Search for the Label "Chess Records"

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Chess

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It's All Over [recorded in 1967, not released]

Non-LP, till the 1962 comp album 'Chuck Berry Twist'

Chess

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Reelin' and Rockin' [B-side of 'Sweet Little Sixteen']

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Chess

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Reelin' and Rockin' [B-side of 'Sweet Little Sixteen']

Non-LP, till the 1962 comp album 'Chuck Berry Twist'

Chess

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no more loving (alternate take)

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Ride On / Chess Masters 1960-1961

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Chess

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no more loving (alternate take)

Ride On / Chess Masters 1960-1961

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V/A 1st time on LP*, 1984 'The Blues Years 1950-1956'

Chess

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Juiced [Follow-up to ': Rocket "88"' / Vocal - Billy Love]

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Juiced [Follow-up to ': Rocket "88"' / Vocal - Billy Love]

V/A 1st time on LP*, 1984 'The Blues Years 1950-1956'

Chess

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Guitar Boogie [Originally by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, early 1946]

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One Dozen Berries

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Chess

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Guitar Boogie [Originally by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, early 1946]

Chess

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Smokestack Lightning [re-recorded version / Original version, 1956]

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Chess

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Smokestack Lightning [re-recorded version / Original version, 1956]

Non-LP, till the July 1959 album 'Chuck Berry Is on Top'

Chess

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Maybellene [His 1st single / #18 on "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]

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Chess

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Maybellene [His 1st single / #18 on "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]

Non-LP, till the July 1959 album 'Chuck Berry Is on Top'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Go, Bobby Soxer [B-side of 'Little Marie' / Spelled 'Go Bobby Soxer' on the album]

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Chess

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Go, Bobby Soxer [B-side of 'Little Marie' / Spelled 'Go Bobby Soxer' on the album]

Chess

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Chess

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Non-LP, till the Aug 1959 album 'Moanin' In The Moonlight'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Non-LP, till the Aug 1959 album 'Moanin' In The Moonlight'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Brown Eyed Handsome Man

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Chess

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Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Chess

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O Rangutang [B-side of 'Nadine (Is It You?)', his 1st US chart single in over 3 years]

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The Latest And The Greatest

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Chess

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O Rangutang [B-side of 'Nadine (Is It You?)', his 1st US chart single in over 3 years]

The Latest And The Greatest

Chess

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Chess

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Non-LP, till the 11-LP(!) box set 'The Chess Box'

Chess

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Gone to Main St. [Little Walter - harmonica]

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Chess

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Gone to Main St. [Little Walter - harmonica]

Non-LP, till the 11-LP(!) box set 'The Chess Box'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess Records

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Chess Records

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V/A Ace - Golden Age of Am. R&R v. 10

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Chess

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V/A Ace - Golden Age of Am. R&R v. 10

Chess

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V/A Chess Sisters of Soul

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Chess

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V/A Chess Sisters of Soul

Chess

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Our Little Rendezvous

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Single A-Side (b/w "Jaguar and Thunderbird")

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Chess

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Our Little Rendezvous

Single A-Side (b/w "Jaguar and Thunderbird")

Chess

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V/A 1st time on LP, the 1980 album 'The Sun Box'

Chess

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Maybellene [#18 on "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]

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Chuck Berry is on Top

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Chess

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Maybellene [#18 on "Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"]

Chuck Berry is on Top

Chess

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Rocket 88 [Spelled as 'Rocket "88" ' on the single]

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Chess

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Rocket 88 [Spelled as 'Rocket "88" ' on the single]

V/A 1st time on LP, the 1980 album 'The Sun Box'

Chess

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Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn

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Chess

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Dare I Weep, Dare I Mourn

Chess

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You Need Love [Basis for LZ's 'Whole Lotta Love', Aug 1969 / Earl Hooker, Jackie Brenston played on this]

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Non-LP, CD till the 1992 9-CD set 'The Complete Muddy Waters 1947 - 1967

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Chess

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You Need Love [Basis for LZ's 'Whole Lotta Love', Aug 1969 / Earl Hooker, Jackie Brenston played on this]

Non-LP, CD till the 1992 9-CD set 'The Complete Muddy Waters 1947 - 1967

Chess

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How Many More Years [Basis for 'How Many More Times', on 1st Led Zep LP, 1969 / Ike Turner - piano]

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Non-LP, till the 1959 album 'Moanin' At Midnight''

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Chess

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How Many More Years [Basis for 'How Many More Times', on 1st Led Zep LP, 1969 / Ike Turner - piano]

Non-LP, till the 1959 album 'Moanin' At Midnight''

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Down In The Bottom [Re-make of 1961 single]

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Down In The Bottom [Re-make of 1961 single]

Non-LP, till the Feb 1962 album 'Chuck Berry Twist' *

Chess

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Back In The USA [Etta James, Marquees - background vocals / Original single spelled the title 'Back in the U.S.A.']

