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

(sign off)

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

(sign off)

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

(sign off)

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


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

(sign off)

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast May 1, 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
streamingworldwide 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

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Today, we celebrate the 115th anniversary of T-Bone Walker’s birth.
Aaron Thibeaux Walker was born just west of the Louisiana state line
in Lindon, Texas on May 28, 1910. Walker came from a musical family
and got his start as a professional musician in Dallas where,
as a teenager, he played with Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Walker was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues,
West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds.

In 2018 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 67 on its list of
“The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time”

T-BONE WALKER RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Blues Foundation
The Story of Stormy Monday @ wikipedia.org

We also tip our hat to Atlanta blues legend “Weepin”” Tommy Brown.
Born Thomas A. Brown in Lumkin, Georgia, on May 27, 1931,
Brown scores hits in the early 1950s with the Griffin Brothers.
Brown later became a fixture on the Atlanta blues scene until
shortly before his death in 2016.

TOMMY BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Biography @ The Blues Foundation
Obituary @ American Blues Scene

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Bongo Blues The Dee Williams Sextet Savoy Records 1949

Hoppin’
Tommy Brown w/ the Griffin Brothers
Dot Records 1951

I Know Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
I’ll Be Gone Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951

T-Bone Jumps Again
Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers
DOWNBEAT RECORDS PRESENTS… Plays T-Bone Walker 2020

Rock Me To Sleep Helen Humes Capitol Records 1950

Don’t Push, Don’t Pull
Planet D Nonet w/ Dr. Professor Leonard King
Tribute to Joe Williams 2025

Every Day I Have the Blues
Count Basie & Joe Williams
Count Basie Swings & Joe Williams Sings 1956

Rubber Bounce Sonny Boy Williamson I Decca Records 1943

Evenin’
Los Angeles Side Hustle
Los Angeles Side Hustle 2025

Bobby Sox Blues
T‐Bone Walker
Black & White Records 1947

T-Bone Boogie
Adrianna Marie & her Roomful Of All-Stars
Kingdom Of Swing 2017

Old Kidney Stew Is Fine
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson w/ T-Bone Walker & Jay McShann
Kidney Stew Is Fine 1969

Insect Ball Big Jay McNeely Imperial Recods 1951
Got My Mo-Jo Working Ann Cole Baton Records 1956

I Just Want To Make Love To You
Lou Rawls & Junior Wells
Portrait Of The Blues 1993

Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1945
Gospel Train Marie Knight Decca Records 1949

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

West Side Baby
Dinah Washington
Mercury Records 1948

T-Bone Shuffle
T-Bone Walker
Capitol Records 1947

Moon Dog Boogie Freddie Mitchell Derby Records 1952
By The Light Of The Silvery Moon Little Richard Little Richard 1958
Street Lights Little Esther Federal Records 1953
Black Night Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1951
Reet, Petite & Gone Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
Hot House Dizzy Gillespie w/Charlie Parker Guild Records 1945
Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951

Tell Me What’s the Reason
Duke Robillard
A Tribute To T-Bone Walker 2004

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

Weepin’ & Cryin’
Tommy Brown & The Griffin Brothers
Regent Records 1951

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PODCAST PLAYLIST
Bongo Blues – The Dee Williams Sextet
Hoppin’ – Tommy Brown w/ the Griffin Brothers
I Know – Ruth Brown
I’ll Be Gone – Fats Domino
T-Bone Jumps Again – Johnny Big Stone & the Blues Workers
Evenin’ – Los Angeles Side Hustle
Bobby Sox Blues – T‐Bone Walker
T-Bone Boogie – Adrianna Marie & her Roomful Of All-Stars
Old Kidney Stew Is Fine – Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson w/ T-Bone Walker
Wichita Falls Blues – Oak Cliff T-Bone
Riffette – Freddie Slack & His Orchestra w/ T-Bone Walker
West Side Baby – Dinah Washington
T-Bone Shuffle – T-Bone Walker
Tell Me What’s the Reason – Duke Robillard
Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) – T-Bone Walker
Weepin’ & Cryin’ – Tommy Brown & The Griffin Brothers
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast May 25, 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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

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This week, we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in Atlanta, Georgia, for Memorial Day 1949 and tip our hat to the great Fats Waller to mark the 121st anniversary of his birth.
FATS WALLER RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bio @ The Kennedy Center
Bio @ Britannica

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Soft Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1952
Jump With You Baby B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1955
I’m Tired of Crying Over You Buddy & Ella Johnson Decca Records 1947

Some of This ‘n’ Some of That
Planet D Nonet w/ Dr. Professor Leonard King
Tribute to Joe WIlliams 2025

You Satisfy Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
On Revival Day LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Deacon Jones Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
Let It Roll Lucky Millinder w/ Annisteen Allen Decca Records 1947
True Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1947

Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love For You)
Billie Holiday w/ Tony Scott and his Orchestra
Stay With Me 1955

If You’re A Viper (The Reefer Song)
Fats Waller
Jolly Roger Records 1943

Viper’s Drag
Allen Toussaint
American Tunes 2016

Rockin’ Boogie Joe Lutcher Specialty Records 1947
Fine Brown Frame Nellie Lutcher Capitol Records 1948
Eventide Count Basie Basie 1956
Rag Mop Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Can’t No Grave Hold My Body Down Los Angeles Side Hustle (self-titled) 2025

COUNTDOWN: Top 10 R&B Songs in Atlanta – Memorial Day 1949
from Cash Box Magazine

10-Saturday Nite
Kansas City Jimmy
Savoy Records 1949

9-Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra
Supreme Records 1949

8-Wrapped Up In A Dream
Do-Re-Me Trio
Reet Records 1949

7-Ricky’s Blues
The Ravens
National Records 1949

6-Instantaneous Boogie
Camille Howard
Specialty Records 1949

5-Back Street
Eddie Chamblee
Miracle Records 1949

4-Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker
Modern Records 1949

3-Midnight At The Barrel House
Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Peter “Guitar” Lewis
Excelsior Records 1947

2-Lavender Coffin
Fat Man Robinson Quintet
Mofit Records 1949

1-T.J. Boogie
T.J. Fowler & Orchestra
National Records 1949

Westcoasting Dave Robbins Big Band Happy Faces 2025

Interlude (A Night In Tunisia)
Sarah Vaughan w/ Dizzy Gillespie & His Charlie Parker
Hot Jazz 1946

Makin’ Whoopee Ray Charles Live in Concert 1964
Route 66 Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 1991

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

PODCAST PLAYLIST

Soft – Tiny Bradshaw
Let It Roll – Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Annisteen Allen
True Blues – Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Savin’ My Love For You) – Billie Holiday
If You’re A Viper (The Reefer Song) – Fats Waller
Viper’s Drag – Allen Toussaint
Blue Turning Grey Over You – Louis Armstrong
Saturday Nite – Kansas City Jimmy
Ain’t Nobody’s Business – Jimmy Witherspoon
Wrapped Up In A Dream – Do-Re-Me Trio
Ricky’s Blues – The Ravens
Instantaneous Boogie – Camille Howard
Back Street – Eddie Chamblee
Hobo Blues – John Lee Hooker
Midnight At The Barrel House – Johnny Otis Orchestra
Lavender Coffin – Fat Man Robinson Quintet
T.J. Boogie – T.J. Fowler & Orchestra
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & the Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast May 18, 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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

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Big Joe Turner is our featured artist. Born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. in Kansas City, Missouri on May 18, 1911, Big Joe Turner was the consummate blues shouter.
According to songwriter Doc Pomus, “rock and roll would have never happened
without him.” Although his career ran from the 1920s to the 1980s, Turner is
best known for his rock and roll recordings in the 1950s, particularly
“Shake, Rattle and Roll.”

BIG JOE TURNER RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Hot Rod Illinois Jacquet King Jacquet 1950

Shake, Rattle & Roll
Big Joe Turner w/ Sam “The Man” Taylor (sax)
Atlantic Records 1954

Flip, Flop & Fly
Bill Haley & His Comets
Warner Brothers 1961

Switchin’ in the Kitchen
Roomful Of Blues
Under One Roof 1997

Million Dollar Secret Helen Humes Modern Records 1950
One Mint Julep The Clovers Atlantic Records 1952
Back Street Eddie Chamblee Miracle Records 1949
Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949

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

Lady Be Good Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
I’m An Errand Girl For Rhythm Carmen McRae You’re Lookin’ at Me… 1984
The Honeydripper Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1945
Oops! Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Decca Records 1951
Big Foot’s Boogie The Hollywood Blue Flames Soul Sanctuary 2005
Hello Little Boy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1949

The Chill Is On
Big Joe Turner
Atlantic Records 1951

Cherry Red
B.B. King
Confessin’ The Blues 1965

Roll ‘Em Pete
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ Jerry Mulligan & Ben Webster
…at the Renaissance 1960

One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955
All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Flying Home Johnny Otis Spirit of the Black Territory Bands 199
Jumpin’ In The Mornin’ Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953
I Want to Cry Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1946
Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Surfin’ EP (France) 1963
Hey Little Boy Albennie Jones Decca Records 1948
Glamour Girl T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950

Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Jimmy ‘T99’ Nelson w/ Doug James & Sax Gordon
Rockin’ And Shoutin’ The Blues 1999

My Gal’s A Jockey
Big Joe Turner w/ Wild Bill Moore’s Lucky Seven Band
National Records 1946

