WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast January 28, 2024

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

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Jay McShann is this week’s featured artist. McShann led bands in Kansas City
that included Charlie Parker, Bernard Anderson, Walter Brown, and Ben Webster.

Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on January 12, 1916, James Columbus McShann
learned to play piano by watching his sister’s piano lessons and trying to practice
tunes he heard on the radio.

His piano style was heavily influenced by late-night broadcasts of pianist Earl Hines
from Chicago’s Grand Terrace Cafe: “When ‘Fatha’ (Hines) went off the air, I went to
bed”. McShann was a gifted vocalist, composer and band leader with a career
that spanned more than six decades, ending shortly before his death in 2006.

JAY McSHANN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikiepedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Discography of American Hisctorcal Recordings
National Endowment for the Arts

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024

Song
Artist
Original Album of Label & Date

No Name Boogie
Boogie Woogie Jackson (aka Jay McShann)
Down Beat Records 1948

Get Me On Your Mind
Jay McShann Orchestra with Al Hibler
Decca Records 1943

Jumpin’ The Blues
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
American Music Texas Style 1999

Come On Over To My House
Jay McShann w/ Maria Muldaur & Duke Robillard
Still Jumpin’ The Blues 1999

Adam Bit The Apple Joe Turner Aladdin Records 1950
Old Devil Moon Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Flyin’ Home Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing Skronky Tonk 2016
Boogie Woogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1951
Easy Living Little Jimmy Scott I Go Back Home 2016
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Dennis Gruenling Rockin’ All Day 2012
Oh, Lady Be Good! Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1947
Two Years Of Torture Ray Charles The Genius 1959
As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
Straighten Up & Fly Right Lyle Lovett Smile 2003

They Raided The Joint
Helen Humes w/ Jay McShann
Let The Good Times Roll 1973

I Ain’t Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)
Earl Hines
Okah Records 1929

Confessin’ the Blues
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Decca Records 8559A 1941

Hootie Blues
Jay McShann & His Orchestra featuring Charlie Parker
Decca Records 8559B 1941

Roll ‘Em C Jam Blues
Eddie Vinson & Jay McShann
Jumpin’ The Blues 1969

Evil Gal Blues Lionel Hampton w/ Dinah Washington Keynote Recordings 1944
The Calloway Boogie Cab Calloway Columbia Records 1947
St. Thomas Count Basie & His Orchestra Basie’s Beat 1967
Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone) B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953

Cupid’s Boogie
Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950

A Virus Called the Blues Charles Brown & Dr. John All My Life 1990

Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra
Supreme Records 1949

King Size Papa
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends (Jay McShann)
Capitol Records 1948

Hands Off
Jay McShann’s Orchestra w/ Priscilla Bowman
Vee Jay Records 1955

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast January 21, 2024

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Illustrations of Buddy Johnson were created using an artificial intellegence graphics program

Buddy Johnson is today’s featured artist. Born Woodrow Wilson Johnson
in Darlington, South Carolina on January 10, 1915, Johnson, a classically trained
pianist, led one of the most successful bands of the jump blues era. He made his
first records in the late 1930s and struck it big with “Let’s Beat Out Some Love,”
his first national R&B hit in 1943.

Together with his sister, Ella, Johnson scored 14 national R&B hits between
1943 and 1957 and wrote several songs that have become jazz standards
including “Since I Fell for You” and “Fine Brown Frame.”

BUDDY JOHNSON RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Discography of American Historical Recordings

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2024

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Rock On
Sax Gordon
Extreme Sax! 2021

I Don’t Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You)
Buddy & Ella Johnson
Mercury Records 1956

Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
Count Basie & His Orchestra
RCA Victor 1949

Fine Brown Frame
Etta Jones
…Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson 1998

Oh Babe! Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
Beef Stew Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1949
Rain Down Rain Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Mary Jo The Four Blazes United Records 1952
Call It Stormy Monday Nancy Wilson Something Wonderful 1960
Work Song Cannonball Adderley Quintet Them Dirty Blues 1960
My Gal’s A Jockey Big Joe Turner National Records 1946
That’s The Gal For Me Ivory Joe Hunter King Records 1949
Lady Be Good Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
My Time Is Expensive Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Ain’t It A Crime Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1950
That Old Black Magic Louis Prima & Keely Smith Capitol Records 1958

