And so we head into the last listing of the 50’s. What do you think so far are there any songs that I should have added? The legendary New Orleans’ Jazz clarinettist Pierre Dewey LaFontaine Jr known as Pete Fountain (30/7/1930 – 06/08/2016) is first on the list. Fountain opened his club, the French Quarter Inn, located in the heart of the famed French Quarter district, at 800 Bourbon Street, in the spring of 1960. I do love old style Dixieland Jazz. Frankie Ford, Robert Parker and Irma Thomas are New Orleans’ R ‘n’ B legends. Bo Diddley continues to pump out hits. Dolly Parton recorded her first single as a 13 year-old! The legendary Saxophonist Big Jay McNeely (April 29, 1927 – September 16, 2018) continues his honking’ R ‘n’ B. I am still blowin’ away that he performed at our club in Jan. of 2013. Big Jay was an elderly man and clearly suffering from illness, however that did not stop him from putting on an incredible show. His first words to the Way Out West crowd were “we gunna have fun children”. The Wailers are not the Bob Marley Wailers. Both the Beatles and the Stones covered Barrett Strong’s “Money”. Charlie Ryan’s “Hot Rod Lincoln” was covered by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen. I was fortunate to see Commander Cody alumni Bill Kirchen perform the song at a New Orleans Jazz Fest.

Nineteen and fifty – nine

• A Closer Walk with Thee – Pete Fountain
• A Teenager In Love – Dion & The Belmonts
• All Night Long (Parts 1 & 2) – Robert Parker*
• Baby Talk – Jan & Dean
• Baby, What You Want Me To Do – Jimmy Read
• Back In The U.S.A. – Chuck Berry
• Breaking Up Is Hard to Do – Jivin’ Gene
• Bumbershoot – Phil Harvey (Phil Spectre)
• Class Cutter (Yea Yea) – Dale Hawkins                                    
• Crackin’ Up – Bo Diddley
• Crap Shootin’ Sinner – Cile Turner
• Dance with Me –   The Drifters
• Depend on Me – The Miracles
• Don’t Mess With My Man – Irma Thomas*
• Dream Lover – Bobby Darin
• Farmer John – Don & Dewey
• Flat Foot Sam – Elmon Mickle
• Go to the Mardi Gras – Professor Longhair
• Good Good Lovin’ – James Brown
• Guess Who – Jesse Belvin
• Handy Man – Kimmy Jones
• Hot Rod Lincoln – Charley Ryan
• Hully Gully – The Olympics
• Hushabye – The Mystics
• I’d Rather Be Burned As A Witch – Eartha Kitt
• I’m A Stranger – John Lee Hooker
• I’m Ready – Fats Domino
• I’m Sorry – Bo Diddley
• It Was I – Skip and Flip
• It’s Too Late – Tarheel Slim and Little Ann
• Kansas City – Wilbert Harrison
• Kissin’ Time – Bobby Rydell
• Linda Lu – Ray Sharpe
• Love Potion No. 9 – The Clovers  
• Love You So – Ron Holden
• Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin
• Mary Lou – Ronnie Hawkins
• Midnight Stroll – The Revels
• Mona Lisa – Carl Mann
• Money – Barrett Strong
• No Depression in Heaven – The New Lost City Ramblers
• Papa Lemon’s Blues – Lemon Nash
• Personality – Lloyd Price
• Please Don’t Be Mad – Bobby Rydell
• Poison Ivy – The Coasters
• Puppy Love – Dolly Parton
• Rave On – Sonny West
• Roberta – Frankie Ford*
• Rockin’ Robin – Bobby Day
• Sandy  – Larry Hall
• Say Man – Bo Diddley
• Sea Cruise – Frankie Ford (Frankie Guzzo)*
• Sea of Love – Phil Phillips
• Shout, Pts. 1 & 2 – The Isley Brothers
• Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny
• So Fine – The Fiestas
• Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price
• Suzie Baby – Bobby Vee
• Tall Cool One – The Wailers (not the Bob Marley Wailers)
• Tallahassee Lassie – Freddy Cannon
• That’s My Little Suzie – Ritchie Valens (Postmortem Hit)
• The Big Hurt – Toni Fisher
• The Caterpillar Crawl – Strangers
• The Great Pretender  – The Platters
• The Hippy Hippy Shake – Chan Romero
• The House On Haunted Hill – Movie Trailer Feat. Vincent Price
• The Sky is Crying – Elmore Jones
• The Twist – Hank Ballard
• There Is Something on Your Mind – Big Jay McNeely**
• There’s a Moon out Tonight – The Capris
• Three Stars – Tommy Dee
• Tom Dooley – The Kingston Trio
• Trip To Bandstand – B.B. Cunningham
• Wasted Days And Wasted Nights – Freddy Fender
• We Got Love – Bobby Rydell
• What A Difference A Day Makes – Dinah Washington
• What’d I say, Pt. 1 & 2 – Ray Charles*
• Who Shot the Lala – Oliver Morgan
• Will My Man Be Home Tonight – Lillian Offitt
• Woo-Hoo – The-Rock-A-Teens
• You Got Me Dizzy – Jimmy Reed
• You’re So Fine – The Falcons

* Seen Perform Live ** Performed at Way Out West Roots Music Club Inc.

Pat Powell, Big Jay McNeely and Me (2013)