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 MARCH 6, 2022
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
The Hucklebuck Paul Williams & The Hucklebucks Savoy Records 1949
In The Wee Wee Hours The Duke Robillard Band They Called It Rhythm & Blues 2022
Good Rockin’ Man Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies Of Birdland 1945
I Don’t Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) Buddy & Ella Johnson
Mercury Records 1956
Guitar Cha Cha Memphis Slim & His House Rockers Vee Jay Records 1958
Rock and Rolling This House Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Blues From Chicago To Paris 2022
Strollin’ With Bones Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Grandma Plays the Numbers Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Smack Dab In The Middle The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991
After You’ve Gone LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Ain’t That Just Like A Woman B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999
I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949
The Chicken & The Hawk Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1956
Time Is Fading Fast The Love Light Orchestra Leave The Light On 2022
Good Cookin’ Woman Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners Coming Home 1976
BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO NAT KING COLE
Born Nathaniel Adams Cole in Montgomery Alabama on March 17, 1919
Considered one of the greatest pop singers of the mid-20th century, Nat King Cole had more than 100 songs reach the pop charts. His King Cole Trio was the template for jazz and blues trios for year to come. Cole was a master jazz pianist who recorded with many of the jazz greats of the 1940s including Lester Young and performed frequently with Norman Grant’s Jazz At The Philharmonic.
The Frim Fram Sauce King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1945
Indiana Lester Young, Nat King Cole, & Red Calender Philo Records 1945
Errand Girl for Rhythm Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Destination Moon Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1951
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1944
Blues In B Flat Oscar Moore The Oscar Moore Quartet 1986
My Mother Told Me Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 2008
Nature Boy Marvin Gaye
A Tribute To The Great Nat King Cole 1965
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
NAT KING COLE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Spider Web Eddie Chamblee Recorded ??? Previously unreleased
Milton’s Boogie Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Juke Box Records 1946
Blues Before Sunrise The Maxim Trio Swing Records 194
Cole Slaw (Sorgum Switch) Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Salty Papa Blues Dinah Washington Keynote Recordings 1943
Smile Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1954
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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