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Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, March 22, 2020
Host: John
Birthdays:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was born Rosetta Nubin
in Cotton Plant, Arkansas on March 20, 1915.
Jimmie Vaughan was born Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan
in Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas on March 20, 1951 (age 69)
Song Title Artist 1st Album or Single & Date
Thunderbird Maxwell Davis & His Rock’n’Roll Orchestra
RPM Records 1955
Ain’t Car Crazy Marie Adams
Peacock Records 1952
Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton
Modern Records 1948
I’m Still in Love with You Jimmie Vaughan
Baby, Please Come Home 2019
A Short Birthday Salute to Jimmie Vaughan
Baby What You Want Me To Do?/Bright Lights Big City
Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmie Vaughan
On The Jimmy Reed Highway 2007
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1952
Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1948
Mr Zoot Suit Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos
The Hotel Child 2001
Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes Chuck Willis
Atlantic Records 1958
Feel So Bad Terry Hanck
I Still Get Excited 2019
Back In The U.S.A. Chuck Berry
Chess Records 1959
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton
Decca Records 1945
5-10-15 Hours Blue Harlem w/ Imelda May
Talk to Me 2005
She’s Too Much Roomful Of Blues
In A Roomful Of Blues 2020
Evenin’ Count Basie Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing
Okeh Records 1939
8:00 a.m. Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Louis Jordan
V-Disc 1943
Rock Me Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1938
My Journey To The Sky Maria Muldaur & Bonnie Raitt
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2010
I Want A Tall Skinny Poppa Adrianna Marie & Her Groovecutters
Double Crossing Blues 2013
Strange Things Happening Etta James
Modern Records 1956
Didn’t It Rain Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight with Sam Price
Decca Records 1948
Who Rolled The Stone Away Marie Knight & The Sam Price Trio
Brunswick Records 1955
Precious Memories Sweet Honey in the Rock
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2010
99 & Half Won’t Do Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gospel Train 1956
Don’t Take Everybody To Be Your Friend Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Record 1947
Civil Defense Spot: Excellent Chances Groucho Marx
Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From The Golden Age Of Homeland Security Single Warhead Edition With Bonus Tracks 1953
Atomic Cocktail Slim Gaillard Quartette
Atomic Records 1946
Every Day I Have The Blues James Brown
Soul On Top 1968
I’m Beginning To See The Light Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
Ella & Basie! 1963
Blues Waltz Ray Charles
At Newport 1958
In My Solitude Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
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