27th November
2006
Before He Was King Of The Blues….
He Was On HARLEM!!
Hear the early 50s R&B; sides B.B. King cut for Kent and RPM Records. Be prepared to boogie until your boogie get sore. B.B. was a mainstay on Beale St as well as a young DJ on WDIA in Memphis during those early days. Rock, jump n’ shout with a cool cat that just won’t letcha out…B.B. KING.
HARLEM airs on The 50s on 5:
Monday 11/27 @ 1pm in HARLEM
Tuesday Night 11/28 @ 9pm in LA & Midnight in Brooklyn
Friday Night 12/1 @ 6pm in the Bronx
Sunday Morning 12/3 @ 11am on Staten Island
matt its great to hear the nitty gritty harlem sounds.im 60 and remember jockos rocket ship as if it was yesterday. although white irish the sound of black soul,just overwelmed me .i spent all my time and money in pursuit of its majic feelin.we had a group,and would hang with the groups in jamacia n.y.we were trying to get the soulful doo-wapp harmony,chasing the echo so to speak.it was atime when the music transended the gap between the blacks & whites, something that todays rap crap is destroying. i used to frequient the brooklyn paramount where whites were in the minority and the only trouble was between the white gangs!the music fed my soul then and it still does now i was a n.y.city firefighter in harlem during the martin luther king riotes and saw its devestation and hate kill the real heart of the comunity, its music of soul!i was no longer able to walk freely on its streets and enjoy listening to the great great sounds played in places like the red rooser or the bell cook & candle unless i was with a group of blk firemen even then,it was very touchy.soo much hate in the younger people!i was just another honky toscrew with. maybe the old music can at least keep the good people who share a love for the same old days together im sorry to say ,i doubt it please keep on keepin on,we need all the soulful sounds we can get now! be cool, the greaser,
matt its great to hear the nitty gritty harlem sounds.im 60 and remember jockos rocket ship as if it was yesterday. although white irish the sound of black soul,just overwelmed me .i spent all my time and money in pursuit of its majic feelin.we had a group,and would hang with the groups in jamacia n.y.we were trying to get the soulful doo-wapp harmony,chasing the echo so to speak.it was atime when the music transended the gap between the blacks & whites, something that todays rap crap is destroying. i used to frequient the brooklyn paramount where whites were in the minority and the only trouble was between the white gangs!the music fed my soul then and it still does now i was a n.y.city firefighter in harlem during the martin luther king riotes and saw its devestation and hate kill the real heart of the comunity, its music of soul!i was no longer able to walk freely on its streets and enjoy listening to the great great sounds played in places like the red rooser or the bell cook & candle unless i was with a group of blk firemen even then,it was very touchy.soo much hate in the younger people!i was just another honky toscrew with. maybe the old music can at least keep the good people who share a love for the same old days together im sorry to say ,i doubt it please keep on keepin on,we need all the soulful sounds we can get now! be cool, the greaser,