Blues Star B.B. Kinig gelingt mit"Please love me"ein Nummer 1 Hit. Sein erster Charteinstieg. Weitere Chartstürmer des Jahres sind Hank Locklin mit"Let me be the one"und die Ames Brothers mit ihrem Nonstop-Ohrwurm"You, You, You". Keine Chartplatzierung erreicht der jungeRay Charles."Mess around"legt aber den Grundstein für seine einzigartige Karriere: mit dem Mix aus Rhythm n Blues und Gospel trifft er den Geschmack des Publikums und wird zum"Wegbereiter des Soul". Der britische Jazzer Ken Colyer etabliert sich mit"Goin Home"und"Isle of Capri"ebenfalls nicht in den Charts, aber neben Chris Barber als Aushängeschild des europäischen Taditional Jazz. Das Jahr 1953 for you, you, you - soulig, skifflig, rockig...
| CD & Buch 1 | |||
| 1 | Choo Choo Train | 00:02:21 | |
| 2 | Rose Mary | 00:02:14 | |
| 3 | Wild Horses | 00:02:47 | |
| 4 | Wake Up Irene | 00:02:14 | |
| 5 | Strange | 00:02:25 | |
| 6 | That doogie in the window | 00:02:26 | |
| 7 | Oh, My Papa! | 00:03:05 | |
| 8 | Bring Your Sweet Self Back To Me | 00:02:11 | |
| 9 | Goin' Home | 00:03:16 | |
| 10 | Ricochet | 00:02:40 | |
| 11 | Let's have a party [Part 1: If you knew Susie] | 00:01:51 | |
| 12 | Crying In The Chapel | 00:02:44 | |
| 13 | Eternally | 00:02:39 | |
| 14 | How Can You Leave A Man Like This | 00:02:37 | |
| 15 | I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes | 00:02:34 | |
| 16 | Let Me Be The One | 00:02:14 | |
| 17 | Too Many Men | 00:02:38 | |
| 18 | Gambler's Guitar | 00:02:32 | |
| 19 | Something's Wrong | 00:02:40 | |
| 20 | Paying for that back street affair | 00:02:36 | |
| CD & Buch 2 | |||
| 1 | That's Amore | 00:03:06 | |
| 2 | Forty Cups Of Coffee | 00:02:50 | |
| 3 | Spanish Fire Ball | 00:02:17 | |
| 4 | Chattanooga Choo Choo | 00:02:36 | |
| 5 | Downhearted | 00:02:23 | |
| 6 | Hello Little Boy | 00:02:40 | |
| 7 | I Am In Love | 00:03:00 | |
| 8 | P.S. I Love You | 00:02:40 | |
| 9 | You, You, You | 00:02:52 | |
| 10 | You Alone (Solo Tu) | 00:02:48 | |
| 11 | Changing Partners | 00:02:56 | |
| 12 | Isle Of Capri | 00:02:45 | |
| 13 | Stranger In Paradise | 00:02:55 | |
| 14 | Please Love Me | 00:02:48 | |
| 15 | Take These Chains From My Heart | 00:02:36 | |
| 16 | Big Head | 00:02:18 | |
| 17 | Till I Waltz Again With You | 00:02:44 | |
| 18 | Broken Wings | 00:02:53 | |
| 19 | Where Did My Snowman Go? | 00:02:10 | |
| 20 | Return To Paradise | 00:02:56 | |
| CD & Buch 3 | |||
| 1 | Make It Soon | 00:02:31 | |
| 2 | Even Now | 00:02:16 | |
| 3 | Ricochet | 00:02:39 | |
| 4 | A Fool Was I | 00:02:49 | |
| 5 | Oh Mein Papa | 00:02:45 | |
| 6 | Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship | 00:02:41 | |
| 7 | Stranger In Paradise | 00:03:04 | |
| 8 | Bear Cat | 00:02:52 | |
| 9 | That's Me Without You | 00:02:30 | |
| 10 | Running Wild | 00:02:30 | |
| 11 | Get It | 00:02:11 | |
| 12 | Mess Around | 00:02:38 | |
| 13 | I Would If I Could | 00:02:39 | |
| 14 | Crying In The Chapel | 00:03:01 | |
| 15 | Brother John | 00:02:13 | |
| 16 | Honeysuckle Rose | 00:02:24 | |
| 17 | The Last Waltz | 00:02:40 | |
| 18 | Coronation Rag | 00:02:15 | |
| 19 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | 00:02:30 | |
| 20 | Lover, Come Back To Me! | 00:02:29 | |
| CD & Buch 4 | |||
| 1 | Catfish Boogie | 00:02:17 | |
| 2 | Flirtation Waltz | 00:02:14 | |
| 3 | North Wind | 00:02:47 | |
| 4 | Tell Me Pretty Baby | 00:02:16 | |
| 5 | Congratulations To Someone | 00:02:52 | |
| 6 | Can't I | 00:03:13 | |
| 7 | Love Walked In | 00:02:55 | |
| 8 | You'll Never know | 00:03:08 | |
| 9 | Going To The River | 00:02:56 | |
| 10 | Soft | 00:02:29 | |
| 11 | Seven Lonely Days | 00:02:10 | |
| 12 | Wiggle Waggle WoO | 00:02:16 | |
| 13 | Shake A Hand | 00:02:51 | |
| 14 | Let Me Go Home, Whiskey | 00:02:41 | |
| 15 | My Baby Keeps Rollin' | 00:02:29 | |
| 16 | (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I | 00:02:49 | |
| 17 | With These Hands | 00:02:47 | |
| 18 | Gabbin' Blues | 00:02:33 | |
| 19 | Half A Photograph | 00:02:48 | |
| 20 | The Bells | 00:03:12 | |