WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – August 29, 2021

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

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, radio.garden, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Hoppin’ John Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1949
Cadillac Baby Colin James …And The Little Big Band 2004
Standing On The Corner Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1950
You Never Know John Mayall Talk About That 2017

r/Jazz - 71 years ago on this day, Charlie Parker told Downbeat that Bebop has no roots in Jazz

TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE PARKER – Part 1
Born Charles Parker, Junior in Kansas City, Missouri on August 29, 1920

Funky Blues (edited) Charlie Parker Jam Session 1952
Charlie Parker Steve Allen & Jack Kerouac Poetry For The Beat Generation 1958
I’ll Always Love You Just The Same Tiny Grimes Quintet w/ Charlie Parker
Savoy Records 1946

CHARLIE PARKER RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 45

School Days (When We Were Young) Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1949

Jordan’s 51st entry on the Billboard R&B Chart, “School Days
(When We Were Young)” )was a reworking of “School Days,” a popular song
written by Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards in 1907. “School Days” was in the
Top 10 for seven weeks peaking at number 5 at the beginning of 1950.

I Don’t Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) Candye Kane Swango 1998
Kidney Stew Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1947
Sweet Little Angel B.B. King Orchestra Live At Midem 1983 2020
Whiskey Women & Loaded Dice Sticks McGhee King Records 1953
Blackjack Ray Charles Yes Indeed! 1958

IN MEMORY OF CHARLIES ROBERT “CHARLIE” WATTS
June 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021

Night Train Charlie Watts w/ Scott Hamilton, Dave Green, & John Pearce
Jazz 625 Live For One Night Only 2017

TRIBUTE TO DINAH WASHINGTON
Born Ruth Lee Jones in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on August 29, 1924
Dinah Washington began her recording career in 1944 as a member of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and went on to score 45 entries on the Billboard R&B Chart between 1948 and 1961, including 16 between 1949 and 1950.

Evil Gal Blues Lionel Hampton w/ Dinah Washington Keynote Recordings 1944
Salty Papa Blues Dinah Washington With Quincy Jones And His Orchestra (unreleased) 1961
West Side Baby T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
Walker scored a hit with “West Side Baby” a few months after Washington’s
version reached number 7 on the Billboard R&B Chart
Big Long Slidin’ Thing Sandra Hall One Drop Will Do You
Cold, Cold Heart Aretha Franklin Unforgettable. A Tribute to Dinah Washington 1964
Baby, Get Lost Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album 2004
The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ but a Woman Cryin’ for Her Man Dinah Washington
Back To The Blues 1963

DINAH WASHINGTON RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE PARKER – Part 2

Hootie Blues Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown American Music Texas Style 1999
Originally recorded by Jay McShann with Charlie Parker in 1941
Swingmatism Jay McShann w/ Charlie Parker Decca Records 1941
Barbados The Charlie Parker All Stars Savoy Records 1948
Parker’s only entry on the Billboard R&B Chart, “Barbados” was
number 15 for the week ending December 18, 1948.

Walkin’ Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Billy Valentine (vocals)
RCA Victor 1949
True Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialy Records 1947
Roll’Em Mitzi Mars Checker Records 1953
Switchin’ in the Kitchen Roomful Of Blues Under One Roof 1997

(sign off)

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





WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – August 22, 2021

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

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, radio.garden, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

The Barn Burner Junior Watson w/ Sax Gordon Jumpin’ Wit Junior 2012
Fruit Boots Red Prysock Wing Records 1956
Jumpin’ the Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 1992
Description Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1949
Turn The Lamps Down Low Little Esther Phillips with Little Willie Littlefield
Federal Records 1953
Come Back Baby Rob Stone Trio In Tokyo 2021
Find A Job Chubby “Hip Shakin’ ” Newsome Regal Records 1950

LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 44

Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Jordan’s 50th entry onto the Billboard R&B Chart, “Saturday Night Fish Fry” was
in the R&B Top 10 for 23 nonconsecutive weeks, and number one for 12 weeks.
It also reached 21 on the Billboard Pop Chart. The song, written by Jordan and
Ellis Lawrence Walsh, is considered a major precursor to rock and roll
and one of the roots of rap.

