WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast April 5, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Bangin’ The Boogie
Camille Howard
Specialty Records 1951

Born Deasy Browning in Galvison, Texas, on March 29, 1914,
Camile Howard scored hit records both as a solo artist
and as the pianist and vocalist for Roy Milton’s Solid Senders.

CAMILE HOWARD RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia
Solo discography @ discogs.com
Roy Milton & Solid Senders discography @ discogs.com

COUNTDOWN: TOP JUKE BOX R&B RECORDS IN EARLY APRIL 1946
As reported to Billboard by 500 juke box operators nationwide

4-The Frim Fram Sauce
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Decca Records 1946

4-Voo-It
Helen Humes & Her All Stars
Philo Records 1945

3-Salt Pork, West Virginia
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945

3-Driftin’ Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945

3-Reconversion Blues
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946

3-Don’t Be A Baby, Baby
The Mills Brothers
Decca Records 1946

2-Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945

1-Hey Ba Ba Re Bop
Lionel Hampton
Decca Records 1945

Gate Walks To Board Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1953
Cadillac Baby Colin James Colin James & The Little Big Band
Weather Man Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records (1950s unreleased)
Honey Boy Bill Doggett King Records 1954
Down Yonder Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1949
Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair Dinah Washington …Sings Bessie Smith
I Want You To Be My Baby Annie Ross Decca Records 1955

COUNTOWN TOP JUKE BOX R&B RECORDS FOR EARLY APRIL 1951

10-Tears Tears Tears
Amos Milburn & His Chicken Shackers
Aladdin Records 1951

9-I’ll Wait for You
Ruth Brown & The Eddie Condon Band
Atlantic Records 1951

8-Little Red Rooster
Margie Day w/ The Griffin Brothers
Dot Records 1951

7-Red’s Boogie
Piano Red
RCA Victor 1950

6-Chica Boo
Lloyd Glenn
Swing Time Records 1951

5-Tennessee Waltz Blues
Stick McGhee
Atlantic Records 1951

4-Don’t Take Your Love Away from Me
Joe Morris
Atlantic ‎Records 1951

3-Lost Love (Baby, Please)
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1951

2-Rockin’ Blues
Mel Walker w/ Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1951

1-Black Night
Charles Brown
Aladdin Records 1951

Hallelujah, I Love Him So Kieran Brown Loving You 2025
What Would I Do Without You Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1957
Day In Day Out Billie Holiday Songs for Distingue Lovers 1958

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 29, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Today we cruise in the jazz lane of Route 66 as we pay tribute to Sarah Vaughan,
the Queen of Bebop, and tenor sax great Ben Webster.

Sarah Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey, on March 27, 1924.

SARAH VAUGHAN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
National Endowment for the Arts

Ben Webster was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 27, 1909.

BEN WEBSTER RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Ben Webster Foundation

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 2026

Song
Artist
Original album or label & date

Goomp Blues
Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Ben Webster
Mercury Records 1951

Perdido
Sarah Vaughan
Columbia Records 1950

Pennies From Heaven
Ben Webster
The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster 1954

I Live My Life Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
I’m Ready Van Morrison Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge 2026
Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949

Jive At Six
Ben Webster
The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster 1954

Embraceable You
Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown
Sarah Vaughan 1954

Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951

The C-Jam Blues
Duke Ellington w/Ben Webster (no solo)
RCA Victor 1942

Paint It Black Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra Basie Rocks 2025
Skronky Tonk Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing Skronky Tonk 2016
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole Trio w/ Stan Kenton Capitol Records 1950

Ain’t Misbehavin’
Sarah Vaughan w/ Miles Davis
Columbia Records 1950

Nice Work If You Can Get It
Sarah Vaughan w/ Miles Davis
Columbia Records 1950

Time’s Gettin’ Tougher Than Tough
Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster
Jimmy Witherspoon at the Renaissance 1960

My Rough & Ready Man Annie Laurie Regal Records 1949
She’s Dynamite B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1951
School Days Dizzy Gillespie Regent Records 1951
You’ve Got What It Takes Ledisi & Gregory Porter For Dinah 2025
Fever Ray Charles & Natalie Cole Genius Loves Company 2004
Junior Jumps Roy Milton & The Solid Senders Specialty Records 1949
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947

Soulville
Ben Webster
Soulville 2019

Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
Sarah Vaughan
Live In Holland 1958

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 15, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


Sister Rosetta Tharpe is today’s featured artist. Born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas on March 20, 1915, Tharpe gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with
her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, later
being referred to as “the original soul sister” and “the Godmother of rock and roll”.

