WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast November 16, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


In hour two of today’s show, we bring you some highlights from the catalog of
Philo Records, a groundbreaking west coast independent label that was founded
in 1945 by Eddie and Leo Messner.

The Mesner brothers owned a record store across the street from Philharmonic Hall
in Los Angeles called the Philharmonic Music Store and they shorted the name
to Philo for their new label.

When the U.S. Patent Office refused to let them use the name because it was
too close to Philco Recording Services, the brothers changed the name
to Aladdin Records.

All of the Philo titles were re-released by Aladdin in 1946.

PHILO RECORDS RESOURCES
Overview @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
The Aladdin Records Story @ bsnpubs.com
Philo/Aladdin Singles Discography & bsnpubs.com


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

All Night Long Joe Houston Blows All Night Long 1956
Early in the Morning Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Piano Red In Concert 1956
The C-Jam Blues Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra RCA Victor 1942
Thunderbird Hal Paige & The Whalers J & S Records 1957
Candy Candye Kane Swango 1998
That’s Enough Candye Kane & Sue Palmer One Night In Belgium 2011
Save The Bones For Henry Jones Lou Rawls & Ray Charles Just Between Us 1988
Caldonia Jerry Granelli w/ Robben Ford & Bill Frisell Dance Hall 2017
Strange Things Happening Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950
Quicksand The Duke Robillard Band Low Down & Tore up 2011
I’ve Got A Feelin’ Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch & Grab It Julia Lee Capitol… 1947
Money Honey John Hammond Ready For Love 2003

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PHILO RECORDS CATALOG – 1945

Indiana
Lester Young, Nat King Cole, & Red Callender
Philo Album #A-1 1945

Flying Home Pt’s 1 & 2
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars
Philo Records 1945

Around The Clock Parts 1 & 2
Wynonie Harris w/ Johnny Otis
Philo Records 1945

Be Baba Leba
Helen Humes w/ Bill Doggett Octet
Philo Records 1945

Unlucky Woman
Helen Humes w/ Bill Doggett Octet
Philo Records 1945

McShann’s Boogie Blues
Jay McShann Trio
Philo Records 1945

Walkin’ Blues
Jay McShann & His Jazz Men
Philo Records 1945

Baby Don’t You Cry
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945

Blazer’s Boogie
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945

Post War Future Blues
Cousin Joe w/ Leonard Feather’s Heptet
Philo Records 1945

Mop Mop
Howard McGhee & Band
Philo Records 1945

These Foolish Things
Lester Young & His Band
Philo Records 1945

Jumpin’ At Mesners
Lester Young & His Band
Philo Records 1945

(sign off)

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


WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast November 8, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


This week we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in the jazz and blues clubs on
Central Avenue in Los Angeles during the first week of November 1949.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2025
Song
Artist
Original album or label & date

Early Bird Bill Doggett King Records 1945

10-Blues For My Baby
Billy Wright w/ the Howard Collander
Orchestra Savoy Records 1949

9-Don’t Put Me Down
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1949

8-Boogie At Midnight
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
DeLuxe Records 1949

7-It’s Midnight (No Place To Go)
Little Willie Littlefield
Modern Records 1949

6-Empty Arms Blues
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1949

5-Waking Up Baby
Roy Milton
Specialty Records 1949

4-All She Wants to Do Is Rock
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1949

3-Broken Hearted
Floyd Dixon
Supreme Records 1949

2-Sneakin’ Around
Rudy Render
Decca Records 1949

1-Saturday Night Fish Fry
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1949

Dirty People Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Caldonia Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Sings Louis Jordan 1973
Papa Ain’t Salty Doug Sahm …& Band 1973
Free And Easy Mind Jimmy “T-99” Nelson Chess Records 1955
Tobacco Road Lou Rawls Tobacco Road 1964
I Sold My Heart To The Junkman Etta Jones RCA 1947
Lady Be Good Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie Dee Gee Records 1951
Big Jay Shuffle Big Jay McNeely Federal Records 1952
Convenience Store Party Bag James Harman & Gene Taylor …In Germany 2012
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
I’m A Bad Bad Girl Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1951
I Love You So Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1949
Alimony Blues T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1951
Moanin’ Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
The Masquerade Is Over Bette McLaurin Derby Records 1951
Oop-Pop-A-Da Three Bips & A Bop Blue Note Records 1947
Blue Turning Grey over You Catherine Russell Harlem on My Mind 2016
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005


PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST
Dirty People – Roomful Of Blues
Caldonia – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Papa Ain’t Salty – Doug Sahm
Blues For My Baby – Billy Wright w/ the Howard Collander Orchestra
Don’t Put Me Down – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Boogie At Midnight – Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
It’s Midnight (No Place To Go) – Little Willie Littlefield
Empty Arms Blues – Amos Milburn
Waking Up Baby – Roy Milton
All She Wants to Do Is Rock – Wynonie Harris
Broken Hearted – Floyd Dixon
Sneakin’ Around – Rudy Render
Saturday Night Fish Fry – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Lady Be Good – Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie
Tag (You’re it) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast November 2, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


This week, we turn the spotlight on new releases we’ve added to the
Route 66 music library this year.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Slow Drag Blues Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1948

Good Rockin’ Daddy
Roomful Of Blues
Steppin’ Out 2025

Show Me How (You Milk The Cow) Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Hey, Ba Ba Re Bop Johnny Shines Hey Ba Ba R Bop 1979
She Walks Right In Clarence Gatemouth Brown Peacock Records 1950

I Don’t Hurt Anymore
Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars
The Great Women In Blues 2025

The Frim Fram Sauce King Cole Trio Capitol Records ‎ 1945
The Lonesome Road Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1938

Every Day I Have the Blues
Johnnie Johnson
I’m Just Johnny 2025

The Patton Basie Shuffle Count Basie Orchestra Basie Swings… 2023
I’ll Get Along Somehow Julia Lee Capitol Records 1947

But Beautiful
Kandace Springs
Lady in Satin 2025

Walkin’ Around Paul Williams Savoy Records 1948
Wrong Woman Blues Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino Imperial Records 1957

Tend To Your Business
Roomful Of Blues
Steppin’ Out 2025

Route 66 Charles Brown One More For The Road 1986
Alright, Okay, You Win Tony Bennett Playing With My Friends… 2001
Birmingham Bounce Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950

Stagger Lee
Johnnie Johnson
I’m Just Johnny 2025

You Don’t Know What Love Is
Kandace Springs
Lady in Satin 2025

Embraceable You Charlie Parker One Night at Birdland 1950

How I Got Over
Kid Ramos w/ Brian Templeton
Strange Things Happening 2025

That’s All
Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars
The Great Women In Blues 2025

This Little Girl Of Mine
Ray Charles
Atlantic Records 1955

Westcoasting
Dave Robbins Big Band
Happy Faces 2025

Shout the Boogie
Candice Ivory
New Southern Vintage 2025

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast October 26, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.

We have two featured artists this week. Chicago blues pianist, songwriter, vocalist, and harmonica player was born in Memphis 100 years ago, on October 24, 1925. He scored two Top 10 R&B hits in the early 1950s and his classic “The Seventh Son” has been recorded by dozens of artists since it was released in 1955.

WILLIE MABON RESOURCES
Biography @wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Second Hand Songs

Jimmy Liggins was born James Elliott in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, on October 24, 1918. He was the younger brother of bandleader Joe Liggins. A master R&B guitarist, Jimmy Liggins’s “Cadillac Boogie” is often considered one of the first rock and roll records.

JIMMY LIGGINS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Second Hand Songs

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

You Go To My Head Earl Bostic King Records 1953

I Don’t Know
Willie Mabon & Combo
Chess Records 1952

Teardrops From My Eyes Ruth Brown Show Time at The Apollo (TV Show) 1954
Why Don’t Cha Stop It Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
The Honeydripper Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1945

Cadillac Boogie
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1948

I Won’t Cry Any More Charles Brown Just A Lucky So And So 1994
Moosey Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats King Records 1949
That’s the Stuff You Gotta Watch Cecil Gant Gilt Edge Records 1947
Jumpin’ The Blues Jimmy Witherspoon Goin’ To Kansas City Blues 1957
Fat Meat Is Good Meat Savannah Churchill Beacon Records 1942
Mambo Boogie Johnny Otis w/ Mel Walker Savoy Records 1951
Shake A Hand Faye Adams Herald Records 1953
The Woman I Love B. B. King R.P.M. Records 1954
Every Night About This Time Fats Domino Imperial Records 1950

