WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast August 17, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

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


Percy Mayfield is our featured artist. Born in Minden, Louisiana, on August 12, 1920, Mayfield archived early success as a singer and a songwriter in the late 1940s and
early 1950s. He scored six Top 10 R&B hits beginning with “Please Send Me Someone
to Love.” After being severly injured in a car crash, Ray Charles employed Mayfield
as a songwriter. Mayfield wrote several songs for Charles, including
“Hit the Road Jack,” “At the Club,” and “Danger Zone.”

PERCY MAYFIELD RESOURCES
Biography @ Wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Blues Foundation
Spontaneous Lunacy
Percy Mayfield @ Second Hand Songs

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Block Buster Boogie Cecil Payne Decca Records 1950

Lost Mind
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1950

River’s Invitation
Shemekia Copeland
Never Going Back 2009

Stranger In My Own Home Town
Taj Mahal
Dancing the Blues 1993

I’m Going To Tell My Mama Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
Every Time I Think Of You Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Open The Door, Richard Count Basie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1947

The Big Question
Percy Mayfield
Specialty Records 1952

Please Send Me Someone to Love
The Love Light Orchestra w/ John Németh
The Love Light Orchestra Live 2017

I’ve Got The Last Laugh Now Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
My Rough & Ready Man Annie Laurie Regal Records 1949
Tiny’s Tempo Tiny Grimes w/ Charlie Parker Savoy Records 1944
Sure Had A Wonderful Time Last Night B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
Nobody Loves Me (Every Day I Have The Blues) Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1948
Mother Earth Lorez Alexandria For Swingers Only 1963
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) Jazzified Talking Head 2025
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947
Bye Bye Blues Les Paul & Mary Ford Capitol Records 1951

Two Years Of Torture
Monroe Tucker & His Orchestra w/ Percy Mayfield
Hollywood Records 1947

It Serves Me Right to Suffer
John Lee Hooker
Vee Jay Records 1965

Walking On a Tightrope
Diane Schuur
Running On Faith 2020

Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1945
Jumpin’ On Sugar Hill Helen Humes Mercury Records 1948
Lonesome Woman Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
Early Bird Bill Doggett King Records 1945
Black Coffee Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1949
Sympathetic Blues Roy Milton Specialty Records 1949
A Porter’s Love Song To A Chambermaid Julia Lee Capitol Records 1946
House of Blue Lights Chuck Berry Chess Records (Unreleased) 1958

Strange Things Happening
Etta James
Modern Records 1956

Hit The Road Jack
Ray Charles
TV Concert 1981

I Don’t Want To Be President
Percy Mayfield
Atlantic Records 1974

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast August 10, 2025

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

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


This Sunday we spotlight band leader Lucky Millinder, who was born Lucious Venables
in Anniston, Alabama, on August 8, 1910. Millinder is said to have led
“the greatest big band of the R&B era.”

LUCKY MILLINDER RESOURCES
Biography @ Wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Biography @ All About Jazz
Millinder’s “Hello Bill” @ Jazz on Film

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Ram-Bunk-Shuns
Bill Doggett
Doggett Beat For Dancing Feet 1956

Shout, Sister, Shout!
Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1941

Every Day I Have the Blues Count Basie & Joe Williams MFP Records 1956
I’m Waiting For My Man Jazzified The Velvet Undergrounds 2025
Flying Home No 2 Lionel Hampton w/ Arnett Cobb Decca Records 1943

I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
Tony Bennett w/ Bonnie Raitt
Playing With My Friends – Bennett Sings The Blues 2001

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

Big Boy Part 1 Jim Giuffre Modern Records 1952
Hard Working Man Blues Jay McShann w/ Jimmy Witherspoon Philo Records 1945
No Rollin Blues Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1949
When the Lights Go Out Kim Wilson Tigerman 1993
Harlem Nocturne Oliver Sain Bobbin Records 1962

Stormy Monday / Have You Ever Loved A Woman
Van Morrison w/ Jimmy Witherspoon
A Night In San Francisco 1994

Teardrops from My Eyes
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1950

Oh Babe!
Wynonie Harris w/ Lucky Millinder
King Records 1950

Shorty’s Got To Go
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1945

Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Lucky Millinder
Decca Records 1938

Cleanhead’s Blues The Johnny Otis Show Live At Monterey! 1970
This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
I’ve Got A Feelin’ Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952

