WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 13, 2022

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, MARCH 13

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Apollo Jump Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Decca Records 1943
I Don’t Dig It Big Joe Turner MGM Records 1949
Backstage at Stuff’s Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Baby, I Don’t Cry Over You Billie Holiday w/ Tiny Grimes Decca Records 1946
Trouble In Mind The Duke Robillard Band They Called It Rhythm & Blues 2022
Heed My Warning Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller 1957
Still Here Ben Levin Still Here 2021
I Want to Hug You John Lee Hooker Mr. Lucky 1991
Nuit Sauvage Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Effie’s Boogie Effie Smith Aladdin Records 1946
She’s Dynamite B.B. King RPM Records 1951
Have A Good Time Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
Little Joe’s Boogie Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
I’m Still In Love With You T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
Mean Old World Lou Rawls The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions 1962-1970

Not The Best Sound Quality, But A Rare Look At Hollywood Fats In Action

TRIBUTE TO HOLLYWOOD FATS

Born Michael Leonard Mann in Los Angeles on March 17, 1954
Hollywood Fats was a guitar virtuoso. He was one of only a few West Coast blues musicians of his generation who incorporated jump blues into his sound.
He was active from the mid-1970s until his death in 1986.

Lonesome Hollywood Fats Band Hollywood Fats Band 1979
First recorded by Memphis Slim in 1961
Snakes James Harman Band w/ Kid Ramos & Hollywood Fats
Those Dangerous Gentlemen 1987
Nitwit Hollywood Fats Band
Blues Saturday, Monterey Jazz Festival – September 20, 1980
Have a Good Time Big Walter “Shakey” Horton Cobra Records 1956
Recorded by the Hollywood Fats Band in 1979
Kidney Stew Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & The Hollywood Fats Band
Blues Saturday, Monterey Jazz Festival – September 20, 1980
One Mint Julep Rod Piazza w/ Junior Watson & Hollywood Fats Harpburn 1986
Rock This House Hollywood Fats Band Hollywood Fats Band 1979

HOLLYWOOD FATS RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Obituary – Los Angeles Times, Dec. 12, 1986

Rockhouse Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1958
Rock House Big Maybelle Savoy Records ‎ 1957
House Rocker Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1948
Lonesome & Blue Annie Laurie Okeh Records 1952
Rough Weather Blues Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1948
Weather Man Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records (unreleased)
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
The Honey Dripper Charles Brown Honey Dripper 1996

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 6, 2022

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 MARCH 6, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

The Hucklebuck Paul Williams & The Hucklebucks Savoy Records 1949
In The Wee Wee Hours The Duke Robillard Band They Called It Rhythm & Blues 2022
Good Rockin’ Man Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies Of Birdland 1945
I Don’t Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) Buddy & Ella Johnson
Mercury Records 1956
Guitar Cha Cha Memphis Slim & His House Rockers Vee Jay Records 1958
Rock and Rolling This House Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Blues From Chicago To Paris 2022
Strollin’ With Bones Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Grandma Plays the Numbers Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Smack Dab In The Middle The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991
After You’ve Gone LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Ain’t That Just Like A Woman B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999
I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949
The Chicken & The Hawk Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1956
Time Is Fading Fast The Love Light Orchestra Leave The Light On 2022
Good Cookin’ Woman Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners Coming Home 1976

Click The Picture To Watch The Third Episode Of The Nat King Cole Show

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO NAT KING COLE
Born Nathaniel Adams Cole in Montgomery Alabama on March 17, 1919
Considered one of the greatest pop singers of the mid-20th century, Nat King Cole had more than 100 songs reach the pop charts. His King Cole Trio was the template for jazz and blues trios for year to come. Cole was a master jazz pianist who recorded with many of the jazz greats of the 1940s including Lester Young and performed frequently with Norman Grant’s Jazz At The Philharmonic.

