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’s featured artist is blues shouter and songwriter Roy Brown on either
the 101st or 106th anniversary of his birth in Kinder, Louisiana.
Brown scored 14 national R&B hits between 1947 and 1951,
then made a brief comeback in 1957 with his recording of
Fats Dominoes and Dave Bartholomew’s “Let the Four Winds Blow.”
ROY BROWN ARCHIVES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Profile @ Spontaneous Lunacy
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
New Orleans Shuffle Johnny Otis Savoy Records 1949
Train Time Blues
Roy Brown & The Griffin Brothers
De Luxe Records 1951
Along About Midnight (Brown) (aka Long About Midnight)
The Knickerbocker All-Stars
Open Mic At The Knick 2014
She Winked Her Eye Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
They Call Me Big Mama Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1953
You Don’t Learn That In School King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
B-Sharp You’ll See Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers Exclusive Records 1947
Comin’ Home Baby Jennifer Madsen Girl Talk 2026
Papa Ain’t Salty Yates McKendree Buchanan Lane 2022
Elevator Boogie Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown Exclusive Records 1948
McShann’s Bounce Jay McShann Supreme Records 1947
Bar Room Blues
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
Deluxe Records 1951
Lollipop Mama (Brown)
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1948
School Street Shuffle Kirk Fletcher I’m Here & I’m Gone 2005
Chicken Shack Boogie James Harman & Gene Taylor Live In Germany 2012
I Don’t Hurt Anymore Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1954
Yes Dear! Big Harp George No Shortcuts 2026
Hard Luck Blues
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
DeLuxe Records 1950
Beautician Blues (Brown)
B.B. King
Kent Records 1964
Mess Around Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953
The Storm Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1952
Thunderbird Hal Paige & The Whalers J & S Records 1957
Jump, Jive, An’ Wail Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
Come Rain Or Come Shine Christian McBride,,, Without Further Ado… 2025
Straighten up and Fly Right Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong ABC Records 1967
You Run Your Mouth & I’ll Run My Business Louis Jordan Decca Records 1940
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Love Don’t Love Nobody (Brown)
James Brown
King Records 1961
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Roy Brown w/ Bob Ogden & His Orchestra
Deluxe Records 1947
Boogie Woogie Blues
Hollywood Fats Band w/ Roy Brown
Larger Than Life 1980
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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