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HERE’S THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Starvation
Jackie Brenston
Chess Records 1951
Oh Chuck It (In A Bucket)
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949
Juke Joint Cafe
Mike Goudreau & The Boppin’ Blues Band
Boppin’ 15 2007
Ain’t Gonna Do It
Duke Robillard & Friends
Blues Bash 2020
D’Natural Blues (The Hucklebuck)
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
RCA Victor 1949
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Miltone Records 1946
Sittin’ Here Drinking
Christine Kittrell
Tennessee Records 1952
Tiny’s Boogie Woogie
Tiny Grimes Sextette w/ John Hardee
Bad Man’s Blues 1946
FEATURE: LOUIS JORDAN, THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 11
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
“Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” was Jordan’s 21st entry on the Billboard R&B Charts and his first million seller. The song written by Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, and Milt Gabler was on the charts for 26 weeks and number one for 18 weeks. “The Honeydripper” was the only other song to be at number one that long in 1946.
The Honeydripper (Part 1)
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1945
My Idea About You
Pee Wee Crayton
Imperial Records 1955
The Jumpin’ Jive
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway 2009
Moanin’
Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Orchestra
Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
Strange Things Happen
Igor Prado Band w/ JJ Jackson
Upsidedown 2007
The Way That Young Lover’s
Do Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco
You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018
T-Bone Boogie
Adrianna Marie & her Roomful Of All-Stars
Kingdom Of Swing 2017
8:00 AM FEATURE: THE CASH BOX REGIONAL R&B CHARTS
LOS ANGELES NEW YEAR’S WEEKEND 1951
#10 The Sun Went Down
T-Bone Walker
Imperial Records 1950
#9 Rockin’ Blues
Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Mel Walker
Savoy Records 1950
#8 Back Breaking Blues
Big Joe Turner
Aladdin Records 1947
#7 Old Time Shuffle Blues
Lloyd Glenn w/ The Fulson Unit
Swing Time Records 1950
#6 Telephone Blues
Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore
Aladdin Records 1951
#5 Every Night About This Time
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1950
#4 Please Send Me Someone To Love
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1950
#3 Bad, Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1950
#2 Teardrops from My Eyes
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1950
#1 Once There Lived A Fool
Jimmy Grissom
Recorded in Hollywood Records
The Cash Box Regional Chart for Los Angeles listed the 10 most played songs on juke boxes in the nightclubs along Central Avenue, the birthplace of West Coast jazz, R&B,
and blues. This list is for the week ending January 6, 1951.
RESOURCES:
The Legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts
Cash Box Magazine Internet Archives
World Radio History: Cash Box Magazine
The Boys Are Back in Town
Laura Tate
Live from El Paso 2020
Rocket To The Moon
Colin James
Little Big Band II 1998
Why, Why, Why
Jimmie Vaughan
The Pleasure’s All Mine: The Complete Blues, Ballads and Favorites Sessions 2020
Yes! I Know (What You’re Putting Down)
Linda Hayes w/ The Ray Calendar Sextette
Hollywood Records 1953
I Want to Get Married
B.B. “Blues Boy” King & His Orchestra
RPM Records 1957
No Mail Blues
Memphis Slim & His Orchestra
Mercury Records 1951
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Tag (You’re It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
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