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, MARCH 5, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Blues In B Flat The Oscar Moore Quartet w/ Carl Perkins Oscar Moore 1954
Leave It To Me Annie Laurie (Unreleased)
Mad Lad Sir Charles & HIs All Stars Apollo Records 1947
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1943
Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Being Right?
The Knickerbocker All-Stars
Go Back Home to the Blues 2015
Lost Love (Baby, Please) Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1951
New Okie Dokie Stomp
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ 1972
Where Can I Find My Baby
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1949
It All Depends On You Hadda Brooks Moderm Records 1947
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
Ella Fitzgerald
…Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958
West Side Baby T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
Tanya Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone Valaida Snow Derby Records 1949
Peel Me A Grape Lyle Lovett 12 of June 2022
New Basie Blues Count Basie & His Orchestra Mercury Records 1952
Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 2008
8:00 A.M. FEATURE: NAT KING COLE
Born in Montgomery, Alabama on March 17, 1919, Nathaniel Adams Coles,
known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist,
and actor. Cole’s career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and
spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100
songs that became hits on the pop charts and 48 on the Billboard R&B chart.
The selections in today’s feature were originally recorded by Nat King Cole
in the 1940s, beginning with his first hit record in 1941.
That Ain’t Right King Cole Trio Decca Records 1941
Straighten Up & Fly Right King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1943
Frim Fram Sauce Diana Krall Steppin Out 1993
Route 66 Chuck Berry New Jukebox Hits 1961
Nature Boy Etta Jones Nature Boy 1963
I Can’t Get Started Lester Young & Nat King Cole Aladdin Records 1946
You Don’t Learn That In School King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
NAT KING COLE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
P.D.Q. Boogie Porky Cohen w/ Roomful Of Blues Rhythm & Bones 1996
It Should’ve Been Me Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1954
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Ain’t Nothing You Can Do Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
T’aint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do Linda Hopkins Me and Bessie 1976
Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Chess Records 1951
Hot Ice Freddie Mitchell & His Orchestra Derby Records 1951
TV Is The Thing This Year Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1953
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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