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 & R&B Era of the 1950s
and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years. We also bring you
jazz from the era along with the occasional page from the Great American Songbook.
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Today we feature the music of two artists named Mabel.
Jazz, R&B, and gospel singer Mabel Scott was born in Richmond, Virginia, on April 30, 1915. A mainstay of the west coast jazz scene, Scott’s recordings of “Elevator Boogie” and “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” were national R&B hits in 1948. In 1999, Scott was honored with the Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
MABEL SCOTT RESOUCES
biography @ Wikipedia.org
Mabel Scott entry in Marv Goldberg’s R&B Notebooks
discography @ discogs.com
Mabel Louise Smith – know professionally as Big Maybelle – was born in Jackson, Tennessee on May 1, 1924. During the 1940s and early 1950s, Smith toured and recorded with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first racially-integrated all-female band in the U.S. Smith went solo as “Big Maybelle” in 1952 and scored a number of R&B hits. She is best remembers for “Candy,” which was released in 1956.
BIG MAYBELLE RECOURCES
biography @ Wikipedia.org
Big Maybelle @ The Blues Foundation
discography @ discogs.com
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Mellow Blues Sonny Thompson King Records 1952
Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train
Mabel Scott
Coral Records 1951
Night Train Sweetie & The Toothaches Fired Up! 2024
Feelin’ Happy Joe Turner Freedom Records 1950
Jelly Jelly Billy Eckstine National Records 1946
Pie Eye’s Blues Planet D Nonet Blues to Be There… 2023
Going To Chicago Blues Count Basie Sing Along With Basie 1957
I Got Loaded Peppermint Harris Aladdin Records 1951
Shake Rattle And Roll Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1955
Just Give Me A Man
Mabel Scott
Hub Records 1946
Blues In B Flat Oscar Moore Trio Oscar Moore Trio 1954
I Stepped In Quicksand Charles Brown One More For The Road 1986
Love Will Break Your Heart For You Little Esther & Mel Walker Savoy Records 1950
Pop Corn Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1948
Train Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Speciality Records 1948
Cookin’ In Style Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947
My Country Man
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1953
Beware Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Catch ‘Em Young, Treat ‘Em Rough, Tell ‘Em Nothin’
Mabel Scott
Coral Records 1951
Love Is Like Rain Wynonie Harris King Records 1947
Red’s Boogie Piano Red RCA Victor 1950
The Danger Zone Diane Schuur Running On Faith 2020
Now Or Never Big Rhythm Combo Too Small To Dance 1997
Bits & Pieces Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Live From Austin, TX 2019
Three O’Clock Blues Lowell Fulson Down Town Records 1948
Money’s Getting Cheaper Jimmy Witherspoon Supreme Records 1947
Elevator Boogie
Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948
Lover, Come Back To Me! Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1953
Candy
Big Maybelle
Savoy Records 1958
The Curly Shuffle Jump ‘N’ The Saddle Band (self-titled) 1973
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
HERE’S THE PLAYLIST FOR TODAY’S PODCAST
Mellow Blues – Sonny Thompson
Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train – Mabel Scott
Night Train – Sweetie & The Toothaches
Feelin’ Happy – Joe Turner & His Orchestra w/ Mickey Baker
I Got Loaded – Peppermint Harris
Shake Rattle And Roll – Van Morrison
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – Big Maybelle
Just Give Me A Man – Mabel Scott
Blues In B Flat – Oscar Moore Trio
I Stepped In Quicksand – Charles Brown
My Country Man – Big Maybelle
Beware – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Catch ‘Em Young, Treat ‘Em Rough, Tell ‘Em Nothin’ – Mabel Scott
Three O’Clock Blues – Lowell Fulson
Money’s Getting Cheaper – Jimmy Witherspoon
Elevator Boogie – Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Candy – Big Maybelle
(Tag) Your It – Little Charlie & The Nightcats
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