The 1953 R&B Hits Collection - 4CD

The 1953 R&B Hits Collection gathers 91 rhythm and blues recordings from 1953 across four CDs, bringing together vocal groups, blues artists and early R&B names.

This 4CD edition contains the complete 91-track programme.

DISC ONE
1. Willie Mabon - I Don't Know
2. Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years
3. Little Walter & His Night Cats - Sad Hours
4. The Clovers - I Played The Fool
5. Shirley & Lee - I'm Gone
6. Little Walter - Juke
7. Lloyd Price - Oooh, Oooh, Oooh
8. Chuck Willis - My Story
9. Little Walter & His Night Cats - Mean Old World
10. Johnny Ace - My Song
11. The Clovers - Hey Miss Fannie
12. Big Maybelle - Gabbin' Blues
13. B B King - You Know I Love You
14. Illinois Jacquet - Port Of Rico
15. The Five Royales - Baby Don't Do It
16. Jesse & Marvin - Dream Girl
17. Johnny Ace - Cross My Heart
18. Lloyd Price - Tell Me Pretty Baby
19. Jimmy Forrest - Hey Mrs Jones
20. Lloyd Price - Ain't It A Shame
21. Linda Hayes - Yes I Know (What You're Putting Down)
22. Ruth Brown - Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean
23. Elmore James - I Believe

DISC TWO
1. Nat King Cole - Pretend
2. Amos Milburn - Let Me Go Home Whiskey
3. Danny Overbea - Train, Train
4. The Clovers - Crawlin'
5. Earl Forest - Whoopin' & Hollerin'
6. Emitt Slay Trio - My Kind Of Woman
7. Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours
8. B B King - Woke Up This Morning
9. Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton - Hound Dog
10. King Pleasure - Red Top
11. Sax Kari & Gloria Irving - Daughter, That's Your Red Wagon
12. Rufus Thomas - Bear Cat
13. Du Droppers - I Wanna Know
14. Fats Domino - Goin' To The River
15. Little Walter & The Night Cats - Tell Me, Mama
16. Willie Mabon - I'm Mad
17. Chuck Willis - Goin' To The River
18. The 5 Royales - Help Me Somebody
19. Little Walter - Off The Wall
20. The 5 Royales - Crazy, Crazy, Cray
21. The Vocaleers - Is It A Dream
22. Mitzi Mars - I'm Glad
23. Mercy Dee - One Room Country Shack

DISC THREE
1. Big Maybelle - Way Back Home
2. Ruth Brown - Wild, Wild Young Men
3. Buddy Johnson - Hittin' On Me
4. B B King - Please Love Me
5. The Du Droppers - I Found Out
6. Nat King Cole - Can't I
7. Eddie Boyd & His Chess Men - Third Degree
8. Johnny Ace - The Clock
9. Roy Milton - Early In The Morning
10. The Crickets - You're Mine
11. Jimmy Wilson - Tin Pan Alley
12. Varetta Dillard - Mercy Mr Percy
13. Ruth Brown - Mend Your Ways
14. The Clovers - Good Lovin'
15. Fats Domino - Please Don't Leave Me
16. Chuck Willis - Don't Deceive Me
17. Sonny Til & The Orioles - Cryin' In The Chapel
18. The 5 Royales - Too Much Lovin'
19. Faye Adams - Shake A Hand
20. Johnny Moore - Dragnet Blues
21. The Spaniels - Baby It's You
22. Amos Milburn - One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer

DISC FOUR
1. Joe Turner - Honey Hush
2. The Coronets - Nadine
3. Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good
4. B B King - Please Hurry Home
5. Fats Domino - Rosemary
6. The Orioles - In The Mission Of St Augustine
7. Little Walter & The Jukes - Blues With A Feeling
8. Dinah Washington - TV Is The Thing
9. Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Money Honey
10. Memphis Slim - The Come Back
11. Joe Morris - I Had A Notion
12. Jimmy Liggins - Drunk
13. Dinah Washington - Fat Daddy
14. Kid King's Combo - Banana Split
15. Muddy Waters - Mad Love
16. Four Tunes - Marie
17. Four Blazes - Perfect Woman
18. Big Maybelle - My Country Man
19. The Clovers - Comin' On
20. Marvin & Johnny - Baby Doll
21. Faye Adams - I'll Be True
22. Fats Domino - Something Wrong
23. Johnny Ace - Saving My Love For You