WRFG Route 66

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST & PODCAST MARCH 23, 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 Era of the 1950s and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years.

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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Hollywood Fats is our featured artist this week. Born Michael Leonard Mann in
Los Angeles on March 17, 1954, Hollywood Fats was a guitar virtuoso. He was one
of only a few West Coast blues musicians of his generation who incorporated jump blues into his sound. Active from the mid-70s until is death in 1986, Hollywood Fats backed numerous veterans of the jump blues era including Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
and Roy Brown, and collaborated with James Harmon, Kid Ramos, Junior Watson,
and other California blues contemporaries.

HOLLYWOOD FATS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
HollywoodFatsBand.com

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Barcarolle Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1948

Lonesome
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979

I Don’t Dig It Big Joe Turner MGM Records 1949
Backstage at Stuff’s Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Happy Anatomy Planet D Nonet Echoes of Harlem… 2024
Baby, I Don’t Cry Over You Billie Holiday Decca Records 1947
Trouble In Mind Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Heed My Warning Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington …Sings Fats Waller 1957
I Want to Hug You John Lee Hooker Mr. Lucky 1991
Nuit Sauvage Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Blue And Lonesome Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1949
Effie’s Boogie Effie Smith Aladdin Records 1946
I’m Still In Love With You T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
Rockhouse, Pt 2 Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1958
Rough Weather Blues Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1948
Weather Man Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records (unreleased)
Let the Good Times Roll Tony Bennett w/ B.B. King Playing With My Friends… 2001

Caldonia
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979

Have a Good Time
Big Walter “Shakey” Horton
Cobra Records 1956

One Mint Julep
Rod Piazza w/ Junior Watson & Hollywood Fats
Harpburn 1986

Rock House Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1957
House Rocker (House Rockin) Paul Williams Savoy Records 1948
The Honey Dripper Charles Brown Honey Dripper 1996
Jumpin’ The Blues Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown American Music… 1999
Nervous Man Nervous Big Jay McNeely Federal Records 1953
Butcher Pete Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men DeLuxe Records 1949
Apollo Jump Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1943
Meet Me at No Special Place Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1947
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino Imperial Records 1957
The Storm Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1952

Okie Dokie Stomp
Hollywood Fats Band Blues
Saturday, Monterey Jazz Festival – September 20, 1980

Snakes
James Harman Band w/ Kid Ramos & Hollywood Fats
Those Dangerous Gentlemen 1987

Kidney Stew
Hollywood Fats Band w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Road To Rio 1980

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 16, 2025

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe is today’s featured artist. Born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas on March 20, 1915, Tharpe gained popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with
her gospel recordings, characterized by a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar. She was the first great recording star of gospel music, and was among the first gospel musicians to appeal to rhythm and blues and rock and roll audiences, later
being referred to as “the original soul sister” and “the Godmother of rock and roll”.

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.org
American Women’s History Museum
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Profile @ The Guardian

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Blues For The Red Boy Todd Rhodes Sensation Records 1947

I Want A Tall Skinny Papa
Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1942

Sure Thing Count Basie & His Orchestra Mercury Records 1952
When Your Lover Has Gone Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959
Milton’s Boogie Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Juke Box Records 1946
I’m A Bad Bad Girl Little Esther Phillips Federal Records 1951
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1953
The Honeydripper Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1945
I’m Gonna Play the Honky Tonks Marie Adams Peacock Records 1952
Moanin’ Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers Moanin’ 1958
They Don’t Want Me To Rock No More Ella & Buddy Johnson Walkin’ 1957
Go Back To The One You Love T-Bone Walker Capitol Records 1950
Security Blues Roosevelt Sykes United Records 1952
Mojo Mambo Mitch Woods Happy Hour 2024
He’s A Real Gone Guy Nellie Lutcher Capitol Americana Records 1947
House of Blue Lights Chuck Berry (unreleased) 1958

Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
Decca Records 1938

Shout Sister Shout
Madeleine Peyroux
Secular Hymns 2016

My Journey To The Sky
Sue Foley
One Guitar Woman 2024

Cookin’ At The Continental Lyle Lovett 12 of June 2022
I Sat & Cried Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band Brazilian Kicks 2010
Have A Good Time Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
All of Me Billie Holiday Okeh Records 1941
We Can’t Agree Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1947
Call Before You Go Home Memphis Slim United Records 1953
Voo-It Helen Humes & Her All Stars Philo Records 1945
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be Tiny Grimes Quintet Gotham Records 1949

Who Rolled The Stone Away
Marie Knight & The Sam Price Trio
Brunswick Records 1955

Down By The Riverside
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band feat. Sister Rosetta Tharpe
(live performance) 1957

That’s All
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Sims-Wheeler Vintage Jazz Band
Antibes Jazz Festival 1960

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 9, 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 Era of the 1950s
and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years.