How Long Must I Wait For You?
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948

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

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

Oop-Pop-A-Da
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
RCA Victor 1948

Later For You Baby Guitar Slim Specialty Records 1954
The Hucklebuck Canned Heat Reheated 1989
Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker Modern Records 1948
Cold, Cold Heart Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1951

(sign off)

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

PLAYLIST FOR THIS WEEK’S PODCAST

Ram-Bunk-Shuns – Bill Doggett
Shout, Sister, Shout! – Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Lucky Millinder
Oh Babe! – Wynonie Harris w/ Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Shorty’s Got To Go – Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Rock Me – Sister Rosetta Tharpe w/ Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa – Marcia Ball
Cleanhead’s Blues – The Johnny Otis Show
This Little Girl Of Mine – Ray Charles
I’ve Got A Feelin’ – Big Maybelle
How Long Must I Wait For You? – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well – Lucky Millinder w/ Wynonie Harris
I Know Who Threw The Whiskey (In The Well) – Bull Moose Jackson
Oop-Pop-A-Da – Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) – Lucky Millinder
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast August 3, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

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


This week, we countdown the Top 10 R&B songs on the jukeboxes along
Central Avenue in Los Angeles for this week in 1951. Central Avenue was place
to go for jazz and blues in LA from the 1930s to the early 1950s.

CENTRAL AVENUE RESOURCES
Club Alabam Was The Center Of LA’s Jazz Scene In The 1930s & ’40s
Mapping the jazz clubs that made Central Avenue swing
It’s Cool, It’s Hot, It Swings, It Slides … It’s Jazz (and it’s in L.A.)
LA’s historic jazz clubs served as an ‘oasis from racism’

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
Aged & Mellow Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1952
Switchin’ in the Kitchen Roomful Of Blues Under One Roof 1997
South Shore Drive Paul Williams Vee-Jay Records 1956
I Ain’t Gonna Let You In Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Regal Records 1949
Rocket 88 Jackie Brenston Chess Records 1951
Two Years Of Torture Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Violets for Your Furs Kandace Springs Lady in Satin 2025

COUNTDOWN: TOP 10 R&B SONGS IN THE JAZZ & BLUES CLUBS
ON LA’S CENTRAL AVENUE FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 4, 1951
As reported to Cash Box Magazine

10-Castle Rock
Johnny Hodges
Mercury Records 2952

9-T-Town Twist
Roy Milton w/ Johnny G. Rogers (guitar)
Specialty Records 1951

8-All Night Long
Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1951

7-Sleep
Earl Bostic
King Records 1951

6-“T-99” Blues
Jimmy “T-99” Nelson & The Peter Rabbit Trio
RPM Records 1951

5-Don’t You Know I Love You
The Clovers
Atlantic ‎Records 1951

4-Shouldn’t I Know
The Cardinals
Atlantic Records 1951

3-Tend To Your Business
James Wayne
Sittin’ In With Records 1951

2-Chains of Love
Big Joe Turner
Atlantic ‎Records 1951

1-I’m Waiting Just For You
Annisteen Allen & John Carrol & Lucky Millinder
King Records 1951

That’s Better For Me T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
I Cross My Fingers Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1950
I Won’t Cry Any More Charles Brown Just A Lucky So And So 1994
Red Bank Boogie Count Basie Columbia Records 1945
The Passenger Jazzified The Iggy Pop Band 2025
5-10-15 Hours Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Take Me Where You Go Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson Lost In America 1997
Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
Run Joe Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
Junker’s Blues Los Angeles Side Hustle Los Angeles Side Hustle 2025
Mad Lad Chuck Berry Rockin’ at the Hops 1960
What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong ABC Records 1967

(sign off)

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


HERE’S THE PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST
Annie Laurie – Tiny Grimes Quintet
I Feel That Old Age Coming On – Wynonie Harris All Stars
Aged & Mellow – Little Esther Phillips
Switchin’ in the Kitchen – Roomful Of Blues
Castle Rock – Johnny Hodges
T-Town Twist – Roy Milton w/ Johnny G. Rogers on guitar
All Night Long – Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Sleep – Earl Bostic
“T-99” Blues – Jimmy “T-99” Nelson & The Peter Rabbit Trio
Don’t You Know I Love You – The Clovers
Shouldn’t I Know – The Cardinals
Tend To Your Business – James Wayne
Chains of Love – Big Joe Turner
I’m Waiting Just For You – Annisteen Allen & John Carrol & Lucky Millinder
Run Joe – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Junker’s Blues – Los Angeles Side Hustle
Mad Lad – Chuck Berry
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast July 27, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

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


Roy “Bunny” Milton is today’s featured artist. Born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, on
July 31, 1907, Milton was a drummer, singer, songwriter, and leader of the
Solid Senders, one of the most important bands of the jump blues era.

