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Our featured artist this week is legendary saxophonist King Curtis, Born Curtis Montgomery to a single mother in Fort Worth, Texas on February 7, 1934, his name
was changed to Curtis Ousley after he and sister were adopted. During high school,
he studied music and played with his classmate, Ornette Coleman. After a stint with Lionel Hampton’s orchestra, Curtis became a session musician in New York. From
the 1940s to his tragic murder in 1971, Curtis played with dozens of the biggest
names in music including Ruth Brown and Big Joe Turner.
KING CURTIS RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Pachuko Hop Chuck Higgins Combo Records 1952
Honey Hush
Big Joe Turner w/ King Curtis
Atlanta Records
Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes Deborah Cox Destination Moon 2007
Paradise Squat Count Basie Mercury Records 1952
Atlanta Boogie Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955
Tenor In The Sky
King Curtis
Gem Records 1953
Early In The Mornin’ B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
Nite Life Boogie Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1947
Route 66 Eddie Tigner Route 66 2001
Seven Long Days Janiva Magness My Bad Luck Soul 1999
I Love You, I Love You The Maxim Trio Down Beat Records 1949
You’re Driving Me Crazy Van Morrison You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018
Wee Baby Blues Lynwood Slim Last Call 2006
Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughan Mercury Records 1955
Rib Joint
Sammy Price, Mickey Baker, & King Curtis
Rib Joint 1956
Junker’s Blues
King Curtis w/ Jack Dupree
Blues At Montreux 1971
I Don’t Know Amber Rachelle & The Sweet Potatoes Pipin’ Hot! 2024
Castle Rock
King Curtis & His Orchestra
ATCO Records 1959
Hit That Jive, Jack (Nat) King Cole Trio Decca Records 1941
That’s How You Got Killed Before Dirty Dozen Brass Band New Orleans… 1990
Don’t Leave Me This Way Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953
Blue Light Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1950
I Want You To Be My Baby Annie Ross Decca Records 1955
Oh Babe! Wynonie Harris w/ Lucky Millinder King Records 1950
Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti) Slim Gaillard Trio Cadet Records 1946
Sunset To Dawn Mel Walker w/ Johnny Otis Savoy Records 1951
Them There Eyes Roy Milton Roy Milton Records 1947
I Cried A Tear
LaVern Baker w/ King Curtis
Blues Ballads 1959
This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’
Ruth Brown w/ Mickey Baker & King Curtis
Atlantic Records 1958
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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