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Today’s featured artist is Nat King Cole. Born Nathaniel Adams Coles on March 17, 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama, Cole’s career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.

NAT KING COLE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Obituary in Los Angeles Times

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Honey Boy Bill Doggett King Records 1954

Route 66
King Cole Trio
Capitol Records 1946

Indiana
Lester Young, Nat King Cole, & Red Calender
Philo Records 1945

Good Morning Judge Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
The House Of Blue Lights Ella Mae Morse Capital Record 1946
Smack Dab In The Middle Buster Poindexter Buster Poindexter 1987

Straighten Up and Fly Right
Lyle Lovett
12 of June 2022

I’m An Errand Boy For Rhythm
John Pizzarelli
My Blue Heaven 1990

Blues (First B Flat Blues)
Jazz at the Philharmonic
Norman Granz’ Jazz At The Philharmonic Vol. 4 1944
(guitar – Les Paul, piano – Nat King Cole,
tenor sax – Illinois Jacquet & Jack McVea, trombone – J.J. Johnson)

Real Pretty Mama Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
R.M. Blues Roy Milton Juke Box Records 1946
(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952

Fever
Ray Charles & Natalie Cole
Genius Loves Company 2004

Orange Colored Sky
Nat King Cole Trio with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra
Capitol Records 1950

Oh, Lady Be Good!
Jazz At The Philharmonic
JATP – Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, July 30, 1944
(tenor sax – Illinois Jacquet, piano – Nat King Cole,
bass – Red Callener, drums – Lee Young)

Blue Gardenia
Dinah Washington
EmArcy Records 1955
(arranger – Quincy Jones, piano – Wynton Kelly, trumpet – Clark Terry)

Whiskey Women & Loaded Dice Stick McGhee King Records 1953
The Rain Is Falling Albennie Jones Decca Records 1947
I’m Cracking Up Over You B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1955
Beware Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Rocket 88 Rocket 88 w/ Hal Singer & Charlie Watts Rocket 88
My Time Is Expensive Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Jimmy Mule Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953

Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You
Taj Mahal
Savoy 2023

Lover, Come Back To Me
Billie Holiday & Her Lads of Joy
Clef Records 1952

Nature Boy
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1948

Smile
Nat King Cole
Capitol Records 1954

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 2, 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 Era of the 1950s
and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years.

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

With Fat Tuesday coming up on March 4, this week we feature music from New Orleans and Louisiana, with one tune from an artist born just across the state line.

All artists in gold are from New Orleans unless otherwise noted.

We also count down the Top 10 R&B songs in New Orleans during Mardi Gras 1949.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

New Orleans Shuffle Johnny Otis Savoy Records 1949
Jump, Jive, An’ Wail Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
Shake Baby Shake Jack Dupree Red Robin Records 1953
Cool Rage Illinois Jacquet (Broussard, LA) Mercury Records 1952
Oooh-Oooh-Oooh Lloyd Price Specialty Records 1952
Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher (Lake Charles, LA) Capitol Records 1947
Louisiana Percy Mayfield (Minden, LA) Specialty Records 1952

Take the “a” Train
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown (Vinton, LA)
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Rose Mary Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953

Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
T-Bone Walker (Linden, TX – just across the state line)
Black & White Records 1947

Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now Louis Armstrong Satch Plays Fats 1955

Royal Garden Blues
Kermit Ruffins Big Band
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

(These Are) The Things I Love Sam Butera Groove Records 1954
Love Don’t Love Nobody Roy Brown (Kinder, LA) DeLuxe Records 1950

Big Chief
Professor Longhair
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019

