WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 17, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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Alto saxophonist, songwriter, and blues shouter Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson is
today’s featured artist. Born Edward L. Vinson Jr. On December 18, 1917 in
Houston, Texas, Vinson was a member of the horn section in Milton Larkin’s
orchestra, which he joined in the late 1930s. At various times, he sat next to
Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, and Tom Archia, while other members of the band
included Cedric Haywood and Wild Bill Davis. After exiting Larkin’s employment
in 1941, Vinson picked up a few vocal tricks while on tour with bluesman
Big Bill Broonzy. He then moved to New York and joined the Cootie Williams
Orchestra from 1942 to 1945, recording such tunes as “Cherry Red”. Vinson struck
out on his own in 1945, forming his own large band, signing with Mercury Records,
and enjoying a double-sided hit in 1947 with his R&B chart-topper
“Old Maid Boogie”, and the song that would prove to be his signature number,
“Kidney Stew Blues” – wikipedia

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

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Crossfire (Part 1) Sil “Mr. Ping Pong” Austin Jubilee Records 1955

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

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

Person To Person
Mildred Anderson
Person to Person 1960

Smack Dab In The Middle Ella Mae Morse Capitol Records 1955
Greyhound Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1952
I Love You So Pee Wee Crayton Modern Records 1949
Chicken Shack Eddie Tigner Route 66 2001

Them There Eyes
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
Roy Milton Records 1947

Lake Charles Boogie Nellie Lutcher Capitol Records 1947
That’s A Pretty Good Love Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956
All She Wants to Do Is Rock Wynonie Harris King Records 1949

The House Near The Railroad Tracks
Tommy Brown
Regent Records 1949

Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight w/ the Sam Price Trio
Decca Records 1948

It’s Later Than You Think Roomful Of Blues Let’s Have A Party 1979

You Ain’t Goin’ To Heaven No How
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Exclusive Records 1946

Woojamacooja Helen Humes Dootone Records 1955

All images created using an artificial intellenge graphics program.

Cleanhead’s Blues
The Johnny Otis Show w/Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
Live At Monterey! 1970

Please Send Me Someone To Love
Etta James & Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Blues In The Night, Vol. 1: The Early Show 1986

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

Rock Candy
Count Basie Orchestra & George Benson
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

I Wonder Catherine Russell Alone Together 2019
Lonesome & Blue Annie Laurie Okeh Records 1952

SPOTLIGHT ON LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT

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

Sycamore Trees
Little Jimmy Scott
Twin Peaks: Firewalk With Me Soundtrack 1991

James Victor Scott, known professionally as Little Jimmy Scott or Jimmy Scott,
was a jazz vocalist known for his high natural contralto voice and his sensitivity
on ballads and love songs. After success in the 1940s and 1950s, Scott’s career
faltered in the early 1960s. He eventually left the music business and moved back
home to Cleveland, not returning to the stage until 1989. Scott’s performance of “Sycamore Trees” on the Twin Peaks: Firewalk with Me soundtrack began a
resurgance in his career which continued until shortly before his death in 2014.

LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT RESOURCES
Biorgraphy @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discog.com
LGBTQ Profile @ them.com
Obituary in Washington Post

I’m Still in Love with You
Jimmie Vaughan
Baby, Please Come Home 2019

Going To The River Fats Domino Imperial Records 1952

Caldonia
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Sings Louis Jordan 1973

Kidney Stew Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Mercury Records 1947

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 10, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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Big Mama Thornton is today’s featured artist.Born Willie Mae Thornton in
Ariton, Alabama o nDecember 11, 1926, Thornton was a blues and R&G singer
and songwiter. She was the first to record Leiber and Stoller’s “Hound Dog”,
in 1952, which was written for her and became her biggest hit, staying seven weeks
at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953. According to Maureen Mahon,
a music professor at New York University, “the song is seen as an important
beginning of rock-and-roll, especially in its use of the guitar as the key instrument”.

Thornton’s other recordings include the original version of “Ball and Chain”,
which she wrote.

BIG MAMA THORNTON RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Bullfrog Hop Big Bob Kornegay Dot Records 1956

Everytime I Think Of You
Big Mama Thornton
Peacock Records 1952

I Smell A Rat
Young Jessie
Modern Records 1954
Recorded within weeks of Thornton’s less successful
version,”Rat” became Young Jessie’s biggest hit.

