WRFG Route 66

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – Oct. 18, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for October 18, 2020
Host
John
Birthday
Chuck Berry
(b) Charles Edward Anderson Berry
St. Louis, Missouri
October 18, 1926

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Riot In Boogie
Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Boogie Woogie In Blue 1944

Them There Eyes
Varetta Dillard
Savoy Records 1952

All Around The World
Titus Turner w/ Mickey Baker
Wing Records 1955

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

You Did A Number On Me
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Go, Just Do It! 2020

Burn Creepers, Burn
Noble “Thin Man” Watts
Return Of The Thin Man 1987

Mr Moonlight
Dr Feelgood & The Interns
Okeh Records 1962

Unchain My Heart
Ray Charles w/ David “Fathead” Newman
ABC-Paramont Records 1961

When Lights Are Low
Catherine Russell
Harlem on My Mind 2016

Harlem Nocturne
Oliver Sain & His Orchestra
Bobbin Records 1962

Candy Store Blues
Toni Harper
Columbia Records 1950

When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Miltone Records 1946

Sneakin’ Around
Rudy Render
London Records 1949

T-Bone Shuffle
T-Bone Walker
Capitol Records 1947

Mama Bring Your Clothes Back Home
Lowell Fulson
Swing Time Records 1950

Them That Got
Maceo Parker
Roots Revisited 1990

8:00 AM Tribute To Chuck Berry

School days (Ring ring goes the bell)
Chuck Berry
After School Session 1957

Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five w/Carl Hogan (guitar)
Decca Records 1946

Johnny B. Goode
Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
In London 1969

Nadine
John Hammond
Southern Fried 1970

You Can’t Catch Me
George Benson
Walking to New Orleans: Remembering Chuck Berry and Fats Domino 2019

Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Nina Simone
High Priestess of Soul 1967

Berry Pickin’
Chuck Berry
After School Session 1957

Back in the U.S.A.
Linda Ronstadt w/ Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, & Robert Cray
“Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll!” (soundtrack) 1986

Carol
The Rolling Stones
Get Your Ya Ya’s Out! 1969

Johnnie’s Boogie
Johnnie Johnson
Sydney, Australia at the Basement Nightclub (video) 2003

Medley: 1940s Standards
Chuck Berry & Johnnie Johnson
“Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll!” (soundtrack) 1986

Chuck Berry Resources
official website
biography @ wikipedia.org
biography @ britannica.com
discography @ discogs.com
overview @ allmusic.com
rock & roll hall of fame

Big Boy, Part 1
Jim Giuffre & His Orchestra
Modern Records 1952

The Boys Are Back in Town
Laura Tate
Live from El Paso 2020

The Things That I Used to Do
Guitar Slim w/ Ray Charles (piano)
Specialty Records 1954

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast – October 11, 2020

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

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

Here’s your WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, October 11, 2020

Host
John

Birthday
Jimmy Liggins
(b) James L. Elliott
Earlesboro, Oklahoma
October 14, 1918

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Chuck’s Chuckles
Willis Jackson
Apollo Records 1950

I’ve Got A Feelin’
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1952

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

After Midnight
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1946

Hot Fudge
Rusty Bryant
Dot Records 1955

I Feel That Old Feeling Coming On
James Brown & The Famous Flames
Federal Records 1956

This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’
Ruth Brown w/ Mickey Baker
Atlantic Records 1958

Flip Flop And Fly
Downchild Blues Band
Downchild 50th Anniversary CD – Live @ The Toronto Jazz Festival 2020

Venus Blues
Stick McGhee & His Spo-Dee-O-Dee Buddies
Atlantic Records 1950

Long Distance Operator
Little Milton
Bobbin Records 1959

Stormy Monday
Johnny Rawls
Live in Europe 2020

Cookin’ In Style
Johnny Adams
One Foot in the Blues 1996

Strange Things Happening
Kim Wilson
Take Me Back – The Bigtone Sessions 2020

Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy)
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1949

Take the “a” Train
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019

Strange Things Happening Everyday
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1944

8:00 a.m. WRFG Route 66 Tribute to Jimmy Liggins

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

Tear Drop Blues
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy
Specialty Records 1948

I Can’t Stop It
Ross Bon & the Mighty Blue Kings
Come One, Come All 1998

Never Let You Go
Duke Robillard
Duke’s Blues 1996

Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man
Mitch Woods, The Lazy Jumpers
Ridin’ Blues: 20 Rhythm & Blues To Ride Along With 2013

