From Roy Brown to James Brown
"THE BIRTH OF SOUL"
A chrono chart of The Super Stars of The Golden Years of R&B
-  presented by Claus Röhnisch (The Coasters Web Site)

   1947    Roy Brown
   1948    T-Bone Walker
   1949    John Lee Hooker
   1950    Fats Domino  &   Ruth Brown
   1951    Joe Turner  &  The Clovers
   1952    B. B. King
   1953    Muddy Waters
   1954    Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
   1955    Ray Charles  &   LaVern Baker
   1956    Little Richard  &   Chuck Berry
   1957    Sam Cooke  &  Jackie Wilson
   1958    The Coasters
   1959    James Brown

Their "Hi-Five" Recordings
with label credit, (notable featured musicians), recording date, master no., track title, label with issue no.
- and (peak chart position and longivety on U.S. Top 40 R&B Chart - with year of issue if other than rec.year).
(Where there is "difficulties" to point out exactly five hi ones, some artists are listed with more recordings).

ROY BROWN, vcls
with Bob Ogden's Orchestra - New Orleans July 1947:
D-406         Good Rockin' Tonight  - DeLuxe 1093 (#13, 1w) / DeLuxe 3093 (#11, 2w 1949)
and his Mighty-Mighty Men - New Orleans, January 1949; redubbed from Oct 1947 DeLuxe 1128:
D-882-2      Miss Fanny Brown  - DeLuxe 3128 (#8, 1w)
(featuring Batman Rankins,sax) - New Orleans, January 1949:
D-881         Rockin' At Midnight - DeLuxe 3212 (#2, 16w)
(featuring the Griffin brothers, pno and sax) - Cincinnati, April 19, 1950:
D-1513       Hard Luck Blues - DeLuxe 3304 (#1, 18w)
(featuring Edgar Blanchard,gtr) - Cincinnati, June 15, 1950:
D-1516       Love Don't Love Nobody - DeLuxe 3306 (#2, 11w)

T-BONE WALKER, vcls/gtr
Les Hite and His Orchestra (T-Bone only vcl; Frank Pasley,gtr)
- New York (or poss. Los Angeles), ca June 1940 or March 6, 1941:
US-1852-1  T-Bone Blues - Varsity 8391
with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra - Hollywood, July 20, 1942:
CAP-55-A   Mean Old World - Capitol 10033
T-Bone Walker and His Guitar (featuring Lloyd Glenn,pno and Bumps Meyers,sax) - Los Angeles, September 13, 1947:
BW 637-3   Call It Stormy Monday  (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) - Black & White 122 (#5, 6w 1948)
(featuring Willard McDaniel,pno) - Los Angeles, November 13, 1947:
BW 662-2   T-Bone Shuffle - Comet 53 (#7, 4w 1949)
T-Bone Walker & His Band (featuring Jim Wynn, sax) - Los Angeles, April 6, 1950:
IM 178        Travelin' Blues - Imperial 5094)
T-Bone Walker (featuring Maxwell Davis,sax) - Los Angeles, December 1951:
IM 388-3     Street Walkin'  Woman - Imperial 5202 (1952)

JOHN LEE HOOKER, vcls/gtr
& His Guitar - Detroit, ca September, 1948:
B 7006       Boogie Chillen' - Modern 627 (#1, 18w 1949)
John Lee Hooker (featuring Eddie Kirkland,gtr) - Detroit, August 7, 1951:
MM 1636    I'm In The Mood - Modern 835 (#1, 15w)
(featuring Eddie Taylor,gtr) - Chicago March 17, 1956:
56-445        Dimples - Vee-Jay 205
(featuring Sam Jones,bs, Louis Hayes,dms) - New York, February 8, 1960:
321            Gonna Use My Rod - Riverside LP 321
(featuring Lefty Bates,gtr) - Chicago, March 1, 1960:
60-1384      No Shoes - Vee-Jay 349 (#21, 2w)
(featuring Joe Hunter,pno and Hank Cosby,sax) - Chicago, ca December 1961:
61-2204      Boom Boom - Vee-Jay 438 (#16, 8w 1962)
Chicago, ca mid 1964:
64-4424      It Serves Me Right (To Suffer) - Vee-Jay 708, 1965)
(featuring Lafyaette Leake,pno, Eddie Burns,gtr) Chicago, May 1966:
14778         House Rent Blues (Chess CD 9329, 1991)