ROY MILTON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
The Milton Records Story
Roy Milton @ SecondHand Songs

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Junior’s Boogie Rocket The Hollywood Blue Flames Road To Rio 2006

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

Information Blues
Duke Robillard
Duke’s Blues 1996

Please Don’t Go (Come Back Baby) Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1949
Be Baba Leba Helen Humes Philo Records 1945
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
It Don’t Mean A Thing… Tony Bennett …Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool 1999
Esquire Swank Duke Ellington Victor Records 1946
You Don’t Know What Love Is Kandace Springs Lady in Satin 2025

R.M. Blues & Shuggie’s Boogie
The Johnny Otis Show with Roy Milton & Shuggie Otis
Live At Monterey! 1970

You Upset Me Baby B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1954
Don’t You Ever Get Tired… The Knickerbocker All-Stars Go Back Home… 2015
Talk To Me, Talk To Me James Brown Thinking About Little Willie John… 1968
Pony Tail T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1953

A Bird In The Hand
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1954

X-Temperaneous Boogie
Camille Howard & The Roy Milton Unit
Specialty Records 1948

Best Wishes
Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson
Back to Back 2010

Hawk’s Boogie Erskine Hawkins RCA Victor 1947
Down Home Blues Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1948
Baby Get Lost Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Feel So Bad Ray Charles & Count Basie Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973
It’s All Over Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Dr. John Voodoo 1989
Daddy O Louis Jordan w/ Martha Davis Decca Records 1949
Sing, Sing, Sing Louis Prima Strictly Prima 1959
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949

Everything I Do Is Wrong
Kim Wilson
My Blues 1997

Flying Saucer
The Solid Senders
Specialty Records 1952

Hop, Skip & Jump
Roy Milton
Specialty Records 1947

(sign off)

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

HERE’S THE PLAYLIST FOR TODAY’S PODCAST

Junior’s Boogie Rocket – The Hollywood Blue Flames
Milton’s Boogie – Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Information Blues – Duke Robillard
Please Don’t Go (Come Back Baby) – Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
Be Baba Leba – Helen Humes w/ Bill Doggett Octet
Greyhound – Amos Milburn
R.M. Blues & Shuggie’s Boogie – The Johnny Otis Show with Roy Milton & Shuggie Otis
A Bird In The Hand – Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
X-Temperaneous Boogie – Camille Howard & The Roy Milton Unit
Best Wishes – Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson
Everything I Do Is Wrong – Kim Wilson
Flying Saucer – The Solid Senders
Hop, Skip & Jump – Roy Milton
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast July 20, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

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


Our featured artist this week is Peppermint Harrison, who was born Harrison Nelson, Junior, in Texarkana, Texas, on July 17, 2025. He made his first recordings in Houston
in the late 1940s under the name Peppermint Nelson. His friend Lightin’ Hopkins accompanied him on those sides.He scored a top 10 R&B hit in 1950 with
“Raining In My Heart” on the Sittin’ In With Record Label. The owner of the label supposedly forgot Nelson’s name and released the record as by Peppermint Harris.
In 1951, Harris scored his only number 1 R&B hit with “I Got Loaded.”

