WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 12, 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


We’re trying something different this week, we’re spotlighting songs from two new additions to the Route 66 music library: Van Morrison’s “Acentuate the Positive”
album and “Basie Swings the Blues” by the Count Basie Orchestra.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Slow Drag Blues Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1948

I Want A Roof Over My Head Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023

Show Me How (You Milk The Cow) Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Walkin’ Around Paul Williams Savoy Records 1948
She Walks Right In Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1950
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Mercury Records 1947
The Frim Fram Sauce (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records ‎ 1945


The Patton Basie Shuffle Count Basie Orchestra Basie Swings the Blues 2023

I’ll Get Along Somehow Julia Lee Capitol Records 1947
I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby Louis Armstrong Satch Plays Fats 1955

Sugar Mama – Peachy Papa
Percy Mayfield & Joy Hamilton
Specialty Records 1954

Wrong Woman Blues Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
The Lonesome Road Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1938
Seventh Street Boogie Ivory Joe Hunter Pacific Records 1945

Street Lights
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues 1982


Blueberry Hill Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Accentuate The Positive Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023

Candy Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956
He Should’a Flip’d When He Flop’d Cootie Williams Capitol Records 1946
All the Cats Join in Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine 2010

Rock Candy
Count Basie Orchestra feat. George Benson
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Alright, Okay, You Win
Tony Bennett w/ Diana Krall
Playing With My Friends – Bennett Sings The Blues 2001

Embraceable You Charlie Parker Dial Records 1947
Don’t Explain Billie Holiday Decca Records 1945
Route 66 Charles Brown One More For The Road 1986
As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Birmingham Bounce Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington …Sings Fats Waller 1957

The Midnight Hour
Count Basie Orchestra feat. Robert Cray
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 5, 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

Today’s featured artist is Jimmy Liggins. Born James L. Elliott in Earlboro, Oklahoma
on October 14, 1918, Liggins was an R&B guitarist and bandleader, and the brother
of the more commercially successful R&G/blues pianist, Joe Liggins.

Jimmy Liggins’s wild stage presence and delivery influenced several 1950s
performers including Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Bill Haley.

One of his early releases, “Cadillac Boogie” was a direct forerunner of “Rocket 88”,
itself often called the first rock and roll record. – wikipedia

In addition to Jimmy Liggins, we also spotlight Illinois Jacquet, the jazz tenor saxophonest best remembered for his solo on “Flying Home,” critically recognized
as the first R&B saxophone solo. The artist was born Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet
in Broussard, Louisiana on October 30, 1922. – wikipedia

JIMMY LIGGINS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Profile @ Spontaneous Lunacy

ILLINOIS JACQUET RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
Drunk Jimmy Liggins & His 3-D Music Specialty Records 1953
When I’ve Been Drinking Jay McShann Philo Records 1945
Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Sticks McGhee Atlantic Records 1949

Dinah
Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas
Good Morning 2023

Perfect Woman The Four Blazes National Records 1953
You’re My Darling Joe Morris w/Laurie Tate Atlantic Records 1951
Oop-Pop-A-Da Three Bips & A Bop Blue Note Records 1947

Blues (First B Flat Blues) (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
Nat King Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Les Paul
Norman Granz’ Jazz At The Philharmonic Vol. 4 1944

Going To The River Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1953
So Glad Jimmie Vaughan Baby, Please Come Home 2019
Fat’s Frenzy Fats Domino Rock and rollin’ 1956

Flying Home
Lionel Hampton w/ Illinois Jacquet
Decca Record 1942

Wynonie’s Blues
Wynonie “Blues” Harris w/ Illinois Jacquet & His All-Stars
Apollo Records 1945

Illustrations of Jimmy Liggins created using an artificial intellegence graphics program

M Squad Theme Count Basie The Music from M Squad (Soundtrack) 1959
Dragnet For Jesus Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records
Sinners Prayer Ray Charles Ray Charles 1957
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker Modern Records 1948

Danger Zone
Johnny Adams
Walking on a Tightrope – The Songs of Percy Mayfield 1989

Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
Why Don’t You Do Right Ruth Brown A Late Date With 1959

Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948

West Side Baby T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
There Is Something On Your Mind Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
I Ain’t Drunk Jimmy Liggins Aladdin Records 1954

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 29, 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


Today’s featured artists is Willie Lee Perryman, known professionally as
Piano Red and later in life as Dr. Feelgood.

His simple, hard-pounding left hand and his percussive right hand, coupled with his cheerful shout, brought him considerable success over three decades.

