Sunday Night Blues Cruise! ;-) 

Sunday Night Blues Cruise!

Welcome to the Sunday Night Blues Cruise where we bring you the best of Classic Soul ~

DOO WOP ~ R & B and...

ALL THE BLUES ~ THAT YOU CAN USE!

As the Blues Cruise sets sail each Sunday evening at 8:00 ~ if you're a BLUES HOUND, like me, ROYALTY is on board! We're talkin' the King of the Blues ~ the Godfather of Soul ~ the Queen of Soul and many, many of the Classic Soul R &B and DOWN HOME BLUES artists you know and love! 

Each Sunday night at 8:00

the Blues Cruise sets sail! ;-) 

If you should miss the Sunday night

broadcast or wish to listen to it, or

any previous shows, they are archived

here and available at your convenience!

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

5/31/2020

Here we are setting sail as we celebrate the...

"GENTLEMEN OF RHYTHM & BLUES"!

Featured artists include Joe Tex ~ Otis Redding

Sam & Dave ~ B.B. King ~ Bobby "Blue" Bland

Ray Charles ~ Big Joe Turner ~ Jackie Wilson

Wilson pickett ~ James Brown and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-5312020-gentlemen-of-rhythm-blues/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

5/24/2020

Here we are setting sail as we celebrate the...

"LADIES OF RHYTHM & BLUES"!

Featured artists include Sister Rosetta Tharpe 

Koko Taylor ~ Laverne Baker ~ "Miss Peaches"

Patti LaBelle {celebrating her 74th birthday}

Big Mama Thornton ~ Tina Turner ~ Aretha Franklin and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-5242020-ladies-of-rb/ 

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

5/17/2020

Here we are setting sail as we remember ~

"The Originator" ~ "The Innovator"... 

"The ARCHITECT of Rock & Roll" ~ Little Richard!

Featured artists include Joe Cocker ~ The Drifters

Aretha Franklin ~ Erma Franklin ~ Freddie Jackson

Fontella Bass ~ Louis Armstrong and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-5172020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

5/10/2020

Here we are setting sail with what is called my ~

"Mother's Day Special"!

I am VERY PROUD of this show and I dedicate this show to MY MAMA,

Barbara "Sweetie" Givens!

Featured artists include The Intruders ~ Elvis Jim Nabors  Connie Francis ~ Bas Sheva 

Neil Sedaka ~ The Happenings and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-5102020-mothers-day-special/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

5/3/2020

Here we are setting sail with what is called our ~

"FUNKALICIOUS FUNKTACULAR"!

This show is dedicated to "Soul Brother #1" aka the

"G-dfather of Soul" ~ Mr. James Brown on what would have been his 87th birthday!

Featured artists include Big Al Carson ~ Ramsey Lewis

Kool & the Gang ~ Ohio Players ~ Wild Cherry 

Eric Clapton ~ Sly & the Family Stone and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-532020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

4/26/2020

Here we are setting sail with what is called

"MOTOWN SUNDAY"!

Featured artists include

Jr. Walker & the All-Stars ~ Chuck Jackson

Marvin Gaye ~ Billy Eckstein ~ Thelma Houston

The Temptations ~ The Four Tops ~ The Elgins

Barrett Strong ~ The Contours and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-4262020-motown-sunday/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

4/19/2020

Here we are setting sail with

George Benson ~ Etta James

Howlin' Wolf ~ Lou Rawls

Ruby & the Romantics

The Fabulous Thunderbirds and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-4192020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

4/12/2020

Here we are setting sail

with our Easter & Passover Celebration!

Featured artists include 

Van Morrison ~ Edwin Hawkins' Singers

Celine Dion ~ Soul Stirrers  ~ Paul Simon  

Sonny Til & the Orioles ~ Bruno Mars ~ WHAT!? Bruno Mars? ...and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-4122020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

4/5/2020

Here we are setting sail

with a special tribute to the late Bill Withers 

Featured artists include Nina Simone ~ Don & Juan ~ Ramsey Lewis

Shamekia Copeland ~ Lou Rawls and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-452020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

03/29/2020

Here we are setting sail with a special edition called 

"Silly Sunday"!

It's an hour of "satire" to make you forget your problems just a little bit!

Featured artists include ~ Manu Dibango

Phil Phillips ~ Van Morrison ~ 5th Dimension

Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band

 the Brotherhood of Man and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-3292020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

03/22/2020

Here we are setting sail with a   very special tribute to the late Kenny Rogers!

Featured artists include LaVerne Baker ~ Sam Cooke

Muddy Waters ~ Sade ~ Wilson Pickett ~ Shorty Long

Brotherhood of Man and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-3222020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

03/15/2020

Here we are setting sail with a   very special St. Patrick's Day                    promotion at                               Sandy's Cozy Corner!

If you are the first to identify the

"St. Patrick's Day MYSTERY ARTIST"               

YOU and your guest

will join me for either lunch or dinner at

Sandy's Cozy Corner on Tuesday, March 17, 2020!

