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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You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.
We have two featured artists this week. Chicago blues pianist, songwriter, vocalist, and harmonica player was born in Memphis 100 years ago, on October 24, 1925. He scored two Top 10 R&B hits in the early 1950s and his classic “The Seventh Son” has been recorded by dozens of artists since it was released in 1955.
WILLIE MABON RESOURCES
Biography @wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Second Hand Songs
Jimmy Liggins was born James Elliott in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, on October 24, 1918. He was the younger brother of bandleader Joe Liggins. A master R&B guitarist, Jimmy Liggins’s “Cadillac Boogie” is often considered one of the first rock and roll records.
JIMMY LIGGINS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Second Hand Songs
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
You Go To My Head Earl Bostic King Records 1953
I Don’t Know
Willie Mabon & Combo
Chess Records 1952
Teardrops From My Eyes Ruth Brown Show Time at The Apollo (TV Show) 1954
Why Don’t Cha Stop It Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
The Honeydripper Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1945
Cadillac Boogie
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1948
I Won’t Cry Any More Charles Brown Just A Lucky So And So 1994
Moosey Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats King Records 1949
That’s the Stuff You Gotta Watch Cecil Gant Gilt Edge Records 1947
Jumpin’ The Blues Jimmy Witherspoon Goin’ To Kansas City Blues 1957
Fat Meat Is Good Meat Savannah Churchill Beacon Records 1942
Mambo Boogie Johnny Otis w/ Mel Walker Savoy Records 1951
Shake A Hand Faye Adams Herald Records 1953
The Woman I Love B. B. King R.P.M. Records 1954
Every Night About This Time Fats Domino Imperial Records 1950
Don’t Put Me Down
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1949
I Ain’t In The Mood Helen Humes Modern Records 1951
I’m Afraid the Masquerade Is Over Little Jimmy Scott The Fabulous Songs of… 1959
The Big Break Little Charlie & The Nightcats The Big Break! 1989
Call The Police King Cole Trio Decca Records 1941
The Seventh Son
Willie Mabon
Chess Records 1955
Richest Guy in the Graveyard Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948
Careful Love
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1949
Let the Good Times Roll Johnnie Johnson I’m Just Johnny 2025
Is You Is or Is You Not My Baby Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
St. James Infirmary Cab Calloway Brunswick Records 1930
Putting on the Ritz Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle Young Frankenstein (Soundtrack) 1974
I’m Mad
Willie Mabon
Chess Records 1953
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives Nine Lives 2005
PODCAST PLAYLIST
You Go To My Head – Earl Bostic
I Don’t Know – Willie Mabon & Combo
Teardrops From My Eyes – Ruth Brown w/ The Paul Williams Orchestra
Why Don’t Cha Stop It – Roomful Of Blues
Cadillac Boogie – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
I Won’t Cry Any More – Charles Brown
Moosey – Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
Don’t Put Me Down – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
I Ain’t In The Mood – Helen Humes
I’m Afraid the Masquerade Is Over – Little Jimmy Scott
The Seventh Son – Willie Mabon
Richest Guy in the Graveyard – Dinah Washington
Careful Love – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
I’m Mad – Willie Mabon
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats
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