I Hear You Knocking Smiley Lewis Specialty Records 1955
Sanctified Gene Mighty Flea Conners Sanctified 1980

NEW ORLEANS REGIONAL R&B TOP TEN – LATE FEB-EARLY MARCH 1949
As reported to Cash Box magazine

10-Get Yourself Another Fool Charles Brown Trio Alladin Records 1948
9-Bewildered Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
8-Deacon’s Hop Big Jay McNeely Savoy Records 1948
7-Blues on Rhumba Sonny Thompson Miracle Records 1949
6-Frisco Bay Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1949
5-Wrapped Up In A Dream Do-Re-Me Trio Reet Records 1949
4-Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1948

3-Annie’s Blues
Annie Laurie (Atlanta, moved to New Orleans)
De Luxe Records 1949

2-A Long Time Charles Brown Trio Aladdin Records 1949
1-Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker Modern Records 1948

Going Back Home To New Orleans Joe Liggins Specialty Records 1950
Junco Partner Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1952

Jumpin’ in the Morning Deacon John’s Jump Blues Music From the Film 2002
Don’t You Feel My Legs Blue Lu Barker Live At The New Orleans Jazz Festival 1989
It’s All Over Now Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Dr. John Voodoo 1989
Flatfoot Sam TV Slim & His Heartbreakers Argo Records 1957

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast February 23, 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 Era of the 1950s
and on how those styles and artists have evolved over the years.

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Today’s featured artist is Fats Domino. Born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. in New Orleans on February 26, 1928, Domino’s career spanned both the jump blues and
rock & roll eras. He sold more than 65 million records and his first single,
“The Fat Man” is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the
first to sell more than one million copies. Domino continued to work with the song’s
co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to
Lloyd Price’s “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” (1952) and scoring a string of mainstream
hits beginning with “Ain’t That a Shame” (1955).

Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five
of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold.

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

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Shipyard Social Function Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1945

The Fat Man
Fats Domino
Imperial Records 1949

Please Don’t Leave Me
Roomful of Blues
House of Joy 1986

Let the Four Winds Blow
Roy Brown
Imperial Records 1957

I Ain’t Gonna Let You In Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Regal Records 1949
Cookin’ In Style Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
Willow Weep For Me Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956
Old Mother Hubbard Ella Fitzgerald Decca Records 1949
Blue Skies Dizzy Gillespie & Joe Carroll Dee Jee Records 1952
Jukebox Drive Mitch Woods Happy Hour 2024
Buford’s Bop Jimmy Thackery Guitar 2003

Hello Josephine
Taj Mahal & The New Orleans Social Club
Maestro 2008

We Can’t Agree Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1947
Midnight Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
In a Mellow Tone Count Basie Breakfast Dance & Barbecue 1959
Grandma Plays the Numbers Wynonie Harris King Records 1949

Blue Monday
Fats Domino
This Is Fats Domino! 1957

Ain’t That A Shame
Jerry Granelli w/ Robben Ford & Bill Frisell
Dance Hall 2017

Going To The River
Chuck Willis
Okeh Records 1953

Groovy Movie Blues Johnny Moore / Charles Brown Exclusive Records 1948
Jumpin’ At Mesners Lester Young Philo Records 1945
Fat Daddy Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1953
K.C. Loving Little Willie Littlefield Federal Records 1952
Hootie Blues Jay McShann The Last Of The Blue Devils 1977
He Knows How to Hucklebuck Paul Williams w/ Joan Shaw Savoy Records 1949

Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Lloyd Price & The Dave Bartholomew Orchestra
Specialty Records 1952

You Ain’t Got It No More Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1949
Jack Of Diamonds Jesse Thomas Specialty Records 1951
My Babe Little Walter & His Night Cats Checker Records 1955

Medley: Don’t You Know, Shake Rattle & Roll, Blueberry Hill
Fats Domino
…Live! From The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2001

My Blue Heaven
Fats Domino
Rock and Rollin’ with Fats Domino 1956

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast February 16, 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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Composer, arranger, keyboardist, and band leader Bill Doggett
is today’s featured artist.

William Ballard Doggett was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on
February 16, 1916. Doggett began his career playing swing music before
transitioning into rhythm and blues.

