Tuesday, July 31, 2012

BILLBOARD's TOP TEN BLUES ALBUMS FOR THE WEEK ENDIN AUGUST 4th 2012


Bonnie Raitt’s SLIPSTREAM album is still at the TOP of the Billboard Blues Chart…
 "Take my love with you" (From Slipstream)





Checkin’ in at #2: Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin'

 

NUMBER 3: Joe Bonamassa
with  Driving Towards The Daylight 

Gary Clark, Jr’s The Bright Lights (EP) is up one slot from #5 to #4… Check him out promoting the tune (and EP) at The Crossroads Guitar Festival a couple of years ago…



Dr. John, The Night Tripper, after 16 weeks on the chart, holding the #1 spot for a minute, has dropped from #4 to #5 with his all the way strong CD “Locked Down”…


A Giant Leap for Royal Southern Brotherhood--most likely the HOTTEST act on the chart—as they go from #10 to #6…


Revelator is the second album on the chart by the Tedeschi Trucks Band (formerly known as the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band) and this one comes in at #7 (down just one slot from last week’s #6 spot)…

 

Let Them Talk by Hugh Laurie comes in at #8 (Down from #7)…



The Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton effort, Live at Lincoln Center, is losing momentum dropping to #9—Still a COOL album…



Sonny Landreth’s Elemental Journey drops from #9 to #10—Not bad, considering the fact that this IS the BILLBOARD TOP TEN Blues albums for the week…


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Monday, July 30, 2012

July 30, 2003: R.I.P. Sam Phillips...Samuel Cornelius Phillips (January 5, 1923 – July 30, 2003), better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer...


July 30, 2003:  Sam Phillips started Sun Records in 1950 to compete with the Chicago labels (Chess, Brunswick, etc.)...









Sam's most well known as being the person who discovered Elvis Presley, but...




 





 Phillips also helped launch the careers of Roy Orbison...Check out Roy's Sun Studio Demo...






     

 

                       
Johnny Cash

Carl Perkins











 

















 





"The Killer" himself-- Jerry Lee Lewis...



 







And a WHOLE LOT more...
 









Sam actually sold Elvis' contract to RCA in November, 1955, for $40,000...



 Sam Phillips was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986….
R.I.P. Sam Phillips


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Sunday, July 29, 2012

July 29, 1961: Bobby 'Blue' Bland Holds the TWO TOP SPOTS on the R&B Chart...


July 29, 1961:

Bobby "Blue" Bland hits #1 on the R 'n B chart 











with "I Pity the Fool" 


#2 on the R 'n B chart with
 "Don't Cry No More"


NOT A BAD DAY ON THE CHARTS

 FOR THE LATE, GREAT MR.BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND!!!

 R.I.P. BBB
 
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