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The following includes a small selection of R&B, Rockabilly, and Rock & Roll from the
end of the R&B and Rock and Roll years. New Orleans artists are listed on the New Orleans pages, New Orleans artists
are not listed here. After 1964, the British invasion
changed all popular American music forever. Some Mississippi Delta musicians are listed here.
1960 - 1970: Decline of R&B. Peak, then Decline for Rock & Roll
Rhythm & Blues Fades from the Spotlight
Missing information -- For those items in green: record label, catalogue number, year issued, email if you know the missing information.
Year Issued?
Prior to the 1970s, the year of issue or release was usually not printed on the
record label. This practice is believed to have been used to preserve the record
for air play, so DJs would not remove the older records from the rotation.
The records in the list below are from the 1960s, but the exact year of release is not
known when shown with a ?.
- Al Reed - (Winner 700 196?) Top Notch Grade A / Rio Grande
Winner is a Louisiana label; anyone have any info? Year?
- Bernard Ross - (Sharp ???? 196?) Tick Tock
- Bertha Breadsacker - (Whole Wheat ???? 196?) No Money Down
- Chuck Simmons - (FBW ???? 197?) Yellow Pages
- Dick Barron - (Wildwood 9320 196?) Miss Ann
- George Finley - (Ambassador 209 196?) Too Late for Tears / Bronco
It may be Memphis TN label, circa 1969
- Howard Green - (Spry ???? 196?) Mary Ann
- J B & the V-Kings - (Zap-Zing 101 196?) I've Got Dreams
this is a Detroit band; any info about this label; year?
- Jimmy "Mercy Baby" Mullins aka J Mercy Baby - (P&P ???? 197?) I Messed Up
Mercy Baby; Texas piano player who played on Ace label Jackson, MS.
- Jimmy Yancey "Ape Man" - (Black Gold 600 196?) Ape Man
Sounds as if it is a 60s or 70s rocker; ths is not the Jimmy Yancey of 1929 fame. UK label?
- Lee Fields - (Angle 3 2000 196?) She Make Me Happy
- Leroy Hamilton - (Ada ???? 196?) Jungle Jive
Ada = tiny Muskegon Michigan label; appreciate any info about this label;
- Little Freddie - (Little Rick 119 196?) Goodbye New York
- Monroe Chapman & Bob Fenville Orchestra - (Ajar 101 196?) Come Dance with Rudy
- Nate Edmonds - (Armar 122 196?) I Don't Need No Forty Five
- Prince George - (DPG 105 197?) I Love Too Hard
- Ray McArthur - (Flag 116 196?) Raymond's Beat
Mobile Alabama band, circa 1965; possibly a Mississippi record label
- Sonny Starns - (Silon 201 196?) Baton Rouge LA / Tangi-Paho
this record was a promo for a local Chamber of Commerce circa 1969; Tangipahoa Parish and
Baton Rouge promo record
- Spo De Odee - (Verus 505 196?) Crashing the Party / Aw Cut It Out Pa
Sam "Spo-de-odee" Theard, singer, comedian songwriter from Louisiana? Verus label = ?
- The Dramatics - (Margate ???? 196?) The Octopus
- The Spades - (Spade ???? 196?) When I Get to Goin'
- The Legends - (Huba-Huba 16866 196?) I'm Sorry / The Mosquito
Appreciate any info about this label from Wisconsin-Minnesota area
- The Mustangs - (BEC ???? 196?) Slow Down
- The Weevils - (Laurie ???? 196?) We are the Weevils
Cool novelty record spoof of Beatles circa mid 60s
1960
- Andre Williams - (Fortune 851 1960) Movin'
- Barrett Strong - (Anna 1111 1960) Money (That’s What I Want)
- Billy Bland - (Old Town 1076 1960) Let the Little Girl Dance
- Billy Lamont - (King 5403 1960) Hear Me Know
- Bo Diddley - (Checker 965 1960) Signifying Blues
- Bob Luman - (Warner 5172 1960) Let's Think About Living
- Bobby Darin (Atco 6158 1960) Beyond the Sea
- Bobby Freeman - (King 5373 1960) (I Do the) Shimmy
- Bonnie "Bombshell" Lee - (Ebony 1050 1960) My Man's Coming Home
- Brian Hyland - (Leader / Kapp 1960) Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
- Buddy Guy - (Chess 1753 1960) I Got My Eyes On You / First Time I Met the Blues
- Buddy Guy - (Chess 1759 1960) Stop Around / Broken Hearted Blues
- Buster Brown - (Fire 1008 1960) Fannie Mae
- Buster Brown - (Fire 1023 1960) Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
- Chubby Checker - (Parkway 811 1960) The Twist
Remake of Hank Ballard's tune from 1959
- Chuck Berry - (Chess 1763 1960) I Got to Find My Baby
- Chubby Checker - (Parkway 813 1960) The Hucklebuck
- Clyde McPhatter - (Mercury 71660 1960) Ta Ta
- Dave Cortez - (Clock 1031 1960) Do the Shift
- Don & Dewey - (Fidelity 3018 1960) Kill Me
- Eddie Clearwater - (LaSalle 502 1960) Cool Water
- El Capris - (Ring-O 308 1960) Quit Pullin' My Woman
- Ernie Tucker - (Musicor 1005 1960) Telephone Me Some Lovin’
- Ernie Tucker - (Earth 501 1960) Can She Can Give You Fever
- Elvis Presley - (RCA 47-7810 1960) Are You Lonesome Tonight
- Etta James - (Argo 5368 1960) My Dearest Darling
- Freddy Fender - (Imperial x5659 1960) Holy One
A Tex-Mex favorite; on all New Orleans jukeboxes
- Freddie King - (Federal 12401 1960) Hide Away