Palm Springs Jump
Slim Gaillard And His Flat-Foot-Floogee-Boys w/ Ben Webster
Columbia Records 1942
Trouble in Mind Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1952
Deadly Nightcall Royal Crown Revue The Contender 1993
You Ain’t Got It No More Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1949
Believe Me Baby Roy Milton & his Solid Senders Specialty Records 1953
Information Blues Duke Robillard Duke’s Blues 1996
Love Roller Coaster Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1956

Larry Darnell / Wynonie Harris | The Concert Database

TRIBUTE TO WYNONIE “MR. BLUES” HARRIS
Born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 24, 1915

Oh Babe! Wynonie Harris w/ Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra King Records 1950
Around The Clock Parts 1 & 2 Wynonie Harris w/ Johnny Otis’ All Stars
Philo Records 1945
Sittin’ On It Lamont Cranston Band Tiger In Your Tank 1988
Quiet Whiskey Jimmy Sutton & The Four Charms Triskaidekaphobia 2005
Wynonie’s Blues Wynonie “Blues” Harris w/ Illinois Jacquet & His All-Stars
Apollo Records 1945
Lovin’ Machine Dana Gillespie Jump, Jive & Swing 1999
Whiskey & Jelly Roll Blues Wynonie “Mr. Blues” Harris & His All Stars
Aladdin Records 1946

WYNONIE HARRIS RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Wynonie Harris @ Spontaneous Lunacy

NOLA Night Ben Levin Carryout Or Delivery 2020
New Orleans Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1947
I Left A Good Deal In Mobile Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers w/ Herb Jeffries Exclusive Records 1945
Blow Top Blues Sandra Hall One Drop Will Do You 1997
Why I Sing The Blues B.B. King Orchestra Live At Midem 1983 (2020)
Jump, Jive, An’ Wail Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956

(sign off)

Crazy About My Baby Skyler Saufley & The 99th Degree
Live At Blind Willie’s Blues Club (unreleased recording)

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – August 15, 2021

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

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, radio.garden, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Baritone Boogie Floyd Taylor Regal Records 1950(?)
Never Missed My Baby Erline “Rock & Roll” Harris & Johnson Brothers’ Combo
Regal Records 1949
It Can Never Be That Way Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Money Blues LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair Sue Foley The Ice Queen 2018
That’s How You Got Killed Before Elvis Costello My Flame Burns Blue 2006

AIRCHECK:
Intro to Alan Freed’s Moon Dog House Show
WJW-AM/FM Cleveland, Ohio, December 1953
C-Jam Blues Lynn Hope Aladdin Records 1953
In Honor of National Radio Day, August 20, 2021


LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 43

Salt Pork, West Virginia Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1945

Jordan’s 15th entry on the Billboard R&B Chart, “Salt Pork, West Virginia was in the Top 10 for 15 weeks, peaking at number two. The song marked electric guitarist Carl Hogan’s debut with the band. According to Wikipedia, there is no such place as Salt Pork in West Virginia. “The song arose out of an incident in which Jordan was cited for speeding while traveling to a performance in Bluefield, West Virginia. Jordan appeared in front of a local magistrate named Wallace W. “Squire” McNeal. Jordan promised the magistrate he would write a song about him.”

Alarm Clock Boogie Odelle Turner w/Jesse Stone And His Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1952
Hey Lawdy Mama Miss Rhapsody w/ June Cole’s Orchestra Savoy Records 1944
Now That You’re Gone Annie Laurie Regal Records 1950
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Duck Soup Orville “Fats” Noel Herald Records 1953
Hadacol Bounce Ben Levin Carryout Or Delivery 2020
Two Years Of Torture Percy Mayfield With The Phillip Walker Blues Band
Hit The Road Again 1983


BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO COUNT BASIE
Born William James Basie in Rad Bank, New Jersey on August 21, 1904

How Long Blues Count Basie & His Orchestra w/ Jimmy Rushing
Mercury Records 1939
Sure Thing Count Basie & His Orchestra Mercury Records 1952
Swinging The Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 1992
Going’ To Chicago Blues Lou Rawls Black & Blue 1963
One-O-Clock Jump Scott Hamilton & Duke Robillard Swingin’ Again 2021
God Bless The Child & Now or Never Billie Holiday w/ the Count Basie Sextet
Live Performance 1950
Topsy, Part 2 Cozy Cole & Alan Hartwell Big Band Love Records 1958
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
Swingin At Newport Count Basie At Newport 1957