Featured artists include ~ The Ides of March 

B.B. King ~ Ike & Tina Turner ~ Big Al Carson

Jackie Wilson ~ Archie Bell & the Drells and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-3152020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

03/08/2020

Here we are setting sail with

a Special Birthday Celebration 

for three of my 

WONDERFUL FRIENDS!

First, a Happy BELATED Birthday to my spiritual advisor ~ MY RABBI ~ Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields who celebrated her birthday yesterday!

Second, today is the birthday of my TWIN SISTERS! 

Yes, that's right my twin sisters Roberta Kahan and

Fran Holinda are celebrating their birthdays ~

TEN YEARS APART! How is this possible, you ask?

EASY, just tune in! 

Featured artists include Big Mountain ~ Bob Marley

Sade ~ KC & the Sunshine Band ~ Janis Joplin  

Black Eyed Peas ~ Erma Franklin ~ Aretha Franklin

James Brown ~ Solomon Burke and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-03082020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

03/01/2020

Here we are setting sail with

a Special 92nd

Birthday Celebration for

HARRY BELAFONTE!

Featured artists include ~ Jackie Wilson ~ Sam & Dave

  LaBelle ~ Ronnie earle & the Broadcasters ~ Joe Simon    Etta James ~ Brook Benton and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-312020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

02/23/2020

Here we are setting sail with

Jackie Wilson ~ B.B. King

Young-Holt Unlimited 

Barbara Acklin ~ The Dells

Kenny Vance & the Planotones and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-2232020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

02/16/2020

Here we are setting sail with

The Dubs ~ Sam Cooke

Friends of Distinction 

and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-2162020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

02/09/2020

Here we are setting sail with:

The Four Tops ~ The Drifters

Fifth Dimension ~ Sade

Bill Withers ~ Barbara Lewis

Chairman of the Board and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-292020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

02/02/2020

Tonight's show is called: Double Shots of

Number 1 R&B Hits!

Here we are setting sail with:

Stevie Wonder ~ Robert Flack & Donnie Hathaway

Bill Withers ~ Al Green ~ Sam & Dave ~ The Temptations

Aretha Franklin ~ Joe Tex and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-222020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

01/26/2020

Tonight's show is called: Double Shots of

ONE-HIT WONDERS!

Here we are setting sail with:

Mickey & Sylvia ~ Eddie Cooley & the Dimples

Hugh Masakela ~ Miriam Makeba ~ Dr. John  Eddie Holman ~ Little Johnny Taylor

Robert Parker and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-12620/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

01/19/2020

Welcome, as we remember

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Here we are setting sail with:

Dion ~ Marvin Gaye ~ The Temptations 

Otis Redding ~ B.B. King ~ LaBelle

James Brown ~ Aretha Franklin ~ Etta James  Eric Clapton and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-1192020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

01/12/2020

Welcome to our

ALL DOO WOP EXTRAVAGANZA!

Here we are setting sail with:

The Skyliners ~ The Flamingos ~ The Diamonds

Shep & the Limelights ~ Dion & the Belmonts

The Drifters ~ The Stereos ~ The Drifters

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers ~ The Elgins Curtis Lee ~ Ronnie Milsap and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-1122020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

01/5/2020

Welcome to our

All #1 R&B Hits

EXTRAVAGANZA!

Here we are setting sail with:

The Temptations ~ The Supremes  

The Four Tops ~ Marvin Gaye ~ Sam & Dave Natalie Cole and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-152020/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

12/29/19

Welcome to our

New Year's Eve SPECTACULAR!

Here we are setting sail with:

Shirley & Lee ~ Jive Five ~ Jim Croce ~ Rolling Stones

Zombies ~ B.B. King ~ Rod Stewart ~ Classics ~ Duprees

and, of course, Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-122919-new-years-eve-spectacular/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

12/22/19

Welcome to our

CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR!

Here we are setting sail with:

Booker T. & the MG's ~ Alvin & the Chipmunks

Kenny & Wynonna ~ Dean Martin ~ Eartha Kitt

Lionel Richie & the Commodores ~ Elvis & Porky Pig

and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-122219-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

12/15/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Roy Head ~ Ike & Tina Turner

Elvis Presley ~ Joe Cocker

Sir Paul McCartney

The Beach Boys  ~ Brenda Lee and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-121519/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

12/8/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Etta James ~ Elmore James

Peabo & Roberta ~ Don & Juan

Charles Brown ~ Al Green

Clarence Carter ~ Sam & Dave

Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions 

and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-12819/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

12/1/19

Celebrating the 90th Birthday of Motown Founder, Berry Gordy, Jr.!

Here we are setting sail with

Here we are setting sail with: HeereDiana Ross & the Supremes and The TemptationLittle Stevie WonMary Wells ~ The Originals ~ The Isley Brohers ~ Gladys Knight & the Pips

and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-12119/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

11/24/19

Here we are setting sail with: 

Stevie Wonder ~ Jackie Wilson Percy Sledge ~ Blues Brothers

Duke & The Blazers ~ Skylark

Wilson Pickett ~ The Elgins 

Sam Cooke ~ Dorothy Moore and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-112419/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

11/17/19

Here we are setting sail with: Etta James ~ James Brown Ohio Players ~ Joe Cocker Chuck Jackson ~ Carl Carlton 

Big Mama Thornton & Johnny Ace and

many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-111719/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

11/10/19

VETERANS DAY TRIBUTE!

