EL TORO R&B109 - V/A - FINE GALS, FAST WOMAN AND
WAILIN' DADDIES - THE FIRST OF LEIBER & STOLLER

The Jump Blues recording artists of the 1940s mainly wrote - or at least adapted from older sources - their own material, but at the dawn of the 1950s a new entity emerged; that of the professional R&B songwriter. Many of the first wave of this new phenomenon were African-Americans with a background in performing or A&R work in black music, but over in Los Angeles a couple of white, middle-class, teenage boys had hooked up to write their own, remarkably authentic slant on the R&B music they loved. By the mid 1950s, they had become award-winning writers, producers, publishers and shrewd record company executives, but before that, between 1950 and 1953, they were merely a couple of kids learning the ropes.
This double CD traces that early career of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

EL TORO R&B109 - V/A - FINE GALS, FAST WOMAN AND WAILIN' DADDIES - THE FIRST OF LEIBER & STOLLER
Track Listing:
CD1

Real Ugly Woman Jimmy Witherspoon (Modern 1950)
Wailin' Daddy Mabel Scott (Brunswick 1952)
The Snow Is Falling Ray Charles (Down Beat 1951)
Hound Dog Little Esther (Federal 1953)
Flip Our Wigs Milt Trenier & his Solid Six (RCA Victor 1953)
Hard Times Charles Brown (Aladdin 1951)
I Smell A Rat Big Mama Thornton (Peacock 1953)
Albania Roy Hawkins (Modern 1951)
I'll Be Right On Down Jimmy Witherspoon (Modern 1952)
K C Lovin' Little Willie Littlefield (Federal 1952)
BamBalam The DuDroppers (RCA Victor 1953)
Lump In My Throat Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 1951)
Last Laugh Blues Little Esther & Little Willie (Federal 1952)
Mainliner Little Esther & The Robins (Federal 1952)
Rockabye Baby Big Mama Thornton (Peacock 1952)
Oh Mother, Dear Mother Jimmy Witherspoon (Modern 1952)
Flying Home Amos Milburn (Aladdin 1952)
Strikin' On You Baby Little Willie Littlefield (Federal 1952)
Squeeze Me Milt Trenier & his Solid Six (RCA Victor 1953)
I've Searched The World Over Big Mama Thornton (Peacock 1952)
You Took My Love Too Fast Little Esther & Bobby Nunn (Federal 1952)
The Last Mile Jimmy Witherspoon (Federal 1953)
It Jimmy Witherspoon (Federal 1953)
Hollerin' and Screamin' Little Esther (Federal 1952)
Is This Goodbye Linda Hopkins (Forecast 1953)
Get Off My Wagon Linda Hopkins (Forecast 1953)

CD2

You're Killin' Me Milt Trenier & his Solid Six (RCA Victor 1953)
Fast Women and Sloe Gin Jimmy Witherspoon (Federal 1953)
Women, Women Amos Milburn (Aladdin 1951)
Flesh, Blood and Bones Little Esther (Federal 1952)
Nightmare Big Mama Thornton (Peacock 1952)
The Candle's Burnin' Low Mel Walker with Johnny Otis' Orch (Mercury 1952)
That's What The Good Book Says Bobby Nunn & The Robbins (Modern 1951)
Gloom and Misery All Around Roy Hawkins (Modern 1951)
Nosey Joe Moose Jackson and his Bearcats (King 1952)
Saturday Night Daddy Little Esther with Bobby Nunn & The Robins (Federal 1952)
Corn Whiskey Jimmy Witherspoon (Federal 1953)
Too Much Jelly Roll Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 1951)
I Smell A Rat Young Jessie (Modern 1953)
Blood Is Redder Than Wine Little Willie Littlefield (Federal 1952)
One Fine Gal Jimmy Witherspoon (Federal 1953)
Drinkin' Fool - Big John Greer (RCA Victor 1953)
The Last Mile Mel Walker with Johnny Otis' Orch (Mercury 1952)
Kissin' Boogie Beverly Wright with Preston Love's Orch (Spin 1952)
Three Time Loser Linda Hopkins (Crystalette 1953)
Tears Of Joy Linda Hopkins (Crystalette 1953)
Street Lights Little Esther (Federal 1952)
Turn The Lamps Down Low Little Esther & Little Willie (Federal 1952)
Back Door Blues Jimmy Witherspoon (Federal 1953)
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton (Peacock 1952)
Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) Rufus "Hound Dog" Thomas Jr (Sun 1953)
New Hound Dog Curley Bridges with Frank Motley & his Crew (Big Town 1953)