You Had Better Change Your Ways
Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1948

Let’s Beat Out Some Love
Buddy Johnson & His Band
Decca Records 1942

Bring It Home to Me
Kid Ramos w/ Janiva Magness
West Coast House Party 2000

Baby Don’t You Cry
Johnny Adams
One Foot in the Blues 1996

38th Street Blues B.B. King Spotlight On Lucille 1991
Confession Blues The Maxin Trio (Ray Charles) Down Beat Records 1949
God Bless The Child Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956
Life Is So Peculiar Louis Jordan & Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1951

I Want A Big Butter And Egg Man
Roland Hanna / Carrie Smith
Black And Blue 1989 Original Broadway Cast) 1991

What A Wonderful World Harpdog Brown harpdogbrown.com 2021
Kansas City Lou Rawls Black & Blue 1963
Old Mother Hubbard Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1949

Since I Fell for You
Van Morrison
It’s Too Late to Stop Now…Volume IV 1973

That’s the Stuff You Gotta Watch
Cecil Gant
Gilt Edge Records 1947

Hittin’ On Me
Buddy & Ella Johnson
Mercury Records 1953

A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money)
Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra
Mercury Records 1954

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast January 14, 2024

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Two featured artists with late December birthdays for your pleasure today:

Bandleader, singer, songwriter, record producer, talent scout disc jockey,
Congressional aide, unsuccessful Congressional candidate, resterant owner,
and minister Johnny Otis was born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes in Vallejo,
California on December 28, 1928.

R&B and blues singer “Little” Esther Phillips was born Esther Mae Phillips
in Galveston, Texas on December, 23, 1935. Otis discovered Phillips when
she sang in a talent show when she was just 13-years-old. Together, they
had six national Top 10 R&B hits in 1950.

JOHNNY OTIS RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

ESTHER PHILLIPS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Blues Foundation

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2024

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

C-Jam Blues Lynn Hope Aladdin Records 1953

Turn The Lamps Down Low
Little Esther Phillips w/ Little Willie Littlefield
Federal Records 1953

I’m A Bad Girl
Candye Kane
Super Hero 2009

Aged & Mellow
Little Esther Phillips
Federal Records 1952

Shame, Shame, Shame Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Cecil Boogie Cecil Gant Gilt-Edge Records 1945
Struttin’ With Some BBQ Patti Austin Ella and Louis 2017
Gate Walks To Board Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Got Nobody To Love Terry Timmons & Memphis Slim RCA Victor 1951
Pool Playing Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1947
Deacon Jones Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1948
The Deacon Moves In Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1951

T-Bone Shuffle
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991

Cry Me A River
The Johnny Otis Show featuring Esther Phillips
RegeLive at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1970

Call Operator 210
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra featuring Mel Walker
Savoy Records 1952

I Ain’t No Fool Either
Big Mama Thornton
Peacock Records 1953

Signifyin’ Monkey
Oscar Brown Jr.
Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961

Dolphin’s Theme Red Callender Recorded in Hollywood Records 1951
Robbin’s Nest Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Please Be Kind Little Jimmy Scott Savoy Records 1956
M Squad Count Basie Orchestra Late Night Basie 2023
Ashes On My Pillow Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson King Records 1949
New Orleans Shuffle Roomful Of Blues Hot Little Mama 1981
Fore Day In The Morning Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1948
Rose Mary Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952

I Love My Baby
Little Richard w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Peacock Records 1957

Gangster of Love
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
King Records 1963

Deceiving Blues
Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950

Willie & The Hand Jive
The Johnny Otis Show
Capitol Records 1958

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005



WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 31, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

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Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Harlem Nocturne Oliver Sain & His Orchestra Bobbin Records 1962
Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Evil Gal Blues Count Basie Orchestra feat. Ledisi Basie Swings the Blues 2023
Long Distance Operator Roomful Of Blues Hot Little Mama 1981
Hadacol Bounce Roy Byrd & His Blues Jumpers Mercury Records 1949
Empty Red Blues Linda Hopkins Me and Bessie 1976
Hot Special Bloodest Saxophone /Big Jay McNeely Blow Blow All Night Long 2017
The Huckle-Buck Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Speciality Records 1949
Blues For My Baby Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
I Don’t Want Your Money Honey Frantic Fay Thomas Exclusive Records 1949
Good Morning Judge Buster Poindexter Buster Poindexter 1987

