Crowns - (White Cliffs ???? 1959) We Will All Remember (Graduation Day)
Tommy Facenda - (Atlantic 45-68 1959) High School USA (N.O. version)
Not a New Orleans artist

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