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Playlist
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Brain Cloudy Blues by Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys on Single (Columbia) -
Troubles by Light Crust Doughboys on Single (Vocalion) -
Honky Tonk Blues by Al Harmon on Single (Folk Music) -
Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella by Andrew Sisters on Single (Decca) -
Clarinet Marmalade by Frankie Trumbauer on Single (Vocalion) -
Frankie and Johnnie by Ethel Waters on Single (Bluebird) -
I’ll Never Smile Again by Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra on Single (Victor) -
April In Paris by Buster Bailey Sextet on Single (Varsity) -
Castle Rock by Frank Sinatra on Single (Columbia) -
Am I Asking Too Much by Dinah Washington on Single (Mercury) -
Blue Evening by Red Norvo and his Orchestra on Single (Vocalion) -
That’s The Way He Does It by Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers on Single (Capitol) -
Why Don’t You Do Right by Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra on Single (Columbia) -
Ida Red by T Texas Tyler and his Oklahoma Melody Boys on Single (4Star) -
I’ll Sail My Ship Alone by Moon Mullican on Single (King) -
Pistol Packin’ Mama by Al Dexter and his Troopers on Single (Okeh) -
Great Speckle Bird No. 2 by Roy Acuff and his Smokey Mountain Boys on Single (Columbia) -
Georgia Boogie by Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers on Single (Columbia) -
No One Will Ever Know by Roy Acuff and his Smokey Mountain Boys on Single (Columbia) -
In Santiago, Chile by Dezi Arnaz and his Orchestra on Single (RCA Victor) -
Don’t Be That Way by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra on Single (RCA Victor) -
Mi Pueblo Natal by El Trio Imperial on Single (Disco Imperiales) -
I Want My Mama by Xavier Cugat on Single (RCA Victor) -
Bambu Bambu by Carmen Miranda on Single (Decca) -
Mambo No. 5 by Perez Prado and his Orchestra on Single (RCA Victor) -
Rock Little Daddy by Eunice Davis on Single (Derby) -
Well I’ll Be Switched by Jane Russell on Single (Mercury) -
King Size Papa by Julia Lee and her Boyfriends on Single (Capitol Americana) -
I’m Wild About That Thing by Bessie Smith on Single (Columbia) -
Alley Cat by Dolly Cooper on Single (Savoy) -
Nite Life Boogie by Jimmy Liggins on Single (Specialty) -
Midnight In The Barrelhouse by Johnny Otis Orchestra on Single (Savoy) -
Seventeen by Boyd Bennett on Single (King) -
Big Mama Wants To Rock by Don Julian & The Meadowlarks on Single (dooto) -
Everyday I Have The Blues by Lowell Fulson on Single (Swing Time) -
Open The Door Richard! by Jack McVea and his Orchestra on Single (Black & White)