Rocket 88 Rocket 88 (unofficial release) 1981
Recorded live at the Rotation Club in Hanpver, West Germany
Hal Singer on tenor, Ian Steart on piano, & Charlie Watts on drums

One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955
Killer Joe Taj Mahal Savoy 2023

It’s December 31 and time for our end-of-the-year retrospective.
And, since this is Route 66, this year’s retrospective is for 1953.
Here are the nomber one R&B songs of ’53 in the order they first
hit the top of the national R&B chart.

Five Long Years Eddie Boyd Job Records 1952
I Don’t Know Willie Mabon & Combo Chess Records 1952
Baby Don’t Do It The 5 Royales Apollo Records 3426 1953
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
I’m Mad Willie Mabon Chess Records 1953
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Help Me Somebody The 5 Royales Apollo Records 1953
Please Love Me B.B. King & Orchestra R.P.M. Records 1953
The Clock Johnny Ace Duke Records 1953
Crying in the Chapel The Orioles Jubilee Records 1953
Shake A Hand Faye Adams Herald Records 1953
Money Honey Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters Atlanta Records 1953
Honey Hush Big Joe Turner Atlanta Records

Click here to learn more about the Billboard number one R&B chart for 1953

Blues Waltz Ray Charles At Newport 1958
Unchain My Heart Wayne Riker Alphabetical Blues Bash, Vol. 2 2023
Happy New Year, Baby Johnny Otis Excelsior Records 1947

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 24, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Cab Calloway is today’s featured artist. Born Caball Calloway, III, in Rochester,
New York, on December 25, 1907, Calloway was a regular performer at the
Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era.
His niche of mixing jazz and vaudeville won him acclaim during a career
that spanned over 65 years.

Calloway had several hit records in the 1930s and 1940s, becoming
the first African-American musician to sell one million copies of a single record.

CAB CALLOWAY RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia,org
Discography @ discogs.com
Cab Calloway’s Hepster’s Dictionary

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Harlem Holiday
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Brunswick Records 1932

Have You Ever Met That Funny Reefer Man
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
Brunswick Records 1932

Do You Wanna Jump Children
Cab Calloway w/ Chu Berry
Vocalion Records 1938

C’mon With The C’mon
Colin James & The Little Big Band
Little Big Band II 1998

The Big Question Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1952
That’s The Stuff You Gotta Watch Buddy & Ella Johnson Decca Records 1944
True Blue B.B. King & Calvin Owens True Blue 1993
Ain’t Nobody’s Business Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Shake Rattle And Roll Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Don’t Wait Too Long Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) Little Jimmy Scott Over the Rainbow 2001

Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway & The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers (soundtrack) 1980

Kickin’ The Gong Around
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Vocalion Records 1932

Viper’s Drag
Allen Toussaint
American Tunes 2016

Illustrations of Cab Calloway & 1940s Hipster Santa & His Shifty Eves
created using an artificial intellenge graphics program.

IT’S CHRISTMAS!

Gettin in the mood (for Christmas)
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Dig That Crazy Christmas 2005

Merry Christmas Baby Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1956
Christmas Comes But Once A Year Amos Milburn King Records 1960

Far Away Blues (Christmas Blues)
Johnny Otis w/ Little Esther & Mel Walker
Savoy Records

Jingle Jangle Jump Dexter Gordon Savy Records 1952
Christmas In My Heart Ray Charles The Spirit Of Christmas 1985

I Want a Present for Christmas
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1958

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Etta James
12 Songs of Christmas 1998

Jingle Bells Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Jingle Bell Swing 1962
Christmas Spirit Julia Lee Capitol Americana Records 1947
Let It Snow Roomful Of Blues Roomful Of Christmas 1997
The Christmas Song (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
White Chrismas Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1948

Good Swing Wenceslas
The Count Basie Orchestra
A Very Basie Christmas 2015

Winter Wonderland
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Winter Wonderland 2014

