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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Today’s my birthday. To mark the occasion, we’re counting down the
Top 10 R&B songs in Atlanta, Georgia, on the day I was born. – John
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2026
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
K & H Boogie Big Jay McNeely Exclusive Records 1949
Half Measures Jad Tariq Precious Company 2026
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1945
Bluebeard Blues Count Basie Orchestra Blues By Basie 1950
Please Be Kind Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
Perdido Dinah Washington The Swingin’ Miss “D” 1957
Caldonia Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan 1973
I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead (You Rascal You) Duke Robillard BLAST OFF! 2026
Strollin’ With Bones T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Walk That Walk, Daddy O Tina Davis King Records 1949
Yes Indeed! Ray Charles In Person 1959
Rockin’ with Red Piano Red RCA Victor 1950
Let Me Play With Your Poodle Bonnie Davis Savoy Records 1946
Blues For Sale Joe Lutcher Specialty Records 1947
Cleveland Ohio Blues Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
Teardrops From My Eyes Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1951
BILLBOARD’S TOP 10 R&B SONGS – ATLANTA – OCTOBER 25, 1954
10-Hurts Me to My Heart
Faye Adams
Herald Records 1954
9-Oh, What a Dream
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1954
8-You Upset Me Baby
B.B. King
RPM Records 1954
7-She’s The One
The Midnighters
Federal Records 1954
6-Never Let Me Know
Johnny Ace
Duke Records 1954
5-Shake, Rattle & Roll
Big Joe Turner
Atlantic Records 1954
4-I’m Ready
Muddy Waters
Chess Records 1954
3-Don’t Drop It
Wilbert Harrison
Savoy Records 1954
2-Mambo Baby
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1954
1-Hearts of Stone
The Charms
De Luxe Records 1954
Crazy ‘Bout an Automobile Ry Cooder Borderline 1980
Route 66 Chuck Berry New Jukebox Hits 1961
Mordido Jazz At The Philharmonic Number 9
Carnegie Hall, New York City, on September 27, 1947
-Illinois Jacquet (tenor)
-Howard McGee (trumpet)
-Hank Jones (piano)
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
