"Chess New Orleans" 1953-1957 - CD1

The Chicago-based Chess label isn't often associated with the New Orleans rock and R&B scene of the '50s, but its dalliances there produced a handful of hits including Clarence "Frogman" Henry's "Ain't Got No Home" and Bobby Charles' "See You Later Alligator" and "Time Will Tell.".....Chess New Orleans is a two-disc set that collects 44 hits, misses, album tracks, and previously unreleased recordings from the Chess vaults, including cuts from the subsidiary labels Checker and Argo, and distributed sides like Rod Bernard's hit "This Should Go On Forever." Certain artists, such as Bobby Charles, Clarence Henry, Sugar Boy Crawford (maker of the first version of "Iko Iko," titled "Jock-A-Mo"), and Paul Gayten, are well represented with up to a half dozen tracks each. The selections run the gamut from straight rock and R&B to Clifton Chenier's accordion-driven Cajun sides to regional novelties like the Hawketts' "Mardi Gras Mambo." Chess New Orleans is not a representative regional or hits anthology but revives many worthwhile rarities for collectors.(Greg Adams, Allmusic)

trax:
1. Jock-A-Mo - James "Sugar Boy" Crawford 2. Overboard - James "Sugar Boy" Crawford 3. Let's Have Some Fun (Honey) - Slim Saunders 4. Oo Wee Sugar - Sugar Boy Crawford 5. No More Heartaches - Sugar Boy Crawford 6. Down Boy - Paul Gayten 7. What's Wrong - Sugar Boy Crawford 8. Mardi Gras Mambo - The Hawketts 9. Your Time's Up - The Hawketts 10. If You Love Me, Tell Me So - Paul Gayten 11. See You Later Alligator - Bobby Charles 12. So Glad She's Mine - Charles Williams 13. Time Will Tell - Bobby Charles 14. Take It Easy Greasy - Bobby Charles 15. What Can I Do? - Charles Williams 16. No Use Knocking - Bobby Charles 17. You Can Suit Yourself - Bobby Charles 18. The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle) - Clifton Chenier 19. Baby Please - Clifton Chenier 20. Driving Home (Pt. 2) - Paul Gayten 21. For You My Love - Paul Gayten 22. Walk That Walk - Eddie Bo
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