In the 1930s, Doggett was the leader of a successful big band. He sold his
orchestra to Lucky Millander in the late 1930s and stayed on as piano player
until he became the Ink Spots’ pianist and arranger in 1942.

Doggett first found solo success as the leader of an octet that backed Helen
Humes on several of her post-World War II hits.

Doggett joined Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five in the late 1940s, he wrote
several songs with Jordan including “Onion” and played on some of
Jordan’s most popular records

Best known for his instrumental “Honky Tonk,”
Doggett was a pioneer of rock and roll.

BILL DOGGETT RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Bill Doggett – The History of Rock and Roll
Obituary – Los Angeles Times

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

On My Own
Willis Jackson & His Orchestra w/ Bill Doggett
Apollo Records 1950

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

Wynonie’s Blues
Wynonie “Blues” Harris w/ Illinois Jacquet & His All-Stars, & Bill Doggett
Apollo Records 1945

Early Bird
Bill Doggett
King Records 1945

The Richest Guy In The Graveyard Etta Jones Victor Records 1947
Porter’s Love Song Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Speciality Records 1947
Mad Lad Chuck Berry Rockin’ at the Hops 1960
She Winked Her Eye Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1951
Give It Up Daddy Blues Albennie Jones Three Decca Records 1947
I’m Gonna Jump In The River Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1951
Drivin’ And Jivin’ (Flyin’ Saucer Boogie) Tiny Grimes Gotham Records 1949
‘Lectric Chair Blues Amber Rachelle & The Sweet Potatoes Pipin’ Hot! 2024
Boogie In The Dark Count Basie Orchestra & Bobby Rush …Swings the Blues 2023
Don’t You Cry Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1952
You Don’t Learn That In School (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
You’re My Thrill Billie Holiday Decca Records 1949
Moose the Mooche Dirty Dozen Brass Band w/ Branford Marsalis Voodoo 1989
Oh Babe Louis Prima & Keely Smith Robin Hood Records 1950

Unlucky Woman
Helen Humes w/ Bill Doggett Octet
Philo Records 1945

Robbin’s Nest
Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars w/ Bill Doggett
Apollo Records 1947

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

Chicken Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Soft Bill Doggett Doggett Beat For Dancing Feet 1956
Rock Me to Sleep Benny Carter & Ruth Brown …Songbook, Vol. 2 1997
Live the Life Billy Wright Savoy Records 1954
B. B. Boogie B.B.King R.P.M. Records 1950
Before You Accuse Me James Harman & Gene Taylor Live In Germany 2012
I’ve Got A Feelin’ Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952

Hey Lock
Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis w/BIll Doggett
Goodies from Eddie Davis 1954

Hallelujah, I Love Him So
Ella Fitzgerald w/Bill Doggett
Rhythm Is My Business 1962

Honky Tonk Part 1
Bill Doggett
King Records 1956

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast February 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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Our featured artist is Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson. Born Edward L. Vinson, Junior in Houston, Texas on December 18, 1917, Vinson was a master saxophonist, vocalist,
and composer. Vinson first gained widespread attention as the singer for Cootie
Williams and his orchestra, where he scored his first hit with “(Cherry) Red Blues.”

Vinson soon went out on his own and in 1947 had a double-sided hit with “Old Maid Boogie” and “Kidney Stew Blues.” “Kidney Stew” became his signature song.

As Vinson developed as an artist, he drew more and more away from jump and R&B
and into the world of jazz both as composer and performer, often going toe-to-toe
with some of the biggest names in the business.

EDDIE VINSON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Texas State Historical Association

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Sparrow’s Flight Johnny Sparrow & His Bows & Arrows Melford Records 1949

(Cherry) Red Blues
Cootie Williams & His Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1944

Street Lights Little Esther Federal Records 1953
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
Caldonia Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1945
After Sunset Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Aladdin Records 1947
Honey, Honey, Honey Hadda Brooks Modern Records 1948
Tootie Count Basie Blues By Basie 1950

Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool
Lionel Hampton w/ Little Jimmy Scott
Decca Records 1950

Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies Of Birdland 1945
Baby, Shame On You Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
I Don’t Need No Doctor Catherine Russell & Sean Mason My Ideal 2024

