VA - Ain't Gonna Hush, The Queens of Rhythm & Blues [2015] (3 x CD's)

QUEENS OF RHYTHM & BLUES

VA - Ain't Gonna Hush, The Queens of Rhythm & Blues [2015] (3 x CD's)

From the mid-50s to the early 60s, R&B belonged not just to men with guitars, but to women who sang with hungry voices on stages and in studios across the US. Their roots were planted in the blues of Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, Ida Fox and Bessie Smith, the gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the jazz of Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington. Their legacy lies in the recordings collected on Ain't Gonna Hush by journalist (Mojo, Record Collector) and R&B authority Lois Wilson. Selected because of their collectability and popularity on the club scene, the 32 tracks selected from the 3CD set Ain't Gonna Hush include contributions by crowned queens of soul Etta James and Aretha Franklin, and other luminaries like Big Maybelle, Little Esther, LaVern Baker and Baby Washington. But lesser-known names are also well represented, whose recordings, like most of the songs collected here, sold poorly, but fetch huge prices today. Their lack of success was not due to ability, performance or quality of songwriting; every artist here shouts, screams and hollers as if their lives depend on it, every song is perfectly crafted. But due to bad luck, lack of promotion or simply the fact that with a market flooded with choice, the competition was tough and these 45s fell through the cracks. Here those unfortunate turns of fate are redressed with a collection that compiles the forgotten alongside the famed. Ain't Gonna Hush reasserts the eminence of revered voices and proposes the coronation of a larger cast of R&B Queens.

These late 50's and early 60's female blues singers belt out R&B perfection, most of the singers obscure, most of the songs obscure but with solid chart sounds. Just a great CD set with some great music; this does not sound much like the later soul which is better known, here the connective tissue with the blues is stronger and the singers are still shouting the blues, terrific music. You have to dance to this music. These girls ain't gonna hush.  (Amazon)

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Track Lists
CD 1

01 Aretha Franklin - Rough Lover 2:48

02 Mary Ann Fisher - Put on My Shoes 2:14

03 Lavern Baker - Love Me Right 1:57

04 Cordella De Milo With Maxwell Davis Orchestra - Ain't Gonna Hush 2:34

05 Wynona Carr - Jump Jack, Jump 2:18

06 Dakota Staton With Eddie Wilcox & His Orchestra - My Babe 2:05

07 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Down in Texas (Featuring Mari Jones on Vocal) 2:20

08 Big 'mama' Thornton - You Did Me Wrong 2:46

09 Lula Reed & Her Little Teeners - Say Hey Pretty Baby 2:27

10 Tiny Topsy - Miss You So 2:06

11 Everln Freeman - Didn't it Rain 3:16

12 Rose Mitchell - Baby Please Don't Go 2:25

13 Etta James - Nobody Loves You Like Me 2:28

14 Ruth Brown & Her Rhythmakers - Mambo Baby 2:43

15 Annisteen Allen - Fujiyama Mama 2:31

16 Blanche Thomas - You Ain't So Such a Much 2:24

17 Etta 'miss Peaches' James - Tough Lover 2:12

18 Aggie Dukes - John John 1:49

19 Carmen Taylor - Ding Dong 2:52

20 Jeanette (Baby) Washington - Move On 2:03

21 Varetta Dillard - Scorched 2:43

22 Odessa Harris With Orchestra - Scorched a Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) 2:35

23 Big Maybelle - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On 2:46

24 Big Mama Thornton & the Hi-Tones - Big Mama's Coming Home 2:26

25 Mamie Jenkins With Gus Jnkins Orchestra - Hambone 2:38

CD2

01 Annisteen Allen - G'wan About Your Business 2:24

02 Little Miss Jessie With Benny Sharp & His Orchestra - My Baby Has Gone 1:54

03 Big Maybelle - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 2:53

04 Paul Gayten & Myrtle Jones - Right to Love You 2:39

05 Betty Everett - Killer Diller 2:27

06 Jeannie Barnes - Can't Get You Off My Mind 2:47

07 Tiny Topsy & the Charms - Come On, Come On, Come On 2:41

08 Lavern Baker - Whipper Snapper 2:13

09 Big Mama Thornton & the Hi-Tones - Don't Talk Back 2:48

10 Ann Cole - I've Got Nothing Working Now (But My Real Old Fashioned Love) 2:31

11 Clarence Garlow & His Band - I Called You Up Daddy (Featuring Anna Mae Rogers) 2:30

12 Jimmie Lee With Jay Franks & His Rockets of Rhythm - Blue and Lonesome 2:24

13 Baby Jean - If You Wanna 1:51

14 Baby Washington - You Never Could Be Mine 2:49

15 Varetta Dillard - Good Gravy Baby 2:36

16 Vikki Nelson - Bright and Early 2:10

17 June Bug Bailey - Lee Street Blues 2:00

18 Mamie Perry With Gus Jenkins Orchestra - I'm Hurted 2:37

19 Betty Everett - Ain't Gonna Cry 2:00

20 Annisteen Allen - I've Got Troubles 2:11

21 Kitty White - I'm Gonna Be a Fool Next Monday 2:10

22 Anna Belle Caesar With Lionel Hampton & Orchestra - Little Annie 2:29

23 Shirley Gunter & the Queens - Oop Shoop 2:16

24 June Bug Bailey - Louisiana Twist 1:38

25 Mamie Perry With Gus Jenkins Orchestra - My Baby Waited Too Long 2:45

CD3

01 Annie Williams - I've Got a Man 2:42

02 Wynona Carr - Till the Well Runs Dry 2:06

03 Lula Reed - Puddentane 2:18

04 Tiny Topsy - You Shocked Me 2:36

05 Willie Mae 'big Mama' Thornton - They Call Me Big Mama 2:04

06 Little Esther - Hound Dog 2:36

07 Mary Ann Fisher - Wild as You Can Be 2:43

08 Joyce Harris - No Way Out 2:15

09 Paula Grimes With Andy Gibson & His Orchestra - You Move Me So 2:15

10 Dorothy Berry - I Say You're Driving Me Crazy 2:12

11 Cherri Lynn - Your Money Ain't Long Enough 2:39

12 Pearl Reaves & the Concords - You Can't Stay Here (Step it Up and Go) 2:42

13 Jeanette B. Washington - Medicine Man 2:23

14 Honey Brown With Lefty Bates Combo - Ain't No Need 2:43

15 Dakota Station - A Little You 2:15

16 Berna-Dean - One Gal in Town, Five Men Hanging Around 2:40

17 Vicki Evans - Don't Talk That Talk to Me 2:05

18 Mamie Jenkins With Gus Jenkins Orchestra - Jump With Me Baby 2:33

19 Ruth Durand - I'm Wise 2:17

20 Jessie Mae - Don't Freeze on Me 2:18

21 Little Marie Allen With Chuck Booker's Band - Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy 2:07

22 Carmen Taylor - Big Mamou Daddy 2:40

23 Little Marie Allen With Chuck Booker's Band - Humdinger 2:17

24 Little Esther - Hollerin' and Screamin' 2:56

25 Dorothea Fleming & the Danny Small Orchestra - The Devil is Mad 2:06

26 Ernestine Allen - Love for Sale 2:58

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