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 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Mad Lad Chuck Berry Rockin’ at the Hops 1960
Walking The Chalk Line Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1951
Mammer Jammer
Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas
Good Morning 2023
That’s Better For Me T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Fine Brown Frame Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1947
Triple Threat Roland Kirk Triple Threat 1956
Walking On a Tightrope Diane Schuur Running On Faith 2020
‘Deed I Do Ella Fitzgerald Ella And Basie 1963
Danger Zone Deb Callahan Backbone 2023
After Hours Session Frank “Floorshow” Culley Atlantic Records 1950
Homesick Blues Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
Rock-A-Bye Basie Johnny Otis Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 1992
I Love The Guy Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1950
How Long Must I Wait For You? Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948
Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone) B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
8:00 A.M. PERCY MAYFIELD “The Poet of the Blues”
Born in Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana on August 12, 1920, Percy Mayfield was
an R&B and jump blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter,
known for the songs “Please Send Me Someone to Love” and “Hit the Road Jack”, the latter being a song first recorded by Ray Charles. – wikipedia
Two Years Of Torture
Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra w/ Percy Mayfield
Hollywood Records 1947
Mayfield made his first recording with the Monroe Tucker Orchestra. “Two Years of Torture” never made the national R&B Top 10, but it was a steady seller and led to Mayfield being signed by Specialty Records. With the exception of “Hit the Road, Jack” and “Two Years of Torture,” the original versions of all the songs in this tribute were national R&B hits for Mayfield on Specialty Records in the early 1950s.
Strange Things Happening Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950
Please Send Me Someone To Love Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1961
I Dare You, Baby Little Charlie & the Nightcats Night Vision 1993
Hit The Road, Jack Ray Charles ABC-Paramount Records 1961
River’s Invitation Shemekia Copeland Never Going Back 2009
Lost Mind Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950
PERCY MAYFIELD RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Archive @ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Frosty Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Since I Fell For You Annie Laurie DeLuxe Records 1947
Baby, Shame On You Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Rock Daddy Rock Big Bertha Henderson Chance Records 1952
Real Pretty Mama Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
Nervous Man Nervous Big Jay McNeely Federal Records 1953
Playboy Blues Roy Milton & his Solid Senders Specialty Records 1950
The Honeydripper Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1945
Never No More
Johnny Adams
Walking on a Tightrope – The Songs of Percy Mayfield 1989
My Blue Heaven Fats Domino Imperial Records 1956
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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