Buddy Johnson - Go Ahead and Rock

With Buddy doing the band leading (and most of the composing) and his sister Ella doing the seducing with the microphone, Buddy and Ella had the jump on the other jump-blues bands of the '50s. Here are a dozen of their up-tempo rockers and simmering ballads: Real Fine Frame; Go Ahead and Rock; Walk 'Em; Small Taste; Don't Fail Me Baby, and more!

1) Go Ahead and Rock
2) Real Fine Frame
3) Down Yonder
4) Get on Down the Road
5) Sliding Horns
6) Don't Fail Me Baby
7) Walk 'Em
8) You Better Change Your Ways
9) Small Taste
10) I'm Tired of Crying Over You
11) Going to New York
12) Baby Hear My Humble Plea