The Things That I Used to Do Guitar Slim Specialty Records 1954
I Want A Roof Over My Head Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Night Train Louis Prima The Wildest! 1956
Flying Home Ella Fitzgerald Lullabies Of Birdland 1945
The Fat Man Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Caravan Dirty Dozen Brass Band My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now 1984
Empty Bed Blues LaVern Baker …ings Bessie Smith 1958
Route 66 (NatO King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946
Twilight Time Bloodest Saxophone Swing to Bop 2010
Shorty’s Got To Go Lucky Millinder Decca Records 1945
Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
I Can’t Face The Music Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1952
Stormy Monday Count Basie Orchestra Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Illustrations of Big Mama Thornton in the style of Norman Rockwell created using an AI graphics program.

Just Like A Dog, Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Big Mama Thornton
Peacock Records 1957

Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton with Kansas City Bill & His Orchestra
Peacock Records 1952

Mr. Hound Dog’s In Town
Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men
King Records 1953
Roy Brown’s reply to “Hound Dog.”

My Man Called Me
Heather Crosse
Groovin’ at the Crosse Roads 2015
Written by Don Robey and Joseph Scott, “My Man”
was first recorded by Thornton in 1957.

Down Yonder Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1949

Stop That Dancing Up There
Harry ‘The Hipster’ Gibson
Boogie Woogie In Blue 1944

Eyes Like A Cat Little Charlie & The Nightcats All The Way Crazy 1986
The Hustle Is On T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Peace In The Valley Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1952
Get On The Right Track Baby Ray Charles Yes Indeed! 1958
Sunday Mornin’ Duke Robillard Guitar Groove A Rama 2006
Orange Colored Sky Natalie Cole Unforgettable: With Love 2008
Mend Your Ways Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1953
We’re Gonna Jump For Joy Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1958
Weepin’ & Cryin’ Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951

Ball N’ Chain
Big Mama Thornton
Arhoolie Records 1968

Rag Mop Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950

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WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast December 3, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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This week, we celebrate four late November / early December birthdays

Jazz singer Etta Jones was born in Aiken, South Carolina
on November 25, 1928.
Here’s her biography and discography.

British blues pioneer John Mayall was born in Maclesfield,
Cheshire, England on November 29, 1933
Here’s his biography and discography.

The Georgia Peach, Little Richard was born Richard Waye Penniman
in Macon on December 5, 1932
Here’s his biography and discography.

Singer, composer, and producer Lou Rawls was born Louis Allen Rawls
in Chicago on December 1, 1933.
Here’s his biography and discography.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Crazy Sax Joe Houston Blows All Night Long 1956

One O’Clock Jump
Jack Parker & Etta Jones
Decca Records 1954

M Squad Count Basie Orchestra Late Night Basie 2023
Blues For My Baby Billy Wright Savoy Records 1949

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

Next Time You See Me
The Amos Garrett Doug Sahm Gene Taylor Band
Live in Japan 1991

Swingmatism
Jay McShann w/ Charlie Parker
Decca Records 1941

Ridin’ on the L&N
John Mayall
Three for the Road 2018

Fine & Mellow
Etta Jones
Don’t Go to Strangers 1960

God Bless The Child
Lou Rawls
Stormy Monday 1962

Howlin Winds Joe Turner National Records 1951
Way Back Home Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1953
All About That Bruce Katz Band Connections 2023
Black Night Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1951

Illustrations of Etta Jones, John Mayall, Lou Rawls, & Little Richard in the style of Normal Rockwell created using AI graphics program

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

Osculate Me, Daddy
Etta Jones w/ J.C. Heard & His Orchestra
Victor Records 1945

Tiny’s Boogie Woogie Tiny Grimes Sextette Blue Note Records 1946
Love And Friendship Ben Levin Still Here 2021
How Long Must I Wait For You? Louis Jordan Decca Records 1948
Caledonia Muddy Waters …Woodstock Album 1975

Blow Top Blues Etta
Jones w/ Barney Bigard & His Orchestra
Black & White Records 1944

(They Call It) Stormy Monday
Lou Rawls & Les McCann Ltd
Stormy Monday 1962

The River’s Invitation
John Mayall
Find A Way To Care 2015

I Feel That Old Age Coming On Wynonie Harris King Records 1948
Switchin’ in the Kitchen Roomful Of Blues Under One Roof 1997
Drown in My Own Tears Ray Charles In Person 1959

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
Little Richard
Little Richard 1958