Person To Person
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
The Original Cleanhead 1970

Sneaky Pete Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1948
Drunk The Formerly Brothers The Return Of… 2004
T-Bone Boogie Adrianna Marie Kingdom Of Swing 2017

Juice Head Baby
Cootie Williams Orchestra w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Capitol Records 1946

Gonna Send You Back to Where I Got You From
Van Morrison
The Prophet Speaks 2018

Back Door Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson with the Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Back Door Blues 1961

It’s Later Than You Think Roy Milton Specialty Records 1951
Hey Now Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1952
Latino Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra The Blues 1956
Careful Love Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1949
He May Be Your Man Helen Humes & The Bill Doggett Octet Philo Records 1945
Bar Room Blues Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men Deluxe Records 1951
Topsy, Part 2 Cozy Cole & Alan Hartwell Big Band Love Records 1958
My Journey To The Sky Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight Decca Records 1949
Description Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1949
Country Girl Planet D Nonet Blowin’ Away The Blues 2010

Cleanhead Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
The Late Show 1987

Kidney Stew Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Mercury Records 1947

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast February 2, 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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Our featured artist this week is legendary saxophonist King Curtis, Born Curtis Montgomery to a single mother in Fort Worth, Texas on February 7, 1934, his name
was changed to Curtis Ousley after he and sister were adopted. During high school,
he studied music and played with his classmate, Ornette Coleman. After a stint with Lionel Hampton’s orchestra, Curtis became a session musician in New York. From
the 1940s to his tragic murder in 1971, Curtis played with dozens of the biggest
names in music including Ruth Brown and Big Joe Turner.

KING CURTIS RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Pachuko Hop Chuck Higgins Combo Records 1952

Honey Hush
Big Joe Turner w/ King Curtis
Atlanta Records

Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes Deborah Cox Destination Moon 2007
Paradise Squat Count Basie Mercury Records 1952
Atlanta Boogie Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955

Tenor In The Sky
King Curtis
Gem Records 1953

Early In The Mornin’ B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll… 1999
Nite Life Boogie Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1947
Route 66 Eddie Tigner Route 66 2001
Seven Long Days Janiva Magness My Bad Luck Soul 1999
I Love You, I Love You The Maxim Trio Down Beat Records 1949
You’re Driving Me Crazy Van Morrison You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018
Wee Baby Blues Lynwood Slim Last Call 2006
Whatever Lola Wants Sarah Vaughan Mercury Records 1955

Rib Joint
Sammy Price, Mickey Baker, & King Curtis
Rib Joint 1956

Junker’s Blues
King Curtis w/ Jack Dupree
Blues At Montreux 1971

I Don’t Know Amber Rachelle & The Sweet Potatoes Pipin’ Hot! 2024

Castle Rock
King Curtis & His Orchestra
ATCO Records 1959

Hit That Jive, Jack (Nat) King Cole Trio Decca Records 1941
That’s How You Got Killed Before Dirty Dozen Brass Band New Orleans… 1990
Don’t Leave Me This Way Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953
Blue Light Boogie Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1950
I Want You To Be My Baby Annie Ross Decca Records 1955
Oh Babe! Wynonie Harris w/ Lucky Millinder King Records 1950
Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti) Slim Gaillard Trio Cadet Records 1946
Sunset To Dawn Mel Walker w/ Johnny Otis Savoy Records 1951
Them There Eyes Roy Milton Roy Milton Records 1947

I Cried A Tear
LaVern Baker w/ King Curtis
Blues Ballads 1959

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

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast January 26, 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
streamingworldwide over our free mobile app and WRFG.ORG.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Ruth Brown is this week’s featured artist. Born Ruth Weston in Portsmouth, Virginia
on January 12, 1928) was an American singer-songwriter and actress, sometimes referred to as the “Queen of R&B”. She was noted for bringing a pop music style to
R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s. For these contributions, Atlantic became known as “the house that Ruth built”(alluding to
the popular nickname for the old Yankee Stadium). Brown was a 1993 inductee
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

RUTH BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Ruth Brown – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Ruth Brown – The Blues Foundation
Ruth Brown – Rhythm & Blues Foundation

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Real Gone Sam Taylor Tease! The Beat of Burlesque 1956

