There’s a select band of R&B artists who started out in the music business young, made recordings and appeared live for many years, retired for a few decades to raise a family but then later returned to personal appearances and recordings. One of these is Mickey Champion, whose career started in Los Angeles in the late 40s and who is still singing today. In “Bam-A-Lam” we take a look at the recordings from the first part of her career – a selection of tough R&B and blues recorded mainly in the 50s for West Coast-based labels including Aladdin, Dootone, Modern & RPM............. 01 BAM-A-LAM 02 GOOD FOR NOTHIN' MAN 03 BEST FRIEND 04 HE'S A MEAN MAN 05 I'M A WOMAN 06 I'VE GOT IT BAD 07 TWO FACED DADDY 08 DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME 09 I'M NOT CRYING ANYMORE 10 WHAT HAVE YOU GOT 11 LOVIN' JIM 12 IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU FEEL 13 EVERYBODY KNEW IT BUT ME 14 IF YOU CAN'T HOLD YOUR MAN WITH YOUR KISS 15 FOUND ME A SUGAR DADDY 16 GONNA HAVE A MERRY XMAS 17 IT'S RAINING A LONG WAY FROM HOME 18 WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO 19 ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA AND THE BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU 20 I'M TELLIN' YOU BABY 21 YOU'RE GONNA SUFFER BABY 22 RM BLUES 23 THERE AIN'T NOTHING BETTER 24 BAM-A-LAM