MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY-Chuck Berry (Chess-1958)

From 1958, here's Chuck Berry with "Merry Christmas Baby."


Released on Chess #1714.

1st RECORDING OF: Walk Right In - Cannon’s Jug Stompers (1929)

Decades before the Rooftop Singers had a big hit with this song, here's Gustavo "Gus" Cannon and His Jug Stompers with "Walk Right In."

Recorded on October 1, 1929 and released on Victor #V-38611.

Howlin' Wolf - All Night Boogie

From 1953, here's Howlin' Wolf with "All Night Boogie," released on Chess #1557.

JIMMY REED You've Got Me Dizzy NOV '56

From November of 1956, here's Jimmy Reed with the self-penned "You've Got Me Dizzy."

Released on Vee Jay #VJ 226.

Pete ''Guitar'' Lewis - Midnight In The Barrel House

Time for some Blues with Johnny Otis and His Orchestra, featuring Pete Lewis and His Guitar, "Midnight In The Barrel House."

This 1948 recording was released on Excelsior #OR 536.

(1952) Chess 1515 (0:00) ''Saddle My Pony'' b/w (2:33) ''Worried All The...

Time for a double-dose of the Blues from The Howlin' Wolf.

Two self-penned compositions from Chester (Howlin' Wolf) Burnett, "Saddle My Pony," then "Worried All The Time."

Both sides were recorded in Memphis, Tennessee on April 17, 1952 and released on Chess #1515.

Bob Dunn's Vagabonds - Graveyard Blues 1939

Time now, kids, for some bluesy Western swing with Bob Dunn's Vagabonds.



Leo Raley, who played mandolin in Mr. Dunn's band, does this vocal on "Graveyard Blues."



Bob's steel guitar playing was so 1935, even though this recording was made on March 2, 1939 in Houston Texas and released on Decca Records.



Bob, when he was with Milton Brown's Musical Brownies in 1935, was the first artist to make a commercial recording of an electrified string instrument, in this case, his guitar.