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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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

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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

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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.

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast August 20, 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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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Count Basie is today’s featured artist. Born William James Basie in Red Bank,
New Jersey on August 21, 1904, Basie was a jazz pianist, organist, bandleader,
and composer. He formed the Count Basie Orchestra in Kansas City in 1935, then
took them to Chicago for a long engagement and their first recording. He led the group
for almost 50 years, creating innovations like the use of two “split” tenor saxophones, emphasizing the rhythm section, riffing with a big band, using arrangers to
broaden their sound, and others. – wikipedia

Court Basie’s biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Count Basie discography @ discogs.com
Count Basie Orchestra discography @ discogs.com
Count Basie Center for the Arts

AI Image by John Askins – Basie Becomes the Piano / The Piano Becomes Basie

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

The C-Jam Blues Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra RCA Victor 1942
Mr Five By Five Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie Parrot Records 1953

Goin’ to Chicago Blues
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross with Count Basie
Sing Along With Basie 1958

Open The Door, Richard Count Basie RCA Victor 1947
Shame, Shame, Shame Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Let The Good Times Roll 1973
Bottom’s Up Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars Apollo Records 1945
After Midnight Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1946
That’s What I Like Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1948
Walkin Home Oscar Moore In Guitar 1962
St. Louis Blues Ella Fitzgerald with Count Basie A Perfect Match 1979
Don’t Cry Baby Count Basie & Billy Eckstine Basie/Eckstine Inc 1959

Smack Dab In The Middle
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991

Killer Joe Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
The Kid From Red Bank Count Basie Atomic Basie 1958

Them There Eyes & Lover Man
Billie Holiday with Count Basie
At Carnegie Hall 1954

I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Ray Charles with the Count Basie Orchestra
Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961

As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
Jelly Jelly The Knickerbocker All-Stars Open Mic At The Knick 2014
Lullaby of Broadway Tony Bennett with Count Basie In Person! 1959

The Gentleman Is A Dope
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan
Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan 1961

One O’Clock Jump Count Basie At Newport 1957

Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphys Ovaltine
Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Boogie Woogie In Blue 1944

Let The Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946

Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
Dinah Washington
The Swingin’ Miss “D” 1957

Alright, Ok, You Win
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast August 13, 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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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

WRFG PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Mad Lad Chuck Berry Rockin’ at the Hops 1960
Walking The Chalk Line Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1951

Mammer Jammer
Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas
Good Morning 2023

That’s Better For Me T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Fine Brown Frame Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1947
Triple Threat Roland Kirk Triple Threat 1956
Walking On a Tightrope Diane Schuur Running On Faith 2020
‘Deed I Do Ella Fitzgerald Ella And Basie 1963
Danger Zone Deb Callahan Backbone 2023
After Hours Session Frank “Floorshow” Culley Atlantic Records 1950
Homesick Blues Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
Rock-A-Bye Basie Johnny Otis Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 1992
I Love The Guy Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1950
How Long Must I Wait For You? Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948
Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone) B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953


8:00 A.M. PERCY MAYFIELD “The Poet of the Blues”

Born in Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana on August 12, 1920, Percy Mayfield was
an R&B and jump blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He was also a songwriter,
known for the songs “Please Send Me Someone to Love” and “Hit the Road Jack”, the latter being a song first recorded by Ray Charles. – wikipedia

Two Years Of Torture
Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra w/ Percy Mayfield
Hollywood Records 1947
Mayfield made his first recording with the Monroe Tucker Orchestra. “Two Years of Torture” never made the national R&B Top 10, but it was a steady seller and led to Mayfield being signed by Specialty Records. With the exception of “Hit the Road, Jack” and “Two Years of Torture,” the original versions of all the songs in this tribute were national R&B hits for Mayfield on Specialty Records in the early 1950s.

