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
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You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.
Our featured artist is Hollywood Fats.
Born Michael Leonard Mann in Los Angeles on March 17, 1954
Hollywood Fats was a guitar virtuoso. He was one of only a f
ew West Coast blues musicians of his generation who incorporated
jump blues into his sound.
He was active from the mid-1970s until his death in 1986.
HOLLYWOOD FATS RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Obituary – Los Angeles Times, Dec. 12, 1986
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Apollo Jump Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1943
Lonesome
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979
Blue And Lonesome
Memphis Slim
Miracle Records 1949
I Don’t Dig It Big Joe Turner MGM Records 1949
Backstage at Stuff’s Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Baby, I Don’t Cry Over You Billie Holiday Decca Records 1947
Mean Old World T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1942
Trouble in Mind Jimmy Witherspoon …At the Renaissance 1960
Heed My Warning Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Chicken Shack Boogie
Canned Heat w/ Hollywood Fats
In Concert – King Biscuit Flower Hour 1979
Have A Good Time Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
Little Joe’s Boogie Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
I’m Still In Love With You Duke Robillard …Songs of T-Bone Walker 2004
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington …Sings Fats Waller 1957
Caldonia
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979
Have a Good Time
Big Walter Horton
Cobra Records 1956
My Love Is Limited Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie RCA Victor 1948
Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
Makin’ Whoopee Ray Charles Live in Concert 1964
Doggin’ Blues Linda Hopkins Savoy Records 1950
Hodge-Podge Johnny Hodges The Blues 1956
A Pretty Girl Buddy Johnson Mercury Records 1954
Kansas City
The Hollywood Fats Band
Live a the White House Tavern, Laguna Beach California 1980
Nitwit
The Hollywood Fats Band
Monterey Jazz Festival 1980
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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