This week on Backbeat you'll hear everything from the hokum blues of Tommy McClennon (doing a song that became an Albert King hit) to a George Jones novelty number, an old timey pre-bluegrass string band, gypsy jazz from France (that what they called it), one of the first pop hits recorded at the FAME studio in Muscle Shoals and a lovely, accapella version of a Leonard Cohen song.
Artist - Title - Year Peppermint Harris - Cry For My Baby - 1952 Linton Garner - Double a Mambo - 1958 The Detroiters - Angels Watching over Me - 1951 The Louvin Brothers - Nashville Blues - 1960 George Jones - Vitamins L-O-V-E - 1960 Tommy McClennon - Cross Cut Saw Blues - 1941 The Staple Singers - I'm Leaning - 1959 The Once - Coming Back To You - 2010 The Rice Brothers' Gang - Alabama Jubilee - 1939 Bill Mack - Cat's Just Got Back In Town - 1956 The Jubalaires - Before This Time Another Year - 1944 Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France - Swing From Paris - 1935 Tommy Roe - Everybody - 1963 Jackie Lee Cochran - Mama Don't You Think I Know - 1956 Morris Fontain (And Vocal Group) - Cryin' My Heart Out - 1954 Aldus Roger - Lafayette Two Step (1964) - 1964 Al Vaughn - Why Kid Myself About You - 1949 Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential - 1958 Guitar Gable - This Should Go On Forever - 1958 Jesse James - Red Hot Rockin' Blues - 1958 The Lamplighters - Turn Me Loose - 1953 Buddy & Ella Johnson - Bitter Sweet - 1992