Strange Things Happening Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950
Please Send Me Someone To Love Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1961
I Dare You, Baby Little Charlie & the Nightcats Night Vision 1993
Hit The Road, Jack Ray Charles ABC-Paramount Records 1961
River’s Invitation Shemekia Copeland Never Going Back 2009
Lost Mind Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950

PERCY MAYFIELD RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Archive @ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Frosty Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Since I Fell For You Annie Laurie DeLuxe Records 1947
Baby, Shame On You Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Rock Daddy Rock Big Bertha Henderson Chance Records 1952
Real Pretty Mama Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
Nervous Man Nervous Big Jay McNeely Federal Records 1953
Playboy Blues Roy Milton & his Solid Senders Specialty Records 1950
The Honeydripper Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1945

Never No More
Johnny Adams
Walking on a Tightrope – The Songs of Percy Mayfield 1989

My Blue Heaven Fats Domino Imperial Records 1956

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast August 6, 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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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

New Okie Dokie Stomp
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ 1972

Lies, Lies, Lies Annisteen Allen Federal Records 1951

Every Day I Have the Blues
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956

I’ve Got A Feelin’ Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Love Me Or Leave Me Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956
Flying Home No 2 Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1943
Good Rockin’ Man Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Lady Be Good Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Just Like Two Drops of Water Wynonie Harris King Records 1951

Strange Things Happening Every Day
Tracy Nelson
Life Don’t Miss Nobody 2023

I Believe To My Soul Van Morrison It’s Too Late To Stop Now 1974

Moanin’
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters
Blues Guitar Virtuoso – Live in Europe 1995

This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955

Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Jimmy “T99” Nelson
Rockin’ And Shoutin’ The Blues 1999

All Night Long Aretha Franklin Aretha 1961


8:00 A.M. – JIMMY WITHERSPOON
James’s “Jimmy” Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas on August 8, 1920.
His father was a railroad worker who sang in local choirs, and his mother was an
avid piano player. Witherspoon first attracted attention singing in Calcutta, India,
with Teddy Weatherford’s band, which made regular radio broadcasts over the
US Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II.

Hard Working Man Blues
Jay McShann & His Jazz-Men w/ Jimmy Witherspoon
Philo Records 1945
Jimmy Witherspoon made his first records with Jay McShann’s band in 1945

No Rollin Blues Jimmy Witherspoon Moden Records 1949
Witherspoon’s third national hit, “No Rollin’ Blues” was on the Billboard R&B Chart
for 10 weeks, peaking at number four.

Some Of My Best Friends Are the Blues Shirley Horn Travelin’ Light 1965
Witherspoon was the first artist to record Al Byron and Woody Harris’s
“Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues.” The song was the title track on
an album Witherspoon recorded in Sweden in 1964
that was released by Prestige Records.

Rain Is Such a Lonesome Sound
Freddie Cole
Waiter, Ask the Man to Play the Blues 1960
Composed by Witherspoon and first released on his
“Goin’ to Kansas City Blues” album in 1957.

Roll ‘Em Pete Jimmy Witherspoon At the Renaissance 1960
After a dry patch in the late 1950s, Witherspoon returned to prominence
with the release of his “At the Renaissance” live album in 1960.
Jerry Mulligan and Ben Webster were the saxophonists on this set.

Tain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do
Wilber De Paris & Jimmy Witherspoon
New Orleans Blues 1957
‘Spoon’s 1949 recording of “Tain’t Nobody’s Business” with Jay McShann
was his first hit. He recorded his “signature” tune many times including
this 1957 version with swing and Dixieland trombonist Wilber De Paris.

JIMMY WITHERSPOON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Encycopedia of Arkansas

Buzz Me Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Dinah Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas Good Morning 2023
I’ll Never Be Free Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1950
I Won’t Cry Any More Charles Brown Just A Lucky So And So 1994
Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1948
Oh Babe Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1950
That Old Black Magic Louis Prima & Keely Smith Capitol Records 1958
Hey Naughty Papa Sarah Vaughan Mercury Records 1955
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast July 30, 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 PLAYLISTS FOR SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Riffette Freddie Slack w/ T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1943
Sneaky Pete Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
Battle of the Blues, Pt 1 Big Joe Turner & Wynonie Harris Aladdin Records 1949
X-Temperaneous Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1948
Careful Love Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1949

