Episode #17: Mama Said

Your mom would want you to hear this special R&B tribute to some of her finer points, and maybe a couple of her quirks, before Mother's Day comes around. Originally aired May 8, 2017.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
The Shirelles	Mama Said	1961	Spector
Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	1963	Chess
Roy Hammond & the Genies	Mama Blow Your Top	1959	Forum
Little Emmett Sutton	Mom, Won't You Teach Me to Monkey	1963	Federal
The Daylighters	Oh Mom (Teach Me How to Uncle Willie)	1964	Tip Top
Lemme B. Good	Mother May I	1965	Mercury
Sonny Forrest	Mama, Keep My Wife at Home	1960	Red Top
The Five Blind Boys of Alabama	I Can See Everybody's Mother	1963	Vee Jay
Set 2
Walter Jackson	That's What Mama Say	1964	Okeh
The Sweets	Mama Saw Me	1965	Valiant
Les Tres Femmes	Listen to Your Mama	1969	Phil L.A. Of Soul
Betty Barney	Momma Momma	1969	GWP
The Bobbettes	My Mama Said	1964	Diamond
Inez & Charlie Foxx	My Momma Told Me	1966	Sue
Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers	Does Your Mama Know About Me	1968	Gordy
Queen Esther Marrow	Mama	1970	Flying Dutchman
Set 3
The Temprees	Explain It to Her Mama	1972	We Produce
Abraham & His Sons	Your Mother Understood	1968	Revue
Toulouse	What Would My Mama Say	1977	Image
The Williams Brothers	Mama Prayed for Me	1977	Savoy
Sister Sledge	Mama Never Told Me	1973	Atco
Spinners	Sadie	1974	Atlantic
Set 4/Outro
Johnny K	Mama Don't Allow No Bumpin' in Here	1974	Buddah
Sondra Simon & Simon Said	Mama, Can You Meet the 6:15	1976	Atco
Loleatta Holloway	Mama Don't, Papa Won't	1978	Gold Mind
Nel Oliver	Mama Mother	1980	CBS (France)
Ila Vann	My Mother Said	1972	P.I.P.
The Intruders	I'll Always Love My Mama	1973	Philadelphia Int'l