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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Today we celebrate the 122nd anniversary of the birth of pianist, bandleader, and composer William “Count” Basie, the man who put the “jump” in jump blues.
COUNT BASIE RESOURCES
Court Basie’s biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Count Basie discography @ discogs.com
Count Basie Orchestra discography @ discogs.com
Count Basie Center for the Arts
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Red Bank Boogie
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Columbia Records 1945
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
Jumpin’ at the Woodside (Basie)
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 1992
Cadillac Baby Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1950
Shout, Sister, Shout! Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1941
Straighten Up & Fly Right Lyle Lovett Smile 2003
Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone) B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
Theme from M Squad (Basie)
Jay Geils
Toe Tappin’ Jazz 2009
Every Tub
Count Basie
Decca Records 1938
Evil Gal Blues
Count Basie Orchestra feat. Ledisi
Basie Swings the Blues 2023
Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
I’ve Got A Right To Cry Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
I’m Waiting For Your Call T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Good As Gone Yates McKendree Need to Know 2025
Blue And Sentimental (Basie)
Catherine Russell
Send For Me 2022
Mister Five By Five
Jimmy Rushing w/ Count Basie & His Orchestra
Parrot Records 1953
God Bless The Child & Now or Never
Billie Holiday w/ the Count Basie Sextet
Billie Holiday: Rare Live Recordings from 1935-1959
Blue Light Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1950
Lavender Coffin Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1949
I’m Still In Love With You Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1948
Hide & Seek
Big Joe Turner w/ Count Basie
Flip, Flop & Fly 1972
One O’Clock Jump
Count Basie
Count Basie At Newport 1957
Goin to Chicago Blues (Basie)
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
Capitol Records 1952
Good Morning Blues
Planet D Nonet
Kings Of Kansas City Swing: Bennie Moten & Count Basie 2019
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
Ella & Basie! 1962
Every Day I Have the Blues
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1955
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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