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The Story of Pop - Episode 15: Can Blue Men Sing the Whites?

Part 15 of 52. Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? Alan Freeman considers the years 1958 - 1965 and the phenomenon of white British artists, such as the Rolling Stones, the Animals and Eric Clapton playing the blues. First broadcast in 1994.

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Thu 29 Feb 202401:00
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Music Played

  • XTC

    This Is Pop?

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

  • Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

    White Boy Lost In The Blues

    • White Boy Lost In The Blues.
    • White Label.
    • WL0001.

  • The Liverpool Scene

    I Got These Fleetwood Mac Chicken Shack John Mayall Can't Fail Blues

    • Bread On The Night.
    • Esoteric Records.
    • ECLEC 22138.

  • The Rolling Stones

    You Can Make It If You Try

    • BEAUTIFUL DELILAH.
    • TRADE MARK.
    • Z-71021.

  • The Rolling Stones

    I CAN'T BE SATISFIED

    • MORE HOT ROCKS.
    • LONDON.
    • 820-516-2.

  • Big Bill Broonzy

    Hit The Right Lick

    • Big Bill Broonzey.
    • White Label.
    • WL0001.

  • Muddy Waters

    GOT MY MOJO WORKING

    • THE BLUES VOLUME 2.
    • CHESS.
    • CHD-31263.

  • Muddy Waters

    I JUST WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU

    • MUDDY WATERS.
    • STYLUS.
    • SMD-850.

  • Little Walter

    BLUES WITH A FEELING

    • THE R&B HITS OF 1953.
    • INDIGO.
    • IGOTCD-2540.

  • Robert Johnson

    Crossroad Blues

    • na.
    • na.
    • na-na.

  • Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated

    Chicken Shack

    • Alexis Korner's All Star Blues Band.
    • Line.
    • TACD 900634.

  • Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated

    Skippin'

    • Alexis Korner's All Star Blues Band.
    • Line.
    • TACD 900634.

  • The Rolling Stones

    LITTLE RED ROOSTER

    • LITTLE RED ROOSTER.
    • DECCA.
    • 9818873-NA.

  • The Rolling Stones

    I CAN'T BE SATISFIED

    • MORE HOT ROCKS.
    • LONDON.
    • 820-516-2.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Honest I Do

    • The Rolling Stones.
    • Abko.
    • CD-375.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Now I've Got A Witness (Like Uncle Phil and Uncle Gene)

    • THE ROLLING STONES.
    • LONDON.
    • 820 047-2.

  • The Yardbirds

    GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL

    • The Very Best of....
    • Summit.
    • SUMCD-4115.

  • JOHN LEE HOOKER JR.

    DIMPLES

    • BLUES WITH A VENGEANCE.
    • BOGALUSA.
    • BOG CD-513.

  • The Animals

    BOOM BOOM

    • THE MOST OF THE ANIMALS.
    • RAVEN.
    • RVCD-05.

  • The Animals

    Baby Let Me Take You Home

    • The Complete Animals (CD 1).
    • EMI.
    • CD EM-1367.

  • The Yardbirds

    Got To Hurry

    • The Yardbirds - For Your Love/Got To Hurry.
    • Charly.
    • CS-1012.

  • Sonny Boy Williamson

    Pontiac Blues

    • The Original.
    • Blues Classics.
    • --9.

  • John Mayall

    I Want To Go

    • A Sense of Place.
    • Island.
    • CID-9958.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Money

    • The Rolling Stones - More Hot Rocks 2.
    • Abkco.
    • 8823062.

  • The Yardbirds

    GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL

    • The Very Best of....
    • Summit.
    • SUMCD-4115.

  • Marianne Faithfull

    As Tears Go By

    • F.11923.
    • Decca.
    • n-a.

  • The Rolling Stones

    As Tears Go By

    • DECEMBER'S CHILDREN (& EVERYBODY'S).
    • LONDON.
    • 820-135-2.

  • The Rolling Stones

    THE LAST TIME

    • SINGLES COLLECTION (THE LONDON YEARS).
    • LONDON.
    • 820-905-2.

  • Manfred Mann

    Do Wah Diddy Diddy

    • AGES OF MANN.
    • POLYGRAM TV.
    • 514-326-2.

  • The Yardbirds

    I'M A MAN

    • GREATEST HITS.
    • CHARLY.
    • CDCHARLY-8.

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

    • Hot Rocks 1964-1971.
    • Abko.
    • 820-1402.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Cops And Robbers - The Camden Theatre 1964

  • Goldfrapp

    Caravan Girl

    • Mute Records.

  • Tom Tom Club

    Under The Boardwalk

    • Island.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    You Can Make It If You Try

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.

  • Elbow

    Leaders Of The Free World

    • CD SINGLE.
    • V2.

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