| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| Show Start | Talk | |||
| Louis Armstrong | If I Could Be With You | Favorites | Columbia | |
| Blue Lu Barker | Trombone Blues | Here's A Little Girl | Capitol | |
| Tiny Grimes | Midnight Special | Atlantic History Of Rhythm and Blues | Atlantic | |
| Koko Taylor | I'm Lookin For A Man | Victoria Spivey's Blues Party | Spivey | |
| Koko Taylor | Wang Dang Doodle | Koko Taylor | Chess | |
| Koko Taylor | Trying To Make A Living | I Got What It Takes | Alligator | |
| Snooks Eaglin | Red Beans | Teasin' You | Black Top | |
| Nappy Brown | Coal Miner | That Man | Mr. R&B | |
| Jimmy Reed | Big Boss Man | Best Of | Vee Jay | |
| Snooky Pryor | Corrina | Misissippi Wrecking Crew | Electro-Fi | |
| Magic Slim and the Teardrops | Mind Your Own Business | Snakebite | Earwig | |
| The Jelly Roll Kings | Sunshine Twist | The Jelly Roll Kings | Blind Pig | |
| Frank Culley | Cole Slaw | Atlantic History Of Rhythm And Blues | Atlantic | |
| Sticks McGee | Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee | Atlantic History of R & B | Atlantic | |
| Mickey Baker | Kansas City | The Blues and Me | Black & Blue | |
| Talk | ||||
| Wilbert Harrison | Let's Work Together | Let's Work Together | Sue | |
| Canned Heat | Going Up The Country | Best Of | EMI | |
| The Radiators | Party Til The Money Runs Out | Total Evaporation | Epic | |
| The Rolling Stones | You Can't Always Get What You Want | Beggar's Banquet | London | |
| The Rolling Stones | I Got The Blues | Sticky Fingers | Rolling Stones | |
| The Blues Project | Alberta | Anthology | Polydor | |
| Janis Joplin | Get It While You Can | In Concert | Columbia | |
| BB King | Three O'Clock In The Morning/Rock Me | Live "Now Appearing" At Ole Miss | MCA | |
| Coleman Hawkins | Cool Sunrise | Jam Session In Swingville | Prestige | |
| Talk | ||||
| Oscar Peterson | Cool Walk | Encore At The Blue Note | Telarc | |
| Andrew Hill | Judgement | Judgement | Blue Note | |
| Alice Coltrane | Triloka | Translinear Light | Impulse | |
| Weather Report | Birdland | Heavy Weather | Columbia | |
| Carla White | Harlem Nocturne | Listen Here | Evidence | |
| Michael Brecker | Delta City Blues | Two Blocks From The Edge | Impulse | |
| Charles Mingus | Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love | Changes Two | Atlantic | |
| Charles Mingus | For Harry Carney | Changes Two | Atlantic | |
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