Roy 'Professor Longhair' Byrd is considered the founding father of New Orleans R&B. He made his recording debut in 1949 for the Dallas based Star Talent Label. One of the four tracks he recorded then was the first version of his signature tune 'Mardi Gras in New Orleans' featured in this collection. Over the following decades he made recordings for Mercury Records, Atlantic, Federal, Wasco, and then back to Atlantic where he produced the immortal 'Tipitina'................
Disc: 1
1. East St. Louis Baby
2. Been Foolin' Around
3. K.C Blues
4. Hadacol Bounce
5. Rockin' with Fess
6. Hey Now Baby
7. In the Night
8. Her Mind Is Gone
9. Ball the Wall
10. She Walks Right in
11. No Buts -No Maybes
12. Longhair's Blues Rhumba
13. Look What You're Doin' to Me
14. Professor Longhair Blues
15. Misery
16. Willie Mae
17. She Walks Right in
18. Looka No Hair
19. Hey Now Baby
20. Her Mind Is Gone
21. Professor Longhairs Boogie
22. Longhair Stomp
23. She Ain't Got No Hair
24. Tipitina
DISC 2
25. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
26. Cry Pretty Baby
27. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
28. Gone So Long
29. Hey Little Girl
30. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
31. Bye Bye Baby
32. Tipitina
33. Walk Your Blues Away
34. Longhair Stomp
35. Who's Been Foolin'
36. Between the Night and Day
37. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
38. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
39. Boyd's Bounce
40. Bald Head
41. Hadacol Bounce
42. Byrd's Blues
43. Curley Haired Baby
44. Boogie Woogie
45. Between the Night and Day
46. Oh Well
