WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast May 7, 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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

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, MAY 7, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Sinner’s Hop Paul Williams’ Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1951

Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
T-Bone Walker
Black & White Records 1947

I’ll Always Be In Love With You
Paul Carrack & The SWR Big Band
Don’t Wait Too Long 2023

Sundays With You Camille Howard Specialty Records 1948
Honey Chile Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
T-Town Twist Roy Milton Specialty Records 1951

Baby You’re Always On My Mind
Buddy & Ella Johnson & The Bee Jays
Decca Records 1952

Drifting Blues
Count Basie Orchestra & Billy Eckstine
Basie/Eckstine Inc 1959

Nostalgia (The Day I Knew) Samara Joy Linger Awhile 2022
Manteca Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1948

Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee, Drinkin’ Wine
Lionel Hampton
Decca Records 1949

Salt Port West Virginia
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Sings Louis Jordan 1973

Cherry Smash Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1949
Bad Tale Boogie Jay McShann & His Jazz Men Philo Records 1945
Aged & Mellow Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1952
Don’t You Want A Man Like Me B.B. King RPM Records 1951
Sugar Sweet Muddy Waters Chess Records 1955

Good Rockin’ Daddy
Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli
Dreams Come True 1990

8:00 AM – JAMES BROWN’S JUMPIN’ ROOTS
Born in Barnwell, South Carolina on May 3, 1933, James Brown is known as
the Godfather of Soul and the central progenitor of funk, but his roots were in
gospel and jump blues.

Good Rockin’ Tonight James Brown Out Of Sight 1964

Caldonia Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1945
Brown said hearing “Caldonia” inspired him to be a professional musician.

Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens James Brown Showtime 1964

So Long Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1949
In 1944, Brown sang “So Long” in at talent show in Augusta, Georgia.
He won. It was his first public appearance. He was either
10 or 11 at the time.

Love Don’t Love Nobody Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1950
Night Train Jimmy Forrest United Records 1951

Have Mercy Baby
James Brown & His Famous Flames
Shout And Shimmy 1962
Originally by Billy Ward and The Dominoes, Brown’s version of
“Have Mercy Baby” was a minor hit in 1962.

JAMES BROWN RESOURCES
jamesbrown.com
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME

Bustin’ Out Big Harp George Cut My Spirit Loose 2023
Fever Ray Charles & Natalie Cole Genius Loves Company 2004

God Bless the Child
Andra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture) 2021

Baby Baby All The Time Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1954
Just Got Lucky Bill Stuve Big Noise 1990
Let Your Tears Fall Baby Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952

All Night Long & Baby, Please Don’t Go
Big Maybelle w/ Newport Blues Band
Jazz On A Summer’s Day (Soundtrack) 1958

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 April 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.

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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLISTS FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Caravan Dirty Dozen Brass Band My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now 1984
Ice Man! Billy Mitchell Blue Records 1949

I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song)
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949

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

Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Catherine Russell
Alone Together 2019

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

Perdido Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1950

It Don’t Mean A Thing
WDR Big Band w/ Freda Payne
The World of Duke Ellington Vol.1 1994

I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But The Blues Lou Rawls Portrait Of The Blues 1993
Big Boy Part 1 Jim Giuffre & His Orchestra Modern Records 1952
Million Dollar Secret Helen Humes Modern Records 1950

Milton’s Boogie
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Juke Box Records 1946

Route 66 The Brian Setzer Orchestra Next Generation Swing 1998

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

8:00 AM: DUKE & ELLA
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was born in Washington, DC. on April 29, 1899. Ellington was an American jazz pianist and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra
from 1923 through the rest of his life. He is considered one of the greatest
American composers of the 20th century.

Ella Jane Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia on April 25, 1917.
Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the
“First Lady of Song”, “Queen of Jazz”, and “Lady Ella”.

