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THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Honkin’ The Jimmy Jackson All Stars R.P.M. Records 1952
The Chill Is On Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1951
Jim Dog Porky Cohen With Roomful Of Blues Rhythm & Bones 1996
Mystery Train Little Junior’s Blue Flames Sun Records 1953
Blues Down Home Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1957
Cookin’ In Style Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
Resolution Blues Chris Corcoran Band Coolerator 2020
Lonesome & Blue Annie Laurie & The Howard Biggs’ Orchestra
Okeh Records 1952
LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 36
Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy)
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950
While never a national hit, “Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy)”
certainly got a lot of play on juke boxes in Harlem. It made the Cash Box
regional R&B Chart for New York for four weeks in March and April of 1950,
peaking at number two. It also made it to number nine in Los Angeles
for one week, and spent two weeks in 10th place in Chicago.
The tune was written by Jordan, Caribbean musician Joe Willoughby,
and Dr. Walter Merrick. In addition to being a composer and pianist,
Merrick was head of Physical Medicine Department at Harlem Hospital.
Something’s Got A Hold On Me (Live At Casino Montreux, 12th July 1989)
Etta James The Montreux Years (Live) 2021
Gin House Blues (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
Nina Simone The Montreux Years (Live) 2021
No Kinda Good No How Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1953
Low Down Dog Rod Piazza & The Midnight Flyers California Blues 2000
Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Wynonie Harris Decca Records 1945
HOT IN HARLEM – JUNE 24, 1946
This week marks the 75th anniversary of Cash Box Magazine’s
first “Hot In Harlem” chart listing the 10 most popular jump blues, R&B,
and jazz records played on juke boxes in New York’s Harlem neighborhood.
10 – Stardust Howard McGhee & His Band Philo Records 1945
9 – Beware Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
8 – That’s The Groovy Thing Earl Bostic & His Orchestra Gotham Records 1946
7 – Driftin’ Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers Philo Records 1945
6 – Prisoner of Love Billy Eckstine & Orchestra National Records 1945
5 – Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
4 – The Gypsy The Ink Spots Decca Records 1946
3 – What Is This Thing Called Love? Billie Holiday Decca Records 1945
2 – On The Sunny Side Of The Street Eddie Heywood & Orchestra
Decca Records 1944
1 – Stone Cold Dead In The Market Place (He Had It Coming)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
Billboard Magazine published a national R&B Chart, which at the time
bore the unfortunate title of “Most-Played Juke Box Race Records.”
The chart for this week in 1946 included several tunes that just
weren’t that hot in Harlem.
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1945
I Know Who Threw The Whiskey (In The Well)
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats Queen Records 1946
R.M. Blues Roy Milton Juke Box Records 1946
Four More Gems From 1946
The Honeydripper Cab Calloway Columbia Records 1946
I’ve Got A Right To Cry Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
C Jam Blues Tiny Grimes Swingtet Blue Note Records 1946
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
CASH BOX & BILLBOARD RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine – June 24, 1946 (PDF)
Cash Box Archives – R&B Singles 1946
Billboard Magazine – June 22, 1946 (PDF)
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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