- Freddie King - (Federal 12415 1960) Lonesome Whistle Blues
- Gladys Knight & the Pips - (Huntom 2510 1960, Vee-Jay, Fury 1961) Every Beat Of My Heart
- Guitar Jr - (Mercury 71602 1960) Knocks Me Out
- Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - (King 5341 1960)
Finger Poppin' Time
- Hank Ballard And the Midnighters - (King 5400 1960)
Let's Go, Lets Go, Let's Go
- Henry Strogin - (Ball 1012 1960)
Old Folks Boogie While the Young Ones Twist
- JB Lenore - (Vee Jay 352 1960) Oh Baby
- Jackie Wilson - (Brunswick 55166 1960) Doggin' Around
- Jay Nelson - (Excello 2178 1960) Don't You Want A Man Like Me
- Jimmy Charles - (Promo 1002 1960) A Million to One
- Jimmy Jones - (Cub 9049 1960) Handy Man
- Jimmy Jones - (Cub 9067 1960) Good Timin'
- Johnny Burnette - (Liberty 55258 1960) Dreamin'
- Johnny Love - (Startime 5001 1960) Chills & Fever
- Kathy Young & the Innocents - (Indigo 108 1960) A Thousand Stars
- Larry Diamond - (Gardena 112 1960) Betty Booper
- Little Guitar Pickett & His Rockin' Fenders - (Jack 101 1960) The Buzzard / Distant Lover
- Larry Verne - (Era 3024 1960) Mr Custer
- Little Mummy - (Federal 12371 1960) Where You At Jack / Oh Baby Please
- Little Sammy Jones - (Lifetime 1011 1960) Doing The Roach
- Lucky Carmichael - (Shar 4 1960) Baby You Can Get Your Gun
- Maurice Williams & Zodiacs - (Herald 552 1960) Stay
- Merdell Floyd - (Erwin E-100 1960) Juke Box Mama
- Peppermint Harris - (Duke 319 1960) Ain't No Business
- Paul Evans - (Guaranteed 208 1960) Happy Go Lucky Me
- Ray Charles - (Atlantic 2068 1960) Tell The Truth
- Ray Charles - (ABC-Paramount 10135 1960) Georgia On My Mind
- Red Hewitt & Buckaneers - (Audion 4 1960) Robbin' the Cradle / DJ Blues
- Ritchie Hart - (Felsted 8523 1960) The Great Duane
- Ron Holden - (Donna 1315 1960) My Babe / Love You So
A favorite on jukeboxes in every juke joint
- Ron Holden - (Donna 1331 1960) Your Line Was Busy
- Roscoe Scully - (Crest 1077 1960) How Come My Dog Don't Bark
- Rosie & the Originals - (Starlight 54 1960) Angel Baby
- Roy Orbison - (Monument 8906 1960) Only the Lonely
Rockabilly classic!!!
- Shirelles - (Scepter 1208 1960) Tonight's the Night
- Slim Green - (Canton 1789 1960) Shake 'Em Up
Huggy Boy's label
- Stan Freberg - (Capitol 4329 1960) The Old Payola Roll Blues 1 & 2
- Sunny Ridell - (White Cliffs 6901 1960) Come Out In My World
- T Valentine - (Val ???? 1960) Do The Do
- T Valentine - (Val ???? 1960) Betty Sue
- T Valentine - (Val ???? 1960) Teenage Jump
Many are re-issued on Norton record label; we are looking for original issue 45 info from the 1960s
- TV Slim - (Speed 715 1960) Gravy Around Your Steak
- The 5 Royales - (Home of the Blues 112 1960) Please Please Please
- The Bobbettes - (Triple-X 104 1960) I Shot Me Lee
- The Cashmeres with Eddie Jones - (Festival ???? 1960) Daddy Can I Go to the Hop?
also issued as Eddy Jones & the Cyclones - (Festival 25003 1961) Say What?
Herb Abramson started the Festival label in 1960. The record catalogue number Festival
25003 was released 1/1/61.
- The Drifters - (Atlantic 2050 1960) This Magic Moment
- The Drifters - (Atlantic 2071 1960) Save the Last Dance for Me
- The Galaxys - (Chess 1757 1960) This is Rock and Roll
- The Hollywood Argyles (Lute 5905 1960) Alley Oop
- The Platters - (Mercury 71563 1960) Harbor Lights
- The Starliners - (Fortune 5016 1960) Big Feet
- The Ventures - (Dolton 28 1960) Perfidia
- The Vets - (Swami 552 1960) Natural Born Lover / Wipe the Tears from Your Eyes
- Walkin' Willie - (RSVP 113 1960) If You Just Woulda Said Goodbye
- Willie Wright & Sparklers - (Federal 12382 1960) Got A Feelin'
1961: Larger Bands, Bigger Productions
- Barry Mann - (ABC-Paramount 10237 1961) Who put the Bomp
- Ben E. King - (Atco 6185 1961) Spanish Harlem
- Ben E. King - (Atco 6194 1961) Stand By Me
- Bobby (Boris) Pickett & Crypt-Kickers -
(Garpax 44167 1962) The Monster Mash
- Bobby Lewis - (Beltone 1002 1961) Tossin' and Turnin'
- Buddy Guy - (Chess 1784 1961) Let Me Love You, Baby / Ten Years Ago
- Carla Thomas - (Atlantic 2086 1961) Gee Whiz
- Cathy Jean & the Roommates - (Valmor 007 1961) Please Love Me Forever
- Charles Sheffield - (Excello 2265 1961) The Kangaroo
- Chuck Berry - (Chess 1799 1961) Come On
- Chubby Checker - (Parkway 818 1961) Pony Time
- Chubby Checker - (Parkway 830 1961) The Fly
- Chuck Jackson - (Wand 106 1961) I Don't Want To Cry
- Curtis Lee - (Dunes 2007 1961) Pretty Little Angel Eyes
- Dee Clark - (Vee-Jay 383 1961) Raindrops
- Don Hopkins - (Dart 147 1961) Tiddly Diddly
- Eddy Jones & the Cyclones - (Festival 25003 1961) Say What?
also issued as The Cashmeres with Eddie Jones - (Festival ???? 1960) Daddy Can I Go to the Hop? Herb Abramson started the Festival label in 1960. The record catalogue number Festival
25003 was released 1/1/61.