FATS DOMINO, vcls/pno
(featuring Dave Bartholomew,tpt and Herb Hardesty,sax) - New Orleans, December 10, 1949:
IM-133        The Fat Man - Imperial 5058 (#2, 9w 1950)
and His Band (featuring Buddy Hagans,sax) - New Orleans, April 18, 1953:
IM-574        Please Don't Leave Me - Imperial 5240 (#3, 14w)
Fats Domino (featuring Herb Hardesty,sax and Walter Nelson,gtr) - Los Angeles, March 15, 1955:
IM-853        Ain't It A Shame - Imperial 5348 (#1, 26w)
(featuring Justin Adams and Ernest McLean,gtrs) - Los Angeles, June 26, 1956:
IM-1082      Blueberry Hill - Imperial 5407 (#1, 23w)
Los Angeles, March 30, 1955:
IM-857        Blue Monday - Imperial 5417 (#1, 16w 1957)
(featuring Roy Montrell and Ernest McLean,gtrs) - New Orleans, June 18, 1959:
IM-2135      I Want To Walk You Home - Imperial 5606 (#1, 13w)
 
RUTH BROWN, vcls
with Eddie Condon's N.B.C. Television Orchestra - New York, May 25, 1949:
A 239         So Long - Atlantic 879 (#4, 10w)
with Budd Johnson's Orchestra - New York City, September 1950:
A 514         Teardrops From My Eyes - Atlantic 919 (#1, 25w)
Ruth Brown with Orchestra (featuring Willis Jackson,sax) - New York, December 19, 1952:
A 960         (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Atlantic 986 (#1, 16w 1953)
and Her Rhythmakers (vclgroup - actually the Cues) - New York, May 7, 1954:
A 1273       Oh What A Dream - Atlantic 1036 (#1, 17w)
Ruth Brown (featuring orchestra and chorus) - New York, September 25, 1956:
A 2123       Lucky Lips - Atlantic 1125 (#6, 10w)

JOE TURNER, vcls
with Bill Moore's Lucky Seven Band - Los Angeles, January 23, 1946:
NSC 142    My Gal's A Jockey - National 4002 (#6, 1w)
with Van "Piano Man" Walls - New York, January 20, 1952:
A 787         Sweet Sixteen - Atlantic 960 (#3, 8w)
and his Band (featuring Pluma Davis,tbn and Kathy Thomas,pno) - New Orleans, May 12, 1953:
A 1073       Honey Hush - Atlantic 1001 (#1, 25w)
(featuring Edward Frank,pno) - New Orleans, December 3, 1953:
A 1220       You Know I Love You - Atlantic 1026 (1954)
and His Blues Kings (featuring Sam Taylor,sax) - New York, February 15, 1954:
A 1209       Shake, Rattle And Roll - Atlantic 1026 (#1, 32w)
(with Howard Biggs,arr) - New York, January 28, 1955:
A 1425       Hide And Seek - Atlantic 1069 (#3, 12w)

THE CLOVERS, vocal group
(Buddy Bailey-lead, Matthew McQuater, Harold Lucas, Harold Winley and Bill Harris,gtr)
(featuring Willis Jackson,sax) - New York, July 12, 1951:
A 626         Fool, Fool, Fool - Atlantic 944 (#1, 22w)
- New York, December 17, 1951:
A 755         One Mint Julep - Atlantic 963 (#2, 18w 1952)
(Charlie White-lead, McQuater, Lucas, Winley and Harris,gtr)
(featuring Sam Taylor,sax) - New York March 4, 1953:
A 1017       Good Lovin'  - Atlantic 1000 (#2, 18w)
(Billy Mitchell-lead, McQuater, Lucas, Winley and Harris,gtr) - New York April 16, 1954:
A 1262       Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash - Atlantic 1035 (# 6, 7w)
(Mitchell-lead, Bailey, McQuater, Lucas, Winley and Harris,gtr) - New York, June 8, 1959 (edited in Hollywood):
2525           Love Potion No. 9 - United Artists 180 (#23, 3w)

B. B. KING, vcls/gtr
(featuring Ike Turner or poss Johnny Ace, pno, Earl Forrest,dms) - Memphis, ca September 1951:
MM 1682    3 O'Clock Blues - RPM 339 (#1, 17w)
B. B. "Blues Boy" King and His Orchestra
(featuring Maxwell Davis,sax, Willard McDaniel,pno, Bumps Myers,sax)
- Los Angeles Modern Studios, August 18-19, 1954:
MM 2121    You Upset Me Baby - RPM 416 (#1, 12w)
- Hollywood Capitol Studios, March 2, 1954:
MM 2140    Everyday I Have The Blues - RPM 421 (#8, 5w 1955)
(featuring Millard Lee,pno, Floyd Newman,sax, Kenny Sands,tpt) - Little Rock, April/May 1956:
MM 3057-2  Sweet Little Angel - RPM 468 (#6, 5w)
B. B. King and his Orchestra
(featuring Johnny Board,sax and Sonny Freeman,dms) - Los Angeles, October 26, 1959:
MM             Sweet Sixteen (Parts 1 & 2) - Kent 330 (#2, 14w 1960)
B. B. King (featuring Lawrence Burdin,sax, Sands, Freeman and Maxwell Davis,arr)
- Los Angeles (or New York), September 30, 1963:
11796          How Blue Can You Get - APC-Paramount 10527 (#23, 5w)

