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, NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Bullfrog Hop Big Bob Kornegay Dot Records 1956
That’s The Stuff You Gotta Watch Buddy & Ella Johnson Decca Records 1944
Smack Dab In The Middle Charles Calhoun MGM Records 1955
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
South Shore Drive Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams Vee-Jay Records 1956
Hey Shakalo Chickenbone Slim Serve It To Me Hot 2021
I Wanna Hug Ya, Kiss Ya, Squeeze Ya Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1955
A BRIEF BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO ETTA JONES
Etta Jones, American jazz singer, born in Aiken, South Carolina
on November 25, 1928
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman Etta Jones RCA 1947
Fine and Mellow Etta Jones Sings Lady Day 2001
ETTA JONES RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Your Essential Worker Ben Levin Still Here 2021
Dragnet Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Frank Ervin (Vocal & Piano)
Modern Records 1953
The Big Break Little Charlie & The Nightcats The Big Break! 1989
Rock The Boogie Woogie Champion Jack Dupree & The Big Town Playboys
Good Rockin’ Blues & Boogie: Live… 1986 & 1989 (2021)
What’s The Matter With Me
Albennie Jones & Don Byas Orchestra w/ Dizzy Gillespie
Savoy Records 1945
Who Said Shorty Wasn t Coming Back Lucky Millinder Top Cat Records 1955
DOWN BEAT / SWING TIME RECORDS – PART 1 OF 2
Founded by Jack Lauderdale in 1947, this Los Angeles-based independent
label was the early home for many jazz, R&B, and blues great. In 1949, Lawrence changed the name of the label to Swing Beat and then to Swing Time in March of 1950. The label went bankrupt in late 1953, but continued to release singles until February of 1954.
Dodo’s Bounce Lucky Thompson’s Quartet Down Beat Records 1947
Down Beat’s first release
Gospel Train Mary Knight Down Beat Records 1947
Down Beat’s second release
Don’t Make Me Late Felix Gross & His Sextet Down Beat Records 1948
Trouble Blues Lowell Fulson & His Trio Down Beat Records 1948
Fulson’s first release on Down Beat
You Turned Your Back on Me Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Down Beat Records 1948
Baby, Won’t You Marry Me Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson
Down Beat Records 1948
Skid Row Boogie Pete Johnson Down Beat Records 1948
I Love You, I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go) The Maxim Trio
Down Beat Records 1949
Confession Blues The Maxin Trio Down Beat Records 1949
Both sides of Ray Charles’s first record. “Confession Blues” spent 11 weeks
on the Billboard R&B Chart, peaking at number two.
DOWN BEAT RECORDS RESOURCES
overview @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Down Beat Records @ spontaneouslunacy.net
I’ve Got A Woman (Live in Stockholm – 1972) Ray Charles True Genius 2021
Church Street Boogie Kirk Fletcher I’m Here & I’m Gone 2005
The Way That Young Lover’s Do Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco
You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018
I’m An Errand Boy For Rhythm King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1945
A BRIEF BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO DIANA KRALL
Born Diana Jean Krall in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
on November 15, 1964
Frim Fram Sauce Diana Krall Steppin Out 1993
DIANA KRALL RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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