Hour 5 treats the end of Blues Before Sunrise as a place for changing shades rather than one fixed mood. Its first stretch carries a late-night sensibility through Ohio Mills Bros, Henry Mancini, Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, and Houston Person. The recordings are sequenced as a series of distinct voices and titles: “Dreamsville,” “Snow Fall,” “A Beautiful Friendship,” “Fun to Be Fooled,” and “The Party’s Over Now.” Together, they establish a reflective opening before the program turns more directly toward blues and rhythm and blues material.
Ohio Mills Bros begins the hour with “Dreamsville,” a title that immediately sets the program apart from the hard-driving electric blues that dominated much of the preceding hour. Henry Mancini’s “Snow Fall” follows, then Nat King Cole’s “A Beautiful Friendship” and Lena Horne’s “Fun to Be Fooled.” These early choices place prominent vocal and orchestral names in close sequence, but the hour avoids settling into a single presentation. Houston Person’s “The Party’s Over Now” acts as the next pivot point, extending the after-hours atmosphere while opening the door for the blues material that follows.
Carol Fran receives two consecutive selections, “One More Chance” and “After a Night Out.” The pairing gives her a defined place in the hour rather than treating either recording as an isolated stop. LaVELLE White follows with “Stop Those Teardrops” and “Just Look at You Fool,” another two-song sequence that keeps the hour centered on individual artists long enough for the programming to develop its own internal logic. The movement from Carol Fran to LaVELLE White is not presented as a historical argument; it works as a carefully paced handoff between two featured vocalists.
Lowell Fulson then takes over with three recordings: “Sinner’s Prayer,” “I Love My Baby,” and “9:30 Shuffle.” This is the hour’s most extended single-artist passage. Positioned after the Carol Fran and LaVELLE White pairings, Fulson’s three-song run gives the closing hour a firmer blues core. The titles also provide a useful contrast within the set, moving from “Sinner’s Prayer” through “I Love My Baby” to “9:30 Shuffle” without requiring the program to explain or overstate their content. The sequence itself is the point: three selections, one artist, and a sustained concentration before the playlist opens outward again.
Lloyd Glenn’s “Congo Rhumba” follows Fulson, bringing a different title and artist into the flow before Little Walter’s “Backtrack” returns the hour to a familiar blues figure. Muddy Waters then receives two consecutive selections, “She’s So Pretty” and “She’s Alright.” Like the earlier Carol Fran, LaVELLE White, and Lowell Fulson groupings, this pairing gives the listener time to remain with one artist rather than constantly resetting the hour’s focus.
The final three titles make a compact closing sequence. Big Maceo’s “Texas Stomp” comes after Muddy Waters, and Fleetwood Mac’s “Albatross” ends the hour and the program. The close does not try to resolve the show with a single style. It lets the late-night opening, the women’s vocal pairings, Fulson’s extended feature, and the blues-centered final stretch remain visible as separate but connected parts of one hour.
That broad approach suits the final position in the five-hour broadcast. Hour 5 does not simply repeat the electric intensity of Hour 4 or the dedicated Georgia Tom Dorsey focus of Hour 3. It clears space for a calmer entrance, restores the blues through carefully placed artist runs, and finishes with a final recording that changes the program’s texture once more.
### Playlist
Dreamsville — Ohio Mills Bros
Snow Fall — Henry Mancini
A Beautiful Friendship — Nat King Cole
Fun to Be Fooled — Lena Horne
The Party’s Over Now — Houston Person
One More Chance — Carol Fran
After a Night Out — Carol Fran
Stop Those Teardrops — LaVELLE White
Just Look at You Fool — LaVELLE White
Sinner’s Prayer — Lowell Fulson
I Love My Baby — Lowell Fulson
9:30 Shuffle — Lowell Fulson
Congo Rhumba — Lloyd Glenn
Backtrack — Little Walter
She’s So Pretty — Muddy Waters
She’s Alright — Muddy Waters
Texas Stomp — Big Maceo
Albatross — Fleetwood Mac