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1928-1963 + fitting 1964-1966 ones: the oldest ones
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··· PERSONAL TOP PICKS FROM 1928-1963 (+ fitting 1964-1966 ones)

Songs of the era right before the breakthrough of pop and rock music.

  • Art Blakey & Les Afrocuban Boys - No hay problema - Pt. 1 / BOF "Les liaisons dangereuses"
  • Art Blakey & Les Afrocuban Boys - No hay problema - Pt. 2 / BOF "Les liaisons dangereuses"
  • Les Baxter - Atlantis
  • Les Baxter - Radar blues
  • Bob & Earl - Harlem shuffle
  • Bobby Darin - Black coffee
  • Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green onions
  • Cal Tjader - A minor goof
  • Carmell Jones - Stellia
  • Chico Hamilton - The dealer
  • Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The young ones
  • The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take five
  • Del Shannon - Runaway
  • Dick Dale - Misirlou
  • Dinah Washington - Mad about the boy
  • Donald Byrd - Cristo redentor
  • Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman, Les Baxter - Radar blues
  • Duke Ellington - The mooche ····· 1928 Okeh Version
  • Duke Ellington, John Coltrane - In a sentimental mood
  • Duke Ellington, Mahalia Jackson - Part IV - Aka come Sunday
  • Etta James - At last
  • Frankie Laine - Jezebel
  • Glenn Miller - Moonlight serenade
  • Horace Silver - Song for my father
  • Jacques Brel - Au suivant
  • Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas
  • Joe Meek & the Blue Men - I hear a new world
  • John Coltrane - Naima
  • Johnny Cash - I walk the line
  • Johnny Cash - Ring of fire
  • Johnny Dankworth & Cleo Laine - All gone ***
  • Link Wray - Rumble
  • Louis Armstrong - What a wonderful world
  • Max Roach - Driva'man
  • Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
  • Miles Davis - Will o' the wisp
  • Miles Davis - You don't know what love is
  • Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock - Little one
  • Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans - So what
  • Nina Simone - My baby just cares for me
  • Paul Bley Trio - Ida Lupino
  • Ray Brown - Everything I have is yours
  • Ray Charles - Hit the road jack
  • Ray Charles - Lonely avenue
  • Roy Orbison - Only the lonely
  • Serge Gainsbourg - Les oubliettes
  • The Shadows - Guitar tango
  • The Shadows - Wonderful land
  • Sonny Day - Creature from outer space
  • The Spotnicks - Hava nagila
  • Sun Ra - Meteor shower
  • The Surfmen - Taboo
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen tons
  • The Ventures - Walk, don't run

*** = Missing/grey on Spotify (Dutch situation).

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··· ADDITIONAL PAGES - ONCE PLAYED, RADIO

➔ [Link] The 'once played' lists; a personal timeline. There's also a link to an 'extended' version.
➔ [Link] A list featuring much liked radio stations. You can play them instantly.
··· BUBBLING UNDER/SUB TOP (1928-1963 + fitting 1964-1966 ones)

  • Anton Karas - The third man theme (The Harry Lime theme)
  • Billy May, The Rico Mambo Orchestra - Hernando's hideaway
  • The Champs - Tequila
  • Domenico Modugno - Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)
  • Enoch Light - Hernando's hideway
  • Fats Domino - Blueberry hill
  • Ferrante & Teicher - In the rain
  • Jackie Wilson - Reet petite
  • John Coltrane - A love supreme, pt. I; Acknowledgement
  • John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman - Autumn serenade
  • Mohamed El-Bakkar - Port Said
  • Nikolai Gromin Kwartet - Corrida ➔ On streaming services it might be called: Квартет Николая Громина, by Коррида
  • Quincy Jones - Soul bossa nova
  • Ray Anthony & His Orchestra - Dragnet
  • Tito Puente - Oye cómo va

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