Jazz at the Philharmonic Blues
Jazz At the Philharmonic featuring Illinois Jacquet
Norman Granz’ Jazz At The Philharmonic Vol. 4 1946

Our Love Is Here To Stay Patti Austin For Ella 2002
Longer Hours, Shorter Pay Ben Levin w/ Lil’ Ed Take Your Time 2022

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

I Don’t Know Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1959
All For The Love Of Lil Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1948
Walkin’ Around Paul Williams & His Band Savoy Records 1948
Send For Me Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
Risin’ Sun Charles Brown & His Band Aladdin Records 1953
One Mint Julep Joey deFrancesco Singin’ & Swingin’ 2002

8:00 A.M. ROY MILTON, CAMILLE HOWARD, & THE SOLID SENDERS
Roy Bunny Milton was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma on July 31, 1917.
He grew up on tribal land before moving to Tulsa. In the late 1920s,
Milton joined Ernie Field’s territorial band first as a singer then as the
drummer. Milton moved to Los Angeles and formed the Solid Senders
featuring Camille Howard on piano and vocals.

Milton’s Boogie Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Mil-Tone Records 1945
The Solid Senders’s first recording. It was first released on Milton’s own
Mil-Tone Records label in 1945 and was reissued the
next year by Juke Box Records.

Hop, Skip & Jump Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1948
Milton’s biggest hit was number 3 song on Billboard’s Annual R&B Chart for 1948.

Information Blues Duke Robillard Duke’s Blues 1996
Number 2 song on Billboard’s Annual R&B Chart for 1950.
Flying Saucer The Solid Senders Specialty Records 1952
A Bird In The Hand Tomcat Blake I’ve Been Wondering 1996
R.M. Blues Billy Price Alive and Strange 2017

Pack Your Sack Jack
Camille Howard & the Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1947

Best Wishes Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1951
Number 2 song on Billboard Annual R&B Chart for 1951.

ROY MILTON RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
The Miltone Records Story

Low Society Blues Lowell Fulson w/ Stanley Turrentine Checker Records 1949

I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work (And See My Baby On Montgomery Avenue)
Tom Waits
Small Change 1976

Long, Strong, & Consecutive Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine 2010

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

How High The Moon Ella Fitzgerald In Berlin 1960

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast July 23, 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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Today’s show is dedicated to Tony Bennett (1926-2023)

Tony Bennett was a lifelong champion for civil rights.
Here are three articles you may find of interest.
Lady Gaga Honors Tony Bennett’s Civil Rights History
Tony Bennett’s Life Wasn’t Just About Singing…
Remembering Selma – Belefonte & Bennett

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

California Hop Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays Savoy Records 1949

Let the Good Times Roll
Tony Bennett with B.B. King
Playin’ with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues 2001

I’m Waiting Just For You Annisteen Allen & John Carrol King Records 1951

Nobody Loves Me (Every Day I Have The Blues)
Memphis Slim
Miracle Records 1948

Sax Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
Aged & Mellow Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1952
The Blues Came Falling Down Al Hibbler Atlanta Records 1950
Cover Up Jay McShann Aladdin Records 1949

Mr. Five By Five
Freddie Slack & His Orchestra with Ella Mae Morse
Capitol Records 1942

Walk ‘Em Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra Decca Records 1946
What Is This Thing Called Love? Billie Holiday Decca Records 1945

I Wished on the Moon
Tony Bennett
On Holiday: A Tribute to Billie Holiday 1996

Basie Goes Wess Count Basie Dance Session 1953
Caldonia Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Beans & Cornbread Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Forty Cups Of Coffee Danny Overbea Checker Records 1953
T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947

8:00 A.M. 50TH ANNIVERSARY INTERVIEWS
Three interviews with members of the WRFG family recorded at our
50th anniversary concert and reunion at the Rialton Center for the Arts
on July 15, 2023

Big Heart Jimmy Witherspoon Swing Time Records 1949
Another Day, Another Dollar Cecil Gant Trio Bullet Records 1948
Blues Backstage Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing A Song Of Basie 1957
I Want to Be Loved Sean Costello Cuttin’ In 2000
I Don’t Know Ruth Brown R+B = Ruth Brown 1997
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961

Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop, Pt. 1
Wynonie Harris w/ The Hamptone All-Stars
Hamp-Tone Records 1946

Them There Eyes Roy Milton & his Solid Senders Roy Milton Records 1947
Someone To Watch Over Me Samara Joy Linger Awhile 2022
Wavy Gravy Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue 1963
Looped James Harman & Gene Taylor Band Live In Germany 2012
I Live My Life Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
Louisiana Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1952

Body and Soul
Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
Duets II: The Great Performances 2011

TONY BENNETT RESOURCES
TonyBennett.com
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast July 16, 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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The graphic at the top of the page was made from a photograph
of Champion Jack Dupree run through an artifical intellegence program.

WRFG PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Beef Stew Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1949
I Know Your Wig Is Gone T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1947
I Want A Tall Skinny Papa Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1942
I’ve Got A Feelin’ Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952

Jumpin’ At The Woodside
Johnny Otis Blues Band
Get On Up! (Live Chicago ’93) 2023

Sometimes I’m Happy Lena Horne MGM Records 1949
Thinkin’ Blues Billy Wright Savoy Records 1950
Queen Bee Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson King Records 1950
He’s Funny That Way Billie Holiday Clef Records 1952
I Cover the Waterfront John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison Mr. Lucky 1991

One Sweet Letter
Adrianna Marie & Her Roomful Of All-Stars
Kingdom Of Swing 2017

Black Night Bobby “Blue” Bland Duke Records 1965
Blue Light Boogie Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five Decca Records 1950

Big Jay Meets The Deacon (Deacon’s Hop)
Bloodest Saxophone w/ Big Jay McNeely
Blow Blow All Night Long 2017

Sugar Daddy Blues LaVern Baker Live In Hollywood 1991

8:00 A.M. – CHAMPION JACK DUPREE
William Thomas “Jack” Dupree was born in the Irish Channel neighborhood of
New Orleans probably on July 4, 1919. Orphaned at the age of 8, Dupree learned
to play piano during his stay at the Colored Waifs Home in New Orleans.
Dupree gained his nickmade “Champion” from his early career as a boxer during
which he won the Golden Gloves. He moved to Chicago in 1930 launched his six
decade career as boggie-woogie pianist and singer. Our tribute includes several
of Dupree’s best known songs along with the original versions of two songs from
his repetory and one memorable cover.

Shake Baby Shake Jack Dupree Red Robin Records 1953
Real Good Feelin’ Jack Dupree (as Big Tom Collins) King Records 1952

Walking The Blues Willie Dixon Checker Records 1955
Dupree scored his only national R&B his with “Walking The Blues” in early 1955,
later that year, Dixon had a hit with the same tune. Like Champion Jack’s version,
it was Dixon’s only solo entry into the R&B Top Ten.

Mean Ol’ Frisco Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup Bluebird Records 1942
Going Down Slow Jack Dupree Trio Continental Records 1945
Think You Need A Shot (The Needle) Walter Davis Bluebird Records 1936
Junker’s Blues King Curtis with Jack Dupree Blues At Montreux 1971

CHAMPION JACK DUPREE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Overview @ last.fm
Kansas City Blues Society

Walkin’ With Mr. C. Jimmy Cavallo The Houserocker! 2002
See See Rider Ernestine Anderson My Kinda Swing 1960
Hey, Pretty Baby Count Basie w/ Jimmy Rushing RCA Victor 1948
R.M. Blues Roy Milton Juke Box Records 1946
Jumpin’ Tonight Big Joe Turner Imperial Records 1950
Cubana Be Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1948
Hello Little Boy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1949
Mr. Hound Dog’s In Town Roy Brown King Records 1953

I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
Duke Robillard
Six Strings Of Steel 2023

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast July 9, 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


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Billy In The Lion’s Den Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
Early in the Morning Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Let The Good Times Roll Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners Coming Home 1976

The Birth of the Blues
Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy
The Odyssery Of Funk & Popular Music 1999

