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, APRIL 9, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Black Velvet Illinois Jacquet Victor Records 1949
Smack Dab In The Middle Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1955
Greenbacks Ray Charles Ray Charles 1957
Deed I Do Lena Horne MGM Records 1948
Junie Flip Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays Savoy Records 1949
That’s Right Roomful of Blues That’s Right! 2003
Don’t Wait Too Long Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
Someday Sweetheart
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946
I Need Your Love Annie Laurie Regal Records 1949
Stormy Monday Blues Bobby “Blue” Bland Duke Records 1962
I Don’t Want Your Money Honey
Frantic Fay Thomas
Exclusive Records 1949
No Name Boogie
Boogie Woogie Jackson (Jay McShann)
Down Beat Records 1948
The Comeback Memphis Slim & His House Rockers United Records 1953
Jelly Jelly Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra National Records 1946
New Blow-Top Blues Dinah Washington Decca Records 1947
Don’t Explain
Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
Jumpin’ Salty Sean Costello Cuttin’ In 2000
8:00 AM – MACON, GA R&B TOP 10 – SPRING 1950
“The Top Ten Tunes Netting Heaviest Play Compiled From Reports
Submitted Weekly to The Cash Box By Leadng Music Operators in…”
10-Big Fine Girl Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1949
9-Caldonia Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1945
8-Confused Lonnie Johnson King Records 1949
7-Little School Girl Smokey Hogg Modern Records 1949
6-For You My Love Larry Darnell Regal Records 1949
5-School Days Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
4-Rag Mop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950
3-I Almost Lost My Mind Ivory Joe Hunter MGM Records 1950
2-Hungry Man Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
1-Double Crossing Blues
The Johnny Otis Quintette w/ The Robins & Little Esther
Savoy Records 1950
R&B TOP 10 RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine – March 11, 1950
House Rocker Rusty Bryant Dot Records 1954
The Ball Game Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records 1952
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
Buddy Johnson
Decca Records 1949
Going To The River Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1953
Teardrops From My Eyes
Ruth Brown w/ The Paul Williams Orchestra
Show Time at The Apollo (TV Show) 1954
I’m Ready Muddy Waters Chess Records 1954
The Right String, But The Wrong Yo-Yo
Beverly “Guitar” Watkins
Back In Business 1999
(sign off)
(Tag) You’re It
Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Nine Lives 2005
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