Rip It Up
Little Richard
Here’s Little Richard 1957

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 26, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Today we countdown the Top 10 R&B songs in New Orleans
for Thanksgiving weekend 1951.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Blues For The Red Boy Todd Rhodes Sensation Records 1947

Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Cab Calloway
Columbia Records 1948

Jumpin’ Salty Sean Costello Cuttin’ In 2000
Gabbin’ Blues Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1952

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

Street Walkin’ Daddy Margie Day Dot Records 1950
South Shore Drive Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams Vee-Jay Records 1956
Going Back to New Orleans Dr. John Big Band Voodoo 2019
Cool Rage Illinois Jacquet Mercury Records 1952

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

Lovin’ You Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
Please Be Kind Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1949
Don’t Put Me Down Jimmy Liggins Specialty Records 1949
Shake Rattle And Roll Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1958
Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule Louis Jordan Decca Records 1945
Aggrivatin’ Papa Lil Green RCA Victor 1947

Illustrations of 1951 dancers in style of Norman Rockwell created using an artificial intellegence graphics program.

TOP 10 R&B HITS IN NEW ORLEANS FOR THANKSGIVING 1951
As reported by juke box operators in the New Orleans area to
Cash Box Magazine for the week ending December 1, 1951

10 – Rockin’ Chair Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
9 – Worry, Worry, Worry Joe Houston Mercury Records 1951
8 – Best Wishes Roy Milton Specialty Records 1951
7 – I’m In The Mood John Lee Hooker Modern Records
6 – I Tried (To Get Along With You) Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1951
5 – Weepin’ & Cryin’ Tommy Brown Regent Records 1951
4 – Because Of You Tab Smith United Records 1951
3 – Fool, Fool, Fool The Clovers Atlantic Records 1951
2 – Cold, Cold Heart Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1951
1 – All Over Again Tommy Edwards MGM Records 1951

Juicy Fruit Tiny “Mac” Grimes Red Robin Records 1953
Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got Julia Lee Columbia Records 1946
Losing Hand Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1953

One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
Billie Holiday
Songs for Distingue Lovers 1958

Killer Joe Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Turkey Hop Part 1 Johnny Otis Savoy Records 1950

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 19, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Dizzy Gillespie is today’s featured artist. Born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina on October 21, 1917, Gillespie was a jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer.He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge, but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz. His combination of musicianship, showmanship, and wit made him
a leading popularizer of the new music called bebop. His beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, scat singing, bent horn, pouched cheeks, and light-hearted personality
have made him an enduring icon. – wikipedia

DIZZY GILLESPIE RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
National Endowment for the Arts
Polar Music Prize

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

X-Temperaneous Boogie Camille Howard Specialty Records 1948

Lady Be Good
Joe Carrol & Dizzy Gillespie
Dee Gee Records 1951

Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
RCA Victor 1948

How High the Moon
Ella Fitzgerald w/ Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, September 29, 1947

Flip, Flop And Fly Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Lonesome Woman Blues T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
West Side Baby Floyd McDaniel Let Your Hair Down! 1994
They Call Me Big Mama Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1953
Pool Playing Blues Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1947
Gambler’s Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1953
I Only Have Eyes For You Billie Holiday …Sings 1952
Someday You’ll Be Sorry Jimmy T99 Nelson Take Your Pick 2002

Money’s Getting Cheaper
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers / Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948

Honky-Tonk Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Live From Austin, TX 1997

Interlude (A Night In Tunesia)
Sarah Vaughan w/ Dizzy Gillespie & His Jazzmen
East of the Sun 1947

You Stole My Wife You Horse Thief
Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra w/ John Coltraine
Capitol Records 1949

Groovin High
Charlie Parker w/ Dizzy Gillespie
Live at Carnegie Hall September 29, 1947

Ooh-Pop-A-Dah Dirty
Dozen Brass Band w/ Dizzy Gillespie
Voodoo 1989

Bad Tale Boogie Jay McShann & His Jazz Men Philo Records 1945
TV Is the Thing This Year Dianne Reeves Good Night, & Good Luck 2011
Jumpin’ at the Woodside The Count Basie Orchestra Late Night Basie 2023
I’ve Got A Woman Ray Charles At Newport 1958
Daddy O Louis Jordan & Martha Davis Decca Records 1949

Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
Shirley Horn w/ Wynton Marsalis
You Won’t Forget Me 1990

I Beeped When I Shoulda Bopped Cab Calloway RCA Bluebird Series 1949
This Joint’s Too Hip For Me Betty Hall Jones Capitol Records 1949

Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
Dizzy Gillespie
Swing Low Sweet Cadillac 1967

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 12, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


We’re trying something different this week, we’re spotlighting songs from two new additions to the Route 66 music library: Van Morrison’s “Acentuate the Positive”
album and “Basie Swings the Blues” by the Count Basie Orchestra.

