| Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | October 26, 2004 |
| Genre | Rock, blues, R&B, jazz, zydeco |
| Label | Shout! Factory |
| Producer | Chuck Taggart |
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| Allmusic |    |
Doctors, Professors, Kings and Queens: The Big Ol' Box of New Orleans is a 2004 box set compilation gathering 85 songs representing the music of New Orleans from the 1920s to 2003. Represented on the album is a variety of musical genres, including jazz, R&B and blues, and a number of musicians, mingling noted artists such as Louis Armstrong, Fats Domino, Dr. John and the Neville Brothers with less renowned musicians.
Track listing
Disc One
| # | Title | Composer | Performer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Welcome To New Orleans" | (Galactic) | Galactic featuring Theryl Declouet | 0:15 |
| 2 | "Drop Me Off In New Orleans" | (Kermit Ruffins) | Kermit Ruffins | 4:28 |
| 3 | "I'm Walkin'" | (Dave Bartholomew/Fats Domino) | Fats Domino | 2:07 |
| 4 | "Iko Iko" | (James "Sugarboy" Crawford/Barbara Anne Hawkins/Rosa Lee Hawkins/Joan Marie Johnson) | Dr. John | 4:08 |
| 5 | "Potato Head Blues" | (Louis Armstrong) | Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven | 2:54 |
| 6 | "My Darlin' New Orleans" | (Ron Cuccia/Ramsey McLean/Charles Neville) | Lil' Queenie & The Percolators | 4:01 |
| 7 | "Para Donde Vas (Where Are You Going)" | (Traditional) | The Iguanas | 3:17 |
| 8 | "Meet The Boyz On The Battlefront" | (Traditional) | Anders Osborne & Big Chief Monk Boudreaux | 4:36 |
| 9 | "Ain't Got No Home" | (Clarence "Frogman" Henry) | Clarence "Frogman" Henry | 2:19 |
| 10 | "Feel Like Funkin' It Up" | (Keith "Bass Drum Shorty" Frazier/Philip Frazier, III/Kermit Ruffins) | Rebirth Brass Band | 5:05 |
| 11 | "Zydeco Gris-Gris" | (Alphonse Ardoin/Michael Doucet/David Marcentel) | BeauSoleil | 3:38 |
| 12 | "Mother-in-Law" | (Allen Toussaint) | Ernie K-Doe | 2:32 |
| 13 | "That's Enough Of That Stuff" | (Marcia Ball) | Marcia Ball | 4:30 |
| 14 | "Confidential" | (Ed Volker) | The Radiators | 4:11 |
| 15 | "Hey Pocky A-Way" | (Joseph Modaliste/Art Neville/Leo Nocentelli/George Porter, Jr.) | The Meters | 4:03 |
| 16 | "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say" | (Traditional) | Jelly Roll Morton & His New Orleans Jazzmen | 3:13 |
| 17 | "Foot Of Canal Street" | (John Boutté/Paul Sanchez) | Paul Sanchez | 3:48 |
| 18 | "Down In Honky Tonk Town" | (Charles McCarron/Chris Smith) | Vernel Bagneris & The Cast Of One Mo' Time | 3:01 |
| 19 | "Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" | (Huey "Piano" Smith/John Vincent) | Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns | 2:17 |
| 20 | "More Hipper" | (Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen) | Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen | 5:28 |
| 21 | "Release Me" | (Eddie Miller/James Pebworth/William "Mickey" Stevenson/Robert Yount) | Johnny Adams | 2:51 |
| 22 | "Preachin' Blues" | (Sidney Bechet) | Sidney Bechet & His Hew Orleans Feet Warmers | 3:13 |
| 23 | "Jambalaya" | (Hank Williams) | Clifton Chenier | 3:35 |
Disc Two
| # | Title | Composer | Performer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Dog Days" | (Leigh Harris/Nicolaas TenBroek) | Leigh Harris | 5:49 |
| 2 | "No City Like New Orleans" | (Earl King) | Earl King | 4:33 |
| 3 | "Salée Dames, Bon Jour" | (Traditional) | Don Vappie, Creole Jazz Serenaders | 2:48 |
| 4 | "Marshall's Club" | (Christine Balfa/Dirk Powell) | Balfa Toujours | 3:42 |
| 5 | "You Can Have My Husband" | (Dorothy LaBostrie) | Irma Thomas | 3:13 |
| 6 | "Go Go" | (Galactic/Erik Jekabson) | Galactic | 3:04 |
| 7 | "Not Too Eggy" | (Glenn Hartman) | New Orleans Klezmer All Stars | 2:11 |
| 8 | "St. James Infirmary" | (Joe Primrose) | Preservation Hall Jazz Band | 5:37 |
| 9 | "Going Back to New Orleans" | (Joe Liggins) | Deacon John Moore | 2:45 |
| 10 | "Hot Tamale Baby" | (Clifton Chenier) | Buckwheat Zydeco | 4:08 |
| 11 | "Fear, Hate, Envy, Jealousy" | (Aaron Neville/Art Neville/Charles Neville/Cyril Neville) | The Neville Brothers | 4:25 |
| 12 | "Poop Ain't Gotta Scuffle No More" | (Mac Rebennack/Allen Toussaint) | James Andrews | 5:37 |
| 13 | "Mardi Gras Mambo" | (Frankie Adams/Ken Elliot/Lou Welsch) | Hawketts | 2:16 |
| 14 | "Ice Cream" | (Howard E. Johnson/Robert King/Billy Moll) | George Lewis's Ragtime Band | 5:48 |
| 15 | "No Doubt About It" | (J. Monque'd) | J. Monque'd | 4:08 |
| 16 | "Don't You Feel My Leg" | (Danny Barker/Blue Lu Barker/J. Mayo Williams) | Dirty Dozen Brass Band | 4:17 |