The son of sharecroppers, Perryman was born near Hampton, Geogia on
October 19, 1911, Perryman was a self-taught pianist who played in the
barrelhouse blues style (a loud percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy
bars or taverns). His performing and recording careers emerged during the
period of transition from completely segregated “race music” to rhythm and blues,
which was marketed to both white and black audiences. Some music historians
credit Perryman’s 1950 recording “Rocking With Red” for the popularization of
the term rock and roll in Atlanta. – wikipedia

Four songs Piano Red recorded at the old WGST radio station on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta made it into the national R&B Top 10. Those four songs
are featured on today’s show.

PIANO RED RESOURCES
Biography @ wikiepeida.org
Piano Red discography @ discogs.com
Dr. Feelgood discography @ discog.com
Piano Red interview (1962)
New Georgia Encyclopedia

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Red’s Boogie Piano Red RCA Victor 1950
Rockin’ with Red Piano Red RCA Victor 1950

Stormy Monday
Count Basie Orchestra & Bettye LaVette
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Midnight Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Rag Mop Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Money’s Getting Cheaper Jimmy Witherspoon Supreme Records 1947
Oh Chuck It (In A Bucket) Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1949
Hucklebuck The Calvin Owens Show Keeping the Big Band Blues Alive 2005
Nosey Joe Powerhouse w/ Bullmoose Jackson Nightlife 1975
Oh Babe! Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
Yes I Know Annisteen Allen King Records 1953
Big Dip Jimmy Forrest United Records 1951
Hug You, Kiss You, Squeeze You Duke Robillard Stomp The Blues Tonight 2009
What A Little Moonlight Can Do Nancy Wilson Something Wonderful 1960
Dokuro-Gal (Sacrifice for Count Dracula) Bloodest Saxophone Swing to Bop 2010

Just Right Bounce Piano Red RCA Victor 1951

Dr. Feelgood & The Interns: From left, Willie Lee Perryman (AKA Dr. Feelgood & Piano Red), Curtis Smith, Bobby Lee Tuggle, Roy Lee Johnson, Beverly Watkins, and Howard Hobbs.

Bald Headed Lena Dr Feelgood & The Interns Okeh Records 1963
Mr Moonlight Dr Feelgood & The Interns Okeh Records 1962
Sugar Baby Swing Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins Don’t Mess With Miss Watkins 2007

Come Rain Or Come Shine Art Blakey / The Jazz Messengers Moanin’ 1958
Old Devil Moon Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Just a Lucky So & So Charles Brown Just A Lucky So And So 1994
Don’t You Know Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1954
Now Or Never Big Rhythm Combo Too Small To Dance 1997
It’s Wild Illinois Jacquet Aladdin Records 1948
The Ghost of Smokey Joe Cab Calloway Okeh Records 1937
My Man’s An Undertaker Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1954
I Put A Spell On You Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Okeh Records 1956

The Wrong Yo-Yo Piano Red RCA Victor 1951

Puttin on the Ritz
Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle
Young Frankenstein (Soundtrack) 1974

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 22, 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

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Gone After Hours Frank Culley Atlantic Records 1950
One of Them Good Ones Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1945
Ridin’ On The L&N Lionel Hampton Hamp’s Boogie Woogie 1947
Open The Door Richard! Jack McVea Black & White Records 1947
I Ain’t No Fool Either Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1953
Must Have Been the Devil Bill Stuve Big Noise 1990
Juicy Fruit Tiny “Mac” Grimes Red Robin Records 1953
I’m Gonna Let Him Ride Helen Humes Modern Records 1950
Lovin’ You Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
He’s A Real Gone Guy Nellie Lutcher Capitol Americana Records 1947
C-Jam Blues Lynn Hope Aladdin Records 1953
Messin’ Around Memphis Slim At The Gate Of Horn 1959
Everything I Do Is Wrong Roy Milton Specialty Records 1948
Baby, Get Lost Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album 2004
Late In The Evening Blues Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1950
Just Like Two Drops of Water Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Jack, You’re Dead Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946

Illustrations of Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood in 1953 created using an Artificial Intellegence graphics program

COUNT DOWN: ATLANTA’S TO TEN R&B SONGS FOR OCTOBER 1953

10-The Clock Johnny Ace Duke Records 1953

9-One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn & His Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1953

8-Nadine The Coronets Chess Records 1953
7-Please Don’t Leave Me Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953
6-Too Much Lovin’ The 5 Royales Apollo Records 1953
5-Honey, Hush Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1953
4-Get It The Royals Federal Records 1953
3-Good Lovin’ The Clovers Atlantic Records 1953
2-Cryin In the Chapel The Orioles Jubilee Records 1953
1-Shake A Hand Faye Adams Herald Records 1953

CASH BOX REGIONAL R&B CHART FOR ATLANTA – OCTOBER 17, 1953

Caravan Duke Ellington The Popular Duke Ellington 1967
St Thomas The Soul Rebels Late Night Basie 2023

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

Please Hurry Home B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
The Strutters’ Ball Catherine Russell Bring It Back 2014
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 15, 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


Charles Brown is today’s featured artist. Born Tony Russell Brown in Texas City, Texas
on September 13, 1922, Brown singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. – wikipedia

CHARLES BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Charles Brown discography @ discogs.com
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers discography @ discogs.com
Charles Brown obituary – Los Angeles Times

WRFG PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Blow Illinois Blow Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars Aladdin Records 1948

Driftin’ Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945

Evil Gal Blues Count Basie Orchestra feat. Ledisi Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973

Strollin’ With Bones T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Lies, Lies, Lies Annisteen Allen Federal Records 1951
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951

Cadillac Baby
The Knickerbocker All-Stars
Go Back Home to the Blues 2015

Big Town Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951

Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999

The Huckle-Buck Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1949
Robbin’s Nest Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Kansas City Lou Rawls Black & Blue 1963
Professor Bop Babs Gonzales Capitol Records 1949
Porter’s Love Song Roy Milton Speciality Records 1947
The Chase Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray Dial Records 1947

Illustrations created by feeding the lyrics to “Black Night” into an AI graphics program

Groovy Movie Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948

New Orleans Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1947

Get Yourself Another Fool Charles Brown Trio Alladin Records 1948
Seven Long Days Janiva Magness My Bad Luck Soul 1999

Petootie Pie Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946

Take the “a” Train
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019

I’m Just A Lucky So And So Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Honey Chile Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
Night Crawlin’ Big John Greer Groove Records 1955
What a Little Moonlight Can Do Billie Holiday Billie Holiday 1954
It Ain’t Necessarily So Cab Calloway Porgy and Bess 1959
Tuxedo Boogie Albert Ammons Mercury Records 1947

Educated Fool (Demo) Boz Scaggs Memphis 2013
Trouble Blues Charles Brown Trio Aladdin Records 1949

Someone To Love
Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt
Someone to Love 1992

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 8, 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 every 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


B.B. King is today’s featured artist. Born Riley B. Kings on a Mississippi plantation
on September 16, 1926. Known professionally as B. B. King, was a blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of
soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato, and staccato picking
that influenced many later blues electric guitar players. Wikipedia

B.B. KING RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
BLUES HALL OF FAME
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
OFFICIAL RHYTHM & BLUES HALL OF FAME
(Bill) Clinton Digital Library

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Pop Corn Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1948

She’s Dynamite B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1951
You Upset Me Baby The Knickerbocker All-Stars Open Mic At The Knick 2014
Cryin’ Won’t Help You Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023

So Alone Joe Liggins Specialty Records 1951

Just For A Thrill
Count Basie Orchestra & Carmen Bradford
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

One O’Clock Jump
Danny Jonokuchi & The Revisionists
Late Night Basie 2023

Let The Good Times Roll
Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners
Coming Home 1976

Come To Baby, Do! King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
I Need You Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1951
My Handy Man Helen Humes Let The Good Times Roll 1973
Sweet Georgia Brown Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
All Of Me Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1957
Flying Home Lionel Hampton Decca Record 1942

Illustrations of B.B. King in the style of Normal Rockwell produced using an artificial intellegence graphics program

Lonely & Blue B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1954
Every Day I Have The Blues B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1955
Hot Burning Fever B.B. King & Calvin Owens True Blue 1993

Blue Turning Grey over You Catherine Russell Harlem on My Mind 2016
Jumpin’ Tonight Big Joe Turner Imperial Records 1950
Rockin’ The Boogie Hadda Brooks Modern Records 1945
The Calloway Boogie Cab Calloway Columbia Records 1947
Camilla’s Hop Joe Houston & Otis Grand The Return Of Honk! 1994
Hit That Jive Jack Four Charms Flatland Boogie 2000
Oops! Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1951

Save The Bones For Henry Jones
Ray Charles & Lou Rawls
Just Between Us 1988

Jump With Me Baby Lynwood Slim Hard to Kill 2014
Three O’Clock Blues Lowell Fulson Down Town Records 1948

Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Ruth Brown & B.B. King
The Blues Summit Concert 1993

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 1, 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 every 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


Ray Charles is today’s featured artist. Born Ray Charles Robinson in Albany, Georgia
on September 23, 1930, Charles was a singer, songwriter, pianist, and saxophonist.
He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influencial singers in history and was
often referred to by his contemporaries as “The Genius.”

Charles pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded for Atlantic Records.
e contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music
during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records.

While he was with ABC, Charles became one of the first black musicians to be
granted artistic control by a mainstream record company. – wikipedia

RAY CHARLES RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
THE RAY CHARLES FOUNDATION
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Walkin’ With Sid Arnett Cobb Apollo Records 1947
One O’Clock Jump Jack Parker & Etta Jones Decca Records 1954
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947

Greenbacks Ray Charles Ray Charles 1957

Groovin’ With Grimes Tiny Grimes Savoy Records 1944
Don’t You Lie To Me Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
My Country Man Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You? Duke Robillard A Smooth One 2023
Baby You Don’t Know Roy Milton Specialty Records 1953
Don’t Put Me Down Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1949

How Long Has This Been Going On?
Shirley Horn
Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles) 1993

Hold Him Joe Bull Moose Jackson Queen Records 1945

Ain’t That Good News
Duces of Rhythm & Tempo Toppers, lead Little Richard
Peacock Records 1953

Strange Things Happening Every Day
Valerie June
I Am Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023

Blowin’ Red’s Top Gene Ammons Aladdin Records 1948

Evening with Ray Charles
Tony Bennett
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues 2001

All images of Ray Charles createded using an artificial intellegence (AI) graphics program

Mess Around
Ray Charles & His Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1953

IIt’s Alright Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1957

Hard Times
David Newman w/ Ray Charles
Ray Charles Presents David Newman – Fathead 1958

The Things That I Used to Do
Guitar Slim w/ Ray Charles
Specialty Records 1954

Oh, Lady Be Good! Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1947
Girt Town Blues Dave Bartholomew Deluxe Records 1949
Caldonia Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Chicken Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948

Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
Billie Holiday
Decca Records 1950

K & H Boogie Big Jay McNeely Exclusive Records 1949
Confessin’ The Blues Billie Poole Confessin’ the Blues 1962

Roll ‘Em Pete
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956

T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947

Heartbreaker The Paul DeLay Band You’re Fired 2013

Jumpin’ in the Morning
Deacon John’s Jump Blues
Music From the Film 2002

Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius 1959

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast September 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 every 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


In memory of Jim “Frosty” Frost, long-time host of Route 66

Roy Brown is today’s featured artist. Born in Kinder, Louisiana on September 10, 1920
or 1925, Roy James Brown was a blues singer who had a significant influence on
the early development of rock and roll and the direction of R&B.

Brown was one of the first popular R&B singers to perform songs with a gospel-steeped delivery, which was then considered taboo by many churches. In addition,
his melismatic, pleading vocal style influenced notable artists such as B.B. King,
Bobby Bland, Elvis Presley, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and Little Richard.

ROY BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Profile @ Spontaneous Lunacy

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Bongo Blues The Dee Williams Sextet Savoy Records 1949
How Long Has The Train Been Gone Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
I’ll Be True Faye Adams Herald Records 1953

Beautician Blues Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
The B-side of “Wrong Woman Blues,” Brown’s “Beautician Blues”
has been covered by several artists including B.B. King.

Strange Things Happening Every Day Tracy Nelson Life Don’t Miss Nobody 2023
When I Grow Too Old To Dream Roy Milton Miltone Records 1946
Corn Bread Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1948
Jump With You Baby Adrianna Marie Kingdom Of Swing 2017
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
Mystery Train Little Junior’s Blue Flames Sun Records 1953

Cadillac Baby Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1950
Brown’s eleventh song to cruise up the national R&B Chart, “Cadillac Baby”
has been covered by several artists including Colin James and the
Knickerbocker All-Stars.

A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money)
Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones
What’s It Gonna Take 2012

Rockin’ The Boogie Hadda Brooks Modern Records 1945
Cold, Cold Heart Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1951
Li’L Dog Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1947
I Need Your Love So Bad Colin James Miles To Go 2018
Shame, Shame, Shame Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023

Image of “Rockin’ At Midnight” produced using an artificial intellegence program

Good Rockin’ Tonight Johnny Otis Show w/ Roy Brown Live At Monterey! 1970
Brown’s original song and hit recording “Good Rockin’ Tonight” has been covered
by many artists including Wynonie Harris, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen,
Paul McCartney, Joe Ely, Ricky Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone, James Brown,
the Doors, and the rock group Montrose.

Boogie At Midnight Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men DeLuxe Records 1949
Brown’s eighth national R&B hit and his third Top 10 record with the word
“Midnight” in the title.

Traintime Blues Bill Stuve Say Man! 2000
Bill Stuve’s version is the only known cover of this obscure tune penned by
Roy Brown and recorded with His Mighty Mighty Men in July of 1951.

Sundown B.B. King B.B. King 1963
Originally titled “‘Long About Sundown,” Roy Brown’s first recording
was his twelveth charting single, peaking in eighth place in the fall of 1950.

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
American Music Texas Style 1999

Drop me off in Harlem
Ella Fitzgerald
…Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958

Gee! Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1952
Early in the Morning Ray Charles The Genius Sings the Blues 1961
Sugar Baby Swing Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins Don’t Mess With… 2007
Route 66 (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
I Can’t Stop It Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1947
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
House Rocker (House Rockin) Paul Williams Savoy Records 1948

She Just Won’t Sell No More Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
One of several “blue” songs that Roy Brown wrote and
Wynonie Harris recorded.

Let the Four Winds Blow Roy Brown San Francisco Blues Festival, Vol.1 1981
A live version of Roy Brown’s final hit. His version of Dave Bartholomew’s
“Let the Four Winds Blow” was on the nattional R&B chart for seven weeks,
peaking at number three.

Candy Big Maybelle & the Kelly Owens Orchestra Savoy Records 1956
The final song Frosty played on his last week hosting Route 66.
God’s speed, my friend.

(sign off)

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast September 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.

Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide 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

Memphis Slim is today’s featured artist. Born Jon Len Chatman in Memphis,
Tennesse on September 3, 1915. A blues pianist, singer, and composer,
Memphis Slim led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of
jump blues, including sxaophones, bass, drums, and piano. He made over
500 recordings during a career that spanned more than five decades.

Memphis Slim moved to Paris in 1962.

Two years before his death in 1988, Slim was named a Commander in the
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of France.
In addition, the U.S. Senate honored Slim with the title of Ambassador-at-Large
of Good Will.

MEMPHIS SLIM RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
BLUES HALL OF FAME
MEMPHIS MUSIC HALL OF FAME

WRFG PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Song
Artist
Origianl Album or Label & Date

Early Bird Bill Doggett King Records 1945
Rockin’ At Midnight Roy Brown Deluxe Records 1949
I Ain’t Gonna Let You In Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Regal Records 1949

Blue & Lonesome Memphis Slim At The Gate Of Horn 1959
Memphis Slim’s 1848 recording of “Blue & Lonesome” rose to number two
on the national R&B Chart. It was his third “hit” record.

Special Delivery Cecil Gant Four Star Records 1948
I Wonder Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
A Bird In The Hand Tomcat Blake I’ve Been Wondering 1996
That’s How I Feel About You Ella Johnson Mercury Records 1953
Next Time You See Me Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1949
It Can Never Be That Way Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Moten Swing Jay McShann Still Jumpin’ The Blues 1999
Tell the Truth Ray Charles In Person 1959
Talkin’ The Blues B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1955
Night Train Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
I Done Got Over It Candye Kane Guitar’d & Feathered 2007


Mother Earth Memphis Slim Premium Records 1951
“Mother Earth” is a blues song recorded by Memphis Slim in 1951. A slow
twelve-bar blues, it is one of Slim’s best-known songs and reached number
seven on the national R&B chart in 1951.

Beer Drinkin’ Woman Memphis Slim Bluebird Records 1940
Recorded at his first studio session after signing with Bluebird in 1940.
The song became part of his repertoire for decades.

I Feel So Good Big Bill Broonzy w/ Memphis Slim Bluebird Records 1941
In 1940 and 1941, Memphis Slim was the house pianist for
Bluebird Records. He recorded iwth several artists including Big Bill Broonzy,
the singer and guitarist he partnered with after moving to Chicago in 1939.


Don’t Throw Your Love On Me So Strong
T-Bone Walker
American Blues Festival Tour 1962
Memphis Slim toured Europe with the American Blues Festival for
several years. On this recording from a German TV show, he’s backing
T-Bone Walker on a song written by Albert King. Willie Dixon is on bass
with Jump Jackson on drums.

Goomp Blues Johnny Otis w/ Ben Webster Mercury Records 1951
Everytime I Think Of You Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door Louis Jordan Decca Records 1945
I Want To Hug You Kiss You Squeeze You Buddy & Claudia Chess Records 1955
Let’s Have A Party Roomful Of Blues Let’s Have A Party 1979
Little Boy Igor Prado Band Instrumentals, Vol.1 2010
Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket Roy Milton Specialty Records 1948
Lose Your Rings, Keep Your Fingers Mike Bourne Band Crusin’ Kansas City 2023

The Comeback
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956
“The Come Back” is a 1953 song by Memphis Slim. It was one of his signature
R&B chart hits. This recording was the “flip” side of Basie and Williams
hit version of “Everyday I Have the Blues.”

Nobody Loves Me (Every Day I Have The Blues)
Memphis Slim
Miracle Records 1949
“Every Day I Have the Blues” is a blues song that has been performed in a
variety of styles. An early version of the song is attributed to Pinetop Sparks
and his brother Milton. After a reworking of the song by Memphis Slim in 1949,
it became a blues standard with renditions recorded by numerous artists

(sign off)

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast Sunday, September 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.

Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide 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


Dinah Washington is today’s featured artist. Born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscalosa,
Alabama on August 29, 1924 and raised in Chicago, she became on of the most
popular black female recording artists of the 1950s and gave herself the title of
“Queen of the Blues.”

DINAH WASHINGTON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
ALABAMA JAZZ HALL OF FAME
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Airmail Boogie Freddie Mitchell Derby Records 1950
Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1950
Blue Turning Grey Roy Milton & his Solid Senders Specialty Records 1953

Ain’t Misbehavin’ Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1946
After winning a talent contest at the age of 15, Washington began
performing in clubs. By the early 1940s she was performing on the same bill
as Fats Waller. Washington performed many Fats Waller songs in addtion to
her hit version of “Ain’t Misbehavin'” and recorded an album length tribute to
her mentor in the late 1950s.

Laziest Gal In Town Helen Humes Modern Records 1951

Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
King Records 1949

Cherry Smash Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1949
Taxi Blues Little Richard RCA Victor 1950

Strange Things Happening Every Day
Valerie June
I Am Everything (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 2023

Two Little Fishes & Five Loaves Of Bread
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1944

When I Grow Too Old to Dream Arnett Cobb Apollo Records 1947
Unchain My Heart Nancy Wilson Today, Tomorrow, Forever 1964
Cry Baby Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1951
Failing By Degrees Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1950
Mad Lad Sir Charles & HIs All Stars Apollo Records 1947

Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You
Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers
DOWNBEAT RECORDS PRESENTS… Plays T-Bone Walker 2020

Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby Taj Mahal Savoy 2023


Walkin’ & Talkin’ Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1946
Washington signed with Mercury Records in 1946 and remained
with the label until the early 1960s.

Blow Top Blues Lionel Hampton w/ Dinah Washington Decca Records 1945

Bandleader and composer Lionel Hampton hired Washington to be his
female band voalist after she had sung with the band for it’s opening at
Chicago’s Regal Theater.
She made her reording debut in December of 1945 with “Eval Gal Blues”,
written by Leonard Feather and backed by Hampton and musicians from his band.
Both that record and its follow-up, “Salty Papa Blues”, made the Billboard
“Harlem Hit Parade”

I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947
I’m Going To Tell My Mama Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
Let’s Love In The Moonlight Bloodest Saxophone Good Morning 2023
My Playful Baby’s Gone Wynonie Harris King Records 1952
Bangin’ The Boogie Camille Howard Speciality Records 1951
I Can’t Wait Roomful Of Blues In A Roomful Of Blues 2020
Rebecca Big Joe Turner Decca Records 1944
Shine On Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
Leave My Women Alone Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1957
Life’s Too Short The Cats & The Fiddle Manor Records 1946
Lonesome Woman Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948

Drinking Again
Aretha Franklin
Unforgettable. A Tribute to Dinah Washington 1964
“Drinking Again” was the title track of Washington’s 13th
studio album. It was released in 1962.

Baby Get Lost B.B. King Blues Is King
Washington’s recording of “Baby Get Lost” was
a number one hit in 1949.

Long John Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
I Only Know Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1950
Between 1948 and 1955, Dinah Washinton had
27 R&B top-10 hits, making her one of the
most popular and successful singers of the period.

(sign off)

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