COUNT BASIE RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
biography @ rutgers.edu
discography for Count Basie as a solo artist @ discogs.com
discography for Count Basie Orchestra @ discogs.com

Sweet Little Angel B.B. King RPM Records 1956
I’ve Got A Feelin’ Big Maybelle Okeh Records 7026 1952
Alimoney Blues B. B. & The Blues Shacks Feelin’ Fine Today 1994

Marta Blues Wasted Potential Brass Band Ruining the Surprise Party 2019
The Wasted Potential Brass Band is one of four great acts you’ll hear at the 36th Annual WRFG Labor Day Blues BBQ at the Park Tavern in Piedmont Park on Monday, September 6. Tickets are now on sale at WRFG.ORG.

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – August 8, 2021

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

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, radio.garden, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Bolo Blues Jimmy Forrest Night Train 1953
Mighty, Mighty Man Roy Brown with the Earl M. Barnes & Orchestra
De Luxe Records 1947
Central Avenue Boogie Helen Humes & Her All Stars Philo Records 1945
Down, Down, Down Southside Johnny and Labamba’s Big Band
Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits 2008
Hangover Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra Savoy Records 1949
Black Night Roomful of Blues Raise a Ruckus 2008
Someone To Love Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt Someone to Love 1992


LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 41

Safe, Sane And Single Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949

The B side of “You Broke Your Promise,” “Safe, Sane and Single” never made it onto the national Billboard R&B Chart, but it was a local hit in New York and New Orleans. In NYC, song made it to number eight on the Cash Box regional R&B chart for just one week in April of 1949. That same month, it stayed spent three weeks on the New Orleans chart, peaking at number eight.

Bow-Wow! Amos Milburn & His Chickenshackers Aladdin Records 1949
Our Delight Dave Clark And Floyd McDaniel Dave Clarks Blues Swingers 2003
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
D.B. Blues Lester Young & His Band Philo Records 1945
Wee Baby Blues Ella Fitzgerald Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962) 2020
You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) Big Joe Turner
The Boss Of The Blues 1958


TRIBUTE TO LYNWOOD SLIM
Born Richard Dennis Duran in Los Angeles on August 19, 1953

Well Alright, O.K. You Win Lynwood Slim Last Call 2006
Jump With You Baby The Red Wagons Blues Band w/ Lynwood Slim
Jumpin’ With Friends! 2012
Be Good, Be Gone Alex Schultz w/ Lynwood Slim Think About It 2004
Tough Duff Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson Back to Back 2010
Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again
Big Rhythm Combo w/ Kid Ramos & Lynwood Slim Too Small To Dance 1997
Party Girl Dave Specter w/ Lynwood Slim & Jack McDuff Left Turn On Blue 1996
No More Doggin’ Lynwood Slim w/ Kid Ramos World Wide Wood 2000
My Hat’s On The Side Of My Head Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band
Brazilian Kicks 2010
The Smooth One Igor Prado Band w/ Donny Nichilo & Lynwood Slim
Instrumentals, Vol.1 2010

LYNNWOOD SLIM RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
American Blues Scene – obituary
Blues Junction – interview

Lynwood Slim wad diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2011. Although he beat the disease, he severely damaged his liver and was told he only had two years to live if he didn’t have a liver transplant. Like many musicians, he didn’t have insurance.
Lynwood Slim died in 2014. He was 60 years old.

HEPATITIS C RESOURCES
CDC – What Is Hepatitis C?
Mayo Clinic – Hepatitis C – Symptoms & Causes
Hepatitis C – Georgia Department of Public Health

Mr. Cleanhead Blues Eddie Vinson & Jay McShann
Jumpin’ The Blues (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions) 1969
Route 66 Linda Hopkins w/ Mortonette Jenkins / Maxine Weldon
Wild Women Blues – Original Cast Recording 2003
Swing Thing! Ruzz Guitar’s Blues Revue The Instrumental Sounds Of… 2020
A Fool For You Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Talk Is Cheap Sandra Hall Miss Red Riding Hood 2001
Sandra Hall will be the featured performer at the WRFG Labor Day Blues BBQ
on Monday, September 6 at the Park Tavern in Piedmont Park.
Tickets are now on sale at WRFG.ORG

