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 19, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Record Label & Date
Apollo Jump
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Bill Doggett
Decca Records 1943
Please Hurry Home B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
Ain’t It A Crime Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1950
Love Don’t Love Nobody Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1950
35-30 (Thirty-Five Thirty) Paul Williams Sextette Savoy Records 1947
Long John Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Inflation Blues Roy Gaines & His Orchestra Tuxedo Blues 2009
Somebody’s Got To Go
Cottie Williams & His Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1945
3×7=21 Jules King Imperial Records 1950
T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947
Straighten Up and Fly Right Lyle Lovett 12 of June 2022
Rocky Mountain Blues
Billie Holiday w/ the Tiny Grimes Sextet
Aladdin Records 1951
Tanya Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa
Marcia Ball
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2013
Back Breaking Blues Big Joe Turner Aladdin Records 1950
Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphys Ovaltine
Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Boogie Woogie In Blue 1944
8:00 A.M.: BILL “MR. HONKY TONK” DOGGETT
William Ballard Doggett was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on
February 16, 1916. Doggett began his career playing swing music before
transitioning into rhythm and blues. – wikipedia
Honky Tonk Part 1 Bill Doggett King Records 1956
Best known for his instrumental compositions “Honky Tonk”
and “Hippy Dippy”, Doggett was a pioneer of rock and roll.
Rock Daniel
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1941
In the 1930s, Doggett was the leader of a successful big band. He sold his
orchestra to Lucky Millander in the late 1930s and stayed on as piano player
until he became the Ink Spots’ pianist and arranger in 1942.
He May Be Your Man Helen Humes & The Bill Doggett Octet Philo Records 1945
Doggett first found solo success as the leader of an octet that
backed Helen Humes on several of her post-World War II hits.
Onion Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1949
Blue Light Boogie (Parts 1 & 2)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950
Doggett joined Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five in the late 1940s, he wrote
several songs with Jordan including “Onion” and played on several of Jordan’s
most popular records
On My Own Willis Jackson & His Orchestra w/ Bill Doggett Apollo Records 1950
Smooth Sailing Ella Fitzgerald & The Bill Dogett Orchestra Decca Records 1951
Midnight Sun Coleman Hawkins w/ Bill Doggett The Hawk Talks 1955
Number Three (aka Honky Tonk Part 3) Bill Doggett Dance The Honky Tonk 1957
The follow up to “Honky Tonk,” “Number Three” also made onto the national R&B
chart. Doggett continued to play and arrange until shortly before his death in 1996.
BILL DOGGETT RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bill Doggett – The History of Rock and Roll
Obituary – Los Angeles Times
Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1948
Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker Modern Records 1948
I Just Wanna Make Love To You
Etta James
Blues In The Night, Vol. 1: The Early Show 1986
Train Time Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1947
Georgia On My Mind
Ray Charles
The Genius Hits the Raod 1960
For Jimmy Carter
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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