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 17, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Alto saxophonist, songwriter, and blues shouter Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson is
today’s featured artist. Born Edward L. Vinson Jr. On December 18, 1917 in
Houston, Texas, Vinson was a member of the horn section in Milton Larkin’s
orchestra, which he joined in the late 1930s. At various times, he sat next to
Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, and Tom Archia, while other members of the band
included Cedric Haywood and Wild Bill Davis. After exiting Larkin’s employment
in 1941, Vinson picked up a few vocal tricks while on tour with bluesman
Big Bill Broonzy. He then moved to New York and joined the Cootie Williams
Orchestra from 1942 to 1945, recording such tunes as “Cherry Red”. Vinson struck
out on his own in 1945, forming his own large band, signing with Mercury Records,
and enjoying a double-sided hit in 1947 with his R&B chart-topper
“Old Maid Boogie”, and the song that would prove to be his signature number,
“Kidney Stew Blues” – wikipedia

EDDIE “CLEANHEAD” VINSON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Texas State Historical Association

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Crossfire (Part 1) Sil “Mr. Ping Pong” Austin Jubilee Records 1955

(Cherry) Red Blues
Cootie Williams & His Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1944

Gonna Send You Back to Where I Got You From
Van Morrison
The Prophet Speaks 2018

Person To Person
Mildred Anderson
Person to Person 1960

Smack Dab In The Middle Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1955
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
I Love You So Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1949
Chicken Shack Eddie Tigner Route 66 2001

Them There Eyes
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
Roy Milton Records 1947

Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher Capitol Records 1947
That’s A Pretty Good Love Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956
All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris King Records 1949

The House Near The Railroad Tracks
Tommy Brown
Regent Records 1949

Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/ the Sam Price Trio
Decca Records 1948

It’s Later Than You Think Roomful Of Blues Let’s Have A Party 1979

You Ain’t Goin’ To Heaven No How
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946

Woojamacooja Helen Humes Dootone Records 1955

All images created using an artificial intellenge graphics program.

Cleanhead’s Blues
The Johnny Otis Show w/Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
Live At Monterey! 1970

Please Send Me Someone To Love
Etta James & Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Blues In The Night, Vol. 1: The Early Show 1986

Juice Head Baby
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson w/ T-Bone Walker & Jay McShann
Kidney Stew Is Fine 1969

Rock Candy
Count Basie Orchestra & George Benson
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

I Wonder Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Lonesome & Blue Annie Laurie Okeh Records 1952

SPOTLIGHT ON LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT

Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
Lionel Hampton w/ Little Jimmy Scott
Decca Records 1950

Sycamore Trees
Little Jimmy Scott
Twin Peaks: Firewalk With Me Soundtrack 1991

James Victor Scott, known professionally as Little Jimmy Scott or Jimmy Scott,
was a jazz vocalist known for his high natural contralto voice and his sensitivity
on ballads and love songs. After success in the 1940s and 1950s, Scott’s career
faltered in the early 1960s. He eventually left the music business and moved back
home to Cleveland, not returning to the stage until 1989. Scott’s performance of “Sycamore Trees” on the Twin Peaks: Firewalk with Me soundtrack began a
resurgance in his career which continued until shortly before his death in 2014.

LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discog.com
LGBTQ Profile @ them.com
Obituary in Washington Post

I’m Still in Love with You
Jimmie Vaughan
Baby, Please Come Home 2019

Going To The River Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952

Caldonia
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Sings Louis Jordan 1973

Kidney Stew Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Mercury Records 1947

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 10, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Big Mama Thornton is today’s featured artist.Born Willie Mae Thornton in
Ariton, Alabama o nDecember 11, 1926, Thornton was a blues and R&G singer
and songwiter. She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller’s “Hound Dog”,
in 1952, which was written for her and became her biggest hit, staying seven weeks
at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953. According to Maureen Mahon,
a music professor at New York University, “the song is seen as an important
beginning of rock-and-roll, especially in its use of the guitar as the key instrument”.

Thornton’s other recordings include the original version of “Ball and Chain”,
which she wrote.

BIG MAMA THORNTON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Bullfrog Hop Big Bob Kornegay Dot Records 1956

Everytime I Think Of You
Big Mama Thornton
Peacock Records 1952

I Smell A Rat
Young Jessie
Modern Records 1954
Recorded within weeks of Thornton’s less successful
version,”Rat” became Young Jessie’s biggest hit.

