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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Charles Brown is today’s featured artist. Born Tony Russell Brown in Texas City, Texas
on September 13, 1922, Brown singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. – wikipedia
CHARLES BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Charles Brown discography @ discogs.com
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers discography @ discogs.com
Charles Brown obituary – Los Angeles Times
WRFG PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Blow Illinois Blow Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars Aladdin Records 1948
Driftin’ Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945
Evil Gal Blues Count Basie Orchestra feat. Ledisi Basie Swings the Blues 2023
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
Strollin’ With Bones T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Lies, Lies, Lies Annisteen Allen Federal Records 1951
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Cadillac Baby
The Knickerbocker All-Stars
Go Back Home to the Blues 2015
Big Town Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999
The Huckle-Buck Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1949
Robbin’s Nest Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Kansas City Lou Rawls Black & Blue 1963
Professor Bop Babs Gonzales Capitol Records 1949
Porter’s Love Song Roy Milton Speciality Records 1947
The Chase Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray Dial Records 1947
Groovy Movie Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948
New Orleans Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1947
Get Yourself Another Fool Charles Brown Trio Alladin Records 1948
Seven Long Days Janiva Magness My Bad Luck Soul 1999
Petootie Pie Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
Take the “a” Train
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019
I’m Just A Lucky So And So Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Honey Chile Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
Night Crawlin’ Big John Greer Groove Records 1955
What a Little Moonlight Can Do Billie Holiday Billie Holiday 1954
It Ain’t Necessarily So Cab Calloway Porgy and Bess 1959
Tuxedo Boogie Albert Ammons Mercury Records 1947
Educated Fool (Demo) Boz Scaggs Memphis 2013
Trouble Blues Charles Brown Trio Aladdin Records 1949
Someone To Love
Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt
Someone to Love 1992
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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