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.org
American Women’s History Museum
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Profile @ The Guardian

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Hot Rod Illinois Jacquet King Jacquet 1950

Rock Me
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1938

I Want a Tall Skinny Papa
Marcia Ball
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2013
Ridin’ on the L & N Lionel Hampton Decca Records 2019

I Took The Front Door In Eddie Vinson Mercury Records 1947
Since I Fell For You Ruth Brown Black Is Brown & Brown Is Beautiful 1969
New Orleans Blues Charles Brown So Goes Love 1995
Blue Turning Grey Over You Louis Armstrong Satch Plays Fats 1955

That’s All
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Sims-Wheeler Vintage Jazz Band
Antibes Jazz Festival 1960

He’s All I Need
Catherine Russell
Strictly Romancin’ 2007

Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
Long John Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
The Christian McBride Big Band w/ Dianne Reeves
Without Further Ado, Vol 1 2025

Down By The Riverside
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Performance 1957

Shout, Sister, Shout!
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1941

Up Above My Head
Rhiannon Giddens
Tomorrow Is My Turn 2015

I Don’t Hurt Anymore Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars …Women In Blues 2025
Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Surfin’ 1963
Pink Champagne Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950

The Lonesome Road
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1938

One O’Clock Boogie Count Basie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1947
Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles In Person 1959

Didn’t It Rain
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Blues and Gospel Tour (for Grenada TV) 1964

Strange Things Happening
Kid Ramos w/ Brian Templeton
Strange Things Happening 2025

This Train
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Performance 1957

(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 8, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


Our featured artist is Hollywood Fats.
Born Michael Leonard Mann in Los Angeles on March 17, 1954
Hollywood Fats was a guitar virtuoso. He was one of only a f
ew West Coast blues musicians of his generation who incorporated
jump blues into his sound.
He was active from the mid-1970s until his death in 1986.
HOLLYWOOD FATS RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Obituary – Los Angeles Times, Dec. 12, 1986

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2026

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Apollo Jump Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1943

Lonesome
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979

Blue And Lonesome
Memphis Slim
Miracle Records 1949

I Don’t Dig It Big Joe Turner MGM Records 1949
Backstage at Stuff’s Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Baby, I Don’t Cry Over You Billie Holiday Decca Records 1947
Mean Old World T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1942
Trouble in Mind Jimmy Witherspoon …At the Renaissance 1960
Heed My Warning Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949

Chicken Shack Boogie
Canned Heat w/ Hollywood Fats
In Concert – King Biscuit Flower Hour 1979

Have A Good Time Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
Little Joe’s Boogie Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
I’m Still In Love With You Duke Robillard …Songs of T-Bone Walker 2004
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington …Sings Fats Waller 1957

Caldonia
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979

Have a Good Time
Big Walter Horton
Cobra Records 1956

My Love Is Limited Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie RCA Victor 1948
Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
Makin’ Whoopee Ray Charles Live in Concert 1964
Doggin’ Blues Linda Hopkins Savoy Records 1950
Hodge-Podge Johnny Hodges The Blues 1956
A Pretty Girl Buddy Johnson Mercury Records 1954

Kansas City
The Hollywood Fats Band
Live a the White House Tavern, Laguna Beach California 1980

Nitwit
The Hollywood Fats Band
Monterey Jazz Festival 1980

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 1, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


Today’s featured artist is Nat King Cole. Born Nathaniel Adams Coles on March 17, 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama, Cole’s career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.