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – August 1, 2021


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

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, radio.garden, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Purple Wail The Royal Rhythmaires (Rehearsal) 2011
Voo-It Helen Humes & Her All Stars Philo Records 1945
Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop, Pt. 1 Wynonie Harris w/ The Hamptone All-Stars
Hamp-Tone Records 1946
Switchin’ In The Kitchen Dave Clark And Floyd McDaniel
Dave Clarks Blues Swingers 2003
Honey Rock Barney Kessel Tease! The Beat of Burlesque 1956
Rocket To The Moon Colin James Little Big Band II 1998
House of Blue Lights Chuck Berry Chess Records (unreleased single) 1958
Rock Bottom Gene Phillips & The Rhythm Aces Modern Records 1947

LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 41

Run Joe Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five with the Calypso Boys
Decca Records 1947

“Run Joe” is a calypso song written by Joe Willoughby, Louis Jordan, and
Walt Merrick. The song was Jordan’s 37th entry on the Billboard R&B Chart.
It peaked at #1 on the R&B chart and at 23 on the Billboard Pop chart.

Captain’s Quarters Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones / Little Charlie Beaty Complicated Mess 2018
Sitting On Top of the World Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion 2012
Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1947
Oh Chuck It (In A Bucket) Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1949
T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947
I’m Waiting On Your Call Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers
DOWNBEAT RECORDS PRESENTS… Plays T-Bone Walker 2020


WHAT’S HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE
The Cash Box’s Regional R&B Chart for Chicago’s South Side
for the Week Ending August 4, 1951

10 – Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats w/ Ike Turner
Chess Records 1951
9 – Don’t You Know I Love You The Clovers Atlantic Records 1951
8 – Chains Of Love Joe Turner w/ Vann “Piano Man” Walls & Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1951
7 – Chica Boo Lloyd Glenn Swing Time Records 1951
6 – I’m Waiting Just For You
Annisteen Allen & John Carrol w/ Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Federal Records 1951
5 – The Thrill Is Gone Roy Hawkins Modern Records 1951
4 – Eyesight To The Blind The Larks Apollo Records 1951
(written by Sonny Boy Williams II)
3 – Too Young Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1951
2 – Castle Rock Johnny Hodges Mercury Records 1951
1 – Sixty Minute Man The Dominoes Federal Records 1951

CASH BOX R&B CHART RESOURCES
Archive @ cashboxmagazine.com
Cash Box Magazine @ worldradiohistory.com
Cash Box Magazine Internet Archive

Bad Tale Boogie Jay McShann & His Jazz Men Philo Records 1945
Salty Papa Blues Linda Hopkins How Blue Can You Get 2007
I’ve Got News for You Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Orchestra
Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
Hot Dog Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames Columbia Records 1949
Summertime Lou Rawls Tobacco Road 1964

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Untitled The Skyler Saufley Band Uncommon Music Group Presents 2016
See Skyler Saufley at the WRFG Labor Day Blues BBQ at the Park Tavern
in Piedmont Park on Monday, September 6, 2021. Tickets go on sale
Saturday, August 7 at WRFG.ORG.

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – July 25, 2021

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

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, radio.garden, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR JULY 25, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Bullfrog Hop Big Bob Kornegay Dot Records 1956
Alright, Ok, You Win Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956
Shame, Shame, Shame Smiley Lewis Imperial Records 1956
Fine Brown Frame Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, & Ruth Brown
The Big Band Sound of… 1968
More Blues At Midnight Willis Jackson & His Orchestra Apollo Records 1950
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Big Joe Turner, Roomful Of Blues, Dr John
Blues Train 1983
Changable Woman Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1947
I Want You To Be My Baby Annie Ross w / Tony Crombie & his Orchestra
Decca Records 1955

LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 40
Roamin’ Blues Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Jordan’s 44th entry on the Billboard Chart, “Romin’ Blues” was not a
big hit, but it did make it to 10th place for two weeks in the spring of 1949.