The Frim Fram Sauce King Cole Trio Capitol Records ‎ 1945
Indiana Lester Young, Nat King Cole, & Red Calender Philo Records 1945
Errand Girl for Rhythm Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Destination Moon Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1951
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1944
Blues In B Flat Oscar Moore The Oscar Moore Quartet 1986
My Mother Told Me Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 2008
Nature Boy Marvin Gaye
A Tribute To The Great Nat King Cole 1965
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946

NAT KING COLE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

Spider Web Eddie Chamblee Recorded ??? Previously unreleased
Milton’s Boogie Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Juke Box Records 1946
Blues Before Sunrise The Maxim Trio Swing Records 194
Cole Slaw (Sorgum Switch) Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Salty Papa Blues Dinah Washington Keynote Recordings 1943
Smile Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1954

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast February 27, 2022

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 FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Low Society Blues Lowell Fulson Checker Records 1949
That’s How You Got Killed Before Dave Bartholomew Imperial Records 1949
Tell Me What’s The Reason T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1953
Up Jumped The Devil Roomful of Blues Standing Room Only 2009
That’s What I Like Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1948
Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1948
Talk To Me, Talk To Me James Brown
Thinking About Little Willie John And A Few Nice Things 1968
Fever Little Willie John King Records 1956
Stone Cold Dead In The Market Place (He Had It Coming)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
Buford’s Bop Jimmy Thackery Guitar 2003
Rock On Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Mess Around Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953
Rock-A-Bye Baby Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Jump With B.B. B.B. King Spotlight On Lucille 1991
Moanin’ at Midnight Howlin’ Wolf Chess Records 1951
Cookin’ In Style Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
Willow Weep For Me Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956

Click Here To Watch Fats Domino Live On Austin City Limits

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO FATS DOMINO
Born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr.in New Orleans on February 26, 1928

The Fat Man Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Blue Monday Fats Domino Imperial Records 1956
Going To The River Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1953
Sick & Tired Jimmy Cavallo The Houserocker! 2002
I Hear You Knocking Smiley Lewis Specialty Records 1955
Let the Four Winds Blow Roy Brown Imperial Records 1957
Fat’s Frenzy Fats Domino Rock and Rollin’ 1956
Rockin’ Chair George Benson
Walking to New Orleans: Remembering Chuck Berry & Fats Domino 2019
I Just Can’t Get New Orleans Off My Mind Irma Thomas & Marcia Ball
Goin’ Home: a Tribute to Fats Domino 2007
Before I Grow Too Old Fats Domino Imperial Records 1960

FATS DOMINO RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Chuckwalk Chuck Berry Chess Records (Unreleased) 1958
Leave The Light On Love Light Orchestra Leave The Light On 2022
Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952
Hodge-Podge Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra The Blues 1956
A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money) Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones
What’s It Gonna Take 2012
I Ain’t Gonna Let You In Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Regal Records 1949
Sneaky Pete Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats King Records 1948

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast February 20, 2022

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

HERE’S THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Jackson’s Blues Don Johnson & His Band Specialty Records 1949
She Walks Right In Clarence Gatemouth Brown Peacock Records 1950
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
Walking The Blues Willie Dixon Checker Records 1955
Good Daddy Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Lost Mind Sugar Ray Sweet & Swingin’ 1998
Time To Change Your Town Wynonie “Blues” Harris Apollo Records 1946
That’s A Pretty Good Love Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956
Shame, Shame, Shame Roomful of Blues That’s Right! 2005
I’ve Got A Woman (Live in Stockholm – 1972) Ray Charles True Genius 2021
Blue Jeans Ari Borger & Igor Prado Lowdown Boogie 2013
Hop, Skip & Jump Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1948
Lady Be Good Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie Dee Gee Records 1951
Rock Mr. Blues Mark Hummel Up And Jumpin’ 1989
The Darktown Strutters’ Ball Catherine Russell Bring It Back 2014
Breaking My Heart Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946

WHAT’S HOT IN NEW ORLEANS – FEBRUARY 20, 1952
Cash Box Regional R&B Chart for New Orleans

10 – Shine On Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
9 – Howlin’ Wolf Boogie Howlin’ Wolf Chess Records 1951
8 – Hard Times Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1952
7 – Let’s Talk About Jesus Bells of Joy Peacock Records 1952
6 – Night Train Jimmy Forrest United Records 1951
5 – Booted Rosco Gordon RPM Records 1952
4 – How Many More Years Howlin’ Wolf Chess Records 1951
3 – 3 O’clock Blues B.B. King RPM Records 1951
2 – Got You On My Mind Big John Greer RCA Victor 1951
1 – Wheel of Fortune Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox Derby Records 1952

SOURCE
Cash Box Magazine – February 23, 1952

There Is Something On Your Mind Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Ain’t That Lovin You The Knickerbocker All-Stars Open Mic At The Knick 2014
Ain’t Nothing You Can Do Bobby “Blue” Bland Ain’t Nothing You Can Do 1964
You Satisfy Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
Black Velvet Illinois Jacquet Victor Records 1949
Love And Friendship Ben Levin Still Here 2021
I’m Walking Fats Domino Imperial Records 1957

