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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We’re trying something different this week, we’re spotlighting songs from two new additions to the Route 66 music library: Van Morrison’s “Acentuate the Positive”
album and “Basie Swings the Blues” by the Count Basie Orchestra.
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Slow Drag Blues Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1948
I Want A Roof Over My Head Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Show Me How (You Milk The Cow) Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Walkin’ Around Paul Williams Savoy Records 1948
She Walks Right In Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1950
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Mercury Records 1947
The Frim Fram Sauce (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1945
The Patton Basie Shuffle Count Basie Orchestra Basie Swings the Blues 2023
I’ll Get Along Somehow Julia Lee Capitol Records 1947
I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby Louis Armstrong Satch Plays Fats 1955
Sugar Mama – Peachy Papa
Percy Mayfield & Joy Hamilton
Specialty Records 1954
Wrong Woman Blues Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
The Lonesome Road Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1938
Seventh Street Boogie Ivory Joe Hunter Pacific Records 1945
Street Lights
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues 1982
Blueberry Hill Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Accentuate The Positive Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Candy Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956
He Should’a Flip’d When He Flop’d Cootie Williams Capitol Records 1946
All the Cats Join in Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine 2010
Rock Candy
Count Basie Orchestra feat. George Benson
Basie Swings the Blues 2023
Alright, Okay, You Win
Tony Bennett w/ Diana Krall
Playing With My Friends – Bennett Sings The Blues 2001
Embraceable You Charlie Parker Dial Records 1947
Don’t Explain Billie Holiday Decca Records 1945
Route 66 Charles Brown One More For The Road 1986
As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Birmingham Bounce Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington …Sings Fats Waller 1957
The Midnight Hour
Count Basie Orchestra feat. Robert Cray
Basie Swings the Blues 2023
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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