Black Coffee Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1949
I’m Just A Lucky So And So Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Bongo Boogie Annisteen Allen King Records 1951
Bar Room Blues Roy Brown Deluxe Records 1951
Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Surfin’ (France) 1963
You’re The Boss Lavern Baker & Jimmy Ricks Atlantic Records 1959

Saturday Night Fish Fry
B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999

Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Pressure Cooker 1985


8:00 AM – 115 YEARS OF LOUIS JORDAN, THE KING OF THE JUKEBOX

Born in Brinkley, Arkanas on July 8, 1908, Louis Thomas Jordan was one of the
most popular jazz and jump blues musicians, singers, and bandleaders of the
mid-20th century. Known as “The King of the Jukebox”, Jordan was inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an “early influence” in 1987. – wikipedia

I Want You To Be My Baby Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1953
Written for Jordan by Jon Hendricks, “I Want You To Be My Baby” has been covered
by more than three dozen artists and translated into at least six languages.

You Run Your Mouth & I’ll Run My Business Louis Jordan Decca Records 1940
Jordan made his first records as a member of the Chick Webb Orchestra in the
mid-1930s. An early solo release, “You Run Your Mouth” was written written for
Jordan by jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader Liz Armstrong.

Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) Cootie Williams Hit Records 1944
Written by Jordan and Billy Allen, “Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t My Baby” was a major
hit for the Tympany 5 in 1953. Cootie Williams version – featuring singer Eddied “Cleanhead” Vinson – was a Top 10 R&B tune a year later.

Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946

Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Louie Louie Louie 2017
Caldonia Jerry Granelli w/ Robben Ford & Bill Frisell Dance Hall 2017
I’ll Never Be Free Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950

LOUIS JORDAN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
THE BLUES FOUNDATION

Jug Head Ramble Gene Ammons & His Band Prestige Records 1950
Million Dollar Secret Helen Humes Let The Good Times Roll 1973
Talkin’ Bout You Ray Charles At Newport 1958
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Jimmy Mule Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
I Can’t Stop It Kid Ramos Two Hands One Heart 1995
Rock, Rock, Rock Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1953
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast July 2, 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 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


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Head Hunter Johnny Otis Orchestra Savoy Records 1949
Perdido Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1950
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
You Got To Have What It Takes Betty Hall Jones Capitol Records 1949
Those Things Money Can’t Buy (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1947
Lotus Blossom Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1946
Jumpin’ the Blues Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Timeless 2011
Trav’lin’ All Alone Count Basie & Billy Eckstine Basie/Eckstine Inc 1959
As I Love You Buddy & Ella Johnson Decca Records 1949
Bloodshot Eyes Doug Deming Groovin’ At Groove Now! 2023
Money Blues LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Call It Stormy Monday Nancy Wilson Something Wonderful 1960
Papa Ain’t Salty T-Bone Walker Atlantic Records 1955
Walkin’ Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1947
Red Cross Charlie Parker Savoy Records 1944


8:00 a.m. ATLANTA’S R&B TOP 10 – EARLY SUMMER 1949
“As reported to The Cash Box”

10-Come Back Baby Jack Dupree & His Band Apollo Records 1949
9-Because Herb Lance Sittin’ In With Records 1949
8-I Don’t Want Your Money Honey Frantic Fay Thomas Exclusive Records 1949
7-Hobo Blues John Lee Hooker Modern Records 1949
6-Back Street Eddie Chamblee Miracle Records 1949
5-Tell Me So The Orioles Jubilee Records 1949
4-Close Your Eyes Herb Lance Sittin’ In With Records 1949
3-Ricky’s Blues The Ravens National Records 1949
2-Trouble Blues Charles Brown Trio Aladdin Records 1949

1-Ain’t Nobody’s Business PT 1 & 2
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra
Supreme Records 1949

ATLANTA TOP 10 RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine – June 25, 1949

Boogie Rock B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1955
Send Me Some Money Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1954
Money Blues Camille Howard Specialty Records 1951
Lovin’ You Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
Route 66 Eddie Tigner Route 66 2001

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