The 1952 R&B Hits Collection - it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings. This great value 90-track 4-CD anthology include just about every record which peaked during the year in the published Top 10 "Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" and "Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues" charts.
1 Peppermint Harris with Maxwell Davis and His All-Stars - I Got Loaded
2 Dinah Washington - Cold Cold Heart
3 Griffin Brothers Orchestra - Weeping and Crying
4 Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads - Cry
5 B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues
6 The Clovers - Fool, Fool, Fool
7 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - Best Wishes
8 Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
9 Joe Turner - Chill Is on
10 Arthur Big Boy Crudup - I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole
11 Tab Smith - Because of You
12 Percy Mayfield - Cry Baby
13 John Godfrey Trio - Hey Little Girl
14 Charles Brown - Seven Long Days
15 Rosco Gordon - Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse)
16 Roy Brown and His Mighty Mighty Men - Bar Room Blues
17 Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra - Sunset to Dawn
18 Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing
19 Arthur Prysock - I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
20 John Lee Hooker - I'm in the Mood
21 Orioles - Baby Please Don't Go
22 Nat King Cole - Walkin'
- Disc 2 -
1 Rosco Gordon - Booted
2 Eddie Wilcox Orchestra & Sunny Gale - Wheel of Fortune
3 Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads - the Little White Cloud That Cried
4 The Mello-Moods - Where Are You (Now That I Need You)
5 Muddy Waters - She Moves Me
6 Lightnin Hopkins - Give Me Central 209
7 Joe Houston - Worry Worry Worry
8 Jimmy Forrest - Night Train
9 Charles Brown - Hard Times
10 Muddy Waters - Still a Fool
11 Dinah Washington - Wheel of Fortune
12 Dinah Washington - Tell Me Why
13 Cardinals - Wheel of Fortune
14 John Greer & His Rhythm Rockers - Got You on My Mind
15 Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers - Thinkin' and Drinkin'
16 Ray Charles - Kissa Me Baby
17 Johnny Hodges - a Pound of Blues
18 Dinah Washington - Trouble in Mind
19 Lightnin' Hopkins - Coffee Blues
20 Edna McGriff - Heavenly Father
21 Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours
22 Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin
- Disc 3 -
1 Dinah Washington - New Blowtop Blues
2 Joe Turner - Sweet Sixteen
3 Percy Mayfield - Big Question
4 Jimmy Witherspoon - Wind Is Blowing
5 Buddy Lucas & His Band of Tomorrow - Diane
6 The Clovers - One Mint Julep
7 The Clovers - Middle of the Night
8 Fats Domino - Goin' Home
9 Wini Brown & Her Boyfriends - Be Anything (But Be Mine)
10 King Pleasure - Moody's Mood for Love
11 Roy Milton - So Tired
12 Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
13 Billy Eckstine - Kiss of Fire
14 Marie Adams - I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks
15 Varetta Dillard - Easy, Easy, Baby
16 Four Blazes - Mary Jo
17 Jimmie Lee & Artis - My Heart's Desire
18 The Clovers - Ting-A-Ling
19 Floyd Dixon - Call Operator 210
20 The Clovers - I Wonder Where My Baby's Gone
21 Joe Turner - Don't You Cry
22 Johnny Ace - My Song
23 Johnny Otis & His Orch. Feat. Mel Walker - Call Operator 210
- Disc 4 -
1 Ruth Brown - Daddy Daddy
2 Smiley Lewis - the Bells Are Ringing
3 B.B. King - Darlin', You Know I Love You
4 Little Walter & His Night Cats - Juke
5 Roy Milton - Night and Day (I Miss You So)
6 Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
7 Fats Domino - Poor Poor Me
8 Little Caesar - Goodbye Baby
9 Lloyd Price - Restless Heart
10 Lloyd Price - Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
11 Four Blazes - Please Send Her Back to Me
12 Chuck Willis - My Story
13 Joe Williams - Every Day I Have the Blues
14 The Ravens - Rock Me All Night Long
15 The Clovers - Hey, Miss Fannie
16 Illinois Jacquet & His Orchestra - Port of Rico
17 The Clovers - I Played the Fool
18 Willie Mabon - I Don't Know
19 Fats Domino - How Long
20 Little Walter & His Night Caps - Sad Hours
21 Shirley & Lee - I'm Gone
22 Jimmy Forrest - Hey Mrs. Jones
23 B.B. "Blues Boy" King - Story from My Heart and Soul
The 1952 R&B Hits Collection - it provides a window onto a dynamic and exciting musical environment, and includes a number of unfamiliar names and recordings. This great value 90-track 4-CD anthology include just about every record which peaked during the year in the published Top 10 "Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" and "Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues" charts.
