For the past 40-odd years, Joe Lutcher has remained, if anything, little more than a foot-note in the history of popular music, mainly because he was the catalyst that urged Little Richard to give up rock 'n' roll at the height of his popularity in 1957. In the late 1940s Lutcher fronted a remarkable and popular jump band that enjoyed three national top 20 chart hits and made many other fine recordings for Specialty and Modern. This, the first of two CDs covering Joe Lutcher's complete secular recordings, includes his band's complete recordings major labels. Lutcher's debut hit, "Shuffle Woogie" (#10 1948), proved to be his most successful, although "Rockin' Boogie" (#14 1948) was not far behind in either chronology or popularity.