Don’t Put Me Down
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1949

I Ain’t In The Mood Helen Humes Modern Records 1951
I’m Afraid the Masquerade Is Over Little Jimmy Scott The Fabulous Songs of… 1959
The Big Break Little Charlie & The Nightcats The Big Break! 1989
Call The Police King Cole Trio Decca Records 1941

The Seventh Son
Willie Mabon
Chess Records 1955

Richest Guy in the Graveyard Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948

Careful Love
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1949

Let the Good Times Roll Johnnie Johnson I’m Just Johnny 2025
Is You Is or Is You Not My Baby Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
St. James Infirmary Cab Calloway Brunswick Records 1930
Putting on the Ritz Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle Young Frankenstein (Soundtrack) 1974

I’m Mad
Willie Mabon
Chess Records 1953

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

PODCAST PLAYLIST
You Go To My Head – Earl Bostic
I Don’t Know – Willie Mabon & Combo
Teardrops From My Eyes – Ruth Brown w/ The Paul Williams Orchestra
Why Don’t Cha Stop It – Roomful Of Blues
Cadillac Boogie – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
I Won’t Cry Any More – Charles Brown
Moosey – Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
Don’t Put Me Down – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
I Ain’t In The Mood – Helen Humes
I’m Afraid the Masquerade Is Over – Little Jimmy Scott
The Seventh Son – Willie Mabon
Richest Guy in the Graveyard – Dinah Washington
Careful Love – Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
I’m Mad – Willie Mabon
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats





WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast October 19, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
Our podcast takes a deeper dive into our weekly feature than we can on the air.
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.

Our featured artist this week is Little Jimmy Scott.

Born James Victor Scott in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 17, 1925,
Little Jimmy rose to prominence at the vocalist for three of Lionel Hampton’s biggest hits, for which he didn’t receive credit. After leaving Hampton, Scott had a successful solo career through the 1950s and early 1960s, then suffered a series of setbacks that led him to quit the music business, leave New York, and move back to Cleveland.

After several years working at a variety of jobs incuding elevator operator and hospital orderly, Scott returned to New York and to music in 1989. You can hear more about Scott’s amazing compback in the podcast for today’s show.

LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.org
Interview @ JazzTimes.com

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Honky Tonk Part 1 Bill Doggett King Records 1956

Please Be Kind
Little Jimmy Scott
Savoy Records 1956

Jumpin’ The Blues Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown American Music… 1999
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino Imperial Records 1957
Jet Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra Decca Records 1951
Every Day I Have the Blues Johnnie Johnson I’m Just Johnny 2025

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

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

Hip Shakin’ Mama
Chubby “Hip Shakin'” Newsome & Her Hip Shakers
DeLuxe Records 1949

Roadblock Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
Train Time Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1947
Night Train Charlie Watts Jazz 625 Live For One Night Only 2017
Oops! Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1951
Just Like Two Drops of Water Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Tell Me Who Roomful Of Blues Steppin’ Out 2025
Caldonia Frankie “Sugar Chile” Robinson Capitol Records 1949
Everyday I Have The Blues B B King R.P.M. Records 1954
Jumpin’ In The Mornin’ Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953
Spacemen Planet D Nonet Blues to Be There: A Salute to Duke Ellington 2023
Twisted Annie Ross Specialty Records 1952

Gone Again
Lionel Hampton w/ Little Jimmy Scott
Decca Records 1948

All the Way
Little Jimmy Scott
All the Way 1992

(Special Report on No Kings Day 2)

Over The Rainbow
Little Jimmy Scott
Over the Rainbow 2001

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2025

HERE’S THE PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST
Night Train – Charlie Watts w/ Scott Hamilton, Dave Green, & John Pearce
Please Be Kind – Little Jimmy Scott
Jumpin’ The Blues – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Every Day I Have the Blues – Johnnie Johnson
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – Lionel Hampton w/ Little Jimmy Scott
Sad Feeling – Lionel Hampton & HIs Orchestra w/ Little Jimmy Scott
Hip Shakin’ Mama – Chubby “Hip Shakin'” Newsome & Her Hip Shakers
Spacemen – Planet D Nonet
Gone Again – Lionel Hampton w/ Little Jimmy Scott
Sycamore Trees – Little Jimmy Scott
Power And Glory The Situation – Lou Reed
All the Way – Little Jimmy Scott
Over The Rainbow – Little Jimmy Scott
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast Sunday, October 12, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
Our podcast is not the same as our live show.
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.



For the final day of WRFG’s Fall Fund Drive we count down the top 15 R&B songs in the nation for the week ending October 11, 1948, as reported to Billboard Magazine.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Creeping (Late Freight) Sonny Thompson Miracle Records 1948

(TIE – 12TH PLACE) You Don’t Love Me
Camille Howard with the Roy Milton Unit
Specialty Records 1948

(TIE – 12TH PLACE) My Happiness
Ella Fitzgerald with the Song Spinners
Decca Records 1948

(TIE – 12TH PLACE) Elevator Boogie
Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948

(TIE – 12TH PLACE) Am I Asking Too Much?
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1948

(11) Special Delivery
Cecil Gant
Four Star Records 1948

(TIE – 7TH PLACE) Freedom Train Blues
Lil’ Son Jackson
Gold Star Records 1948

(TIE – 7TH PLACE)
It’s Too Soon To Know
Ella Fitzgerald
Decca Records 1948

(TIE – 7TH PLACE) My Heart Belongs To You
Arbee Stidham
RCA Victor 1948

(TIE – 7TH PLACE) The Darktown Strutters’ Ball
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1948

(TIE – 4TH PLACE) Pretty Mama Blues
Ivory Joe Hunter
4 Star Records

(TIE – 4TH PLACE) More Than You Know
Charles Brown
Modern Records 1948

(TIE – 4TH PLACE) It’s Too Soon to Know
The Orioles
Jubilee Records 1948

(3) What Have I Done
Hadda Brooks
Modern Records 1948

(2) My Fault
Brownie McGhee
Savoy Records 1948

(1) Corn Bread
Hal Singer Sextet
Savoy Records 1948

Cole Slaw (Sorgum Switch) Louis Jordan Decca Records 1949
Shout the Boogie Candice Ivory New Southern Vintage 2025
Hop, Skip & Jump Roy Milton Specialty Records 1947
When the Lights Go Out Kim Wilson Tigerman 1993
Midnight Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
C’est si bon Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1950
Backstage at Stuff’s Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Mister Five By Five Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1942
Please Hurry Home B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
Messin’ Around Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1948
Jumpin’ The Blues Eddie Vinson & Jay McShann Jumpin’ The Blues 1969
Stormy Blues Billie Holiday Savoy Records 1954
Route 66 Chuck Berry New Jukebox Hits 1961
Chicken Shack Boogie Detroit Junior Take Out the Time 1997
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Stagger Lee Johnnie Johnson I’m Just Johnny 2025

(sign off)

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


PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST

Creeping (Late Freight) – Sonny Thompson Quintet featuring Eddie Chomblee
You Don’t Love Me – Camille Howard with the Roy Milton Unit
My Happiness – Ella Fitzgerald with the Song Spinners
Elevator Boogie – Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Am I Asking Too Much? – Dinah Washington
Special Delivery – Cecil Gant
Freedom Train Blues – Lil’ Son Jackson
It’s Too Soon To Know – Ella Fitzgerald
My Heart Belongs To You – Arbee Stidham
The Darktown Strutters’ Ball – Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Pretty Mama Blues – Ivory Joe Hunter
More Than You Know – Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
What Have I Done – Hadda Brooks
It’s Too Soon To Know – The Orioles
My Fault – Brownie McGhee
Corn Bread – Hal Singer Sextet
Hop, Skip & Jump – Roy Milton
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast October 5, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
Our podcast is not the same as our live show.
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


This week, we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in the U.S. for the first week
of October 1950, then listen to songs that were local or regional hits that week
that didn’t make the national chart. Pay special attention to New Orleans,
where only two national hits were in their Top 10. Besides being fun musically,
this is an example of how different the music scenes were across the country
before music radio took over and blended everything together.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

After Hours Bobby Smith & His Orchestra Apollo Records 1950

COUNTDOWN OF NATIONAL R&B TOP TEN
FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 7, 1950

10-(TIE) Deceiving Blues
Blues Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950

10-(TIE) Cupid’s Boogie
Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950

9-Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere
Joe Morris & His Orchestra w/ Laurie Tate
Atlantic Records 1950

8-Hard Luck Blues
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
DeLuxe Records 1950

7-I’ll Never Be Free
Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten & His Orchestra
Regal Records 1950

6-Every Day I Have the Blues
Lowell Fulson
Swingtime Records 1950

5-Pink Champagne
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Specialty Records 1950

4-Love Don’t Love Nobody
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
DeLuxe Records 1950

3-Mona Lisa
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1950

2-Blue Shadows
Lowell Fulson
Swingtime Records 1949

1-Blue Light Boogie (Parts 1 & 2)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950

(HARLEM) Bald Head Roy Byrd (Professor Longhair) Mercury Records 1950
(HARLEM) Teardrops from My Eyes Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1950
(HARLEM) I Need You So Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic Records 1950
(SOUTH SIDE CHICAGO) My Foolish Heart Gene Ammons Chess Records 1950
(KANSAS CITY) Queen Bee Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson King Records 1950
(KANSAS CITY) Well Oh Well Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1950

COUNTDOWN: TOP 10 R&B SONGS IN NEW ORLEANS
FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 7, 1950

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

9-La Vie En Rose
Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1950

8-Sad Feeling
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1950

(Love Don’t Love Nobody – Roy Brown – #7 on national R&B chart)

6-Goodnight Irene
Paul Gayten
Regal Records 1950

5-Story To Tell
Big Joe Turner
Imperial Records 1950

4-Sometime
The Ink Spots
Decca Records 1950

(Blue Shadows – Lowell Fulson – #3 on national R&B chart)

2-I’m Yours To Keep
Herb Fisher & His Trio
Modern Records 1950

1-Boogie Rambler
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1950

(HOUSTON) Failing By Degrees Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1950
(HOUSTON) Oo Wee Baby Peppermint Harris Sittin’ In With Records 1950
(HOUSTON) My Temper Is Risin’ Roy Hawkins Modern Records 1950
(LOS ANGELES) Stack-A-Lee Archibald Imperial Records 1950
(LOS ANGELES) Besame Mucho The Ray-O-Vacs Decca Records 1950

(LOS ANGELES) Please Send Me Someone To Love
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1950

(sign off)

Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2025


PLAYLIST FOR THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
My Foolish Heart – Gene Ammons
Deceiving Blues – Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Cupid’s Boogie – Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere – Joe Morris & His Orchestra w/ Laurie Tate
Hard Luck Blues – Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
I’ll Never Be Free – Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten & His Orchestra
Every Day I Have the Blues – Lowell Fulson
Pink Champagne – Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Love Don’t Love Nobody – Roy Brown
Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole
Blue Shadows – Lowell Fulson
Blue Light Boogie (Parts 1 & 2) – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five w/ Bill Doggett
Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool – Lionel Hampton w/ Little Jimmy Scott
La Vie En Rose – Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Sad Feeling – Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Goodnight Irene – Paul Gayten
Story To Tell – Big Joe Turner
Sometime – The Ink Spots
I’m Yours To Keep – Herb Fisher & His Trio
Boogie Rambler – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast September 28, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.

This is the first Sunday of WRFG’s 2024 Fall Fund Drive.
Independent progressive media is under immense pressure
and we really need your support.

Please consider making a contribution today at WRFG.ORG.

Thanks you for listening and supporting WRFG 89.3FM/WRFG.ORG.

To kick off our fund drive, we’re celebrating the great Ray Charles
on the 95th anniversary of his birth.

Since this is a fund drive show, we won’t go into a lot
of detail about his life and music on the air,
but we give Ray Charles the respect he deserves on our podcast,
which you’ll find at the bottom of this post.

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


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Heavy Juice Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra King Records 1953

Blues Before Sunrise
The Maxim Trio
Swing Records 1949

Ain’t That Love
(Ray Charles)
Diane Schuur
Talkin’ ‘Bout You 1988

Busted
WDR Big Band feat. Maceo Parker
A Tribute To Ray Charles (DVD) 2008

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1950
Talk to Your Daughter Robben Ford Talk to Your Daughter 1988

COUNTDOWN: TOP 4 NATIONAL R&B SONGS
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 29, 1945
As reported to Billboard Magazine

4-Caldonia Boogie
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945

3-That’s The Stuff You Gotta Watch
Buddy & Ella Johnson
Decca Records 1944

2-Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Wynonie Harris & Bill Doggett
Decca Records 1945

1-The Honeydripper (Part 1)
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1945

Jumpin’ the Blues Johnny Otis Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 1992
Them There Eyes Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Roy Milton Records 1947
Don’t Leave Me This Way Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953
I Ain’t No Fool Either Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1953
Evil Gal Blues Dinah Washington Keynote Records 1943
I’m Waiting For My Man Jazzified The Velvet Undergrounds 2025

Kiss Me Baby
Ray Charles
Swing Time Records 1952

What’d I Say
(Ray Charles)
Etta James
Etta James Rocks The House 1963

I’ll Drown In My Tears
Lula Reed w/ Sonny Thompson
King Records 1951

Them That Got
Ray Charles
ABC-Paramount 1961

Send For Me Catherine Russell Send For Me 2022
Route 66 Brian Setzer Next Generation Swing 1998

I Know Who Threw The Whiskey (In The Well)
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
Queen Records 1946

We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll Wild Bill Moore Savoy Records 666 1947
House Party Tonight Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1955
Alright, Ok, You Win Count Basie & Joe Williams Count Basie Swings… 1956
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer Billie Holiday Decca Records 1950

I’ve Got A Woman
Ray Charles
A Newport 1958

The Train Kept A-Rollin’ Tiny Bradshaw Coral Records 1951

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast September 21, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.

Today we celebrate the centennial of the legendary B.B. King, who was born
Riley B. King near Berclair, Mississippi on September 16, 1925.

We also delve into the songbook of Charles Brown, one of the most
popular balladeers of the 1940s and early 1950s. Brown was born
Tony Russell Brown in Texas City, Texas, on September 13, 1922.

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

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 ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Spider Rock Tab Smith Premium Records 1951

Shake It Up & Go
B.B. King
R.P.M. Records 1952

Summertime
Mark Hummel w/ The Sue Foley Band & Charles Brown
Up And Jumpin’ 1989

Daddy, Daddy Savannah Churchill Manor Records 1945
Turn the Lamps Down Low Little Esther & Little Willie Federal Records 1953
Palomino Hop Big Jay McNeely Honkin’ & Jivin’ at the Palomino! 1989 3:21
It’s Later Than You Think Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1951

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

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

Moonlight & Shadows
(Charles Brown)
Diane Schuur
Blues for Schuur 1997

Story From My Heart & Soul
B.B. King
R.P.M. Records 1952

Why I Sing the Blues
(B.B. King)
Aretha Franklin
Spirit In The Dark 1970

East Of The Sun Billie Holiday Billie Holiday Sings 1952
Solitude Kenny Burrell Ellington Is Forever, Vol 2 1975
The Midnight Hour Count Basie Orchestra & Robert Cray …Swings the Blues 2023
Help Me Some Memphis Slim & His House Rockers Miracle Records 1949

3 O’clock Blues
B.B. King
R.P.M. Records 1951

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

Let the Good Times Roll
Tony Bennett w/ B.B. King
Playing With My Friends – Bennett Sings The Blues 2001

Old Mother Hubbard Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1949
Cool Rage Illinois Jacquet Mercury Records 1952

Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me
(Charles Brown)
Ray Charles The Genius 1959

Black Night
Charles Brown
Aladdin Records 1951

Seven Long Days
(Charles Brown)
Janiva Magness
My Bad Luck Soul 1999

Get Yourself Another Fool
(Charles Brown)
Sam Cooke
Nightbeat 1963

Onions Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1949
Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson King Records 1949
I’m Beginning to See the Light The Birdland Big Band Live 2018

Don’t You Want A Man Like Me?
B.B. King & Calvin Owens Big Band Blues Orchestra
True Blue 1993

My Story Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1952

(sign off)

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

PLAYLIST FOR THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
38th Street Blues – B.B. King
Shake It Up & Go – B.B. King
Summertime – Mark Hummel w/ The Sue Foley Band & Charles Brown
Groovy Movie Blues – Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Driftin’ Blues – Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Moonlight & Shadows – Diane Schuur
3 O’clock Blues – B.B. King
Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Ruth Brown & B.B. King
Let the Good Times Roll – Tony Bennett w/ B.B. King
Story From My Heart & Soul – B.B. King
Why I Sing the Blues – Aretha Franklin
Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me – Ray Charles
Black Night – Charles Brown
Seven Long Days – Janiva Magness
Get Yourself Another Fool – Sam Cooke
Don’t You Want A Man Like Me? – B.B. King & Calvin Owens Big Band Blues Orchestra
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast September 14, 2025

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B were on the same
page and, often, in the same song. Our primary focus is on the music of the
Jump Blues Era of the 1940s which blended into the early Rock & Roll & R&B Era
of the 1950s, and follow on how those styles and artists have evolved over
the years. We also bring you jazz from the era along with the occasional page
from the Great American Songbook.

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
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 weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.
You’ll find the one for this week at the bottom of this post.


Today’s featured artist is blues shouter and songwriter Roy Brown on either
the 100th or 105th anniversary of his birth in Kinder, Louisiana.
Brown scored 14 national R&B hits between 1947 and 1951,
then made a brief comeback in 1957 with his recording of
Fats Dominoes and Dave Bartholomew’s “Let the Four Winds Blow.”
ROY BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Profile @ Spontaneous Lunacy

THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Mr Freddie’s Boogie Freddie Mitchell Brunswick Records 1953

Good Rockin’ Tonight
Roy Brown With Bob Ogden & His Orchestra
Deluxe Records 1947

They Call Me Big Mama Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1953
She Winked Her Eye Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
Hurts Me to My Heart Faye Adams Herald Records 1954
Shake A Hand Igor Prado Band Recorded in MONO at Studio 8 2007
Hey Mrs. Jones Jimmy Forrest United Records 1952
Shout the Boogie Candice Ivory New Southern Vintage 2025
The Honeydripper Cab Calloway Columbia Records 1946
Laughing In Rhythm Slim Gaillard Mish Mash 1953

Hard Luck Blues
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
DeLuxe Records 1950

Along About Midnight (aka Long About Midnight)
(Roy Brown)
The Knickerbocker All-Stars Open Mic At The Knick 2014

New Orleans Shuffle Roomful Of Blues Hot Little Mama 1981
Going Back Home To New Orleans Joe Liggins Specialty Records 1950
Tamburitza Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1950
For Heaven’s Sake Kandace Springs Lady in Satin 2025
Have You Lost Your Mind? Ben Levin Carryout Or Delivery 2020

Bar Room Blues
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
Deluxe Records 1951

Lollipop Mama
(Roy Brown)
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1948

Love Don’t Love Nobody
(Roy Brown)
James Brown
King Records 1961

Air Mail Special Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1952
You Don’t Learn That In School King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
Uptown Boogie Illinois Jacquet Philo Records 1945
Goin’ Home Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952

That’s How You Got Killed Before
Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Elvis Costello
The New Orleans Album 1990

Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Ernestine Anderson
Love Makes The Changes 2003

Shake Dance Willis “Gator Tail” Jackson Atlantic Records 1953
No More Doggin’ Colin James …and The Little Big Band 1997
Jimmy Mule Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
Still In The Dark Big Joe Turner Freedom Records 1950
Shake Baby Shake Archibald Imperial Records 1950
Inspiration Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948

Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
Jazzified
Talking Head
(Talking Heads – Remain in Light – If it was made in 1950!!)
2025

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

HERE’S THE PLAYLIST FOR TODAY’S PODCAT
Mr. Freddie’s Boogie – Freddie Mitchell & His Orchestra
Good Rockin’ Tonight – Roy Brown With Bob Ogden & His Orchestra
They Call Me Big Mama – Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton
She Winked Her Eye – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Hard Luck Blues Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
Along About Midnight (aka Long About Midnight) – The Knickerbocker All-Stars
New Orleans Shuffle – Roomful Of Blues
Going Back Home To New Orleans – Joe Liggins & HIs Homedrippers
Tamburitza Boogie – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
For Heaven’s Sake – Kandace Springs
Bar Room Blues – Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
Lollipop Mama – Wynonie Harris
Love Don’t Love Nobody – James Brown
Air Mail Special – Ella Fitzgerald
You Don’t Learn That In School – King Cole Trio
Uptown Boogie – Illinois Jacquet
Let the Four Winds Blow Roy Brown
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats