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.
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
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.
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You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.
Nothing fancy today. It’s Superbowl Sunday, so let’s jump!
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
C Blues Barney Bigard & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1941
Do You Wanna Jump Children Cab Calloway Vocalion Records 1938
Give It Up Daddy Blues Albennie Jones Decca Records 1947
Open The Door, Richard Count Basie RCA Victor 1947
I’m Ready Van Morrison Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge 2026
Cherry Smash Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1949
Walkin’ Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1947
All the Cats Join in Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine 2010
Bangin’ The Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1951
Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
King Records 1949
My Blue Heaven Fats Domino Imperial Records 1956
Going To The River Taj Mahal Dancing the Blues 1993
Caravan Ledisi For Dinah 2025
Jeep’s Blues Johnny Hodges With Billy Strayhorn & The Orchestra 1961
That Lucky Old Sun Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1949
Long Skirt Baby Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Street Lights Little Esther Federal Records 1953
Shake, Rattle & Roll Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1954
Every Day I Have the Blues Johnnie Johnson I’m Just Johnny 2025
Blue Monday Blues Jimmy Witherspoon Goin’ To Kansas City Blues 1957
Black Water Blues Dinah Washington Newport Jazz Festival 1958 1958
Bearcat Blues Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1952
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Drivin’ And Jivin’ Tiny Grimes Quartet Gotham Records 1949
Smooth Sailing Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1951
Walking On A Tightrope Johnny Adams Walking on a Tightrope… 1989
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1953
Good For Nothin’ Man Mickey Champion w/ The Roy Milton Band R.P.M. Records 1950
Lonely & Blue B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1954
What’d I Say Ray Charles What’d I Say 1959
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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