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WRFG Route 66 Playlist April 3, 2022

WRFG Route 66 celebrates a bygone time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the music of the Jump Blues
and Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
have evolved over the years.

Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
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NOTE: No Podcast this week because of licensing restrictions.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Billie’s Bounce Charlie Parker’s Re-Boppers Savoy Records 1945
Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952
I Can’t Wait Roomful Of Blues In A Roomful Of Blues 2020
Flying Home No 2 Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1943
Razz My Berries Kurt Crandall Starts On The Stops 2022
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952
Good Ole Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra Modern Records 1950
I Know Your Wig Is Gone T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1947
You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon Dinah Washington Back To The Blues 1963
Straighten Up & Fly Right Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1943
She’s My Baby The Duke Robillard Band They Called It Rhythm & Blues 2022
Blue Light Boogie (Parts 1 & 2) Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1950
Shake A Hand Faye Adams & Joe Morris Orchestra Herald Records 1953
My Heart Is A Prisoner Percy Mayfield Imperial Records 1959
A La Carte Roland Kirk Triple Threat 1956
True Fine Mama Little Richard Here’s Little Richard 1957

TRIBUTE TO BILLIE HOLIDAY
Born Elenora Fagan in Philadelphia on April 7, 1915, Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed “Lady Day” by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. – Wikipedia

All of Me Count Basie w/ Billie Holiday At Carnegie Hall 1954
Rocky Mountain Blues Billie Holiday w/ the Tiny Grimes Sextet Aladdin Records 1951
God Bless The Child Lou Rawls & Les McCann Ltd Stormy Monday 1962
Written by Holiday and Arthur Hertzog, Jr. in 1939, Holiday made the first recording of the song in 1941. Her version was honored with a Grammy Award in 1976. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts.
When Your Lover Has Gone / (Hush Now) Don’t Explain Duke Ellington w/ Billie Holiday Jazz At The Plaza, Vol. II 1958
Crazy He Calls Me Southside Johnny Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
Holiday debuted the song written by Carl Sigman with lyrics by Bob Russell in 1949.

The Opening paragraphs of Lady Sings The Blues, Billie Holiday’s autobiography
as read by Gilbert Millstein.
The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live 1956
Lady Sings The Blues Billie Holiday
The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live 1956
Songwriter Bobby Troupe reading the final paragraph of Lady Sings The Blues,
then introducing Holiday on the Stars of Jazz TV Show in 1956.
My Man Billie Holiday Stars of Jazz TV Show 1956

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

Sam’s Blues Sam Taylor Tease! The Beat of Burlesque 1956
Ain’t That Love Ray Charles Ray Charles 1957
Route 66 Linda Hopkins Wild Women Blues – Original Cast Recording 2003
Who Threw The Whiskey In the Well
Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/ Wynonie Harris Decca Records 1945
I Know Who Threw The Whiskey (In The Well)
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats Queen Records 1946
One More Time Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne Blues From Chicago To Paris 2022

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 27, 2022

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Big Boy Bill Jennings Quintet King Records 1955
Let The Good Times Roll Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1946
Leave The Light On The Love Light Orchestra Leave The Light On 2022
Don’t Save It Too Long (The Money Song) Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records ‎ 1950
The Chill Is On Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1951
Have Horn Will Travel Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Long Skirt Baby Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Night Train James Brown Presents His Band – Night Train 1961
What’d I Say Beverly “Guitar” Watkins In Paris 2022
Hard Luck Blues Roy Brown DeLuxe Records 1950
Paradise Squat Count Basie Mercury Records 1952
Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Where’s The Money, Honey Chubby “Hip Shakin’ ” Newsome Regal Records 1951
Fathead David Newman Ray Charles Presents David Newman – Fathead 1958

A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO AMOS MILBURN
Joseph Amos Milburn was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Houston, Texas on April 1, 1927 and died there 52 years later. Wikipedia

