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On November 23, 1889, an inventor by the name of Louis Glass installed a coin-driven music machine in a corner of the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco and the jukebox was born! Today, we celebrate the 135th anniversary of the jukebox by counting down the top R&B songs played on jukeboxes across the United States during this week in 1949. For those keeping count, 1949 was both the 60th anniversary of the jukebox and one of the most important years of the jump blues era.
JUKEBOX RESOURCES
The Jukebox @ wikipedia.org
Jukeboxes @ encyclopedia.com
History of the Jukebox @ radiomuseum.org
National Jukebox Collection @ Library of Congress
American Jukebox History @ jukeboxhistory.info
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
The Hucklebuck Sean Costello Live in Bremen 2007
Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Cab Calloway
Columbia Records 1948
Alligator Meat Joe Swif & The Johnny Otis Band Exclusive Records 1948
The Frim Fram Sauce (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1945
Rainy Weather Blues Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1948
Plug For Cliff Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1948
Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Let Me Play With Your Poodle Piccadilly Pipers with Bonnie Davis Savoy Records Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti) Slim Gaillard Trio Cadet Records 1946
Central Avenue Boogie Helen Humes & Her All Stars Philo Records 1945
Weather Man Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records (unreleased)
Atlanta Boogie Tommy Brown Regent Records (Savoy Records) 1951
Big Foot’s Boogie The Hollywood Blue Flames Soul Sanctuary 2005
You Don’t Understand (Alibi) T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1951
Stormy Monday Blues Count Basie & Billy Eckstine Basie/Eckstine Inc 1959
You Stayed Away Too Long Catherine Russell & Sean Mason My Ideal 2024
Perdido Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1950
Waxie Maxie Paul Williams & His Band Savoy Records 1948
COUNTDOWN: TOP R&B SONGS ON U.S. JUKEBOXES – NOV. 19, 1949
16-Angel Child Memphis Slim & His House Rockers Miracle Records 1949
15-Somebody Stole My Cherry Red Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson King Records 1949
14-I Challenge Your Kiss Four Jacks Allen Records 1949
13-You Satisfy Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
12-Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1949
11-Blues For My Baby Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
10-Baby Get Lost Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
9-Farewell Little Willie Littlefield Modern Records 1949
8-Boogie At Midnight Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1949
7-Don’t Put Me Down Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1949
6-In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
5-Jealous Heart Ivory Joe Hunter King Records 1949
4-Guess Who Ivory Joe Hunter King Records 1949
3-Broken Hearted Eddie Williams (Floyd Dixon) Supreme Records 1949
2-All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
1-Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1950
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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