The Things That I Used to Do Guitar Slim Specialty Records 1954
I Want A Roof Over My Head Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Night Train Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies Of Birdland 1945
The Fat Man Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Caravan Dirty Dozen Brass Band My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now 1984
Empty Bed Blues LaVern Baker …ings Bessie Smith 1958
Route 66 (NatO King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
Twilight Time Bloodest Saxophone Swing to Bop 2010
Shorty’s Got To Go Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1945
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
I Can’t Face The Music Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1952
Stormy Monday Count Basie Orchestra Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Illustrations of Big Mama Thornton in the style of Norman Rockwell created using an AI graphics program.

Just Like A Dog, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Big Mama Thornton
Peacock Records 1957

Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton with Kansas City Bill & His Orchestra
Peacock Records 1952

Mr. Hound Dog’s In Town
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
King Records 1953
Roy Brown’s reply to “Hound Dog.”

My Man Called Me
Heather Crosse
Groovin’ at the Crosse Roads 2015
Written by Don Robey and Joseph Scott, “My Man”
was first recorded by Thornton in 1957.

Down Yonder Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1949

Stop That Dancing Up There
Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Boogie Woogie In Blue 1944

Eyes Like A Cat Little Charlie & The Nightcats All The Way Crazy 1986
The Hustle Is On T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Peace In The Valley Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1952
Get On The Right Track Baby Ray Charles Yes Indeed! 1958
Sunday Mornin’ Duke Robillard Guitar Groove A Rama 2006
Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 2008
Mend Your Ways Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1953
We’re Gonna Jump For Joy Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1958
Weepin’ & Cryin’ Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951

Ball N’ Chain
Big Mama Thornton
Arhoolie Records 1968

Rag Mop Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950

(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 3, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

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Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

This week, we celebrate four late November / early December birthdays

Jazz singer Etta Jones was born in Aiken, South Carolina
on November 25, 1928.
Here’s her biography and discography.

British blues pioneer John Mayall was born in Maclesfield,
Cheshire, England on November 29, 1933
Here’s his biography and discography.

The Georgia Peach, Little Richard was born Richard Waye Penniman
in Macon on December 5, 1932
Here’s his biography and discography.

Singer, composer, and producer Lou Rawls was born Louis Allen Rawls
in Chicago on December 1, 1933.
Here’s his biography and discography.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Crazy Sax Joe Houston Blows All Night Long 1956

One O’Clock Jump
Jack Parker & Etta Jones
Decca Records 1954

M Squad Count Basie Orchestra Late Night Basie 2023
Blues For My Baby Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949

Bad, Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1950

Next Time You See Me
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991

Swingmatism
Jay McShann w/ Charlie Parker
Decca Records 1941

Ridin’ on the L&N
John Mayall
Three for the Road 2018

Fine & Mellow
Etta Jones
Don’t Go to Strangers 1960

God Bless The Child
Lou Rawls
Stormy Monday 1962

Howlin Winds Joe Turner National Records 1951
Way Back Home Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
All About That Bruce Katz Band Connections 2023
Black Night Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1951

Illustrations of Etta Jones, John Mayall, Lou Rawls, & Little Richard in the style of Normal Rockwell created using AI graphics program

Saturday Night Fish Fry
Lou Rawls & Joe Williams & Lionel Hampton
Portrait Of The Blues 1993

Osculate Me, Daddy
Etta Jones w/ J.C. Heard & His Orchestra
Victor Records 1945

Tiny’s Boogie Woogie Tiny Grimes Sextette Blue Note Records 1946
Love And Friendship Ben Levin Still Here 2021
How Long Must I Wait For You? Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948
Caledonia Muddy Waters …Woodstock Album 1975

Blow Top Blues Etta
Jones w/ Barney Bigard & His Orchestra
Black & White Records 1944

(They Call It) Stormy Monday
Lou Rawls & Les McCann Ltd
Stormy Monday 1962

The River’s Invitation
John Mayall
Find A Way To Care 2015

I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
Switchin’ in the Kitchen Roomful Of Blues Under One Roof 1997
Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles In Person 1959

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Little Richard
Little Richard 1958

Rip It Up
Little Richard
Here’s Little Richard 1957

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 26, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