Let The Good Times Roll Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959
Jumpin’ At The Woodside Jay McShann The Last Of The Blue Devils 1977
She Just Won’t Sell No More Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Greenbacks Jimmie Vaughan Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites 2011
Street Lights Little Esther Federal Records 1953
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens James Brown Showtime 1964
Poison Ivy Rob Stone Trio In Tokyo 2021


8:00 AM: BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO LOUIS JORDAN – Part Three of Three
Born Louis Thomas Jordan in Brinkley, Arkansas on July 8, 1908

Deacon Jones Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
Life Is So Peculiar Louis Jordan & louis Armstrong Decca Records 1951
Is You Is My Baby Veronica Lewis You Ain’t Unlucky 2021
Saturday Night Fish Fry Buddy Guy Heavy Love
A Man Ain’t A Man Louis Jordan & Chris Barber
Louis Jordan & Chris Barber 1962
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Sings Louis Jordan (Original Black &lack & Blue Sessions) 1973
How Long Must I Wait For You? Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948
Caldonia B.B. King Orchestra Live At Midem 1983 2020
Petootie Pie Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
I Believe In Music Louis Jordan I Believe In Music 1973

LOUS JORDAN RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Encyclopedia Britannica
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Harlem Nocturne Oliver Sain & His Orchestra Bobbin Records 1962
Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
House Party Kid Ramos West Coast House Party 2000

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – July 18, 2021

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

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is streaming
worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, radio.garden, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Hamp’s Boogie Woogie Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Decca Records 1944
Rockin’ At Midnight Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men Deluxe Records 1949
Good Rockin’ Daddy Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli
Dreams Come True 1990
Hubcap Pete Sax Gordon Have Horn Will Travel 1998
Rockin’ the Blues Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1950
(Cherry) Red Blues
Cootie Williams & His Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Hit Records 1944
God Bless The Child Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956

LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 39

Reet, Petite & Gone Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947

The theme song for the 1947 movie musical starring Louis Jordan and
June Richmond, “Reet, Petite & Gone” was Jordan’s 36th entry on the
Billboard R&B Chart, staying in the top 10 for six weeks
and peaking at number four in the spring of 1947.

The Honeydripper (Part 1) Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1945
House Rocker (House Rockin) Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers
Savoy Records 1948
You Make Me Feel So Good Beverly “Guitar” Watson Back In Business 1999
My Money’s Green Little Charlie & The Nightcats Disturbing The Peace 1988
That’s A Pretty Good Love Adrianna Marie & Her Groovecutters
Double Crossing Blues 2013
How Deep Is The Well Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1953
Carryout Or Delivery Ben Levin Carryout Or Delivery 2020


8:00 AM: BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO LOUIS JORDAN – Part Two of Three
Born Louis Thomas Jordan in Brinkley, Arkansas on July 8, 1908

If You’re So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich?
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five Decca Records 1950
I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town Louis Jordan I Believe In Music 1973
How Bout That Big Al Dupree Swings The Blues 1995
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Jack You’re Dead Rob Stone Trio In Tokyo 2021
Run Joe Bloodest Saxophone feat. Lauren Cervantes Texas Queens 5 2019
Ain’t Nobody’s Business Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950

LOUS JORDAN RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Encyclopedia Britannica
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Every Day I Have The Blues B.B. King Orchestra Live At Midem 1983 2020
Rock Me Baby (Live At Casino Montreux, 11th July 1975) Etta James
Etta James: The Montreux Years 2021
Shout The Boogie Memphis Minnie Columbia Records 1947
Weepin’ & Cryin’ Tommy Brown & The Griffin Brothers Regent Records 1951
Route 66 Chuck Berry New Jukebox Hits 1961
I’ll Be True Faye Adams & Joe Morris Orchestra Herald Records 1953

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – July 11, 2021

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Cherry Smash Big Jay McNeeley Savoy Records 1949
Jump & Shout Erline “Rock & Roll” Harris De Luxe Records 1949
Jumpin’ The Blues Jimmy Witherspoon w/ Jay McShann & Band
Goin’ To Kansas City Blues 1957
Breaking My Heart Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
Straighten Up & Fly Right King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1943
You’re Driving Me Crazy Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco
You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018
Candy Big Maybelle & the Kelly Owens Orchestra Savoy Records 1956
Sanctified Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners Sanctified 1980


LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 38

Reconversion Blues Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946

From Wikipedia: “Reconversion Blues” is a song attributed to Steve Graham and
Fleecie Moore. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded
in October 1946, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 18762-A). The
record’s “B” side was “Salt Pork, West Virginia”. The song peaked at No. 2 on Billboard’s race record chart and was ranked No. 14 on the magazine’s
year-end list of the most played race records of 1946.