- Eddie Clearwater - (La Salle 502 1961) Cool Water
- Eugene Church - (Rendezvous 1321961) Good News
- Fabulous Little Joe Carruthers - (Nanc 001 1961) Down in New Orleans
- Floyd Cramer - (RCA Victor 47-7775 1961) Last Date
- Frantic Freddy & Teens - (White Rock 365 1961) Charmagne
- Freddie King - (Federal 12432 1961)I'm Tore Down
- Freddie King - (Federal 12515 1961) Meet Me At the Station
- Gene Pitney - (Musicor MU-1009 1961) Town Without Pity
- Gladys Knight & The Pips - (Fury 1050 and Vee-Jay 386 1961) Every Beat of My Heart
- Hale & Hayden - (ABC Paramount 10286 1961) Twist Cacciatore
- Hugh Barrett & Victors - (Madison 164 1961) There's A Fungus Among Us
- James Darren - (Colpix 609 1961) Goodbye Cruel World
- Jimmy Reed - (Vee-Jay 380 1961)Big Boss Man
- Jimmy Feagans & Jap Curry Blazers (Howard 101 1961)
Saturday Night
- Jimmy Reed - (Vee-Jay 398 1961) Bright Lights, Big City
- Jimmy Williams - (Don El 111 1961) Big Leg Woman
- Johnny Big Moose Walker - (CJ 657 1961) Tend To Your Business
- King Coleman - (Columbia 41927 1961) Black Bottom Blues
- King Coleman - (Atlantic 2125 1961) Do the Hully Gully, Pts. 1 & 2
- Maxine Brown - (NOMAR 103 1961) All in My Mind
- Lavern Baker - (Atlantic 2119 1961) Hey Memphis / Voo Doo
- Levinsky Allen - (Vidal 321 1960) Couldn't Be Done / Laid Off
- Little Caesar & Romans - (Del-Fi 4158 1961) Those Oldies But
Goodies (Remind Me Of You)
- Little Roy - (Everest 19421 1961) She's A Wonder
- Lonnie Donegan - (Dot 15911 1961) Does Your Chewing Gum
Lose Its Flavor (On the Bed Post Overnight)
- Lonesome Sundown - (Excello 2202 1961) I'm Glad She's Mine
- Louie Palmer - (Boot Hill 178 1961) How Do You Quit Drinking Wine
- Lula Reed - (Federal 12416 1961) Puddentane
- Lula Reed - (Federal 12440 1961) Ain't No Cotton Pickin' Chicken
- Maurice Williams & Zodiacs (Herald 563 1961) Come and Get It
- Maxine Brown - (NOMAR 106 1961) Funny
- Nathaniel Mayer - (Fortune 542 1961) My Last Dance With You
- Mojo Watson - (Nanc 007 1961) Looka There
- Otis Redding & the Pinetoppers - (Orbit 135 1961) Shout Bamalama
- Phil & Marie - (Sway 901 1961) Love Doctor
- Professor Hamilton - (Contour 0001 1961) Back to School
- Ray Ellsworth - (Ellsworth 101 1961) Rock and Roll Show
- Ray Fournia - (Diamond Disk 100 1961) Settle Down
- Ricky Ricardo - (Wye 1011 1961) Peek A Boo Mary Lou
- Shirley Jean Wiley - (Myrl 408 1961) Long Tall Sally
- Slim Harpo - (Excello 2194 1961) Rainin' In My Heart
- Solomon Burke - (Atlantic 2131 1961) Cry To Me
- Sonny Starns - (Silon 201 196?) Baton Rouge LA / Tangi-Paho
- Space Man - (Chess 1789 1961) Man in Orbit
- Steve & The Holidays - (Dandy 101 1961) Unemployment
- Sue Thompson - (Hickory 1159 1961) Norman
- T V Slim (aka Oscar Wills) - (Checker 1029 1962) The Big Fight
- Tarheel Slim & Little Ann - (Fire 503 1961) You're Gonna Reap
- Tee Tucker - (Atco 6208 1961) Rock 'N Roll Machine
- The Chantels - (Carlton 555 1961) Look In My Eyes
- The Cherokees - (United Artists 367 1961) Bed Bug
- The Chimes (Tag 444 1961) Once In Awhile
A Doo Wop classic; fantastic song!
- The Cleftones - (Gee 1064 1961) Heart and Soul
- The Coasters - (Atco 6192 1961) Little Egypt
- The Cordells - (Bargain 5004 1961) Laid Off
- The Corsairs - (Tuff 1808 1961) Smokey Places
- The Creations - (Jamie 1197 1961) Shang Shang
- The Crystals - (Philles 100 1961) There's No Other (Like My Baby)
- The Drifters - (Atlantic 2096 1961) Some Kind Of Wonderful
- The Drifters - (Atlantic 2134 1961) When My Little Girl Is Smiling
- The Eventuals - (OKeh 7142 1961) Charlie Chan
- The Fascinations - (Sure 106 1961) Doom Bada Doom
- The Miracles - (Tamla 54034 1961) Shop Around
- The Miller Sisters - (Glodis1003 1961) Pop Your Finger
- The Highwaymen - (United Artists UA 258 1961) Michael, Row
the Boat Ashore
- The Metallics - (Baronet 2 1961) Itchy Twitchy Too
- The Shirelles - Scepter 1203 1961) Dedicated to the One I Love
- The Sweet Sick Teens - (RCA Victor 7940 1961) Let's Do the The Pretzel / Agnes The Teenage Russian Spy
- The Velvets - (Star Dust 1153 1961) Tonight (Could Be the Night)
- Tiny Lewis - (Linda 100 1961) Too Much Rockin'
- Unique Echos - (Southern Sound 108 1961) Italian Twist
- The Vibrations - (Checker 969 1961) The Watusi
- Timi Yuro - (Liberty 55343 1961) Hurt
- Tony Orlando - (Epic 9441 1961) Halfway to Paradise
- Wilbert Harrison (Fury 1041 1961) The Horse
- William Bell - (Stax 116 1961) You Don't Miss Your Water
1962: More Novelty songs; More Dance Craze Songs
- Arthur Alexander - (Dot 16387 1962) Anna (Go To Him)
- Arthur Alexander - (Dot 16309 1962) You Better Move On
- Barbara Lynn - (Jamie 1220 1962) You'll Lose a Good Thing
Early records were recorded in New Orleans studio
- Bee Bee Carn - (Laurie 3117 1962) Let's Move
- Ben E. King - (Atco 6222 1962) Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
- Ben E. King - (Atco 6267 1962) I (Who Have Nothing)
- Big Bo & the Arrows - (Dutchess 1013 1962) Hully Gully Now
- Big Boy Groves - (GME 227 1962) Bucket of Blood
- Bobby & Sylvia - (Battle 45902 1962) You Broke My Heart and I Broke Your Jaw
