June 18, 2010, 6:57 pm
Fridays, 5 - 7 p.m. NOTE: There will be NO SHOW on Friday, June 25. Sorry, but I will be in Washington, D.C. for a professional meeting. Should be back on the air Friday, July 2 (provided there are no building access problems due to the July 4 holiday weekend).
HOUR 1
- Legal I.D;
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - “Up above my Head”, 1947
- The Cookies - “Later, Later”, 1955
- Danny and the Juniors - “At the Hop”, 1957
- Carol Jarvis - “Sock Hop”
- The El Capris - “Girl of Mine”, 1957
- The Sheiks - “Come on Back”, 1960
- PSA:Nat. Endow. for Financial Ed.
- Donnie Elbert - “Hear my Plea”, 1957
- Sam Price - “Roll ‘Em, Sam”, 1959
- Little Bessie - “For your Love’, 1960-61
- Fats Domino - “Let the Four Winds Blow”, 1961
- Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes - “It’s Getting Late in the Evening”, 1955 (Live Gospel! Intense!)
- The Harmonizing Four - “Trust Jesus”, 1954
- Paula Watson - “A Little Bird Told Me”, 1948
- Bobby Day - “Rockin’ Robin”, 1958
- The Big Bopper - “Big Bopper’s Wedding”, 1958
- Jerry Lee Lewis - “Great Balls of Fire”, 1957
- Louis Jordan - “Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens”, 1946
- PSA: Americorps Vista/Weather
- Billie Holiday - “God Bless the Child”, 1941
- Thelma Cooper - “Let’s Try Again”, 1949
- Tampa Red - “Baby, Take a Chance with Me”, 1940
- Jimmy Witherspoon - “Money’s Gettin’ Cheaper (Times Gettin’ Tougher than Tough)”, 1947
HOUR 2
- Legal I.D.
- Elmore Nixon - “Shout and Rock”
- Sticks McGhee and his Buddies - “Let’s Do It”, 1950
- Bette McLaurin - “Crying for You”, 1951
- Red Belcher and his Kentucky Ridgerunners - “Kentucky Is Only a Dream”, 1948
- Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys - “My Little Georgia Rose”, 1950
- PSA: Nat. Endow. for Financial Ed.
- June Carter - “Juke Box Blues”, 1952
- Roy Acuff - “Beautiful Brown Eyes”, 1953 (Live!)
- Bea Booze - “See See Rider”, 1942
- Chuck Willis - “C.C. Rider”, 1957
- Staple Singers - “I Know I Got Religion”, 1956
- The Goldrock Gospel Singers - “Jesus Is with Me”, 1950
- The Del Vikings - “Come Go with Me”, 1956
- The Del Vikings - “Whispering Bells”, 1956
- PSA: Americorps Vista/Weather
- The Del Vikings - “Over the Rainbow”
- The Del Vikings - “Cool Shake”, 1957
- The Del Vikings - “Come Along with Me”, 1958
- Gloria Mann - “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight”, 1954
- Ruby and her Swinging Rocks - ” I Cried a Tear over You”, 1964
June 14, 2010, 8:18 am
Fridays, 5 - 7 p.m.
The station’s computer was locked on Friday, June 11, so I was unable to enter the playlist. (Am writing this on Monday, June 14 from a different computer). Will post the June 11 playlist later this week when I get a chance.
HOUR 1
- Legal I.D.
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - “Up above my Head”, 1947
- Piano Red - “Jumpin’ the Boogie”, 1950
- Ella Mae Morse - “Five - Ten -Fifteen Hours”, 1954
- The Satellites and the Space Man - “Blast Off”, 1959
- The Playboys - “Tell me”, 1954
- Barbara Lynn - “Lonely Heartaches”, 1962
- PSA: Nat. Endow. for Financial Ed.
- Don Gibson - “Oh, Lonesome Me”, 1957
- Barbara George - “I Know”, 1961
- The Versatiles - “Just Words”, 1962
- The El Capris - “Oh, But She Did”, 1956
- The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - “Our Father”, 1950
- Mahalia Jackson - “I Am Healed by the Wound in His Side”, c. 1947
- Domenico Modugno - “Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu (Volare)”, 1958
- Paul Anka - “Diana”, 1957
- Jim Lowe - “The Green Door”, 1956
- Doris Troy - “Just One Look”, 1963
- PSA: Americorps Vista/Weather
- Doris Troy - “Stormy Weather”, 1963
- The Sheppards - “Forgotten”, 1964
- The Wheels - “Clap your Hands, Part 1″, 1959
- The Contours - “Do You Love Me?”, 1962
- The Shirelles - “Slop Time”, 1958
HOUR 2
- Legal I.D.
- The Tune Weavers - “Look Down that Lonesome Road”, 1958
- The Cufflinks - “Guided Missiles”, 1956
- Laurie Tate and the Joe Morris Orchestra - “Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere”, 1950
- The Nov-Elettes - “Butcher Shop Blues”
- Tennessee Ernie Ford - “The Shot Gun Boogie”, 1950
- PSA: Nat. Endow. for Financial Ed.