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WRFG Playlist and Podcast February 13, 2022

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, FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Jumpin´jack Bloodest Saxophone Rhythm and Blues 2014
Voodoo Woman Blues Jimmy Witherspoon w/ Jay McShann
Mercury Records 1946
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) Cootie Williams w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1944
Swingin’ The Blues Four Charms Flatland Boogie 2000
Rocks In My Bed Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1957
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
American Music Texas Style 1999
You’re Driving Me Crazy Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco
You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018
Evil Gal Blues Aretha Franklin Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington 1964
Georgia on My Mind Steve Tyrell Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles 2021
I’ve Got a Little Boy Ann Cole Baton Records 1957
Bags Groove Milt Jackson Wizard of the Vibes 1952
Moody’s Mood For Love (aka I’m In The Mood For Love) King Pleasure
Specialty Records 1952
Red Top Floyd McDaniel w/ Dave Specter West Side Baby 1997
When I Grow Too Old To Dream Roy Milton Miltone Records 1946
Later For The Gator Willis Jackson & His Orchestra Apollo Records 1950

WHAT’S HOT IN NEW ORLEANS – VALENTINE’S DAY 1948
Top 10 Songs From The Cash Box Regional Chart

10 – Down Home Blues Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1948
9 – Bell Boy Boogie Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra Sensation Records 1947
8 – I Can’t Give You Anything but Love Baby Rose Murphy Majestic Records 1948
7 – Money’s Getting Cheaper Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948
6 – Rockin’ Boogie Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats Specialty Records 1947
5 – My Love Is Limited Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
4 – I Can’t Stop It Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1947
3 – Let It Roll Lucky Millinder w/ Allastine Allen Decca Records 1947
2 – Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1947
1 – I Love You Yes I do Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1947

REFERENCE
Cash Box Magazine – February 14, 1948

Swingin’ In The Groove Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames
Columbia Records 1949
One Sweet Letter Adrianna Marie & her Roomful Of All-Stars
Kingdom Of Swing 2017
The Brightest Smile In Town Ray Charles Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul 1963
Love Don’t Love Nobody Rosie Flores Simple Case of the Blues 2019
Bar Room Blues Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men Deluxe Records 1951
Honky Tonk Part 1 Bill Doggett King Records 1956
Saturday Night Fish Fry Lou Rawls & Joe Williams & Lionel Hampton
Portrait Of The Blues 1993

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast February 6, 2022

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, FEBRUARY 6, 2022
NOTE: This Is Our First New Show For 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Walkin’ Around Paul Williams & His Band Savoy Records 1948
Jumpin’ Tonight (aka Midnight Rockin’) Big Joe Turner Imperial Records 1950
One O’Clock Jump Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing A Song Of Basie 1957
Your Essential Worker Ben Levin Still Here 2021
No More Doggin’ Rosco Gordon Memphis Tennessee 2000
Shut Your Mouth B.B. King RPM Records 1955
Trombone Butter Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Funky Blues Charlie Parker Jam Session 1952
Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948
Leave It To Me Annie Laurie (previously unreleased – recorded 1950s)
Be Mine My Love B.B. & The Blues Shacks Breaking Point 2021
Bearfoot Boogie Gene Taylor Handmade 1986
Call It Stormy Monday / I’m Getting ‘long Alright Linda Hopkins
Black And Blue (Original Broadway Cast) 1991
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
Blues In B Flat Oscar Moore Quartet 1986
Bloodshot Eyes Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band Brazilian Kicks 2010

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TRIBUTE TO HARPDOG BROWN
January 28, 1962 – January 7, 2022

Vicious Vodka Harpdog Brown For Love & Money 2019
Pink Champagne Harpdog Brown & The Bloodhounds Once In A Howlin’ Moon 2001
Moose On The Loose Harpdog Brown w/ Charlie Musselwhite
Travelin’ With The Blues 2016

HARPDOG BROWN RESOURCES
Obituary @ Edmondton Sun
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
Yes Indeed! Ray Charles In Person 1959
Buzz Me Dave Specter, Barkin’ Bill Smith, Ronnie Earl
Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2021
I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris All Stars King Records 1948
Switchin’ in the Kitchen Roomful Of Blues Under One Roof 1997
Pretty Papa Blues Paula Watson Supreme Records 1948
Right On Count Basie Dance Session 1953
I Thought About You Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
You Better Go Now Etta Jones Sings Lady Day 2001
Sax Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
3 Cool Cats Ry Cooder Chávez Ravine 2005
Keep Cool (aka Be Cool) Johnny Moore & Mari Jones
Recorded in Hollywood Records 1953

