Listening List for May 12, 2026

I've been busy coughing, so I haven't had as much time as I wanted to update the materials for this week (kind of a slumgullion).

Anyway, here it is:

Early Rock and Roll

Move to Alabama 
Charley Patton (1929)

(first listen at normal speed and then listen at 1.25 normal speed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuY6NROhCQw

Rocket 88 (1951)
Jackie Brenson/Ike Turner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfnh1oVTk0

Rock Awhile
Goree Carter (1949)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZlESMXHFfY

Rhythm and Blues Dirty and Clean

Keep on Churnin' (till the butter comes)
Wynonie Harris (1952)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8swz7WFgrU

Further on up the Road
Bobby Bland (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsl_swTQCVU

Vocal group history

Barbershop

Explanation of Barbershop harmony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zyQSDyI5q4

Let me call you sweetheart
Shannon Quartet (1926)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAPnv6RqZDs

Sincere
Buffalo Bills (from the movie The Music Man) 1962
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uXNag2XWYA

I get around
Proper Sound Barbshop Quartet (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z-FUk00fYk

The evolution of modern vocal groups

Crazy People
Boswell Sisters (1932) (not African American but hugely important)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-O5U4uuPF8

My Prayer
The Ink Spots (1939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7KJCns5v3g

Paper Doll
The Mills Brothers (1943)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaMeSrynug0

Platters
Smoke gets in your eyes (1958)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLFZSoeXbnI

Doo Wop

Sixty Minute Man
The Dominos (1951)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXfJj8R3q20

Little Darlin'
The Gladiolas (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHsSkI81Sgk

The Wah Watusi
The Orlons (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3b5WS2xAYk

Cover Versions

Ain't That a Shame?
Fats Domino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbfMlk1PwGU

Pat Boone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVuI_cVNW4Y

Tutti Frutti
Little Richard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_C9q4tuwXI

Pat Boone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFxTvffJqOg