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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This week, we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in Atlanta, Georgia, for Memorial Day 1949 and tip our hat to the great Fats Waller to mark the 121st anniversary of his birth.
FATS WALLER RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio @ The Kennedy Center
Bio @ Britannica
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Soft Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1952
Jump With You Baby B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1955
I’m Tired of Crying Over You Buddy & Ella Johnson Decca Records 1947
Some of This ‘n’ Some of That
Planet D Nonet w/ Dr. Professor Leonard King
Tribute to Joe WIlliams 2025
You Satisfy Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
On Revival Day LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Deacon Jones Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
Let It Roll Lucky Millinder w/ Annisteen Allen Decca Records 1947
True Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1947
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love For You)
Billie Holiday w/ Tony Scott and his Orchestra
Stay With Me 1955
If You’re A Viper (The Reefer Song)
Fats Waller
Jolly Roger Records 1943
Viper’s Drag
Allen Toussaint
American Tunes 2016
Rockin’ Boogie Joe Lutcher Specialty Records 1947
Fine Brown Frame Nellie Lutcher Capitol Records 1948
Eventide Count Basie Basie 1956
Rag Mop Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down Los Angeles Side Hustle (self-titled) 2025
COUNTDOWN: Top 10 R&B Songs in Atlanta – Memorial Day 1949
from Cash Box Magazine
10-Saturday Nite
Kansas City Jimmy
Savoy Records 1949
9-Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra
Supreme Records 1949
8-Wrapped Up In A Dream
Do-Re-Me Trio
Reet Records 1949
7-Ricky’s Blues
The Ravens
National Records 1949
6-Instantaneous Boogie
Camille Howard
Specialty Records 1949
5-Back Street
Eddie Chamblee
Miracle Records 1949
4-Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker
Modern Records 1949
3-Midnight At The Barrel House
Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Peter “Guitar” Lewis
Excelsior Records 1947
2-Lavender Coffin
Fat Man Robinson Quintet
Mofit Records 1949
1-T.J. Boogie
T.J. Fowler & Orchestra
National Records 1949
Westcoasting Dave Robbins Big Band Happy Faces 2025
Interlude (A Night In Tunisia)
Sarah Vaughan w/ Dizzy Gillespie & His Charlie Parker
Hot Jazz 1946
Makin’ Whoopee Ray Charles Live in Concert 1964
Route 66 Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 1991
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Live 2005
PODCAST PLAYLIST
Soft – Tiny Bradshaw
Let It Roll – Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Annisteen Allen
True Blues – Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love For You) – Billie Holiday
If You’re A Viper (The Reefer Song) – Fats Waller
Viper’s Drag – Allen Toussaint
Blue Turning Grey Over You – Louis Armstrong
Saturday Nite – Kansas City Jimmy
Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Jimmy Witherspoon
Wrapped Up In A Dream – Do-Re-Me Trio
Ricky’s Blues – The Ravens
Instantaneous Boogie – Camille Howard
Back Street – Eddie Chamblee
Hobo Blues – John Lee Hooker
Midnight At The Barrel House – Johnny Otis Orchestra
Lavender Coffin – Fat Man Robinson Quintet
T.J. Boogie – T.J. Fowler & Orchestra
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & the Nightcats
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