R&B Spotlight 58 / Various R&B Spotlight 58 / Various CD

2009 two CD collection. 1958 saw the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart extended from 20 to 30 entries, becoming an accurate mirror of the musical tastes of black, and increasingly also, the rest of, Americans. The chart reflected a varied musical mixture. In the Deep South, and in Chicago whose population included many migrant Southerners, the tough electric Blues of artists like Muddy Waters, Little Walter, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed and Little Junior Parker still held sway. While the market for romantic-voiced crooners such as Nat "King" Cole, Ivory Joe Hunter, Roy Hamilton, Earl Grant and the Tony Williams-led Platters continued, a younger, brasher breed of singer was also emerging, blending R&B with the Rock 'N' Roll beat, as exemplified by Little Richard, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry.

1. Roy Hamilton - Don't Let Go 2. Jimmy Clanton ; His Rockets - Just a Dream 3. The Danleers - One Summer Night 4. The Rivieras - Count Every Star 5. Bobby Freeman - Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes 6. The Olympics - Western Movies 7. Lee Allen ; His Band - Tic Toc 8. Bobby Hendricks - Itchy Twitchy Feeling 9. The Shields - You Cheated 10. The Quin-Tones - Down the Aisle of Love 11. Little Anthony ; the Imperials - Tears on My Pillow 12. Jimmy Reed - I'm Gonna Get My Baby 13. Ruth Brown - This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' 14. Little Walter - Key to the Highway 15. Harvey ; the Moonglows - Ten Commandments of Love 16. Muddy Waters - Close to You 17. Earl Grant - the End 18. Bobby Day - Rock-In Robin 19. Cozy Cole - Topsy II 20. Ivory Joe Hunter - Yes I Want You 21. Fats Domino - Whole Lotta Loving 22. Lavern Baker - I Cried a Tear 23. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Rock and Roll 24. Ray Charles - Rockhouse (Part 2) 25. Eugene Church ; the Fellows - Pretty Girls Everywhere 26. John Lee Hooker - I Love You Honey 27. Little Junior Parker - Sweet Home Chicago 28. The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 29. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee 30. Chuck Willis - Keep A-Driving