1950

[Bruce]

Finally got around to completing my 100 favorite records for 1950.

MY TOP 100 RECORDINGS FROM 1950:
1 ¦ Moanin' The Blues ¦ Hank Williams
2 ¦ Why Don't You Love Me ¦ Hank Williams
3 ¦ The Fat Man ¦ Fats Domino
4 ¦ Long Gone Lonesome Blues ¦ Hank Williams
5 ¦ Jumpin' At The Dew Drop ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
6 ¦ Cool Water ¦ Four Tunes
7 ¦ Nobody's Lonesome For Me ¦ Hank Williams
8 ¦ Love Don't Love Nobody ¦ Roy Brown
9 ¦ Rock Mr. Blues ¦ Wynonie Harris
10 ¦ Bon Ton Roula ¦ Clarence Garlow
11 ¦ Mardi Gras In New Orleans ¦ Prof. Longhair
12 ¦ Carnival Day ¦ Dave Bartholomew
13 ¦ Hey--Spo-De-O-Dee ¦ Wild Bill Moore
14 ¦ Information Blues ¦ Roy Milton
15 ¦ Detroit City Blues ¦ Fats Domino
16 ¦ Double Crossing Blues ¦ Little Esther & Robins
17 ¦ Shotgun Boogie ¦ Tennessee Ernie Ford
18 ¦ Bad Bad Whiskey ¦ Amos Milburn
19 ¦ Chicken Blues ¦ Dominoes
20 ¦ Do Something For Me ¦ Dominoes
21 ¦ Tee-Nah-Nah ¦ Smiley Lewis
22 ¦ Peas And Rice ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
23 ¦ Let's Do It ¦ Sticks McGhee
24 ¦ Teardrops From My Eyes ¦ Ruth Brown
25 ¦ Safronia B ¦ Calvin Boze
26 ¦ Man's Brand Boogie ¦ Billy Wright
27 ¦ I Like My Baby's Pudding ¦ Wynonie Harris
28 ¦ Blue Light Boogie ¦ Louis Jordan
29 ¦ Oh Well ¦ Roy Byrd
30 ¦ Pink Champagne ¦ Joe Liggins
31 ¦ C.C. Baby ¦ Brownie McGhee
32 ¦ Cadillac Baby ¦ Roy Brown
33 ¦ Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man ¦ Jimmy Liggins
34 ¦ Growing Old ¦ Smiley Lewis
35 ¦ Please Send Me Someone To Love ¦ Percy Mayfield
36 ¦ Every Night About This Time ¦ Fats Domino
37 ¦ I'm Through ¦ Robins
38 ¦ Good Morning Judge ¦ Wynonie Harris
39 ¦ Turkey Hop ¦ Robins
40 ¦ Deceivin' Blues ¦ Little Esther
41 ¦ What's Happening ¦ Paul Williams (Connie Allen)
42 ¦ Breaking Up The House ¦ Tiny Bradshaw
43 ¦ Hey La Bas Boogie ¦ Fats Domino
44 ¦ She Walks Right In ¦ Professor Longhair
45 ¦ Bald Head ¦ Roy Byrd
46 ¦ Dirty People ¦ Smiley Lewis
47 ¦ Rollin' Stone ¦ Muddy Waters
48 ¦ My Baby's Coming Back ¦ Sticks McGhee
49 ¦ Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town ¦ Wynonie Harris
50 ¦ Little Red Rooster ¦ Griffin Brothers (Margie Day)
51 ¦ Ain't Gonna Do It ¦ Dave Bartholomew
52 ¦ W-I-N-E ¦ Hollywood Four Flames
53 ¦ There's No Use Begging ¦ Robins
54 ¦ Drank Up All The Wine Last Night ¦ Sticks McGhee
55 ¦ Satisfy My Soul ¦ Buddy & Ella Johnson
56 ¦ I Want To Love You Baby ¦ Wynonie Harris
57 ¦ Little Bee ¦ Fats Domino
58 ¦ Everything's Gonna Be Allright Tonight ¦ King Perry
59 ¦ She's My Baby ¦ Fats Dominol
60 ¦ Count Every Star ¦ Ravens
