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.
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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.
This week, we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in San Franciso for Labor Day 1950.
THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Heavy Juice Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1953
Summer Time Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
So Good To My Baby Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Mad Lad Sir Charles & His All Stars Apollo Records 1947
All Night Long Mel Walker Savoy Records 1951
Locked Up In Georgia Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orch Movin’ Along 2022
3 Cool Cats Ry Cooder Chávez Ravine 2005
Let’s Fall In Love Lester Young Verve Records 1952
That’s All Sister Rosetta Tharpe Antibes Jazz Festival 1960
TOP 10 R&B SONGS IN SAN FRANCISCO – LABOR DAY 1950
As reported to Cash Box Magazine
10-Failing By Degrees Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1950
9-Late In The Evening Blues Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1950
8-My Temper Is Risin’ Roy Hawkins Modern Records 1950
7-Do You Know Him Brother Joe May Specialty Records 1950
6-Goodnight Irene Paul Gayten Regal Records 1950
5-Mona Lisa Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
4-Good Morning Judge Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
3-Love Don’t Love Nobody Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1950
2-Blue Shadows Lowell Fulson Swingtime Records 1949
1-Blue Light Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1950
Wang Dang Doodle Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars The Great Women… 2025
I Believe To My Soul Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1974
Tell Me Why Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1952
Perfect Woman The Four Blazes United Records 1953
It Took a Long Long Time Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
Glad to Be Unhappy Kandace Springs Lady in Satin 2025
I’m Waiting For My Man Jazzified The Velvet Undergrounds 2025
It Ain’t Necessarily So Cab Calloway Porgy and Bess 1959
Highway Bound B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
Grits Aint Groceries Blue Velvet Atlanta Blue Velvet Atlanta 2025
The River Turned Red Selwyn Birchwood Live At The Night… 2016
(sign off)
(You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
THE PLAYLIST FOR THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
Heavy Juice – Tiny Bradshaw
Summer Time – Taj Mahal
So Good To My Baby – Big Maybelle
Mad Lad – Sir Charles & HIs All Stars
Failing By Degrees – Jimmy Witherspoon
Late In The Evening Blues – Ray Charles
My Temper Is Risin’ – Roy Hawkins
Do You Know Him – Brother Joe May
Goodnight Irene – Paul Gayten
Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole
Good Morning Judge – Wynonie Harris
Love Don’t Love Nobody – Roy Brown
Blue Shadows – Lowell Fulson
Blue Light Boogie – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
All Night Long – Mel Walker
Locked Up In Georgia – Sue Palmer & Her Motel Swing Orch.
3 Cool Cats – Ry Cooder
I’m Waiting For My Man – Jazzified
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats
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