- Bobby (Boris) Pickett & Crypt-Kickers -
(Garpax 44167 1962) The Monster Mash
- Bobby Lee Trammell - (Alley 1004 1962) Come On Baby
- Bobby Pierce - (Express 0010 1962) My Night Out / My Baby Loves Me
- Bobby Rydell - (Cameo 217 1962) I'll Never Dance Again
- Bobby Smith & Spinners - (Tri Phi 1018 1962) She Don't Love Me
- Blue-Belles - (Newtown 5000 1962) Sold My Heart
to the Junk Man
- Brook Benton - (Mercury 72055 1962) Hotel Happiness
- Bruce Chanel - (LeCam 953 1962) Hey! Baby
- Buck Mouhart - (Tic Toc 108 1962) The Cajun Land Twist
- Buddy & the Hearts - (Landa 701 1962) Let It Rock
- Buddy Bow - (Palette 40121 1962) Twistin' in the Jungle
- Buddy Guy - (Chess 1812 1962) Stone Crazy / Skippin'
- Charlie & Jives - (Harlem 115 1962) Come On
- Chick Willis - (Alto 2009 1962) Twistin' In The Hospital Ward
- Chubby Checker - (Parkway 824 1962) Let's Twist Again
- Chubby Checker w Dee Dee Sharp - (Parkway 835 1962) Slow Twistin'
- Chubby Checker - (Parkway 842 1962) Dancin' Party
- Chuck Bradford - (Fire 511 1962) Wherever You Are
- Chuck Jackson - (Wand 122 1962) Any Day Now
(My Wild Beautiful Bird)
- Claudine Clark - (Chancellor 1113 1962) Party Lights
- Claudine Clark - (Chancellor 1124 1962) Walkin' Through A Cemetery
- Dave Kirk - (Hi Q 5024 1962) Oh Baby
- Dee Dee Sharp - (Cameo C212 1962) Mashed Potatoe Time
- Don Covay & Goodtimers - (Cameo 251 1962) Do the Bug
- Don Wilson - (Blue Horizon 6054 1962) The Twomp
Fewer than 100 copies pressed of the 45-rpm record
- Dorothy Berry & Jimmy Norman - (Little Star 122 1962) I'm With You
- Elliot Shavers - (Ellen 501 1962) Yon He Go
- Essau & Group - (Melron ???? 1962) Milk That Cow
- Etta James - (Argo 5418 1962) Stop the Wedding
- Gary (U.S.) Bonds - (Legrand 1018 1962) Twist Twist Senora
- Gene Chandler- (Vee-Jay 416 1962) Duke of Earl
- Jr Wells - (Chief 7034 1962) You Sure Look Good to Me
- Jerry Lee Lewis - (Sun LP-1265 1962) Cold Cold Heart
- Jesse Thomas - (Teem ???? 1962) All of My Love
- Jimmy Norman - (Little Star 113 1962) I Don't Love You No More
- Jimmy Playboy Knight - (Phynk 1753 1962) Little Ann
- Joanie Sommers - (Warner Bros. 5275 1962) Johnny get Angry
- Joe Henderson - (Todd 1072 1962) Snap Your Fingers
- Joe Richie - (Buddy 121 1962) Across The Bay
- Junior Parker - (Duke 345 1962) Annie Get Your Yo-Yo
- Junior Wells - (USA 742 1962) When the Cat's Gone
- Kenny Hollywood - (Decca 45-4008 1962) Magic Star
- Leon Martin - (Atlantic 2154 1962) Ookie Dookie
- Little Eva - (Dimension 1000 1962) Loco-Motion
- Otis Redding - (Volt 103 1962) These Arms of Mine
- Little Willie John (King 5628 1962) Mister Glenn
- Margie Hendrix - (Tangerine 940 1962) Let No One Hold You
- Mary Wells - (Motown 1032 1962) You Beat Me to the Punch
- Nathaniel Mayer - (Fortune 545 1962) Village Of Love / I Want A Woman
- Pat Boone - (Dot 16368 1962) Speedy Gonzales
- Ray Charles - (ABC-Paramount 10330 1962) I Can't Stop Loving You
- Ray Charles - (ABC-Paramount 10345 1962) You Don't Know Me
- Ray Stevens - (Mercury 71966 1962) Ahab, the Arab
- Ray Stevens - (Mercury 72058 1962) Santa Claus is Watching You
- Robert Bertrand - (Fais Do Do 1003 1962) Memphis
- Roosevelt Grier - (Liberty 55413 1962) Struttin' Twistin'
- Sam Cooke - (RCA Victor 47-7983 1962) Twistin' the Night Away
- Sam Cooke - (RCA Victor 47-8036 1962) Bring It On Home To Me
- Shy Guy Douglas - (Todd 1092 1962) Monkey Doin' Woman
- T V Slim (aka Oscar Wills) - (Checker 1029 1962) The Big Fight
- Tabby Thomas - (Excello 2212 1962) Hoodoo Party
- Ted Jarrett - (Spar 716 1962) Let's Twist Slow and Easy
- Tender Slim - (Herald 571 1962) Checkin' Up
- The Classics - (Karen 314 1962) Twistin' 62
- The Embraceables - (Dover 4100 1962) Sam the Eighth of May
- The Flares - (Press 2800 1962) Rock and Roll Heaven
- The Four Holidays - (Markie 109 1962) Grandma Bird
- The Isley Brothers - (Wand 124 1962) Twist and Shout
- The Marvelettes - (Tamla 54046 1962) Please Mr. Postman
- The Marvelettes - (Tamla 54054 1962) Twistin' Postman
- The Miracles - (Tamla 54083 1962) Mickey's Monkey
- The Miracles - (Tamla 54073 1962) You've Really Got A Hold on Me
- The Mystics- (King 5678 1962) Mashed Potatoe with Me
- The Orlons - (Cameo 218 1962) The Wah Watusi
- The Premieres - (Big Top 3126 1962) Oogsey Moo
- The Contours - (Gordy 7005 1962) Do You Love Me
- The Crystals - (Philles 106 1962) He's A Rebel
- The Invictors - (TPE 8217 1962) The Wiggle
- The Orlons - (Cameo 231 1962) Don't Hang Up
- The Orlons - (Cameo 218 1962) The Wah Watusi
- The Payments - (Landa 686 1962) Brand New Automobile
- The Shallows - (Forlin 503 1962) I Wonder / Do the Bug
- The Spinners - (Tri Phi 1013 1962) I Got Your Water Boiling Baby
- The Starfires - (Bargain 5003 1961; and Atomic 1912 1962) Love Will Break Your Heart / The Dances
- The Upsetters - (Little Star 123 1962) Every Night About this Time
vcl. Little Richard
- The Van Dykes - (Atlantic 2161 1962) Stupidity
- The Zircons - (Federal 12452 1962) Mama Wants to Drive
1963: R&B Charts ended by Billboard Magazine
