New Orleans Artists
1960 - 1963: Decline of R&B, Decline of Rock & Roll
1960
Rhythm & Blues Fades from the Spotlight
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
- Al Reed - (Axe 103 1968) Sorry 'bout That
- Betty Harris - (Sansu 480 1968) Trouble with My Lover
- Bobby Marchan - (Gamble 216 1968) (Ain't No Reason) For Girls To Be Lonely
- Chris Kenner – (Instant 3293 1968) Mini Skirts And Soul
- Clarence Henry - (Dial 4072 1968) That's When I Guessed
- Dave Bartholomew - (Broadmoor 101 1968) Junk Man
- Ernie K-Doe - (Duke 437 1968) Gotta Pack My Bag
- Fats Domino - (Reprise 0775 1968) Lovely Rita
The end of New Orleans Rock and Roll as we knew it!!!!
- Louis Jordan - (Pzazz 011 1968) New Orleans And A Rusty Old Horn
- The Meters - (JOSIE 45-1001) Sophisticated Cissy
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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