Chicken Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
Milburn’s first sond to reach the national R&B Charts
Bad, Bad Whiskey Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1950
Let Me Go Home Whiskey Snooks Eaglin New Orleans Street Singer 1959
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer John Lee Hooker Chill Out 1995
Milburn scored several hits with good-time songs about booze
House Party Junior Watson & The Red Wagons Live From Outer Space 2011
Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
I Want To Go Home Diane Schuur Blues for Schuur 1997
Written and recorded by Milburn and Charles Brown in 1959
I Done Done It Bloodest Saxophone feat. Jai Malano Texas Queens 5 2019
Greyhound Wynonie Harris King Records 1953
Walkin’ Blues Amos Milburn & His Chickenshackers Aladdin Records 1950

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

38th Street Blues B.B. King Spotlight On Lucille 1991
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Money Talks Roomful Of Blues Dressed Up To Get Messed Up 1984
Nosey Joe Dana Gillespie Blue Job 1982
The Deacon Moves In Little Esther & The Dominos Federal Records 1951

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 20, 2022

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 20,2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Hot Rod Illinois Jacquet King Jacquet 1950
Love Don’t Love Nobody Kid Ramos West Coast House Party 2000
Nobody Loves Me (Every Day I Have The Blues) Memphis Slim Miracle Records 1948
I Took The Front Door In Eddie Vinson & His Orchestra Mercury Records 1947
Since I Fell For You Buddy Johnson w/ Ella Johnson Decca Records 1945
New Way To Love Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne Blues From Chicago To Paris 2022
Ridin’ On The L&N Lionel Hampton Hamp’s Boogie Woogie (78RPM Album) 1947
New Orleans Blues Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1947
Long John Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1946
That’s The Meal Ben Levin Still Here 2021
Morning Glory Big Joe Turner Aladdin Records 1948
I’m Gonna Dig Myself A Hole Arthur Crudup RCA Victor 1951
I’ve Got A Right To Sing The Blues Carrie Smith
Black And Blue 1989 (Original Broadway Cast) 1991

TRIBUTE TO SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
Born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas on March 20, 1915

Sister Rosetta Tharpe rose to prominance as a singer for Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra scoring what is considered the first “pop gospel” hit with “Rock Me” in 1938. A powerful singer and guitar player, Tharpe is often referred to as the “grandmother” of Rock & Roll.

The Lonesome Road Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra featuring Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1938 (A-Side)
Rock Me Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra featuring Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Decca Records 1938 (B-Side)
I Want a Tall Skinny Papa Marcia Ball
Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2013
A secular hit for Tharpe & Millinder in 1941
He’s All I Need Catherine Russell Strictly Romancin’ 2007
Written by Marie Knight & Sister Rosetta, & first recorded in 1949
Didn’t It Rain Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight with Sam Price
Decca Records 1948
You Got To Move Marie Knight w/ Larry Campbell
Let Us Get Together: A Tribute To Reverend Gary Davis 2007
Recorded by Tharpe & Knight in 1950
Up Above My Head Ruthie Foster The Phenomenal 2007
Tharpe’s best known composition
Cain’t No Grave Hold My Body Down Sister Rosetta Tharpe Mercury Records 1956
That’s All Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Sims-Wheeler Vintage Jazz Band
Antibes Jazz Festival 1960

SISTER ROSETTA THARPE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Rock & Roll’s First Guitar Heroine
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Mellow Dry Big Jay McNeely Life Story 2012
Pink Champagne Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Hey Little Girl Billy Wright Savoy Records 1951
Walk That Walk Daddy-O Jewel Brown featuring Bloodest Saxophone
Roller Coaster Boogie 2015
Deed I Do Ray Charles The Genius 1959
Swingin’ For Four Bills The Duke Robillard Band
They Called It Rhythm & Blues 2022
Teardrops from My Eyes Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1950

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 13, 2022

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 13

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Apollo Jump Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Decca Records 1943
I Don’t Dig It Big Joe Turner MGM Records 1949
Backstage at Stuff’s Count Basie Piano Rhythms 1947
Baby, I Don’t Cry Over You Billie Holiday w/ Tiny Grimes Decca Records 1946
Trouble In Mind The Duke Robillard Band They Called It Rhythm & Blues 2022
Heed My Warning Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington Sings Fats Waller 1957
Still Here Ben Levin Still Here 2021
I Want to Hug You John Lee Hooker Mr. Lucky 1991
Nuit Sauvage Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Effie’s Boogie Effie Smith Aladdin Records 1946
She’s Dynamite B.B. King RPM Records 1951
Have A Good Time Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
Little Joe’s Boogie Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
I’m Still In Love With You T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
Mean Old World Lou Rawls The Capitol Jazz & Blues Sessions 1962-1970

Not The Best Sound Quality, But A Rare Look At Hollywood Fats In Action

TRIBUTE TO HOLLYWOOD FATS

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.
He was active from the mid-1970s until his death in 1986.

