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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Two featured artists with late December birthdays for your pleasure today:
Bandleader, singer, songwriter, record producer, talent scout disc jockey,
Congressional aide, unsuccessful Congressional candidate, resterant owner,
and minister Johnny Otis was born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes in Vallejo,
California on December 28, 1928.
R&B and blues singer “Little” Esther Phillips was born Esther Mae Phillips
in Galveston, Texas on December, 23, 1935. Otis discovered Phillips when
she sang in a talent show when she was just 13-years-old. Together, they
had six national Top 10 R&B hits in 1950.
JOHNNY OTIS RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
ESTHER PHILLIPS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Blues Foundation
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
C-Jam Blues Lynn Hope Aladdin Records 1953
Turn The Lamps Down Low
Little Esther Phillips w/ Little Willie Littlefield
Federal Records 1953
I’m A Bad Girl
Candye Kane
Super Hero 2009
Aged & Mellow
Little Esther Phillips
Federal Records 1952
Shame, Shame, Shame Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Cecil Boogie Cecil Gant Gilt-Edge Records 1945
Struttin’ With Some BBQ Patti Austin Ella and Louis 2017
Gate Walks To Board Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Got Nobody To Love Terry Timmons & Memphis Slim RCA Victor 1951
Pool Playing Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1947
Deacon Jones Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1948
The Deacon Moves In Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1951
T-Bone Shuffle
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991
Cry Me A River
The Johnny Otis Show featuring Esther Phillips
RegeLive at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1970
Call Operator 210
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra featuring Mel Walker
Savoy Records 1952
I Ain’t No Fool Either
Big Mama Thornton
Peacock Records 1953
Signifyin’ Monkey
Oscar Brown Jr.
Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961
Dolphin’s Theme Red Callender Recorded in Hollywood Records 1951
Robbin’s Nest Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Please Be Kind Little Jimmy Scott Savoy Records 1956
M Squad Count Basie Orchestra Late Night Basie 2023
Ashes On My Pillow Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson King Records 1949
New Orleans Shuffle Roomful Of Blues Hot Little Mama 1981
Fore Day In The Morning Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1948
Rose Mary Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
I Love My Baby
Little Richard w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Peacock Records 1957
Gangster of Love
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
King Records 1963
Deceiving Blues
Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950
Willie & The Hand Jive
The Johnny Otis Show
Capitol Records 1958
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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