Novelty songs; Girl Groups; More Dance Craze Songs; Emerging Soul Genre
- AC Reed - (Age 29123 1963) I Stay Mad
- Anna King - (Smash 1858 1963) If Somebody Told You
- Barbara Lewis - (Atlantic 2184 1963) Hello Stranger
- Ben E. King - (Atco 6267 1963) I (Who Have Nothing)
- Bessie Banks - (Tiger 102 1964) Go Now
- Betty Everett - (Vee-Jay 566 1963) Chained To Your Love
- Bob & Earl - (Marc 104 1963) Harlem Shuffle
- Bobby Powell - (Whit 717 1963) Done Got Over / I'm Gonna Leave You
- Booker T & the MGs - (Stax 134 1963) Big Train
- Chubby Checker - (Parkway 849 1963) Limbo Rock
- Debbie Brimer - (Danrite 103 1963) Hotel Happiness / I Turned to the Bottle
- Dee Clark - (Constellation 108 1963) I'm Going Home
- Dee Dee Sharp - (Cameo 244 1963) Do the Bird
- Diane Ray - (Mercury 72117 1963) Please Don't Talk to the
Lifeguard
- Doris Troy - (Atlantic 2188 1963) Just One Look
- Essau Isaacs & Group - (Melron 5??? 1963) Milk That Cow
Melron = Philadelphia label
- Faron Young - (Capitol 6025 1963) Hello Walls / Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
re-issue of two earlier hits
- Five Du-Tones - (One-derful 4815 1963) Shake a Tail Feather
- Fox Hall - (Limelight 3003 1963) Do The Rock 'N Roll
- Freddie Hall - (CJ 601 1963) She's A Upsetter
- Gabriel Hearns - (Norman ???? 1963) Gabriel Blow Your Horn Pt 2
St Louis DJ; anyone have Norman label info?
- Garnett Mimms - (United Artists 629 1963) Cry Baby
- Harold Burrage - (M Pac 7204 1963) I'll Take One
- Inez & Charlie Foxx - (Symbol 919 1963) Mockingbird
- Jackie Shane - (Sue 788 1963) In My Tenement
- James Brown - (vinyl LP King 826 1963) Live At The Apollo
Possibly his best piece of work of all time!!! Represents a bridge
from R&B to the soul genre.
- James Brown - (King 5701 1963) Three Hearts In A Tangle
- Jerry Raines - (Drew Blan Uniss 1963) Barefoot Rock
- Jewel & the Rubies - (ABC Paramount 10485 1963) Kidnapper
- Jimmy Gilmer & Fireballs - (Dot 16487 1963) Sugar Shack
- Joe Melvin - (Jetstream 727 1963) Friends in Showbusiness
- Johnny Cymbal - (Kapp K503 1963) Mr Bassman
- Johnny Niles - (Mercury 72132 1963) Wig Job
- Little Stevie Wonder - (Tamla 54080 1963) Fingertips, Parts 1 and 2
- Kingsmen - (Wand 143 1963) Louie Louie
huge rock & roll hit single; re-issued many times on various labels
defined the end of rock & roll popularity in New Orleans
- LB Wilson - (Vivid 1002 1963) Don't
- Larry Bright - (Del-Fi 4209 1963) Do the Thing
- Little Bernie - (Jove 100 1963) Do the The Waddle
- Little Eva - (Dimension 1006 1963) Let's Turkey Trot
- Little Jerry Williams - (Academy 5858 1963) Hum Baby
- Little Johnny Taylor - (Galaxy 722 1963) Part Time Love
last true "delta blues" song written when blues was considered old fashioned
- Little Richard - (Little Star 123 1963) Every Night About this Time
- Little Scooter Bill - (Razorback 111 1963) Let's Do the Itch
vcl Gennifer Flowers - Arkansas
- Little Stevie Wonder - (Tamla 54080 1963) ) Fingertips, Pts. 1 & 2
- Lenny Welch - (Cadence 1439 1963) Since I Fell for You
- Lonesome Sundown - (Excello 2236 1963) I'm A Samplin' Man
- Margie Hendrix - (Tangerine 940 1963) Let No One Hold You
- Mary Wells - (Motown 1035 1963) Two Lovers
- Merced & Bluenotes - (Tri Phi 1023 1963) Whole Lotta Nothin'
- Nathaniel Mayer - (Fortune 554 1963) I'm Not Gonna Cry
- Otis Redding - (Volt 112 1963) Pain in My Heart
- Phillip Walker & Bea Bopp - (Gilkey 101 1963) The Shovel
- Ray Charles - (ABC-Paramount 10481 1963) Busted
- Ray Sharpe - (Gregmark 14 1963) The Bus Song
- Rolf Harris - (Epic 9596 1963) Tie Me Kangaroo Down
- Ruby & Romantics - (Kapp 501 1963) Our Day Will Come
- Rufus Thomas - (Stax 130 1963) The Dog / Did You Ever Love A Woman
- Rufus Thomas - (Stax 140 1963) Walking The Dog / Fine And Mellow
- Sam Cooke - (RCA Victor 47-8164 1963) Another Saturday Night
- Shorty Long (Soul 35001 1964) Devil With the Blue Dress
- Smokey Smothers - (Federal 12488 1963) Way Up In The Mountains
- The Avalons - (Olimpic 240 1963) Malanese
- The Blenders - (Witch 117 1963) Squat & Squirm
- The Crystals - (Philles 115 1963) Then He Kissed Me
- The Essex - (Roulette 4530 1963) She's Got Everything
- The Cascades - (Valiant 6026 1963) Rhythm of the Rain
- The Drifters - (Atlantic 2162 1963) Up On The Roof
- The Emotions - (Jonsal 79043 1963) Mashed Potatoes
- The Exciters - (Dig ???? 1963) The Clyde
Anyone know if this is an unissued single; Johnny Otis' Dig label or something else? The Exciters - sounds as if it both male & female vocals, not the all girl group
- The Quails - (Harvey 120 1963) Over the Hump
- The Mixtures - (Linda 108 1963) Olive Oyl
- The Olympics - (Tri Disc 106 1963) The Bounce / Fireworks
- The Persians - (Goldisc G-17 1963) Let's Monkey Again
- The Rebels - (Swan 4125 1963) Wild Weekend
- The Ronnettes - (Philles 116 1963) Be My Baby
- Wayne Cochran - (King 5832 1963) Monkey Monkey (You Do It Like This)
1964
Rock & Roll Fades from the Spotlight; Soul and the British Invasion
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.
