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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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Bangin’ The Boogie
Camille Howard
Specialty Records 1951
Born Deasy Browning in Galvison, Texas, on March 29, 1914,
Camile Howard scored hit records both as a solo artist
and as the pianist and vocalist for Roy Milton’s Solid Senders.
CAMILE HOWARD RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia
Solo discography @ discogs.com
Roy Milton & Solid Senders discography @ discogs.com
COUNTDOWN: TOP JUKE BOX R&B RECORDS IN EARLY APRIL 1946
As reported to Billboard by 500 juke box operators nationwide
4-The Frim Fram Sauce
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Decca Records 1946
4-Voo-It
Helen Humes & Her All Stars
Philo Records 1945
3-Salt Pork, West Virginia
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945
3-Driftin’ Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945
3-Reconversion Blues
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
3-Don’t Be A Baby, Baby
The Mills Brothers
Decca Records 1946
2-Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945
1-Hey Ba Ba Re Bop
Lionel Hampton
Decca Records 1945
Gate Walks To Board Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1953
Cadillac Baby Colin James Colin James & The Little Big Band
Weather Man Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records (1950s unreleased)
Honey Boy Bill Doggett King Records 1954
Down Yonder Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1949
Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair Dinah Washington …Sings Bessie Smith
I Want You To Be My Baby Annie Ross Decca Records 1955
COUNTOWN TOP JUKE BOX R&B RECORDS FOR EARLY APRIL 1951
10-Tears Tears Tears
Amos Milburn & His Chicken Shackers
Aladdin Records 1951
9-I’ll Wait for You
Ruth Brown & The Eddie Condon Band
Atlantic Records 1951
8-Little Red Rooster
Margie Day w/ The Griffin Brothers
Dot Records 1951
7-Red’s Boogie
Piano Red
RCA Victor 1950
6-Chica Boo
Lloyd Glenn
Swing Time Records 1951
5-Tennessee Waltz Blues
Stick McGhee
Atlantic Records 1951
4-Don’t Take Your Love Away from Me
Joe Morris
Atlantic Records 1951
3-Lost Love (Baby, Please)
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1951
2-Rockin’ Blues
Mel Walker w/ Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1951
1-Black Night
Charles Brown
Aladdin Records 1951
Hallelujah, I Love Him So Kieran Brown Loving You 2025
What Would I Do Without You Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1957
Day In Day Out Billie Holiday Songs for Distingue Lovers 1958
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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