The air was so thick you could cut it with a butter knife as we turned over the ignition and started our cruise through the blues, jump, R&B, boogie, early rock’n’roll, and jukebox jazz.
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Here’s your WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, July 21, 2019
Hosts: John & Frankie Lee with Mark making a special guest appearance.
Birthday: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins was born Jalacy Hawkins in Celeveland, Ohio on July 18, 1929.
Song Artist Original Album or First Release & Date
Flying Home Lionel Hampton Decca Record 1942
He May Be Your Man Adrianna Marie & Her Groovecutters Double Crossing Blues 2013
Yes Indeed! Roomful Of Blues Dressed Up To Get Messed Up 1984
Hook, Line, & Sinker Big Joe & The Dynaflows Good Rockin’ Daddy 1989 3:27
Rockin’ with Red Piano Red RCA Victor 1950
Sunday Etta Jones feat. The Cedar Walton Trio A Soulful Sunday – Live at the Left Bank (1972) 2019
Black Night Dr. John In A Sentimental Mood 1989 4:03
Hideaway Albert White & The Rockers Albert White & The Rockers 2016
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon Etta James Modern Records 1957
Nobody Knows (The Trouble I’ve Seen) Snooks Eaglin Imperial Records 1960
You Got To Run Me Down Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz, Giles Robson Journeys To The Heart Of The Blues 2018
Dream Girl Blues T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947
Rock The Joint Jimmy Preston Gotham Records 1949
No Deposit – No Return Martha Davis Coral Records 1951
8:00 a.m. Birthday Tribute to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Frenzy Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Okeh Records 1957
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins & Johnny Otis live on KPFA radio Los Angeles 1980
Being Locking In A Coffin! Johnny Otis & Screamin’ Jay Hawkins KPFA radio Los Angeles 1980
I Put A Spell On You Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Okeh Records 1956
Whistling Past the Graveyard Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Portait Of A Man (Rarities) 1972
Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 2008
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
I’m Still in Love with You Jimmie Vaughan Baby, Please Come Home 2019
Seven Days Junior Parker Duke Records 335 1961
What’s The Matter With Me Albinia Jones & Don Byas Orchestra w/ Dizzy Gillespie Savoy Records 1945
Double – O Count Basie The Atomic Basie 1958
(That’s the Way) My Mind Is Working Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1953
Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Just For A Thrill Aretha Franklin The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin 1962
Georgia On My Mind Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne Inspired By The Blues 2018
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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