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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You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.
Today, we celebrate December heavenly birthdays.
Pee Wee Crayton was born Connie Curtis Crayton in Rockdale, Texas, on December
18, 1914. He moved to Oakland, California, in 1935 and learned the basics of the electric guitar from T-Bone Walker. Crayton developed his own style and recorded numerous vocal and instrumental numbers from the mid-1940s until shortly before
his death in 1985.
PEE WEE CRAYTON RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Born in Chicago on December 1, 1933, and raised on gospel, jazz, jump, and blues,
Louis Allen Rawls sold more than 40 million records and won three Grammys for
Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
LOU RAWLS RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Shipyard Social Function Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1945
Do Unto Others
Pee Wee Crayton
Imperial Records 1956
My Idea About You
Pee Wee Crayton
Imperial Records 1955
Fiddle De Dee
Kid Ramos w/ Lynwood Slim
Kid Ramos 1999
I’m Waiting For My Man Jazzified The Velvet Undergrounds 2025
Pink Champagne Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water
Lou Rawls
Black & Blue 1963
In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
Lou Rawls & Les McCann Ltd
Stormy Monday 1962
Postman Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1946
Christmas Date Boogie Big Joe Turner Down Beat Records 1948
The Things That I Used to Do Guitar Slim Specialty Records 1954
Christmas Rain Ben Levin Still Here 2021
VIP Boogie/Jam with Sam Planet D Nonet Blues to Be There… 2023
Along About Midnight Knickerbocker All-Stars Open Mic At The Knick 2014
After Hours Joint Jimmy Coe States Records 1953
Dont Worry About Me Helen Humes Songs I Like to Sing! 1961
Good Rockin’ Daddy Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Texas Hop
Pee Wee Crayton
Modern Records 1948
I Love You So
Pee Wee Crayton
Modern Records 1949
Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Let’s Do It Ledisi For Dinah 2025
Flying Saucer The Solid Senders Specialty Records 1952
Southside Blues – Tobacco Road (Medley)
Lou Rawls w/ The Tommy Stroke Quartet
Live! 1966
The Christmas Song
Lou Rawls
Christmas Is The Time 1993
All For The Love Of Lil Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948
A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1938
Winter Wonderland Count Basie Orchestra A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas! 2015
What’d I Say Ray Charles In Person 1959
Let the Good Times Roll Johnnie Johnson I’m Just Johnny 2025
Slippin’ & Slidin’ (Peepin’ & Hidin’) Little Richard Specialty Records 1956
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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