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.
Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on Atlanta’s
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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLISTS FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Caravan Dirty Dozen Brass Band My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now 1984
Ice Man! Billy Mitchell Blue Records 1949
I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song)
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949
Alright, Ok, You Win
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956
Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Catherine Russell
Alone Together 2019
Ain’t Nobody’s Business PT 1 & 2
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra
Supreme Records 1949
Perdido Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1950
It Don’t Mean A Thing
WDR Big Band w/ Freda Payne
The World of Duke Ellington Vol.1 1994
I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues Lou Rawls Portrait Of The Blues 1993
Big Boy Part 1 Jim Giuffre & His Orchestra Modern Records 1952
Million Dollar Secret Helen Humes Modern Records 1950
Milton’s Boogie
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Juke Box Records 1946
Route 66 The Brian Setzer Orchestra Next Generation Swing 1998
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
8:00 AM: DUKE & ELLA
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born in Washington, DC. on April 29, 1899. Ellington was an American jazz pianist and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra
from 1923 through the rest of his life. He is considered one of the greatest
American composers of the 20th century.
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1917.
Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the
“First Lady of Song”, “Queen of Jazz”, and “Lady Ella”.
Rockin’ In Rhythm
Duke Ellington & His Harlem Footwarmers
Brunswick Records 1931
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Ella Fitzgerald
…Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Tiny Grimes Quintet
Gotham Records 1949
(In My) Solitude Billie Holiday …Sings 1952
Rocks In My Bed Joe Turner Decca Records 1941
It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra w/ Al Hibler
Musicraft Records 1947
Oops! Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1951
Ella
Chick Webb w/ Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1938
Diminuendo & Crescendo In Blue
Duke Ellington
At Newport, 1956
Take The A Train
Ella Fitzgerald
Twelve Nights In Hollywood 1961
Mack the Knife
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
Live At The Cote d’Azur, 1966
ELLA FITZGERALD RESOURCES
Biography @ Wikipedia
Discography @ discogs.com
DUKE ELLINGTON RESOURCES
DukeEllington.com (Official Site)
Discography @ Discogs.com
Biography @ Wikipedia
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(Tag) You’re It Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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