Lonesome Hollywood Fats Band Hollywood Fats Band 1979
First recorded by Memphis Slim in 1961
Snakes James Harman Band w/ Kid Ramos & Hollywood Fats
Those Dangerous Gentlemen 1987
Nitwit Hollywood Fats Band
Blues Saturday, Monterey Jazz Festival – September 20, 1980
Have a Good Time Big Walter “Shakey” Horton Cobra Records 1956
Recorded by the Hollywood Fats Band in 1979
Kidney Stew Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & The Hollywood Fats Band
Blues Saturday, Monterey Jazz Festival – September 20, 1980
One Mint Julep Rod Piazza w/ Junior Watson & Hollywood Fats Harpburn 1986
Rock This House Hollywood Fats Band Hollywood Fats Band 1979

HOLLYWOOD FATS RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Obituary – Los Angeles Times, Dec. 12, 1986

Rockhouse Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1958
Rock House Big Maybelle Savoy Records ‎ 1957
House Rocker Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers Savoy Records 1948
Lonesome & Blue Annie Laurie Okeh Records 1952
Rough Weather Blues Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1948
Weather Man Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records (unreleased)
Rock Mr. Blues Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
The Honey Dripper Charles Brown Honey Dripper 1996

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast March 6, 2022

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR MARCH 6, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

The Hucklebuck Paul Williams & The Hucklebucks Savoy Records 1949
In The Wee Wee Hours The Duke Robillard Band They Called It Rhythm & Blues 2022
Good Rockin’ Man Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies Of Birdland 1945
I Don’t Want Nobody (To Have My Love But You) Buddy & Ella Johnson
Mercury Records 1956
Guitar Cha Cha Memphis Slim & His House Rockers Vee Jay Records 1958
Rock and Rolling This House Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
Blues From Chicago To Paris 2022
Strollin’ With Bones Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Alright Again 1981
Grandma Plays the Numbers Wynonie Harris King Records 1949
Smack Dab In The Middle The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991
After You’ve Gone LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Ain’t That Just Like A Woman B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999
I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Capitol Records 1949
The Chicken & The Hawk Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1956
Time Is Fading Fast The Love Light Orchestra Leave The Light On 2022
Good Cookin’ Woman Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners Coming Home 1976

Click The Picture To Watch The Third Episode Of The Nat King Cole Show

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO NAT KING COLE
Born Nathaniel Adams Cole in Montgomery Alabama on March 17, 1919
Considered one of the greatest pop singers of the mid-20th century, Nat King Cole had more than 100 songs reach the pop charts. His King Cole Trio was the template for jazz and blues trios for year to come. Cole was a master jazz pianist who recorded with many of the jazz greats of the 1940s including Lester Young and performed frequently with Norman Grant’s Jazz At The Philharmonic.

The Frim Fram Sauce King Cole Trio Capitol Records ‎ 1945
Indiana Lester Young, Nat King Cole, & Red Calender Philo Records 1945
Errand Girl for Rhythm Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Destination Moon Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1951
Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1944
Blues In B Flat Oscar Moore The Oscar Moore Quartet 1986
My Mother Told Me Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 2008
Nature Boy Marvin Gaye
A Tribute To The Great Nat King Cole 1965
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946

NAT KING COLE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

Spider Web Eddie Chamblee Recorded ??? Previously unreleased
Milton’s Boogie Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Juke Box Records 1946
Blues Before Sunrise The Maxim Trio Swing Records 194
Cole Slaw (Sorgum Switch) Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
Salty Papa Blues Dinah Washington Keynote Recordings 1943
Smile Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1954

