New Orleans Artists


1960 - 1963: Decline of R&B, Decline of Rock & Roll

1960

Rhythm & Blues Fades from the Spotlight
  • Aaron Neville - (Minit 612 1960) Over You
  • Big Boy Myles - (Ace 605 1960) New Orleans / Gray Bonnet
  • Bobby Marchan - (Fire 1022 1960) There's Something on Your Mind, Parts 1 & 2

    Who is Bobby Marchan? Born: Oscar James Gibson - 1930 - Youngstown, OH
    Died: December 5, 1999 - Member of Huey Smith & the Clowns

  • Bobby Marchan - (Fire / Flirt 1027 1960) Booty Green / It Hurts Me To My Heart
  • Bobby Marchan - (Fire 1037 1960) What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You
  • Bobby Marchan - (Ace 595 1960) Hush Your Mouth / Quit My Job
  • Dave Bartholomew - (Imperial 5724 1960) People Are Talking
  • Eddie Bo - (Ric 964 1960) Warm Daddy
  • Eddie Bo - (Ric 969 1960) Every Dog Got His Day
  • Eddie Bo - (Ric 977 1960) It Must Be Love
  • Earl King - (Imperial 5811 1960) Trick Bag
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 614 1960) T'aint it the Truth / Hello My Lover
    Another of K-Doe's double-sided hits!!!!
  • Huey Smith - (Ace 584 1960) For Cryin' Out Loud / Beatnik Blues
  • Huey Smith & the Clowns - (Vin 1024 1960) I Didn't Do It / They Kept On
  • Irma Thomas - (Ron 330 1960) A Good Man / I May Be Wrong
  • James "Sugar Boy" Crawford - (Montel 1003 1960) Danny Boy
  • Jessie Hill - (Minit 607 1960) Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Parts 1 & 2
  • Jessie Hill - (Minit 611 1960) Whip it On Me
  • Jessie Hill - (Minit 616 1960) Scoop Scoobie Doobie
  • Jessie Hill (Minit 628 1960) Oogsey Moo
  • Jimmy Clanton - (Ace 585 1960) Another Sleepless Night
  • Joe Jones - (Ric 972 withdrawn 1960) You Talk Too Much
  • Joe Jones - (Ric and Roulette labels 1960) You Talk Too Much
    Released on two record labels simultaneously led to the demise of this original hit record; Frankie Ford released it a year later, and it became a local hit!
  • Roland Stone - (Ace 593 1960) Something Special / Desert Winds
  • Ronnie & the Delinquents - (JC 1000 1960) Bad Neighborhood
  • Shirley & Jessie - (Wand 1116 1960) You Can't Fight Love

1961

  • Art Neville - (Instant 3236 1961) That Rock & Roll Beat
  • Barbara George - (AFO 302 1961) I Know
  • Benny Spellman - (Ace 630 1961) That's All I Ask of You
  • Big Boy Myles - (Ace 637 1961) Oh, Mary / Who Can I Turn To
  • Chris Kenner - (Instant 3229 1961) I Like it Like That / Something You Got
  • Chris Kenner - (Prigan 2002 1961) Don't Make No Noise
  • Chris Kenner - (Instant 3234 1961) A Very True Story / Packin' Up
  • Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - (Argo 5378 1961) I Don't Know Why But I Do
  • Curley Moore - (Teem 1002 1961) They Gonna Do What They Wanna Do
  • Diamond Joe (Minit 629 1961) Moanin' and Screamin' Pts 1 & 2
  • Eddie Bo - (Ric 981 1961, Capitol 4617) Dinky Doo
    Rare - low profile rock & roll with backup singers
  • Eddie Bo - (Ric 989 1961) Baby, I'm Wise
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 623 1961) Mother-In-Law / Wanted $10,000 Reward
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 627 1961) Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Te-Ta / Real Man
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 634 1961) A Certain Girl / I Have Cried My Last Tear
  • Frankie Ford - (Imperial 5686 1961)You Talk Too Much
  • Huey Smith - (Imperial 5747 1961) Behind the Wheel Pt 1
  • Huey Smith - (Ace 638 1961) Mean, Mean Man
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 625 1961) Cry On
  • Irma Thomas - (Bandy 368 1961) Look Up
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 633 1961) It's Too Soon to Know
  • Jimmy Jules - (Atlantic 2120 1961) Talk About You
  • Joe Barry - (Smash 1702 1961) I'm A Fool to Care
  • Joe Jones - (Roulette 4304 1961) You Talk Too Much
  • Johnny Adams - (Ric 983 1961) I Solemnly Promise
  • Lee Dorsey - (Fury 1053 1961) Ya Ya
  • Lee Tillman - (Ron 341 1961) Will Travel
  • Prince La La - (AFO 301 1961) She Put the Hurt on Me
  • Lloyd Price - (ABC 9997 1961) Where Were You On our Wedding Day
  • Raymond Lewis - (Instant 3233 1961) Miss Sticks
  • Roland Stone - (Ace 629 1961) Just A Moment / I Can't Help It
  • Roland Stone - (Ace 643 1961) Everybody's Lonesome / I Was A Fool
  • Shirley Raymond - (At Last 1001 1961) What a Wedding Day
  • Sugar Boy Crawford - (Ace 625 1961) I Cried / Have A Little Mercy
  • Warren Lee - (Ron 345 1961) Unemployed / The Uh Huh