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist forDecember 26, 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, DECEMBER 26, 2021
(Sorry, No Podcast This Week Because of MixCloud Licensing Restrictions)

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Benny’s Bounce (Johnny Otis) Benny & The Fly By Niters Jet Propelled Daddy 2002
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
Let the Good Times Roll Steve Tyrell Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles 2021
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ Shirley Horn You Won’t Forget Me 1990
Mary Is Fine Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Specters Walk Dave Specter Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2021
Ice Water In Your Veins (Johnny Otis) Ruth Brown Ms. B’s Blues 2009
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo (Johnny Otis) Big Joe Turner & Roomful Of Blues
Blues Train 1983
Mean to Me David Newman Ray Charles Presents David Newman – Fathead 1958
Professor Bop Babs Gonzales Capitol Records 1949
Salt Peanuts Charlie Parker The Genius of Charlie Parker 1949

Today in NYC History: Cab Calloway Releases “Minnie the Moocher” (1931) | janos.nyc
Clck Cab’s Photo to Watch “Minnie The Moocher”


BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO CAB CALLOWAY
Jazz singer, bandleader, dancer, and actor Cabell “Cab” Calloway III
was born in Rochester, NY on December 25, 1907

I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped Cab Calloway RCA Victor Bluebird Series 1949
Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway The Blues Brothers 1980
Reefer Man Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway 2009

CAB CALLOWAY RESOURCES
biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

Poison Ivy Rob Stone, Elena Kato, & Hiroshi Eguchi Trio In Tokyo 2021

Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (1958) - YouTube
Click Here To Watch “The Hand Jive”


BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY OTIS
Singer, musician, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes was born in Vallejo, California on December 28, 1921

Barrelhouse Stomp The Johnny Otis Orchestra Excelsior Records 1947
Happy New Year, Baby Johnny Otis, Lem Tally & Cath Excelsior Records 1947
That’s Your Last Boogie Joe Swift with Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
Exclusive Records 1948
Little Red Hen Redd Lyte & The Johnny Otis Orchestra Regent Records 1949
Cupid’s Boogie Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950
Double Crossing Blues The Johnny Otis Quintette w/ The Robins & Little Esther Savoy Records 1950
Goomp Blues Johnny Otis Orch w/ Ben Webster Mercury Records 1951
All Night Long Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra Savoy Records 1951
Call Operator 210 Floyd Dixon Aladdin Records 1951
I’ll Ask My Heart Linda Hopkins & The Johnny Otis Orchestra Savoy Records 1951
Ring A Ding Doo Little Esther & Mel (Walker) with the J & O Orchestra
Federal Records 1952
Heartache Here I Come Mel Walker with the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1953
I’m Gonna Latch On Marie Adams w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Peacock Records 1954
The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) Etta James & The Peachers w/ Richard Berry Modern Records 1955
Little Richard’s Boogie Little Richard & the Johnny Otis Band
Peacock Records 1956
My Man Called Me Big Mama Thornton w/ Johnny Otis Peacock Records
Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra with Marie Adams & the Three Tons of Joy
Capitol Records 1957
Willie & The Hand Jive The Johnny Otis Show Capitol Records 1958

JOHNNY OTIS RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedica.org
discography @ discogs.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast Dec. 19, 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 DECEMBER 19, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Mina’s Blues Benny & the Fly-By-Niters Watch Yourself 2016
Walkin’ & Talkin’ Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1946
Fine Brown Frame Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1947
Ain’t That Dandy The Knickerbocker All-Stars Texas Rhody Blues 2016


Playlist 12-15-19 – WRFG Route 66
Click The Poster To Head An Alan Freed in 1953

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO ALAN FREED
Albert James “Alan” Freed was born in Windber, PA on December 15, 1921. Freed coined the term “rock & roll” to describe the mix of jazz, blues, and R&B he began playing on his “Moon Dog House” show on WJW-AM in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952.