- Ace St Clair - (Stacy 972 1964) Doing the Uncle Willie
- Al Downing - (Columbia 43185 1964) Georgia Slop
- Anna King - (Smash 1904 1964) Make Up Your Mind
- Baba Thomas - (King 5889 1964) Miss Shake It
- Betty Everett - (Vee-Jay 585 1964) The Shoop Shoop Song
- Big Buddy Lucas - (Lawn 227 1964) Bump Te Bump
- Big Jay Mercer - (Oak 152 1964) Bermudas
- Bill Pinkney and the Original Drifters - (Fontana 1956 1964) Don't Call Me / I Do the Jerk
- Billy Joyce Combo - (On the Ball ???? 1964?) Twistin' in Hong Kong
reissue on "Chop Suey Rock" Vol 2 LP - looking for info on original 45
- Billy Harner - (Lawn 244 1964) Coney Island Wild Child
- Bobby Freeman - (Autumn 2 1964) C'mon and Swim
- Clarence Ashe - (J&S 1466 1964) Trouble I've Had
- Chuck Berry - (Chess 1883 1964) Nadine (Is It You?)
- Chuck Berry - (Chess 1898 1964) No Particular Place to Go
- Chuck Berry - (Chess 1906 1964) You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)
- Clarence Walton - (Big Star 002 1964) The Cat
- Detroit Jr - (CJ 637 1964) Mother in Law
- Dick Robinson & The Nite Niks - (Fun 4992 1964) Beatnik DJ
Thise seems to be a matrix number; only a handful of 45s issued on Fun label
- Gabriel Hearns - (Royal American ???? 1964) The Buzzard Lope
St Louis DJ; anyone have Royal American label info?
- Gary U.S. Bonds - (Legrand 1031 1964) King Kong Monkey
- Ginny Arnell - (MGM 13177 1964) Dumb Head
Novelty song poking fun at girl groups
- Ginny Arnell - (MGM 13226 1964) I Wish I Knew What Dress To Wear
- Harold Burrage - (M Pac 7211 1964) Fifty Fifty
- Jackie Tutt & Big O - (Dawn 104 1964) Ten Two Double Plus
- James Crawford - (Mercury 72347 1964) Much Too Much
- Jay & Americans - (United Artists 759 1964)
Come A Little Bit Closer
- Joe Hinton - (Back Beat 541 1964) Funny
- Junior & the Classics - (RCA Victor 47-9575 1964) The Dog
- Little Esther Phillips - (Atlantic 2229 1964) Mojo Hannah / No Headstone On My Grave
- Little Richard - (Specialty Alt Take 1964) Annie's Back
- Lonnie Brooks - (Palos 005 1964) The Frog
- Mitty Collier - (Chess 1907 1964) I Had a Talk with My Man
- Martha and the Vandellas (Tamla 7033 1964) Dancing in the Street
- Maurice & Radiants - (Chess 1887 1964) I Gotta Dance
- Mr Lee & Frank - (Skylark 503 1964) Hey Mrs Jones
- Nathaniel Mayer - (Fortune 562 1964) The Place I Know
- Nathaniel Mayer - (Fortune 567 1964) From Now On / I Want Love and Affection (Not the House of Correction)
- Otis Redding - (Volt 121 1964) Your One and Only Man
- Otis Redding - (Volt 124 1964) Mr. Pitiful
- Rufus Thomas - (Stax 140 1964) Walking the Dog
- Rufus Thomas - (Stax 157 1964) Jump Back / All Night Worker
- Shorty Long - (Soul 35001 1964) Devil With the Blue Dress
- Slim Marbles - (Jo-Ree 500 1964) The Switch
- Spyder Turner - (Fortune 225 1964) Ride In My 225
- The Bossmen - (Score ???? 1964) Stewed Bird and Mashed Potatoes
- The Daylighters - (CJ 614 1964) Sweet Rocking Mama
- The Daylighters - (Tip Top 2008 1964) Oh Mom
(Teach Me How to Uncle Willie)
- The Drifters - (Atlantic 2237 1964) Under the Boardwalk
- The Emperors - (Olimpic 245 1964) The Steve Allen
- The Five Du-Tones - (OneDerFul 4824 1964) Chicken Astronaut
- The Kavaliers - (Morgan 3947 1963 /64?) Get Your Feet Off Of Me / If You Loved Her
song mentions men's long hair; let us know about this garage band from New Zealand
- The Kingsmen - (Wand 143 1964) Louie Louie
- The Intentions - (Melron 5041 1964) I'm in Love with a Go Go Girl
- The Peridots - (Deauville 1004 1964) Hully Gully All Night Long / It's The Bomp
- The Ronettes - (Philles 123 1964) Walking in the Rain
- The Strangers - (WarnerBros 5438 1964) These Are the Things I Love
- Tommy Tucker - (Checker 1067 1964) High-Heel Sneakers
- Tommy Tucker - (Checker 1075 1964) Long Tall Shorty
- Zookie and the Potentates - (Nu Sound 711 1964) Telephony
1965 - 1970: Soul: Post American Rock & Roll Years
1965
Soul, Funk, and the British Sounds
- Al Vance - (Goldwax 116 1965) Every Woman I Know (Is Crazy About An Automobile)
- Alvin Cash & the Crawlers - (Mar-V-Lus 6002 1965) Twine Time
- Alvin Howard - (Jetstream 707 1965) Work Baby
- Arthur Griswold - (Fortune 871 1965) Pretty Mama Blues
- Arthur Noel - (Brownfield 1035 1965) It'll Make You Holler
- Barbara Lynn - (Jamie 1301 1965) You Can't Buy My Love
- Billy La Mont - (Bran T 9929 1965) So Called Friend
- Bobby Parker - (Southern Sound ???? 1965) Gimmie a Little Lovin' / Do the Monkey
Philadelphia soul mid-60s
- Chuck Rives - (Daran 0104 1965) Say I Love You
- Chuck Wiley - (MusiCenter 3101 1965) Come Back Baby
- Count Ferrel - (Astra 1017 1965) Wizard Of Ah's