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Today we countdown the Top 10 R&B songs in New Orleans
for Thanksgiving weekend 1951.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Blues For The Red Boy Todd Rhodes Sensation Records 1947

Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Cab Calloway
Columbia Records 1948

Jumpin’ Salty Sean Costello Cuttin’ In 2000
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952

Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
King Records 1949

Street Walkin’ Daddy Margie Day Dot Records 1950
South Shore Drive Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams Vee-Jay Records 1956
Going Back to New Orleans Dr. John Big Band Voodoo 2019
Cool Rage Illinois Jacquet Mercury Records 1952

(Cherry) Red Blues
Cootie Williams Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1944

Lovin’ You Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
Please Be Kind Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
Don’t Put Me Down Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1949
Shake Rattle And Roll Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1958
Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule Louis Jordan Decca Records 1945
Aggrivatin’ Papa Lil Green RCA Victor 1947

Illustrations of 1951 dancers in style of Norman Rockwell created using an artificial intellegence graphics program.

TOP 10 R&B HITS IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THANKSGIVING 1951
As reported by juke box operators in the New Orleans area to
Cash Box Magazine for the week ending December 1, 1951

10 – Rockin’ Chair Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
9 – Worry, Worry, Worry Joe Houston Mercury Records 1951
8 – Best Wishes Roy Milton Specialty Records 1951
7 – I’m In The Mood John Lee Hooker Modern Records
6 – I Tried (To Get Along With You) Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1951
5 – Weepin’ & Cryin’ Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951
4 – Because Of You Tab Smith United Records 1951
3 – Fool, Fool, Fool The Clovers Atlantic Records 1951
2 – Cold, Cold Heart Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1951
1 – All Over Again Tommy Edwards MGM Records 1951

Juicy Fruit Tiny “Mac” Grimes Red Robin Records 1953
Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got Julia Lee Columbia Records 1946
Losing Hand Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Billie Holiday
Songs for Distingue Lovers 1958

Killer Joe Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Turkey Hop Part 1 Johnny Otis Savoy Records 1950

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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 19, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.

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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Dizzy Gillespie is today’s featured artist. Born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 21, 1917, Gillespie was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer.He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge, but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him
a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, scat singing, bent horn, pouched cheeks, and light-hearted personality
have made him an enduring icon. – wikipedia

DIZZY GILLESPIE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
National Endowment for the Arts
Polar Music Prize

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

X-Temperaneous Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1948

Lady Be Good
Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie
Dee Gee Records 1951

Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
RCA Victor 1948

How High the Moon
Ella Fitzgerald w/ Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, September 29, 1947

Flip, Flop And Fly Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Lonesome Woman Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
West Side Baby Floyd McDaniel Let Your Hair Down! 1994
They Call Me Big Mama Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1953
Pool Playing Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1947
Gambler’s Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1953
I Only Have Eyes For You Billie Holiday …Sings 1952
Someday You’ll Be Sorry Jimmy T99 Nelson Take Your Pick 2002

Money’s Getting Cheaper
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948

Honky-Tonk Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Live From Austin, TX 1997

Interlude (A Night In Tunesia)
Sarah Vaughan w/ Dizzy Gillespie & His Jazzmen
East of the Sun 1947

You Stole My Wife You Horse Thief
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra w/ John Coltraine
Capitol Records 1949

Groovin High
Charlie Parker w/ Dizzy Gillespie
Live at Carnegie Hall September 29, 1947

Ooh-Pop-A-Dah Dirty
Dozen Brass Band w/ Dizzy Gillespie
Voodoo 1989

Bad Tale Boogie Jay McShann & His Jazz Men Philo Records 1945
TV Is the Thing This Year Dianne Reeves Good Night, & Good Luck 2011
Jumpin’ at the Woodside The Count Basie Orchestra Late Night Basie 2023
I’ve Got A Woman Ray Charles At Newport 1958
Daddy O Louis Jordan & Martha Davis Decca Records 1949

Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
Shirley Horn w/ Wynton Marsalis
You Won’t Forget Me 1990

I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped Cab Calloway RCA Bluebird Series 1949
This Joint’s Too Hip For Me Betty Hall Jones Capitol Records 1949

Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
Dizzy Gillespie
Swing Low Sweet Cadillac 1967

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005