Hope you enjoyed our late summer cruise down the rhythm & blues highway.
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Here’s your WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, September 15, 2019
Hosts: John & Frankie Lee
Birthday: Charles Brown was born Tony Russell Brown in Texas City, Texas on September 22, 1922
Song Artist Original Album or First U.S. Single & Date
Benny’s Bounce Benny & The Fly By Niters Jet Propelled Daddy 2002
The Honeydripper (Part 1) Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Black & White Records, August 1945
Ain’t Nobody’s Fool Piano Red w/ Berth Colbert Groove Records 1956
Jump, Jive, & Wail Jersey Swamp Cats Go Cat Go! 2019
5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days Louis Prima w/ Sam Butera & the Witnesses Capitol Records 1956
Burma-Shave Tom Waits Foreign Affairs 1977
Whiskey Women & Loaded Dice Stick McGhee King Records 1953
Misery Is A Thing Called Moe Etta Jones w/ Luther Henderson & His Orchestra Victor Records 1947
These Foolish Things Southside Johnny Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
Betty & Dupree Chuck Willis Atlantic Records 45-1168 1957
Things I Used To Do Ike & Tina Turner Her Man His Woman 1969
Pony Tail T-Bone Walker Imperial Recordis 1953
It Should’ve Been Me Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1954
I’ve Got a Feeling Bloodest Saxophone Feat. Diunna Greenleaf Texas Queens 5 2019
Dragnet Stomp Gordon Mercury Records 1954
Mr Zoot Suit Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos The Hotel Child 2001
8:00 a.m. Tribute to Charles Brown
The Jumping Jack Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown RCA Records 1950
Trouble Blues Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
Elevator Boogie Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown Exclusive Records 1948
Black Night Dr. John In A Sentimental Mood 1989
Driftin’ Blues Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland Touch Of The Blues 1968
Someone To Love Charles Brown w/ Bonnie Raitt Someone to Love 1992
Caravan Roomful Of Blues Hot Little Mama 1981
Rocks In My Bed Allen Toussaint w/ Rhiannon Giddens American Tunes 2016
Twisted Annie Ross Specialty Records 1952
Rockin’ & Rollin’ The Blues Babs Gonzales & Eddie Jefferson Bruce Records 1955
My Hat’s On The Side Of My Head Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band Brazilian Kicks 2010
Don’t Mess With My Man Miss Annie & the Midnight Shift Won’t Be Long 2018
Drifting heart Chuck Berry After School Session 1957
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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