This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #Fatherhood. Here are five of my favorites:

Ruth Brown: Papa Daddy (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW0v8ZvY4jQ

Shep & the Limelites: Daddy's Home (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGla91-qmk

The Radiants: Father Knows Best (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM2L-J5kLgc

Don Covay & the Goodtimers: Daddy Loves Baby (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_pOdJ-NCg

The Winstons: Color Him Father (1969)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XngIdbFMXwc

#RuthBrown #ShepandtheLimelites #Radiants #DonCovay #Winstons

#ThursdayFiveList
#TheShortestSongs

50's r'n'b & r'n'r in less than 2 minutes !

1/ Ruth Brown - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' (1:50, 1958) : https://soundcloud.com/ruthbrownmusic/this-little-girls-435389642

"Well-a, well-a, well-a, well-a
I washed all the dishes and I did a lot more
I even bought the dinner at the grocery store
Now, Mom, you'll find the 🗝️ next door
Cause this little girl's gone rocking"

2/ Rosco Gordon - Decorate The Counter (1:49, 1952) : https://soundcloud.com/rosco-gordon/decorate-the-counter-3

"Decorate the counter! Put that 💵 down!"

3/ Bobby And Terry Caraway - Ballin' Keen (1:54, 1959) : https://song.link/fr/i/545186575

"He likes to rock and he likes to roll
He's got rockin′ in his soul"

4/ Ronnie Self - Petrified (1:44, 1958) : https://soundcloud.com/ronnieself69370/petrified?in=ronnieself69370/sets/my-best-self-2

"You can talk about the Yellowstone National Park
Talk about the 🌲 turning into 🪨
When my baby gives me lovin', it shakes me inside
And I'm here to tell the world that I'm petrified"

5/ The Phantom - Love Me (1:33, 1958) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zgsIdMa8qA

"You set my soul on 🔥!!"

#Rockabilly #RockNRoll #RhythmNBlues #RuthBrown
#AtlanticRecords #SunRecords
#RoscoGordon #BobbyAndTerryCaraway #RonnieSelf #ThePhantom

Along Comes Ruth by Ruth Brown, released on Philips in 1962.

Top Ruth Brown with Mickey Baker on guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmHB206Fbuc&list=RDhmHB206Fbuc&start_radio=1

#ruthbrown #mickeybaker #rnb #1962inmusic

Does the rhythm and piano riffs remind you of another song recoded some twenty -something years later?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw23LrnNC-0

#Ruthbrown #rhythmandblues #ChunderRoad

Late Date with Ruth Brown is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this session reminded those who had forgotten that Brown could also hold her own with sophisticated material as well as sexy stuff" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctHeDD4DeIQ&list=PL4vsnPe9dEaEQXqnO_PpzVISaLe3lwO32&index=2

#ruthbrown #vocaljazz #1959inmusic