Airchecks of Alan Freed featuring
Lonely & Blue B.B. King RPM Records 1955
Whoopin’ The Blues Sonny Terry Capitol Records / Americana 1947
Mad Love Muddy Waters w/ Little Walter Chess Records 1953

ALAN FREED RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame


Eddie Vinson And His Orchestra – Kidney Stew Blues / Old Maid Boogie (1947, Shellac) - Discogs
Click the label to hear the original “Kidney Stew Blues”

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO EDDIE “CLEANHEAD” VINSON
American jump blues, bebop, and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
Edward L. Vinson Jr. was born in Houston, Texas on Decenber 18, 1917.

Kidney Stew Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Blues In The Night, Vol. 1: The Early Show1986
(Cherry) Red Blues Cootie Williams w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1944
Vinsonology Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & the Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Back Door Blues 1961

EDDIE “CLEANHEAD” VINSON RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com


Pee Wee Crayton - Texas Hop - YouTube
Click the label to hear “Texas Hop”


BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO PEE WEE CRAYTON
Blues and R&B guitarist and vocalist Connie Curtis Crayton
was born in Rockdale, Texas on December 18, 1914.

Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1948
My Idea About You Pee Wee Crayton Imperial Records 1955
Fiddle De Dee Kid Ramos w/ Lynwood Slim Kid Ramos 1999

PEE WEE CRAYTON RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

I Can’t Stop It Ben Levin Still Here 2021
I Want You To Be My Baby Dana Gillespie
As Blue As I Can Be: Live 2020

Everything You Should Know About The Krampusnacht Festival
According to Austian tradition, Krampus punishes naughty children at Christmas. You have been warned.

XMAS CHEER, PART 2

Far Away Blues (Christmas Blues) Johnny Otis w/ Little Esther & Mel Walker
Savoy Records 1950
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Mabel Scott Exclusive Records 1948
Merry Christmas, Baby Charles Brown W/ Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
Exclusive Records 1948
Christmas Comes But Once A Year Amos Milburn King Records 1960
I Want My Baby For Christmas Jimmy Liggins
Specialty Records 1950
At the Christmas Ball Bessie Smith Columbia Records 1925
Let It Snow Colin James Little Big Band Christmas 2007
I’ll Be Home for Christmas The Count Basie Orchestra
A Very Swingin’ Basie Christmas! 2015
I Want To Spend Christmas With You Roomful Of Blues
Roomful Of Christmas 1997
White Christmas Etta James 12 Songs of Christmas 1998
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Ray Charles
The Spirit Of Christmas 1985
Good Morning Blues Jimmy Rushing Listen To The Blues 1956
Pete’s Holiday Boogie Pete Johnson Swing Time Christmas 1995
Silent Night, Holy Night Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1949
May Every Day Be Christmas Louis Jordan Decca Records 1951

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast Dec. 12, 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 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Jivin’ With Jack The Bellboy Illinois Jacquet Aladdin Records 1947
A&M Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
Sparrow’s Flight Johnny Sparrow & His Bows & Arrows
Melford Records 1949
What Am I Living For? Rob Stone w/ Elena Kato & Hiroshi Eguchi Trio
In Tokyo 2021

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton | Way Back Attack
Click The Image To Hear “Hound Dog”

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE FOR BIG MAMA THORNTON

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton was born in Arition, Alabama on
December 11, 1926

Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton with Kansas City Bill & His Orchestra
Peacock Records 1952
Thornton was the first artist to record “Hound Dog.” Her version of the Lieber & Stoller classic spent 14 weeks on the national R&B chart and sold over a half-million copies. The song was later recorded by a truck driver from Memphis.
Bear Cat Rufus Thomas Sun Records 1953
Thomas was a radio disc jockey in Nashville when he scored a smash hit
with his reply to “Hound Dog.”
My Man Called Me Big Mama Thornton w/ Johnny Otis Peacock Records 1957

BIG MAMA THORNTON RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

Disk Jockey’s Nightmare Earl Bostic & His Orchestra King Records 1949
Lavender Coffin Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1949
Mingus Fingers ( Mingus Fingus) Charles Mingus Quartet
Dolphins Of Hollywood Records 1948
Romance Without a Finances Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers
Juke Joint Sessions Vol.1 2016
When I Grow Up T-Bone Walker Super Blues Live (1982) 2021
Cole Slaw (Sorgum Switch) Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1949
Key to the Highway Dinah Washington Back To The Blues 1963
Buddy’s Boogie Buddy Johnson Mercury Records 1957
Baby You Don’t Know Roy Milton & His Band Specialty Records 1953
Frankie Lee Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1951

