WRFG Route 66 celebrates a bygone time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the music of the Jump Blues
and Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and how those styles
have evolved over the years.
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THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
The Barn Burner Junior Watson w/ Sax Gordon Jumpin’ Wit Junior 2012
Fruit Boots Red Prysock Wing Records 1956
Jumpin’ the Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 1992
Description Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1949
Turn The Lamps Down Low Little Esther Phillips with Little Willie Littlefield
Federal Records 1953
Come Back Baby Rob Stone Trio In Tokyo 2021
Find A Job Chubby “Hip Shakin’ ” Newsome Regal Records 1950
LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 44
Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Jordan’s 50th entry onto the Billboard R&B Chart, “Saturday Night Fish Fry” was
in the R&B Top 10 for 23 nonconsecutive weeks, and number one for 12 weeks.
It also reached 21 on the Billboard Pop Chart. The song, written by Jordan and
Ellis Lawrence Walsh, is considered a major precursor to rock and roll
and one of the roots of rap.
Palm Springs Jump
Slim Gaillard And His Flat-Foot-Floogee-Boys w/ Ben Webster
Columbia Records 1942
Trouble in Mind Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1952
Deadly Nightcall Royal Crown Revue The Contender 1993
You Ain’t Got It No More Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1949
Believe Me Baby Roy Milton & his Solid Senders Specialty Records 1953
Information Blues Duke Robillard Duke’s Blues 1996
Love Roller Coaster Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1956
TRIBUTE TO WYNONIE “MR. BLUES” HARRIS
Born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 24, 1915
Oh Babe! Wynonie Harris w/ Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra King Records 1950
Around The Clock Parts 1 & 2 Wynonie Harris w/ Johnny Otis’ All Stars
Philo Records 1945
Sittin’ On It Lamont Cranston Band Tiger In Your Tank 1988
Quiet Whiskey Jimmy Sutton & The Four Charms Triskaidekaphobia 2005
Wynonie’s Blues Wynonie “Blues” Harris w/ Illinois Jacquet & His All-Stars
Apollo Records 1945
Lovin’ Machine Dana Gillespie Jump, Jive & Swing 1999
Whiskey & Jelly Roll Blues Wynonie “Mr. Blues” Harris & His All Stars
Aladdin Records 1946
WYNONIE HARRIS RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Wynonie Harris @ Spontaneous Lunacy
NOLA Night Ben Levin Carryout Or Delivery 2020
New Orleans Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1947
I Left A Good Deal In Mobile Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers w/ Herb Jeffries Exclusive Records 1945
Blow Top Blues Sandra Hall One Drop Will Do You 1997
Why I Sing The Blues B.B. King Orchestra Live At Midem 1983 (2020)
Jump, Jive, An’ Wail Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
(sign off)
Crazy About My Baby Skyler Saufley & The 99th Degree
Live At Blind Willie’s Blues Club (unreleased recording)
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