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast February 27, 2022

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Low Society Blues Lowell Fulson Checker Records 1949
That’s How You Got Killed Before Dave Bartholomew Imperial Records 1949
Tell Me What’s The Reason T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1953
Up Jumped The Devil Roomful of Blues Standing Room Only 2009
That’s What I Like Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1948
Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra RCA Victor 1948
Talk To Me, Talk To Me James Brown
Thinking About Little Willie John And A Few Nice Things 1968
Fever Little Willie John King Records 1956
Stone Cold Dead In The Market Place (He Had It Coming)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946
Buford’s Bop Jimmy Thackery Guitar 2003
Rock On Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Mess Around Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953
Rock-A-Bye Baby Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Jump With B.B. B.B. King Spotlight On Lucille 1991
Moanin’ at Midnight Howlin’ Wolf Chess Records 1951
Cookin’ In Style Johnny Adams One Foot in the Blues 1996
Willow Weep For Me Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues 1956

Click Here To Watch Fats Domino Live On Austin City Limits

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO FATS DOMINO
Born Antoine Dominique Domino Jr.in New Orleans on February 26, 1928

The Fat Man Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Blue Monday Fats Domino Imperial Records 1956
Going To The River Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1953
Sick & Tired Jimmy Cavallo The Houserocker! 2002
I Hear You Knocking Smiley Lewis Specialty Records 1955
Let the Four Winds Blow Roy Brown Imperial Records 1957
Fat’s Frenzy Fats Domino Rock and Rollin’ 1956
Rockin’ Chair George Benson
Walking to New Orleans: Remembering Chuck Berry & Fats Domino 2019
I Just Can’t Get New Orleans Off My Mind Irma Thomas & Marcia Ball
Goin’ Home: a Tribute to Fats Domino 2007
Before I Grow Too Old Fats Domino Imperial Records 1960

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

Chuckwalk Chuck Berry Chess Records (Unreleased) 1958
Leave The Light On Love Light Orchestra Leave The Light On 2022
Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952
Hodge-Podge Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra The Blues 1956
A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money) Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones
What’s It Gonna Take 2012
I Ain’t Gonna Let You In Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Regal Records 1949
Sneaky Pete Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats King Records 1948

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast February 20, 2022

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HERE’S THE WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Jackson’s Blues Don Johnson & His Band Specialty Records 1949
She Walks Right In Clarence Gatemouth Brown Peacock Records 1950
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
Walking The Blues Willie Dixon Checker Records 1955
Good Daddy Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Lost Mind Sugar Ray Sweet & Swingin’ 1998
Time To Change Your Town Wynonie “Blues” Harris Apollo Records 1946
That’s A Pretty Good Love Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956
Shame, Shame, Shame Roomful of Blues That’s Right! 2005
I’ve Got A Woman (Live in Stockholm – 1972) Ray Charles True Genius 2021
Blue Jeans Ari Borger & Igor Prado Lowdown Boogie 2013
Hop, Skip & Jump Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Specialty Records 1948
Lady Be Good Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie Dee Gee Records 1951
Rock Mr. Blues Mark Hummel Up And Jumpin’ 1989
The Darktown Strutters’ Ball Catherine Russell Bring It Back 2014
Breaking My Heart Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive Records 1946

WHAT’S HOT IN NEW ORLEANS – FEBRUARY 20, 1952
Cash Box Regional R&B Chart for New Orleans

10 – Shine On Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1951
9 – Howlin’ Wolf Boogie Howlin’ Wolf Chess Records 1951
8 – Hard Times Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1952
7 – Let’s Talk About Jesus Bells of Joy Peacock Records 1952
6 – Night Train Jimmy Forrest United Records 1951
5 – Booted Rosco Gordon RPM Records 1952
4 – How Many More Years Howlin’ Wolf Chess Records 1951
3 – 3 O’clock Blues B.B. King RPM Records 1951
2 – Got You On My Mind Big John Greer RCA Victor 1951
1 – Wheel of Fortune Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox Derby Records 1952

SOURCE
Cash Box Magazine – February 23, 1952

There Is Something On Your Mind Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
Ain’t That Lovin You The Knickerbocker All-Stars Open Mic At The Knick 2014
Ain’t Nothing You Can Do Bobby “Blue” Bland Ain’t Nothing You Can Do 1964
You Satisfy Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949
Black Velvet Illinois Jacquet Victor Records 1949
Love And Friendship Ben Levin Still Here 2021
I’m Walking Fats Domino Imperial Records 1957