Talking That Talk
Kid Ramos
West Coast House Party 2000

Drunk
Jimmy Liggins & His 3-D Music
Specialty Records 1953

I Ain’t Drunk
Albert Collins
Cold Snap 1986

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

Jimmy Liggins Resources
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
overview @ allmusic.com

I Left A Good Deal In Mobile
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers w/ Herb Jeffries (vocals)
Exclusive Records 1945

Shiver Me Timbers
Southside Johnny & LaBamba’s Big Band
Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits 2008

Sing, Sing, Sing
Louis Prima
Strictly Prima 1959

Hallelujah, I Love Him So
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962) 2020

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast for October 4, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, October 4, 2020
Host

John
Theme
What’s Hot on the Jukebox – October 1945
Title
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Tuxedo Boogie
Albert Ammons
Mercury Records 1947

I Can’t Wait
Roomful Of Blues
In A Roomful Of Blues 2020

Bloodshot Eyes
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1951

Open The Door, Richard
Count Basie & His Orchestra
With vocals by Harry “Sweets” Edison, Bill Johnson, & the band
RCA Victor 1947

Why Do Things Happen to Me
B.B. King
RPM Records 1957

Sad Feeling
Lionel Hampton & HIs Orchestra
Decca Records 1950

Ridin’ on the L&N
John Mayall
Three for the Road 2018

Lies, Lies, Lies
Annisteen Allen
Federal Records 1951

You Can’t Catch Me
Chuck Berry
After School Session 1957

My Man Called Me
Big Mama Thornton w/ Johnny Otis
Peacock Records 1957

Professor Bop Babs
Gonzales w/ Sonny Rollins & J.J. Johnson
Capitol Records 1949

The Chase (part 1)
Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray
Dial Records 1947

Fool’s Paradise
John Hammond w/ Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Trouble No More 1994

Cadillac Baby
The Knickerbocker All-Stars
Go Back Home to the Blues 2015

Big Town
Roy Brown & The Griffin Brothers
De Luxe Records 1951

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

8:00 a.m. Feature: What’s Hot on the Jukebox – October 1945 (Flipside’s First)

Who’s Been Foolin’ You
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Bluebird Records 1945
4) Rock Me Mama
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Bluebird Records 1945

I Thought You Ought To Know
King Cole Trio
Capitol Records 1945
3) I’m A Shy Guy
King Cole Trio
Capitol Records 1945

Shipyard Social Function
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1945
2) Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Wynonie Harris (Vocals)
Decca Records 1945

1)The Honeydripper (Parts 1 & 2)
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1945

Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945
Caldonia
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945
“Caldonia” didn’t make the chart that week,
but it was in the top five for 22 weeks in 1945

Rockin’ The Blues Away
Tiny “Mac” Grimes & the Rocking Highlanders w/ Red Prysock
United Records 1952
Black Night
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Duke Records 1965
Cold, Cold Heart
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1951
You Been Goofin’
Kim Wilson
Take Me Back – The Bigtone Sessions 2020
Swingin’ Peter Gunn Parts 1 & 2
Jimmy Nolen
Federal Records 1960
Tell The Truth
Ray Charles
In Person 1960

(sign off)

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

R&B Chart Resources
Billboard Magazine Archive @ worldradiohistory.com
Cashbox Magazine Archive @ worldradiohistory.com
Cashbox Archive R&B Singles @ cashboxmagazine.com

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast for Sept. 27, 2020

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

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

Since we couldn’t get together at the Park Tavern in Piedmont Park this year, we streamed the blues straight to you.

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, September 27, 2020
Host
John

Birthday
Ray Charles
(b) Ray Charles Robinson
Albany, Georgia
September 23, 1930

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Chick-A-boo
Lloyd Glenn at the 88
Swingtime Records 1951

Riffette
Freddie Slack & His Orchestra w/ T-Bone Walker
Capitol Records 1943

The Huckle-Buck
Lionel Hampton w/ Lorene Carter
Decca Records 1949

Let’s Have A Party
Amos Milburn w/ Noble “Thin Man” Watts & Mickey Baker
Aladdin Records 1953

Mean to Me
David Newman & Ray Charles
Ray Charles Presents David Newman – Fathead 1958

