| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| Show Start | Talk | | |
| Louis Amstrong | If I Could Be With You | Favorites | Columbia |
| Beyonce | That's How I Like It | Dangerously In Love | Columbia |
| Etta James | It Hurts Me So Much | Tell Mama | Chess |
| Fontella Bass | The Best Of | Don't Mess Up A Good Thing | MCA |
| Lucky Peterson | Drivin' Wheel | Beyond Cool | Verve |
| Johnny Otis Quintet | Double Crossin' Blues | Stompin' At Savoy | Savoy |
| Robert Cray | He Don't Live Here Any More | I Was Warned | Mercury |
| Shuggie Otis | Gospel Groove | Plays The Blues | Epic |
| Sonny Boy Williamson | I Don't Care | Sony Boy Williamson And The YardBirds | Mercury |
| Solomon Burke | Wealth Won't Save Your Soul | Make Do With What You've Got | Shout Factory |
| Take Me To the River | Al Green | Greatest Hits Vol 2 | Hi |
| Syl Johnson | That's Just My Luck | A History Of Soul | Hi |
| Solomon Burke | Don't Give Up On Me | Don't Give Up On Me | Fat Possum |
| Chuck Jackson | I Don't Want To Cry | I Don't Want To Cry | Classic Soul |
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| Teena Marie | The Light | Lovergirl | Epic |
| Harvey and the Moonglows | 10 Commandments Of Love | Their Greatest Sides | Chess |
| The Crests | Step By Step | 16 Candles | Laserlight |
| The Cardinals | Wheel Of Fortune | Atlantic History Of Rhythm And Blues | Atlantic |
| The Willows | Church Bells May Ring | The Doo-Wop Box | Rhino |
| The Excellents | Coney Island Baby | Collectors Sixteen Goodies | Blast |
| The Valentines | Nature's Creation | Teenage Pajama Party | West Side |
| Ray, Goodman and Brown | Happy Anniversary | Best Of | 20th Century |
| The Temptations | Treat Her Like A Lady | 45 RPM Single | Motown |
| The Sweet Inspirations | That's When You Know That Your Woman Wants To Be Free | Hot Butterfly | RSO |
| The Mississippi Mas Choir | Thre Is Noone Like Him | It Remains To Be Seen | Malaco |
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| The Isley Brothers | Fight The Power | Best Of | T-Neck |
| Tower Of Power | Funkifize Your Life | Greatest Hits | Rhino |
| Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose | James Brown | The CD of JB II | Polydor |
| Kool and the Gang | Jungle Boogie | Greatest Hits | Mercury |
| The Chi-lites | Have You Seen Her | High Profile | Direct Source |
| Teena Marie | Lovergirl | Lovergirl | Epic |
| George Clinton | Man's Best Friend | Computer Games | Capitol |
| Sugar Blue | Miss You | Blue Blazes | Alligator |
| Smokey Wilson | Texas On My Mind | Back to The Roadhouse | Texmuse |
| The Sidewinders | Gone So Long | Come And Get It | The Sidewinders |
| Little Charlie & the Nightcats | Can't Keep It Up | Night Vision | Alligator |
| Rev Payton's Damn Big Band | Holler Over There | The Wages | |
| Tom Waits | Jersey Girl | Heart Attack and Vine | Elektra |
| Bruce Springsteen | Darlington County | Born In The USA | Columbia |
| George Thorogood and the Destroers | I Drink Alone | Baddest Of | EMI |
| Mean Gene Kelton & the Die-Hards | I Love My Job | Mean Guitar | Jambone |
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| Leo Watson | The Snake Pit | The Original Scat Man | Proper |
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| Slim Gaillard | Slim's Jam | The Dizzy Gillespie Story | Proper |
| Dizzy Gillespie | Ool-Ya-Koo | The Dizzy Gillespie Story | Proper |
| Bas Gonzales | Wierd Lullaye | A Proper Inroduction To Babs Gonzales | Proper |
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