NAT KING COLE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Obituary in Los Angeles Times

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2026

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Blues In B Flat
Oscar Moore Trio
Oscar Moore Trio 1954

You Don’t Learn That In School
King Cole Trio
Capitol Records 1946

It Could Happen To You
Lorez Alexandria
Deep Roots 1960

Hucklebuck Daddy Jimmy Preston Gotham Records 1949
Good Rockin’ Man Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952

Moanin’
Christian McBride Big Band w/ José James
Without Further Ado, Vol 1 2025

Medley: 3 O’Clock Blues/Darlin’ You Know I Love You
B.B. King
Live At The Cook County Jail 1971

Send For Me
Catherine Russell
Send For Me 2022

Nature Boy
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1948

Kidney Stew Blues Van Morrison Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge 2026
Strollin’ With Bones Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981

Route 66
Linda Hopkins
Wild Women Blues – Original Cast Recording 2003

Indiana
Lester Young, Nat King Cole, & Red Calender
Philo Records 1945

The Frim Fram Sauce
King Cole Trio
Capitol Records ‎ 1945

I’m An Errand Boy For Rhythm
John Pizzarelli
My Blue Heaven 1990

Rough Weather Blues Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1948
Weather Man Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records
Sanctified Gene Mighty Flea Conners Sanctified 1980
Well Oh Well Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Salty Papa Blues Dinah Washington Keynote Recordings 1944
Papa Ain’t Salty T-Bone Walker Atlantic Records 1955
Smack Dab In The Middle Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1955
Milton’s Boogie Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Juke Box Records 1946

Straighten Up & Fly Right
Lyle Lovett
Smile 2003

Smile
Natalie Cole
Unforgettable: With Love 1991

C-Jam Blues & My Sugar is So Refined
King Cole Trio
Live at the Circle Room 1946

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005



WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast February 22, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


Today’s featured artist is Fats Domino. Born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. in New Orleans on February 26, 1928, Domino’s career spanned both the jump blues and
rock & roll eras. He sold more than 65 million records and his first single,
“The Fat Man” is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the
first to sell more than one million copies. Domino continued to work with the song’s
co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to
Lloyd Price’s “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” (1952) and scoring a string of mainstream
hits beginning with “Ain’t That a Shame” (1955).

Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five
of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.

FATS DOMINO RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Fats Domino Official Website
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame


WRFG ROUTE PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2026

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Poppa Stoppa Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1951

The Fat Man
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1949

I Just Can’t Get New Orleans Off My Mind
Irma Thomas & Marcia Ball
Goin’ Home: a Tribute to Fats Domino 2007

Ain’t Nobody’s Business Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Moon Dog Boogie Freddie Mitchell Derby Records 1952
S.K. Blues Pete Johnson & Joe Turner National Records 1945

Please Don’t Leave Me
Roomful of Blues
House of Joy (Live At Lupo”s Heartbreak Hotel) 1986

The Big Beat
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1957

Honey Chile
Lucinda Williams
Goin’ Home: a Tribute to Fats Domino 2007

Mad Lad Sir Charles & His All Stars Apollo Records 1947
Nightless Lover Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1951
Come Rain Or Come Shine Christian McBride Without Further Ado, Vol 1 2025
She’s Scattered Everywhere Archibald Imperial Records 1950
The Hustle Is On T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Stormy Monday Blues Billie Poole Confessin’ the Blues 1962
Lester Leaps Again Lester Young Keynote Recordings 1944
Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952

Don’t Leave Me This Way
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1953

Every Night About This Time
Luther Allison
Love Me Mama 1969

The Late Late Show Count Basie The Atomic Mr. Basie 1957
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (You Rascal You) Duke Robillard BLAST OFF! 2026
Moanin’ Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Orchestra Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
That’s A Pretty Good Love Jewel Brown & Bloodest Saxophone Roller Coaster… 2015
Love Contest Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1954
Blues For Cuba Floyd Dixon Aladdin Records 1952
Our Love Is Here To Stay Dinah Washington After Hours with Miss D. 1954

Don’t You Lie To Me
James Harman w/Hollywood Fats
Mo’ Na’kins Please!-Strictly The Blues Vol.2 1985

I Hear You Knocking
Smiley Lewis
Specialty Records 1955

Going To The River
Chuck Willis
Okeh Records 1953

MEDLEY: Don’t You Know/Shake Rattle & Roll/Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
Live! From The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2001

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast February 15, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

With Fat Tuesday straight ahead we bring you lots of great New Orleans music
during the second hour of our live show, plus an hour of NOL on our podcast
(which includes some tunes we didn’t get to on the air).