Jelly, Jelly
Anthony Geraci & Dennis Brennan
Daydreams In Blues 2020

Mambo Baby
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1954

Kansas City
Lou Rawls
Black & Blue 1963

She Winked Her Eye
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1951

What Will Become Of Me
Sugar Ray & The Bluetones with Little Charlie Baty
Too Far From The Bar 2020

Ain’t No Rockin No More
Bill Stuve
Say Man! 2000

Big Boy
Bill Jennings Quintet
King Records 1955

I’ve Got A Feelin’
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 7026 1952

Everybody Looks Good at the Starting Line
Diane Schuur
Running On Faith 2020

8:00 A.M. Tribute to Ray Charles

Confession Blues
The Maxin Trio
Down Beat Records 1949

Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
Ray Charles
Swing Time Records 1951

Early In The Morning
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1947

In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
Charles Brown
Aladdin Records 1949

Mary Ann
Ray Charles
Atlantic Records 1956

Drown In My Own Tears
Stevie Wonder
Tribute To Uncle Ray 1962

Mess Around
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters
Rise Up 2020

A Fool For You
Ike & Tina Turner
River Deep, Mountain High 1966

I’ll Do Anything But Work
Duke Robillard
Guitar Groove A Rama 2006

Deed I Do
Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
Soul Brothers/Soul Meeting 1958

Just For A Thrill
Ray Charles
The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959

Spirit in the Dark (reprise)
Aretha Franklin w/ Ray Charles
At Fillmore West 1971

(sign off)

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

Ray Charles Resources
Official Website
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Overview @ allmusic.com
Biography & Songs @ britannica.com
Biography @ historylink.org

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast for Sept. 20, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, September 20, 2020

Host
John

Birthday
B.B. King
(b) Riley B. King
Berclair, Mississippi
September 16, 1925

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Caravan
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946

Mess Around
The Red Wagons Blues Band
Jumpin’ With Friends! 2012

I’ve Got a Woman
Ray Charles
Atlantic Records 1954

School Days
Dizzy Gillespie w/ John Coltrane
Regent Records 1951

Bobbie’s Boogie
Doug James
Blow Mr. Low 2001

Early In The Morning
Roy Milton & His Orchestra
Specialty Records 1953

Understanding & Affection
Downchild Blues Band
50th Anniversary – Live @ The Toronto Jazz Festival 2020

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

Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1950

Bluebeard Blues
Count Basie
Blues By Basie 1950

Let Me Go Home Whiskey
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1952

House Party
Kid Ramos
West Coast House Party 2000

Blues Before Sunrise
Zoe Schwarz
Blue Commotion 2012

The Way That Young Lover’s Do
Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco
You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018

Honey Chile
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1951

Night Crawlin’
Big John Greer
Groove Records 1955

8:00 a.m. Tribute to B.B. King

3 O’Clock Blues
B.B. King & Bobby “Blue” Bland
Together For The First Time 1974

Let The Good Times Roll
B.B. King
Don’t Answer The Door 2013

Jack, You’re Dead
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1946

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

The Thrill Is Gone
Roy Hawkins
Modern Records 1951

Beautician Blues
Roy Brown
De Luxe Records 1951

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

Please Hurry Home
Jimmy Witherspoon
…Sings The Blues 1960

Did You Ever Love A Women
B.B. King
RPM Records 1956

Going Down Slow Saint Louis
Jimmy Oden
Bluebird Records 1941

Sitting on Top of the World
Mississippi Sheiks
Stop & Listen 1928

Blue Shadows
Lowell Fulson
Swing Time Records 1949

There Is Something On Your Mind
B.B. King & Etta James
Blues Summit 1993

Every Day I Have The Blues
B.B. King
RPM Records 1955

B.B. King Resources
Official Website
B.B. King Museum
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Overview @ allmusic.com
Biography @ biography.com

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast for Sept. 13, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, September 13, 2020

Host
John

Birthday
Roy Brown
(b) Roy James Brown –
Kinder, Louisiana
September 10, 1925

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Corn Bread
Hal Singer Sextet
Savoy Records 1948

Tell Me, Daddy
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1948

King Size Papa
Dana Gillespie
Blue Job 1982

Fool That I Am
Magic Dick & Jay Geils
Little Car Blues 1996

Jump With You Baby
Adrianna Marie & her Roomful Of All-Stars
Kingdom Of Swing 2017

Just Got Lucky
Bill Stuve
Big Noise 1990

Night Train
Louis Prima
The Wildest! 1956

Rockin’ & Rollin’
Lil’Son Jackson
Imperial Records 1950

How Long Has The Train Been Gone
Amos Milburn & His Chicken Shackers
Aladdin Records 1960

