Tracklist
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01. Baby I'm Gone - Roy Milton
02. Cry Some Baby - Roy Milton
03. Fools Are Getting Scarcer - Roy Milton
04. I Can't Go On - Roy Milton & His Orchestra
05. You Got Me Reelin' And Rockin' - Roy Milton & His Orchestra
06. Nothing Left - Roy Milton
07. Bam-A-Lam - Roy Milton Orchestra with Mickey Champion
08. I'm A Woman - Roy Milton Orchestra with Mickey Champion
09. I Never Would Have Made It - Roy Milton
10. I Want To Go Home - Roy Milton
11. Groovy Boogie - Lorenzo Holden & Ernie Freeman
12. Just Blues - Lorenzo Holden & Ernie Freeman
13. Woojamacooja - Helen Humes and Her Orchestra
14. All I Ask Is Your Love - Helen Humes
15. Real Fine Daddy - Helen Humes
16. I'll Surrender Anytime - Helen Humes
17. The Itch (instrumental) - Chuck Higgins & His Band
18. Looking For My Baby - Chuck Higgins
19. Wet Back Hop - Chuck Higgins & His Band
20. Tonky Honk - Chuck Higgins
21. Don't You Know I Love You Baby - Chuck Higgins
22. Hey Dig - Chuck Higgins
23. Here I'm Is - Chuck Higgins
24. Gamblin' Woman - Chuck Higgins & His Band
25. Eye Ballin' - Chuck Higgins
26. So Fine - ClauMcLin
27. You're Lookin' Good - ClauMcLin
28. Shindig (instrumental) - Joe Houston

Dootone was one of many notable Los Angeles independent labels releasing R&B and early rock & roll in the mid-'50s, though it wasn't on the same level, musically or commercially, as Specialty and Modern. This gathers 28 Dootone cuts from the mid- to late '50s that generally lean toward the jump blues and jazzy R&B end of things, though there's some honkin' sax rock & roll too. In fact, most of the artists were pretty important figures in the scene, though many would contend that their best work was done for other labels: Roy Milton, Helen Humes, Chuck Higgins, and Joe Houston (though the last is represented by just one track, the 1958 single "Shindig"). These kind of styles were passing their peak by the mid-'50s, and while the artists hadn't lost their energy or skills, the songs do sound on the routine and samey-sounding side. Miss Mickey Champion fronts two songs by Roy Milton's orchestra, and these stand out a little due to her saucy, slightly raunchy vocals. The duo of Lorenzo Holden and Ernie Freeman also contributes to variety with their two organ instrumentals. Overall it's one for those who just can't get enough of the urbane-to-rough 1950s Los Angeles R&B sound, and not among the best anthologies of the style.

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