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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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

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

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

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)

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

Route 66 Playlist and Podcast September 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.

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

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Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST & PODCAST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Year

Easy Does It Lester Young & His Sextet Aladdin Records 1947
Summer Time Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Work Song Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961
Nice Work If You Can Get It Billie Holiday Columbia Records 1937
You Had Better Change Your Ways Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1948
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955
I Love You So Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1949
Chica Boo Lloyd Glenn Swing Time Records 1951
She Winked Her Eye Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
Dinah Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas Good Morning 2023
I’m Beginning to See the Light Duke Ellington RCA Victor 1945

Stormy Weather
Tony Bennett & Natalie Cole
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues 2001

Blind Love B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
I’ve Got A Right To Cry Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
On The Sunny Side Of The Street Eddie Heywood Decca Records 1944


CELEBRATING WORKERS WITH A COUNTDOWN OF THE TOP 15 R&B SONGS
IN THE U.S. FOR LABOR DAY 1948
As reported to Billboard for the week ending September 11, 1948

15-We Can’t Agree Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1947
14-Don’t Fall In Love WIth Me Ivory Joe Hunter King Records 1948
13-It’s Too Soon To Know The Orioles Jubilee Records 1948
12-Am I Asking Too Much? Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1948

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

10-Corn Bread Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1948
9-Pretty Mama Blues Ivory Joe Hunter 4 Star Records 1948
8-Send For Me If You Need Me The Ravens National Records 1948
7-Creeping (Late Freight) Sonny Thompson Miracle Records 1948
6-Messin’ Around With The Blues Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1948
5-Long Gone, Part 1 Sonny Thompson Miracle Records 1948
4-Good Rockin’ Tonight Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
3-I Can’t Go On Without You Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
2-Run Joe Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
1-My Heart Belongs to You Arbee Stidham RCA Victor 1948

Mess Around Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters Rise Up 2020

(sign off)

Cleanhead Jackson & the Nightcats (live recording)

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast August 27, 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


Wynonie Harris is today’s featured artist.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 24, 1915, Wynonie Harris was a blues shouter
best remembered as a singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics.
He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is attributed by many
music scholars to be one of the founding fathers of rock and roll.

WYNONIE HARRIS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
ARTICLES
Central High School Hall of Fame
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
Harlem World
Rubber City Review
Spontaneous Lunacy

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Sportree’s Jump Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra Sensation Records 1948
Barnyard Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1948
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens James Brown Showtime 1964

Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Wynonie Harris
Decca Records 1945
On May 26, 1944, Wynonnie Harris made his recording debut as a member
of Lucky Millinder’s Orchestera. Harris sang on two of the five cuts recorded
that day, “Hurry, Hurry” and “Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well”,
for Decca Records.

“Who Threw the Whiskey In the Well,” was Harris’s second national hit,
but because the wartime embargo on shellac, the record was not released until
a few months after Harris left the Millinder Orchestra in late 1945.

Route 66 The Brian Setzer Orchestra Next Generation Swing 1998
Crazy He Calls Me Billie Holiday Decca Records 1949
Sure Thing Count Basie & His Orchestra Mercury Records 1952
Lady Be Good Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie Dee Gee Records 1951
Nostalgia (The Day I Knew) Samara Joy Linger Awhile 2022
Back Biting Woman Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
Hide Away Blues Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Don’t Say You’re Sorry Again Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1950
Shanghai Billy Williams Quartet MGM Records 1951
I Lost My Love In Salt Lake City “Frantic” Fay Thomas Exclusive Records 1949

I Thought About You
Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018

Love Is Just A Gamble T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1954

Grandma Plays the Numbers Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Harris’s seventh song to chart on the National R&B Chart,
peaking in lucky seventh place in early 1949.

Wynonie’s Blues Wynonie “Blues” Harris Apollo Records 1945
Harris’s first charting single as a solo artist. He was backed up on the session
by Illinios Jacquet and His All-Stars with Bill Doggett on piano.

Hurry Hurry Savannah Churchill Capitol Records 1943
Savannah Churchill recorded the original version of “Hurry Hurry” with the Benny
Carter Orchestra. It was one of two songs Harris sang with the Lucky Millinder
Orchestra during his first recording session in 1944. It was the first of his two jukebox
hits with Millindar, peaking at number 24 on the national Pop Chart in 1944.

Good Rockin’ Tonight Roy Brown Deluxe Records 1947
Written by Roy Brown and later covered by Elvis Presley, Harris’s version of
“Good Rockin’ Tonight” made it to number one on the National R&B Chart
in 1948 and remained on the chart for over a year.

Freight Train Boogie Johnny Otis Orchestra Regent Records 1950
Cryin’ Won’t Help You Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
Wynonie Harris w/ The Hamptone All-Stars
Hamp-Tone Records 1946
Several months after Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra scored a massive hit
with “Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop,” Hampton produced a new version with Harris
on vocals backed up by members of Hampton’s band.
Hampton did not play on the session.

Bartender’s Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Speciality Records 1950
Way Back Home Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
I Cried Last Night Charles Brown One More For The Road 1986

Jack, You’re Dead!
B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999

I Want You To Be My Baby Dana Gillespie As Blue As I Can Be: Live 2020
Wait A Minute, Baby Eddie Vinson & Jay McShann Jumpin’ The Blues 1969

Playful Baby Duke Robillard Stomp The Blues Tonight 2009
Written by Wynonie Harris, Henry Glover, and Lou Mann, “Plasyful Baby”
was the B-side of “Wynonnie’s Blues,” Harris’s first solo hit in 1945.

Quiet Whiskey Jimmy Sutton & The Four Charms Triskaidekaphobia 2005
Harris’s 1953 recording of “Quiet Whiskey” failed to chart, but more than a
dozen artists have recorded versions of his song over the years.

Good Morning Judge Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
Harris’s tenth R&B hit, “…Judge” peaked at number six in early 1950.

(sign off)

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