PEPPERMINT HARRIS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Peppermint Harris @ secondhandsongs.com

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Jump Start Little Charlie & The Nightcats The Big Break! 1989
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 Nat King Cole After Midnight 1957
Hit That Jive Jack Four Charms Flatland Boogie 2000
Eyes Like A Cat Little Charlie & The Nightcats All The Way Crazy 1986
T-Bone Shuffle Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band Live… 1991
I Don’t Hurt Anymore Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars …Women In Blues 2025
I’m Having Fun King Curtis with Jack Dupree Blues At Montreux 1971

Raining In My Heart
Peppermint Harris
Sittin’ In With Records 1950

It’s You
Junior Watson w/ Baron Shul
If I had a Genie 2002

Um A Zero Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing Skronky Tonk 2016
Tootie Count Basie Blues By Basie 1950
I’m Waiting For Your Call T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Billie’s Blues Billie Holiday Brunswick Records 1936
I Cried For You Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1949
Story From My Heart & Soul B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1952

I Got Loaded
Peppermint Harris
Aladdin Records 1951

As The Years Go Passing By
Fenton Robinson
I Hear Some Blues Downstairs 1977

Send For Me Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953

Night Time Is The Right Time
Planet D Nonet w/ Dr. Professor Leonard King
Tribute to Joe WIlliams 2025

Call It Stormy Monday Nancy Wilson Something Wonderful 1960
School Days Louis Jordan Decca Records 1949
Loose Lips Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1954
Walkin’ The Blues Jack Dupree King Records 1955
Poor Poor Me Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952
Bangin’ The Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1951
I Don’t Know Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1959
One Sweet Letter Joe Liggins Specialty Records 1951
Birmingham Bounce Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950
One Monkey (Don’t Stop No Show) Francine Reed I Want You… 1995
Straighten Up & Fly Right Lyle Lovett Smile 2003

(sign off)

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


PODCAST PLAYLIST
Jump Start – Little Charlie & The Nightcats
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 – Nat King Cole
Hit That Jive Jack – Four Charms
Eyes Like A Cat – Little Charlie & The Nightcats
Raining In My Heart – Peppermint Harris
It’s You – Junior Watson w/ Baron Shul
Um A Zero – Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing
T-Bone Shuffle – The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
I Don’t Hurt Anymore – Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars
I’m Having Fun – King Curtis with Jack Dupree
I Got Loaded – Peppermint Harris
As The Years Go Passing By – Fenton Robinson
Walkin’ The Blues – Jack Dupree & Mr. Teddy Bear” McRae
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast July 13, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.


Louis Jordan is our featured artist this week. Born Louis Thomas Jordan in
Brinkley, Arkansas, on July 8, 1908. Jordan was a saxophonist,
multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the
late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as “the King of the Jukebox”, he earned
his highest profile towards the end of the swing era. He was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an “early influence” in 1987.

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

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Barnyard Boogie Bruce Willis If It Don’t Kill You… 1989

There’s Frost On The Moon
Chick Webb w/ Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1939

You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business Fats Waller Bluebird Records 1940
Five Guys Named Moe Kevin Ramsey & Ensemble Five Guys Named Moe 1992
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing But A Bird Cab Calloway Okeh Records 1940

Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Sings Louis Jordan 1973

I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead You Rascal You
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan
Decca Records

Blue Light Boogie Planet D Nonet Blowin’ Away The Blues, Vol 2 2015

Caldonia Boogie
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1945

Early In The Mornin’ B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
At The Swing Cats Ball Catherine Russell Send For Me 2022
I Want A Roof Over My Head Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
The Green Grass Grows… Frankie “Sugar Chile” Robinson Capitol Records 1951

I’ll Never Be Free
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan w/ The Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950

Saturday Night Fish Fry
Lou Rawls & Joe Williams & Lionel Hampton
Portrait Of The Blues 1993

Sure had a Wonderful Time Last Night
Koko Taylor
From the Heart of a Woman 1981

Let The Good Times Roll
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946

Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Manhattan Transfer A League of Their Own 1992

I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Orchestra
Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961

Buzz Me Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1945
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens James Brown Showtime 1964
Teardrops from My Eyes Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1950
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying Etta James Blue Gardenia 2001

Petootie Pie
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1946

I Want You To Be My Baby Annie Ross Decca Records 1955
Run Joe Bloodest Saxophone w/ Lauren Cervantes Texas Queens 5 2019

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

If You So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich?
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1951

(sign off)

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


THE PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST
Barnyard Boogie – Bruce Willis
There’s Frost On The Moon – Chick Webb w/ Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business – Fats Waller
Five Guys Named Moe – Kevin Ramsey & Ensemble
Caldonia Boogie – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Early In The Mornin’ – B.B. King
At The Swing Cats Ball – Catherine Russell
Let The Good Times Roll – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie – The Manhattan Transfer
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town – Ray Charles w/ Count Basie
Blue Light Boogie – Planet D Nonet
Petootie Pie – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Open The Door Richard – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
If You So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich? – Louis Jordan
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast July 6, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

This week, we count down the Top R&B songs in the United States for
Fourth of July weekend in 1950. Enjoy!