Rockin’ In Rhythm
Duke Ellington & His Harlem Footwarmers
Brunswick Records 1931

Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Ella Fitzgerald
…Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958

Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Tiny Grimes Quintet
Gotham Records 1949

(In My) Solitude Billie Holiday …Sings 1952
Rocks In My Bed Joe Turner Decca Records 1941

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dream
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra w/ Al Hibler
Musicraft Records 1947

Oops! Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1951

Ella
Chick Webb w/ Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1938

Diminuendo & Crescendo In Blue
Duke Ellington
At Newport, 1956

Take The A Train
Ella Fitzgerald
Twelve Nights In Hollywood 1961

Mack the Knife
Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
Live At The Cote d’Azur, 1966

ELLA FITZGERALD RESOURCES
Biography @ Wikipedia
Discography @ discogs.com

DUKE ELLINGTON RESOURCES
DukeEllington.com (Official Site)
Discography @ Discogs.com
Biography @ Wikipedia

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

WRFG Route 66 – 66 Notes #1

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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


66 Notes #1
April 28, 2023

I’ve completed a big overhaul of the Route 66 music library with the goal of bringing you the most authentic jump blues era listening experience possible without slipping into DJ Gene’s space.

The first thing I did was weed out all the songs that had piled up in the digital library that never got played or just weren’t worth playing to begin with. Then I spent several evenings going through online issues of Cash Box magazine from the mid-1940s to mid-1950s in search of hidden treasures.

Let me explain, Cash Box was a trade magazine for the coin driven entertainment industry. I’m talking about pinball machines, various games of chance, and jukeboxes. And they published weekly playlists for the Top 10 jukebox songs in cities across the U.S. and Canada.

Why? Because before record industry discovered the growing teen market in the 1950s and Top 40 radio smushed everything together, the jukebox ruled the roost. And, since the most popular songs “on the box” varied widely from city-to-city, juke box owners wanted to keep up on new songs that were raking in the most coins.

The first Cash Box R&B chart was called “Hot in Harlem” and was just one of dozens of “Hot In…” charts in in the June 24, 1946 issue. But, as the magazine became more sophisticated, they separated the charts out into genres including pop, “folk, country, and western,” and R&B.

By 1947, Cash Box’s R&B charts expanded to include the jazz and blues clubs in Los Angeles, southside Chicago, Dallas, and New Orleans. In the 1950s, more cities were added including Atlanta and Saint Louis.

I went through the weekly charts for those cities during the lockdown and found tons of great music that never reached the national Billboard R&B chart.

So, what did I miss? A lot.

Turns out the charts on the now-defunct site I used weren’t entirely accurate and the hobbyists who compiled the charts ignored most of the reporting cities! Plus, I just plain overlooked some good tunes because I wasn’t familiar with the artists.

When I looked at the actual PDFs of Cash Box, I found charts from more than a dozen towns I’d never seen before including Savannah, Macon, Memphis, Newark, and Charlotte.

I even found one chart for Edmond, Oklahoma. That one really surprised me because present-day Edmond is one of the least woke towns on the planet.

So, how many “new” songs did I add to the library?

I’ll tell you next time.

Thanks for listening!

John A

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast April 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.

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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

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, APRIL 23, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Cecil Boogie Cecil Gant Gilt-Edge Records 1945

Mary Is Fine Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Charles “Gatemouth” Brown, Jr.
was born in Vinton, Louisiana on April 18, 1924.

Voo-It! Voo-It!
The Blues Woman (Marian Abernathy)
Juke Box Records 1946

Gone Again Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1948
So Glad Jimmie Vaughan Baby, Please Come Home 2019
I’ll Do Anything But Work Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1950

I’m In The Mood For Love (aka ‘Moody Mood For Love’)
James Moody
Prestige Records 1949

Blue Skies Dizzy Gillespie & Joe Carroll Dee Jee Records 1952
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Mercury Records 1947
Next Time You See Me Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
Rock-A-Bye Baby Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Roulette Oscar Moore Trio 1954
I Cross My Fingers Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1950
Caldonia B.B. King Don’t Answer The Door 2013

Lawdy Miss Claudy
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991

Dureop, pt 1 Eddie Chamblee MIracle Records 1949
Later for you Baby Duke Robillard Band Low Down & Tore Up 2011

