Star Time #181: Extra! Extra!
We go all the way back to the 1950s in this episode. The on-air tag line for Star Time pronounces that the show covers R&B from the '50s to the '80s, but in practice we're pretty much stuck in the '60s and '70s. Recency bias. Anyhoo, the first six songs on this week's episode are from the '50s. The rest go through 1965, because I'm a spring chicken.
| Artist | Song | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | |||
| Paul Tate | Dance On | 1958 | Falcon |
| The Three Playmates | Sugah Wooga | 1958 | Savoy |
| Bunny Paul | Such a Night | 1959 | Apex |
| The Mello Kings | She's Real Cool | 1958 | Herald |
| Roy Brown | Melinda | 1959 | King |
| Alvin Red Tyler | Snake Eyes | 1959 | Ace |
| Jimmy Jones | Good Timin' | 1960 | Cub |
| Willie Jones | Mary | 1960 | Bigtop |
| Sammy Turner & the Midnighters | Fools Fall In Love | 1960 | Jaime |
| Set 2 | |||
| Eddie Bo | Warm Daddy | 1960 | Ric Records |
| Joyce Davis | Stop Giving Your Man Away | 1961 | United Artists |
| Chuck Jackson | (It Never Happens) In Real Life | 1961 | Wand |
| Ike & Tina Turner | Prancing | 1962 | Sue |
| Mitty Collier | Don't Let Her Take My Baby | 1962 | Chess |
| The Spinners | That's What Girls Are Made For | 1961 | Tri-Phi |
| The Belles of Trenton, N.J. | Hear the Word (Dry Bones) | 1961 | Choice |
| Barbara George | The Recipe (for Perfect Fools) | 1962 | Sue |
| Timi Yuro | She Really Loves You | 1961 | Liberty |
| Set 3 | |||
| Lenny Johnson | Walk Ginny Walk | 1962 | Bethlehem |
| The Elgins | Extra! Extra! | 1962 | Titan |
| Little Joe & the Thrillers | No, No, I Can't Stop | 1963 | Reprise |
| Chubby Checker | Hooka Tooka | 1963 | Parkway |
| George McCurn | I'm Just a Country Boy | 1963 | Festival |
| Ruby & the Romantics | Sweet Love and Sweet Forgiveness | 1963 | Kapp |
| Johnnie Mae Matthews | Worried About You | 1964 | Spokane |
| Kim Weston | Love Me All the Way | 1963 | Tamla |
| Anna King | If Somebody Told You | 1964 | King |
| Set 4/Outro | |||
| The Manhattans | Just a Little Loving | 1964 | Golden World |
| The Wallace Brothers | One Way Affair | 1965 | Frisco |
| Dusty Springfield | Stupido Stupido | 1964 | Philips |
| Tommy Hunt | I Am a Witness | 1963 | Scepter |
| The Sharpees | Tired of Being Lonely | 1965 | One-Derful |
| Mary Love | You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet | 1965 | Modern |
| The Conquistadores | Lonely Was I | 1965 | Signett |
| Ray Pollard | The Drifter | 1965 | United Artists |
| Marvin Gaye | How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved By You) | 1964 | Tamla |
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