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    The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music

    05/12/1992

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    All Music Guide Review

    One of the most diverse collections ever ranges from Blind Willie McTell to Kool Moe Dee. Disc one is blues and gospel of the '20s to the '40s (Alberta Hunter, Sleepy John Estes, Roosevelt Sykes, etc.). Disc two covers jazz, starting and ending with two versions of "Black and Tan Fantasy": Duke's earliest version, and a recent Marcus Roberts interpretation. Part three covers pop, soul, and rap, outlining RCA's involvement with the more commercial sides of black music. There's never been another collection like it. ~ Roundup Newsletter, All Music Guide

    The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Beale Street Blues
  • 3:15
  • Sound Clip for Beale Street Blues from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 2
  • Statesboro Blues
  • McTell, Blind Willie
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Statesboro Blues from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 3
  • Canned Heat Blues
  • Johnson, Tommy [1]
  • 3:36
  • Sound Clip for Canned Heat Blues from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 4
  • Old Dog Blue
  • Jackson, Jim [1]
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Old Dog Blue from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 5
  • Death's Black Train Is Coming
  • Gates, J.M.
  • 3:00
  • Sound Clip for Death's Black Train Is Coming from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 6
  • Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  • Robeson, Paul
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 7
  • Walk Right In
  • Cannon's Jug Stompers
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Walk Right In from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 8
  • Bumble Bee Blues
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Bumble Bee Blues from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 9
  • Milk Cow Blues
  • Estes, Sleepy John
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Milk Cow Blues from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 10
  • The Sun Gonna Shine in My Door Someday
  • Broonzy, Big Bill
  • 3:00
  • Sound Clip for The Sun Gonna Shine in My Door Someday from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 11
  • Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [I]
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Good Morning Little Schoolgirl from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 12
  • Rock It in Rhythm
  • Tampa Red and the Chicago Five
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Rock It in Rhythm from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 13
  • Precious Lord, Take My Hand
  • Heavenly Gospel Singers
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Precious Lord, Take My Hand from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 14
  • What a Time
  • Golden Gate Quartet
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for What a Time from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 15
  • Midnight Special
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Midnight Special from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 16
  • Baby Please Don't Go
  • Williams, Big Joe
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for Baby Please Don't Go from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 17
  • Why Don't You Do Right?
  • Green, Lillian "Lil"
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Why Don't You Do Right? from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 18
  • He's a Jelly Roll Baker
  • Johnson, Lonnie
  • 3:16
  • Sound Clip for He's a Jelly Roll Baker from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 19
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing
  • Southern Sons [1]
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Lift Every Voice and Sing from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 20
  • Chicago Breakdown
  • Merriweather, Big Maceo
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for Chicago Breakdown from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 21
  • I'm Her Honeydripper
  • Sykes, Roosevelt & His Original Honeydrippers
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for I'm Her Honeydripper from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 22
  • My Baby Left Me
  • Crudup, Arthur "Big Boy"
  • 2:28
  • Sound Clip for My Baby Left Me from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 23 (2)
  • Black and Tan Fantasy
  • Ellington, Duke
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Black and Tan Fantasy from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 24 (2)
  • St. Louis Blues
  • Armstrong, Louis
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for St. Louis Blues from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 25 (2)
  • Too Late
  • King Oliver
  • 3:09
  • Sound Clip for Too Late from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 26 (2)
  • Black Bottom Stomp
  • Morton, Jelly Roll
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Black Bottom Stomp from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 27 (2)
  • Indian Summer
  • Bechet, Sidney
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for Indian Summer from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 28 (2)
  • Sugar Foot Stomp
