WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, 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 Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow 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.
Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
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It’s different from our live show.
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.
Roy “Bunny” Milton is today’s featured artist. Born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, on
July 31, 1907, Milton was a drummer, singer, songwriter, and leader of the
Solid Senders, one of the most important bands of the jump blues era.
ROY MILTON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
The Milton Records Story
Roy Milton @ SecondHand Songs
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Junior’s Boogie Rocket The Hollywood Blue Flames Road To Rio 2006
Milton’s Boogie
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Juke Box Records 1946
Information Blues
Duke Robillard
Duke’s Blues 1996
Please Don’t Go (Come Back Baby) Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1949
Be Baba Leba Helen Humes Philo Records 1945
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
It Don’t Mean A Thing… Tony Bennett …Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool 1999
Esquire Swank Duke Ellington Victor Records 1946
You Don’t Know What Love Is Kandace Springs Lady in Satin 2025
R.M. Blues & Shuggie’s Boogie
The Johnny Otis Show with Roy Milton & Shuggie Otis
Live At Monterey! 1970
You Upset Me Baby B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1954
Don’t You Ever Get Tired… The Knickerbocker All-Stars Go Back Home… 2015
Talk To Me, Talk To Me James Brown Thinking About Little Willie John… 1968
Pony Tail T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1953
A Bird In The Hand
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1954
X-Temperaneous Boogie
Camille Howard & The Roy Milton Unit
Specialty Records 1948
Best Wishes
Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson
Back to Back 2010
Hawk’s Boogie Erskine Hawkins RCA Victor 1947
Down Home Blues Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1948
Baby Get Lost Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Feel So Bad Ray Charles & Count Basie Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
It’s All Over Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Dr. John Voodoo 1989
Daddy O Louis Jordan w/ Martha Davis Decca Records 1949
Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima Strictly Prima 1959
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Everything I Do Is Wrong
Kim Wilson
My Blues 1997
Flying Saucer
The Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1952
Hop, Skip & Jump
Roy Milton
Specialty Records 1947
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
HERE’S THE PLAYLIST FOR TODAY’S PODCAST
Junior’s Boogie Rocket – The Hollywood Blue Flames
Milton’s Boogie – Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Information Blues – Duke Robillard
Please Don’t Go (Come Back Baby) – Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
Be Baba Leba – Helen Humes w/ Bill Doggett Octet
Greyhound – Amos Milburn
R.M. Blues & Shuggie’s Boogie – The Johnny Otis Show with Roy Milton & Shuggie Otis
A Bird In The Hand – Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
X-Temperaneous Boogie – Camille Howard & The Roy Milton Unit
Best Wishes – Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson
Everything I Do Is Wrong – Kim Wilson
Flying Saucer – The Solid Senders
Hop, Skip & Jump – Roy Milton
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats
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