The golden years, 1953-55

Table of Contents: “…(The Chords) -- Shake, rattle & roll / Calhoun (Joe Turner) -- Honey love / McPhatter-Wexler (The Drifters, featuring Clyde McPhatter) -- Jam up / Ridgeley (Tommy Ridgeley) -- Tweedle dee / Scott (La Vern Baker) -- I've got a woman / Charles-Richard (Ray Charles) -- Blue velvet / Wayne-Morris (The Clovers) -- Close your eyes / Willis (The Five Keys) -- Adorable / Ram (The Drifters) -- Greenbacks / Richard (Ray Charles).…”

The roots of Paul McCartney

Shake, rattle and roll rock 'n roll in the 1950s.

Table of Contents: “…Shake, rattle and roll (Joe Turner) -- The clock (Beale Streeters ; Johnny Ace, vocals) -- Have mercy, baby (Billy Ward and his Dominoes) -- Shake a hand (Joe Morris and his orchestra ; Faye Adams, vocals) -- See you later, alligator (Bill Haley and the Comets) -- Maybellene (Chuck Berry) -- Mailman blues (Lloyd Price) -- I can't go on (Fats Domino) -- Every hour (Little Richard) -- Get a job (The Silhouettes) -- That'll be the day (uddy Holly and the Crickets) -- Good golly Miss Molly (Jerry Lee Lewis) -- Reet petite (Jackie Wilson) -- I met him on a Sunday (The Shirelles) -- At my front door (Dee Clark) -- I'm movin' on (Ray Charles, piano and vocals ; the Raelets, vocals) -- What about us? …”

Mean old world Vol. 2.

Table of Contents: “…Lenoir) (2:54) -- Okie dokie stomp (Gatemouth Brown with the Pluma Davis Orchestra) (2:31) -- Come back baby (Ray Charles and his orchestra) (2:59) -- How long, how long blues (Jimmy Rushing) (4:48) -- Cherry Red (Joe Turner and his All-stars) (3:16) -- San Francisco Bay blues (Jesse Fuller) (2:38) -- I can't quit you baby (Otis Rush) (3:01) -- Three hours past midnight (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) (3:23).…”

World of the Small Faces and beyond