Lou's Favorite 50s/60s R&B Tracks [FLAC]

A friend of mine is teaching a course on Rock and Roll music and she was talking about how she doesn't like Rhythm and Blues, so I put together this mix of my favorite R&B tracks from the 1950's and 1960's.



Disc 1 starts with Roy Brown and then features vocal groups from the 1950's. It's mostly upbeat, blues/jump rhythms with lowdown sax and guitar breaks, so don't look for many doo-wop ballads. Disc 2 is darker and more soulful, starting in the late 1950's and then settling into the early 1960's with some excursions later in the decade.



This is a collection of personal favorites rather than a survey of historically significant recordings. A few of the artists are a bit obscure, but it's great stuff from beginning to end. I put some effort into juggling the order of tracks to produce a good mix, and listened to both discs to make sure that the transitions work. I hope you enjoy it.



Note: It may seem strange that Otis Rush is split between the two discs, but leave it that way. Violent Love is a great end to disc 1, and All Your Love starts disc 2 in overdrive.



This torrent contains disc 1. Disc 2 will be seeded tomorrow, assuming enough people jump on this one to keep it going.





Disc 1



RB01 Roy Brown, Hard Luck Blues, 1950

RB02 Roy Brown, Love Don't Love, 1950

RB03 Roy Brown, Letter From Home, 1952

RB04 Roy Brown, Ain't No Rockin, 1954

RB05 The Clovers, One Mint Julep, 1951

RB06 The Dominoes, Sixty Minute Man, 1951

RB07 The Dominoes, Can't Do Sixty, 1953

RB08 The Flamingoes, You Ain't Ready, 1953

RB09 The Kool Gents, Crazy Over You, 1955

RB10 The Hi Lighters, Feeling Alright, 1956

RB11 The Lyrics, Stop

RB12 The Five Keys, She's the Most, 1954-56

RB13 The Five Keys, It's a Groove, 1954-56

RB14 The Five Keys, From the Bottom, 1954-56

RB15 The Five Keys, Close Your Eyes, 1954-56

RB16 The Five Keys, Don't That Prove I Love You, 1954-56

RB17 The Five Keys, That's Right, 1954-56

RB18 The Spaniels, I Like it Like That, 1954-57

RB19 The Spaniels, Hey Sister Lizzie, 1955

RB20 The Spaniels, You're Gonna Cry, 1954-57

RB21 The Cadillacs, I Wonder Why, 1954

RB22 The Cadillacs, I Want to Know About Love, 1954

RB23 The Eldorados, At My Front Door, 1955

RB24 The Eldorados, Boom Diddie Boom, 1957

RB25 The Magnificents, Up On The Mountain, 1957

RB26 The Skyliners, Pennies from Heaven, 1960

RB27 The Stickshifts, Automobile

RB28 The Drifters, White Christmas, 1954

RB29 Screamin' Jay Hawkins, I Love Paris, 1957

RB30 Otis Rush, Violent Love, 1956