Puntata speciale di 120 minuti in cui vengono rievocati i fasti del Chitlin Circuit, il circuito “all black” particolarmente strutturato negli stati del sud degli usa dove l’ intrattenimento afroamericano aveva libero sfogo negli anni della segregazione e non solo… In diretta dall’ ass. culturale The Cave in via dei Ciclamini 115, Roma.

Tracklist:

  1. Duke Ellington – East St. Louis Toodle – Oo
  2. Cab Calloway – Nagasaki (1935)
  3. Count Basie – One O Clock Jump
  4. Ella Fitzgerald – Wacky Dust
  5. Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit
  6. Dorothy Dandridge & Dandridge Sisters – Undecided
  7. Sheila Guyse – You Do Something To Me
  8. Redd Foxx – Shame On You
  9. Muddy Waters – I Feel Like Going Home
  10. John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen (original 1948 version)
  11. Fats Domino – The Fat Man (1st version 1949)
  12. Little Richard – Taxi Blues
  13. Donna Hightower – I Ain ’t in The Mood
  14. Sammy Davis jr. – That Black Old Magic
  15. Etta James – The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)
  16. Ray Charles – I Got A Woman
  17. BB King – Ten Long Years
  18. Bobby “Blue” Bland – I Can’ t Put You Down
  19. Sam Cooke – You Send Me
  20. Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite
  21. Little Anthony & The Imperials – Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko, Ko, Bop
  22. Wayne Cochran – The Coo
  23. Otis Redding & The Pinetoppers – Shout Bamalama
  24. Aretha Franklin – Won’t Be Long
  25. The Supremes – Buttered Popcorn (1st version, lead voice Florence Ballard 1961)
  26. Patti Labelle & The Bluebells – I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
  27. Ike & Tina Turner – Wake Up
  28. Wilson Pickett – Let Me Be Your Boy (Retro di “My Heart Belongs To You” 1963)
  29. George Benson – Shadow Dancers (retro di “Just Another Sunday”) (1964)
  30. James Brown And His Famous Flames – Caldonia (live version da “Showtime” 1964)
  31. The Isley Brothers feat. Jimi Hendrix – Testify (part 1 & 2 live 1965)
  32. The Delfonics – He Don’t Really Love You
  33. Four Tops – Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)
  34. Dr. Lonnie Smith – Sideman (da “Finger Lickin’ Soul Organ” 1967)
  35. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – You ‘re All I Need To Get By
  36. Tyrone Davis – Can I Change My Mind
  37. Johnnie Taylor – Who ‘s Making Love
  38. Marvin Sease – Candy Licker Girl
  39. Cab Calloway – Hi De Ho Man (1947)