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

Gone With the Blues Jay McShann w/ Jimmy Witherspoon Mercury Records 1947
Stop That Dancing Up There Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson Boogie Woogie… 1944
I Told You We Were Through Freddie Mitchell Derby Records 1950
Flip, Flop And Fly Big Joe Turner w/ Count Basie Flip, Flop & Fly 1989
Ain’t Got Nobody To Grind My Coffee Catherine Russell My Ideal 2024
Strange Things Happening Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1950
Double Dealing Daddy Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1952
The Jumpin’ Blues Magic Dick & Jay Geils Little Car Blues 1996
Way Back Home Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
Bewildered Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
I’ll Never Give Up Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Information Blues Roy Milton Specialty Records 1950
I Wanna Do More Amber Rachelle Pipin’ Hot! 2024
Chicken Out Sammy Price, Mickey Baker, & King Curtis Rib Joint 1956
Tell Me What’s The Reason T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1953

As Long as I’m Moving
Ruth Brown & The Rhythmakers & Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1955

Tell Me Who
Charles Brown w/Ruth Brown
All My Life 1990

Teardrops From My Eyes
Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five
Decca Records 1951

Moose On The Loose Bull Moose Jackson MGM Records 1948
Hey Ba Ba Re Bop Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1945
Be Baba Leba Helen Humes Philo Records 1945

Be Anything (But Be Mine)
Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, & Ruth Brown
The Big Band Sound of Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Featuring Miss Ruth Brown
1968

But Beautiful Little Jimmy Scott But Beautiful 2002
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Lamont Cranston Band (self-titled) 1976
Sugar Baby Swing Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins The Feelings Of … 2004
Bean-A Re-Bop Coleman Hawkins Aladdin Records 1948
It Had To Be You Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 1959

Don’t Deceive Me
Ruth Brown
Atlantic Records 1960

If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Keep Sittin’ On It
Ruth Brown
Black And Blue 1989 Original Broadway Cast) 1991

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast January 19, 2025

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For our feature, we count down the Top 10 R&B songs in Detroit,
Michigan, for this week in 1950.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Jackson’s Blues Don Johnson & His Band Specialty Records 1949
Good Daddy Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949

Fool At The Wheel
Deuces Of Rhythm & Tempo Toppers (lLittle Richard)
Peacock Records 1953

On The Sentimental Side Catherine Russell & Sean Mason My Ideal 2024
Dutch Kitchen Bounce Arnett Cobb Apollo Records 1948
I Want A Little Girl Delbert McClinton Outdated Emotion 2022
Back Breaking Blues Big Joe Turner Aladdin Records 1950
All of Me Andra Day The United States vs. Billie Holiday 2021
Sleep Earl Bostic King Records 1951

Rocks In My Bed
Planet D Nonet
Echoes of Harlem: A Tribute To Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 2024

Dat Dere Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul …And Then Some 1961
T-Bone Boogie T-Bone Walker Rhumboogie Records 1945
Guitar Shuffle Lowell Fulson Swing Time Records 1952
A Letter Home Memphis Slim King Records 1949

You Run Your Mouth & I’ll Run My Business
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1940

Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999
Saved LaVern Baker Live In Hollywood 1991

WHAT’S HOT IN THE MOTOR CITY?
THE TOP 10 R&B SONGS FOR JANUARY 21, 1950
AS REPORTED TO CASH BOX MAGAZINE

10-Landlord Blues
Ivory Joe Hunter
Atlantic Records 1949

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

8-Country Boy
Dave Bartholemew
De Luxe Records 1947

7-Blues Stay Away From Me
Lonnie Johnson
King Records 1949

6-Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
King Records 1949

5-Sneakin’ Around
Rudy Render
Decca Records 1949

4-For You My Love
Larry Darnell
Regal Records 1949

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

2-I Quit My Pretty Mama
Ivory Joe Hunter
King Records 1950

1-Sittin’ On It All The Time
Wynonie Harris
King Records 1950

They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Mercury Records 1947
Black Night Charles Brown Just A Lucky So And So 1994
Trouble In Mind Aretha Franklin Yeah! 1965
Busted Ray Charles & Count Basie Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973

That Old Black Magic
Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Capitol Records 1958

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