MUDDY WATERS, vcls/gtr
with Rythm Accompaniment (sic) - Chicago, April 1948:
U 7112        I Can't Be Satisfied - Aristocrat 1305
Muddy Waters and his Guitar (featuring Little Walter,hca) - Chicago January 23, 1951:
U 7304        Long Distance Call - Chess 1452 (#8, 1w)
(featuring Little Walter,hca, Jimmy Rogers,gtr, Otis Spann,pno - Chicago, January 7, 1954:
U 7589        I' m Your Hoochie Cooche Man (I' m Your Hoochie Coochie Man) - Chess 1560 (#3, 13w)
(featuring Little Walter,hca; Fred Below,dms) - Chicago, April 13, 1954:
U 7630        Just Make Love To Me (I Just Want To Make Love To You) - Chess 1571 (#4, 13w)
(featuring Junior Wells,hca) - Chicago, May 24, 1955:
U 7846        Manish Boy (Mannish Boy) - Chess 1602 (#5, 6w)
Muddy Waters (featuring Little Walter,hca plus Pat Hare and Hubert Sumlin,gtrs)
 - Chicago, December 1, 1956:
8389           Rock Me - Chess 1652 (1957)
(featuring James Cotton,hca, Otis Spann,pno) - Chicago, June 1959:
9504           Take The Bitter With The Sweet - Chess 1733
(featuring Cotton, Spann and Pat Hare.gtr) - Newport, R.I. July 3, 1960:
originally recorded in December 1956 for a 1957 single but this is the live version
10544         Got My Mojo Working (Parts 1 and 2) - Chess LP 1449 & pt 1 on single 1774

 
CLYDE McPHATTER, vcls
The Dominoes
(McPhatter-lead, James Van Loan, Joe Lamont, David McNeil,vcls, Billy Ward,pno)
- Cincinnati, January 28, 1952:
F 1057        Have Mercy Baby - Federal 12068 (#1, 20w)
Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
(McPhatter-lead, Gerhart and Andrew Thrasher, Bill Pinkney, Willie Ferbee and Walter Adams,gtr;
featuring Sam Taylor,sax) - New York, August 9, 1953:
A 1105        Money Honey - Atlantic 1006 (#1, 21w)
(McPhatter,lead, Gerhart, Andrew, Pinkney and Jimmy Oliver,gtr) - New York, February 4, 1954:
A 1204        What' Cha Gonna Do - Atlantic 1055 (#2, 15w 1955)
(featuring Pinkney, bridge vcl) - New York, March 14, 1954:
A 1229        Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You) - Atlantic 1043
Clyde McPhatter
(with Ray Ellis and his orchestra) - New York, October 10, 1956:
A 2155        Without Love (There Is Nothing) - Atlantic 1117 (#4, 11w 1957)
(featuring Nigel Hopkins,bass vcl) - New York August 7, 1958:
A 3117        A Lover's Question - Atlantic 1199 (#1, 23w)
The Drifters, vclgroup (without Clyde)
(Ben E. King, lead vcl; Charles Thomas, Doc Green, Elsbeary Hobbs) - New York, March 6, 1959:
A 3397        There Goes My Baby - Atlantic 2025 (#1, 19w)

RAY CHARLES, vcls/pno
(featuring Mickey Baker,gtr, Candido Camero,cga; Jesse Stone,arr) - New York, May 17, 1953:
A 1069        Mess Around - Atlantic 999
Ray Charles and His Band (featuring David Newman,sax) - Atlanta, November 18, 1954:
A 1383        I've Got A Woman - Atlantic 1050 (#1, 20w)
(featuring The Cookies and Mary Ann Fisher,vcls, Panama Francis,dms) - New York, November 30, 1955:
A 1768        Drown In My Own Tears - Atlantic 1085 (#1, 15w 1956)
Ray Charles and His Orchestra (featuring The Raylettes,vcls; David Newman and Hank Crawford,saxes)
- New York, February 18, 1959:
A 3263/4     What'd I Say (Parts I & 2) - Atlantic 2031 (#1, 17w)
(featuring Ray Charles,organ) - New York, early 1961:
Impulse       One Mint Julep  - Impulse 200 (#1, 12w)
(featuring The Raelets incl Marjorie Hendricks,vcls) - New York, mid 1961:
ABC           Hit The Road Jack - ABC-Paramount 10244 (#1, 15w)
- New York, late 1962:
ABC           You Are My Sunshine - ABC-Paramount 10375 (#1, 11w 1963, issued late 1962

