Tag: Friday

The extraordinarily soulful voice of Little Miss Cornshucks (born Mildred Jorman), backed by Calvin Jackson and the Blenders, in "Keep Your Hand on Your Heart" (1948). Source link

Benny Goodman and his orchestra, right about the time he started attracting a national following, performing "Goody Goody" (then-20-year-old Helen Ward is the singer). Source link

Here's Howard McGhee with a typically boppish song title, "Thermodynamics". Jimmy Bunn is playing the piano, Bob Kesterton's slappin' the bass and Roy Porter's on drums. Source link

The Clovers sing "Little Mama". Source link

The late, great Peggy Lee sings "You Was Right, Baby".Bonus video! For those who might prefer something a little less, whaddaya call, rarefied, here's Red Ingle and the Natural Seven with "Cigareetes, Whuskey and Wild,…

From a broadcast of Art Ford's Jazz Party, in the late 1950s, here's Maxine Sullivan singing "I Can't Get Started". Source link

Here's a bluesy stomper by the Robins from 1954 called "Riot in Cell Block #9".Bonus video! Who knew that actor Patrick McGoohan was a talented man with the drumsticks? I sure didn't. Source link

The doctors say when you get arthritis, you have to keep movin' - so this music is like medicine to me, 'cause I can't stand still when I listen to it. Prescribed by Brendan "Doctor K" Kavanaugh. Source link

Dizzy Gillespie, joined by some very cool friends, performs "A Hand Fulla Gimme".Featuring, in addition to Gillespie, Alice Roberts handling the vocals, Sonny Stitt on alto sax, Milt Jackson on vibraphone, Al Haig on piano, Ray Brown…