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JULY 6, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Honky Tonk Part 1 Bill Doggett King Records 1956
Greenbacks Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1957
5-10-15 Hours Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars The Great Women… 2025
Do Unto Others Pee Wee Crayton Imperial Records 1956
It’s Good To See You Baby Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1954
I’ll Never Be Free Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Regal Records 1950
Bouncing Ball Boogie Frankie “Sugar Chile” Robinson Capitol Records 1950
Corn Bread Hal Singer Sextet Savoy Records 1948
Fine Brown Frame Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1947

COUNTDOWN: TOP R&B SONGS IN THE U.S. FOR FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND 1950
As reported to Billboard Magazine

10-My Baby’s Gone
Charles Brown
Aladdin Records 1950

10-Cry, Cry Baby
Ed Wiley
Sittin’ In With Records 1950

10-I Wanna Be Loved
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1950

8-Mona Lisa
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1950

8-I Only Know
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1950

7-Mistrusting Blues
Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Little Esther & Mel Walker
Savoy Records 1950

6-It Isn’t Fair
Dinah Washington w/ Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra
Mercury Records 1950

5-Everyday I Have the Blues
Lowell Fulson
Swingtime Records 1950

4-I Need You So
Ivory Joe Hunter
Atlantic Records 1950

3-Well Oh Well
Tiny Bradshaw
King Records 1950

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

1-Cupid’s Boogie
Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950

Every Tub Count Basie Decca Records 1938
Six Foot Two Blues Jimmy Witherspoon Supreme Records 1949
The Song Is Ended… Nellie Lutcher Capitol Americana Records 1948
Caldonia Hollywood Fats Band (self-titled) 1979
Don’t Deceive Me Chuck Willis Okah Records 1953
I’ve Got A Feelin’ Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Good Rockin’ Tonight Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down Los Angeles Side Hustle (self-titled) 2025
Didn’t It Rain Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight Decca Records 1948
Jump With You Baby B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1955
Adam Bit The Apple Joe Turner Aladdin Records 1950
Ain’t Nobody’s Business Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950

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

PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST

Honky Tonk Part 1 – Bill Doggett
Greenbacks – Ray Charles
5-10-15 Hours – Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars
Do Unto Others – Pee Wee Crayton
My Baby’s Gone – Charles Brown
Cry, Cry Baby – Ed Wiley
I Wanna Be Loved – Dinah Washington
Mona Lisa – Nat King Cole
I Only Know – Dinah Washington
Mistrusting Blues – Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Little Esther & Mel Walker
It Isn’t Fair – Dinah Washington w/ Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra
Everyday I Have the Blues – Lowell Fulson
I Need You So – Ivory Joe Hunter
Well Oh Well – Tiny Bradshaw
Pink Champagne – Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
Cupid’s Boogie – Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast June 29, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

This week, we countdown the Top R&B Songs in the U.S.
for the final week of June 1947.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Airmail Boogie Freddie Mitchell Derby Records 1950
The Fat Man Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Rock & Roll Blues Erline “Rock & Roll” Harris DeLuxe Records 1949
Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1948
Westcoasting Dave Robbins Big Band Happy Faces 2025

TOP SEVEN R&B SONGS FOR THE FINAL WEEK OF JUNE 1947
As reported to Billboard Magazine

7-I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1947

6-That’s My Desire
Ella Fitzgerald w/ the Andy Love Quartet
Decca Records 1947
(Tie with Frankie Lane’s version)

5-New Orleans Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1947

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

3-Old Maid Boogie
Eddie Vinson & Orchestra
Mercury Records 1947

2-Jack, You’re Dead
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946

1-I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)
Savannah Churchill & the Sentimentalists
Manor Records 1947

That’s All Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars The Great Women In Blues 2025
Sneaky Pete King Curtis & Jack Dupree Blues At Montreux 1971
Messin’ Around Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1948
The Hucklebuck Canned Heat w/ Junior Watson Reheated 1989
Let The Good Times Roll Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Walking The Blues Willie Dixon Checker Records 1955
So Good To My Baby Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
The Tout Sam Butera Groove Records 1954
Hard Luck Blues Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1950
Information Blues Roy Milton Specialty Records 1950