LaVERN BAKER, vcls
Todd Rhodes and His Orchestra - vocal Lavern Baker - Cincinnati, July 1, 1952:
K 9194-1     Must I Cry Again - King 4583
LaVerne Baker (featuring Hank Jones,pno) - New York, June 19, 1953:
A 1079        (Set My) Soul On Fire - Atlantic 1004
LaVern Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra (actually the Cues,vclgroup; featuring Sam Taylor,sax)
- New York October 20, 1954:
A 1334        Tweedlee Dee (Tweedle Dee) - Atlantic 1047 (#4, 15w)
 - New York, December 21, 1955:
LaVerne Baker and The Gliders with Orchestra
A 1784-1     Jim Dandy - Atlantic 1116 (#1, 18w 1957)
- New York, January 10, 1956:
A 1809-2     Tra La La - Atlantic 1116 (1957)
LaVern Baker (featuring King Curtis,sax) - New York, September 11, 1958:
A 3132        I Cried A Tear - Atlantic 2007 (#2, 19w)

LITTLE RICHARD, vcls/pno
Little Richard and His Band
(featuring Lee Allen and Alvin Tyler,saxes, Earl Palmer,dms) - New Orleans, September 14, 1955:
561             Tutti-Frutti - Specialty 561 (#2, 21w)
(featuring the above and Edgar Blanchard,gtr) - New Orleans, February 7, 1956:
572             Long Tall Sally - Specialty 572 (#1, 16w)
(featuring Allen, Tyler, Palmer and Roy Montrell,gtr) - New Orleans, July 30, 1956:
598             Lucille - Specialty 598 (#1, 13w 1957)
- New Orleans, October 16, 1956:
598x           Send Me Some Lovin'  - Specialty 598 (# 3, 11w 1957)
Little Richard - New Orleans, October 15, 1956:
624             Good Golly , Miss Molly - Specialty 624 (#4, 8w 1958)

CHUCK BERRY, vcls/gtr
Chuck Berry and His Combo
(featuring Johnnie Johnson,pno; Ebby Hardy,dms) - Chicago, May 21, 1955:
U 7844        Maybelline - Chess 1604 (#1, 16w)
(featuring Johnson,pno, Leroy Davis,sax, Willie Dixon,bs) - Chicago, April 16, 1956:
8110           Roll Over Beethoven - Chess 1626 (#2, 7w)
Chuck Berry
(featuring Johnnie Johnson,pno, Fred Below,dms) - Chicago, December 29, 1957:
8627           Sweet Little Sixteen - Chess 1683 (#1, 11w)
(featuring Lafaytte Leake,pno plus Berry,extra dubbed solo gtr) - Chicago, January 6, 1958:
8633           Johnny B. Goode - Chess 1691 (#2, 12w)
(featuring Chuck Berry, multitracked gtr & overdubbed bass, dms) - St. Louis, July 1958:
9073           Memphis Tennessee - Chess 1729 (flip of "Back In The U.S.A", 1959)

SAM COOKE, vcls
with Bumps Blackwell Orch (featuring Earl Palmer,dms) - Los Angeles, June 1, 1957:
4013          You Send Me - Keen 3-4013 (#1, 18w)
Sam Cooke - New Orleans, December 12, 1956 (with overdubs in Hollywood, November 11, 1957):
619            I'll Come Running Back To You - Specialty 619 (#1, 10w, issued late 1957)
(featurng Clif White,gtr) - Los Angeles, March 2, 1959:
2112          (What A) Wonderful World - Keen 8-2212 (#2, 10w 1960)
(featuring Jewell Grant,sax, René Hall,gtr) - Hollywood, December 18, 1961:
7983          Twistin' The Night Away - RCA Victor 7983 (#1, 15w 1962)
(featuring Lou Rawls,secvcl with René Hall,arr and Ernie Freeman,pno) - Hollywood April 26, 1962:
8036          Bring It On Home To Me - RCA Victor 8036 (#2, 18w)
(featuring Earl Palmer,dms) - Hollywood, August 23, 1962:
8088          Nothing Can Change This Love - RCA Victor 8088 (#2, 12w)
(featuring Harold Battiste,pno) - Hollywood, January 30, 1964:
8486          A Change Is Gonna Come - RCA Victor 8486 (#9, 11w 1965)

