Earl Forest

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The Beale Streeters

Earl Forest (born December 1, 1926, Memphis, Tennessee, USA - died February 26, 2003, Memphis, Tennessee, USA) was an American blues drummer, singer, songwriter, recording engineer and A&R manager. In the early 1950's he was a member of The Beale Streeters.

ALBUMS

Earl Forest Featuring The Beale Streeters With Bobby Bland And Johnny Ace

Earl Forest Featuring The Beale Streeters With Bobby Bland And Johnny Ace

1987, LP, Comp, Ace

Now It's Alright / Don't Leave Me

1965, 7", Tuff-Stuff Records,

Willard Burton / Earl Forest

The Twistin' Twist / Memphis Twist

1963, 7", EP, Disques Pop, Disques Pop, Disques Pop,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Twist

The Duck / The Crown

Out On A Party / Oh, Why

Your Kind Of Love / Ohh, Ohh Wee

Last Night's Dream / Fifty Three

Johnny Ace / Earl Forrest*

Mid Night Hours Journey / Trouble And Me

Earl (Whoopin' & Hollerin') Forrest*

I Wronged A Woman / I Can't Forgive You

Earl Forest With The Beale Streeters

Whoopin' And Hollerin'

Earl Forest With The Beale Streeters

Baby, Baby / Rock The Bottle

1952, Shellac, 10", Duke

The Ivory Emperor (1954-1962 Sides)

2021, CD, Comp, RM, Soul Jam Records,

APPEARANCES +

Kenny Burrell With Art Blakey

On View At The Five Spot Cafe - The Complete Masters

The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Volume 1

2024, 3xLP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Atlantic, Rhino Records (2), Atlantic, Rhino Records (2)

Walkin' After Midnight

Paul Carrack & the SWR Big Band*

Don't Wait Too Long

Soul/Vocal/Ballad

Dave's Picks, Volume 43 (San Francisco, 11/2/69 • Dallas, 12/26/69)

2022, 3xHDCD, Ltd, Num, Rhino Records (2), Grateful Dead Records,

No Blow, No Show - Southern Bred Vol.25 Tennessee & Arkansas R&B Rockers

2022, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Rock The Bottle - Southern Bred Vol.26 Tennessee & Arkansas R&B Rockers

2022, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Doo Wop/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Wembley Empire Pool, London, England 4/8/72

Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (5/3/72)

Folk Rock/Rock & Roll/Psychedelic Rock/Country Rock/Blues Rock

Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO (12/10/71)

Workingman's Dead

Blues Rock/Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock

I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Little Junior Parker

Next Time You See Me ... And All The Hits

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Memphis Blues

Dave's Picks, Volume 26 (Albuquerque Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM • 11/17/71)

Acid Rock/Blues Rock/Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock

P.N.E. Garden Aud., Vancouver, Canada, July 29 1966

2017, 2xLP, RSD, Ltd, 180, Rhino Records (2), Rhino Records (2),

Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Blues Rock

2017, LP, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records,

Mod/Rhythm & Blues/Soul-Jazz

2017, CD, Comp, RM, Calle Mayor

The Grateful Dead

2017, 2x CD 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition,

Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Classic Rock

Dave's Picks, Volume 22 (Felt Forum, New York, NY • 12/7/71) / Dave's Picks 2017 Bonus Disc

2017, 3x CD, CD,

Folk Rock/Acid Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Jörg Danielsen, Vienna Blues Association

Jörg Danielsen's Fabulous Vienna Blues Association

2016, CD, Album, Styx Records

Little Junior Parker

Dave's Picks, Volume 10 (Thelma, Los Angeles, CA • 12/12/69)

Blues Rock/Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Booker T. & The M.G.s* / The Mar-Keys

Green Onions + Last Night & Do The Pop-Eye

2013, CD, Album, RE + CD, Comp + Comp, Not Now Music,

Soul/Rhythm & Blues

Little Junior Parker

Feelin' Good - The 1952-1962 Recordings

2013, CD, Comp, RM, Hoodoo Records

The Indispensable 1949-1962

2013, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

Frank Bey With The Anthony Paule Band*

You Don't Know Nothing (Recorded Live In San Francisco)

2012, CD, Album, Blue Dot Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Modern Electric Blues

Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones

Checkerboard Lounge - Live Chicago 1981

Concert Film/Blues Rock/Chicago Blues

How Long Can A Fool Go Wrong

2011, 2xCD, Comp, Blues Boulevard, Music Avenue,

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues

Geoffrey Goodman King & Bluesband

Blues At Woodhouse

2011, CD, Album, Woodhouse Records (2)

