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Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, August 30, 2020
Host
John
Birthdays
Charlie Parker
(b) Charles Christopher Parker Jr.
Kansas City, Missouri
August 29, 1920
Dinah Washington
(b) Ruth Lee Jones
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
August 29, 1924
Memphis Slim
(b) John Len Chatman
Memphis, Tennessee
September 3, 1915
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Barrelhouse Stomp
The Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Big Jay McNeely
Excelsior Records 1947
Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1945
Tutti Frutti Booty
Anthony Geraci & Dennis Brennan
Daydreams In Blues 2020
P.D.Q. Boogie
Porky Cohen With Roomful Of Blues
Rhythm & Bones 1996
Money Ain’t Everything
Sonny Parker w/ Gladys Hampton’s Blues Boys
Peacock Records 1952
Shake Baby Shake
Archibald
Imperial Records 1950
There Is Always One More Time
Diane Schuur
Running On Faith 2020
Going’ To Chicago Blues
Lou Rawls
Black & Blue 1963
A “Mini” Birthday Salute to Dinah Washington
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Dinah Washington
After Hours with Miss D 1954
Salty Papa Blues
Dinah Washington w/ Sextet (From Lionel Hampton’s Orchestra)
Keynote Recordings 1944
Dinah Washington Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com
A “Mini” Birthday Salute to Charlie Parker
Ornithology
Charlie Parker Septet
Dial Records 1946
Jumpin’ the Blues
Jay McShann w/ Charlie Parker
Decca Records 1942
Charlie Parker
Steve Allen & Jack Kerouac
Poetry For The Beat Generation 1958
Billie’s Bounce
Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers
Savoy Records 1945
Charlie Parker Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com
8:00 A.M. Tribute to Memphis Slim
Messin’ Around
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers
Miracle Records 1948
Help Me Some
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers
Miracle Records 1949
The Comeback
Count Basie Orchestra w/ Joe Williams
Count Basie At Newport 1957
I’m Lost Without You
Colin James
…And the Little Big Band III 1998
Every Day I Have The Blues
James Brown
Soul On Top 1968
Got Nobody To Love
Terry Timmons & Memphis Slim
RCA Victor 1951
Slim’s Thing
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim
Willie’s Blues 1961
Mother Earth
Holly Golightly
Slowly but Surely 2004
Angel Child
Walter Davis
Bluebird Records 1937
Call Before You Go Home
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers
United Records 1953
Memphis Slim Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com
Hurricane
Joe Houston
Imperial Records 1952
Stormy Monday
Johnny Rawls
Live in Europe 2020
Shake A Hand
Faye Adams & Joe Morris Orchestra
Herald Records 1953
Scratch Sheet
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Modern Records 1949
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
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