Route 66 Records
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Route 66 Records is a record production company
that reissues forgotten Rhythm & Blues recordings. Their motto: "The Highway To R&B". They are known to have produced the following compilation
albums:
Record label
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that reissues forgotten Rhythm & Blues recordings. Their motto: "The Highway To R&B". They are known to have produced the following compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
albums:
- KIX-1: Floyd DixonFloyd DixonFor the American football player see Floyd Dixon Floyd Dixon was an American rhythm and blues pianist and singer.-Biography:...
: Opportunity Blues- Texas-West Coast R&B and Blues (1948-61)
- KIX-2: Roy BrownRoy BrownRoy Brown may refer to:*Roy Brown , English professional footballer who was the first black player to play for Stoke City.*Roy Brown , English footballer...
: Laughing But Crying- New Orleans|Texas-West Coast R&B and Blues (1947-59)
- KIX-3: Wynonie HarrisWynonie HarrisWynonie Harris , born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. With fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952, Harris is generally considered one of rock and roll's forerunners, influencing Elvis Presley...
: Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town- Blues and R&B Supreme Blues shouter (1946-54)
- KIX-4: Ivory Joe HunterIvory Joe HunterIvory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid 1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording, "Since I Met You Baby" . He was billed as The Baron of the Boogie, and also known as The...
: 7th Street Boogie- West Coast Jump Blues and Boogie (1945-50)
- KIX-5: Charles BrownCharles Brown (musician)Charles Brown , born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s...
: Sunny Road- Texas-West Coast Club Blues featuring Charles with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, and New Orleans R&B (1945-60)
- KIX-6: Roy BrownRoy BrownRoy Brown may refer to:*Roy Brown , English professional footballer who was the first black player to play for Stoke City.*Roy Brown , English footballer...
: Good Rocking TonightGood Rocking Tonight (album)Good Rocking Tonight is a compilation album by the blues musician Roy Brown.Released by Route 66 Records in 1978 in mono as KIX-6, and is a follow-up to an earlier release titled Laughing But Crying . This album's subtitle is "Legendary Recordings, Vol 2 "...
- Legendary recordings, Vol.2 (1947-54)
- KIX-7: Amos MilburnAmos MilburnAmos Milburn was an African American rhythm and blues singer and pianist, popular during the 1940s and 1950s...
: Just One More Drink (1946-54) - KIX-8: Paul GaytenPaul GaytenPaul Gayten was an American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive.-Career:Gayten was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, the nephew of blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery...
& Annie Laurie (musician): Creole Gal (1947-57) - KIX-9: Roy HawkinsRoy HawkinsRoy Hawkins was an American pianist, songwriter and blues musician. After working in clubs and recording unsuccessful singles, he broke through with his song "Why Do Everything Happen to Me?," inspired by an auto accident which paralyzed his right arm.-Career:Little is known of Hawkins' early days...
: Why Do Everything Happen to Me? (1949-54) - KIX-10: Little Willie LittlefieldLittle Willie LittlefieldLittle Willie Littlefield is an American R&B pianist and singer.-Career:By 1947, at the age of sixteen, Littlefield was already a local attraction on many of Houston's Dowling Street Clubs and was recording for local record shop proprietor Eddie Henry who ran his own label "Eddies".Influenced by...
: It's Midnight (1949-57) - KIX-11: Floyd DixonFloyd DixonFor the American football player see Floyd Dixon Floyd Dixon was an American rhythm and blues pianist and singer.-Biography:...
: Houston Jump (1947-60) - KIX-12: Jimmy McCracklinJimmy McCracklinJimmy McCracklin is an American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. His style contains West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. Over a career that has spanned seven decades, he says he has written almost a thousand songs and has recorded hundreds of them...
: Rockin' Man (1945-56) - KIX-13: Billy WrightBilly Wright (musician)Billy Wright was an American jump blues singer.-Biography:Billy Wright was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Throughout his career, he was known as the "Prince of the Blues." He was a key figure in Atlanta blues after World War II and had a major influence on rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, whom he...
: Stacked Deck (1949-54) - KIX-14: Bullmoose Jackson: Big Fat Mamas Are Back in Style Again (1945-56)
- KIX-15: Ivory Joe HunterIvory Joe HunterIvory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid 1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording, "Since I Met You Baby" . He was billed as The Baron of the Boogie, and also known as The...
: Jumping at the Dew Drop (1947-52) - KIX-16: Ruth BrownRuth BrownRuth Brown was an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, composer and actress, noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and " He Treats Your Daughter Mean".For these...