- Gary Weston - (Wand 170 1965) I Should Say Not
- Herman Jones & Kilts - (Gay Note 105 1965) Mashed Potato
- James Crawford - (Mercury 72393 1965) Help Poor Me
- James Crawford - (Blue Rock B4033 1965) Got No Excuse
Not Sugar Boy; James Crawford of the James Brown Revue
- James Crawford - (Mercury 72441 1965) If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat
- Jimmy McCracklin - (Imperial 66166 1965) Arkansas
- Joe Johnson (Galaxy 741 1965) Rattlesnake Baby Rattlesnake
- Joe Tex - (Dial 4011 1965) One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
- Joey Welz - (Game Time 123 1965) Hey Rattlesnake
- Johnny Allan - (Jin 181 1965) Let's Do It
- Luther Thomas - (Change 207 1965) Upset The Town
- Margie Hendrix & the Raelettes - (Mercury 72420 1965) My Baby
- Otis Redding - (Volt 126 1965) I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
- Percy Mayfield - (Tangerine 957 1965) My Jug and I
- Roy Hall - (Hi-Q 5045 1965) Bedspring Hotel
- Roy Head - (Back Beat 546 1965) Treat Her Right
- Screamin' Lord Sutch (Cameo 341 1965) She's Fallen In Love
- Shirley Ellis - (Congress 230 1965) The Name Game
- Shorty Billeps - (Blast 220 1965) Hootchie Koo
- Sonny Raye - (Jet Stream 724 1965) Whip It On Me
- Spyder Turner - (M-G-M 13017 1965) Stand By Me
- The Five Royales - (White Cliffs ???? 1965) On the Right Road Now
Looking for White Cliffs label discography
- The Kingsmen - (Wand 172 1965) The Jolly Green Giant
- The Temptations - (Gordy 7038 1965) My Girl
- The Thunderbolts - (Poverty 1072 1965) My Girl Sue / I Want to See You Again
- The Righteous Brothers - (Philles 124 1965) You've Lost that Loving Feeling
- The Shangri-Las - (Red Bird 10-043 1965) I Can Never Go Home Anymore
- Tiny Tim & Saxie Russell - (Starfire 408 1965) Soul Food
- Wilson Pickett - (Atlantic 2289 1965)In the Midnight Hour
1966
1967: Vietnam War, Protests, More Soul Sounds
- Albert King - (Stax 201 1967) Crosscut Saw
- Albert King - (Stax 217 1967) Born Under A Bad Sign
- Aretha Franklin - (Atlantic 2386 1967) I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Soul sister #1; female superstar of the soul genre
- Bert Miller and Swing Kings - (La Louisianne 8114 1967) Kidnapper / King of Soul
- Chuck Berry - (Mercury 72643 1967) Club Nitty Gritty
- Eddie and the Rays - (Titan 6601 1967) That's the Way it Is Out Here
- Erma Franklin - (Shout 221 1967) Piece of My Heart
- Gary Weston - (Wand 170 1967) Red Feather Basket
- James Crawford - (King 6103 1967) Hold It
- Joe Tex - (Dial 4063 1967) Skinny Legs And All
- The Fantastic Johnny C - (Phil L.A. 305 1967) Boogaloo Down Broadway
- June Sims - (King 6070 1967) I Cried
- Larry Williams & Johnny "Guitar" Watson - (OKeh 4-7274 1967)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
- Leon Austin - (King 6093 1967) Two Sided Love
- Little Irvin - (Ivory 711 1967) Who's Lovin' You / Nobody's Loving Me
- Lucille Mathis - (A Bet 9431 1967) I Don’t Want To Go Through Life
- Masked Man & the Agents - (Mask 901 1967) Wigs
- Model T Slim - (Audio Blues 1932 1967) You're Getting Old
- Ripp Tide - (Josie 974 1967) Dynamite
- Sam & Dave - (Stax 231 1967) Soul Man
- Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (MGM K13322 1967) Wooly Bully / Ain't Gonna Move
- Suzy Rose - (Sur Speed 1107 1967) Let's Have A Party / Welfare Sugar Daddy
- Syl Johnson - (Twilight 100 1967) Come On Sock It To Me
- The Avons - (A Bet 9420 1967) Talk to Me
- The Bar Kays - (Volt 148 1967) Soulfinger
- The Casinos - (Fraternity 977 1967) Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
- The Dialtones - (Dial 4054 1967) Don’t Let The Sun Shine On Me
- The Soul Survivors - (Crimson 1010 1967) Expressway to Your Heart
- The Xciters - (JS 200 1967) Upsetter
Garage band
- Vicki Anderson - (King 6138 1967) Baby, Don't You Know
1968
- Andre Williams - (Checker 1205 1968) Cadillac Jack
- Archie Bell & the Drells (Atlantic 2478 1968) Tighten Up, Pt 1
- Arlene Williams - (Musette 6516 1968) Duck All Over Town, Pt 1
- B Goode - (Jim Jam 92335 1968) Hokey Pokey Rock
- Baby Love - (Dud Sound 4711 1968) Is Your Love Real
- Bird Rollins - (Calla 178 1971) Here He Comes Drunk Again
- Bo Dud & Johnny Twist - (TDS 4714 1968) I'm Back Home
- Bo Dud & Johnny Twist - (Dud Sound 4706 1968) Soul Election
- Bobby Baskerville - (Dot 17066 1968) Gotcha Where I Wancha
- Chubby Checker - (Buddah 100 1968) Back in the USSR
- Connie Francis - (MGM EP N-FSR 6109 1968) Nixon's the One
- Don Covay - (Atlantic 2494 1968) It's in the Wind
- Fats Domino - (Reprise 0775 1968) Lovely Rita
Fats recording of Lovely Rita could be seen as the end to American Rock & Roll.
