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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

step into the lounge!

Sunday, February 23, 2020 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

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Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Clarence Williams Orchestra v/ Louis Jordan	I Can't Dance (I Got An't In My Pants)	The Clarence Williams Collection		tribute to Louis Jordan today! rec. 1934 this was one of his earliest recordings
Chick Webb Orchestra v/ Louis Jordan	Rusty Hinge	Complete Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald Decca Sessions	Mosaic	rec 1937 Jordan's big break was being hired by Chick Webb. He sang, played saxophone and was the front man because Webb's disability prevented him from standing out front
Rodney Sturgis w/ Louis Jordan's Elks Rendez-Vous Band	Toodle-loo On Down	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family	rec 1938 Jordan left Webb's orchestra in '38 to found his own band. The first few recordings featured Sturgis as singer
Louis Jordan's Elks Redenz-Vous Band	Honey in the Bee Ball	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family	rec 1938 this was Jordan's first recording singing with his own band. His "jump blues" style hadn't fully developed yet
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family	rec 1941 this was Jordan's first recording to make the charts
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Pinetop Boogie Woogie	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family	rec 1941 Jordan rarely recorded instrumentals

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Five Guys Named Moe	The Best of Louis Jordan	RCA	rec 1942 by this time Jordan's recordings for Decca were a reliable success
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	G.I. Jive	The Wartime Years - Wartime Memories	Reader's Digest	rec. 1944 Jordan did not serve in WWII due to a "hernia condition." This song written by Johnny Mercer was a monster hit during the war
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby	Let the Good Times Roll	RCA	rec. 1943
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Buzz Me Blues	The Best of Louis Jordan	RCA	rec. 1945 this was the first of a string of crossover hits that charted on the "race chart" and the mainstream chart
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Caldonia	The Best of Louis Jordan	RCA	rec 1945 this song exemplifies the jump blues style & how it led to rhythm & blues and then to rock & roll. the smaller band allowed the musicians more flexibility to riff than a full orchestra would have
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Beware	Let the Good Times Roll	RCA	rec. 1946 with it's sing-song spoken lyrics, this has been called "the first rap." I don't know about that but it is an incredible recording. You can hear Carl Hogan's distinctive guitar riffs behind the spoken lines
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Choo Choo Ch-Boogie	The Best of Louis Jordan	RCA	rec. 1946 this record sold 1,000,000 copies which was unheard of for a Black artist at the time
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Onion	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family	rec. 1949

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Ain't That Just Like a Woman	Let the Good Times Roll	RCA	rec. 1946 The opening riff by Carl Hogan was lifted note for note by Chuck Berry for "Johnny B. Goode," Berry openly admitted to copying Hogan's style
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	The Best of Louis Jordan	RCA	rec. 1946 Jordan's comic style helped him cross over to the mainstream charts. He portrayed a comic, almost clownish figure on stage but reportedly in real life he was a hard-driving professional, very serious about his work
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Let the Good Times Roll	Let the Good Times Roll	RCA	rec. 1946
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Open the Door, Richard	Let the Good Times Roll	RCA	rec. 1947 this song is a good example of Jordan's comic style, with call and response from the musicians
Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald	Baby It's Cold Outside	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family	rec. 1949 Jordan and Fitzgerald first worked together in the Chick Webb Orchestra. They had a romance while they were in Webb's orchestra, remained friends and recorded together again several times. THey shared a love of novelty songs
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five	Saturday Night Fish Fry	Let the Good Times Roll	Bear Family	rec. 1949 by this time Jordan's star was on the wane. He was dropped by Decca in 1953 to make room for Elvis Presley
Louis Jordan	Rock Doc	Somebody Up There Digs Me	Mercury	rec. 1956 This was intended to be a comeback album but did not succeed. He recorded one more album with Mercury then was dropped by the label
Louis Jordan & Chris Barber	No Chance Blues	Louis Jordan & Chris Barber		rec. 1962 One of Jordan's final album recordings. Barber invited him to England to record this album

SIster Rosetta Tharpe	Rock Me	Men Are Like Street Cars - Women Blues Singers 1928-1969	Geffen	rec. 1938 this was one of Tharpe's first recordings
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Sit Down	The Gospel of The Blues	MCA	rec 1941 Tharpe was a gospel singer with a distinctive blues style to her guitar playing
Sister Rosetta Tharpe o/ Lucky Millinder	Shout, Sister, Shout!	Complete Recorded Works, 1938-1944 Vol. 1	Document	rec 1941 recording with Lucky Millinder brought her to the attention of mainstream audiences & also brought disapproval from the gospel community
Sister Rosetta Tharpe o/ Lucky Millinder	That's All	Apollo Jump	Proper UK	rec 1941 this was her first electric guitar recording. She was the first to use heavy distortion with electric guitar, which later came to be seen as essential to electric blues
Lucky Millinder	Apollo Jump	Apollo Jump	Proper UK

SIster Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	Complete Recorded Works 1942-1944 Vol. 2	Document	rec. 1943
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble in Mind	Complete Recorded Works 1942-1944 Vol. 2	Document	rec. 1944 this was a V-Disc recorded with Lucky Millinder. She was one of only 2 gospel performers to record for V-Disc
Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Sam Price Trio	SInging in My Soul	The Gospel of The Blues	MCA	rec. 1944 Tharpe had a successful collaboration with Price that lasted for many years
Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Sam Price Trio	Strange Things Happening Every Day	Complete Recorded Works 1942-1944 Vol. 2	Document	rec 1944
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/ Sam Price Trio	Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air	The Gospel of The Blues	MCA	rec. 1944 Tharpe and Knight toured and recorded together, and reportedly had a romance
Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Sam Price Trio	Down By the Riverside	The Gospel of The Blues	MCA	rec. 1949
Sam Price Trio	Frenchy's Blues	Sammy Price

Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Rosettes	God Don't Like It (Moonshine)	Wedding Ceremony of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Russell Morrison	Decca	rec. 1951 her third marriage was performed in a baseball stadium in front of 20,000 fans, she performed in the outfield after the ceremony
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Harmonizing Four	Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves of Bread	Gospel Train	Mercury	rec. 1956 this exemplifies the "gospel R&B style of her later career
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Harmonizing Four	99 1/2 Won't Do	Gospel Train	Mercury	rec. 1956 this album was recognized by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Gospel Train	Live in 1960	Southland	rec. 1960 Tharpe recorded this song many times over the years, starting from herearliest recordings in the late 30s
Sister Rosetta Tharpe o/ SIms-Webster Vintage Jazz Band	Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho	The Sensational Sister Rosetta Tharpe from Carnegie Hall to Antibes	Upbeat Jazz	rec. 1960 live in Antibes
Sam Price Trio	Sammy's Boogie	Sammy Price

SIster Rosetta Tharpe	Didn't It Rain	Blues and Gospel Caravan		rec. 1964 filmed for British television, this performance is available on Youtube