JACKIE WILSON, vcls
with Dick Jacobs Orchestra  - New York, July 12, 1957:
55024        Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet) - Brunswick 55024
Jackie Wilson (with rhythm acc.) - Detroit, January 7, 1958:
54042        Danny Boy - Brunswick 54042 (flip of "Right Now")
with Dick Jacobs Orchestra - New York, October 15, 1958:
55105        Lonely Teardrops - Brunswick 55105 (#1, 22w)
Jackie Wilson - New York, December 21, 1959:
55166        Doggin' Around - Brunswick 55166 (#1, 19w 1960)
- New York, February 15, 1960:
55167        A Woman, A Lover, A Friend - Brunswick 55167 (#1, 13w)
(featuring Sonny Sanders,arr, Ronnie Bright,bsvcls and Alonzo Tucker,co-arr ) - New York, January 9, 1963:
55239        Baby Workout - Brunswick 55239 (#1, 14w)

THE COASTERS, vcl-group
(Carl Gardner-lead, Billy Guy, Young Jessie, Bobby Nunn and Adolph Jacobs,gtr)
(featuring Gil Bernal or Plas Johnson,sax) - Hollywood, February 15, 1957:
57C-107     Young Blood - Atco 6087 (#1, 17w)
(as above with Guy-lead, featuring Mike Stoller,pno) - same session:
57C-108     Searchin'  - Atco 6087 (#1, 21w)
(Carl Gardner, Billy Guy, Cornell Gunter, Will "Dub" Jones, Jacobs;
featuring King Curtis,sax) - New York, March 17, 1958:
58C-365     Yakety Yak - Atco 6116 (#1, 14w)
(as above with Gardner and Guy-joint leads, Sonny Forriest,gtr;
featuring George Barnes and Mickey Baker,gtrs) - New York, July 16, 1959:
59C-3607    Poison Ivy - Atco 6146 (#1, 16w)
(as above with Guy and Jones-leads; featuring King Curtis,sax) - New York, July 29, 1960:
60C-4754    Shoppin'  For Clothes - Atco 6178
(as above with Guy,lead, featuring King Curtis,sax) - New York February 9, 1961:
61C-5331    Little Egypt (Ying-Yang) - Atco 6192 (#16, 4w)
(Guy, lead, Gardner, Jones, and Earl Carroll; featuring Artie Butler, arr/dir)
- New York, October 31, 1967:
ZSP 1138113  D.W. Washburn - Date 1617 (1968, reissued several times)

JAMES BROWN, vcls
with The Famous Flames
(Bobby Byrd, Johnny Terry, Sylvester Keels, Nash Knox,vcls and Nafloyd Scott,gtr
featuring Fats Gonder,pno) - Cincinnati, February 4, 1956:
12258         Please Please Please - King 12258 (#5, 19w)
and The Famous Flames
(Johnny Terry, Bill Hollings, J.W. Archer, Louis Madison,vcls
featuring Clifford Scott,sax, Ernie Hayes,pno, Panama Francis,dms - New York, September 18, 1958:
12337         Try Me (I Need You) - King 12337 (#1, 22w)
James Brown presents His Band (featuring J.C. Davis,sax, Les Buie,gtr, James Brown,dms)
- Cincinnati, February 9, 1961:
5614           Night Train - King 5614 (#5, 17w 1962)
James Brown & His Orchestra (with the James Brown Band featuring Nat Jones, Eldee Williams, St.Clair Pinckney, Al Clark
and Maceo Parker,saxes, Bobby Byrd or Fats Gonder,pno, Les Buie,gtr) - prob New York, May 1964:
note: The Famous Flames at this time were: Bobby Byrd, Bobby Bennett and Lloyd Stallworth.
1919           Out Of Sight - Smash 1919 (#5, 11w)
and The Famous Flames (with the James Brown Band featuring Maceo Parker and Nat Jones,saxes, Jimmy Nolen,gtr)
- Charlotte, N.C. February 1965:
5999           Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Parts 1,2,3) - King 5999 (#1, 17w)
(featuring Nat Jones and Maceo Parker,saxes, Jimmy Nolen,gtr)  - Miami, May 6, 1965:
6015           I Got You (I Feel Good) - King 6015 (#1, 16w)
(with the James Brown Orchestra featuring Alfred Ellis,sax, Jimmy Nolen,gtr, Clyde Stubblefield,dms)
- Cincinnati, May 1967:
6110          Cold Sweat (Parts 1 & 2) - King 6110 (#1, 16w)

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