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To honor dear old dad, we count down the Top 10 R&B songs
in Atlanta on Father’s Day 1954, as reported to Billboard Magazine.
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Air Mail Special Earl Bostic …Rocks – Hits of the Swing Age 1958
Saturday Night Fish Fry
Lou Rawls & Joe Williams & Lionel Hampton
Portrait Of The Blues 1993
Alligator Meat Joe Swif Exclusive Records 1948
Biscuits Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners Sanctified 1980
All Night Long (Night Train) Rusty Bryant Dot Records 1954
Fat Daddy Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1953
Rock, Rock, Rock Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1953
I’m Gonna Play the Honky Tonks Marie Adams Peacock Records 1952
Evening Roberto Testini T-Bone Jumps Again 2024
10-Hello Little Boy
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1949
9-Please Forgive Me
Johnny Ace
Duke Records 1954
8-Gee
The Crows
Rama Records 1954
7-Money Honey
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Atlanta Records 1953
6-Little Mama
The Clovers
Atlantic Records 1954
5-I Understand Just How You Feel
The Four Tunes
Jubilee Records 1954
4-Shake, Rattle & Roll
Big Joe Turner
Atlantic Records 1954
3-Work with Me, Annie
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Federal Records 1954
2-Just Make Love to Me (aka “I Just Want to Make Love to You”)
Muddy Waters
Chess Records 1954
1-Honey Love
The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter
Atlantic Records 1954
Jack, You’re Dead Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Big Boy Junior Watson Long Overdue 1994
Rock Me Lucky Millinder & Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1938
They Don’t Want Me To Rock No More Ella Johnson Walkin’ 1957
The Wrong Yo-Yo Piano Red RCA Victor 1951
All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Rain Is Such A Lonesome Sound
Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann
Goin’ To Kansas City Blues 1957
Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong …Again 1958
Groovy Movie Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers Exclusive Records 1948
Cry Me A River Blues
The Johnny Otis Show w/ Esther Phillips
Live At Monterey! 1970
Blues Waltz Ray Charles A Newport 1958
I Believe To My Soul Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1974
Walking The Chalk Line Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1951
Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Chess Records 1951
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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