This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #implodeorexplode. The first tune that came into my mind is this classic rockabilly recording:

Wanda Jackson: Fujiyama Mama (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlUFgzsGoqE

The song had been previously recorded by Annisteen Allen and Eileen Barton. Allen's original R&B version, arranged by Howard Biggs, is also quite good:

Annisteen Allen: Fujiyama Mama (1955)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CVPhWFuEJw

The lyrics (by Earl Burrows, who was better-known under his stage name, Jack Hammer) are somewhat questionable, written only a decade after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but this didn't stop Wanda Jackson's version from being a hit in Japan.

#wandajackson #annisteenallen #fujiyamamama #jackhammer #howardbiggs #rockabilly #rhythmandblues #1950s

My choice for #SaturdayOnStage goes way back in history. The Ravens were one of the most influential early rhythm and blues vocal groups. Here's a rare January 2, 1949 appearance on the Talk of the Town TV show, which was hosted by Ed Sullivan:

The Ravens: My Sugar Is So Refined (1949)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f3gm-681LI

The line-up is (from left to right) Richie Cannon (baritone), Maithe Marshall (1st tenor/falsetto), Jimmy Ricks (bass) and Leonard Puzey (2nd tenor). The pianist is Howard Biggs, who also had a profilic career as a band leader, arranger and composer.

#music #ravens #jimmyricks #howardbiggs #rhythmandblues #doowop #edsullivan

Gary U.S. Bonds, geboren Gary Levone Anderson (Jacksonville, 6 juni 1939) is een Amerikaans rhythm-and-blues en rock-'n-roll zanger.

In het begin van de jaren zestig kende Gary U.S. Bonds hits met New Orleans, Quarter To Three, School Is Out, Dear Lady Twist en Twist, Twist, Señora.

Ook te horen tijdens de uitzendingen van https://stepupzorgradio.nl

#50s #rockandroll #rhythmandblues

Música “Sam Cooke- A Change is Gonna Come”

Maravillosa canción de Sam Cooke, un himno de esperanza en tiempos tan oscuros como este.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4&list=RDwEBlaMOmKV4&start_radio=1

etras

I was born by the river
In a little tent
Oh, and just like the river, I’ve been running
Ever since

It’s been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon’ come
Oh yes, it will

It’s been too hard living
But I’m afraid to die
‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there
Beyond the sky

It’s been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon’ come
Oh yes, it will

I go to the movie
And I go downtown
And somebody keep telling me
“Don’t hang around”

It’s been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon’ come
Oh yes, it will

Then, I go to my brother
And I say, “Brother, help me, please”
But he winds up knockin’ me
Back down on my knees, oh

There been times that I thought
I couldn’t last for long
But now, I think I’m able
To carry on

It’s been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gon’ come
Oh yes, it will

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Fuente: Musixmatch

Autores de la canción: Sam Cooke

#dailyprompt #RhythmAndBlues #SamCooke #soul #SoulClásico

Another musical revolution with 10 fingers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKCt8ssC7cs

https://word.undead-network.de/2026/01/12/another-musical-revolution-with-10-fingers/
#ChuckBerry #music #revolution #RhythmAndBlues #rockabilly

https://youtu.be/c8TPemx1_pE?si=rWnT1wDrAK8yZZ8l

La meva #CançóDelDia per al dimarts 6 de gener és aquesta dels #TheeSacredSouls #LosAngeles #Soul #Funk #RhythmAndBlues 🕴🏿!