- Gladys Tyler - (Decca 32135 1967) Mr Green Mrs Green
- Harvey Scales - (Magic Touch 16001 1968) Broadway Freeze
- Howard Tate - (Verve 565 1968) Shoot 'Em All Down
- James Brown - (King 6187 1968) Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1)
Soul music, clearly for black audiences
- Joe Tex - (Dial 4083 1968) Keep the One You Got
- King Louie - (Mockingbird 1007 1968) Broadway Up Tight
- Lindell Hill - (Arch 1302 1968) Used to Be Love / Ramone
- Mable John - (Stax 0016 1968) Running Out
- Margie Hendrix – (Sound Stage 7 2524 1968) Don’t Destroy Me
- Margie Hendrix - (Mercury 72734 1968) Don't Take Your Good Thing
- Mickey Murray - (SSS Int' 727 1968) Hit Record
- Mickey Murray - (SSS Int'l 779 1968) Sticky Sue
- Minnie Epperson - (Peacock 1960 1968) Grab Your Clothes
- O V Wright - (Back Beat 597 1968) I Want Everyone to Know
- Otis Redding - (Volt 157 1968) Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
- Percy Sledge - (Atlantic 2490 1968) Take Time to Know Her
- Phil Flowers - (Dot 17154 1968) I Saw Her Standing There
- Question Mark & the Mysterians (Cameo 428 1968) 96 Tears
- Richard's People - (Tuba 2012 1968) Yo Yo
- Rufus Thomas - (Stax 250 1968) The Memphis Train
- Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs - (MGM K13920 1968) I Never Had No One
- Willie Bailey - (Loadstone 1616 1968) Wayward Girl
- Willie Tomlin - (Peacock 1961 1968) Check Me Baby
1969
- Al Green - (Hi 2164 1969) Tomorrow's Dreams
- Al Trahan- (Spindletop 0018 1969) Funky Lu
- Billy Kennedy - (Thelma 109A 1965) Sweet Things
- Chuck Brooks - (Volt 4034 1969) Love's Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
- Cliff Jackson - (Midnight Sun 001 1969) Frank This Is It
- JJ Barnes - (Revilot 225 1969) So Called Friends
- Jackie Avery - (Tail Gate 1003 1969) I Got Love
- Johnny Moore - (Blue Rock 4070 1969) Lonely Heart In The City
- Johnny Soul - (SSS Int'l 763 1969) I Almost Called your Name
- Lee Dorsey - (Amy 11057 1969) Candy Yam
- Lowell Fulsom - (Jewel 801 1969) Lady in the Rain
- Robert & Geno - (Goldband 1213 1969) No Salt in the Beans
- Ron Holden - (VMC 748 1969) Sea Of Love
- Sam & Dave - (Stax 242 1968) I Thank You
- Spencer Wiggins - (Goldwax 339 1969) I Never Loved a Woman
- Swinging Astronauts - (Julmar ???? 1969) Crazy Stockings On The Moon
Julmar = NYC label
- The Sisters of Righteous - (King 6242 1969) My Man Is Gone
- Tina Britt - (Veep 1298 1969) Sookie Sookie
- Willie Cobbs - (Riceland 110 1969) I'll Love Only You
1970 and Beyond
- Al Green - (Hi 2177 1970) Right Now Right Now
- Bill Spiller - (Atomic H 916 1971) Hot Pants Girl
- Buddy Miles - (Mercury 73008 1971) The Changes
- Candi Staton - (Fame 1460 1970) I'm Just a Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin')
- Chuck Berry - (Chess 2090 1970) Tulane
- Clarence Murray - (SSS Int'l 778 1970) Let's Get On With It
- Clarence Reid - (Alston 4598 1972) Gotta Take It Home to Mother
- Johnny Allan - (Jin 291 1974) Asking Forgiveness
- Mickey Murray - (Federal 12571 1970) I Can't Tell You
- Perk Badger - (Suncut 1167 1970) Do Your Stuff Pt 1 / Pt 2
- Shades Of Time - (Better World 4357 1970) Can You Dig It
- Rufus Thomas - (Stax 0112 1971) Do The Funky Penguin Pt 1
- Shirley Ann Lee - (Revival 135 1972) How Can I Lose
- O V Wright - (ABC 12119 1975) Henpecked Man
- O V Wright - (Back Beat 615 1970) Afflicted / Ace of Spade
- Perk Badger - (Suncut 1167 1970) Do Your Stuff Pt. 1 / Pt. 2
- Shack - (Volt 4063 1970) It's Good to be Careful
- Shack - (Volt 4051 1970) Too Many Lovers
- Smith Connection - (Music Merchant 1015 1973) I'm Bugging Your Phone
- Wilson Pickett - (Atlantic 2765 1970) Engine Number 9
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