Various - Rhythm And Blues - No. 1 Chart Hits 1949-1955 (2007)

At the begining of the fifties, some time before middle-class white teenagers began to call their musical tastes into question, and they lost interest on what their parents were listening to, just before musicians like Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and the rest of white rock and roll musicians reached fame, black artists were already opening the door and lightning the fuse of what would become the trigger for all those white young people, that will burst into a kind of music that completely changed the musical show business world This cd gathers some of those hits, with different styles, such as swing, ballads, blues or rock & roll and artists like Percy Mayfield, Joe Liggins, Ruth Brown, The Platters, Peppermint Harris, Roy Brown, Louis Jordan, Johny Ace, BB King, Lowell Fulson, Little Walter, Etta James or Willie Mabon on a list of twenty-four artists

Tracklist:
1.01 - Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love (2:55)
1.02 - Joe Liggins - Pink Champagne (3:01)
1.03 - Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes (2:54)
1.04 - Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind (3:12)
1.05 - The Four Blazes - Mary Jo (2:36)
1.06 - The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) (2:39)
1.07 - Little Esther & Mel Walker - Cupid's Boogie (2:35)
1.08 - Peppermint Harris - I Got Loaded (2:28)
1.09 - Roy Brown - Hard Luck Blues (3:01)
1.10 - Joe Morris - Any Time, Any Place, Anywhere (3:06)
1.11 - Louis Jordan - Blue Light Boogie - Parts 1 & 2 (5:11)
1.12 - Johnny Ace - Pledging My Love (2:45)
1.13 - The Dominoes - Have Mercy Baby (2:23)
1.14 - B.B. King - You Upset Me Baby (3:02)
1.15 - Lowell Fulson - Blue Shadows (2:50)
1.16 - Little Walter - My Babe (2:41)
1.17 - Hank Ballard - Work With Me Annie (2:49)
1.18 - The Drifters - Honey Love (2:25)
1.19 - Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:42)
1.20 - The "5" Royales - Baby Don't Do It (2:46)
1.21 - Joe Turner - Honey Hush (2:44)
1.22 - Jimmy Nelson - "T" 99 Blues (3:07)
1.23 - Willie Mabon - I Don't Know (3:10)
1.24 - Etta James - The Wallflower (2:49)