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HERE’S THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Wynonie’s Blues
Wynonie “Blues” Harris w/ Illinois Jacquet & His All-Stars
Apollo Records 1945
Shake It Up & Go
B.B. King
R.P.M. Records 1952
Adam’s Rib
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums
Some Like It Hot! 1998
Hushpuppy
The Hollywood Blue Flames
Deep In America 2010
Rock-A-Bye Baby
Big Mama Thornton
Peacock Records 1952
Hold Me Baby
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1949
Someday Sweetheart
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946
Hard To Say I Love You
Anthony Geraci & Dennis Brennan
Daydreams In Blues 2020
FEATURE – LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 17
Jordan’s 47th solo entry on the Billboard R&B Chart. Written by Jordan and songwriter William Tennyson, the song was the “B” side of “Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch). While Cole Slaw was one of the most played R&B jukebox songs for 48 weeks, “Every Man” was only on the charts for two weeks, peaking at number 10 in June of 1949.
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Lamont Cranston Band
The Lamont Cranston Band 1976
He May Be Your Man
Helen Humes & The Bill Doggett Octet
Philo Records 1945
Lady Be Good
Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie
Dee Gee Records 1951
Shake A Hand
Faye Adams & Joe Morris Orchestra
Herald Records 1953
Long Skirt Baby Blues
T-Bone Walker
Black & White Records 1948
Bobby Sox Baby
Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers
DOWNBEAT RECORDS PRESENTS… Plays T-Bone Walker 2020
Boppish
Junior Watson w/ Sax Gordon
Jumpin’ Wit Junior 2012
That Old Black Magic
Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Capitol Records 1958
8:00 AM FEATURE: A FEW SWEET SONGS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY
Them There Eyes
Varetta Dillard
Savoy Records 1952
Body And Soul
Nat King Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Les Paul, J.J. Johnson
Jazz At The Philharmonic – The First Concert 1944
Sweet Lorraine
Marvin Gaye
A Tribute To The Great Nat King Cole 1965
All of Me
Count Basie w/ Billie Holiday
At Carnegie Hall 1954
It Had To Be You
Ray Charles
The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959
Ain’t That Lovin’ You
Frank Bey w/ The Anthony Paule Band
You Don’t Know Nothing 2012
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF VALENTINE’S DAY
Poor Boy Blues
King Curtis with Jack Dupree
Blues At Montreux 1971
I Want To Go To Heaven & Rest
Sister Wynona Carr
Specialty Records 1949
Walkin’ Around
Paul Williams & His Band featuring Wild Bill Moore (sax)
Savoy Records 1948
Jump Or Stay
Paolo Mizzau and the Doctor Love Band
Jump Or Stay 2006
I Can’t Wait
Roomful Of Blues
In A Roomful Of Blues 2020
I’m Ready
Zoe Schwarz
Blue Commotion 2012
Little Red Rooster
Margie Day w/ The Griffin Brothers Orchestra
Dot Records 1951
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Tag (You’re It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
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