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 featured artist is Nat King Cole. Born Nathaniel Adams Coles on March 17, 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama, Cole’s career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.
NAT KING COLE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Obituary in Los Angeles Times
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Blues In B Flat
Oscar Moore Trio
Oscar Moore Trio 1954
The Frim Fram Sauce
King Cole Trio
Capitol Records 1945
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Lyle Lovett
12 of June 2022
Orange Colored Sky
Natalie Cole
Unforgettable: With Love 2008
All For The Love Of Lil Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948
Walkin’ With Sid Arnett Cobb Apollo Records 1947
The Midnight Hour
Count Basie Orchestra & Robert Cray
Basie Swings the Blues 2023
I’m In Town Frantic Fay Thomas Exclusive Records 1949
Now Or Never Big Rhythm Combo Too Small To Dance 1997
Big Long Slidin’ Thing Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1954
You Don’t Learn That In School
King Cole Trio
Capitol Records 1946
Indiana
Lester Young, Nat King Cole, & Red Calender
Philo Records 1945
Lush Life
Robin McKelle
Impressions of Ella 2023
Stormy Monday Blues Bobby “Blue” Bland Duke Records 1962
Jumpin’ Salty Sean Costello Cuttin’ In 2000
Perdido Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1950
Body And Soul
Nat King Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Les Paul, J.J. Johnson
JATP Live at Philharmonic Hall, Los Angeles, 1944
Riffette Freddie Slack w/ T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1943
Hey Little Girl Billy Wright Savoy Records 1951
Shake It Up & Go B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1952
Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1944
Sneaky Pete Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
The C-Jam Blues Duke Ellington RCA Victor 1942
Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
Dragnet For Jesus Sister Wynona Carr Savoy Records (Unreleased) 1954
Strange Things Happening Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950
Route 66
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Next Generation Swing 1998
Errand Girl for Rhythm
Catherine Russell
Alone Together 2019
Nature Boy
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1948
Destination Moon
Nat King Cole w/ Orchestra Conducted By Neil Hefti
Capitol Records 1951
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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