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WRFG Playlist and Podcast February 13, 2022

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Jumpin´jack Bloodest Saxophone Rhythm and Blues 2014
Voodoo Woman Blues Jimmy Witherspoon w/ Jay McShann
Mercury Records 1946
Is You Is, Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby) Cootie Williams w/ Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Hit Records 1944
Swingin’ The Blues Four Charms Flatland Boogie 2000
Rocks In My Bed Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Song Book 1957
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
American Music Texas Style 1999
You’re Driving Me Crazy Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco
You’re Driving Me Crazy 2018
Evil Gal Blues Aretha Franklin Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington 1964
Georgia on My Mind Steve Tyrell Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles 2021
I’ve Got a Little Boy Ann Cole Baton Records 1957
Bags Groove Milt Jackson Wizard of the Vibes 1952
Moody’s Mood For Love (aka I’m In The Mood For Love) King Pleasure
Specialty Records 1952
Red Top Floyd McDaniel w/ Dave Specter West Side Baby 1997
When I Grow Too Old To Dream Roy Milton Miltone Records 1946
Later For The Gator Willis Jackson & His Orchestra Apollo Records 1950

WHAT’S HOT IN NEW ORLEANS – VALENTINE’S DAY 1948
Top 10 Songs From The Cash Box Regional Chart

10 – Down Home Blues Joe Liggins and His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1948
9 – Bell Boy Boogie Todd Rhodes & His Orchestra Sensation Records 1947
8 – I Can’t Give You Anything but Love Baby Rose Murphy Majestic Records 1948
7 – Money’s Getting Cheaper Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948
6 – Rockin’ Boogie Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats Specialty Records 1947
5 – My Love Is Limited Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1948
4 – I Can’t Stop It Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Specialty Records 1947
3 – Let It Roll Lucky Millinder w/ Allastine Allen Decca Records 1947
2 – Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)
T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1947
1 – I Love You Yes I do Bull Moose Jackson King Records 1947

REFERENCE
Cash Box Magazine – February 14, 1948

Swingin’ In The Groove Chris Powell & The Five Blue Flames
Columbia Records 1949
One Sweet Letter Adrianna Marie & her Roomful Of All-Stars
Kingdom Of Swing 2017
The Brightest Smile In Town Ray Charles Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul 1963
Love Don’t Love Nobody Rosie Flores Simple Case of the Blues 2019
Bar Room Blues Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men Deluxe Records 1951
Honky Tonk Part 1 Bill Doggett King Records 1956
Saturday Night Fish Fry Lou Rawls & Joe Williams & Lionel Hampton
Portrait Of The Blues 1993

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast February 6, 2022

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022
NOTE: This Is Our First New Show For 2022

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Walkin’ Around Paul Williams & His Band Savoy Records 1948
Jumpin’ Tonight (aka Midnight Rockin’) Big Joe Turner Imperial Records 1950
One O’Clock Jump Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing A Song Of Basie 1957
Your Essential Worker Ben Levin Still Here 2021
No More Doggin’ Rosco Gordon Memphis Tennessee 2000
Shut Your Mouth B.B. King RPM Records 1955
Trombone Butter Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith 1958
Funky Blues Charlie Parker Jam Session 1952
Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948
Leave It To Me Annie Laurie (previously unreleased – recorded 1950s)
Be Mine My Love B.B. & The Blues Shacks Breaking Point 2021
Bearfoot Boogie Gene Taylor Handmade 1986
Call It Stormy Monday / I’m Getting ‘long Alright Linda Hopkins
Black And Blue (Original Broadway Cast) 1991
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
Blues In B Flat Oscar Moore Quartet 1986
Bloodshot Eyes Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band Brazilian Kicks 2010

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TRIBUTE TO HARPDOG BROWN
January 28, 1962 – January 7, 2022

Vicious Vodka Harpdog Brown For Love & Money 2019
Pink Champagne Harpdog Brown & The Bloodhounds Once In A Howlin’ Moon 2001
Moose On The Loose Harpdog Brown w/ Charlie Musselwhite
Travelin’ With The Blues 2016

