The Drops of Joy

Honeydriper sold over 2 million copies in 1945 and it still, 73 years later, is joint holder of the title for longest stay at number 1 in the race R&B charts. Joe Liggins never had another success as big as the Honeydriper, but he had a few minor successes to go along with it. The Drops of Joy would normally not be a band that we'd be talking about. Their songs were mostly generic boogies called things like Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man or Night Life Boogie. All perfectly good music of its type, but nothing that set the world on fire.