While Howlin' Wolf's (spelling??) rendition of "Evil's Goin' On" is considered to be definitive, I prefer Koko Taylor's rendition. After a bazillion interlibrary loans of Koko Taylor CDs, I still have not identified a CD having the song. Anyone who has it, please furnish me with name and identification of THAT CD.

I am having the same difficulty finding the rendition of "Friendship" with Jack Benny and ???. I believe the song occurred in some sort of variety show motion picture in the 1930s, but that's all I think I know. I still have not identified a CD having the song. Anyone who has it, please furnish me with name and identification of THAT CD.

try u-tube i have seen stuff up there that i thought didn't exist anywhere.
you could contact the poster for further information.

Two CDs have the track;

Koko Taylor - Queen Of The Blues
Track name is "Evil" but in the song she says "Evil" (is goin' on). I think you can download the mp3 file from Amazon for about $.99.

Koko Taylor - Adventures In Babysitting

The only song I know of about "Friendship" was between Jack Benny and Fred Allen. It was a short clip from a 1937 Jell-O radio show. I believe the show can be had from Amazon under "Fred Allen" and the CD is "Jack Benny Vs Fred Allen". I have a copy of the show which is a 25Mb mp3 file, but have no idea how you could listen to it.
I certainly wouldn't purchase the CD on the scant bits of information I'm giving you.
Good Luck !!!

Many thanks. Rather than be a piker, I bought "Queen of the Blues." "Evil" is as good as I remember, plus there are three other songs I enjoy as much. I first heard snatches during the motion picture, "Mercury Rising" and heard longer snatch during "Adventures in Babysitting." The entire song is better!

"Friendship" remains a question mark. I became hooked on it as a boy - not the Benny-Allen version, though. I used to watch the ABC television program, "The American Sportsman," religiously when it was primarily hunting and fly fishing with Joe Brooks - that is, before "beautiful people" infestation. The episode that hooked me was Bing Crosby and Phil Harris bird hunting. They were having a grand time and playfully sang a corrupted version of "Friendship." Wonderful entertainment for a youngster.

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Originally posted by BEJ:
Two CDs have the track;

Koko Taylor - Queen Of The Blues
Track name is "Evil" but in the song she says "Evil" (is goin' on). I think you can download the mp3 file from Amazon for about $.99.

Koko Taylor - Adventures In Babysitting

The only song I know of about "Friendship" was between Jack Benny and Fred Allen. It was a short clip from a 1937 Jell-O radio show. I believe the show can be had from Amazon under "Fred Allen" and the CD is "Jack Benny Vs Fred Allen". I have a copy of the show which is a 25Mb mp3 file, but have no idea how you could listen to it.
I certainly wouldn't purchase the CD on the scant bits of information I'm giving you.
Good Luck !!!