Santa Claus Confessions: What It's Really Like to Be a Santa for Hire | TIME.com

XMAS CHEER – PART 1

It’s Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Alligator Records’ Genuine Houserockin’ Christmas 2009
I Want a Man for Christmas Joan Shaw & The Danny Small Orchestra
Jaguar Records 1954
I Want A Present For Christmas J.B. Summers w/ Tiny Grimes
Gotham Records 1949
All I Want for Christmas Ray Charles The Spirit Of Christmas 1985
Silver Bells Fats Domino Christmas Gumbo 1993
Please Come Home For Christmas Charles Brown King Records 1960
Hooties Christmas Prayer Jay McShann w/ Duke Robillard
Still Jumpin’ The Blues 1999
Christmas Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Alligator Records Christmas Collection 1992
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Etta James 12 Songs of Christmas 1998
Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues? Roomful of Blues
Roomful Of Christmas 1997

What’d I Say Steve Tyrell Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles 2021

Guitar Slim – The Things That I Used To Do (1970, Vinyl) - Discogs
Click The Cover To Hear “The Things That I Used To Do”

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO GUITAR SLIM
Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on
December 10, 1926

The Things That I Used to Do Guitar Slim Specialty Records 1954
Guitar Slim’s best known song, “Things” was number one on the national R&B Chart for six weeks and sold more than a million copies. The record was arranged and produced by a then fairly unknown Ray Charles, who also played piano on the session.

GUITAR SLIM RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

A man performing on-stage, surrounded by confetti. Several instruments surround him and behind him a man is playing a double bass.
Click Tom’s Picture To Hear “DIamond In Your Mind”

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO TOM WAITS
Thomas Alan Waits was born in Pomona, California on December 7, 1949

Diamond In Your Mind Tom Waits & The Kronos Quartet Healing the Divide 2007
Wait’s intpretation of the Diamond Sutra was recorded live during a concert
honoring the Dali Lama.

TOM WAITS RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast Dec. 5, 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, DECEMBER 5, 2021

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Son Of Mr. Big Horn Doug James Blow Mr. Low 2001

Click The Album Cover To Hear Lou Rawls Sing Stormy Monday

(They Call It) Stormy Monday Lou Rawls & Les McCann Ltd
Stormy Monday 1962
Louis Allen Rawls in Chicago on December 1, 1933, Chicago

Call Before You Go Home Memphis Slim & His House Rockers
United Records 1953
It’s A Low Down Dirty Deal T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1947
Ought To Be Loved Chickenbone Slim Serve It To Me Hot 2021
Good Old Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra Modern Records 1950
Just Give Me A Man Mabel Scott Hub Records 1946
Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
King Records 1949
Postman Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1946
Christmas Rain Ben Levin Still Here 2021
Honey Bun Rag Tommy Harkenrider Trio Honey Bun Rag 2017
Jumpin’ & Boppin’ With Joy Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Jumpin’ & Boppin’ 2016
What’d I Say (Live in Stockholm – 1972) Ray Charles True Genius 2021
Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948
The Falcon’s Nest James Harman
Mo’ Na’kins Please!-Strictly The Blues Vol.2 1985
Christmas Date Boogie Big Joe Turner Down Beat Records 1948
Cadillac Baby Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1950

Sixty-Minute Man Was The Top R&B Song Of 1951 – Click The Label To Listen

RETROSPECTIVE: NUMBER ONE R&B SONGS FOR 1951

Bad, Bad Whiskey Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
Teardrops from My Eyes Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1950
Black Night Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1951
Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Chess Records 1951
Chica Boo Lloyd Glenn Swing Time Records 1951
Sixty Minute Man The Dominoes Federal Records 1951
Don’t You Know I Love You The Clovers Atlantic Records 1951
The Glory Of Love The Five Keys Aladdin Records 1951
‘T-99’ Blues Jimmy “T-99” Nelson RPM Records 1951
Fool, Fool, Fool The Clovers Atlantic Records 1951
I Got Loaded Peppermint Harris Aladdin Records 1951
I’m In The Mood John Lee Hooker Modern Records 1951
Because Of You Tab Smith Orchestra United Records 1951
Flamingo Earl Bostic & His Orchestra King Records 1951

1951 R&B RESOURCES
Billboard – Number 1 R&B 1951 @ wikipedia.org

Mon Beau Sapin Mike Goudreau Band & Dany Roy
Christmas Rendez-Vous 2021
The Christmas Song Lou Rawls Christmas Is The Time 1993
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Brian Setzer Orchestra
Boogie Woogie Christmas 2002

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