All Vinyl 45s – blues, gospel, soul and funk. Birthdays celebrated in this episode: Major Lance (1939, Winterville, MS), Martin Denny (1911, New York, NY) and Herbert Jeffrey “Herbie” Hancock (1940, Chicago, IL)!
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Playlist
| Artist | Song | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Denny | Quiet Village | Liberty |
| Louis Brooks and his Hi-Toppers | It’s Love Baby | Excello |
| Little Junior Parker | Dangerous Woman | Duke |
| Little Willie John | There Is Someone In This World For Me | King |
| Bobby Bland | Wouldn’t You Rather Have Me | Duke |
| Major Lance | It Ain’t No Use | Okeh |
| The Floyd Morris Trio | Organ Blues | Apex |
| Major Lance | The Monkey Time | Okeh |
| Barbara Mason | Keep Him | Arctic |
| Lee Dorsey | Give Me You | Fury |
| Jessie Hill | Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Part I | Minit |
| Jessie Hill | Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Part II | Minit |
| Groove Holmes | Groove’s Groove | Prestige |
| The Brightlights | Motor City Funk – Part I | Silver Fox |
| The Brightlights | Motor City Funk – Part II | Silver Fox |
| Isley Brothers | Give The Women What They Want | T-Neck |
| Sly & The Family Stone | Frisky | Epic |
| Lloyd Price | They Get Down | GSF |
| Yusef Lateef | Nubian Lady | Atlantic |
| Herbie Hancock | Chameleon | Columbia |
| Donald Byrd | Black Byrd | Blue Note |
| Esther Phillips | Fever | Kudu |
| Chakachas | Stories?? | Avco |
| Mandrill | Fencewalk | Polydor |
| Theolonious Monk Trio | Blue Monk | Prestige |