WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.
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WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, February 5, 2023
Song
Artist
First Album or Single & Date
Hot In Harlem Tiny Grimes Quartet w/ Red Prysock Atlantic Records 1949
The Fat Man Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Double Crossing Blues
The Johnny Otis Quintette w/ The Robins & Little Esther
Savoy Records 1950
What’s The Use Roy Milton Speciality Records 1948
Frisco Bay Memphis Slim & The House Rockers Miracle Records 1949
Them That’s Got
WDR Big Band feat. Maceo Parker
A Tribute To Ray Charles (DVD) 2008
In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
Ray Charles
Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul 1963
Telephone Blues
Eddie Gorman & His Group
De Luxe Records 1949
Million Dollar Smile Catherine Russell Send For Me 2022
Flying Home Pt’s 1 & 2 Illinois Jacquet Philo Records 1945
Rocking At the Philarmonic
Ari Borger & Igor Prado
Lowdown Boogie 2013
Chicken Shack Boogie
Canned Heat w/ Hollywood Fats
In Concert – King Biscuit Flower Hour 1979
Bad, Bad Whiskey Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
I Can’t See For Lookin’ King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1944
8:00 AM: Red Prysock
Wilburt “Red” Prysock was an American R&B tenor saxophonist, one of the
early Coleman Hawkins-influenced saxophonists to move in the direction of R&B,
rather than bebop. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on February 2, 1926
and died in Chicago in 1993.
Battle of the Mass
Tiny Grimes & His Rocking Highlanders w/ Red Prysock & Benny Golson
Gotham Records 1949
With Tiny Grimes and his Rocking Highlanders, Prysock staged
a saxophone battle with Benny Golson on “Battle of the Mass”.
Soft Tiny Bradshaw w/ Red Prysock King Records 1952
The Blues Came Pouring Down
Tiny Bradshaw w/Red Prysock
King Records 1953
Prysock first gained attention as a member of Tiny Bradshaw’s band,
playing the lead saxophone solo on his own “Soft”, which was a hit
for the Bradshaw band in 1952.
Hand Clappin’ Red Prysock Mercury Records 1955
In 1954, he signed with Mercury Records as a bandleader and had
his biggest hit, the instrumental “Hand Clappin'” in 1955. During the
same year, he joined the band that played at Alan Freed’s stage shows.
He also played on several hit records by his brother,
singer Arthur Prysock, in the 1960s.
Kenny’s Blues Sil Austin & Red Prysock Battle Royal 1958
RED PRYSOCK RESOUCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Night Time Is the Right Time Aretha Franklin Aretha Now 1968
Money’s Gettin’ Cheaper
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ T-Bone Walker & Clifford Scott Evenin’ Blues 1964
Little Red Rooster Margie Day Dot Records 1951
Please Love Me B.B. King RPM Records 1953
Cryin’ Won’t Help You Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
Mop-Mop Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
Rag Mop Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Elevator Boogie Mabel Scott Exclusive Records 1948
Rockin’ Boogie Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats Specialty Records 1947
We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll Wild Bill Moore Savoy Records 1947
Rock & Roll Blues Erline “Rock & Roll” Harris DeLuxe Records 1949
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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