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Slow Drag Blues Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1948

I Want A Roof Over My Head Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023

Show Me How (You Milk The Cow) Louis Jordan Decca Records 1950
Walkin’ Around Paul Williams Savoy Records 1948
She Walks Right In Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown Peacock Records 1950
They Raided The Joint Helen Humes Mercury Records 1947
The Frim Fram Sauce (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records ‎ 1945


The Patton Basie Shuffle Count Basie Orchestra Basie Swings the Blues 2023

I’ll Get Along Somehow Julia Lee Capitol Records 1947
I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby Louis Armstrong Satch Plays Fats 1955

Sugar Mama – Peachy Papa
Percy Mayfield & Joy Hamilton
Specialty Records 1954

Wrong Woman Blues Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951
The Lonesome Road Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Records 1938
Seventh Street Boogie Ivory Joe Hunter Pacific Records 1945

Street Lights
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & Roomful of Blues 1982


Blueberry Hill Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023
Accentuate The Positive Van Morrison Accentuate The Positive 2023

Candy Big Maybelle Savoy Records 1956
He Should’a Flip’d When He Flop’d Cootie Williams Capitol Records 1946
All the Cats Join in Catherine Russell Inside This Heart of Mine 2010

Rock Candy
Count Basie Orchestra feat. George Benson
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Alright, Okay, You Win
Tony Bennett w/ Diana Krall
Playing With My Friends – Bennett Sings The Blues 2001

Embraceable You Charlie Parker Dial Records 1947
Don’t Explain Billie Holiday Decca Records 1945
Route 66 Charles Brown One More For The Road 1986
As Long as I’m Moving Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1955
This Little Girl Of Mine Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Birmingham Bounce Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1950
Squeeze Me Dinah Washington …Sings Fats Waller 1957

The Midnight Hour
Count Basie Orchestra feat. Robert Cray
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast November 5, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org

Today’s featured artist is Jimmy Liggins. Born James L. Elliott in Earlboro, Oklahoma
on October 14, 1918, Liggins was an R&B guitarist and bandleader, and the brother
of the more commercially successful R&G/blues pianist, Joe Liggins.

Jimmy Liggins’s wild stage presence and delivery influenced several 1950s
performers including Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Bill Haley.

One of his early releases, “Cadillac Boogie” was a direct forerunner of “Rocket 88”,
itself often called the first rock and roll record. – wikipedia

In addition to Jimmy Liggins, we also spotlight Illinois Jacquet, the jazz tenor saxophonest best remembered for his solo on “Flying Home,” critically recognized
as the first R&B saxophone solo. The artist was born Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet
in Broussard, Louisiana on October 30, 1922. – wikipedia

JIMMY LIGGINS RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com
Profile @ Spontaneous Lunacy

ILLINOIS JACQUET RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Discography @ discogs.com

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Annie Laurie Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
Drunk Jimmy Liggins & His 3-D Music Specialty Records 1953
When I’ve Been Drinking Jay McShann Philo Records 1945
Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Sticks McGhee Atlantic Records 1949

Dinah
Bloodest Saxophone feat. Crystal Thomas
Good Morning 2023

Perfect Woman The Four Blazes National Records 1953
You’re My Darling Joe Morris w/Laurie Tate Atlantic Records 1951
Oop-Pop-A-Da Three Bips & A Bop Blue Note Records 1947

Blues (First B Flat Blues) (Parts 1, 2, & 3)
Nat King Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Les Paul
Norman Granz’ Jazz At The Philharmonic Vol. 4 1944

Going To The River Chuck Willis Okeh Records 1953
So Glad Jimmie Vaughan Baby, Please Come Home 2019
Fat’s Frenzy Fats Domino Rock and rollin’ 1956

Flying Home
Lionel Hampton w/ Illinois Jacquet
Decca Record 1942

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

Illustrations of Jimmy Liggins created using an artificial intellegence graphics program

M Squad Theme Count Basie The Music from M Squad (Soundtrack) 1959
Dragnet For Jesus Sister Wynona Carr Specialty Records
Sinners Prayer Ray Charles Ray Charles 1957
Hound Dog Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1952
Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker Modern Records 1948

