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 31, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Drivin’ & Jivin’ Tiny Grimes Quintet Gotham Records 1949
Let’s Have A Party Amos Milburn w/ Noble “Thin Man” Watts & Mickey Baker
Aladdin Records 1953
Party Party The William Clarke Band w/ Hollywood Fats
Tip of the Top 1987
Party At My House Sandra Hall One Drop Will Do You
They Don’t Want Me To Rock No More
Ella Johnson w/ Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra (unreleased)
No Money Rob Stone, Elena Kato, & Hiroshi Eguchi Trio In Tokyo 2021
In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
Gate Walks To Board Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 54 of 56
You Broke Your Promise Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
It wasn’t exactly a blockbuster hit, but “You Broke Your Promise” did make
the Billboard R&B Chart for two weeks, peaking at number three following
its release in April of 1949.
The song was written by Eddie Pola, Irving Taylor and George Wiles.
Wiles was a bandleader and songwriter sho is best remembered for composing
the theme song for Gilligan’s Island in the 1960s.
The Chill Is On Roomful Of Blues Let’s Have A Party 1979
Walkin’ Around Paul Williams & His Band featuring Wild Bill Moore
Savoy Records 1948
Fortune Tellin Man Dave Specter, Jesse Fortune
Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2021
My Heart’s Delight Dakota Staton w/Howard Biggs Orch. Capital Records 1954
Double – O Count Basie w/ Eddie Lockjaw Davis Atomic Basie 1958
Bean-A Re-Bop Coleman Hawkins All Stars Aladdin Records 1948
Be Baba Leba Helen Humes w/ Bill Doggett Octet Philo Records 1945
Boodie Green Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1950
IT’S HALLOWEEN
That Old Black Magic Louis Prima & Keely Smith Capitol Records 1958
I Put A Spell On You Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Okeh Records 1956
Walkin’, Talkin’ Haunted House Candye Kane Sister Vagabond 2011
Frenzy James Harman Band w/ Kid Ramos & Hollywood Fats
Thank You Baby 1983
Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard Tom Waits Blue Valentine 1978
She Made My Blood Run Cold Ike Turner Federal Records 1961
Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Castin My Spell On You The Johnny Otis Show w/ Marci Lee Capitol Records 1959
It’s Your Voodoo Working Bloodest Saxophone feat. Jai Malano
Texas Queens 5 2019
Temptation Southside Johnny and Labamba’s Big Band
Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits 2008
Must Have Been the Devil Bill Stuve w/ Junior Watson Big Noise 1990
Haunted Sax The Night Caps Chess Records 1958
Two Little Men In A Flying Saucer Ella Fitzgerald w/ Sly Oliver & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1951
The Ghost of Smokey Joe Cab Calloway Okeh Records 1939
Halloween Spooks Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
The Hottest New Group in Jazz 1960
Puttin on the Ritz Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle Young Frankenstein Soundtrack 1974
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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