The RCA affliated label GROOVE was responsible for some of the most exciting black rock & roll recordings of all time.....With solid studio musicians and above par singers, the label produced some real smoke, and this set presents a solid set of unreissued jive bombers.........
1. THE TOUT - Sam Butera 2. CRAZY BABY - Melvin Smith 3. GIVE A LITTLE TIME - Milt Trenier with Gene Gilbeaux Quartet 4. QUICKSAND - Maymie Watts 5. DON'T LEAVE ME TO CRY - Sue Allen & Oscar Black 6. CHAMP ALE - Sonny Brooks 7. NO HELP - Buddy Lucas & His Orch. 8. OH! WHAT A BABE - Otis Blackwell 9. WHO'S GOT THE KEY - Sam Butera 10. THERE GOES THAT TRAIN - Maymie Watts 11. HIGH LOW JACK - Buddy Lucas & His Orch. 12. BREAK IT UP - Chris Powell & the Blue Flames 13. I'LL GET BY - Sue Allen & Oscar Black 14. HOLDING ON, PART 1 - Mme. Ernestine Washington & the Millerairs 15. HOLDING ON, PART 2 - Mme. Ernestine Washington & the Millerairs 16. THINGS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW - Melvin Smith 17. LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT - Bertice Reading 18. PLAY ME SOME LOUD MUSIC - Big John Greer 19. RIGHT NOW - Zilla Mays & the Four Students 20. GREENSLEEVES - Chick Green & His Orch. 21. SITTIN' IN A CORNER - The Twi-Lighters 22. SENTIMENTAL BLUES - Sonny Brooks 23. GOD LOVES YOU CHILD - Jonah Jones & His Orch. with the Constellations (vcl. Rebecca Lea) 24. DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYIN' - Beverly Wright