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 23, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Cecil Boogie Cecil Gant Gilt-Edge Records 1945
Mary Is Fine Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Charles “Gatemouth” Brown, Jr.
was born in Vinton, Louisiana on April 18, 1924.
Voo-It! Voo-It!
The Blues Woman (Marian Abernathy)
Juke Box Records 1946
Gone Again Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1948
So Glad Jimmie Vaughan Baby, Please Come Home 2019
I’ll Do Anything But Work Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1950
I’m In The Mood For Love (aka ‘Moody Mood For Love’)
James Moody
Prestige Records 1949
Blue Skies Dizzy Gillespie & Joe Carroll Dee Jee Records 1952
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Mercury Records 1947
Next Time You See Me Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
Rock-A-Bye Baby Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Roulette Oscar Moore Trio 1954
I Cross My Fingers Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1950
Caldonia B.B. King Don’t Answer The Door 2013
Lawdy Miss Claudy
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991
Dureop, pt 1 Eddie Chamblee MIracle Records 1949
Later for you Baby Duke Robillard Band Low Down & Tore Up 2011
8:00 A.M. AMOS MILBURN
Born Joseph Amos Milburn in Houston, Texas on April 1, 1927. Singer and pianinst
Amos Milburn was one of the most popular R&B artists of the jump blues era.
He won awards from Down Beat magazine (Best Blues and Jazz Star)
and Billboard magazine (Top R&B Artist).
Among his best-known songs was “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer,”
by songwriter Rudy Toombs.
Milburn was the first artist to record “One Scotch” and five other Toombs
compositions, four of which are included in this tribute. – wikipedia
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Milk and Water Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1954
Seven Long Days Charles Brown & Band Aladdin Records 1951
Milburn was the first to record “Seven Long Days,” but Charles Brown
took the Toombs tune to the top of the R&B charts.
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos
Milburn & His Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1953
I Done Done It
Bloodest Saxophone feat. Jai Malano
Texas Queens 5 2019
AMOS MILBURN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
The Blues Foundation Inductees Bio
Overview @ spontaneouslunacy.net
Ain’t That Dandy
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Live From Austin, TX 1996
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Jr.
was born in Vinton, Louisiana on April 18, 1924.
CLARENCE “GATEMOUTH” BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikiepeia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Obituary – New York Times
Texas State Historical Association
Interview – Guitar Player Magazine
Biorgraphy – The Blues Foundation
K.C. Lovin’ Little Willie Littlefield Modern Records 1952
Lord Knows I Tried Lucky Millinder King Records 1952
Say It Isn’t So Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1959
Give Me The Dark Big Harp George Cut My Spirit Loose 2023
You Got Me Runnin’
Joe Turner & Jimmy Witherspoon
Patcha, Patcha All Night Long 1985
The Gentleman Is A Dope
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan 1961
Flying Home Mambo Arnett Cobb Atlantic Records 1955
I’ll Get Along Somehow Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1949
Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945
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(Tag) You’re It Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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