Blues Medley
First transmitted in 1985, this medley of the blues features Fred McDowell, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly and Billie Holiday.
First transmitted in 1985, this medley of the blues features Fred McDowell, Thomas 'Georgia Tom' Dorsey, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
Huddie Ledbetter - better known as 'Lead Belly' - performs 'Pick a Bale of Cotton', and Billie Holiday accompanied by Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Roy Eldridge, performs her own composition 'Fine and Mellow'.
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Music Played
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Miles Davis
All Blues
Performer: Joe Williams and Band. -
Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson & Pete Johnson
Boogie Woogie Dream
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Louis Jordan
Caldonia
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Chuck Berry
Sweet Little Sixteen
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Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle and Roll
麻豆社 Four Blues Collection
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Fred McDowell |
Participant | Thomas Dorsey |
Participant | Sonny Terry |
Participant | Brownie McGhee |
Participant | Billie Holiday |
Participant | Lead Belly |
Broadcast
- Sun 28 Jul 1985 00:45麻豆社 Two except East & South East
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