1962

  • Aaron Neville - (Minit 657 1963) How Could I Help But Love You
  • Art Neville - (Instant 3246 1962) All These Things
    Huge local New Orleans favorite!!!
  • Barbara Lynn - (Jamie 1220 1962) You'll Lose a Good Thing
    Lynn's early records recorded in New Orleans studio
  • Benny Spellman - (Minit 644 1962) Lipstick Traces / Fortune Teller

    Who is Benny Spellman? Born: July 6, 1931 - Pensacola, FL
    Bass vocalist on Ernie K-Doe's "Mother-In-Law," - also was a Member of Huey Smith & the Clowns for a short while.

  • Big Boy Myles - ( vinyl LP Teem 5004 "Approved by 10,000,000" 1962) Lonely Life
    Ace subsdiary label; compilation LP; various artists
  • Chick Carbo - (Instant 3245 1962) In The Night
  • Chris Kenner - (Instant 3247 1962) Johnny Little
  • Chuck "Como" Cavet - (Foxy 1001 1962) Bells in My Heart / I'm Not A Know It All
  • Danny White - (Frisco 104 1962) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye / The Little Bitty Things

    Who is Danny White? Born: July 6, 1931 - New Orleans, LA
    Died: January 6, 1996 - Capitol Heights, MD

  • Earl King - (Imperial 5858 1962) You're More to Me than Gold
  • Earl King - (Wand 11232 1962) Mama and Papa
  • Eddie Bo - (Swan 4099 1962) Check Mr. Popeye
  • Eddie Bo - (Ric 989 1962) Roaminitis
  • Eddie Bo - (Ric 964 1960) Ain't It the Truth Now
  • Eddie Bo - (Chess 1833 1962) You're The Only One
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 641 1962) Come On Home / Popeye Joe
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 645 1962) Hey Hey Hey
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 651 1962) Beating Like A Tom Tom
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 656 1962) Get Out Of My House
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 665 1963) I'm the Boss
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Bandy 1963) Lonelyology (For Your Love)
  • Eskew Reeder - (Minit 648 1962) Green Door / I Waited Too Long
  • Huey Smith & his Clowns - (Ace 649 1962) Pop Eye
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 642 1962) I Done Got Over
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 653 1962) It's Raining / I Did My Part
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 660 1962) Two Winters Long
  • Irma Thomas (Minit 666 1962) Ruler of My Heart
  • Jessie Hill - (Minit 646 1962) Can't Get Enough (Of That Ooh Pah Doo)
  • Lee Dorsey - (Fury 1061 1962) Behind the Eight Ball
  • Modest Clifton - (Squalor 1962) Pretty Little Baby
  • Oliver Morgan - (AFO 306 1962) I'll Make A Bet / I Got A Feelin
  • Raymond Lewis - (Instant 3242 1962) I'm Gonna Put Some Hurt On You
  • Reggie Hall - (Chess 1816 1962) The Joke / You Can Think What You Want To
  • Reggie Hall - (Rip 156 1962) Always Pickin' on Me
  • Roland Stone - (Spinett 1002 1959) Preacher's Daughter
  • Roland Stone - (Ace 656 1962) Someday, Sweetheart / My Mother's Eyes
  • Robert Parker - (Imperial 5842 1962) Twistin' Out Of Space
  • Snooks Eaglin - (Imperial 5946 1962) Little Eva
  • Snooks Eaglin - (Imperial 5802 1962) I'm Slippin' In
  • Wilie Tee - (AFO 1962) I Found Out (You Are My Cousin)

1963

R&B Charts ended by Billboard Magazine
  • Aaron Neville - (Minit 657 1963) Wrong Number / How Could I Help But Love You
  • Art Neville - (Instant 3256 1963) You Won't Do Right
  • Benny Spellman - (Minit 659 1963) You Got to Get It
  • Bobby Mitchell - (Imperial 5923 1963) I Don't Wanna Be A Wheel No More
  • Chris Kenner - (Instant 3257 1963) Come Back And See
  • Chris Kenner - (Instant 3252 1963) Land of 1000 Dances
  • Cookie & the Cupcakes - (Chess 1848 1963) Got You On My Mind
    Crossover hit from Swamp Pop artists
  • Danny White - (Frisco 110 1963) Loan Me A Handkerchief / One Little Lie
  • Danny White - (Frisco 110 1963) Can't Do Nothing Without You
  • Deacon John - (Rip 158 1963) I Can't Wait
  • Eddie Bo - (At Last 1006 1963) I Found A Little Girl
  • Eddie Powers - (Pitassy 204 1963) I'll Dream No More / Fish Eyes (Instr. Earl Stanley & Stereos)
  • Eddie Powers - (Sims 205 ) I'll Step Aside / My laura
  • Eldridge Holmes - (Alon 9010 1963) The Sooner You Realize
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Instant 3260 1963) Baby Since I Met You
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Minit 661 1963) Be Sweet
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Bandy 1963) Lonelyology (For Your Love)
  • Eskew Reeder, Jr - (Instant 3258 1963) The Flu
  • Frankie Ford - (Ace 8009 1963) Ocean Full Of Tears
  • Huey Smith & Clowns - (Ace 8008 1963) Quiet As It's Kept
  • Huey & Curly - (Ace 671 1963) The Second Line
    (=Huey Smith & Curley Moore)
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 625 1963) Cry On
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 660 1963) Somebody Told You
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 666 1963) Hittin' on Nothing
  • JB Lenoir - (USA 744 1963) I Feel So Good
  • Marty Lewis - (Alon 9009 1963) I Don't Want No Body
  • Mike and the Jokers (Mike Ancona) - (Chase 6000 1963) There's Got to be a Girl / To Tease and Please
  • Oliver Morgan - (GNP Crescendo 318 1963) Who Shot the La La
  • Paul Varisco & Milestones - (Morceau 5000 1963) She's a Big Girl Now
  • Skip Easterling - (Alon 9014 1963 ) Don't Let Him

1964 - 1969: Soul: Decline of Rock & Roll

1964

Rock & Roll Fades from the Spotlight

The television music show, American Bandstand, was moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles in 1964. From 1963 to 1987, American Bandstand was televised only once a week, on Saturday.

