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 & PODCAST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Year
Easy Does It Lester Young & His Sextet Aladdin Records 1947
Summer Time Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Work Song Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961
Nice Work If You Can Get It Billie Holiday Columbia Records 1937
You Had Better Change Your Ways Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1948
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955
I Love You So Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1949
Chica Boo Lloyd Glenn Swing Time Records 1951
She Winked Her Eye Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
Dinah Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas Good Morning 2023
I’m Beginning to See the Light Duke Ellington RCA Victor 1945
Stormy Weather
Tony Bennett & Natalie Cole
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues 2001
Blind Love B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
I’ve Got A Right To Cry Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Eddie Heywood Decca Records 1944
CELEBRATING WORKERS WITH A COUNTDOWN OF THE TOP 15 R&B SONGS
IN THE U.S. FOR LABOR DAY 1948
As reported to Billboard for the week ending September 11, 1948
15-We Can’t Agree Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1947
14-Don’t Fall In Love WIth Me Ivory Joe Hunter King Records 1948
13-It’s Too Soon To Know The Orioles Jubilee Records 1948
12-Am I Asking Too Much? Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1948
11-Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948
10-Corn Bread Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1948
9-Pretty Mama Blues Ivory Joe Hunter 4 Star Records 1948
8-Send For Me If You Need Me The Ravens National Records 1948
7-Creeping (Late Freight) Sonny Thompson Miracle Records 1948
6-Messin’ Around With The Blues Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1948
5-Long Gone, Part 1 Sonny Thompson Miracle Records 1948
4-Good Rockin’ Tonight Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
3-I Can’t Go On Without You Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
2-Run Joe Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
1-My Heart Belongs to You Arbee Stidham RCA Victor 1948
Mess Around Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters Rise Up 2020
(sign off)
Cleanhead Jackson & the Nightcats (live recording)
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