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Our featured artist is Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson. Born Edward L. Vinson, Junior in Houston, Texas on December 18, 1917, Vinson was a master saxophonist, vocalist,
and composer. Vinson first gained widespread attention as the singer for Cootie
Williams and his orchestra, where he scored his first hit with “(Cherry) Red Blues.”
Vinson soon went out on his own and in 1947 had a double-sided hit with “Old Maid Boogie” and “Kidney Stew Blues.” “Kidney Stew” became his signature song.
As Vinson developed as an artist, he drew more and more away from jump and R&B
and into the world of jazz both as composer and performer, often going toe-to-toe
with some of the biggest names in the business.
EDDIE VINSON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Texas State Historical Association
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Sparrow’s Flight Johnny Sparrow & His Bows & Arrows Melford Records 1949
(Cherry) Red Blues
Cootie Williams & His Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1944
Street Lights Little Esther Federal Records 1953
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Caldonia Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1945
After Sunset Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Aladdin Records 1947
Honey, Honey, Honey Hadda Brooks Modern Records 1948
Tootie Count Basie Blues By Basie 1950
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
Lionel Hampton w/ Little Jimmy Scott
Decca Records 1950
Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies Of Birdland 1945
Baby, Shame On You Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
I Don’t Need No Doctor Catherine Russell & Sean Mason My Ideal 2024
Person To Person
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
The Original Cleanhead 1970
Sneaky Pete Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
Drunk The Formerly Brothers The Return Of… 2004
T-Bone Boogie Adrianna Marie Kingdom Of Swing 2017
Juice Head Baby
Cootie Williams Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Capitol Records 1946
Gonna Send You Back to Where I Got You From
Van Morrison
The Prophet Speaks 2018
Back Door Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Back Door Blues 1961
It’s Later Than You Think Roy Milton Specialty Records 1951
Hey Now Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1952
Latino Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra The Blues 1956
Careful Love Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1949
He May Be Your Man Helen Humes & The Bill Doggett Octet Philo Records 1945
Bar Room Blues Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men Deluxe Records 1951
Topsy, Part 2 Cozy Cole & Alan Hartwell Big Band Love Records 1958
My Journey To The Sky Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight Decca Records 1949
Description Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1949
Country Girl Planet D Nonet Blowin’ Away The Blues 2010
Cleanhead Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
The Late Show 1987
Kidney Stew Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Mercury Records 1947
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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