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 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.
Today’s a snow day here in Atlanta. T
o warm things up, we countdown of the Top 11 Best Selling R&B Songs
for the week ending January 27, 1951 as reported to Billboard Magazine.
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Pop Corn Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1948
COUNTDOWN: BILLBOARD’S BEST SELLING R&B SONGS FOR LATE JANUARY, 1951
8-Little Red Rooster
Margie Day w/ The Griffin Brothers
Dot Records 1951
8-Blue Shadows
Lowell Fulson
Swingtime Records 1949
8-Telephone Blues
Floyd Dixon
Aladdin Records 1950
8-Lemonade
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950
7-Rockin’ with Red
Piano Red
RCA Victor 1950
6-Old Time Shuffle Blues
Lloyd Glenn
Swing Time Records 1950
5-Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere
Joe Morris w/ Laurie Tate
Atlantic Records 1950
4-Bad, Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1950
3-Please Send Me Someone To Love
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1950
1-Teardrops from My Eyes
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1950
Tainted Love Deborah Silver & The Count Basie Orchestra Basie Rocks 2025
It Ain’t Necessarily So Cab Calloway Porgy & Bess (Original Broadway Cast) 1959
3 O’clock Blues B.B. King 1951 R.P.M. Records 1951
Wild Wig Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1949
The Wind is Blowin’ Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1952
Going To The River Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952
Little Joe’s Boogie Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Happy Hours Kid Ramos West Coast House Party 2000
Tell Me Who Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959
That’s All Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars The Great Women In Blues 2025
Strange Things Happen Everyday Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1944
Li’l DogBuddy Johnson Decca Records 1947
Work Song Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961
Looped James Harman & Gene Taylor Band Live In Germany 2012
Stormy WeatherTony Bennett w/ Natalie Cole Playing With My Friends… 2001
Messin’ Around Memphis Slim At The Gate Of Horn 1959
Oh Babe Louis Prima & Keely Smith Robin Hood Records 1950
Porter’s Love Song Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1947
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Ella Fitzgerald …Duke Ellington Song Book 1958
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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