Roy 'Professor Longhair' Byrd is considered the founding father of New Orleans R&B. He made his recording debut in 1949 for the Dallas based Star Talent Label. One of the four tracks he recorded then was the first version of his signature tune 'Mardi Gras in New Orleans' featured in this collection. Over the following decades he made recordings for Mercury Records, Atlantic, Federal, Wasco, and then back to Atlantic where he produced the immortal 'Tipitina'................

 

Disc: 1

  1. East St. Louis Baby

  2. Been Foolin' Around

  3. K.C Blues

  4. Hadacol Bounce

  5. Rockin' with Fess

  6. Hey Now Baby

  7. In the Night

  8. Her Mind Is Gone

  9. Ball the Wall

  10. She Walks Right in

  11. No Buts -No Maybes

  12. Longhair's Blues Rhumba

  13. Look What You're Doin' to Me

  14. Professor Longhair Blues

  15. Misery

  16. Willie Mae

  17. She Walks Right in

  18. Looka No Hair

  19. Hey Now Baby

  20. Her Mind Is Gone

  21. Professor Longhairs Boogie

  22. Longhair Stomp

  23. She Ain't Got No Hair

  24. Tipitina

DISC 2

  25. Mardi Gras in New Orleans

  26. Cry Pretty Baby

  27. Mardi Gras in New Orleans

  28. Gone So Long

  29. Hey Little Girl

  30. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand

  31. Bye Bye Baby

  32. Tipitina

  33. Walk Your Blues Away

  34. Longhair Stomp

  35. Who's Been Foolin'

  36. Between the Night and Day

  37. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand

  38. Mardi Gras in New Orleans

  39. Boyd's Bounce

  40. Bald Head

  41. Hadacol Bounce

  42. Byrd's Blues

  43. Curley Haired Baby

  44. Boogie Woogie

  45. Between the Night and Day

  46. Oh Well