| ARTIST | TRACK | LABEL / CAT# | YEAR | TOWN / CITY |
| Glen Gray & Casa Loma Orchestra | Dallas Blues | Brunswick (#6886) | 1934 | Roanoke |
| Barrel House Buck McFarland | Mercy Mercy Blues | Decca (#7030) | 1934 | Alton |
| Alta Cates | Never Again | Vocalion (#14874) | 1924 | Fountain Bluff |
| Henry Spaulding | Cairo Blues | Brunswick (#7085) | 1929 | Cairo |
| Millard G. Thomas | Reckless Blues | Ajax (#17074) | 1924 | Collinsville |
| Peetie Wheatstraw | C and A Blues | Vocalion (#6891) | 1931 | East St. Louis |
| Phillips' Louisville Jug Band (Carl Reid*) | Tiger Rag | Brunswick (#7194) | 1930 | *Danville |
| Bertha Henderson | Black Bordered Letter | Paramount (#12928) | 1930 | Villa Ridge |
| Henry Townsend | Henry's Worry Blues | Columbia (#14529) | 1930 | Cairo |
| Zez Confrey and His Orchestra | Mississippi Shiver | Victor (#19430) | 1924 | LaSalle-Peru |
| James "Steady Roll" Johnson | Newport Blues | Okeh (#8287) | 1926 | Newport |
| Les Hite and His Orchestra | T-Bone Blues | Varsity (#8391) | 1940 | Du Quoin |
| Charlie "Specks" McFadden | Groceries On The Shelf | Paramount (#12928) | 1930 | Quincy |
| Russell Lee & Daisy Wright | Vampire Brown | Okeh (#73786) | 1925 | East St. Louis |
| Red Norvo and His Swing Octet | Blues In E Flat | Columbia (#3079) | 1935 | Beardstown |
| Pete* and Repeat | Toodle Oodle Ooo | Brunswick (#2793) | 1929 | *Quincy |
At the end of the show is Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven's 1927 recording of "Weary Blues." The tune was written in 1915 by Artie Matthews who grew up in Springfield, Illinois.
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