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Yank Rachell, Knocky Parker

 James "Yank" Rachell (March 16, 1910 – April 9, 1997) was an American country blues musician, dubbed an "elder statesman of the blues." - Wikipedia

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 Knocky Parker (August 8, 1918, Palmer, Texas - September 3, 1986, Los Angeles) was an American jazz pianist. He played primarily in the styles of ragtime and Dixieland jazz. - Wikipedia

1st Hour

1 Louis Jordan/Saturday Night Fish Fry
2 Yank Rachell/Do the Boogie Mama
3 Blue Boys/Memphis Stomp
4 Knocky Parker/Knocky-Knocky
5 Walter Trout/Danger Zone
6 Allman Brothers Band/One Way Out
7 Elmore James/Look On Yonder Wall
8 Carol Fran/Emmitt Lee
9 Katie Webster/Sea of Love
10 Donna Angelle/Let's Do It Again
11 Rick Estrin/Lucky You
12 Jody Williams/Lucky Lou
13 Delbert McClinton/Everytime I Roll the Dice
14 Isley Brothers/Shake It With Me Baby
15 Hank Ballard/Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
16 Tiny Bradshaw/Breakin' Up the House

2nd Hour

17 Jon Cleary/Wrong Number
18 Tyrone Davis/Call Tyrone
19 Aretha Franklin/Call Me
20 Ramsey Lewis/Wade in the Water
21 Fontella Bass/Rescue Me
22 Shirley Ellis/The Nitty Gritty
23 Zac Harman/I'm a Healer
24 John Lee Hooker/The Healer
25 Santana/Oye Como Va
26 Mama Yancey/Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
27 Julia Lee/Come On Over to My House
28 Alberta Hunter/My Castle's Rockin'
29 Tom McDermott/Heavy Henry
30 New Orleans/Ragtime Orch. Creole Belles
31 Jelly Roll Morton/Doctor Jazz

3rd Hour

32 Nick Curran/Lonesome Whistle Blues
33 Eddy Clearwater/Blue, Blue Blue Over You
34 Jimmy Johnson/Twelve Bar Blues
35 Butch Thompson/Midnight Hour Blues
36 Leroy Carr/Blues Before Sunrise
37 Big Joe Turner/How Long Blues
38 Elam McKnight/Only Game in Town
39 Chuck Berry/Too Much Monkey Business
40 Rusty York/Sugaree
41 Joss Stone/Pillow Talk
42 Barry White/ I'm Gonna Love You
43 Love Unlimited/Walkin' in the Rain With the One I Love

4th Hour

44 Jimmy Thackery/Jump For Jerry
45 Mitch Woods/Solid Gold Cadillac
46 Jimmy Liggins/Cadillac Boogie
47 Dan Hicks/Who Are You?
48 Mose Allison/Jus Like Livin'
49 Georgie Fame/Back On the Corner
50 Fairfield Four/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
51 Odetta/Glory, Glory
52 Sweet Honey in the Rock/Wade in the Water
53 Bonnie Raitt/Split Decision
54 Etta James/Shakey Ground
55 Ike and Tina/A Fool in Love
56 Bar-Kays/Shake Your Rump to the Funk
57 Blackbyrds/Happy Music
58 Earth, Wind & Fire/Happy Feelin'
59 Jimmy Thackery/Roy's Bluz

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