Europe '72 Vol. 2

Folk Rock/Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock

That Kat Sure Could Play! The Singles 1951 To 1957

2010, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Secret Records Limited,

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

The Platinum Collection

2007, CD, Comp, RM, Warner Platinum,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Funk

Pacific Gas & Electric

Live 'N' Kicking At Lexington

2007, CD, Wounded Bird Records

Stan The Man (6) 's Bohemian Blues Band

Booze, Ballads & Boogie - Live in Brno

2006, CD, Album, Not On Label

Barbara Morrison

Double Standards

2006, 2xCD, Album, Blue Lady Records,

The Blues Anthology

2005, CD, Comp + DVD-V + O-C, Master Classics

Next Time You See Me

2005, CD, Comp, Universe (3)

Christian Bleiming

My Blue Boogie Style

2005, CD, Album, Acoustic Music Records

Dick's Picks 35: 8/7/71 San Diego, CA & 8/24/71 Chicago, IL

Folk Rock/Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock

The Ultimate Collection

If Heartaches Were Nickels

2004, CD, Album, Delmark Records, Delmark Records,

Funk/Electric Blues/Soul

2004, CD, Album, Trip Daddy Records,

Rockin' The Rhein With The Grateful Dead (Rheinhalle, Düsseldorf, West Germany April 24, 1972)

Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Birth Of The Dead

Blues Rock/Country Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - The Road To Memphis

Dick's Picks 30: Academy Of Music, New York, NY 3/25 & 28/72

Folk Rock/Blues Rock/Southern Rock/Psychedelic Rock

Rock With Me Baby

2003, 2x Vinyl 180 g,

Modern Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues

The Vintage Years

Last Night! / Do The Pop-Eye

The Essence Of Nancy Wilson: Four Decades Of Music

2002, 4x CD, Box Set,

Easy Listening/Smooth Jazz/Vocal

Luther Allison And Friends*

The Golden Road (1965-1973)

2001, 12x CD, Box Set,

Blues Rock/Acoustic/Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Country Rock

Bobby "Blue" Bland*

The Anthology (1952 - 1982)

Honeyboy Edwards*

Mississippi Delta Bluesman

Country Blues/Delta Blues

More Than All The Funky 45's

2000, LP, Album, Comp, Night Train International

Barbara Morrison

Live Down Under (New Millennium Edition)

2000, CD, Album, Blue Lady Records

Ladies And Gentlemen... The Grateful Dead

Makin' Love Is Good For You

The Last Soul Company - Malaco A Thirty Year Retrospective

1999, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Malaco Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

The Blues Is Alright ~ The Best Of Little Milton On Malaco

1998, CD, Comp, P-Vine Records,

The Long Kiss Goodnight - Music From The Motion Picture

1996, CD, Album, Comp, MCA Soundtracks,

Soundtrack/Soul/Contemporary R&B

The Long Kiss Goodnight - Music From The Motion Picture

Soundtrack/Soul/Contemporary R&B

Barbara Morrison

I Know How To Do It

Helge Tallqvist & Deep Blue Divers

1995, CD, Album, Q-Records (4),

Harmonica Blues

Best Of The Verve Years

Hundred Year Hall

Songs And Moments

1993, CD, Album, S.O.H. Distributors Network, S.O.H. Distributors Network, Chelsea Avenue Records, Chelsea Avenue Records,

