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PermalinkTODAY........FROM 1952
1. DREAM GIRL – JESSE & MARVIN
Jesse Belvin & Marvin Phillips here on this classic for Specialty. Huge
#2 Billboard r&b hit
2. I’M GONE – SHIRLEY & LEE
Great debut of Shirley (Goodman) and Leonard (Lee) on Aladdin backed up
by the Dave Bartholomew Band
3. SATURDAY NIGHT DADDY – LITTLE ESTHER & BOBBY NUNN
Cool bluesy duet from Esther & Bobby on Federal penned by Messrs Leiber
& Stoller. What’s not to like?
4. HI-HO BABY – JACKIE BRENSTON & EDNA McRANEY
Probably recorded at 706 Union Av Memphis in December 1951 & tapes sent
to Chess but AFAIK this has never been proven
5. DADDY LOVES BABY – JESSE & MARVIN
The excellent flipside to the #1 record listed above by Jesse & Marvin
on Specialty
6. YES INDEED! – MOMS MABLEY & SONNY TIL (& THE ORIOLES) (unreleased)
Splendid revival of the old Bing Crosby/Connee Boswell hit number
recorded for Jubilee but (amazingly) not issued at the time
7.SWEETHEARTS – SHIRLEY & LEE
Here’s the decent flipside to the #2 entry above by Shirley & Lee on
Aladdin again with Dave Bartholomew backing
8. PAYDAY LOVER – VIVIAN VERSON & JIMMY SMITH
Backed by Red Calhoun’s band here’s Vivian Verson & Jimmy Smith on a
punchy duet on J-B label
9. LOOKIN’ FOR MY BABY – BONNIE & IKE TURNER
Duet for RPM by Ike with his then-pianist Marion Louis Lee (alias
“Bonnie Turner”) who he married later in 1952
10. MONDAY MORNING BLUES – LIL GREENWOOD & LITTLE WILLIE
Backed up by The Four Jacks here’s Lil Greenwood and Little Willie
Littlefield doing their togetherness thing on Federal
11. BACK UP – EDDIE JOHNSON & EDNA McRANEY
Rockin’ duet between Eddie & Edna recorded for and released by Chess in
mid-1952
12. MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU – BONNIE & IKE TURNER
The flipside on the RPM record above (# 9) that revives Arbee Stidham’s
1947 “My Heart Belongs To You”
13. LAST LAUGH BLUES - LITTLE ESTHER & LITTLE WILLIE
Esther teams with Little Willie Littlefield on this Federal recording of
another very early Leiber & Stoller number
14. LET’S TALK IT OVER BABY – JIMMY LEE & ARTIS
Alias Jimmy Lee Cheatham and Artis Brewster these were a hubby/wife team
from Texarkana recording for Modern
15. THE LOVE BUG BOOGIE – JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA (VCL MEL WALKER/ADA
WILSON)
Some dispute over the release date on Otis’ adios to Mercury here. I
have it (by catalog #) as late December 1952
16. TORTURED LOVE – H-BOMB FERGUSON WITH VARETTA DILLARD
Grandpa Herman has a weird idea of a bona fide “duet” here but Varetta
IS present here and CAN be heard so………..
17. SLOW POISON – JOHNNIE & JACK
The prominent country duo with one of their RCA hits and one I always
kinda liked
18. REALLY REAL – VIOLA WATKINS & OTIS BLACKWELL
Decent enough duet on Jubilee from the pair---think this is Blackwell’s
first appearance on wax
19. DON’T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES – JOHNNIE & JACK
Mild country hit for the duo here on Slim Willet’s original tho Como is
about to swamp everyone with his massive #1 pop hit version
20. MY HEART’S DESIRE – JIMMIE LEE & ARTIS
The hubby & wife duo (from #14 above) do a reasonable job for Modern
here in ripping off “I Almost Lost My Mind”
BUBBLING UNDER
21. DIM LIGHTS THICK SMOKE AND LOUD,LOUD MUSIC – LESTER FLATT & EARL
SCRUGGS
22. ONCE IN A WHILE – EDNA McGRIFF & SONNY TIL (THE ORIOLES)
23. I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU – EDNA McGRIFF & SONNY TIL (THE ORIOLES)
24. I’M HOG TIED OVER YOU – ELLA MAE MORSE & TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
25. A FULL TIME JOB – DORIS DAY & JOHNNIE RAY