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Back In The USA [Etta James, Marquees - background vocals / Original single spelled the title 'Back in the U.S.A.']

Non-LP, till the Feb 1962 album 'Chuck Berry Twist' *

Chess

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Chess

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Tear Drops

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V/A Ace - Golden Age of Am. R&R v. 7

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Chess

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V/A Non-LP, CD till the 1994 CD 'I Grand Successi 1951 - 1952/2'

Tear Drops

V/A Ace - Golden Age of Am. R&R v. 7

Chess

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Deep In Debt Blues [his 2nd record]

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Chess

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Deep In Debt Blues [his 2nd record]

V/A Non-LP, CD till the 1994 CD 'I Grand Successi 1951 - 1952/2'

Chess

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Chess

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Keep On Walkin' Baby / We Have Each Other

Chess

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Keep On Walkin' Baby / We Have Each Other

Chess

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Country Clown [his 1st recording]

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1st time on an LP, the 1972 album 'His First Recordings'

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Chess

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Country Clown [his 1st recording]

1st time on an LP, the 1972 album 'His First Recordings'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

Fred Allen

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May 30, 2023

Artist:

Muddy Waters

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Single A-Side (b/w "She's So Pretty")

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Chess

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I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man

Single A-Side (b/w "She's So Pretty")

Chess

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Non-LP, till the 1975 album 'Change My Way'

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Chess

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Non-LP, till the 1975 album 'Change My Way'

Chess

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Etta James Rocks the House

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Chess

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Etta James Rocks the House

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Chess

not on an LP, till the 1985 11-LP(!!) set 'Muddy Waters (The Chess Box)'

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not on an LP, till the 1985 11-LP(!!) set 'Muddy Waters (The Chess Box)'

Chess

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You Never Can Tell [Follow-up to 'No Particular Place To Go' / Johnnie Johnson - piano]

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You Never Can Tell [Follow-up to 'No Particular Place To Go' / Johnnie Johnson - piano]

1st time on an LP, the 1972 album 'His First Recordings'

Chess

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Country Clown [his 1st recording]

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Chess

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Country Clown [his 1st recording]

1st time on an LP, the 1972 album 'His First Recordings'

Chess

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I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man [Billed as 'Muddy Waters And His Guitar' on some copies*]

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Non-LP, till the 1958 album 'The Best Of Muddy Waters'

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Chess

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I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man [Billed as 'Muddy Waters And His Guitar' on some copies*]

Non-LP, till the 1958 album 'The Best Of Muddy Waters'

Chess

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First Time I Met The Blues [B-side of 'I Got My Eyes On You']

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Non-LP, till the 1970 comp album 'I Was Walking Through The Woods'

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Chess

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First Time I Met The Blues [B-side of 'I Got My Eyes On You']

Non-LP, till the 1970 comp album 'I Was Walking Through The Woods'

Chess

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You Never Can Tell [Follow-up to 'No Particular Place To Go' / Johnnie Johnson - piano]

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Chess

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You Never Can Tell [Follow-up to 'No Particular Place To Go' / Johnnie Johnson - piano]

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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The Best Thing For You

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Chess

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The Best Thing For You

1st time on LP, 1958 album 'The Best of Muddy Waters'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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The Essential Etta James

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Chess

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The Essential Etta James

Chess

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Too Much Monkey Business [Follow-up to 'Roll Over Beethoven'*]

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After School Session

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Chess

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Too Much Monkey Business [Follow-up to 'Roll Over Beethoven'*]

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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I Had a Talk With My Man

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Shades of a Genius

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Chess Records

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I Had a Talk With My Man

Chess Records

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Walkin' The Boogie [Alternate Take]

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His Best Chess Sides

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Chess

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Walkin' The Boogie [Alternate Take]

Chess

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I Just Want To Make Love To You [Titled on the single 'Just Make Love to Me']

