Ladies, gentlemen and anyone in-between, Im proud to present to you the
4th and final volume of this great series about cars and motorvatin in Jim Crow America as sung by
African-American artists during the infamous Green Book era - recently celebrated by a great
Hollywood movie by the same title. I decided to save the best for the last with more cool tunes
about Cadillacs, Thunderbirds, T-Model Fords, Hot Rod Queens etcetera
01. The Clovers – Drive It Home (Paige) Atlantic 45-2129
02. Roy Brown And His Mighty-Mighty Men - Cadillac Baby (Brown) Deluxe 3308
03. Roy Tann – Hot Rod Queen (Getz) Dot 45-15595
04. Roy Hawkins And His Orchestra – Highway 59 (Hawkins) Modern 859
05. Square Walton – Fish Tail Blues (Walton, Kirkland) RCA Victor 47-5584
06. Bobby & Buddy – What’s The Word Thunderbird (Robinson) Fury 1008
07. Billy “Red” Love And His Orchestra – Drop Top (Love) Chess 1508
08. The Larks – Little Side Car (Hill) Apollo 429
09. Aggie Dukes – Swing Low Sweet Cadillac Part 1 (Dukes) Aladdin 45-3364
10. Muddy Waters – Tiger In Your Tank (Dixon) Chess 1765
11. Betty Jean Morris - Shack Daddy (Stoller, Lieber) Capitol F3296
12. Lightnin’ Slim - My Starter Won't Work (West) Excello 45-2142
13. Memphis Minnie – Me And My Chauffer Blues (Lawlar) Okeh 06288
14. The Jaytones - Gasoline (Ross, Dixon) Brunswick 9-55087
15. J.D. Horton – Cadillac Blues (Horton) Bullet 350
16. Johnny Flamingo – Drive Slow (Broxton) Whirlybird 2001
17. Eddie Williams And His Brown Buddies – Red Head ‘n’ Cadillac (Walsh,
Williams) Supreme 1535
18. Junior Wells – I Need Me A Car (London) Chief 7038
19. Rudy Ray Moore – Driveway Blues (Cincos, Harper) Kent 45X363
20. Illinois Jacquet and his Orchestra – Slow Down Baby (Jacquet, Jacquet) RCA
Victor 50-0097
21. John Lee Hooker – Taxi Driver (Taub) Modern 45x958
22. Lloyd Nolen – Fun Fun (Nolen) King 45-5651
23. Lightnin’ Hopkins – T-Model Blues (Hopkins) Bluesville BV-1070
24. The Bobbettes – Speedy (Bobbettes) Atlantic 45-1159
25. The Duals – The Big Race (Barrett) Infinity INX-032
26. Jerry McCain – Welfare Cadillac Blues (Drake) Royal American RA-4
27. The Treniers – Get Out Of The Car (Trenier, Trenier) Okeh 4-7050
28. Rene Hall’s Orchestra – Thunderbird (Hall, Bono) Speciality 629
