By Any Other Name
What’s in a name? Listen in and you’ll find out why Emmett Ellis Jr. became the bluesman Bobby Rush; how folks get names like Topsy (Chapman), and Sherman & Wendell (Holmes); and how country singer George Jones became known as “the possum.” Also, we talk to Yale anthropologist David Watts about names of non-human primates.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording
Five Guys Named Moe Louis Jordan
Let the Good Times Roll: 1938-1954, Bear Family
Well I'll Be John Brown Huey 'Piano' Smith
Having a Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns, Westside
CLIP: Holmes Brothers
He'll Have to Go The Holmes Brothers
Simple Truths, Alligator
Niki Hoeky Aretha Franklin
Lady Soul, Rhino
Mohair Sam Slim Harpo
The Excello Singles Anthology, Hip-O
Instrumental: Jolie Blon Richard Fontenot
Cajun Country Guitar, Folkways
Jolie Catin Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds
Folk Masters, Smithsonian Folkways
Jolie Blonde du Bayou Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy & D.L. Menard
En Bas du Chêne Vert, Arhoolie
CLIP: Jolie Holland
Adieu False Heart Jolie Holland
Springtime Can Kill You, ANTI
Corinne, Corinna Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatmon
From Where I Stand: The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner
Corrina, Corrina Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia
Corrina, Corrina The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Hot 4 with Duke Dejan, Preservation Hall
Instrumental: Corrine, Corrina Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang
Shame on You, Bloodshot
CLIP: Topsy Chapman
Just a Little While to Stay Here Topsy Chapman and the Pro's
My One and My Only Love, GHB
Oh Red Snooks Eaglin & Friends
The Sonet Blues Story, Verve
Sonny's Crib Sonny Clark
Sonny's Crib, Blue Note
HOUR TWO
Li'l Liza Jane Kermit Ruffins
The Big Butter & Egg Man, Justice
Little Liza Jane Dr. John
Gumbo, Atco
Possum Up a Simmon Tree Merle Travis
Folk Songs of the Hills, Capitol
CLIP: George Jones
Who Shot Sam George Jones
The Definitive Collection: 1955-1962, Mercury
Katie Dear The Louvin Brothers
Tragic Songs of Life, Capitol
Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers
All-Time Original Hits, Rhino
Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard John Prine
The John Prine Anthology: Great Days, Rhino
Instrumental: Super Soul Beat The Country Soul Revue
Testifying - The Country Soul Revue, Casual
Polk Salad Annie Tony Joe White
Live at American Routes
Katie Mae Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
Mojo Hand: The Lightnin' Hopkins Anthology, Rhino
CLIP: Bobby Rush
Nickname Bobby Rush
Rush Hour…Plus, West Side
Instrumental: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Ramsey Lewis
The In Crowd Anthology, UM3/Island UK
Monkey Talk Hubert Porter with George Moxey & His Calypso Quartet
Mento Madness: Motta's Jamaican Mento: 1951-56, V2
Mickey's Monkey Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
OOO Baby Baby: The Anthology, Motown
INTERVIEW: Yale University anthropologist David Watts
David Watts The Kinks
Something Else by the Kinks, Reprise
I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) Louis Prima
Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Classic Soundtrack Series, Walt Disney
End Bed: Chimpanzees of Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda