Star Time #52: Mardi Gras
I've finally been at Star Time long enough to do something a second time: an all-New Orleans episode. Even managed to time it relatively close to Mardi Gras, which I believe is next Tuesday. This week's material spans from 1947 all the way to 1984, and includes many artists one reflexively spits out when someone mentions "New Orleans," as well as some you might have to dig around for. But that's all right, go ahead and get your hands a little dirty. New Orleans has soap.
Artist | Song | Year | Label |
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Set 1 | |||
Roy Brown | Good Rockin' Tonight | 1947 | DeLuxe |
Dave Bartholomew | Who Drank My Beer While I Was In the Rear | 1952 | Imperial |
Archibald | Shake Shake Baby | 1950 | Imperial |
Annie Laurie | Nobody's Gonna Hurt You | 1957 | DeLuxe |
Huey "Piano" Smith with His Clowns | Don't You Know Yockomo | 1958 | Ace |
Professor Longhair | Go to the Mardi Gras | 1959 | Ron |
Joe Jones | You Talk Too Much | 1960 | Roulette |
Snooks Eaglin | Country Boy Down In New Orleans | 1958 | Arhoolie |
Set 2 | |||
Ernie K-Doe | A Certain Girl | 1961 | Minit |
Earl King | Trick Bag | 1962 | Imperial |
Reginald Hall | The Joke | 1962 | Chess |
Chris Kenner | Land of 1000 Dances | 1962 | Instant |
Irma Thomas | Break-A-Way | 1964 | Imperial |
Barbara Lynn | Teenage Blues | 1963 | Jamie |
Lee Dorsey | Working in the Coalmine | 1966 | Amy |
Inell Young | I've Never Considered | 1967 | Busy-B |
Aaron Neville | Tell It Like It Is | 1966 | Parlo |
Set 3 | |||
Oliver Morgan | The La La Man Pt. 1 | 1967 | Seven B |
Betty Harris | Show It | 1968 | Sansu |
Danny White | Natural Soul Brother | 1968 | SSS International |
The Hueys | Feelin' Kind of Coo-Coo Too | 1968 | Instant |
The Rhine Oaks | Tampin | 1969 | ATCO |
Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias | Handa Wanda | 1970 | Crescent City |
Dr. John | What Goes Around Comes Around | 1970 | ATCO |
The Meters | What'cha Say | 1975 | Reprise |
Set 4/Outro | |||
Lionel Robinson | Steppin' Out | 1971 | Knight |
Mylon | I Am What I Am | 1972 | Columbia |
Chick Willis | Mother Fuyer | 1972 | La Val |
Dirty Dozen Brass Band | I Ate Up the Apple Tree | 1984 | Concord Jazz |
The Neville Brothers | Washable Ink | 1978 | Capitol |
Allen Toussaint | Southern Nights | 1975 | Reprise |
Al Johnson | Carnival Time | 1960 | Ron |
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