The Thrill Is Gone
Manhattan Transfer w/ Ruth Brown & B.B. King
The Thrill Is Gone 1994

I Don’t Hurt Anymore Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1954
Nature Boy Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1948
Route 66 Chuck Berry New Jukebox Hits 1961
Smack Dab In The Middle Count Basie w/ Joe Williams Clef Records 1956
Lotus Blossom (Sweet Marijuana) Planet D Nonet Kings Of Kansas City… 2019
Atlanta Boogie Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951

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

PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST
Airmail Boogie – Freddy Mitchell
The Fat Man – Fats Domino
Rock & Roll Blues – Erline “Rock & Roll” Harris
I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
That’s My Desire – Ella Fitzgerald w/ the Andy Love Quartet
New Orleans Blues – Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Old Maid Boogie – Eddie Vinson & Orchestra
Jack, You’re Dead – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You) – Savannah Churchill & the Sentimentalists
So Good to My Baby – Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars
That’s All – Lisa Mann’s Northwestern All-Stars
Sneaky Pete – King Curtis with Jack Dupree
Walking The Blues – Willie Dixon
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & the Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast June 22, 2025

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

Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Many thanks to the Blues Professor for taking the wheel last Sunday.

We have two featured artists today:

Songbird Helen Humes was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 23, 1913 and
was the only child of Emma and John Henry Humes. Her father was one of the
first black attorneys in Louisville. Her mother was a school teacher.

Humes made her first records in 1927. She was 14 and had just won a talent
contest. But she did not hit the road, instead staying in Louisville to finish school,
worked in a bank, and then for her father.

But, in the 1930s, singing won out and she eventually ended up in New York,
where she became the featured singer with the Count Basie Orchestra.

Humes recorded her final album in 1980.

HELEN HUMES RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

Songwriter Cole Porter was born into a wealthy family in Peru, Indiana,
on June 9, 1891. Classically trained, he was drawn to musical theatre.

After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s,
and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway
musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter
wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs.

COLE PORTER RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
List of Songs Written by Cole Porter

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

‘Gator’s Groove Willis Jackson Atlantic Records 1952
Moanin’ at Midnight Howlin’ Wolf Chess Records 1951
Moanin’ for Molasses Sean Costello Moanin’ for Molasses 2001
Let Your Tears Fall Baby Wille Mae Thornton Peacock Records 1951
If You Can’t Smile & Say Yes… Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1945
Fever Ray Charles & Natalie Cole Genius Loves Company 2004
Rockin’ the Blues Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1950

Laziest Gal In Town
(Cole Porter)
Helen Humes Modern Records 1951

I’ve Got You Under My Skin
(Cole Porter)
Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Capitol Records 1959

Hard Head Louis Jordan I Believe In Music 1973
Jack, You’re Dead! B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
I’m a Pilgrim Kid Ramos Strange Things Happening 2025
Pinetop’s Boogie-Woogie Gene Taylor Gene Taylor 2003
Let’s Do It Stick McGhee Atlantic Records 1950
I Didn’t Like It The First Time… Julia Lee Capitol Records 1949

I Concentrate On You
(Cole Porter)
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1955

Baby Baby Jimmy Witherspoon Modern Records 1953
Honey Rock Barney Kessel Tease! The Beat of Burlesque 1956

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

Rock Me To Sleep
Helen Humes & The Marshal Royal Orchestra
Capitol Records 1950

Today I Sing The Blues
Aretha Franklin & the Ray Bryant Trio
Aretha 1961

Pennies From Heaven Little Jimmy Scott Over the Rainbow 2001
Sunday Mornin’ Coleman Hawkins Soul 1958

I Get A Kick Out Of You
(Cole Porter)
Ella Fitzgerald
Sings The Cole Porter Song Book 1956

My Heart Belongs To Daddy
(Cole Porter)
Count Basie & His Orchestra w/ Helen Humes
Decca Records 1939

Please Don’t Go (Come Back Baby) Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1949
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Big Boy Junior Watson Long Overdue 1994
Liittle Red Rooster Margie Day Dot Records 1951
Moon Dust Bill Dogett King Records 1953
Oil Man Blues Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Mercury Records 1948
Willie & The Hand Jive The Johnny Otis Show Capitol Records 1958

