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.
Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on Atlanta’s
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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Billy In The Lion’s Den Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
Early in the Morning Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Let The Good Times Roll Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners Coming Home 1976
The Birth of the Blues
Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy
The Odyssery Of Funk & Popular Music 1999
Black Coffee Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1949
I’m Just A Lucky So And So Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Bongo Boogie Annisteen Allen King Records 1951
Bar Room Blues Roy Brown Deluxe Records 1951
Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Surfin’ (France) 1963
You’re The Boss Lavern Baker & Jimmy Ricks Atlantic Records 1959
Saturday Night Fish Fry
B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999
Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Pressure Cooker 1985
8:00 AM – 115 YEARS OF LOUIS JORDAN, THE KING OF THE JUKEBOX
Born in Brinkley, Arkanas on July 8, 1908, Louis Thomas Jordan was one of the
most popular jazz and jump blues musicians, singers, and bandleaders of the
mid-20th century. Known as “The King of the Jukebox”, Jordan was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an “early influence” in 1987. – wikipedia
I Want You To Be My Baby Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1953
Written for Jordan by Jon Hendricks, “I Want You To Be My Baby” has been covered
by more than three dozen artists and translated into at least six languages.
You Run Your Mouth & I’ll Run My Business Louis Jordan Decca Records 1940
Jordan made his first records as a member of the Chick Webb Orchestra in the
mid-1930s. An early solo release, “You Run Your Mouth” was written written for
Jordan by jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Liz Armstrong.
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) Cootie Williams Hit Records 1944
Written by Jordan and Billy Allen, “Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t My Baby” was a major
hit for the Tympany 5 in 1953. Cootie Williams version – featuring singer Eddied “Cleanhead” Vinson – was a Top 10 R&B tune a year later.
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Louie Louie Louie 2017
Caldonia Jerry Granelli w/ Robben Ford & Bill Frisell Dance Hall 2017
I’ll Never Be Free Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
LOUIS JORDAN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
THE BLUES FOUNDATION
Jug Head Ramble Gene Ammons & His Band Prestige Records 1950
Million Dollar Secret Helen Humes Let The Good Times Roll 1973
Talkin’ Bout You Ray Charles At Newport 1958
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Jimmy Mule Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
I Can’t Stop It Kid Ramos Two Hands One Heart 1995
Rock, Rock, Rock Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1953
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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