Danger Zone
Johnny Adams
Walking on a Tightrope – The Songs of Percy Mayfield 1989

Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn Aladdin Records 1949
Why Don’t You Do Right Ruth Brown A Late Date With 1959

Don’t Burn The Candle At Both Ends
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Decca Records 1948

West Side Baby T-Bone Walker Comet Records 1948
There Is Something On Your Mind Sax Gordon Extreme Sax! 2021
I Ain’t Drunk Jimmy Liggins Aladdin Records 1954

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 29, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

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Subscribe to our podcast @ MixCloud.Com

Contact: john.askins@wrfg.org


Today’s featured artists is Willie Lee Perryman, known professionally as
Piano Red and later in life as Dr. Feelgood.

His simple, hard-pounding left hand and his percussive right hand, coupled with his cheerful shout, brought him considerable success over three decades.

The son of sharecroppers, Perryman was born near Hampton, Geogia on
October 19, 1911, Perryman was a self-taught pianist who played in the
barrelhouse blues style (a loud percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy
bars or taverns). His performing and recording careers emerged during the
period of transition from completely segregated “race music” to rhythm and blues,
which was marketed to both white and black audiences. Some music historians
credit Perryman’s 1950 recording “Rocking With Red” for the popularization of
the term rock and roll in Atlanta. – wikipedia

Four songs Piano Red recorded at the old WGST radio station on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta made it into the national R&B Top 10. Those four songs
are featured on today’s show.

PIANO RED RESOURCES
Biography @ wikiepeida.org
Piano Red discography @ discogs.com
Dr. Feelgood discography @ discog.com
Piano Red interview (1962)
New Georgia Encyclopedia

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Red’s Boogie Piano Red RCA Victor 1950
Rockin’ with Red Piano Red RCA Victor 1950

Stormy Monday
Count Basie Orchestra & Bettye LaVette
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Midnight Blues T-Bone Walker Black & White Records 1948
Daddy Daddy Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1952
Rag Mop Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Money’s Getting Cheaper Jimmy Witherspoon Supreme Records 1947
Oh Chuck It (In A Bucket) Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol Records 1949
Hucklebuck The Calvin Owens Show Keeping the Big Band Blues Alive 2005
Nosey Joe Powerhouse w/ Bullmoose Jackson Nightlife 1975
Oh Babe! Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
Yes I Know Annisteen Allen King Records 1953
Big Dip Jimmy Forrest United Records 1951
Hug You, Kiss You, Squeeze You Duke Robillard Stomp The Blues Tonight 2009
What A Little Moonlight Can Do Nancy Wilson Something Wonderful 1960
Dokuro-Gal (Sacrifice for Count Dracula) Bloodest Saxophone Swing to Bop 2010

Just Right Bounce Piano Red RCA Victor 1951

Dr. Feelgood & The Interns: From left, Willie Lee Perryman (AKA Dr. Feelgood & Piano Red), Curtis Smith, Bobby Lee Tuggle, Roy Lee Johnson, Beverly Watkins, and Howard Hobbs.

Bald Headed Lena Dr Feelgood & The Interns Okeh Records 1963
Mr Moonlight Dr Feelgood & The Interns Okeh Records 1962
Sugar Baby Swing Beverly ‘Guitar’ Watkins Don’t Mess With Miss Watkins 2007

Come Rain Or Come Shine Art Blakey / The Jazz Messengers Moanin’ 1958
Old Devil Moon Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Just a Lucky So & So Charles Brown Just A Lucky So And So 1994
Don’t You Know Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1954
Now Or Never Big Rhythm Combo Too Small To Dance 1997
It’s Wild Illinois Jacquet Aladdin Records 1948
The Ghost of Smokey Joe Cab Calloway Okeh Records 1937
My Man’s An Undertaker Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1954
I Put A Spell On You Screamin’ Jay Hawkins Okeh Records 1956

The Wrong Yo-Yo Piano Red RCA Victor 1951

Puttin on the Ritz
Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle
Young Frankenstein (Soundtrack) 1974

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 22, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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

WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Gone After Hours Frank Culley Atlantic Records 1950
One of Them Good Ones Buddy Johnson Decca Records 1945
Ridin’ On The L&N Lionel Hampton Hamp’s Boogie Woogie 1947
Open The Door Richard! Jack McVea Black & White Records 1947
I Ain’t No Fool Either Big Mama Thornton Peacock Records 1953
Must Have Been the Devil Bill Stuve Big Noise 1990
Juicy Fruit Tiny “Mac” Grimes Red Robin Records 1953
I’m Gonna Let Him Ride Helen Humes Modern Records 1950
Lovin’ You Duke Robillard Six Strings Of Steel 2023
He’s A Real Gone Guy Nellie Lutcher Capitol Americana Records 1947
C-Jam Blues Lynn Hope Aladdin Records 1953
Messin’ Around Memphis Slim At The Gate Of Horn 1959
Everything I Do Is Wrong Roy Milton Specialty Records 1948
Baby, Get Lost Queen Latifah The Dana Owens Album 2004
Late In The Evening Blues Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1950
Just Like Two Drops of Water Wynonie Harris King Records 1951
Jack, You’re Dead Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946

Illustrations of Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood in 1953 created using an Artificial Intellegence graphics program

COUNT DOWN: ATLANTA’S TO TEN R&B SONGS FOR OCTOBER 1953

10-The Clock Johnny Ace Duke Records 1953

9-One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn & His Chickenshackers
Aladdin Records 1953

8-Nadine The Coronets Chess Records 1953
7-Please Don’t Leave Me Fats Domino Imperial Records 1953
6-Too Much Lovin’ The 5 Royales Apollo Records 1953
5-Honey, Hush Big Joe Turner Atlantic Records 1953
4-Get It The Royals Federal Records 1953
3-Good Lovin’ The Clovers Atlantic Records 1953
2-Cryin In the Chapel The Orioles Jubilee Records 1953
1-Shake A Hand Faye Adams Herald Records 1953

CASH BOX REGIONAL R&B CHART FOR ATLANTA – OCTOBER 17, 1953

Caravan Duke Ellington The Popular Duke Ellington 1967
St Thomas The Soul Rebels Late Night Basie 2023

Rock Candy
Count Basie Orchestra & George Benson
Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Please Hurry Home B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1953
The Strutters’ Ball Catherine Russell Bring It Back 2014
Route 66 King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1946

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

WRFG Route 66 Playlist and Podcast October 15, 2023

WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-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


Charles Brown is today’s featured artist. Born Tony Russell Brown in Texas City, Texas
on September 13, 1922, Brown singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced nightclub style influenced West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s. – wikipedia

CHARLES BROWN RESOURCES
Biography @ wikipedia.org
Charles Brown discography @ discogs.com
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers discography @ discogs.com
Charles Brown obituary – Los Angeles Times

WRFG PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2023

Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date

Blow Illinois Blow Illinois Jacquet & His All Stars Aladdin Records 1948

Driftin’ Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/ Charles Brown
Philo Records 1945

Evil Gal Blues Count Basie Orchestra feat. Ledisi Basie Swings the Blues 2023

Oh, What A Beautiful Morning
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra
Ray Sings Basie Swings 1973

Strollin’ With Bones T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
Lies, Lies, Lies Annisteen Allen Federal Records 1951
Bloodshot Eyes Wynonie Harris King Records 1951

Cadillac Baby
The Knickerbocker All-Stars
Go Back Home to the Blues 2015

Big Town Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1951

Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
B.B. King
Let The Good Times Roll: The Music Of Louis Jordan 1999

The Huckle-Buck Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1949
Robbin’s Nest Robin McKelle Impressions of Ella 2023
Kansas City Lou Rawls Black & Blue 1963
Professor Bop Babs Gonzales Capitol Records 1949
Porter’s Love Song Roy Milton Speciality Records 1947
The Chase Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray Dial Records 1947

Illustrations created by feeding the lyrics to “Black Night” into an AI graphics program

Groovy Movie Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers w/Charles Brown
Exclusive Records 1948

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

Get Yourself Another Fool Charles Brown Trio Alladin Records 1948
Seven Long Days Janiva Magness My Bad Luck Soul 1999

Petootie Pie Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan Decca Records 1946

Take the “a” Train
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019

I’m Just A Lucky So And So Taj Mahal Savoy 2023
Honey Chile Fats Domino Imperial Records 1951
Night Crawlin’ Big John Greer Groove Records 1955
What a Little Moonlight Can Do Billie Holiday Billie Holiday 1954
It Ain’t Necessarily So Cab Calloway Porgy and Bess 1959
Tuxedo Boogie Albert Ammons Mercury Records 1947

Educated Fool (Demo) Boz Scaggs Memphis 2013
Trouble Blues Charles Brown Trio Aladdin Records 1949

Someone To Love
Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt
Someone to Love 1992

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