Whoo Whee Sweet Daddy Veronica Lewis You Ain’t Unlucky 2021
Newborn Shuffle Ari Borger & Igor Prado w/ Junior Watson Lowdown Boogie 2013
Go Back To The One You Love T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1950
Jumpin’ In The Mornin’ Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953
Early in the Morning Charles Brown All My Life 1990
Sunday Mornin’ Coleman Hawkins Soul 1958

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8:00 AM: BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO LOUIS JORDAN – Part One of Three
Born Louis Thomas Jordan in Brinkley, Arkansas on July 8, 1908

Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Happy Birthday Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1951
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens The Lamont Cranston Band
The Lamont Cranston Band 1976
Caldonia Jerry Granelli w/ Robben Ford & Bill Frisell Dance Hall 2017
Blue Light Boogie The Red Wagons Blues Band w/ Mitch Woods
Jumpin’ With Friends! 2012
Early In The Morning Terry Hanck I Still Get Excited 2019
Ella Chick Webb & His Orchestra w/ Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1938

LOUS JORDAN RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Encyclopedia Britannica
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

One-O-Clock Jump Scott Hamilton & Duke Robillard Swingin’ Again 2021
The Ball Game Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records 1952
The Bells Are Ringin’ Smiley Lewis Imperial Records 1952
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Snap Crackle Hop Big Chico …Plays Rod Piazza 2021
Chicken Shack Boogie Canned Heat w/ Hollywood Fats
In Concert – King Biscuit Flower Hour 1979
I’m Walking Fats Domino Imperial Records 1957

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – July 4, 2021

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, and WRFG.ORG.

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Pachuko Hop Saturday Night Fish Fry Volume 2 2017
One O’Clock Jump Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing A Song Of Basie 1957
Someday You’ll Be Sorry Jimmy T99 Nelson Take Your Pick 2002
Deacon’s Hop Bloodest Saxophone Rhythm and Blues 2014
Around The Clock Parts 1 & 2 Wynonie Harris w/ Johnny Otis Philo Records 1945
Temptation Southside Johnny Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits 2021


LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 37
Ration Blues Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1943
Jordan’s sixth entry and third number one song on the Billboard R&B chart,
and his first cross-over hit on the Billboard Country Chart – where it
hit number one – “Ration Blues” hit a chord with listeners who were
dealing with rationing of consumer goods during World War II.

Jumpin’ in the Morning Deacon John’s Jump Blues 2002
Trouble in the Mind Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, & Ruth Brown
The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Featuring Miss Ruth Brown 1968
Blue Comet Blues Bill Haley & His Comets Rock’N’Roll Stage Show Part 2 1956
Ooh-Ouch-Stop Joe Turner with the Flennoy Trio Excelsior Records 1947
Oh Why? Little Richard Here’s Little Richard 1957
Rock Me To Sleep Candye Kane & Laura Chavez Coming Out Swingin’ 2013
X-Temperaneous Boogie Camille Howard & The Roy Milton Unit
Specialty Records 1948
Resolution Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1948


TRIBUTE TO TINY GRIMES
Born Lloyd “Tiny” Grimes in Newport News, Virginia on June 7, 1946
Loch Lomond Tiny “Mac” Grimes & the Rocking Highlanders
Gotham Records 1947
A consummate jazz and blues guitarist and vocalist, Grimes hit his commercial
peak with the Rocking Highlanders in the late 1940s through mid-1950s.
The band was on the bill for Alan Freed’s Rock & Roll Coronation Ball in Cleveland,
Ohio in 1952, but authorities shut down the show before they reached the stage.
Most music historians concider the Coronation Ball is considered both the first
rock & roll concert and the first rock & roll riot.
I Miss You So The Cats & The Fiddle Bluebird Records 1941
Grimes’s first hit, he had been playing guitar for just 18 months
when he joined The Cats in early 1941.
I Ain’t Got Nobody The Art Tatum Trio Brunswick Records 1944
Grimes said he left The Cats & The Fiddle because their music was not
challenging enough and the pay was not high enough. He joined the
Art Tatum Trio and recorded several sides with them before going solo near
the end of World War II.
Tiny’s Tempo The Tiny Grimes Quintet w/ Charlie Parker Savoy Records 1944
Romance Without Finance Tiny Grimes Quintet w/ Charlie Parker Savoy Records 1946
Grimes recorded four sides with Charlie Parker for the Savoy Records
between 1944 and 1946.
Detour Ahead Billie Holiday w/ the Tiny Grimes Sextet Aladdin Records 1951
Grimes and his Sextet backed Holiday on several recording dates from the
mid-1940s to the early 1950s.
Still King Illinois Jacquet, Tiny Grimes, & Wynton Kelly The Blues; That’s Me! 1969
Grimes continued to record until the late 1970s.
He died in New York City in March of 1989.

