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 on how those styles
have evolved over the years.
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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Okie Dokie Stomp Roomful Of Blues Let’s Have A Party 1979
Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
Rain Down Rain Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Night Crawlin’ Big John Greer Groove Records 1955
Around About Midnight The Robins Score Records 1949
Early In The Morning Roy Milton & His Orchestra Specialty Records 1953
I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue)
Tom Waits Small Change 1976
Let’s Have A Natural Ball B.B. & The Blues Shacks Breaking Point 2021
Sittin’ Here Drinking Christine Kittrell Tennessee Records 1952
LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y Week 54 of 56
What’s The Use Of Getting Sober Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1942
Written by Busby Meyers, “What’s The Use Of Getting Sober” was
Jordan’s second entry on the Billboard R&B Chart and his first number
one hit. The song was on the chart for a total of 14 weeks during
the latter half of 1942.
Blue Ross
The Three Tenor Saxes (Jimmy Cavallo, Pat Carey, Johnny Pennino)
Steppin’ Out Of Blue Monday 2006
Ain’t Nobody’s Business Jewel Brown featuring Bloodest Saxophone
Roller Coaster Boogie 2015
She Likes To Boogie Real Low Jimmy Sutton & The Four Charms
Triskaidekaphobia 2005
Good Rockin’ Tonight Little Willie Littlefield w/ The Big Town Playboys
Good Rockin’ Blues & Boogie: Live W/ The Big Town Playboys 1986 & 1989 (2021)
Love Don’t Love Nobody Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1950
What’s Your Name Chuck Willis Okah Records 1953
Boogie Woogie Country Girl Jimmy ‘T99’ Nelson Rockin’ & Shoutin’ The Blues 1999
A 72nd BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO JUNIOR WATSON
Born Michael Watson in Tulare, California on October 15, 1949, “Junior” Watson
was a founding member of the Mighty Flyers and spent 10 years as a member of
the reconstituted Canned Heat. With hundreds of studio sessions to his credit,
Watson has played with an amazing number of blues greats including
Lynwood Slim, Big Mama Thornton, Charlie Musselwhite, James Harmon,
Kid Ramos, Kim Wilson, Hollywood Fats, and Candye Kane.
Boppish Junior Watson Jumpin’ Wit Junior 2012
My Country Man Candye Kane w/ Junior Watson Guitar’d & Feathered 2007
The Hucklebuck Canned Heat w/ Junior Watson Reheated 1989
Whoopin’ and Hollerin’ Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson Back to Back 2010
Party Girl The James Harman Band w/Junior Watson Extra Napkins 1985
Just Got Lucky Bill Stuve w/ Junior Watson Big Noise 1990
The Bounce The Mighty Flyers w/ Rod Piazza & Junior Watson
Radioactive Material 1981
JUNIOR WATSON RESOURCES
profile @ southcoasttoday.com
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
official website
Blue Devil Jump Jay McShann The Last Of The Blue Devils 1977
You Ain’t Goin’ To Heaven No How Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946
That’s All Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Sims-Wheeler Vintage Jazz Band
The Sensational Sister Rosetta Tharpe from Carnegie Hall to Antibes 1960
I’ve Got a Woman Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1954
Georgia on My Mind Steve Tyrell Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles 2021
Black And Blue Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller 1957
Church Street Boogie Kirk Fletcher I’m Here & I’m Gone 2005
W-O-M-A-N Etta James Modern Records 1955
Blue Monday Fats Domino Imperial Records 1956
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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