What I Put You Through
Sugar Ray & The Bluetones with Little Charlie Baty
Too Far From The Bar 2020

Caledonia
Clifton Chenier & His Red Hot Louisiana Band
10th Anniversary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1977

Flip Flop And Fly
Downchild Blues Band
Downchild 50th Anniversary CD – Live @ The Toronto Jazz Festival 2020

I’ll Be True
Faye Adams & Joe Morris Orchestra
Heard Records 1953

Shake A Hand
Little Richard
The Fabulous Little Richard 1959

Burn Creepers, Burn
Noble “Thin Man” Watts
Return Of The Thin Man 1987

8:00 a.m. Tribute to Roy Brown

Good Rockin’ Tonight
The Johnny Otis Show w/ Roy Brown
Live At Monterey! 1970

Train Time Blues
Roy Brown & The Griffin Brothers
De Luxe Records 1951

‘Long About Sundown
B.B. King
Kent Records 1950

Hard Luck Blues
Little Milton
Sings Big Blues 1966

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

Cadillac Baby
Colin James
Colin James And The Little Big Band 2004

Love Don’t Love Nobody
Rosie Flores
Simple Case of the Blues 2019

Love For Sale
The Hollywood Fats Band w/ Roy Brown
Road To Rio 1980

Let the Four Winds Blow
Roy Brown
San Francisco Blues Festival, Vol.1 1981

Big Town
Roy Brown & The Griffin Brothers
De Luxe Records 1951

Barroom Blues
Smokey Wilson & William Clarke
Modern Electric Blues 1990

Rockin’ At Midnight
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
Deluxe Records 1949

Roy Brown Resources
Biography & Discography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Biography & Discography @ allmusic.com

I Don’t Know
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1959

Don’t Want To Be The President
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Go, Just Do It! 2020

(sign off)

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

Route 66 Playlist and Podcast Sept. 6, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, September 6, 2020

Host
John

Feature
What’s Hot in L.A.?
Labor Day 1950

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Boogie Rock
B.B. King
RPM Records 1955

Thirty Days
Chuck Berry
After School Session 1957

Kidney Stew Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Mercury Records 1947

I Don’t Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You)
Candye Kane
Swango 1998

Bouncing With Benson
Paul Williams
Savoy Records 1948

Junie-Flip
Big Jay McNeely w/ Clifford Blivens
Exclusive Records 1949

I Put A Spell On You
Kandace Springs
The Women Who Raised Me 2020

I Gotta Right To Sing the Blues
Sugar Ray & The Bluetones with Little Charlie Baty
Too Far From The Bar 2020

Triple Threat
Roland Kirk
Triple Threat 1956

They Raided The Joint
Duke Robillard
A Swingin Session With… 2008

Nosey Joe
Powerhouse w/ Bullmoose Jackson
Nightlife 1975

Little Miss Muffet
Mabel Smith (Big Maybelle)
King Records 1949

Paradise Squat
Count Basie
Mercury Records 1952

5 O’Clock Blues
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers w/ Matt “Guitar” Murphy
United Records

Bewildered
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1948

8:00 What’s Hot In L.A.?

Counting Down the Top 10 Songs
Cash Box Regional R&B Chart for Los Angeles
Labor Day Weekend, 1950

#10 – Pink Champagne
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Specialty Records 1950

#9 – Happy Payday
Little Willie Littlefield
Modern Records 1950

#8 – Two Years Of Torture
Percy Mayfield w/ Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra
Hollywood Records 1949

#7 – Deceiving Blues
Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950

#6 – I Wanna Be Loved
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records

#5 – Blue Light Boogie (Parts 1 & 2)
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1950

#4 – Blue Shadows
Lowell Fulson
Swingtime Records 1949

#3 – I Need You So
Ivory Joe Hunter
Atlantic Records 1950

#2 – Mona Lisa
Nat King Cole
Captain Carey (Soundtrack) 1950

#1 – I’ll Never Be Free
Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten & His Orchestra
Regal Records 1950

The magic of the Cash Box Regional Charts is that you get to see
how diverse musical tastes were in different American cities.

