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Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, July 12, 2020
Host
John
Theme
“Let’s Go Crate Diving”
If you’re a record collector, I bet you’ve gone crate diving. If you haven’t, crate divers dig through the dusty bins at record stores and flea markets in search of hidden treasure. Because of the pandemic, I’m at home more than usual and I’m using some of the time to build up the Route 66 music library. All the songs today are new to the show. Most are from the Cash Box and Billboard R&B Charts, the rest are gems I unearthed while digging through the digital crates. Enjoy!
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Jackson’s Blues
Don Johnson & His Band featuring Earl Jackson on sax
Specialty Records 1949
A Bird In The Hand
Tomcat Blake w/ Dave Cotton on alto sax
I’ve Been Wondering 1996
Person To Person
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
King Records 1953
Mona (I Need You Baby)
Bo Diddley
Checker 1957
Take Me Back
Linda Hayes w/ the Monroe Tucker Band
Hollywood Records 1953
Story From My Heart & Soul
B.B. King
RPM Records 1952
Good Rockin’ Man
Roy Brown
De Luxe Records 1951
Candy Store Blues
Toni Harper
Columbia Records 1950
Lady Be Good
Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie
Dee Gee Records 1951
Don’t Put Me Down
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1949
Deceiving Blues
Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950
Driftin’ Blues
Chuck Berry
Rockin’ at the Hops 1960
Friendless Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948
Back Breaking Blues
Big Joe Turner
Aladdin Records 1947
Forty Cups Of Coffee
Danny Overbea
Checker Records 1953
Trying
Todd Rhodes Orchestra w/ LaVern Baker
King Records 1952
Slippin’ & Slidin’ (Peepin’ & Hidin’)
Little Richard w/ Lee Allen on tenor sax
Specialty Records 1956
Hoppin’ With Hunter
Big Jay McNeely
Exclusive Records 1949
Midnight At The Barrel House
Johnny Otis Orchestra featuring Peter “Guitar” Lewis
Excelsior Records 1947
I Don’t Want Your Money Honey
“Frantic” Fay Thomas
Exclusive Records 1949
Hoppin’
The Griffin Brothers
Dot Records 1951
Open The Door, Richard
Count Basie & His Orchestra with vocals by Harry “Sweets” Edison,
Bill Johnson, & the band
RCA Victor 1947
Mordido
Jazz At The Philharmonic
Jazz At The Philharmonic Number 9 1949
The Huckle-Buck
Roy Milton
Specialty Records 1949
He Knows How to Hucklebuck
Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers w/ Joan Shaw on vocals
Savoy Records 1948
It Must Be You
Annie Laurie
Deluxe Records 1957
Meet Me at No Special Place (And I’ll Be There at No Particular Time)
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1947
Buddy’s Boogie
Buddy Johnson
Mercury Records 1957
Black Night
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Duke Records 1965
My Playful Baby’s Gone
Wynonie Harris w/ The Todd Rhodes Orchestra
King Records 1952
Chains of Love
Pinetop Perkins w/ Ruth Brown
Ladies Man 2004
(sign off music)
Tag (You’re It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
Crate Diving Resources
Cash Box Regional R&B Charts
Cash Box magazine Online Archive
Book: Joel Whitburn Presents Top R&B Singles 1942 – 1999 from Billboard magazine
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