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.
December 25, 2025, isn’t just Christmas, it’s the 118th anniversary
of the birth of Cab Calloway.
This is our annual Christmas and Calloway show.
If you missed the live broadcast or would like to hear the show again,
check out the podcast below the playlist at the bottom of the page.
CAB CALLOWAY RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia,org
Discography @ discogs.com
Cab Calloway’s Hepster’s Dictionary
WRFG ROUTE 66 FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Basie’s Jingle Bells The Count Basie Orchestra A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas! 2015
Minnie The Moocher
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Brunswick Records 1931
Dig That Crazy Santa Claus Oscar McLollie Modern Records 1955
Christmas BoogieFrankie “Sugar Chile” Robinson Capitol Records 1950
The Christmas Song Carmen McRae Sings Loverman… 1962
O Christmas Tree Oscar Peterson An Oscar Peterson Christmas 2002
May Every Day Be Christmas Louis Jordan & His Orchestra Decca Records 1951
Blue Christmas Fats Domino Christmas Gumbo 1993
The Hi-De-Ho Man
Cab Calloway
Columbia Records 1947
Reefer Man
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway 2009
Joy to the World! Mahalia Jackson Silent Night 1950
White Christmas Charlie Parker Savoy Records 1948
I’ll Be Home For Christmas Etta Jones Christmas with Etta Jones 2009
Christmas Time Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1950
What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong ABC Records 1967
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas 1967
Do You Wanna Jump Children
Cab Calloway w/ Chu Berry
Vocalion Records 1938
Far Away Blues (Christmas Blues) Johnny Otis Savoy Records 1950
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Joe Williams That Holiday Feelin’ 1990
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Etta James 12 Songs of Christmas 1998
Sugar Rum Cherry Duke Ellington The Nutcracker Suite 1960
Smile Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1954
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Mabel Scott Exclusive Records 1948
Rudolph The Red Nosed ReindeerRay Charles The Spirit Of Christmas 1985
Harlem Holiday
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Brunswick Records 1932
I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm Billie Holiday Vocalion Records 1938
Merry Christmas, Baby Charles Brown w/ Johnny Moore Exclusive Records 1948
Silent Night Little Jimmy Scott Christmas
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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