WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended together,
often in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the Jump Blues Era
of the 1940s which blended into the early part of the Rock & Roll Era of the 1950s
and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years.
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Today’s feature is a countdown of the Top 10 R&B songs in Miami, Florida for
the week ending March 5, 1949 as reported to Cash Box Magazine.
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album of Label & Date
Disc Jockey Boogie Hal Singer Acorn Records 1950
10 – Get Yourself Another Fool
Charles Brown Trio
Aladdin Records 1948
9 – Chicken Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1948
8 – I’ll Always Be In Love With You
X-Rays
Savoy Records 1948
We’re Gonna Rock This Joint Four Charms Flatland Boogie 2000
Leave It To Me Annie Laurie (unreleased – recorded 1950s)
Nuit Sauvage Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Night Train Rod Stewaet with Jools Holland Swing Fever 2024
Good Rockin’ Tonight Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
Airmail Special
The Diva Jazz Orchestra
“30” (Live at Dizzy’s Club) 2024
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
Little Jimmy Scott
Over the Rainbow 2001
Feel So Bad
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
Shout, Sister, Shout! Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1943
The Things That I Used to Do Guitar Slim Specialty Records 1954
Crazy He Calls Me Billie Holiday Decca Records 1949
7 – Trees
Al Hibbler
Miracle Records 1949
6 – Deacon’s Hop
Big Jay McNeely
Savoy Records 1948
5 – Wrapped Up In A Dream
Do-Re-Me Trio
Reet Records 1949
Midnight Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
You Had Better Change Your Ways
Buddy Johnson
Decca Records 1948
Street Lights
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues 1982
I Can’t Stop It Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1947
Twisted Annie Ross Specialty Records 1952
House Party Louis Jordan Decca Records 1953
If You’re A Viper Fats Waller Jolly Roger Records 1943
Did I Remember Catherine Russell Send For Me 2022
Rocks In My Bed Joe Turner Decca Records 1941
4 – Boogie Chillen
John Lee Hooker
Modern Records 1948
3- The Hucklebuck
Paul Williams & The Hucklebucks
Savoy Records 1948
2 – Texas Hop
Pee Wee Crayton
Modern Records 1948
1- Bewildered
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1948
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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