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Chess

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I Just Want To Make Love To You [Titled on the single 'Just Make Love to Me']

1st time on LP, 1958 album 'The Best of Muddy Waters'

Chess

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I Say a Little Prayer

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Light My Fire

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Chess

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I Say a Little Prayer

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Billy's Blues - part 1

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Chess

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Billy's Blues - part 1

Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' In The Moonlight

Chess

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Smokestack Lightnin' [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #285]

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Chess

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Smokestack Lightnin' [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #285]

Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' In The Moonlight

Chess

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Love For Christmas [their 5th of 9 singles]

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1st time on LP, 1986: 'Rockin' Little Christmas'

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Chess

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Love For Christmas [their 5th of 9 singles]

1st time on LP, 1986: 'Rockin' Little Christmas'

Chess

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People Don't Know What Love Is

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Chess

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People Don't Know What Love Is

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Chess

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Titled 'The Red Rooster' on the original 1961 single

Chess

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Chess Records

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Chess Records

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Chess

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Chess

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Little Red Rooster [Sam Lay - drums]

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Chess

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Little Red Rooster [Sam Lay - drums]

Titled 'The Red Rooster' on the original 1961 single

Chess

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I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) [Title on the single: 'I Asked For Water']

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Chess

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I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) [Title on the single: 'I Asked For Water']

Non-LP till his 1st album, 1959: 'Moanin' In The Moonlight'

Chess

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Forty Four [Spelled 'Forty-Four' on the LP]

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Chess

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Forty Four [Spelled 'Forty-Four' on the LP]

Non-LP till his 1st album, 1959: 'Moanin' In The Moonlight'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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All Night Boogie [his 9th single, but 1st in a year]

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Moanin' In The Moonlight

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Chess

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All Night Boogie [his 9th single, but 1st in a year]

Moanin' In The Moonlight

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Night Beat [a Captain Al music bed, usually played near the end of his show]

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Chess

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Night Beat [a Captain Al music bed, usually played near the end of his show]

Chess

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My Little Love-Light [it wasn't easy, but I found a good Chuck Berry track not yet on T-B]

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Chess Records

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My Little Love-Light [it wasn't easy, but I found a good Chuck Berry track not yet on T-B]

"Live" At Mister Kelley's

Chess Records

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"Live" At Mister Kelley's

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Chess

Also issued on RPM Records 1952 {different version}

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Chess

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Booted [his 4th record, 2nd hit]

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Chess

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Booted [his 4th record, 2nd hit]

Also issued on RPM Records 1952 {different version}

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Long Lonely Nights

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V/A Collectables - Doo Wop v. 1

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Chess

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Long Lonely Nights

V/A Collectables - Doo Wop v. 1

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Too Much Monkey Business

Album:

The Chess Box

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Chess

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Too Much Monkey Business

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Highway 49 [Originally by Big Joe Williams, 1935]

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Chess

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Highway 49 [Originally by Big Joe Williams, 1935]

Non-LP till the 1984 album 'Down At Muscle Shoals'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Summertime [BEST version EVER!! / this single version was an edited version of the full 4:12 LP version]

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Unbelievable

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Chess

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Summertime [BEST version EVER!! / this single version was an edited version of the full 4:12 LP version]

Chess

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Cheater Man [1st of 3 singles on Chess]

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Chess

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Cheater Man [1st of 3 singles on Chess]

Non-LP till the 1984 album 'Down At Muscle Shoals'

Chess

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Little Queenie [B-side of 'Almost Grown']

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Chess

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Little Queenie [B-side of 'Almost Grown']

2nd of 9 singles, 1953 to 1974

Chess

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V/A Ace - You Heard It Here First

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Chess

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V/A Ace - You Heard It Here First

Chess

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2nd of 9 singles, 1953 to 1974

Chess

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Whiskey Ain't No Good [James Cotton – harmonica]

Album:

Can't Get No Grindin'

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Chess

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Whiskey Ain't No Good [James Cotton – harmonica]

Can't Get No Grindin'

Chess

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Sugar Mamma [B-side of 'Walking The Boogie']

Album:

King of the Boogie

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Chess

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Sugar Mamma [B-side of 'Walking The Boogie']

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Booted [his 4th record, 2nd hit]

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Also issued on RPM Records 1952 {different version}

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Chess

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Booted [his 4th record, 2nd hit]