| 17 | "Dog Hill" | (Wilson Chavis, Jr./Sidney Simien) | Boozoo Chavis | 2:38 |
| 18 | "Au Bord de Lac Bijou" | (Zachary Richard) | Zachary Richard | 4:41 |
| 19 | "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" | (Professor Longhair) | Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band | 6:12 |
Disc Three
| # | Title | Composer | Performer | Time |
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| 1 | "Shrimp and Gumbo" | (Dave Bartholomew/P. King) | Dave Bartholomew & His Orchestra | 2:05 |
| 2 | "St. Phillip Street Breakdown" | (George Lewis) | Dr. Michael White | 5:01 |
| 3 | "Going Back to Louisiana" | (Robert E. Osborn) | Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown | 4:40 |
| 4 | "Tell It Like It Is" | (George Davis, Jr./Lee Diamond) | Aaron Neville | 2:41 |
| 5 | "The Saints" | (Eric Clay/Traditional) | Coolbone | 3:15 |
| 6 | "Canaille (You're Cute, But You're Sneaky)" | (Geno Delafose) | Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie | 3:06 |
| 7 | "Carnival Time" | (Al Johnson) | Al Johnson | 2:41 |
| 8 | "La Negra Tomasa" | (Guillermo Rodriguez Fiffé) | Fredy Omar Con Su Banda | 5:04 |
| 9 | "Let the Good Times Roll" | (Shirley Goodman/Leonard Lee) | Shirley & Lee | 2:24 |
| 10 | "The Broken Windmill" | (Traditional) | Tom McDermott & Evan Christopher | 3:53 |
| 11 | "Way Down" | (Champion Jack Dupree) | Champion Jack Dupree | 3:48 |
| 12 | "Hallelujah" | (Traditional) | Raymond Myles with The Rams | 3:58 |
| 13 | "I Hear You Knocking" | (Dave Bartholomew/Antoine Domino/Pearl King) | Smiley Lewis | 2:45 |
| 14 | "La Crçve De Faim/Starvation 2-Step" | (David Greely/Steve Riley) | Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys | 3:07 |
| 15 | "Main Street Blues" | (Josh Caffery) | Red Stick Ramblers | 4:37 |
| 16 | "Sea Cruise" | (Huey "Piano" Smith) | Frankie Ford | 2:44 |
| 17 | "Tee-Nah-Nah" | (Overton Lemon) | Henry Butler | 3:49 |
| 18 | "Smoke That Fire" | (James "12" Andrews/Troy Andrews) | The New Birth Brass Band | 3:06 |
| 19 | "Give Him Cornbread" | (Beau Jocque) | Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers | 4:15 |
| 20 | "I Like It Like That" | (Chris Kenner/Allen Toussaint) | Chris Kenner | 1:57 |
| 21 | "Classified (Version Two)" | (James Booker) | James Booker | 3:08 |
| 22 | "Southern Nights" | (Allen Toussaint) | Allen Toussaint | 3:34 |
Disc Four
| # | Title | Composer | Performer | Time |
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| 1 | Tipitina | (Roy Byrd) | Professor Longhair | 2:39 |
| 2 | Party | (Wilson Turbinton) | Wild Magnolias | 4:43 |
| 3 | Dr. Jazz | (Walter Melrose/Joseph Oliver) | Ellis Marsalis | 4:29 |
| 4 | Ooh Poo Pah Doo | (Jessie Hill) | Troy Andrews | 3:15 |
| 5 | South of I-10 | (Sonny Landreth) | Sonny Landreth | 3:40 |
| 6 | Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette) | (Allen Toussaint) | Benny Spellman | 2:25 |
| 7 | The Right Key but the Wrong Keyhole | (Eddie Green/Clarence Williams) | Charmaine Neville Band with Reggie Houston & Amasa Miller | 5:46 |
| 8 | Rip It Up | (Robert "Bumps" Blackwell/John Marascalco) | Little Richard | 2:23 |
| 9 | Royal Garden Blues | (Clarence Williams/Spencer Williams) | Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band | 3:31 |
| 10 | Stoned, Drunk & Naked | (Anders Osborne) | Anders Osborne | 4:52 |
| 11 | Laissez Faire (Let It Be) | (Bruce Daigrepont) | Bruce Daigrepont | 2:28 |
| 12 | Digga-Digga-Do New Orleans | (Dorothy Fields/Jimmy McHugh) | Jazz Vipers | 5:25 |
| 13 | Tailspin | (Walter "Wolfman" Washington/Christine Washington) | Walter “Wolfman” Washington | 3:03 |
| 14 | Lawdy Miss Clawdy | (Lloyd Price) | Lloyd Price | 2:32 |
| 15 | Havin' Fun in New Orleans | (Eddie Bo) | Eddie Bo | 5:01 |
| 16 | King of the Mardi Gras | (Tim Laughlin) | Tim Laughlin | 4:03 |
| 17 | Red Beans | (McKinley Morganfield) | Snooks Eaglin | 3:53 |
| 18 | S.U.V. | (Mem Shannon) | Mem Shannon & The Membership | 3:43 |
| 19 | 'Tits Yeux Noirs (Little Black Eyes) | (Lawrence Walker) | Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band | 3:49 |
| 20 | Lazy River | (Hoagy Carmichael/Sidney Arodin) | Pete Fountain & His Band | 3:39 |
| 21 | Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? | (Eddie DeLange/Louis Alter) | Louis Armstrong | 2:58 |
References
- Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens at AllMusic
- "Inside the Box". The New York Times. December 19, 2004.
- All About Jazz - Review by Charlie B. Dahan, Published: November 7, 2004
External links
| Louisiana roots music and dance | |
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