  • Alvin Robinson- (Tiger 104 1964) Searchin'
  • Benny Spellman - (Watch 6332 1964) Please Mr Genie
  • Betty Taylor - (Nola 705 1964) I'm Going Home
  • Chris Kenner - (Instant 3265 1964) Anybody Here Seen My Baby / She Can Dance
  • Clarence Ashe - (J&S 1466 1964) Trouble I've Had
  • Curley Moore - (Hot Line 901 1964) Soul Train
  • Eddie Bo - (Nola 704 1964) A Heap See / Everybody's Somebody's Fool
  • Eddie Powers - (Sims 167 1964) Gypsy Woman Told Me
  • Irma Thomas - (Imperial 9266; vinly LP Imperial 66013 1964) Wish Someone Would Care
  • Irma Thomas - (Imperial 66041 1964) Time Is on My Side
  • Johnny Adams - (Watch 6333 1964) Part of Me
  • Lee Dorsey - (Constellation 115 1964) Organ Grinder's Swing
  • Lee Tillman - (Sonora 211 1964) Here I Go Again / Tarzan
  • Lightnin' Slim - (Excello 2258 1964) You Move Me Baby
  • Polka Dot Slim - (Instant 3269 1964) A Thing You Gotta Face
  • Professor Longhair - (Watch 1900 1964) Big Chief, Part 1 / Part 2
  • Dixie Cups - (Red Bird 10-006 1964) People Say
  • Tommy Ridgley - (Johen 9200 1964) I Want Some Money Baby

1965

Soul, Funk, and the British Sounds

  • Benny Spellman - (Atlantic 2291 1965) I Feel Good / The Word Game
  • Betty Harris - (Sansu 478 1965) Mean Man / What'd I Do Wrong
  • Betty Harris - (Sansu 479 1965) Show It / Hook Line'n Sinker
  • Betty Harris w/ Lee Dorsey - (Sansu 480 1965) Ride Your Pony / Trouble With My Lover
  • Chris Kenner - (Uptown 708 1965) They Took My Money / Life Of My Baby
  • Chris Kenner - (Uptown 716 1965) Get On This Train
  • Curley Moore - (Sansu 457 1965) Get Low Down
  • Eddie Powers - (Sims 236 1965) My Baby's Coming / A Million Tears Ago
  • Fats Domino - (ABC 10631 1965) Wigs
  • Irma Thomas - (Imperial 66137 1965) What Are You Trying To Do
  • Lee Dorsey - (Amy 927 1965) Ride Your Pony / The Kitty Cat Song
    Considered funk genre
  • Paul Varisco & the Milestones - (Date 1650 Year:Unknown) Gotta Have Love
  • Professor Longhair - (Ebb 121 1965) Looka No Hair
  • Roger & Gypsies - (Seven-B 7001 1965) Pass The Hatchet
  • The Dixie Cups - (Red Bird 10-024 1965) Iko Iko / I'm Gonna Get You Yet
  • Willie Tee - (Nola 708 1965) Teasin' You
  • Willie Tee - (Atlantic 2302 1965) I Want Somebody / You Better Say Yes
  • Willie Tee - (Atlantic 2273 1965) Walking Up A One Way Street
  • Zilla Mayes - (Tou-Sea 132 1965) All I Want Is You

1966

  • Aaron Neville - (Parlo 101 1966) Tell it Like it Is
  • Aaron Neville - (Parlo 103 1966) She Took A Ride
  • Benny Spellman - (Alon 9031 1966) It's For You
  • Benny Spellman - (Sansu 462 1966) Sinner Girl / If You Love Her
  • Bill Fayard - (Alon 9028 1966) I Get Mad So Mad
  • Chris Kenner – (Instant 3277 1966) Cinderella
  • Clarence Frogman Henry (Parrot 45-PAR 309 1966) Cajun Honey
  • Curley Moore - (Sansu 468 1966) We Remember
  • Danny White - (Decca 32048 1966) Cracked Up Over You
  • Danny White - (Atlas 1257 1966) Keep My Woman Home
  • Diamond Joe - (Sansu 475 1966) It Doesn't Matter Anymore
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Duke 400 1966) Boomerang
  • Ernie K-Doe - (Duke 411 1966) Dancin’ Man
  • Irma Thomas - (Imperial 66178 1966) It's A Man's-Woman's World
  • JB Lenoir - (Blue Horizon UK 1004 1966) Mojo Boogie
  • Jerry Foucha - (Nola 728 1966) Music Time
  • Lee Dorsey - (Amy 952 1966) Neighbor's Daughter
  • Lee Dorsey - (Amy 958 1966) Workin' in the Coal Mine
  • Lloyd Price - (Double L 739 1966) Every Night
  • Oliver Morgan - (Seven B 7003 1966) Roll Call
  • Polka Dot Slim - (Apollo AM10 1966) Trick Bag
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 721 1966) Barefootin'
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 721 1966) Let's Go Baby (Where The Action Is)
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 729 1966) Tip Toe
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 730 1966) CC Rider
  • Slim Harpo - (Excello 2273 1966) Baby Scratch My Back
  • Spyder Turner - (MGM 13017 1966) Stand By Me
  • The Rubaiyats - (Sansu 456 1966) Omar Khayyam
  • Warren Lee - (Deesu 305 1966) Star Revue

1967

  • Art Neville - (Sansu 481 1967) Bo Diddley
  • Betty Harris - (Sansu 461 1967) Lonely Hearts / Bad Luck
  • Candy Phillips - (Atlantic 2290 1967) Timber, Pt 1 & Pt 2
    note: Candy Phillips is Chris Kenner & Eddie Bo
  • Chris Kenner - (Instant 3286 1967) Fumigate Funky Broadway
  • Chuck Johnson - (Alon 9040 1967) A Love Like Mine
  • Count Rockin' Sidney - (Goldband G-1178 1967) Put It On
  • Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham - (Capitol P-2150 1967) Lover & Friend / If I Had It to Do Over
  • Eddie Bo - (Seven-B 7008 1967) Fence Of Love
  • Huey Smith & the Pitterpats - (Instant 3267 1967) Bury Me Dead
  • Larry Williams & Johnny Watson - (OKeh 7274 1967) Mercy Mercy
  • Lee Dorsey wBetty Harris - (Sansu 474 1967) Love Lot's Of Lovin'
  • Lowell Fulson - (Kent 456 1967) Tramp
  • Lowell Fulson - (Kent 474 1967) I'm A Drifter
  • Mickey Murray - (SSS Int'l 715 1967) Shout Bamalama
  • Oliver Morgan - (Seven-B 7012 1967) What's Good to You
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 735 1967) Foxy Mama
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 738 1967) I Caught You in a Lie
  • Robert Parker - (SSS Int'l 819 1970) Hiccup
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 739 1967) Soul Sister
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 742 1968) Funky Soul Train
  • Warren Lee - (Tou-Sea 134 1967) Underdog Backstreet

1968


1969 / 1971

End of the New Orleans Sound - mostly wannabe social protest

  • Benny Spellman - (Alon 9031 1969?) This Is For You My Love
  • Danny White (SSS Int'l 754 1969) Natural Soul Brother
  • Eddie Bo - (Scram 117 1969) Hook & Sling 1 & 2
  • Eddie Bo - (Scram 119 1969) If It's Good For You [It's Good For You] 1 & 2
  • Esquerita - (Crosstone 1007 1969) Dew Drop Inn
  • Fats Domino - (Reprise 20810 1970) Everybody's Got Something to Hide
  • Lee Dorsey - (Amy 11052 1969) A Lover Was Born
  • Lee Dorsey - (Amy 11055 1969) Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
  • Lee Dorsey - (Amy 11057 1969) Give It Up / Candy Yam
  • Oliver Morgan - (Recording Artists Productions 501 1969) Once Upon a Time, Part 1, Part 2
  • Robert Parker - (Silver Fox 12 1969) You See Me
  • Robert Parker - (Nola 739 1969) Barefoot Boogaloo
  • Sonny Jones - (Scram 115 1969) Sissy Walk Pt 1
  • The Meters - (JOSIE 1005 1969) Cissy Strut / Here Comes the Meter Man
  • The Meters - (JOSIE 1008 1969) Ease Back
  • The Meters - (LP Josie 4010 1969 "Here Comes the Meter Man,") track: 6V6 La
  • Walter Washington - (Power 2052 1969) Goody Man
  • Chuck Carbo - (Canyon 47 1970) Can I Be Your Squeeze
  • Eddie Bo - (Bo Sound 5005 1970) We're Doin' It (The Thang)
  • Lee Dorsey - (Spring 114 1970) Occapella
  • Lee Bates - (Instant 3310 1971) Gonna Make You Mine

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