Also issued on RPM Records 1952 {different version}

Chess

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You Were Meant For Me

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Chess

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You Were Meant For Me

Chess

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Chuck Berry Chess Box

Label:

Chess

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Chuck Berry Chess Box

Chess

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Promised Land [Lafayette Leake – piano]

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Chess

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Promised Land [Lafayette Leake – piano]

Non-LP till his 1st album, 1959: 'Moanin' In The Moonlight'

Chess

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Forty Four [Spelled 'Forty-Four' on the LP]

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Chess

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Forty Four [Spelled 'Forty-Four' on the LP]

Non-LP till his 1st album, 1959: 'Moanin' In The Moonlight'

Chess

Second Fiddle

Rick Biskit Roth

Date:

May 17, 2022

Artist:

Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley

Song:

The Red Rooster [Originally releas- ed by Howlin' Wolf, Oct 1961]

Album:

The Super Super Blues Band

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Chess

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Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley

The Red Rooster [Originally releas- ed by Howlin' Wolf, Oct 1961]

The Super Super Blues Band

Chess

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Sweet Little Rock N' Roller

Album:

Sweet Little Rock N' Roller

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Non-LP till the 1962 comp album 'Chuck Berry Twist'

Chess

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Reelin' and Rockin' [B-side of 'Sweet Little Sixteen']

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Label:

Chess

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Reelin' and Rockin' [B-side of 'Sweet Little Sixteen']

Non-LP till the 1962 comp album 'Chuck Berry Twist'

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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I've Been Loving You Too Long [originally by Otis Redding, 1965]

Album:

Something Good / The Muscle Shoals Sessions

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

I've Been Loving You Too Long [originally by Otis Redding, 1965]

Something Good / The Muscle Shoals Sessions

Chess

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Artist:

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I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) [Title on the single: 'I Asked For Water']

Album:

1st time on LP: Moanin' in the Moonlight, 1959

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) [Title on the single: 'I Asked For Water']

1st time on LP: Moanin' in the Moonlight, 1959

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Non-LP till the April 1958 album 'The Best of Muddy Waters'*

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Chess

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Non-LP till the April 1958 album 'The Best of Muddy Waters'*

Chess

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Maybellene [his 1st single]

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Chess

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Maybellene [his 1st single]

Chess

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Label:

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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V/A Ace - You Heard It Here First v. 1

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Chess

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V/A Ace - You Heard It Here First v. 1

Chess

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Chess

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Live And Cooking' At Alice's Revisited

Chess

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Chess

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Live And Cooking' At Alice's Revisited

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Three Hundred Pounds of Joy

Chess

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Album:

The Real Folk Blues

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Three Hundred Pounds of Joy

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

I'm Ready [Originally recorded by Muddy Waters in Oct 1954*]

Album:

Fathers and Sons

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

I'm Ready [Originally recorded by Muddy Waters in Oct 1954*]

Chess

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Artist:

Song:

Killing Floor [B-side of 'Louise']

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Chess

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Killing Floor [B-side of 'Louise']

Chess

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Song:

Little Red Rooster [Sam Lay - drums]

Album:

Titled 'The Red Rooster' on the original 1961 single

Label:

Chess

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Little Red Rooster [Sam Lay - drums]

Titled 'The Red Rooster' on the original 1961 single

Chess

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Artist:

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Shake for Me [B-side of 'The Red Rooster']

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Chess

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Shake for Me [B-side of 'The Red Rooster']

Chess

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I Love The Life I Live [Waters 1st released this in spring 1957*]

Album:

Fathers and Sons

Label:

Chess

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I Love The Life I Live [Waters 1st released this in spring 1957*]

Chess

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Long Distance Call [Live / Waters 1st released this in spring 1951*]

Album:

Fathers and Sons

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Chess

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Long Distance Call [Live / Waters 1st released this in spring 1951*]

Chess

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It's Too Soon to Know

Album:

The Second Time Around

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Chess

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It's Too Soon to Know

The Second Time Around

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure

Song:

Don't Mess Up A Good Thing

Album:

V/A The Chess Story 1957-1964

Label:

Chess

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Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure

Don't Mess Up A Good Thing

V/A The Chess Story 1957-1964

Chess

If 6 Was 9

Rick Biskit Roth

Date:

Feb 27, 2022

Artist:

Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry

Song:

When The Saints Go Marching In

Album:

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Chess

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Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry

When The Saints Go Marching In

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Chess

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Love, Why Is It Taking You So Long?