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PLAYLIST FOR THE PODCAST
‘Gator’s Groove – Willis Jackson & His Orchestra
Laziest Gal In Town – Helen Humes
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Louis Prima & Keely Smith
I Concentrate On You – Dinah Washington
Baby Baby – Jimmy Witherspoon
Honey Rock – Barney Kessel
Be Baba Leba – Helen Humes w/ Bill Doggett Octet
Rock Me To Sleep – Helen Humes & The Marshal Royal Orchestra
Today I Sing The Blues – Aretha Franklin & the Ray Bryant Trio
Pennies From Heaven – Little Jimmy Scott
Sunday Mornin’ – Coleman Hawkins
I Get A Kick Out Of You – Ella Fitzgerald
My Heart Belongs To Daddy – Count Basie featuring Helen Humes
Just One Of Those Things – Billie Holiday
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast June 8, 2025

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


Listen to Route 66 Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 A.M. Eastern (U.S.) on
Atlanta’s WRFG 89.3FM. Your independent community radio station is
streaming worldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our weekly podcast @ MixCloud.Com
It’s different from our live show.

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


This week, we bring you more than a dozen jumpin’ tunes from the 1940s
and early 1950s that we’ve never played before on Route 66. Most are
from either the national or regional R&B charts, but you’ll run into a few
rarities along the way.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Gabriel Meets The Duke Erskine Hawkins Bluebird Records 1940
What’s The Use Of Getting Sober Louis Jordan Decca Records 1942
It Had To Be You Jimmie Lunceford Decca Records 1942
He Knows How To Knock Me Out Bonnie Davis Savoy Records 1943
Cow Cow Boogie The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1943
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me Duke Ellington Victor Records 1943
Get Your Juices At The Deuces Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson Musicraft Records 1944
Hey Lawdy Mama Miss Rhapsody Savoy Records 1944
Low Down Dirty Shame T-Bone Walker Rhumbaboogie Records 1944
Things Have Changed Big Maceo Bluebird Records 1945
Walk ‘Em Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1946
Hurry On Down Nellie Lutcher Capitol Americana Records 1947
The Code Song Ivory Joe Hunter King Records 1948
It’s Wild Illinois Jacquet Aladdin Records 1948
In the Evening… Jimmy Witherspoon Supreme Records 1949
That Lucky Old Sun Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1949
Page Boy Shuffle Joe Thomas King Records 1949
Calypso Blues Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
Safronia B Calvin Boze Aladdin Records 1950
Street Walkin’ Daddy Margie Day Dot Records 1950
I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water… Grant Jones Decca Records 1951
You’re The Sweetest Thing Roy Hawkins Modern Records 1951
The Masquerade Is Over Bette McLaurin Derby Records 1951
How High The Moon Les Paul & Mary Ford Capitol Records 1951
Back Door Friend Jimmy Rogers Chess Records 1952
I Can’t Lose With The Stuff I Use Lester Williams Specialty Records 1952
My Search Is Over Marie Adams Peacock Records 1952
Every Day I Have the Blues Joe Williams Checker Records 1952
Looped Tommy Ridgley Imperial Records 1952
Cherokee Earl Bostic King Records 1953
Train,Train,Train Danny Overbea Checker Records 1953
I Wanna Know Dolly Cooper Savoy Records 1953
I’m Glad Mitzi Mars Checker Records 1953

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


HERE’S THE PODCAST PLAYLIST

Gabriel Meets The Duke – Erskine Hawkins
What’s The Use Of Getting Sober – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
He Knows How To Knock Me Out – Bonnie Davis
It Had To Be You – Jimmie Lunceford
Cow Cow Boogie – The Ink Spots & Ella Fitzgerald
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me – Duke Ellington
Get Your Juices At The Deuces – Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Hey Lawdy Mama – Miss Rhapsody
Low Down Dirty Shame – T-Bone Walker
Things Have Changed – Big Maceo
Cottage For Sale – Billy Eckstine
Walk ‘Em – Buddy Johnson
Hurry On Down – Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm
The Code Song – Ivory Joe Hunter
It’s Wild – Illinois Jacquet
In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) – Jimmy Witherspoon
That Lucky Old Sun – Louis Armstrong
Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy’s Ovaltine – Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats