Episode #181: Extra! Extra!

We go all the way back to the 1950s in this episode. The on-air tag line for Star Time pronounces that the show covers R&B from the '50s to the '80s, but in practice we're pretty much stuck in the '60s and '70s. Recency bias. Anyhoo, the first six songs on this week's episode are from the '50s. The rest go through 1965, because I'm a spring chicken.
ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1   
Paul TateDance On1958Falcon
The Three PlaymatesSugah Wooga1958Savoy
Bunny PaulSuch a Night1959Apex
The Mello KingsShe's Real Cool1958Herald
Roy BrownMelinda1959King
Alvin Red TylerSnake Eyes1959Ace
Jimmy JonesGood Timin'1960Cub
Willie JonesMary1960Bigtop
Sammy Turner & the MidnightersFools Fall In Love1960Jaime
Set 2   
Eddie BoWarm Daddy1960Ric Records
Joyce DavisStop Giving Your Man Away1961United Artists
Chuck Jackson(It Never Happens) In Real Life1961Wand
Ike & Tina TurnerPrancing1962Sue
Mitty CollierDon't Let Her Take My Baby1962Chess
The SpinnersThat's What Girls Are Made For1961Tri-Phi
The Belles of Trenton, N.J.Hear the Word (Dry Bones)1961Choice
Barbara GeorgeThe Recipe (for Perfect Fools)1962Sue
Timi YuroShe Really Loves You1961Liberty
Set 3   
Lenny JohnsonWalk Ginny Walk1962Bethlehem
The ElginsExtra! Extra!1962Titan
Little Joe & the ThrillersNo, No, I Can't Stop1963Reprise
Chubby CheckerHooka Tooka1963Parkway
George McCurnI'm Just a Country Boy1963Festival
Ruby & the RomanticsSweet Love and Sweet Forgiveness1963Kapp
Johnnie Mae MatthewsWorried About You1964Spokane
Kim WestonLove Me All the Way1963Tamla
Anna KingIf Somebody Told You1964King
Set 4/Outro   
The ManhattansJust a Little Loving1964Golden World
The Wallace BrothersOne Way Affair1965Frisco
Dusty SpringfieldStupido Stupido1964Philips
Tommy HuntI Am a Witness1963Scepter
The SharpeesTired of Being Lonely1965One-Derful
Mary LoveYou Turned My Bitter Into Sweet1965Modern
The ConquistadoresLonely Was I1965Signett
Ray PollardThe Drifter1965United Artists
Marvin GayeHow Sweet It Is (to Be Loved By You)1964Tamla

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