8:00 A.M. AMOS MILBURN
Born Joseph Amos Milburn in Houston, Texas on April 1, 1927. Singer and pianinst
Amos Milburn was one of the most popular R&B artists of the jump blues era.
He won awards from Down Beat magazine (Best Blues and Jazz Star)
and Billboard magazine (Top R&B Artist).
Among his best-known songs was “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer,”
by songwriter Rudy Toombs.
Milburn was the first artist to record “One Scotch” and five other Toombs
compositions, four of which are included in this tribute. – wikipedia

Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Milk and Water Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1954
Seven Long Days Charles Brown & Band Aladdin Records 1951
Milburn was the first to record “Seven Long Days,” but Charles Brown
took the Toombs tune to the top of the R&B charts.

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

I Done Done It
Bloodest Saxophone feat. Jai Malano
Texas Queens 5 2019

AMOS MILBURN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
The Blues Foundation Inductees Bio
Overview @ spontaneouslunacy.net

Ain’t That Dandy
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Live From Austin, TX 1996
Singer and multi-instrumentalist Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Jr.
was born in Vinton, Louisiana on April 18, 1924.

CLARENCE “GATEMOUTH” BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikiepeia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Obituary – New York Times
Texas State Historical Association
Interview – Guitar Player Magazine
Biorgraphy – The Blues Foundation

K.C. Lovin’ Little Willie Littlefield Modern Records 1952
Lord Knows I Tried Lucky Millinder King Records 1952
Say It Isn’t So Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1959
Give Me The Dark Big Harp George Cut My Spirit Loose 2023

You Got Me Runnin’
Joe Turner & Jimmy Witherspoon
Patcha, Patcha All Night Long 1985

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

Flying Home Mambo Arnett Cobb Atlantic Records 1955
I’ll Get Along Somehow Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1949

Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast April 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.

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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

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, APRIL 16, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Rockin’ With Big John Big John Greer Sittin’ In With Records 1948
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Quiet Whiskey Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine 2010
Good Morning Judge Buster Poindexter Buster Poindexter 1987
One Room Country Shack Mercy Dee Walton Specialty Records 1951
3 O’clock Blues B.B. King RPM Records 1951
3 A.M. Boogie Willard McDaniel Specialty Records 1952
Going Down To Big Mary’s Helen Thompson States Record Company 1953
No Justice Yates McKendree Buchanan Lane 2022
I Have News For You Roy Milton & his Solid Senders Specialty Records 1951
Go Back To The One You Love T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1950
Stormy Weather Lena Horne Stormy Weather 1957
Straight Jaquette Roomful of Blues Standing Room Only 2009
Old Maid Boogie Eddie Vinson Mercury Records 1947
Blue And Lonesome Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1949

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


8:00 a.m. BILLIE HOLIDAY – HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LADY DAY
Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia on April 7, 1915, Billie Holiday was an
innovative jazz and blues singer. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
– wikipedia.org

You’ve Changed Billie Holiday Lady In Satin 1958

Riffin’ The Scotch
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra w/ Billie Holiday
Columbia Records 1933
Legendary Columbia Records talent scout John Hammond oversaw Billie Holiday’s first recording session when she was just 18. She was the featured vocalist on two songs recorded by Benny Goodman in November of 1933. “Riffin’ the Scotch” sold 3,000 copies, which was considered a hit record back in the day.

West End Blues Louis Armstrong Columbia Records 1928
After a tumultious childhood, Holiday was drawn to music, especially songs by Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong. She frequently cited Armstrong’s “West End Blues” as
the song that most directly influenced her vocal style.

What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra w/ Billie Holiday
Brunswick Records 1935
Holiday’s colaboration with Teddy Wilson produced the hit
“What A Little Moonlight Can Do,” which became a jazz classic.

Come Love John Hammond Ready For Love 2003
Crazy He Calls Me Aretha Franklin Soul ’69 1969
Don’t Explain Lou Rawls Soulin’ 1966

Fine And Mellow
Billie Holiday & Her All-Star Band
The Seven Lively Arts: The Sound of Jazz, LA (CBS Studios) 1957
Billie Holiday’s performance of “Fine and Mellow” on CBS’s The Sound of Jazz
program is memorable for her interplay with her long-time friend Lester Young.
Both were less than two years from death. Young died in March 1959. Holiday
wanted to sing at his funeral, but her request was denied.

BILLIE HOLIDAY RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Discography @ Jazz Discography Project
Lady Sings The Blues (Book) @ wikipedia.org
The Best Books About Billie Holiday @ Rolling Stone
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
The Hunting of Billie Holiday @ Politico Magazine

Perdido Oscar Pettiford Jazz Selction Records 1951

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1947

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

My Man’s An Undertaker Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1954
Birmingham Bounce Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950
Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast April 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.

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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

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, APRIL 9, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Black Velvet Illinois Jacquet Victor Records 1949
Smack Dab In The Middle Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1955
Greenbacks Ray Charles Ray Charles 1957
Deed I Do Lena Horne MGM Records 1948
Junie Flip Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays Savoy Records 1949
That’s Right Roomful of Blues That’s Right! 2003
Don’t Wait Too Long Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023

Someday Sweetheart
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946

I Need Your Love Annie Laurie Regal Records 1949
Stormy Monday Blues Bobby “Blue” Bland Duke Records 1962

I Don’t Want Your Money Honey
Frantic Fay Thomas
Exclusive Records 1949

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

The Comeback Memphis Slim & His House Rockers United Records 1953
Jelly Jelly Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra National Records 1946
New Blow-Top Blues Dinah Washington Decca Records 1947

Don’t Explain
Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018

Jumpin’ Salty Sean Costello Cuttin’ In 2000


8:00 AM – MACON, GA R&B TOP 10 – SPRING 1950
“The Top Ten Tunes Netting Heaviest Play Compiled From Reports
Submitted Weekly to The Cash Box By Leadng Music Operators in…”

10-Big Fine Girl Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1949
9-Caldonia Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1945
8-Confused Lonnie Johnson King Records 1949
7-Little School Girl Smokey Hogg Modern Records 1949
6-For You My Love Larry Darnell Regal Records 1949
5-School Days Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
4-Rag Mop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950
3-I Almost Lost My Mind Ivory Joe Hunter MGM Records 1950
2-Hungry Man Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949

1-Double Crossing Blues
The Johnny Otis Quintette w/ The Robins & Little Esther
Savoy Records 1950

R&B TOP 10 RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine – March 11, 1950

House Rocker Rusty Bryant Dot Records 1954
The Ball Game Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records 1952

Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
Buddy Johnson
Decca Records 1949

Going To The River Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1953

Teardrops From My Eyes
Ruth Brown w/ The Paul Williams Orchestra
Show Time at The Apollo (TV Show) 1954

I’m Ready Muddy Waters Chess Records 1954

The Right String, But The Wrong Yo-Yo
Beverly “Guitar” Watkins
Back In Business 1999

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast April 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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

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, APRIL 2, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Record Label & Date

Cherokee Earl Bostic King Records 1953

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

Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
American Music Texas Style 1999

I’m Gonna Jump In The River Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1951
Resolution Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1948
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
D.B. Blues Lester Young & His Band Philo Records 1945

September Song
Sarah Vaughan with the Teddy Wilson Quartet
Musicraft Records 1947

Gimme a Pigfoot and Bottle of Beer
Andra Day
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Music from the Motion Picture) 2021

Say Forward, I’ll March Jay McShann Still Jumpin’ The Blues 1999

Stormy Monday Blues
Count Basie Orchestra & Billy Eckstine
Basie/Eckstine Inc 1959

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

Adam Bit The Apple Joe Turner Aladdin Records 1950
New Coat of Paint Ana Popovic Trilogy 2016
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947

TOP 10 R&B SONGS IN ATLANTA FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 31, 1951
“The Top Ten Tunes Netting Heaviest Play, Compiled From Reports Submitted
Weekly To The Cash Box, By Leading Music Operators…”

10-That’s The One For Me Roy Milton & Camille Howard Speciality Records 1951
9-Late Prowling Girl Smokey Hogg Modern Records 1951
8-Jungle Town Jubilee Lloyd Glenn Swing Time Records 1951
7-Tears Tears Tears Amos Milburn & His Chicken Shackers Aladdin Records 1951
6-Long Distance Call Muddy Waters Chess Records 1951
5-Tired of Crying Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
4-Waiting for My Train Cecil Gant Dot Records 1949
3-Doggin’ Blues Linda Hopkins Savoy Records 1950
2-Lost Love (Baby, Please) Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1951
1-Black Night Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1951

COUNTDOOWN RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine for March 31, 1951

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

Description Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1949
A Sunday Kind Of Love Etta James At Last! 1961
What’d I Say Parts I & II Ray Charles What’d I Say 1959

Open The Door Richard
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1947

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 26, 2023

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

Listen 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.

Call us during the show: 470-210-1674

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, MARCH 26, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

One of Them Good Ones Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra Decca Records 1945
Rock & Roll Blues Erline “Rock & Roll” Harris DeLuxe Records 1949

Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
Stick McGhee and His Buddies
Atlantic Records 1949

Rockin’ At The Philharmonic Chuck Berry One Dozen Berrys 1958
Ool-Ya-Koo Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1948
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Marihuana Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Premier Records 1945
I’ll Always Be In Love With You Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
Shake A Hand Faye Adams Herald Records 1953
Red Hot The Five Scamps Okeh Records 1949
You Got To Have What It Takes Betty Hall Jones Capitol Records 1949
Strollin’ With Bones Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981

Chains of Love
Pinetop Perkins w/ Ruth Brown
Ladies Man 2004

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

I Can’t Stop It Ben Levin Still Here 2021

8:00 AM: WHAT’S HOT IN SAVANNAH? MARCH 1949
A countdown of the Top 10 R&B songs on jukeboxes in Savannah, Georgia
during March 1949 as reported by Cash Box Magazine.

10-Good Rockin’ Tonight Roy Brown Deluxe Records 1947

9-Where Can I Find My Baby
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1949

8-I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
7-My heart belongs to you Arbee Stidham RCA Victor 1948
6-T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947
5-Hot Biscuits Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1948
4-Corn Bread Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1948
3-Frisco Bay Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1949
2-Trees Al Hibbler Miracle Records 1949
1-D’Natural Blues Lucky Millinder RCA Victor 1949

COUNTDOWN RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine for April 9, 1949

East of The Sun (and West of The Moon)
Catherine Russell
Send For Me 2022

Flying Home No 2 Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1943

Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1950

Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Straighten Up and Fly Right Lyle Lovett 12 of June 2022
Candy Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 19, 2023

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

Listen 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.

Follow our NEW Facebook page @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Boogie Woogie Barbecue
Ari Borger & Igor Prado w/ Junior Watson
Lowdown Boogie 2013

Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952
Easy Street Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s Jump For Joy 2001

Black And Blue
Bunny Briggs / Ruth Brown / Linda Hopkins / Jimmy Slyde / Carrie Smith
Black And Blue (1989 Original Broadway Cast) 1991

Frisco Bay Memphis Slim & The House Rockers Miracle Records 1949
Hot Biscuits Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1949
Lush Head Woman Jimmy Witherspoon Downbeat Records 1949
Jack You’re Dead Rob Stone In Tokyo 2021
Skid Row Boogie Pete Johnson Down Beat Records 1948
Stagger Lee Delbert McClinton Outdated Emotion 2022
Riding High Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1949
Danger Zone Deb Callahan Backbone 2023
I’m A Shy Guy King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1945
Sneaky Pete King Curtis & Jack Dupree Blues At Montreux 1971
You Don’t Love Me T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955


8:00 A.M. WHAT’S HOT ON LA’S CENTRAL AVENUE – MARCH 1952
A countdown of the Top 10 R&B songs played on jukeboxes in the jazz and blues
clubs along Central Avenue in Los Angeles for the week ending March 22, 1952,
as reported in Cash Box Magazine.

10-The Hunt Is On Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1952
9-Kiss-A-Me Baby Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1952
8-Blow Blow Blow Big Jay McNeely Imperial Recods 1952
7-Dust My Broom Elmore James Trumpet Records 1953
6-Mellow Blues (Part 1) Sonny Thompson King Records 1952
5-Hard Times Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1952
4-My Playful Baby’s Gone Wynonie Harris King Records 1952
3-No More Doggin’ Rosco Gordon RPM Records 1952
2-Night Train Jimmy Forrest United Records 1951
1-Wheel of Fortune Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox Derby Records 1952

CENTRAL AVENUE RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine for March 22, 1952
Kareem Abdul Jabbar: Remembering Central Avenue
Los Angeles Times: Photo Feature on Central Avenue

That Old Black Magic The Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
I Cover The Waterfront Billie Holiday Carnegie Hall Concert 1956
I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You Tom Waits Closing Time 1973
Deacon Jones Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
The Deacon Moves In Little Esther & The Dominos Federal Records 1951
Deacon’s Hop Bloodest Saxophone Rhythm and Blues 2014

Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well
Bull Moose Jackson
King Records 1948

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 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 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.

Follow our NEW Facebook page @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2023

Song
Artist
First Album or Label & Date

Bullfrog Hop Big Bob Kornegay Dot Records 1956

They Don’t Want Me To Rock No More
Ella Johnson w/ Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra
Walkin’ 1957

Cryin’ Won’t Help You Paul Carrack Don’t Wait Too Long 2023
He’s All I Need Catherine Russell Strictly Romancin’ 2007
Around The Clock Parts 1 & 2 Wynonie Harris Philo Records 1945
Swingin’ The Blues Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Willow Weep For Me Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956
Come Rain Or Come Shine Art Blakey / The Jazz Messengers Moanin’ 1958
When Your Lover Has Gone Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959
Telephone (Operator) Blues Floyd Dixon Aladdin Records ‎ 1950
Slippin’ & Slidin’ (Peepin’ & Hidin’) Little Richard Speciality Records 1956
C-Jam Blues Lynn Hope & His Orchestra Aladdin Records 1953
I Like To Riff Nat King Cole Quartet Savoy Records 1946
Evil Gal Blues Etta Jones Black & White Records 1944

Down, Down, Down
Southside Johnny and Labamba’s Big Band
Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits 2008


SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
Born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas on March 20, 1915, Sister Rosetta Tharpe gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. – wikipedia

CORRECTION: In today’s show I repeatedly said Friday, March 20, 2023,
was the 105th anniversary of Sister Rosetta’s birth. In actuality
Friday would have been her 108th birthday.

Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Performance 1957

Rock Me
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1938

This Train Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1939
Willing to cross the line between sacred and secular by performing her music of
“light” in the “darkness” of nightclubs and concert halls with big bands behind her,
Tharpe pushed spiritual music into the mainstream and helped pioneer the rise
of pop-gospel, beginning in 1938 with the recording “Rock Me” and with her
1939 hit “This Train.” – wikipedia

Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air)
The Blind Boys of Alabama
Daytrotter Session 2014

99 1/2 Just Won’t Do The Williams Brothers The Sensational… 1976

Every Time I Feel The Spirit
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Performance 1957

Didn’t It Rain
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Blues and Gospel Tour (for Grenada TV) 1964
Tharpe was a pioneer in her guitar technique; she was among the first popular recording artists to use heavy distortion on her electric guitar, opening the way to the rise of electric blues. Her guitar-playing technique had a profound influence on the development of British blues in the 1960s. Her European tour with Muddy Waters in 1964, with a stop in Manchester on May 7, is cited by British guitarists such as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Keith Richards. – wikipedia

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.org
American Women’s History Museum
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Profile @ The Guardian

One O’Clock Jump Lester Young Aladdin Records 1947

R.M. Blues & Shuggie’s Boogie
The Johnny Otis Show w/ Roy Milton & Shuggie Otis
Live At Monterey!

The Honeydripper
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1945

Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946

Fine Brown Frame Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, & Ruth Brown
The Big Band Sound… 1968

Hole In The Wall Ben Levin Take Your Time 2022
Blues For The Red Boy Todd Rhodes Sensation Records 1947
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952

(sign off)

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