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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This week we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in Harlem, New York,
for this week in 1951, as reported to Cash Box Magazine.
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Play Boy Hop Duke Robillard BLAST OFF! 2026
10) Please Send Me Someone To Love
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1950
9) Hopefully Yours
The Larks
Apollo Records 1951
8) Cool Water
Four Tunes
Jubilee Records 1951
7) Don’t Take Your Love Away from Me
Laura Tate & Joe Morris
Atlantic Records 1951
6) Sleep
Earl Bostic
King Records 1951
5) I Won’t Cry Anymore
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1951
4) I Apologize
Billy Eckstine
MGM Records 1951
3) Sixty Minute Man
Billy Ward & The Dominoes
Federal Records 1951
2) Too Young
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1951
1) How High The Moon
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Capitol Records 1951
T-Bone Boogie T-Bone Walker Rhumboogie Records 1945
Yellow Dog Blues Louis Armstrong …Plays W. C. Handy 1954
St. Louis Blues Duke Ellington w/ Marion Cox …Plays the Blues 1947
The Chase Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray Dial Records 1947
The Honeydripper Joe Liggins Exclusive Records 1945
When that Man is Dead and Gone
Lizzy & The Triggermen
Baby, One More Time Live at Joe’s Pub 2025
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
Let’s Do It Ledisi For Dinah 2025
Op. 49 – Cold Chicken Suite, 3rd Movement
The Christian McBride Big Band
Without Further Ado, Vol 1 2025
Ain’t That A Shame? Fats Domino Imperial Records 1955
The Question (What’Cha Gonna Do?) Billy Wright Peacock Records 1955
Roamin’ Blues Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Every Time I Think Of You Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Weepin’ & Cryin’ Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951
My Playful Baby’s Gone Wynonie Harris King Records 1952
Bouncing With Benson Paul Williams Savoy Records 1948
Grits Aint Groceries Blue Velvet Atlanta Lady’s Night 2025
Hallelujah, I Love Him So Ella Fitzgerald Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes 1962
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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