Here’s are some of top R&B songs across the U.S. on Labor Day 1950

Boogie Rambler
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1950

Love Don’t Love Nobody
Roy Brown
DeLuxe Records 1950

Well Oh Well
Tiny Bradshaw
King Records

My Temper Is Rising
Roy Hawkins & His Orchestra
Modern Records 1950

Bald Head
Roy Byrd And His Blue Jumpers
Mercury Records 1950

Bartender’s Blues
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1950

Resources
Cash Box R&B Singles @ cashboxmagazine.com
Cash Box Collection @ archives.org
Cash Box Magazine Collection @ worldradiohistory.com

(sign off)

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

Route 66 Playlist & Podcast Sunday, August 30, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, August 30, 2020

Host
John

Birthdays

Charlie Parker
(b) Charles Christopher Parker Jr.
Kansas City, Missouri
August 29, 1920

Dinah Washington
(b) Ruth Lee Jones
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
August 29, 1924

Memphis Slim
(b) John Len Chatman
Memphis, Tennessee
September 3, 1915

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Barrelhouse Stomp
The Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Big Jay McNeely
Excelsior Records 1947

Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1945

Tutti Frutti Booty
Anthony Geraci & Dennis Brennan
Daydreams In Blues 2020

P.D.Q. Boogie
Porky Cohen With Roomful Of Blues
Rhythm & Bones 1996

Money Ain’t Everything
Sonny Parker w/ Gladys Hampton’s Blues Boys
Peacock Records 1952

Shake Baby Shake
Archibald
Imperial Records 1950

There Is Always One More Time
Diane Schuur
Running On Faith 2020

Going’ To Chicago Blues
Lou Rawls
Black & Blue 1963

A “Mini” Birthday Salute to Dinah Washington

I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Dinah Washington
After Hours with Miss D 1954

Salty Papa Blues
Dinah Washington w/ Sextet (From Lionel Hampton’s Orchestra)
Keynote Recordings 1944

Dinah Washington Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com

A “Mini” Birthday Salute to Charlie Parker

Ornithology
Charlie Parker Septet
Dial Records 1946

Jumpin’ the Blues
Jay McShann w/ Charlie Parker
Decca Records 1942

Charlie Parker
Steve Allen & Jack Kerouac
Poetry For The Beat Generation 1958

Billie’s Bounce
Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers
Savoy Records 1945

Charlie Parker Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com

8:00 A.M. Tribute to Memphis Slim

Messin’ Around
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers
Miracle Records 1948

Help Me Some
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers
Miracle Records 1949

The Comeback
Count Basie Orchestra w/ Joe Williams
Count Basie At Newport 1957

I’m Lost Without You
Colin James
…And the Little Big Band III 1998

Every Day I Have The Blues
James Brown
Soul On Top 1968

Got Nobody To Love
Terry Timmons & Memphis Slim
RCA Victor 1951

Slim’s Thing
Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim
Willie’s Blues 1961

Mother Earth
Holly Golightly
Slowly but Surely 2004

Angel Child
Walter Davis
Bluebird Records 1937

Call Before You Go Home
Memphis Slim & His House Rockers
United Records 1953

Memphis Slim Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com

Hurricane
Joe Houston
Imperial Records 1952

Stormy Monday
Johnny Rawls
Live in Europe 2020

Shake A Hand
Faye Adams & Joe Morris Orchestra
Herald Records 1953

Scratch Sheet
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Modern Records 1949

(sign off)

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

WRFG Playlist and Podcast for August 23, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, August 23, 2020

Host
John

Birthdays

Wynonie Harris
Omaha, Nebraska
August 24, 1915

William James “Count” Basie
Red Bank, New Jersey
August 21, 1904

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

B.W.R.
Roy Gaines
Bluesman For Life 2014

Going To Chicago Blues
Count Basie with Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Joe Williams
Sing Along With Basie 1957

Feel So Bad
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973

One O’Clock Jump
Jack Parker & Etta Jones
Decca Records 1954

5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days
Louis Prima with Sam Butera & the Witnesses
Capitol Records 1956

I Want to Hug You
John Lee Hooker
Mr. Lucky 1991

Crescent Crawl
Bruce Katz
Solo Ride 2019

Swingin’ The Blues
Four Charms
Flatland Boogie 2000

‘Deed I Do
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella & Basie 1963

Gee Baby Ain’t I Good to You
Dr. John & the WDR Big Band
Big Band Voodoo 2019

Count Basie Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com

Let The Rock Roll
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Go, Just Do It! 2020

I Want to Be Loved
Sean Costello
Cuttin’ In 2000

Rain Down Rain
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1952

8:00 AM Tribute To Wynonie Harris

Hurry, Hurry Baby
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra with Wynonie Harris
Decca Records 1944

Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra with Wynonie Harris
Decca Records 1945

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

Quiet Whiskey
Catherine Russell
Inside This Heart of Mine 2010

Playful Baby
Duke Robillard’s Jumpin’ Blues Revue
Stomp The Blues Tonight 2009

Bloodshot Eyes
Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band
Brazilian Kicks 2010

Good Rockin’ Tonight
Wynonie Harris with Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Live – Geneva, New York, 7th July 1948

Wynonie’s Blues
Wynonie “Blues” Harris with Illinois Jacquet & His All-Stars
Apollo Records 1945

Lovin’ Machine
Powerhouse
Nightlife 1975

Mr. Blues Is Coming to Town
Omar & The Howlers
Swingland 1999

Down Boy Down
Nick Curran & The Nitelifes
Player! 2004

Miss Fanny Brown
Roy Brown
De Luxe Records 1948

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

Good Morning Judge
Buster Poindexter
Buster Poindexter 1987

Wynonie Harris Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com

Please Mr. Jailer
Wynona Carr
Specialty Records 1956

Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1947

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist an Podcast for August 16, 2020

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

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

Here’s the WRFG Route 66 Playlist for Sunday, August 16, 2020

Host
John

Birthday
Percy Mayfield
August 12, 1920
Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

3-D
Big Jay McNeely
Federal Records 1953

Too Much Monkey Business
Chuck Berry
After School Session 1957

Elevator Boogie
Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948

Love Don’t Love Nobody
Kid Ramos
West Coast House Party 2000

I Can’t Wait
Roomful Of Blues
In A Roomful Of Blues 2020

You Ain’t Got It No More
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949

Run Joe
Louis Jordan w/ The Calypso Boys
Decca Records 1947

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

Swingin’ The Blues
Four Charms
Flatland Boogie 2000

Tomorrow May Never Come
Anthony Geraci & Dennis Brennan
Daydreams In Blues 2020

Wee Baby Blues
Big Joe Turner
The Boss of the Blues 1957

Baby You Don’t Know
Roy Milton & His Band
Specialty Records 1953

I’ll Send You
Goree Carter, His Guitar, & His Hepcats
Freedom Records 1949

Blow Illinois Blow Illinois
Jacquet & His All Stars
Aladdin Records 1947

She Winked Her Eye
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1951

What’s He Building?
Tom Waits
Mule Variations 1999

8:00 a.m. Tribute to Percy Mayfield “The Poet of the Blues”

Leary Blues
Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra w/ Percy Mayfield
Superior Records 1947
Mayfield’s first recording

Please Send Me Someone To Love
Ruth Brown
Black Is Brown & Brown Is Beautiful 1969
Mayfield’s first and biggest hit, it spent 27 weeks on the
Billboard R&B charts, peaking at number one.

Strange Things Happening
Guitar Slim
ATCO Records Late 1950s (previously unreleased)
The song first appeared as the flip side of Mayfield’s
“Please Send Me Someone to Love.”
It was a major jukebox hit in it’s own right.

The Big Question
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1953
Starting with “…Someone to Love,”
Mayfield had six hits in a row on the Billboard charts.
“The Big Question” was the last of those hits,
peaking at number 6 in 1953.

Lost Mind
The New Orleans C.A.C. Jazz Orchestra w/Johnny Adams
Mood Indigo 1996

Hit The Road Jack
Ray Charles
Live TV Concert (???) 1981
Ray Charles’s was the first artist to record “Hit the Road Jack.”
It became Charles’s sixth number one hit.
His version won the Grammy award for
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording in 1961.

Never No More
Frank Bey
All My Dues Are Paid 2020

River’s Invitation
Shemekia Copeland
Never Going Back 2009

Lost Love (Baby, Please)
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1951
Mayfield’s follow-up to “…Someone to Love,”
his version peaked at number 2 on the Billboard charts.

The Danger Zone
Diane Schuur
Running On Faith 2020

To Live In The Past
Percy Mayfield
RCA Victor 1970

Percy Mayfield Resources
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @discogs.com
Bio & Discog @ allmusic.com
“Hit The Road Jack” @ wikipedia.org
“Please Send Me Someone to Love” @ wikipedia.org

Strawberry Jam
Jimmy Nolen
Federal Records 1956

Diddley Daddy
Bo Diddley
Chess Records 1955

(sign off)

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