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Love, Why Is It Taking You So Long?

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Song:

Rocket 88 [Spelled as 'Rocket "88" ' on the single]

Album:

Often cited as one of the very 1st "Rock N' Roll" recordings *

Label:

Chess

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Rocket 88 [Spelled as 'Rocket "88" ' on the single]

Often cited as one of the very 1st "Rock N' Roll" recordings *

Chess

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Chess

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Maybellene [his 1st single]

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Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Maybellene [his 1st single]

1st time on LP: 'Sonny Boy Williamson', {Chess Blues Masters Series}, 1976

Chess

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Song:

Sittin' Here And Drinkin' [Full title - 'Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues)']

Album:

More Real Folk Blues

Label:

Chess

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Sittin' Here And Drinkin' [Full title - 'Sittin' Here And Drinkin' (Whiskey Blues)']

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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V/A Amp Up the Holidays

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Chess

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V/A Amp Up the Holidays

Chess

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Santa Claus [I think he liked Buster Brown's 'Fannie Mae'?]

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Santa Claus [I think he liked Buster Brown's 'Fannie Mae'?]

1st time on LP: 'Sonny Boy Williamson', {Chess Blues Masters Series}, 1976

Chess

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Song:

Merry Christmas Baby [Originally recorded in 1947, by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers]

Album:

Non-LP till the Nov 1964 album: 'St. Louis to Liverpool'

Label:

Chess

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Merry Christmas Baby [Originally recorded in 1947, by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers]

Non-LP till the Nov 1964 album: 'St. Louis to Liverpool'

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Chess

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Chess

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Muddy Waters Live At Mister Kelly's

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Muddy Waters Live At Mister Kelly's

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The Trouble with Me is You

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Chess

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No Money Down [his 3rd single]

Album:

After School Session

Label:

Chess

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No Money Down [his 3rd single]

Chess

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That Old Feeling

Label:

Chess

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The Trouble with Me is You

Chess

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Song:

Evil [B-side of 'Live The Life I Love (Love The Life I Live)']

Album:

Non LP in the US, till 1989, on 'The Chess Box' (MCA)

Label:

Chess

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Evil [B-side of 'Live The Life I Love (Love The Life I Live)']

Non LP in the US, till 1989, on 'The Chess Box' (MCA)

Chess

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Mama's Got a Good Thing

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Mama's Got a Good Thing

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Non-LP till the 1970 release 'Chicago Bound'

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Chess

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Non-LP till the 1970 release 'Chicago Bound'

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Chess

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Chess

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Down in the Bottom [Unedited Version]

Album:

V/A The Chess Story 1957-1964: UK Chess, 2001

Label:

Chess

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Down in the Bottom [Unedited Version]

V/A The Chess Story 1957-1964: UK Chess, 2001

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess Records

Show:

DJ:

Chess Records

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Chess

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The Complete Muddy Waters 1947-1967: UK Charly, 1992

Chess

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Song:

Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #374]

Album:

After School Session

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #374]

Chess

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Chess

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The Complete Muddy Waters 1947-1967: UK Charly, 1992

Chess

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Song:

Little Red Rooster [Titled 'The Red Rooster' on the original single]

Album:

Howlin' Wolf *

Label:

Chess

Show:

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Little Red Rooster [Titled 'The Red Rooster' on the original single]

Chess

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Chess

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The Late, Great, King of the Baritone

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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The Late, Great, King of the Baritone

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Song:

Open the Door Richard

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Chess

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Open the Door Richard

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Song:

Chuck Berry - Rock 'N Roll Rarities

Album:

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Chuck Berry - Rock 'N Roll Rarities

Chess

Date:

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I Had A Talk With My Man Last Night

Album:

I Had A Talk With My Man Last Night

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Artist:

Song:

Smokestack Lightnin' [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #285]

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Smokestack Lightnin' [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #285]

Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

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Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker

Song:

Love Me

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Jimmy Lee & Wayne Walker

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Album:

The London Muddy Waters Sessions

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone

The London Muddy Waters Sessions

Chess

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Chess Records

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Chess Records

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Song:

Built For Comfort [B-side of 'Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy']

Album:

The Real Folk Blues: Chess, 1965

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Built For Comfort [B-side of 'Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy']

The Real Folk Blues: Chess, 1965

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

She's So Pretty [B-side of 'I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man']

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

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She's So Pretty [B-side of 'I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man']

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Beautiful Delilah [Follow-up to 'Johnny B. Goode']

Album:

His Best, Vol. 1: MCA, Chess, 1997

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Beautiful Delilah [Follow-up to 'Johnny B. Goode']

His Best, Vol. 1: MCA, Chess, 1997

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Song:

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Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Chess

Date:

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Song:

Cheater Man [1st of 3 singles on Chess]

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Cheater Man [1st of 3 singles on Chess]

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Oh-Oh [B-side of 'My Dearest Darling ']

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

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Oh-Oh [B-side of 'My Dearest Darling ']

Chess

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Artist:

Song:

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Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

She Moves Me [Top-10 R&B hit]

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

She Moves Me [Top-10 R&B hit]

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Kinfolk's Blues [recorded in 1967]

Album:

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Kinfolk's Blues [recorded in 1967]

Live / Fillmore Auditorium - SF 11/04-06/1966: UK Geffen, 2009

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

Date:

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Song:

Album:

V/A Chess Soul Sisters

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

V/A Chess Soul Sisters

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Honey Bee [Live: Song also known as 'Sail On']

Album:

Label:

Chess

Show:

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Honey Bee [Live: Song also known as 'Sail On']

Live / Fillmore Auditorium - SF 11/04-06/1966: UK Geffen, 2009

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

Show:

DJ:

Chess

Date:

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Song:

Album:

The Chronological J.B. Lenoir 1951-1954: French Classics, 2005

Label:

Chess

Show:

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The Chronological J.B. Lenoir 1951-1954: French Classics, 2005

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

I Can't Quit You baby

Album:

Willie Dixon Chess Box

Label:

Chess

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I Can't Quit You baby

Willie Dixon Chess Box

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Insane Asylum [B-side of 'Fire']

Album:

Jan 1968

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Insane Asylum [B-side of 'Fire']

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Bring It On Home ["borrowed" by Led Zeppelin on the LZ-II LP]

Album:

The Real Folk Blues

Label:

Chess

Show:

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Bring It On Home ["borrowed" by Led Zeppelin on the LZ-II LP]

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Album:

V/A MCA - Vintage Music v. 13-14

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Chess

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V/A MCA - Vintage Music v. 13-14

Chess

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Label:

Chess

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Chess

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Sneakers On A Rooster [Clifford Davis – tenor, baritone saxophone]

Album:

The London Sessions

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

Sneakers On A Rooster [Clifford Davis – tenor, baritone saxophone]

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

We Got Something Good [3rd of 3 singles on Chess]

Album:

Good to Me/ We Got Something Good

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

We Got Something Good [3rd of 3 singles on Chess]

Good to Me/ We Got Something Good

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Song:

That's the Way It Goes

Album:

Black Merda

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

That's the Way It Goes

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

That Old Black Magic [Originally recorded by Glenn Miller, 1943]

Album:

Unbelievable

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

That Old Black Magic [Originally recorded by Glenn Miller, 1943]

Chess

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Artist:

Song:

I Could've Had Religion [WNCR Cleveland Radio Session 1972]

Album:

Blues

Label:

Chess

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I Could've Had Religion [WNCR Cleveland Radio Session 1972]

Chess

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Song:

No Particular Place to Go

Album:

The Chess Box

Label:

Chess

Show:

DJ:

No Particular Place to Go

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Confessin' the Blues [1st recorded by Jay McShann, April 1941]

Album:

Rockin' at the Hops

Label:

Chess

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Confessin' the Blues [1st recorded by Jay McShann, April 1941]

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Around and Around [B-side of 'Johnny B. Goode']

Album:

Label:

Chess

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Around and Around [B-side of 'Johnny B. Goode']

I'm a Junkie for My Baby's Love

Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Chess

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I'm a Junkie for My Baby's Love

Chess

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Baby, Please Don't Go [Live]

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Chess

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Baby, Please Don't Go [Live]

Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Chess

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Album:

Label:

Chess Records

Show:

DJ:

Chess Records

Date:

Artist:

Song:

Album:

Introducing Roland Kirk

Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Introducing Roland Kirk

Chess

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Label:

Chess

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DJ:

Chess

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Album:

Label:

Chess

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DJ: