WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast May 4, 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 two true American musical greats, both with late April birthdays.
Born in Newport News, Virginia, on April 27, 1917, Ella Jane Fitzgerald was a
jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the “First Lady of Song”, “Queen of Jazz”,
and “Lady Ella”. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction,
phrasing, timing, intonation, and a “horn-like” improvisational ability,
particularly in her scat singing.

ELLA FITZGERALD RESOURCES
EllaFitzgerald.com (Official Site)
Biography @ Wikipedia
Discography @ discogs.com

Born in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 1899, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington
was a jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra
from 1923 through the rest of his life.

DUKE ELLINGTON RESOURCES
DukeEllington.com (Official Site)
Discography @ Discogs.com
Biography @ Wikipedia


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Wild Wig Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays Savoy Records 1949
TV Is The Thing This Year Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1953
Look What You’ve Done Count Basie Orchestra Swings the Blues 2023
I’ve Got a Woman Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1954
Let’s Rock A While Amos Milburn & His Chicken Shackers Aladdin Records 1951
I Sat & Cried Jimmy “T-99” Nelson Kent Records 1961
Take It And Git Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy Decca Records 1942
My Hat’s on the Side of My Head The Four Blazes United Records 1953
She’s Dynamite B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1951

I’m Beginning To See The Light
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
American Music Texas Style 1999

East of The Sun (and West of The Moon)
Catherine Russell
Send For Me 2022

Morning Glory
Big Joe Turner
Aladdin Records 1948

C Jam Blues
Tiny Grimes Swingtet
Blue Note Records 1946

Ella
Chick Webb w/ Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1938

Boogie At Midnight Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1949
Ferocious Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1950
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Cold, Cold Feeling T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1951
How I Got Over Kid Ramos Strange Things Happening 2025

Main Stem
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
RCA Victor 1944

Take The “A” Train
Ella Fitzgerald
Twelve Nights In Hollywood 1961

I Like the Sunrise
Duke Ellington & Al Hibler
Liberian Suite 1947

Tonk
Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Victor Records 1946

Addi
Planet D Nonet
Echoes of Harlem: A Tribute To Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 2024

Caravan
Tony Bennett
Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool 1999

Rockin’ In Rhythm
Ella Fitzgerald
…Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958

A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra w/Ray Nance
Victor Records 1943

Jeep’s Blues
Johnny Hodges
with Billy Strayhorn & The Orchestra 1961

Mack The Knife
Ella Fitzgerald
Berlin 1960

A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Ella Fitzgerald & The Chick Webb Orchestra
Decca Records 1938

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast April 27, 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



Our featured artist is one of the original Texas guitar slingers, Clarence
“Gatemouth” Brown. Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown born in Vinton, Louisiana
on April 18, 1924 and raised near Orange, Texas, his dad taught him several
instruments including the fiddle by the time he was five. He was playing guitar
by age 10 and started playing drums in swing bands while still in high school.

His career really took off in 1947. Brown was at a T-Bone Walker concert in
Houston, Texas, when Walker became ill and left the stage. Brown picked up
Walker’s guitar and quickly wrote and played a song that brought the house
down called “The Gatemouth Boogie.”

GATEMOUTH BROWN RESOURCES
biography @ wikipidia.org
discography @ discogs.com


WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Goomp Blues Johnny Otis Orchestra w/ Ben Webster Mercury Records

Gatemouth Boogie
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Aladdin Records

My Time Is Expensive
Guitar Slim w/ Lloyd Lambert & His Orchestra
Atlantic Records 1958

Gate Walks To Board
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1953

I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) Julia Lee Capitol Records 1949
The Calloway Boogie Cab Calloway Columbia Records 1947
Mad Lad Sir Charles Thompson w/Leo Parker Apollo Records 1947

She Walks Right In
Roomful of Blues
Hook, Line & Sinker 2011

It Can Never Be That Way
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Peacock Records 1949

It’s Good To See You Baby Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1954
Hey Lawdy Mama Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells) Savoy Records 1944
Soothe Me Johnny Moore w/ Charles Brown Exclusive Records 1948
I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water Lou Rawls Stormy Monday 1962
Birth of the Blues Ray Charles w/ Count Basie Orchestra Genius + Soul = Jazz 1961
‘T-99’ Blues Jimmy “T-99” Nelson RPM Records 1951
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan Decca Records 1947

Light Like That
Arnett Cobb w/ Clarence Gatemouth Brown & Milt Buckner
Again 1973

Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Pressure Cooker 1985

Let The Good Times Roll
Helen Humes w/ Jay McShann, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, & Arnett Cobb
Let The Good Times Roll 1973

Nosey Joe Powerhouse w/ Bull Moose Jackson Nightlife 1975
Evil Gal Blues Dinah Washington Keynote Records 1943
Hot Special Bloodest Saxophone /Big Jay McNeely Blow Blow All Night Long 2017
You Ain’t Goin’ To Heaven No How Joe Liggins Exclusive Records 1946
15 Rounds For Jesus Sister Wynona Carr Savoy Records (Unreleased) 1952
Strange Things Happening Kid Ramos Strange Things Happening 2024
Better Cut That Out Sonny Boy Williamson II RCA Victor 1948
Eyesight To The Blind The Larks Apollo Records 1951
Reelin’ & Rockin’ Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952
R.M. Blues Roy Milton & The Solid Senders Specialty Records 1947

Okie Dokie Stomp
Hollywood Fats Band
Hollywood Fats Band 1979

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast April 20, 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


Billie Holiday is our featured artist. Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia on
April 7, 1915, Holiday is considered one of the great musical talents of the
20th century. To learn more about Holiday’s turbulent life and brilliant but
troubled career, check out the Billie Holiday resources listed below.

BILLIE HOLIDAY RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Discography @ Jazz Discography Project
Lady Sings The Blues (Book) @ wikipedia.org
The Best Books About Billie Holiday @ Rolling Stone
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
The Hunting of Billie Holiday @ Politico Magazine

You’ll find the playlist for our podcast on the MixCloud page for today’s show.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

D.B. Blues
Lester Young & His Band
Philo Records 1945

What a Little Moonlight Can Do
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra w/ Billie Holiday
Brunswick Records 1935

Them There Eyes
Varetta Dillard
Savoy Records 1952

In My Solitude
Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018

When I Grow Too Old To Dream Roy Milton Miltone Records 1946
Night Train Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
Weepin’ & Cryin’ Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951
Sugar Sweet Muddy Waters Chess Records 1955
Flying Home Lionel Hampton Decca Record 1942
Old Maid Boogie Eddie Vinson Mercury Records 1947
Old Devil Moon Sarah Vaughan Mercury Records 1954

April In Paris
Billie Holiday
All or Nothing at All 1959

Over The Rainbow Little Jimmy Scott Over the Rainbow 2001
Someday Sweetheart Joe Liiggins Exclusive Records 1946
Take The “A” Train Ella Fitzgerald …Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook 1957
Roomin’ House Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
No Name Boogie Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1948

Rocky Mountain Blues
Billie Holiday w/ the Tiny Grimes Sextet
Aladdin Records 1951

Crazy She Calls Me
Nat King Cole
Tell Me All About Yourself 1960

God Bless the Child
Carmen McRae
Sings Loverman & Other Billie Holiday Classics 1962

Jack, You’re Dead Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 Decca Records 1946
Please Hurry Home B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
Jumpin´jack Bloodest Saxophone Rhythm and Blues 2014

Baby Get Lost
Billie Holiday
Decca Records 1949

Yesterdays
Ray Charles
A Portrait Of Ray 1968

All of Me
Etta Jones w/ Houston Person
Sings Lady Day 2001

One of them good ones Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1945
Whoopin’ and Hollerin’ Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson Back to Back 2010
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Let The Good Times Roll 1973
That’s Better For Me T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast April 13, 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’s featured artist is Amos Milburn. Born in Houston, Texas, on April 1, 1927, Milburn was one of the most popular pianists and vocalists of the jump blues era. He was best know for his up-tempo romps about booze and partying.

AMOS MILBURN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
The Blues Foundation Inductees Bio
Overview @ spontaneouslunacy.net

We also spotlight four songs with lyrics by “Yip” Harburg. Born in New York City on April 9, 1892. Harburg wrote all the words for all the songs in “The Wizard of Oz” and for numerous melodies that are now part of the Great American Songbook. Know for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his leftist leanings, Harburg championed racial, sexual, and gender equality and union politics.

YIP HARBURG RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Songwriters Hall of Fame
Official Yip Harburg Site

With our return to broadcasting Route 66 live on WRFG-FM Atlanta/WRFG.ORG,
we’ve updated our podcast: we will now bring you our weekly
feature, plus a bonus set or two for your enjoyment.
You’ll find this week’s podcast is at the bottom of the broadcast playlist.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Cracked Ice Earl Bostic King Records 1954

Let’s Have A Party
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1953

One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Delbert McClinton
Outdated Emotion 2022

I Want To Go Home
Diane Schuur
Blues for Schuur 1997

Messin’ Around Memphis Slim & His House Rockers Miracle Records 1948
Voo it Voo It The Blues Woman Juke Box Records 1946
Hey Little Girl John Godfrey Trio Chess Records 1951

It’s Only A Paper Moon
(Nat) King Cole Trio
Capitol Records ‎ 1944

Old Devil Moon
Sarah Vaughan
Mercury Records 1954

April in Paris.
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ella & Louis 1956

Over The Rainbow
Little Jimmy Scott
Over the Rainbow 2001

Rock Candy Count Basie Orchestra & George Benson Basie Swings the Blues 2023
Candy Big Maybelle Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle 1958
What’d I Say Parts I & II Ray Charles What’d I Say 1959

Sax Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1950

Milk and Water
Rod Piazza & The Midnight Flyers
Emergency Situation 2014

Chicken Shack Boogie
James Harman & Gene Taylor Band
Live In Germany 2012

Bad, Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1950

Drivin’ And Jivin’ (Flyin’ Saucer Boogie) Tiny Grimes Quartet Gotham Records 1949
New Blow-Top Blues Dinah Washington Decca Records 1947
Just Squeeze Me Duke Ellington & His Orchestra w/ Ray Nance RCA Victor 1946
If You So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich? Louis Jordan Decca Records 1951
Still In Love With You Roomful of Blues Roomful of Blues 1977
Body and Soul Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse Duets II… 2011
Rockin’ At The Philharmonic Chuck Berry One Dozen Berrys 1958
Didn’t It Rain Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight Decca Records 1948
Well I Done Got Over It Guitar Slim Specialty Records 1953
Gimme a Pigfoot & a Bottle of Beer Billie Holiday Decca Records 1950

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast April 6, 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.

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


This week we count down the 16 best-selling R&B songs in U.S. for the week ending
April 1, 1949. It’s a great list straight from the heart of the jump blues era.

With our return to broadcasting Route 66 live on WRFG-FM Atlanta/WRFG.ORG,
we’re changing the format of our podcast: we will now bring you our weekly
feature, plus a bonus set or two for your enjoyment.

You’ll find this week’s podcast is at the bottom of the broadcast playlist.

WRFG ROUTE 66 BROADCAST PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Hawk’s Boogie Erskine Hawkins RCA Victor 1947
I Don’t Want Nobody… Buddy & Ella Johnson Mercury Records 1956
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Switchin’ in the Kitchen Roomful Of Blues Under One Roof 1997
Teardrops from My Eyes Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1950
Heavy Juice Tiny Bradshaw King Records 1953
Cherry Red Cootie Williams w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson Hit Records 1944
Bobby Sox Blues T‐Bone Walker Black & White Records 1947
I’m Waiting On Your Call Johnny Big Stone …Plays T-Bone Walker 2020
…A Sweet Beginning Fats Waller Victor Records 1935
A Porter’s Love Song… Catherine Russell & Sean Mason My Ideal 2024

BEST SELLING R&B SONGS IN THE U.S. FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 1, 1949
AS REPORTED TO THE BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

14(TIE)-Blues on Rhumba
Sonny Thompson
Miracle Records 1949

14(TIE)-Bewildered
Billy Eckstine
MGM Records 1949

14(TIE)-Rainy Weather Blues
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
De Luxe Records 1948

13-Roamin’ Blues
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1949

12-Hot Biscuits
Jay McShann
Downbeat Records 1949

11-Confession Blues
The Maxin Trio
Down Beat Records 1949

10-Close Your Eyes
Herb Lance
Sittin’ In With Records 1949

9-D’Natural Blues
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra
RCA Victor 1949

8-Boogie Chillen
John Lee Hooker
Modern Records 1948

7-Chicken Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records 1948

6-Deacon’s Hop
Big Jay McNeely
Savoy Records 1948

5-Ain’t Nobody’s Business PT 1 & 2
Jimmy Witherspoon w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra
Supreme Records 1949

4-Hucklebuck Daddy
Jimmy Preston
Gotham Records 1949

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

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

1-The Hucklebuck
Paul Williams & The Hucklebucks
Savoy Records 1948

Addi Planet D Nonet Echoes of Harlem… 2024
Open The Door, Richard! The Three Flames Columbia Records 1947
Dragnet For Jesus Sister Wynona Carr Savoy Records 1954
If You Can’t Smile And Say Yes Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1945
Resolution Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1948
My Hat’s on the Side of My Head The Four Blazes United Records 1953
Them There Eyes Roy Milton Roy Milton Records 1947

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 30, 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.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


With our return to broadcasting Route 66 live on WRFG-FM Atlanta, we’re changing
the format of our podcast. From this point forward we’ll focus on our weekly feature,
plus a few bonus sets for your enjoyment. This week we count down the songs on
the very first R&B chart, the Harlem Hit Parade, as published by Billboard Magazine
on October 24, 1942.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Poppa Stoppa Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1951
Buzz Me Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1945
S.K. Blues (Part 1) Pete Johnson National Records 1945
That’s Your Last Boogie Joe Swift w/ Johnny Otis Exclusive Records 1948
Swanee River Boogie Albert Ammons Mercury Records 1947
We’re Gonna Rock, We’re Gonna Roll Wild Bill Moore Savoy Records 1947
Phoenix Hambone Big Jay McNeely Az Bootin’ 2009
Black Coffee Sarah Vaughan Columbia Records 1949
Easy Living Little Jimmy Scott I Go Back Home 2012
Long Skirt Baby Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got Julia Lee Columbia Records 1946
I Want A Roof Over My Head Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
West Side Baby Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1948
Fifteen Years (And I’m Still Serving Time) Pearl Bailey Columbia Records 1946
Pink Champagne Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Taxi Blues Little Richard RCA Victor 1950
Let The Good Times Roll Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Exactly Like You Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1949
Lullaby In Rhythm Charlie Ventura RCA Victor 1949

COUNTDOWN – THE TOP 10 R&B SONGS ON THE FIRST HARLEM HIT PARADE
AS PUBLISHED IN BILLBOARD MAGAZINE ON OCTOBER 24, 1942

10-Just As Though You Were Here
The Ink Spots
Decca Records 1942

9-Every Night About This Time
The Ink Spots
Decca Records 1942

8-Let’s Be Friends
Lil Green
Bluebird Records 1942

7-Dont Get Around Much Anymore
The Ink Spots
Decca Records 1942

6-When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)
Lucky Millinder
Decca Records 1942

5-I’m Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
Louis Jordan
Decca Records 1942

4-Stormy Monday Blues
Earl Hines w/ Billy Eckstine
Bluebird Records 1942

3-Mister Five By Five
Freddie Slack & His Orchestra w/ Ella Mae Morse
Capitol Records 1942

2-Trav’lin’ Light
Paul Whitman & His Orchestra w/ Billie Holiday
Capitol Records 1942

1-Take It And Git
Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy
Decca Records 1942

The Honeydripper Roosevelt Sykes Bluebird Records 1945
Shuffle Woogie Joe Lutcher’s Jump Band Capitol Americana Records 1948

(sign off)

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

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.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist & Podcast March 16, 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.

Become a WRFG Route 66 Supporter

Follow us on Facebook @ WRFG Route 66 Jumps

Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


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.

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 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.

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