Here we are setting sail with:

Al Hibbler ~ Coven ~

Neil Diamond Waylon Jennings

Brotherhood Of Man ~Big Mama Thornton 

a "Military Medley" and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-111019-veterans-day-tribute-%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

11/3/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Aretha Franklin ~ The Drifters

Archie Bell & The Drells

B.B. King ~ Johnny Ace

Sam Cooke ~ Carla Thomas

Big Mama Thornton and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-11319/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

10/27/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Warren Zevon ~ Contours

Al Green ~ Marvalettes

Smokey & the Miracles

Jay Wiggins ~ The Manhattans and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-102719/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

10/20/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Gene Chandler ~ Sam Cooke

The Dells ~ The O'Jays

Gladys Knight U& The Pips

Ike & Tina Turner a "MYSTERY ARTIST" and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-102019/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

10/13/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Earth, Wind & Fire ~ Dion

Eddie Floyd ~ Howlin' Wolf

Etta James ~ Don & Juan

and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-101319/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

10/6/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Otis Redding ~ B.B. King 

Curtis Mayfield ~ Koko Taylor

Ike & Tina Turner ~ Joe Tex

"Big" Al Carson ~ Skyliners 

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers ~ Ray Charles

and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-10619/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

09/29/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Earth, Wind & Fire ~

Sam & Dave ~ Al Green ~

Joe Cocker ~ "Miss Peaches" ~

Erma Franklin ~ Z.Z. Hill ~

Eddie Floyd/Wilson Pickett/Johnny Lang ~

Erma Franklin and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-92919/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

09/22/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Smokey & the Miracles

Stevie Wonder ~ The Delfonics

Willie Dixon ~ Willie Mabon

Muddy Waters ~ Lavern Baker

Kenny Vance & the Planotones and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-92219/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

09/15/19

Here we are setting sail with:

The Tymes ~ Bobby Radcliff

Barbara lynn ~ Blue Magic

B.B. King ~ James Brown

George Thorogood & the Destroyers ~ The Capris

a special memory of the late Eddie Money and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-91519/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

09/8/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Four Tops ~ Tommy Edwards

Willie Dixon ~ Carl Carlton

Bobby "Blue" Bland ~ Joe Barry

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble and a many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-9819/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

09/1/19

Here we are setting sail with: Little Richard ~ The Penguins 

Curtis Mayfield ~ Issac Hayes

Aretha Franklin ~ Dion

Solomon Burke ~ B.B. King

a special Mystery Artist and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-9119/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

08/25/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Lou Rawls ~ Dorian Parreott ~

Barbara Acklin ~ The Chantels

The Spaniels ~ Ray Charles ~

Young-Holt Unlimited ~

Ronnie Earle & the Broadcasters

and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-82519/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

08/18/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Jr. Walker & the All-Stars ~

Koko Taylor ~ Sam Cooke ~

Big Mama Thornton ~ Elvis ~

The Platters ~ The Dells ~

Shorty Long and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-81819/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

08/11/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Thurston Harris ~ Sam Cooke

Sarah Vaughn ~ B.B. King

Percy Mayfield ~ The Dells

and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-81119/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

08/4/19

Here we are setting sail with:

The Righteous Brothers ~ Curtis Lee ~ B.B. King ~ Dion

Al Green ~ Big Mama Thornton

Brook Benton and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-8419/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

07/28/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Ray Charles ~ Aretha Franklin

Fantastic Johnny "C" ~ Joe Tex

Shorty Long ~ Lakeside

Johnny Ace {who's considered R&R's first tragedy} ~Stylistics and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-72819/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

07/21/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Ray Charles ~ Barbara Lewis ~

Rufus Thomas ~ Carla Thomas 

Temptations ~ Four Tops ~ 

Smokey & the Miracles ~ Sam Cooke

Luther Igram ~ Kenny Vance & the Planotones and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-72119/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

07/14/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Otis Redding ~ Otis Rush ~ 

Jim Nabors ~ Wynonnie Harris Sonny Boy Williamson and many, more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-71419/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

07/7/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Sam Cooke ~ Carl Carlton 

Chuck Jackson ~ Ohio Players

Luther Ingram ~ James Brown

Little Walter ~ The Sapphires ~ Brook Benton

Dinah Washington and many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-7719/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

06/30/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions ~

Kenny Vance & the Planotones 

Joe Tex ~ Al Green ~ Marvin Gaye  

Johnny "Guitar" Watson and many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-63019/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

06/23/19

Here we are setting sail with:

Janis Joplin ~ Etta James ~

Bobby 'Blue' Bland ~ 

Shamekia Copeland ~ 

John Lee Hooker and many, many more!

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-62319/

Sunday Night

Blues Cruise!

06/16/19

Here we are setting sail with

B.B. King ~ Wilson Pickett ~ 

Muddy Waters ~ Little Walter

Eddie Holman ~ Sam & Dave

and many, many more! 

https://www.mixcloud.com/JimmyGivens/sunday-night-blues-cruise-61619/