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Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for November 8, 2020
Host
John
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Night Crawlin’
Big John Greer
Groove Records 1955
Don’t Save It Too Long (The Money Song)
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1950
Ain’t That Good News
Duces of Rhythm & Tempo Toppers, lead Little Richard
Peacock Records 1953
Come Love
John Hammond
Ready For Love 2003
Atomic Energy
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1950
Rock Awhile
Goree Carter & His Hepcats
Freedom Records 1949
Rock with It, Baby
Jimmy Preston & Burnetta Evans
Derby Records 1950
Everybody Looks Good at the Starting Line
Diane Schuur
Running On Faith 2020
LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y
Barnyard Boogie
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948
Cash Box Magazine Regional R&B Hit
in NYC, Chicago & Los Angeles
for five weeks in February & March of 1948
I Don´t Hurt Anymore
Fontella Bass With Oliver Sain Orchestra
Bobbin Records 1962
My Money’s Green
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Disturbing The Peace 1988
Get a Real Job
Mike Goudreau & the Boppin Blues Band
Sweet Blues 2016
Airplane Blues
Helen Humes w/ Dexter Gordon
Savoy Records 1950
Reelin’ & Rockin’
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1952
Calling All Fools
Frank Bey
All My Dues Are Paid 2020
Roy Brown’s Boogie
Roy Brown
Deluxe Records 1947
8AM Feature: A Salute to LaVern Baker
Born Doris LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois on November 11, 1929
Tweedle Dee
LaVern Baker
Live In Hollywood 1991
“Tweedle Dee” was Baker’s first major hit, reaching number four on the
Billboard R&B Chart and 14 on the Pop Chart in 1955
Easy Baby
Eddie ‘Sugarman’ Penigar Orchestra w/Lavern Baker
RCA Victor 1949
Baker’s first recording session
Lost Child
Todd Rhodes Orchestra w/ Lavern Baker
King Records 1953
He Roars Like A Lion
Merline Johnson
Bluebird Records 1937
Johnson was Baker’s aunt and the inspiration for her to become a singer
Gimme a Pigfoot
Bessie Smith
Okah Records 1934
Empty Bed Blues
LaVern Baker
Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Soul On Fire
LaVern Baker
Atlantic Records 1953
Baker’s first solo entry onto the Billboard R&B Chart
LaVern Baker Resources
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ disscogs.com
overview @ allmusic.com
How Deep Is The Well
Percy Mayfield & His Orchestra
Specialty Records 1953
Basie Goes Wess
Count Basie
Dance Session 1953
R.M. Blues
Roy Milton
Juke Box Records 1945
Walkin’ With Sid
Arnett Cobb
Apollo Records 1947
You Ain’t Goin’ To Heaven No How
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946
Three For The Festival
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
We Free Kings 1961
Baby Don’t You Cry
Ray Charles
Sweet & Sour Tears 1964
What Can I Do
Duke Robillard & Friends w/ Chris Cote
Blues Bash 2020
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
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