NEW
ORLEANS
ROCK!
PLAY
↓SHOW!
IT’S a full hour of New Orleans music as we remember pioneering record producer Cosimo Matassa, who cut these and most other Crescent City records at his J&M Studio from 1945-69, helping create rock ‘n’ roll.
PLAYLIST: Friday, August 7, 2026
Little Richard — Tutti Frutti (1955)
Roy Brown — Good Rockin’ Tonight (1947)
Fats Domino — Goin’ Home (1952)
Alton & Jimmy — Got It Made (In The Shade) (1958)
Bobby Charles — Later Alligator (1955)
Clarence “Frogman” Henry — Ain’t Got No Home (1956)
Lloyd Price — Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1952)
Smiley Lewis — The Bells Are Ringing (1952)
Roy “Baldhead” Byrd (Professor Longhair) — Rockin’ With Fes (1951)
Shirley & Lee — I’m Gone (1952)
Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns / Frankie Ford — Sea Cruise (1959)
Jimmy Clanton — Just A Dream (1958)
Jessie Hill — Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Part 1) (1960)
Ernie K-Doe — A Certain Girl (1961)
Irma Thomas — Gone (1962)
Benny Spellman — Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) (1962)
Chris Kenner — Something You Got (1961)
Barbara George — I Know (You Don’t Love Me No More) (1961)
Aaron Neville — Tell It Like It Is (1966)
Lee Allen & His Band — Rockin’ At Cosimo’s (1956)