TINY GRIMES RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Tiny Grimes @ spontaneouslunacy.net

Ice Cream Freezer The Blues Man & His Blues Band Juke Box Records 1946
No Money Rob Stone & Elena Kato & Hiroshi Eguchi Trio In Tokyo 2021
A Lover’s Blues Margie Hendrix Tangerine Records 1967
When A Woman Loves Her Juice Eddie Vinson & His Orchestra
Mercury Records 1946
Paradise Squat Count Basie Mercury Records 1952
Medley: At Last – Trust In Me – Sunday Kind Of Love Etta James
The Montreux Years 2021
Talkin’ Bout You Ray Charles At Newport 1958

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – June 27, 2021

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app, TuneIn, and WRFG.ORG.

Please follow WRFG Route 66 on Facebook.
Check out our podcast page @ MixCloud.Com.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Honkin’ The Jimmy Jackson All Stars R.P.M. Records 1952
The Chill Is On Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1951
Jim Dog Porky Cohen With Roomful Of Blues Rhythm & Bones 1996
Mystery Train Little Junior’s Blue Flames Sun Records 1953
Blues Down Home Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1957
Cookin’ In Style Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
Resolution Blues Chris Corcoran Band Coolerator 2020
Lonesome & Blue Annie Laurie & The Howard Biggs’ Orchestra
Okeh Records 1952

LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – WEEK 36
Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy)
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950

While never a national hit, “Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy)”
certainly got a lot of play on juke boxes in Harlem. It made the Cash Box
regional R&B Chart for New York for four weeks in March and April of 1950,
peaking at number two. It also made it to number nine in Los Angeles
for one week, and spent two weeks in 10th place in Chicago.
The tune was written by Jordan, Caribbean musician Joe Willoughby,
and Dr. Walter Merrick. In addition to being a composer and pianist,
Merrick was head of Physical Medicine Department at Harlem Hospital.

Something’s Got A Hold On Me (Live At Casino Montreux, 12th July 1989)
Etta James The Montreux Years (Live) 2021
Gin House Blues (Live At Casino Kursaal, 16th June 1968)
Nina Simone The Montreux Years (Live) 2021
No Kinda Good No How Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1953
Low Down Dog Rod Piazza & The Midnight Flyers California Blues 2000
Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Wynonie Harris Decca Records 1945

HOT IN HARLEM – JUNE 24, 1946
This week marks the 75th anniversary of Cash Box Magazine’s
first “Hot In Harlem” chart listing the 10 most popular jump blues, R&B,
and jazz records played on juke boxes in New York’s Harlem neighborhood.

10 – Stardust Howard McGhee & His Band Philo Records 1945
9 – Beware Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
8 – That’s The Groovy Thing Earl Bostic & His Orchestra Gotham Records 1946
7 – Driftin’ Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers Philo Records 1945
6 – Prisoner of Love Billy Eckstine & Orchestra National Records 1945
5 – Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
4 – The Gypsy The Ink Spots Decca Records 1946
3 – What Is This Thing Called Love? Billie Holiday Decca Records 1945
2 – On The Sunny Side Of The Street Eddie Heywood & Orchestra
Decca Records 1944
1 – Stone Cold Dead In The Market Place (He Had It Coming)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946

Billboard Magazine published a national R&B Chart, which at the time
bore the unfortunate title of “Most-Played Juke Box Race Records.”
The chart for this week in 1946 included several tunes that just
weren’t that hot in Harlem.

Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1945
I Know Who Threw The Whiskey (In The Well)
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats Queen Records 1946
R.M. Blues Roy Milton Juke Box Records 1946

Four More Gems From 1946

The Honeydripper Cab Calloway Columbia Records 1946
I’ve Got A Right To Cry Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946
C Jam Blues Tiny Grimes Swingtet Blue Note Records 1946
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946

CASH BOX & BILLBOARD RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine – June 24, 1946 (PDF)
Cash Box Archives – R&B Singles 1946
Billboard Magazine – June 22, 1946 (PDF)

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