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Here’s your WRFG Route 66 Playlist for May 3, 2020
Host
John
Birthdays
Big Maybelle
Born: Mabel Louise Smith
Jackson, Tennessee
May 1, 1924
Mabel Scott
Born: Mabel Bernice Scott
Richmond, Virginia
April 30, 1915
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Right Now Right Now
Alan Freed & His Rock N Roll Orchestra
Alan Freed’s Rock’n’Roll Dance Party 1957
I Don’t Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You)
Candye Kane
Swango 1998
Mercenary Papa
Cootie Williams & His Orchestra
Mercury Records 1949
Blues Before Dawn
Pee Wee Crayton
Imperial Records (1954 or 1955) 1996
The House Of Blue Lights
Ella Mae Morse
Capital Record 1946
Son Of Mr. Big Horn
Doug James
Blow Mr. Low 2001
Green Dolphin Street
Dinah Washington
Dinah Discovered 1961
Going Back To New Orleans
Joe Liggins
Crawdad Records 1954
The Wild Stage Of Life
Lula Reed
King Records 1953
Workin’ Man
Louis Jordan
Tangerine Records 1963
Flip, Flop & Fly
Big Joe Turner
Atlantic Records 1955
Crescent Crawl
Bruce Katz
Solo Ride 2019
Twisted
Annie Ross
Specialty Records 1952
Smooth Tyrone
Terry Hanck
I Still Get Excited 2019
Reaching Into In
Ken Nordine
Word Jazz Vol. II 1960
Straighten Up & Fly Right
Eddie Tigner
Route 66 2001
Yes I Know
Annisteen Allen
King Records 1953
See See Rider
Jimmy Rushing
Listen To The Blues With Jimmy Rushing 1956
8:00 Birthday Tribute to the Two Mabels
Big Maybelle
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1955
Gabbin’ Blues
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 6931 1952
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
Stick McGhee & His Buddies
Atlantic Records 1950
Candy
Big Maybelle
Savoy Records 1956
That’s A Pretty Good Love
Roomful of Blues
Hook, Line & Sinker 2011
Mabel Scott
Just Give Me A Man
Mabel Scott
Hub Records 1946
Elevator Boogie
Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948
Don’t Cry Baby
Ray Charles
Sweet & Sour Tears 1964
Driftin’ Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945
Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train
Mabel Scott
Coral Records 1951
Jump For Jerry
Jimmy Thackery
Guitar 2003
Rocket 88
The James Cotton Band
Red Hot ‘n’ Blues 1982
No Teasin’ Around
Billy “The Kid” Emerson w/ Ike Turner’s Kings of Rhythm
Sun Records 1954
She Gotta Have It
The Jimmys
Gotta Have It 2019
My Baby
Chuck Willis
Atlantic Records 1959
W-O-M-A-N
Etta James
Modern Records 1955
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Roy Brown
Deluxe Records 1947
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Tag (Your It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
Big Maybelle Resources
Biography @ Wikipedia.Com
Biography & Discography @ AllMusic.Com
Discography @ Discogs.Com
Mabel Scott Resources
Biography @ Wikipedia.Com
Biography & Discography @ AllMusic.Com
Discography @ Discogs.Com
Extensive Biography @ Marv Goldberg’s R&B Notebooks
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