: Sweet Baby of Mine (1949-56) - KIX-17: Charles BrownCharles Brown (musician)Charles Brown , born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s...
w/ Johnny Moore's Three BlazersJohnny Moore's Three BlazersJohnny Moore’s Three Blazers were a successful and influential African-American vocal and instrumental group in the 1940s and 1950s.The original members were :-Johnny Moore and his younger brother Oscar grew up in Texas and then Phoenix, Arizona, where they both started playing guitar and formed...
: Race Track Blues (1945-56) - KIX-18: Jimmy LigginsJimmy LigginsJimmy Liggins was an American R&B guitarist and bandleader.-Career:Liggins was born in Newby, Oklahoma, United States. He started out as a professional boxer at age 18 under the name of Kid Zulu, then he quit boxing and took up driving his brother Joe's outfit around on tour...
: I Can't Stop It (1947-52) - KIX-19: Larry DarnellLarry DarnellLarry Darnell was a successful American singer who was instrumental in the formation of the New Orleans style of R&B in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
: I'll Get Along Somehow (1949-57) - KIX-20: Wynonie HarrisWynonie HarrisWynonie Harris , born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. With fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952, Harris is generally considered one of rock and roll's forerunners, influencing Elvis Presley...
: Oh Babe! (1945-54) - KIX-21: Amos MilburnAmos MilburnAmos Milburn was an African American rhythm and blues singer and pianist, popular during the 1940s and 1950s...
: Rock, Rock, Rock (1947-57) - KIX-22: Percy MayfieldPercy MayfieldPercy Mayfield was an American songwriter famous for the songs "Hit the Road Jack" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love", as well as a successful rhythm and blues artist known for his smooth vocal style.-Career:...
: The Voice Within (1949-56) - KIX-23: Peppermint HarrisPeppermint HarrisHarrison D. Nelson Jr. known as Peppermint Harris, was an American rhythm and blues and jump blues singer and guitarist....
: I Got Loaded (1950-53) - KIX-24: Little Caesar (musician): Lying Woman... Goodbye Baby (1952/3)
- KIX-25: Ivory Joe HunterIvory Joe HunterIvory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid 1940s, he became more widely known for his hit recording, "Since I Met You Baby" . He was billed as The Baron of the Boogie, and also known as The...
: I Had a Girl (1946-52) - KIX-26: Roy BrownRoy BrownRoy Brown may refer to:*Roy Brown , English professional footballer who was the first black player to play for Stoke City.*Roy Brown , English footballer...
: I Feel that Young Man's Rhythm (1947-54) - KIX-27: Floyd DixonFloyd DixonFor the American football player see Floyd Dixon Floyd Dixon was an American rhythm and blues pianist and singer.-Biography:...
: Empty Stocking Blues (1947-53) - KIX-28: Amos MilburnAmos MilburnAmos Milburn was an African American rhythm and blues singer and pianist, popular during the 1940s and 1950s...
: Let's Rock a While (1946-54) - KIX-29: Jimmy McCracklinJimmy McCracklinJimmy McCracklin is an American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. His style contains West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. Over a career that has spanned seven decades, he says he has written almost a thousand songs and has recorded hundreds of them...
: I'm Gonna Have My Fun (1949-57) - KIX-30: Wynonie HarrisWynonie HarrisWynonie Harris , born in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. With fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952, Harris is generally considered one of rock and roll's forerunners, influencing Elvis Presley...
: Playful Baby (1945-54) - KIX-31: Jimmy WitherspoonJimmy WitherspoonJimmy Witherspoon was an American jump blues singer.-Early life and career:James Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. He first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over the U. S. Armed Forces Radio Service during...
: Hey Mr. Landlord (1945-56) - KIX-32: Joseph August: Rock My Soul (1949-54)
- KIX-33: Johnny Moore's BlazersJohnny Moore's Three BlazersJohnny Moore’s Three Blazers were a successful and influential African-American vocal and instrumental group in the 1940s and 1950s.The original members were :-Johnny Moore and his younger brother Oscar grew up in Texas and then Phoenix, Arizona, where they both started playing guitar and formed...
: Why, Johnny, Why? (1949-56) - KIX-34: Charles BrownCharles Brown (musician)Charles Brown , born in Texas City, Texas was an American blues singer and pianist whose soft-toned, slow-paced blues-club style influenced the development of blues performance during the 1940s and 1950s...
: Let's Have a Ball (1945-61) - KIX-35: Calvin BozeCalvin BozeCalvin Boze was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his recordings at the turn of the 1950s.-Biography:...
: Choo Choo's Bringing My Baby Home (1949-52) - KIX-1200: Various artists: Hunter Hancock Presents Blues & Rhythm Midnight Matinee (1951)