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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Ray Charles is today’s featured artist. Born Ray Charles Robinson in Albany, Georgia
on September 23, 1930, Charles was a singer, songwriter, pianist, and saxophonist.
He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influencial singers in history and was
often referred to by his contemporaries as “The Genius.”
Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records.
e contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music
during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records.
While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first black musicians to be
granted artistic control by a mainstream record company. – wikipedia
RAY CHARLES RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
THE RAY CHARLES FOUNDATION
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Walkin’ With Sid Arnett Cobb Apollo Records 1947
One O’Clock Jump Jack Parker & Etta Jones Decca Records 1954
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947
Greenbacks Ray Charles Ray Charles 1957
Groovin’ With Grimes Tiny Grimes Savoy Records 1944
Don’t You Lie To Me Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
My Country Man Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You? Duke Robillard A Smooth One 2023
Baby You Don’t Know Roy Milton Specialty Records 1953
Don’t Put Me Down Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1949
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Shirley Horn
Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) 1993
Hold Him Joe Bull Moose Jackson Queen Records 1945
Ain’t That Good News
Duces of Rhythm & Tempo Toppers, lead Little Richard
Peacock Records 1953
Strange Things Happening Every Day
Valerie June
I Am Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023
Blowin’ Red’s Top Gene Ammons Aladdin Records 1948
Evening with Ray Charles
Tony Bennett
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues 2001
Mess Around
Ray Charles & His Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1953
IIt’s Alright Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1957
Hard Times
David Newman w/ Ray Charles
Ray Charles Presents David Newman – Fathead 1958
The Things That I Used to Do
Guitar Slim w/ Ray Charles
Specialty Records 1954
Oh, Lady Be Good! Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1947
Girt Town Blues Dave Bartholomew Deluxe Records 1949
Caldonia Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Chicken Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
Billie Holiday
Decca Records 1950
K & H Boogie Big Jay McNeely Exclusive Records 1949
Confessin’ The Blues Billie Poole Confessin’ the Blues 1962
Roll ‘Em Pete
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956
T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947
Heartbreaker The Paul DeLay Band You’re Fired 2013
Jumpin’ in the Morning
Deacon John’s Jump Blues
Music From the Film 2002
Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius 1959
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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