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, JUNE 11, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Ferocious Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1950
Rock Me To Sleep Helen Humes Capitol Records 1950
They Raided The Joint Duke Robillard A Swingin Session 2008
Baby, Get Lost Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album 2004
Bluebeard Blues Count Basie Blues By Basie 1950
One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Taj Mahal
Savoy 2023
Now That You’re Gone Annie Laurie Regal Records 1950
Hey Little Boy Albennie Jones Decca Records 1948
The Hustle Is On T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Groovin with Grimes
Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers
Juke Joint Sessions Vol.1 2016
Time’s Gettin’ Tougher Than Tough
Jimmy Witherspoon
…at the Renaissance 1960
Moosey Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1949
S.K. Blues Joe Turner w/ Pete Johnson National Records 1945
Rockin’ In Rhythm
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958
8:00 A.M. – THE STORY OF RPM RECORDS
RPM Records was founded by the Bihari Brothers in 1950 as a subsidiary of
Modern Records, one of the major independent west coast blues and R&B labels
of the 1940s and 1950s. Ike Turner, who was a talent scout for the Biharis,
arranged for many blues musicians such as Howlin’ Wolf, B.B. King, and
Roscoe Gordon to record for RPM in the early to mid-1950s. – wikipedia.org
Saddled The Cow (And Milked The Horse)
Rosco Gordon
RPM Records 1951
RPM’s first entry on the national R&B Top 10
“T-99” Blues Jimmy “T-99” Nelson RPM Records 1951
RPM’s first R&B Number One
Moanin’ at Midnight Howlin’ Wolf RPM Records 1951
3 O’clock Blues B.B. King RPM Records 1951
B.B. King’s first national hit, featuring Ike Turner on piano
Shake It Up and Go B.B. King RPM Records 1952
Stompin’ The Jimmy Jackson All Stars RPM Records 1952
Those Lonely / Lonely Nights
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
RPM Records 1955
RPM RECORDS RESOURCES
RPM Records main article @ wikipedia.org
Bihari Brothers @ wikipedia.org
RPM Records discography @ discogs.com
The RPM Records Story @ Both Sides Now
One O’Clock Jump Lester Young Aladdin Records 1947
I Only Have Eyes For You Billie Holiday …Sings 1952
What Would I Do Without You Ray Charles Yes Indeed! 1958
You Ain’t Got It No More Julia Lee Capitol Records 1949
Looped James Harman & Gene Taylor Live In Germany 2012
Mean Old Wine Billy Wright Savoy Records 1951
All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
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(Tag) You’re It Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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