Black & Blues

Mar 30 2025 341 ep. 107 mins 9

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Music by African-American artists from the 1920’s through the 1960’s including blues, gospel, rhythm & blues, early soul and doo wop with emphasis on the period from W.W. II through the sixties.

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Black & Blues: Episode 339, Part 2 of songs about the weather

Mar 30 2025 119 mins

This episode features blues, R&B, gospel, doo wop and soul songs about the weather. Listen to artists like The Soul Stirrers, Little Esther, Marvin Gaye, Blind Willie Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Ray Quarles, Johnny Rawls, and many others.

Black & Blues: Episode 338. Part 1 of songs about the weather

Mar 25 2025 119 mins

This episode features gospel, blues, doo wop, R&B and soul songs about rain, snow floods, storms, clouds, etc.

Black & Blues: Episode 337, Part 7 of R&B Hits of the 1940s and 1950s

Mar 21 2025 119 mins

This episode highlights R&B hits from 1949 to 1951. Listen to artists like Big Mama Thornton, Lucky Millinder, Pee Wee Crayton, Wynonie Harris and dozens more.

Black & Blues: Episode 336, Part 6 of R&B Hits of the 1940s and 1950s

Mar 09 2025 119 mins

This episode covers songs that made it to Billboard's Top R&B records rankings from 1948 to 1951. Listen to artists like Roy Milton, Wynonie Harris, Joe Liggins, Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Percy Mayfield, Louis Jordan and many, many more.

Black & Blues: Episode 335, Part 5 of R&B Hits of the 1940s

Feb 23 2025 119 mins

This episode looks at records that were listed on Billboard's Top R&B Hits from 1947 through 1949. Listen to artists such as Dinah Washington, Ivory Joe Hunter, Amos Milburn, Bull Moose Jackson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Louis Jordan, Memphis Slim, Jimmy Preston, and many others.

Black & Blues: Episode 334, Part 4 of R&B Hits of the 1940s

Feb 17 2025 119 mins

This episode continues to look at R&B records that were listed on the Billboard R&B hit charts in the 1940s. Listen to hit making artists like Joe Liggins, Ivory Joe Hunter, Bull Moose Jackson, Amos Milburn, Muddy Waters, Louis Jordan and many others.

Black & Blues: Episode 333, Part 3 of R&B Hits of the 1940s

Feb 03 2025 119 mins

Listen to R&B hits recorded from 1945 to 1948. Some of the featured artists are: Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, Julia Lee, Nellie Lutcher, Lionel Hampton, Bull Moose Jackson, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, and dozens more.

Black & Blues: Episode 332, Part 2 of R&B Hits of the 1940s

Jan 28 2025 119 mins

This episode looks at Billboard charted R&B hits from 1942 to 1947. Listen to artists like Count Basie, Wea Bea Booze, Ivory Joe Hunter, Lucky Millender, Cootie Williams, Louis Jordan, Lionel Hampton, and many others.

Black & Blues: Episode 331, conclusion of songs about family plus Part 1 of R&B Hits from 1942-1945

Jan 19 2025 119 mins

Family song artists include The Coolbreezers, Effie Smith, Brownie McGhee, Boozoo Chavis and others. Artists from the 1940s include Louis Jordan, Joe Turner, Buddy and Ella Johnson, Count Basie with Jimmy Rushing, Arthur Crudup, Lucky Millinder and many more.

Black & Blues: Episode 330, Part 2 of songs about family members

Jan 12 2025 119 mins

Listen to blues, doo wop and R&B songs about all your family members except mothers and fathers. Listen to J.B. Lenore, Snooks Eaglin, Sonny Terry, Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers, Willie Tee, Tiny Kennedy, The Midnighters and dozens more.