Blues & Beyond #21: The Origins Of Some Hit Songs

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Blues & Beyond #21: The Origins Of Some Hit Songs

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:59:00

The sometimes surprising origins of some hit songs from rock and blues artists Read the full description.

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Piece Description

This program looks at the origins of some well-known popular songs. Canned Heat's "Going Up The Country" came from a Henry Thomas record from the 1920s, though Canned Heat gave no information about their source. Cream did give credit to Blind Joe Reynolds for "Outside Woman Blues" but the original 1929 record is almost unknown. We'll hear it on this show. British folkies have come up with distinctive arrangements of traditional songs that later became pop hits, without any mention of the musicians who gave these songs their popular form. This program offers selections from Bert Jansch and Martin Carthy that were hits by Paul Simon and Led Zeppelin. Elvis Presley learned the song he recorded on his first single, "That's All Right" from a 1946 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup record; we'll trace that song back as far as 1926, from the great Blind Lemon Jefferson. Also included, the original "Iko Iko"-- "Jock-a-Mo" from Sugarboy Crawford-- and more.

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 11-26-2006

Transcript

Pentangle "People On The Highway"
Castle Music: Solomon's Seal

Canned Heat "Goin' Up The Country"
EMI/Manhattan: The Best Of Canned Heat

Henry Thomas "Bull Doze Blues"
Rhino: Blues Masters, Vol. 6: Blues Originals

Cream "Outside Woman Blues"
Atco: Disreali Gears

Blind Joe Reynolds "Ouside Woman Blues"
Yazoo: Mississippi Masters

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup "That's All Right"
RCA: That's All Right Mama

Blind Lemon Jefferson "That Black Snake Moan"
JSP: The Complete Classic Sides Remastered

Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson "It's All Right Baby"
Atlantic: Big, Bad, & Blue: The Joe Turner Anthology

Martin Carthy "Scarborough Fair"
Topic: Martin Carthy

Muddy Waters "Rollin' Stone"
MCA/Chess: Muddy Waters: The Anthology

Robert Petway "Catfish Blues"
Rhino: Blues Masters, Vol. 8: Mississippi Delta Blues

Tommy McClen...
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Timing and Cues

Timings and Cues

00:00 Billboard: Show opens, opening theme, "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

00:59 Billboard ends.. "... That's coming up in this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

01:00 "option" song: "We'll start ou with the post-folk group Pentangle..."

05:59 "option" song fades

06:00 show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister....."

30:42 end of part 1: "... That and more, after the break, here on The Blues & Beyond." 59-second bed plays

31:41 bed fades

31:42 part 2: show re-intro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:o8 voice out on part 2 "... thanks for listening to this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:29 theme fades end of part 2

58:30 Promo starts: (bed begins with Ruth Brown singing) ..."On the next Blues & Beyond..."

58:45 voice out "...Ruth Brown, on the next Blues & Beyond"

58:59 bed for promo fades

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