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.
This week we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in the jazz and blues clubs on
Central Avenue in Los Angeles during the first week of November 1949.
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2025
Song
Artist
Original album or label & date
Early Bird Bill Doggett King Records 1945
10-Blues For My Baby
Billy Wright w/ the Howard Collander
Orchestra Savoy Records 1949
9-Don’t Put Me Down
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1949
8-Boogie At Midnight
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
DeLuxe Records 1949
7-It’s Midnight (No Place To Go)
Little Willie Littlefield
Modern Records 1949
6-Empty Arms Blues
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1949
5-Waking Up Baby
Roy Milton
Specialty Records 1949
4-All She Wants to Do Is Rock
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1949
3-Broken Hearted
Floyd Dixon
Supreme Records 1949
2-Sneakin’ Around
Rudy Render
Decca Records 1949
1-Saturday Night Fish Fry
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1949
Dirty People Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Caldonia Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan 1973
Papa Ain’t Salty Doug Sahm …& Band 1973
Free And Easy Mind Jimmy “T-99” Nelson Chess Records 1955
Tobacco Road Lou Rawls Tobacco Road 1964
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman Etta Jones RCA 1947
Lady Be Good Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie Dee Gee Records 1951
Big Jay Shuffle Big Jay McNeely Federal Records 1952
Convenience Store Party Bag James Harman & Gene Taylor …In Germany 2012
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
I’m A Bad Bad Girl Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1951
I Love You So Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1949
Alimony Blues T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1951
Moanin’ Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
The Masquerade Is Over Bette McLaurin Derby Records 1951
Oop-Pop-A-Da Three Bips & A Bop Blue Note Records 1947
Blue Turning Grey over You Catherine Russell Harlem on My Mind 2016
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST
Dirty People – Roomful Of Blues
Caldonia – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Papa Ain’t Salty – Doug Sahm
Blues For My Baby – Billy Wright w/ the Howard Collander Orchestra
Don’t Put Me Down – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Boogie At Midnight – Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
It’s Midnight (No Place To Go) – Little Willie Littlefield
Empty Arms Blues – Amos Milburn
Waking Up Baby – Roy Milton
All She Wants to Do Is Rock – Wynonie Harris
Broken Hearted – Floyd Dixon
Sneakin’ Around – Rudy Render
Saturday Night Fish Fry – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Lady Be Good – Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie
Tag (You’re it) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats
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