HARPDOG BROWN RESOURCES
Obituary @ Edmondton Sun
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
Yes Indeed! Ray Charles In Person 1959
Buzz Me Dave Specter, Barkin’ Bill Smith, Ronnie Earl
Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2021
I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris All Stars King Records 1948
Switchin’ in the Kitchen Roomful Of Blues Under One Roof 1997
Pretty Papa Blues Paula Watson Supreme Records 1948
Right On Count Basie Dance Session 1953
I Thought About You Southside Johnny
Detour Ahead the Music of Billie Holiday 2018
You Better Go Now Etta Jones Sings Lady Day 2001
Sax Shack Boogie Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1950
3 Cool Cats Ry Cooder Chávez Ravine 2005
Keep Cool (aka Be Cool) Johnny Moore & Mari Jones
Recorded in Hollywood Records 1953

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist forDecember 26, 2021

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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2021
(Sorry, No Podcast This Week Because of MixCloud Licensing Restrictions)

Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date

Benny’s Bounce (Johnny Otis) Benny & The Fly By Niters Jet Propelled Daddy 2002
Open The Door Richard Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1947
Let the Good Times Roll Steve Tyrell Shades of Ray: The Songs of Ray Charles 2021
Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’ Shirley Horn You Won’t Forget Me 1990
Mary Is Fine Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1949
Specters Walk Dave Specter Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark 2021
Ice Water In Your Veins (Johnny Otis) Ruth Brown Ms. B’s Blues 2009
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo (Johnny Otis) Big Joe Turner & Roomful Of Blues
Blues Train 1983
Mean to Me David Newman Ray Charles Presents David Newman – Fathead 1958
Professor Bop Babs Gonzales Capitol Records 1949
Salt Peanuts Charlie Parker The Genius of Charlie Parker 1949

Today in NYC History: Cab Calloway Releases “Minnie the Moocher” (1931) | janos.nyc — Clck Cab’s Photo to Watch “Minnie The Moocher”

BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO CAB CALLOWAY
Jazz singer, bandleader, dancer, and actor Cabell “Cab” Calloway III
was born in Rochester, NY on December 25, 1907

I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped Cab Calloway RCA Victor Bluebird Series 1949
Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway The Blues Brothers 1980
Reefer Man Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway 2009

CAB CALLOWAY RESOURCES
biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com

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BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY OTIS
Singer, musician, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes was born in Vallejo, California on December 28, 1921

Barrelhouse Stomp The Johnny Otis Orchestra Excelsior Records 1947
Happy New Year, Baby Johnny Otis, Lem Tally & Cath Excelsior Records 1947
That’s Your Last Boogie Joe Swift with Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
Exclusive Records 1948
Little Red Hen Redd Lyte & The Johnny Otis Orchestra Regent Records 1949
Cupid’s Boogie Little Esther & Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1950
Double Crossing Blues The Johnny Otis Quintette w/ The Robins & Little Esther Savoy Records 1950
Goomp Blues Johnny Otis Orch w/ Ben Webster Mercury Records 1951
All Night Long Mel Walker w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra Savoy Records 1951
Call Operator 210 Floyd Dixon Aladdin Records 1951
I’ll Ask My Heart Linda Hopkins & The Johnny Otis Orchestra Savoy Records 1951
Ring A Ding Doo Little Esther & Mel (Walker) with the J & O Orchestra
Federal Records 1952
Heartache Here I Come Mel Walker with the Johnny Otis Orchestra
Savoy Records 1953
I’m Gonna Latch On Marie Adams w/ The Johnny Otis Orchestra
Peacock Records 1954
The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) Etta James & The Peachers w/ Richard Berry Modern Records 1955
Little Richard’s Boogie Little Richard & the Johnny Otis Band
Peacock Records 1956
My Man Called Me Big Mama Thornton w/ Johnny Otis Peacock Records
Ma He’s Making Eyes At Me
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra with Marie Adams & the Three Tons of Joy
Capitol Records 1957
Willie & The Hand Jive The Johnny Otis Show Capitol Records 1958

JOHNNY OTIS RESOURCES
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