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Percy Mayfield is today’s featured artist. Born in Minden, Louisiana, on August 12, 1920, Mayfield was an R&B singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also an accomplished songwriter who penned such classics as “Please Send Me Someone to Love” and “Hit the Road, Jack,” which was first recorded by Ray Charles.
PERCY MAYFIELD RESOURCES
Biography @ Wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Spontaneous Lunacy
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Night Train Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
What A Fool I Was
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1951
Strange Things Happening
Etta James
Modern Records 1956
Walking On A Tightrope
Johnny Adams
Walking on a Tightrope – The Songs of Percy Mayfield 1989
Smack Dab In The Middle Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1955
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1948
Rockin’ Chair Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955
Baby, You’re Rich
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1955
Give Me Time To Explain
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Alright Again 1981
River’s Invitation
Sweetie & The Toothaches
Fired Up! 2024
Don’t Get Salty, Sugar Charles Brown Exclusive Records 1948
Flying Home Lionel Hampton w/ Illinois Jacquet Decca Record 1942
Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughan Mercury Records 1955
Moose On The Loose Bull Moose Jackson MGM Records 1948
Jumpin’ On Sugar Hill Helen Humes Mercury Records 1948
3 O’clock Blues B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1951
Lost Mind
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1950
Stranger In My Own Home Town
Taj Mahal
Dancing the Blues 1993
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Ruth Brown
Black Is Brown & Brown Is Beautiful 1969
A Porter’s Love Song To A Chambermaid Julia Lee Capitol Records 1946
St. Louis Boogie Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Saint Louis Blues Billy Eckstine MGM Records 1953
I’ve Got The Last Laugh Now Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Call Operator 210 Johnny Otis w/ Mel Walker Savoy Records 1952
T-Bone Shuffle Duke Robillard A Tribute To T-Bone Walker 2004
Safe, Sane & Single Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Rockin’ In Rhythm Ella Fitzgerald …Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958
I Dare You Baby
Eddie Tigner
Slippin’ In 2009
My Heart Is A Prisoner
Percy Mayfield
Imperial Records 1959
Hit The Road Jack
Ray Charles
Live TV Concert (???) 1981
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby Buster Brown Fire Records 1959
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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