I Don’t Want Your Money Honey Frantic Fay Thomas Exclusive Records 1949

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


ROUTE 66 PODCAST PLAYLIST FOR MAY 18, 2025

Hot Rod – Illinois Jacquet
Shake, Rattle & Roll – Big Joe Turner
Flip, Flop & Fly – Bill Haley & His Comets
Switchin’ in the Kitchen – Roomful Of Blues
Night Time Is The Right Time – Planet D Nonet
The Chill Is On – Big Joe Turner
Cherry Red – B.B. King
Roll ‘Em Pete – Jimmy Witherspoon
Wee Baby Blues – Ella Fitzgerald
Boogie Woogie Country Girl – Jimmy ‘T99’ Nelson
My Gal’s A Jockey – Big Joe Turner
Westcoasting – Dave Robbins Big Band
Tag (You’re It) – Little Charlie & The Nightcats

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast May 11, 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
streamingworldwide 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

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Today we feature the music of two artists named Mabel.

Jazz, R&B, and gospel singer Mabel Scott was born in Richmond, Virginia, on April 30, 1915. A mainstay of the west coast jazz scene, Scott’s recordings of “Elevator Boogie” and “Boogie Woogie Santa Claus” were national R&B hits in 1948. In 1999, Scott was honored with the Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
MABEL SCOTT RESOUCES
biography @ Wikipedia.org
Mabel Scott entry in Marv Goldberg’s R&B Notebooks
discography @ discogs.com

Mabel Louise Smith – know professionally as Big Maybelle – was born in Jackson, Tennessee on May 1, 1924. During the 1940s and early 1950s, Smith toured and recorded with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the first racially-integrated all-female band in the U.S. Smith went solo as “Big Maybelle” in 1952 and scored a number of R&B hits. She is best remembers for “Candy,” which was released in 1956.
BIG MAYBELLE RECOURCES
biography @ Wikipedia.org
Big Maybelle @ The Blues Foundation
discography @ discogs.com


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Mellow Blues Sonny Thompson King Records 1952

Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train
Mabel Scott
Coral Records 1951

Night Train Sweetie & The Toothaches Fired Up! 2024
Feelin’ Happy Joe Turner Freedom Records 1950
Jelly Jelly Billy Eckstine National Records 1946
Pie Eye’s Blues Planet D Nonet Blues to Be There… 2023
Going To Chicago Blues Count Basie Sing Along With Basie 1957
I Got Loaded Peppermint Harris Aladdin Records 1951
Shake Rattle And Roll Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023

Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1955

Just Give Me A Man
Mabel Scott
Hub Records 1946

Blues In B Flat Oscar Moore Trio Oscar Moore Trio 1954
I Stepped In Quicksand Charles Brown One More For The Road 1986
Love Will Break Your Heart For You Little Esther & Mel Walker Savoy Records 1950
Pop Corn Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1948
Train Blues Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Speciality Records 1948
Cookin’ In Style Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
T-Bone Shuffle T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1947

My Country Man
Big Maybelle
Okeh Records 1953

Beware Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946

Catch ‘Em Young, Treat ‘Em Rough, Tell ‘Em Nothin’
Mabel Scott
Coral Records 1951

Love Is Like Rain Wynonie Harris King Records 1947
Red’s Boogie Piano Red RCA Victor 1950
The Danger Zone Diane Schuur Running On Faith 2020
Now Or Never Big Rhythm Combo Too Small To Dance 1997
Bits & Pieces Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Live From Austin, TX 2019
Three O’Clock Blues Lowell Fulson Down Town Records 1948
Money’s Getting Cheaper Jimmy Witherspoon Supreme Records 1947

Elevator Boogie
Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948

Lover, Come Back To Me! Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1953

Candy
Big Maybelle
Savoy Records 1958

The Curly Shuffle Jump ‘N’ The Saddle Band (self-titled) 1973

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

HERE’S THE PLAYLIST FOR TODAY’S PODCAST

Mellow Blues – Sonny Thompson
Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train – Mabel Scott
Night Train – Sweetie & The Toothaches
Feelin’ Happy – Joe Turner & His Orchestra w/ Mickey Baker
I Got Loaded – Peppermint Harris
Shake Rattle And Roll – Van Morrison
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On – Big Maybelle
Just Give Me A Man – Mabel Scott
Blues In B Flat – Oscar Moore Trio
I Stepped In Quicksand – Charles Brown
My Country Man – Big Maybelle
Beware – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Catch ‘Em Young, Treat ‘Em Rough, Tell ‘Em Nothin’ – Mabel Scott
Three O’Clock Blues – Lowell Fulson
Money’s Getting Cheaper – Jimmy Witherspoon
Elevator Boogie – Mabel Scott w/ Charles Brown
Candy – Big Maybelle
(Tag) Your It – Little Charlie & The Nightcats