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Johnny Guitar
Black Music History Page

There are hundreds perhaps thousands of people in America who can tell you all about the history of Black music.
There are hundreds perhaps thousands of people in America who write about the history of Black music.
There are hundreds perhaps thousands of people in America who can teach you about the history of Black music.
But there is only one SOB on the planet that can actually sing you the history of Black music.
Johnny Guitar Sings the History of Black Music
1850 thru 1990
Song Title
Artist
Date
1 Follow the Drinking Goard
Peg Leg Joe
1850
2 Oh Dem Golden Slippers
James Bland
1878
3 The Laughing Song
4 The Entertainer
5 St Louis Blues
George Johnson
1891
Scott Joplin
1902
W.C.Handy
1914
6 Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith
1920
7 See that my Grave
Henry Jefferson
1927
8 Ain't Misbehaving
9 Statesboro Blues
Fats Waller
1929
Blind Willie McTell
1929
10 Georgia on my Mind
Hoagy Carmichael
1930
11 Baby Please Don't Go
Lightening Hopkins
1935
12 Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Johnson
1937
13 The Cotton Field Song
Leadbelly
1940
14 Stormy Monday
T-Bone Walker
1947
15 Mona Lisa
Nat King Cole
1950
16 Dust my Broom
Elmore James
1951
17 The Thrill is Gone
18 Got my Mojo Working
19 Rock and Roll Music
B.B. King
1951
Muddy Waters
1957
1957
Lloyd Price
20 Stagger Lee
Chuck Berry
1958
21 Baby What You Want Me
Jimmy Reed
1959
22 Kansas City
Wilburt Harrison
1959
23 Stand by Me
Ben E King
1961
24 Down Home Blues
Freddie King
1963
25 Mustang Sally
Wilson Pickett
1966
26 When a Man Loves a Woman
Percy Sledge
1966
27 Red House
Jimi Hendrix
1966
28 What a Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong
1967
29 She Caught the Katy
Taj Mahal
1968
30 I Heard it thru the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye
1968
31 Is Anyone Going
Charley Pride
32 Ain't no Sunshine
Bill Withers
1970
1971
33 Let's Stay Together
34 Me and Mrs Jones
35 Neither One of Us
36 I Ain't Drunk
37 Can't Get Enough
Al Green
1972
Billy Paul
Glady Knight
Albert Collins
Barry White
1972
1972
1974
1974
38 You Make Me Feel
39 You'll Never Find
40 I Just Called
41 Red Hot Smoking Gun
The Stylistics
1974
Lou Rawls
1976
Stevie Wonder
1984
Robert Cray
1986
Sound Tracks
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Oh Dem Golden Slippers
Laughing Song
Entertainer
St Louis Blues
Crazy Blues
See that my Grave is Kept Clean - BLJ - 300
Aint Misbehaving
Statesboro Blues
Georgia on my Mind
Baby Please Dont Go
Me and the Devil Blues
Cotton Fields
Stormy Monday
Mona Lisa
Dust my Broom
Thrill is Gone
Got My Mojo Working
Rock and Roll Music
Stagger Lee
Baby What You Want me to Do
Kansas City
Stand by Me
Down Home Blues
Mustang Sally
When a Man Loves a Woman
Red House
What a Wonderful World
She Caught the Katy
I Heard it thru the Grapevine
I Just Called To Say I Love You
Is Anybody Going to San Antone
Ain-t No Sunshine when She-s Gone
Lets Stay Together
Me and Mrs Jones
Neither One of Us
I Aint Drunk
Cant Get Enough of Your Love
You Make me Feel Brand New
You-ll Never Find
Red Hot Smoking Gun
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