  • Henderson, Fletcher & His Orchestra
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Sugar Foot Stomp from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 29 (2)
  • Everybody Loves My Baby
  • Waller, Fats
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Everybody Loves My Baby from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 30 (2)
  • Body and Soul
  • Hawkins, Coleman
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Body and Soul from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 31 (2)
  • Hot Mallets
  • Hampton, Lionel
  • 2:14
  • Sound Clip for Hot Mallets from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 32 (2)
  • Piano Man
  • Hines, Earl
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Piano Man from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 33 (2)
  • Brand New Wagon
  • Basie, Count
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Brand New Wagon from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 34 (2)
  • Out of Nowhere
  • Tatum, Art
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Out of Nowhere from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 35 (2)
  • Cocktails for Two
  • Carter, Benny [Sax]
  • 3:01
  • Sound Clip for Cocktails for Two from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 36 (2)
  • Manteca
  • Gillespie, Dizzy
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Manteca from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 37 (2)
  • Shaw 'Nuff
  • Powell, Bud
  • 3:15
  • Sound Clip for Shaw 'Nuff from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 38 (2)
  • Dizzy Moods
  • Mingus, Charles
  • 5:47
  • Sound Clip for Dizzy Moods from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 39 (2)
  • Evidence
  • Blakey, Art
  • 6:48
  • Sound Clip for Evidence from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 40 (2)
  • Just Friends
  • Rollins, Sonny
  • 4:40
  • Sound Clip for Just Friends from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 41 (2)
  • Confidentiality
  • Hargrove, Roy
  • 4:58
  • Sound Clip for Confidentiality from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 42 (2)
  • Black and Tan Fantasy
  • Roberts, Marcus
  • 3:50
  • Sound Clip for Black and Tan Fantasy from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 43 (3)
  • The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
  • Belafonte, Harry
  • 3:02
  • Sound Clip for The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 44 (3)
  • Love Me or Leave Me
  • Horne, Lena
  • 3:11
  • Sound Clip for Love Me or Leave Me from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 45 (3)
  • God Bless the Child
  • Cooke, Sam
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for God Bless the Child from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 46 (3)
  • C'Est Si Bon
  • Kitt, Eartha
  • 2:57
  • Sound Clip for C'Est Si Bon from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 47 (3)
  • Shout, Pts. 1-2
  • Isley Brothers
  • 4:40
  • Sound Clip for Shout, Pts. 1-2 from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 48 (3)
  • Love Is Strange
  • Mickey & Sylvia
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Love Is Strange from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 49 (3)
  • All Shook Up
  • Presley, Elvis
  • 1:58
  • Sound Clip for All Shook Up from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 50 (3)
  • To Be Young, Gifted and Black
  • Simone, Nina
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for To Be Young, Gifted and Black from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 51 (3)
  • Everybody Plays the Fool
  • Main Ingredient
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Everybody Plays the Fool from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 52 (3)
  • Cave Man (Troglodyte)
  • Castor, Jimmy
  • 3:32
  • Sound Clip for Cave Man (Troglodyte) from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 53 (3)
  • Rock the Boat
  • Hues Corporation
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Rock the Boat from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 54 (3)
  • Shame
  • King, Evelyn Champagne
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Shame from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 55 (3)
  • Native New Yorker
  • Odyssey [1]
  • 5:31
  • Sound Clip for Native New Yorker from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 56 (3)
  • I'm So Excited
  • Pointer Sisters
  • 5:38
  • Sound Clip for I'm So Excited from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 57 (3)
  • Parents Just Don't Understand
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
  • 5:11
  • Sound Clip for Parents Just Don't Understand from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 58 (3)
  • Wild Wild West
  • Kool Moe Dee
  • 4:41
  • Sound Clip for Wild Wild West from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 59 (3)
  • I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)
  • Hi Five [1]
  • 5:44
  • Sound Clip for I Like the Way (The Kissing Game) from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 60 (3)
  • Girls Nite Out
  • Collins, Tyler
  • 4:39
  • Sound Clip for Girls Nite Out from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


  • 61 (3)
  • You're Gonna Get Served
  • Rice, Gene
  • 4:15
  • Sound Clip for You're Gonna Get Served from The RCA Records Label: The First Note in Black Music


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