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2026

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Shipyard Social Function Lucky Millender Decca Records 1945
Let The Good Times Roll Ray Charles The Genius 1959
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
King For A Day Blues Van Morrison Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge 2026
Paint It Black Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra Basie Rocks 2025
Please Love Me B.B. King & Orchestra R.P.M. Records 1953
Buttermilk (I) Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1949
Straighten Up & Fly Right Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1943
Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) Planet D Nonet Kings Of Kansas City… 2019
Tell Me, Daddy Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1948
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
You’ve Been A Good Old Wagon Lil Green RCA Victor 1947
Call Before You Go Home Memphis Slim United Records 1953
Bye Bye Blackbird Little Jimmy Scott But Beautiful 2002
Easy Living Billie Holiday Decca Records 1950

JUMPIN’ AT MARDI GRAS 2026

Big Chief
Professor Longhair
Crawfish Fiesta 1980

Jump, Jive, An’ Wail
Louis Prima
The Wildest! 1956

Lake Charles Boogie
Nellie Lutcher
Capitol Records 1947

Lillie Mae
Smiley Lewis
Imperial Records 1952

Come Back Baby
Jack Dupree & His Band
Apollo Records 1949

Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Snooks Eaglin
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019

Going To The River
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1952

Let the Four Winds Blow
Roy Brown
Imperial Records 1957

I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal
You Louis Jordan & Louis Armstrong
Decca Records 1950

I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man
Roland Hanna & Carrie Smith
Black And Blue (1989 Original Broadway Cast) 1991

Going Back to New Orleans
Deacon John’s Jump Blues Featuring Dr. John
Music From the Film 2002

New Orleans Blues
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Jelly 1993

Don’t You Feel My Legs
Blue Lu Barker
Live At The New Orleans Jazz Festival 1989

Iko Iko / Brother John / Saints Go Marching In
Dixie Cups
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005



WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast February 8, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


Nothing fancy today. It’s Superbowl Sunday, so let’s jump!

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
C Blues Barney Bigard & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1941
Do You Wanna Jump Children Cab Calloway Vocalion Records 1938
Give It Up Daddy Blues Albennie Jones Decca Records 1947
Open The Door, Richard Count Basie RCA Victor 1947
I’m Ready Van Morrison Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge 2026
Cherry Smash Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1949
Walkin’ Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1947
All the Cats Join in Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine 2010
Bangin’ The Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1951

Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
King Records 1949

My Blue Heaven Fats Domino Imperial Records 1956
Going To The River Taj Mahal Dancing the Blues 1993
Caravan Ledisi For Dinah 2025
Jeep’s Blues Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn & The Orchestra 1961
That Lucky Old Sun Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1949
Long Skirt Baby Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Street Lights Little Esther Federal Records 1953
Shake, Rattle & Roll Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1954
Every Day I Have the Blues Johnnie Johnson I’m Just Johnny 2025
Blue Monday Blues Jimmy Witherspoon Goin’ To Kansas City Blues 1957
Black Water Blues Dinah Washington Newport Jazz Festival 1958 1958
Bearcat Blues Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1952
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Drivin’ And Jivin’ Tiny Grimes Quartet Gotham Records 1949
Smooth Sailing Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1951
Walking On A Tightrope Johnny Adams Walking on a Tightrope… 1989
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1953
Good For Nothin’ Man Mickey Champion w/ The Roy Milton Band R.P.M. Records 1950
Lonely & Blue B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1954
What’d I Say Ray Charles What’d I Say 1959

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast January 25, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

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Today’s a snow day here in Atlanta. T
o warm things up, we countdown of the Top 11 Best Selling R&B Songs
for the week ending January 27, 1951 as reported to Billboard Magazine.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2026

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Pop Corn Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1948

COUNTDOWN: BILLBOARD’S BEST SELLING R&B SONGS FOR LATE JANUARY, 1951

8-Little Red Rooster
Margie Day w/ The Griffin Brothers
Dot Records 1951

8-Blue Shadows
Lowell Fulson
Swingtime Records 1949

8-Telephone Blues
Floyd Dixon
Aladdin Records ‎1950

8-Lemonade
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950

7-Rockin’ with Red
Piano Red
RCA Victor 1950

6-Old Time Shuffle Blues
Lloyd Glenn
Swing Time Records 1950

5-Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere
Joe Morris w/ Laurie Tate
Atlantic Records 1950

4-Bad, Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1950

3-Please Send Me Someone To Love
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1950

1-Teardrops from My Eyes
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1950

Tainted Love Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra Basie Rocks 2025
It Ain’t Necessarily So Cab Calloway Porgy & Bess (Original Broadway Cast) 1959
3 O’clock Blues B.B. King 1951 R.P.M. Records 1951
Wild Wig Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1949
The Wind is Blowin’ Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1952
Going To The River Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952
Little Joe’s Boogie Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Happy Hours Kid Ramos West Coast House Party 2000
Tell Me Who Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959
That’s All Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars The Great Women In Blues 2025
Strange Things Happen Everyday Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1944
Li’l DogBuddy Johnson Decca Records 1947
Work Song Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961
Looped James Harman & Gene Taylor Band Live In Germany 2012
Stormy WeatherTony Bennett w/ Natalie Cole Playing With My Friends… 2001
Messin’ Around Memphis Slim At The Gate Of Horn 1959
Oh Babe Louis Prima & Keely Smith Robin Hood Records 1950
Porter’s Love Song Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1947
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Ella Fitzgerald …Duke Ellington Song Book 1958

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast January 18, 2026

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

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We have two featured artists today.

Jay McShann was born James Columbus McShann in Muskogee, OK on January 12, 1916, and was a jaz pianist, songwriter, singer, and the leader of one of the original Kansas City jump and swing bands. The McShann organization served as a springboard for many of the great jazz and jump blues artists of the 1940s and 1950s including Charlie Parker, Al Hibler, Ben Webster, and Jimmy Witherspoon.

JAY McSHANN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikiepedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Discography of American Hisctorcal Recordings
National Endowment for the Arts

Ruth Brown was born Ruth Alston Weston in Portsmouth, Virginia, on January 12, 1928. Brown was a singer, songwriter, and actor who scored 24 Top 10 R&B hits between
1949 and 1960. On Broadway, she starred in productions of “Amen Corner” and “Black
and Blue.” The latter earned her a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1989.

RUTH BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Ruth Brown – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Ruth Brown – The Blues Foundation
Ruth Brown – Rhythm & Blues Foundation

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Shuffle Woogie Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band Capitol Americana Records 1948

Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra
Supreme Records 1949

The Thrill Is Gone
The Manhattan Transfer w/ Ruth Brown & B.B. King
The Thrill Is Gone 1994

Hey Little Girl Billy Wright Savoy Records 1951
Is You Is My Baby Veronica Lewis You Ain’t Unlucky 2021

So Long
Ruth Brown & The Eddie Condon’s NBC Television Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1949

Teardrops From My Eyes
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1951

Jumpin’ the Blues
Jay McShann w/ Charlie Parker
Decca Records 1942

King Size Papa
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends w/ Jay McShann
Capitol Records 1948

Hot Biscuits
Jay McShann
Downbeat Records 1949

Don’t Explain Southside Johnny Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
Jones Law Blues Planet D Nonet Kings Of Kansas City Swing… 2019

Old Kidney Stew Is Fine
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson w/ T-Bone Walker & Jay McShann
Kidney Stew Is Fine 1969

Mambo Baby
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1954

Hands Off
Jay McShann w/ Priscilla Bowman
Vee Jay Records 1955

Back Water Blues
Jay McShann w/ Maria Muldaur & Duke Robillard
Still Jumpin’ The Blues 1999

I Can’t Get Started
Slim Gaillard w/ Buddy Tate & Jay McShann
Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere 1983

I’ve Got A Feelin’ Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Pool Playing Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1947

This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’
Ruth Brown w/ Mickey Baker & King Curtis
Atlantic Records 1958

McShann’s Bounce Part 1
Jay McShann
Supreme Records 1947

Bye, Bye Blackbird
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, & Ruth Brown
The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Featuring Miss Ruth Brown 1968

Evenin’ Tony Bennett w/ Ray Charles Playing With My Friends… 2001
Playful Baby Wynonie “Blues” Harris Apollo Records 1946

No Name Boogie Boogie
Jay McShann as “Woogie Jackson”
Down Beat Records 1948

He May Be Your Man
Helen Humes w/ Jay McShann & Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Let The Good Times Roll 1973

If I Can’t Sell It (I’ll Keep Sittin’ On It)
Ruth Brown
Blues On Broadway 1989

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005