TONIGHT on my @kmhd_jazz_radio show - travel the tracks back to the year 1950 with me as I share some of my favorite breakthroughs in rhythm and blues from that year. #RagMop was by far one of the biggest songs of the year. In fact, on this day 70 years ago there were 8 different versions of Rag Mop on the Billboard charts at the same time. The song was originally recorded by a Western Swing band, but was soon covered in a variety of styles - Big Band, Pop, Country, and Rhythm & Blues. The first version I ever heard was by Los Angeles-based artist #JoeLiggins and you’ll hear it as well as a ton of other great stuff from 1950, tonight on kmhd 7-9 pm 89.1 fm in #Portland stream live at kmhd.org #KMHD #BlackHistoryMonth https://www.instagram.com/p/B8hUuVLhKEd/?igshid=nienr05l3a1c
