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The Story of Pop - Episode 14: The Blues Had a Baby

The Blues had a Baby (part 14 of 52), Alan Freeman looks at the blues - its origins and development. First broadcast in 1994.

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Thu 22 Feb 202402:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • XTC

    This Is Pop?

    • Compact XTC The - The Singles 1978/85.
    • Virgin.
    • CDV-2251.

  • Muddy Waters

    The Blues Had A Baby And They Called It Rock n Roll

    • Muddy Waters Hoochie Coochie Man.
    • Epic.
    • 461186.

  • Gary Moore

    THE BLUES IS ALRIGHT

    • After Hours.
    • Virgin.
    • VCD 2684.

  • Mighty Joe Young

    Hard Times

    • Mighty Joe Young.
    • Special Rider Music.
    • SRM 1.

  • James Cotton

    COTTON CROP BLUES

    • LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE BLUES - MEMPHIS.
    • FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
    • FVTD-022.

  • Robert Johnson

    RAMBLING ON MY MIND

    • THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.
    • CBS.
    • 4672-462.

  • Robert Johnson

    WALKING BLUES

    • THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.
    • CBS.
    • 4672-462.

  • R Johnson

    Come On In My Kitchen

    • 100 Years Of Robert Johnson.
    • Big Head.
    • Promo-Promo.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Love In Vain

    • Let It Bleed.
    • Decca.
    • B00006-LSTC.

  • John Lee Hooker

    Highway 13

    • MR LUCKY.
    • SILVERTONE.
    • ORECD-519.

  • John Lee Hooker

    That's My Story

    • That's My Story - John Lee Hooker.
    • ACE.
    • CHD 927.

  • Albert King

    Cadillac Assembly Line

    • TRUCK LOAD OF LOVIN'.
    • CHARLY.
    • CHARLY-112.

  • John Lee Hooker

    Ramblin' By Myself

    • John Lee Hooker.
    • White Label.
    • WL0001.

  • John Lee Hooker

    BOOGIE CHILLEN

    • THE BEST OF FRIENDS.
    • POINTBLANK.
    • VPBCD-49.

  • Muddy Waters

    They Call Me Muddy Waters

    • Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters.
    • Chess.
    • CDRED 1.

  • John Lee Hooker

    Don't Go Baby

    • Don't Go Baby.
    • White Label.
    • WL0001.

  • Them

    BABY PLEASE DON'T GO

    • THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON.
    • POLYDOR.
    • 841 970-2.

  • Howlin’ Wolf

    How Many More Years

    • Down Home Blues Classic, Memphis and the South 1949-53.
    • SPV GMGH.
    • DVBCD-10032.

  • Buddy Guy

    First Time I Met The Blues

    • In The Mood For The Blues.
    • Universal.
    • 982-0180.

  • John Lee Hooker

    BOOGIE CHILLEN

    • BOOGIE CHILLEN.
    • INDIGO.
    • IGOCD-2122 Z-UK.

  • Buddy Guy

    Homely Girl

    • Homely Girl.
    • White Label.
    • WL0001.

  • Muddy Waters

    MANNISH BOY

    • Electric Mud.
    • CHESS.
    • MCD-09364.

  • Howlin’ Wolf

    Little Red Rooster

    • I Tribute to Willy Dixon.
    • Charly Records Limited.
    • CD RED-37.

  • The Rolling Stones

    2120 South Michigan Avenue

    • The Rolling Stones - Remastered.
    • Abkco.
    • 9215-2.

  • Little Walter

    Key To The Highway

    • The Essential.
    • MCA/Chess.
    • 93-42.

  • Muddy Waters

    I Just Wanna Make Love To You

    • Willie Dixon's Blues Dixonary Vol 1.
    • Roots.
    • RTS2576-1.

  • The Rolling Stones

    I JUST WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU

    • The Rolling Stones.
    • Decca.
    • LK 4605.

  • B.B. King

    THE THRILL IS GONE

    • HIS DEFINITIVE GREATEST HITS.
    • MCA.
    • MCD-11921.

  • B.B. King

    Never Make A Move Too Soon

    • Midnight Believer.
    • MCA.
    • DMCL-1802.

  • The Jeff Healey Band

    Hideaway

    • See The Light.
    • Arista.
    • 259-441.

  • JOHN LEE HOOKER/CARLOS SANTANA

    The Healer

    • The Best Of Friends.
    • Point Blank.
    • DRPO-13189.

  • LEE HOOKER, JOHN

    THIS IS HIP

    • SIMPO SELECTIONS VOL 10.
    • MUSIDISC.
    • 500-432.

  • Otis Redding & Carla Thomas

    Tramp

    • Atlantic.

  • Fleet Foxes

    He Doesn't Know Why

    • CD SINGLE.
    • BELLA UNION.
    • 1.

  • Howlin’ Wolf

    Smokestack Lightning

    • THE HIT LABEL LTD.

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