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HERE’S THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Sam’s Clan
Sam Butera
Groove Records 1954
Cadillac Boogie
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1948
Nitwit
L. C. McKinley
Bea & Baby Records 1959
Smack Dab In The Middle
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991
You Did A Number On Me
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Go, Just Do It! 2020
Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
King Records 1949
Jelly, Jelly
Anthony Geraci & Dennis Brennan
Daydreams In Blues 2020
Party Girl
James Harman
Extra Napkins 1985
FEATURE – LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 20
Heed My Warning
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five
Decca Records 1949
“Heed My Warning” never made it to the Billboard R&B Chart, but it was the
tenth most popular song on the Cash Box Regional R&B Chart for New Orleans
for two weeks in April of 1950.
Is You Is My Baby (Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby)
Veronica Lewis
You Ain’t Unlucky 2021
Give It Everything You’ve Got
Patrick Vining w/ Kirk Fletcher
Ready Right Now 1999
Adam Bit The Apple
Joe Turner
Aladdin Records 1950
TV Is The Thing This Year
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1953
Shake A Hand
Little Richard
The Fabulous Little Richard 1959
Bags Groove
Milt Jackson
Wizard of the Vibes 1952
Diamonds On My Windshield
Tom Waits
The Heart of Saturday Night 1974
FEATURE – ALADDIN RECORDS SURVEY 1946 & 1947
Here’s a quick survey of the early years of Aladdin Records, a small independent west coast label that turned out some of the biggest jump blues and R&B hits of the late 1940s and early 50s. Aladdin Records was the brainchild of two brother Eddie and Leo Mesner, who owned the Philharmonic Music Shop in Los Angeles. When they started their company in 1945, they originally called in Philo Records after their shop, but had to change the name for legal reasons in early 1946.
It seems the Mesner brothers could do no wrong that first year, hitting it out of the park with release after release, but their batting average really went down in 1946 and 1947, partly because they lost, Helen Humes, Johnny Moore and Charles Brown.
New Lester Leaps In
Lester Young & His Band
Aladdin Records 1946
Disgusted
Jo-Jo Adams
Aladdin Records 1946
Down The Road Apiece
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1946
Katie May Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins
Aladdin Records 1946
Jivin’ With Jack The Bellboy
Illinois Jacquet
Aladdin Records 1947
How Could You
Lonnie Johnson
Aladdin Records 1947
Gatemouth Boogie
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Aladdin Records 1947
Hard Ridin’ Mama
Wynonie Harris
Aladdin Records 1947
ALADDIN RECORDS RESOURCES
history @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Spontaneous Lunacy – Aladdin Records
Aladdin Records Story – Both Sides Now
Still Got the Blues
Laura Tate
Live from El Paso 2020
When My Heart Beats Like a Hammer
B.B. King
RPM Records 1955
Honey Chile
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1951
Honey Rock
Barney Kessel
Tease! The Beat of Burlesque 1956
The Honey Dripper
Charles Brown
Honey Dripper 1996
Ridin’ The Riff
Big Bob Dougherty
Brunswick Records 1953
I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song)
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949
Hadacol Bounce
Ben Levin
Carryout Or Delivery 2020
In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
Ray Charles
Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul 1963
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
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