Blues Masters, Volume 12: Memphis Blues

Memphis Blues/Delta Blues

The Best Of Duke-Peacock Blues

Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Melvin Rhyne Trio

King Of The Blues

1992, Box Set, 4x CD,

The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968

Rhythm & Blues/Pop Rock/Soul/Funk

Bluesiana Triangle

Bluesiana Triangle

Bobby Blue Bland*

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Now That You've Cheated

1988, 7", Malaco Records

Down Home Blues

1988, 2x Vinyl,

1987, 7", Malaco Records,

Junior Parker* & Roscoe Gordon*

1987, LP, Comp, Mono, Sun Record Company, P-Vine Special

Blues You Can Use

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Movin' To The Country

Joe Sample - David T. Walker

Swing Street Cafe

The Best Of The Chicago Blues Vol. 1

The Blues Is Alright - Volume II

This Is Your Night

1985, 7", Single, Malaco Records

The Best From Texas

1984, LP, Comp, Barren Plains Records

This Is Your Night

Midnight Ramble

1981, LP, Polydor

The Rarest King

Hell Of A Spell

Bobby Forrester

14 Golden Recordings From The Historic Vaults Of Duke/Peacock Records

1973, LP, Comp, ABC Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

14 Golden Recordings From The Historic Vaults Of Duke/Peacock Records

1973, LP, Comp, ABC Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Soul

Next Time You See Me

Downchild Blues Band

The Best Of The Chicago Blues

Dirty John's Hot Dog Stand With Kenny Paulson

Return From The Dead

Blues Rock/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock

1969, Vinyl Pinckneyville Pressing,

The James Cotton Blues Band

The James Cotton Blues Band

Minnie Epperson

It'll Last Forever / Nothing But The Facts

Brown Sugar / Next Time You See Me

1964, 7", Single, Blue Note

Cannonball Adderley / Ernie Andrews

Live Session! Cannonball Adderley With The New Exciting Voice Of Ernie Andrews!

Little Bill And The Bluenotes

1961, 7", Seafair Bolo Records

Morning After / Diana

1958, 7", EP, Decca

The Versatile Earl Grant

Honky Tonk / The Next Time You See Me

Little Junior Parker / Bobby Blue Bland*

The Barefoot Rock And You Got Me (Double Feature)

Little Junior Parker

Next Time You See Me / My Dolly Bee

Forever Blues - Original Hits, Volume 1

LP, Comp, Forever Records (2),

The Fabulous Six

Lamb Chops / The Smooch

Gary Bass & The EBS Allstar Blues Band

Red Sails In The Sunset

7", Single, Ripete

Smokey Lynx And The Mood Swingers

Cass, Album, Not On Label

Drifting From Town To Town: Memphis Blues Anthology

LP, Comp, Mono, Trio Records,

Annie & The Armadillos

Annie & The Armadillos

CD, Album, Not On Label (Annie & The Armadillos Self-released)

Pharoah Sanders

Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong

The Memphis Blues Box (Original Recordings First Released On 78s And 45s, 1914-1969)

2023, 20xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Bear Family Records,

Memphis Blues/Boogie Woogie/Delta Blues/Country Blues/Jump Blues/Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Jug Band

Trouble Trouble - Southern Bred Vol.22 Tennessee & Arkansas R&B Rockers

2022, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Jump Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

The Johnny Ace Collection 1952-55

2021, 2xCD, Comp, Acrobat

Matt Guitar Murphy*

From Memphis To Chicago - 1952-1961

2020, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,

Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues

Harlem Street Stroll

2017, 2xCD, Comp, Not Now Music,

Sessionography · Volume One

2017, 4xCD, Comp, Dlx, RM, Real Gone Music Company,

Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Boogie Woogie

100 Rhythm & Blues Classics

2017, 4xCD, Comp, Not Now Music,

Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1962

2017, 2xCD, Comp, Rhythm & Blues Records

Soul Transfusion: Let's Soul Dance 2

2017, 2xCD, Comp, History Of Soul

Instrumentals Soul-Style 2

Soul/Boogie/Bop

I Pity The Fool (The Duke Records Story)

2013, 3xCD, Comp, One Day Music

Ace's Wild: The Complete Solo Sides And Sessions

2012, 2xCD, Comp, Dig, Fantastic Voyage

Rock With It - Rockin’ With The Rhythm And Blues Vol.2

2009, CD, Comp, El Toro Records,

Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

Rockin' Memphis

2008, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

Rockabilly/Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

The Complete Meteor Blues, R&B And Gospel Recordings

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Ace,

Gospel/Rhythm & Blues

Blowing The Fuse 1953 - 29 R&B Classics That Rocked The Jukebox In 1953

Les Triomphes Du Rhythm 'N' Blues

2004, 20xCD, Comp, Ltd, MP, RM + Box, Habana,

Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll/Piano Blues/Doo Wop/Vocal

The R&B Years 1953

2004, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Boulevard Vintage,

Fernwood Rhythm 'N' Blues From Memphis

2003, CD, Album, Comp, Stomper Time Records,

The Best Of Duke-Peacock Blues

The Original Memphis Blues Brothers

Big Blues From Duke & Peacock (Blues Anthology Vol. 2)

1978, LP, Comp, Mono, ABC Records

Memphis Blues - Important Postwar Blues

4xCD, Comp, JSP Records,

Twistin Rumble Volume Ten

2013, LP, Comp, Unofficial, Twistin Rumble

Dirty John's Hot Dog Stand With Kenny Paulson

Return From The Dead

I'm Just A Lucky So And So

Luther Allison And Friends*