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Episode 4 - Ding Dong Baby!

Hello and welcome back to the Platter Party! 

Hopefully you enjoyed our excursion into old school hip-hop last time! Glad to have you back; there are  drinks a-plenty and audio hors d'oeuvres to sate your musical appetite (through strictly on a BYOB basis)!  

This episode we're focusing on R&B, soul, blues and vocal groups from the 1950s and '60s! 

Show Party can be started here!


1.) Dorothy Ellis - Drill Daddy Drill (Federal, 1952)


2.) The Impacts - Croc-O-Doll (RCA Victor, 1959)



3.) Eddie Perrell - Hex (Shurfine, 1965)


4.) The High Keys - Daddy, Ooh, Long Legs (ATCO, 1963)


5.) The Majestics - Nitey Nite (Marlin, 1956)


6.) Otis Redding - Don't Mess With Cupid (Volt, 1966)


7.) Joe Tex - Buying A Book (Dial, 1968)


8.) The Exciters - A Little Bit Of Soap (Bang, 1966)


9.) Ernie K-Doe - Wanted, $10,000.00 Reward (Minit, 1961)

 


10.) Little Junior Parker - I'll Learn To Love Again (Duke, 1960)


11.) Huey (Piano) Smith And The Clowns - Don't You Just Know It (Ace, 1958)


 

12.) Marvin & Johnny - Ding Dong Baby (Specialty, 1955)


13.) Paul Gayten - Beatnik Beat (Anna, 1960)


14.) The Cellos - Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am The Japanese Sandman) (Apollo, 1957)


15.) The Five Satins - Raining In My Heart (Chancellor, 1962)


16.) The Shades - Voodoo Woman (Norton, ?, orig. 1963)

17. The Deli-Cados - Granny Baby (Norton, ?, orig. 1960)


18. The Drifters - I've Got Sand In My Shoes (Atlantic, 1964) 


19.) Ivory Joe Hunter - You Can't Stop This Rocking And Rolling (Atlantic, 1956)


20. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Mean Ole Frisco (Fire, 1962)


 

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