61 ¦ Lover's Lane Boogie ¦ Little Esther & Robins
62 ¦ Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again ¦ Bull Moose Jackson
62 ¦ Louisiana Blues ¦ Muddy Waters
64 ¦ Is My Heart Wasting Time ¦ Orioles
65 ¦ Butcher Pete ¦ Roy Brown
66 ¦ Hi Ho Silver ¦ Harold Burrage
67 ¦ My Baby's Gone ¦ Ravens
68 ¦ Country Boy Goes Home ¦ Dave Bartholomew
69 ¦ Brown Boy ¦ Big Al Sears (Sparrows)
70 ¦ Tee Nah Nah ¦ Van "Piano Man" Walls (Spider Sam)
71 ¦ Stack-A-Lee ¦ Archibald
72 ¦ Venus Blues ¦ Sticks McGhee
73 ¦ Little Red Hen ¦ Johnny Otis (Redd Lyte)
74 ¦ S.P. Blues ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
75 ¦ Lemon Squeezer ¦ Four Barons
76 ¦ I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' ¦ Hank Williams
77 ¦ Oh Holy Night ¦ Orioles
78 ¦ Still In The Dark ¦ Joe Turner
79 ¦ Got To Go Back Again ¦ Four Barons
80 ¦ Hide Away Blues ¦ Fats Domino
81 ¦ That's All Right ¦ Jimmy Rogers
82 ¦ Rollin' And Tumblin' ¦ Muddy Waters
83 ¦ I'm Gonna Let Him Ride ¦ Helen Humes
84 ¦ You're Fine But Not My Kind ¦ Robins
85 ¦ I'm Gonna Have Myself A Ball ¦ Tiny Bradshaw
86 ¦ Jumpin' Tonight ¦ Joe Turner
87 ¦ Lonesome Christmas ¦ Lowell Fulsom
88 ¦ Walkin' With The Blues ¦ Benny Goodman (Jimmy Ricks)
89 ¦ Walkin' Blues ¦ Amos Milburn
90 ¦ She's A Killer ¦ Ivory Joe Hunter
91 ¦ Every Dog Gone Time ¦ Orioles
92 ¦ Private Property Blues ¦ Don Q & His Q Tones
93 ¦ Our Romance is Gone ¦ Robins
94 ¦ At Night ¦ Orioles
95 ¦ When You Come Back To Me ¦ Clovers
96 ¦ Rockin' The Blues ¦ Pee Wee Crayton
97 ¦ Send For The Doctor ¦ Doc Pomus
98 ¦ She Ain't Nothin' But Trouble ¦ Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
99 ¦ Mistrustin' Blues ¦ Little Esther (Mel Walker)
100 ¦ Gonna Have A Merry X-Mas ¦ Nic Nacs

BUBBLING UNDER FROM 1950:
101 ¦ Gotta Cut Out ¦ Jimmy McCracklin
102 ¦ Put it Back ¦ Wynonie Harris
103 ¦ Million Dollar Secret ¦ Helen Humes
104 ¦ Let it Roll Again ¦ Lucky Millinder (Big John Greer)
105 ¦ Ashes On My Pillow ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
106 ¦ Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues ¦ Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
107 ¦ Old Woman Boogie ¦ Hubert Robinson
108 ¦ Turkey Hop ¦ Johnny Otis
109 ¦ I'm Living O.K. ¦ Robins
110 ¦ Sad Journey Blues ¦ Floyd Dixon
111 ¦ Gimme A Pigfoot ¦ (And A Bottle of Beer) - Billie Holiday
112 ¦ Blue Shadows ¦ Lowell Fulsom
113 ¦ Teardrops From My Eyes ¦ Red Kirk
114 ¦ Down On My Knees ¦ Swan Silvertones
115 ¦ I'm So Crazy For Love ¦ Cap-Tans
116 ¦ Lizzy Lou ¦ Calvin Boze
117 ¦ No Good Woman Blues ¦ Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson