"I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" is a gospel/jazz song written by Billy Taylor and "Dick Dallas", best known for the recording by Nina Simone in 1967 on her Silk & Soul album. Billy Taylor's original version (as "I Wish I Knew") was recorded on...
"Turn Me On" is a song by John D. Loudermilk that was first recorded and released by Mark Dinning in 1961, as the B-side to his single "Lonely Island". Other notable versions are by Nellie Rutherford and Nina Simone.[1] Norah Jonesreleased her version as the last single from...
"(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" is an R&B song written by Paul Gayten and Bobby Charles (as Robert Guidry), and performed by Clarence "Frogman" Henry. It was Henry's biggest U.S. hit, reaching #4 in early 1961. The B-side on the single release was "Just My Baby and Me"...
Teensville is the title of a recording by American guitarist and producer Chet Atkins. The idea here was for Chet to release a record appealing to teens who were now interested in rock 'n roll. The original version of "Oh, Lonesome Me", a hit on both the pop and country charts for Don Gibson...
"Rescue Me" is a rhythm and blues song first recorded and released as a single by Fontella Bass in 1965. The original versions of the record, and BMI, give the songwriting credit to Raynard Miner and Carl William Smith, although many other sources also credit Bass herself as a co-writer...
Fats Waller - Lulu's Back in Town (1935)
Well look who's here
Lulu's back in town
My, my, my, yes, yes, yes
Gotta get my old tuxedo pressed
Gotta sew a button on my vest
'Cause tonight I've gotta look my best
Lulu's back in town
Gotta get a half a buck somewhere
Gotta shine my shoes and slick my hair
Gotta...
B.B. King - Chains of Love (1962)
此歌首度出現在 B.B. King 的1962專輯 《Mr. Blues》中。B.B. King 有個挺有趣的地方，他不能一邊彈一邊唱...
2014年，峰迴路轉，一個類似 SMac 的人物出現了。得萬分小心，不能再次陷入溺谷。特此奉上 "Chains of Love"， 以作警戒。
Robert Johnson - Love in Vain (1937)
可能很多人都會比較熟悉 The Rolling Stones 的 "Love in Vain" 版本，當年專輯《Let it Bleed》(1969) 發行的時候，瘋魔全球。但又有多少人知道他們的靈感來源呢？其實 The Rolling Stones 受了很多早期二戰前美國黑人藍調音樂的影響，他們所做的貢獻，便是把這些早期的藍調流行化，改編成我們現在所知道的Rock （搖滾）：把吉他電子化，加上爵士鼓和貝斯，同時也把節奏“浪漫化”。Robert Johnson...
Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra - Get Low Down Blues (192x)
Kansas City的爵士風格很獨特，不經修飾，而且和新奧爾良爵士一樣都帶有藍調成分。其中較為不同的是，Kansas City的風格注重於更多的敲擊樂器上，和同一年代 （20 － 30s)新奧爾良街上玩耍的音樂很像，但是他們卻把這種風格作為正式表演和錄製的方式。Bennie Moten是開拓Kansas City風格爵士的領導人物之一。他作曲并彈奏鋼琴。在二三十年代錄製了很多唱盤。他對往後爵士音樂的發展做出了很大的貢獻。有聽同一年代新奧爾良風格爵士的朋...
Bessie Simth - "Standin' In the Rain Blues" (1928)
今天晚上要和小鳥玩藏貓貓，所以提前播歌。1928年的布魯斯。號子的拖長聲，懶惰的抱怨聲，是我最能深刻體會的一種表達....
Tonight, I will be playing "catch me if you can" with a bird, so I am going to post a song ealier. Blues from 1928. That slow, long moan sound from the horn...
Solomon Burke - "If You Need Me" （1963）
今天要介紹給大家的一首歌是Solomon Burke的“If You Need Me"。歌曲錄製於1963年。Solomon Burke是一名很出色的歌手，節奏藍調 (rhythm and blues) 和soul的代表人物。他是soul音樂的奠基人之一。
Today, I would like to introduce a song by Solomon Burke - "If You Need Me". The...
「復古音樂博客」聖誕新年特輯：
「Retro Music Blog」Christmas New Year Special：
Blind Lemon Jefferson - "Christmas Eve Blues" (1928)
歌詞 / Lyrics:
Now it's the day before Christmas : mama won't you hear
me moan
If you take me back baby : I'll give you anything you
need
I had a good chance...
「復古音樂博客」聖誕新年特輯：
「Retro Music Blog」Christmas New Year Special：
Lonnie Johnson - "New Year's Blues" (1960)
歌詞 ／ Lyrics:
It’s almost New Year, snow ‘s still fallin’ down.
Yes, it’s almost New Year, the snow ‘s still fallin’ down.
And my baby ain’t here to hold me, I’m the...
「復古音樂博客」聖誕新年特輯：
「Retro Music Blog」Christmas New Year Special：
John Lee Hooker - "Blues for Christmas" (1949)
Leadbelly with Josh White - "Pretty Flowers In My Back Yard
Ida Cox - "Blues for Rampart Street" (1961)
我常常想，那時的女人真的太性感了。他們的感知和知性。
I often think that the women from that era are so sexy. They had something called the trenscendental sentimental.
"Just a Gigolo/Ain't Got Nobody" 演奏者 Louis Prima，1956年錄製於洛杉磯的Capitol Tower 錄音室。Louis 的太太 Keely Smith 為主伴唱。
曲子由 Irving Caesar 改編，原作為一首奧地利歌曲 "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo"，1928年創作。旋律由 Leonello Casucci 編寫，Julius Brammer 寫作歌詞。
歌曲講述一個妓男的心酸故事和寂寞。
"Just a Gigolo...