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HERE’S THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
She Walks Right In
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Peacock Records 1950
(You Got Me) Reelin’ & Rockin’
Haney’s Big House
Hiding To Nothing 2021
We’re Gonna Rock
Gunter Lee Carr (Cecil Gant)
Decca Records 1952
Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1956
Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1950
Wee Baby Blues
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962) 2020
Congo Mambo
Chris Corcoran Band
Blues Guitar Grooves 2017
The Jumping Jack
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Charles Brown
RCA 1950
FEATURE – LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 24
I’m Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
Louis Jordan & The Tympany
Decca Records 1942
This song was Louis Jordan’s first hit as a solo artist. It was originally an instrumental called “We Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town” written and recorded by Casey Bill in 1936. Jordan added the words and changed the name slightly… for his version for his Decca Records recording which was number three for three weeks in October of 1942 on Billboard Magazine’s new R&B chart “The Harlem Hit Parade.”
‘T-99’ Blues
Jimmy “T-99” Nelson & The Peter Rabbit Trio
RPM Records 1951
Rock Me Baby
The Wayne Riker Gathering feat. Deanna Haala, Christine Hewitt & Debora Galan
Blues Lightning (Live) 2020
Drank Up All The Wine Last Night
Sticks McGhee & His Spo-Dee-O-Dee Buddies
Atlantic Records 1949
Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinkin’ Wine
Lionel Hampton w/ Sonny Parker (vocals)
Decca Records 1949
You Got Me (Where You Want Me)
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Duke Records 1958
Let The Good Times Roll
B.B. King
Don’t Answer The Door (Live) 2013
Run Riot (Rog’s Romp)
Al Copley & The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Good Understanding 1993
8:00 AM – A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY
Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagen in Philadelphia, PA on April 7, 1015
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me
Esquire’s Contest Band with Billie Holiday
Metropolitan Opera House January 18, 1944
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Billie Holiday
Decca Records 1945
I Thought About You
Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
Written by Johnny Mercer, Holiday recorded “I Thought About You” in 1954.
Crazy He Calls Me
Aretha Franklin
Soul ’69 1969
One of Holiday’s signature songs. Her version of the then-new Carl Sigman and Bob Russell tune was released on Decca Records in 1949.
Easy Living
Roland Kirk
Triple Threat 1956
Written by Ralph Rainger & Leo Robbins, Holiday first recorded “Easy Living” while she was with the Teddy Wilson Orchestra in 1937. The recording featured Lester Young on tenor.
God Bless The Child
Lou Rawls & Les McCann Ltd
Stormy Monday 1962
Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr. wrote “God Bless The Child” in 1939.
Them There Eyes & Lover Man
Billie Holiday & Count Basie
At Carnegie Hall 1954
BILLIE HOLIDAY RESOURCES
biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
overview @ allmusic.com
Annie Laurie
Tiny Grimes Quintet
Atlantic Records 1948
Midnight Cannonball
Duke Robillard w/ Sax Gordon
Duke’s Blues 1996
Deacon’s Hop
Big Jay McNeely
Surfin’ (French EP) 1963
The Lonesome Road
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Sims-Wheeler Vintage Jazz Band
Live Recording 1960
You Ain’t Unlucky
Veronica Lewis
You Ain’t Unlucky 2021
It Should’ve Been Me
Ray Charles
Atlantic Records 1954
The Things That I Used to Do
Guitar Slim w/ Ray Charles (piano)
Specialty Records 1954
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Tag (You’re It)
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
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