New Orleans Artists

Discography

1954: R&B Pivotal Year

Transition Marker for Rock &Roll Years

With U.S. troops retruning from the Korean War, R&B and Rock & Roll music exploded with popularity!!!

Billy Tate - (Imperial 5337 1954) Single Life
Bobby Marchan - (Dot 1203 1954) You Made A Fool Of Me
Bobby Mitchell - (Imperial 5270 1954) Sister Lucy
Bobby Mitchell - (Imperial 5309 1954) She Couldn't Be Found
Boo Breeding - (Imperial 5336 1954) Low and Lonesome
Chris Kenner - (Speciality 494 1954) Walkin' The Track
Cousin Joe - (Imperial 5304 1954) A B C's Pts 1 & 2
Dave Bartholomew - (Imperial 5308 1954) Jump Children
Dave Collins - (Imperial 5294 1954) Bluesy Me
Earl King - (Specialty 495 1954)A Mother's Love
Written by Earl King - a great record; ahead of its time
Fats Domino - (Imperial 5283 1954) Where Did You Stay
George Stevenson - (Savoy 1123 1954) Teasin' Tan
Huey Smith - (Savoy 1954) You Made Me Cry
Little Leo - (Meladee 106 1954) What's It All About / Handwriting on the Wall
Little Richard - (Peacock 1628 1954) Rice, Red Beans, and Turnip Greens
Rare R&B song - before he did Rock & Roll style
Little Richard - (Peacock 1628 1954) Always (not the old standard)
Little Sonny Jones - (Imperial 5287 1954) Winehead Baby
Lloyd Price - (Speciality 494 1954) Walkin' The Track
Louis Jordan - (Aladdin 3249 1954) If I Had Any Sense
Nappy Brown - (Savoy 1155 1954) Don't Be Angry / It's Really You
Pee Wee Crayton - (Imperial 5288 1954) Every Dog Has His Day
Pee Wee Crayton - (Imperial 5345 1954) Runnin' Wild
Roy Brown - (King 4704 1954) Bootleggin' Baby
Shirley & Lee - (Aladdin 3258 1954) Comin' Over
Slim Sanders - (Chess 1563 1954) Let's Have Some Fun
Smiley Lewis - (Imperial 5268 1954) Down the Road
Snookum Russell - (Decca ???? 1954) Jukebox Boogie Woogie Chick
Snookum Russell - (Sapphire ???? 1954) Basin Street Ain't Basin Street
Sugar Boy & the Cane Cutters - (Checker 787 1954) Jock A Mo / You You You
Mardi Gras favorite; re-recorded as "Iko Iko" by the Dixie Cups - 1965
Sugar Boy & His Cane Cutters - (Checker 795 1954) I Bowed On My Knees / No More Heartaches
The Bees - (Imperial 5320 1954) I Want to be Loved
The Blue Diamonds - (Savoy 1134 1954) Honey Baby / No Money
vcl. Ernie Kador - his first 45-rpm as lead singer
The Hawks - (Imperial 5292 1954) I-Yi
The Hawks - (Imperial 5306 1954) Nobody But You
The Kidds - (Imperial 5335 1954) Drunk Drunk Drunk
The Kings - (Specialty 497 1954) Till I Say Well Done
The Pelicans - (Imperial 5307 1954) Ain't Gonna Do It
The Spiders - (Imperial 5318 1954) 3x7=21
The Spiders - (Imperial 5265 1954) I Didn't Want To Do It / You're the One
The Spiders - (Imperial 5331 1954) That's Enough
Tommy Ridgley - (Atlantic 1009 1954) I'm Gonna Cross that River*
* Ray Charles on piano - recorded in New Orleans
Willie Johnson - (Specialty 493 1954) That Night

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