- Bolean Barry - “Long Sideburns”
- Jerry Lee Lewis - “Lewis Boogie”, 1958
- Brother Joe May - “Mother’s Prayer Answered”, 1964
- Sister Jessie Mae Renfro - “I’ll Be Satisfied Then”, 1952
- Millie Small - “My Boy Lollipop”, 1964
- Mille and Roy - “Marie” (Millie Small and Roy Panton - great Ska music from Jamaica!)
- Skitter - “Mr. Khruschev” (Bluesy Ska from Jamaica concerning the Soviet Union. Probably issued shortly after the October 1962 Cuban missile crisis).
- Laurel Aitken - “Boogie in my Bones”, 1959 (Bluesy Jamaican music! Considered to be the first Ska record)
- Keith and Enid - “Worried over You”, 1960
- Gene and Eunice - “This Is my Story”, 1955
- Lewis Lymon and the Teenchords - “Your Last Chance”, 1957
- PSA: Americorps Vista/Weather
- The Del Vikings - “Come Go with Me”, 1957
- The Fontane Sisters - “You’re Mine”
- The Metrotones - “Skitter Skatter”, 1957
- The Rubies - “Loaded with Goodies”, 1961
- The Clevers - “Love Me Now”
- King Victor - “Boppin’ Bobbie Jean”
April 26, 2010, 12:22 pm
Fridays, 5 - 7 p.m.
Just as happened two weeks ago, the web site acted up, so I was unable to post the playlist on Friday, April 23. Am now posting it on Monday, April 26.
HOUR 1
- Legal I.D.
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - “Up above my Head”, 1947
- Lloyd Price and the Dukes with Band - “Chee Koo Baby”, 1953
- Smiley Lewis - “Standing on the Corner”
- Margo White - “Don’t Mess with my Man” (Remake of Irma Thomas’s original version recorded in 1959)
- Lil Greenwood - “Monday Morning Blues”, 1952
- The Shells - “Baby, Oh, Baby”, 1957
- PSA: Nat. Endow. for Financial Ed.
- Faith Taylor and the Sweet Teens - “Won’t Someone Tell Me Why?”, 1958
- Dion and the Belmonts - “I Wonder Why”, 1958 (GREAT uptempo doo-wop! Their first hit.)
- Georgia Harris and the Hytones - “I Want to Kiss You”, 1958
- The Vitones - “Old Love”
- The Dreamers - “Do Not Forget”, 1957
- Cecil Surratt and his West Virginia Ramblers - “Where Will You Spend Eternity?”, 1951
- The Blue Ridge Quartet - “Hold On, Brother”
- Patsy Holcomb - “I Wanna Rock”, 1957 (Appealing, sexy female voice Rockabilly! Nice Jerry Lee Lewis (?) boogie piano and electric guitar solos too!)
- Jerry Lee Lewis - “Breathless”, 1958
- The Poni-Tails - “Before We Say Goodnight”, 1959
- Johnnie and Jack - “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight”, 1954 (Appealing Country remake of the Spaniels’ romantic doo-wop ballad classic!)
- The Spaniels - “Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight”, 1953
- Noble Watts and the Paul Williams Orchestra - “South Shore Drive”, 1955
- Kitty Stevenson with Todd Rhodes and his Toddlers - “How Long, How Long, How Long?”, 1950
- The Jewels - “Keep your Feet on the Floor”, 1955
- Corporal Booker T. Washington [sic] - “St. Lous Boogie”
- Etta James - “At Last”, 1960
- Etta James - “Fools We Mortals Be”, 1956
- Eddie Cochran - “Somethin’ Else”, 1959
- Eddie Cochran - “Twenty-Flight Rock”, 1956
- The Miller Sisters - “Ten Cats Down”, 1956
- The Original Casuals - “So Tough”, 1958
- The Dixie Cups - “Going to the Chapel”, 1964
- The Marvelettes - “Strange, I Know”, 1962
- The Desires - “Rendezvous with You”, 1960
- The Nutmegs - “Coo-Coo (Nutmeg Rock)”, 1963
- Jackie Wilson - “A Woman, a Lover, a Friend”, 1960
- The Marcels - “My Melancholy Baby”, 1961
- The Spirit of Memphis Quartet - “God Save America”, 1953
- The Gospel Silhouettes - “When I Wake Up in Glory”, 1950-51
- Enid Mosier and her Trinidad Steel Band - “Boy Days”
- E. Bedasse and Chin’s Calypso Sextette - “Red Tomato” (FUN double-entendre Calypso from Jamaica!)
- Jimmy Soul - “If You Wanna Be Happy”, 1963
- Jimmy Soul - “Treat ‘Em Tough”, 1963
- The Crystals - “Look in my Eyes”, 1963 (Nice remake of the Chantels’ 1961 romantic, dreamy ballad!)
- The Corsairs - “Smokey Places”, 1961
- The Church Street Five - “A Night with Daddy G”, 1961