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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Cab Calloway is today’s featured artist. Born Caball Calloway, III, in Rochester,
New York, on December 25, 1907, Calloway was a regular performer at the
Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era.
His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career
that spanned over 65 years.
Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming
the first African-American musician to sell one million copies of a single record.
CAB CALLOWAY RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia,org
Discography @ discogs.com
Cab Calloway’s Hepster’s Dictionary
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Harlem Holiday
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Brunswick Records 1932
Have You Ever Met That Funny Reefer Man
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Brunswick Records 1932
Do You Wanna Jump Children
Cab Calloway w/ Chu Berry
Vocalion Records 1938
C’mon With The C’mon
Colin James & The Little Big Band
Little Big Band II 1998
The Big Question Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1952
That’s The Stuff You Gotta Watch Buddy & Ella Johnson Decca Records 1944
True Blue B.B. King & Calvin Owens True Blue 1993
Ain’t Nobody’s Business Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Shake Rattle And Roll Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Don’t Wait Too Long Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) Little Jimmy Scott Over the Rainbow 2001
Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway & The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers (soundtrack) 1980
Kickin’ The Gong Around
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Vocalion Records 1932
Viper’s Drag
Allen Toussaint
American Tunes 2016
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IT’S CHRISTMAS!
Gettin in the mood (for Christmas)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Dig That Crazy Christmas 2005
Merry Christmas Baby Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1956
Christmas Comes But Once A Year Amos Milburn King Records 1960
Far Away Blues (Christmas Blues)
Johnny Otis w/ Little Esther & Mel Walker
Savoy Records
Jingle Jangle Jump Dexter Gordon Savy Records 1952
Christmas In My Heart Ray Charles The Spirit Of Christmas 1985
I Want a Present for Christmas
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1958
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Etta James
12 Songs of Christmas 1998
Jingle Bells Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Jingle Bell Swing 1962
Christmas Spirit Julia Lee Capitol Americana Records 1947
Let It Snow Roomful Of Blues Roomful Of Christmas 1997
The Christmas Song (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
White Chrismas Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1948
Good Swing Wenceslas
The Count Basie Orchestra
A Very Basie Christmas 2015
Winter Wonderland
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Winter Wonderland 2014
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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