Fortunate Son

The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Fogerty Fortunate Son The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
3Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Midnight Ramble Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
4Charlie Christian Till Tom Special Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
5Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli You're Driving Me Crazy Quintesential Amazon
6The Miracles Mickey's Monkey Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
7Mink Deville You Just Keep Holding On The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
8The Staple Singers Let's Do It Again The Buddah Box Disc 3 Amazon
9Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
10Etta James I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) Love Songs [MCA] Amazon
11Bob Dylan The Levee's Gonna Break Modern Times Amazon
12Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
13The Secret Sisters Tennessee Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
14Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
15Dean Martin Dream Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
16Les Baxter And His Orchestra The High And The Mighty Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55 Amazon
17Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood Canadian Sunset Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
18Billie Holiday Too Marvelous For Words Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1] Amazon
19Doris Day The Deevil, Devil, Divil Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
20Jean Shepard I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1 Amazon
21The Andrews Sisters Rum And Coca-Cola 20th Century Masters: Millenni Amazon
22Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
23Linda Lyndell What A Man Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
24The Meters Running Fast (single version) Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
25The Notting Hillbillies Run Me Down Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time Amazon
26Vocaltones Sugar Lump Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
27Dominoes Sixty Minute Man Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
28The Coasters Run Red Run 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2] Amazon
29Del Shannon Runaway Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits Amazon
30Buddy Holly Think It Over From the Original Master Tapes Amazon
31Lovett Sisters Bacon And Eggs Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The Amazon
32Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys Pizza Pie Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
33Creedence Clearwater Revival Run Through the Jungle Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
34Party Ben Single Ladies (In Mayberry) The Party Ben Experience Amazon

Sixties Songbirds

From the cool and sultry lounge sounds smothered in smoke to the soul venues that celebrated love and all its pitfalls, we bring you the songbirds this week. We’ll be exploring vocalists, known and unknown, that delivered the goods in the first few years of the 1960s. Rock ‘n roll was finding its foothold at the same time as soul music was beginning to bust out in a big way. You’ll be hearing some you know and some you don’t in this week’s Deeper Roots. Yeah, we’ve got The Chordettes, Brenda Lee and The Shirelles but we’ve also got some very special gems from Helen Shapiro, Judy Thomas, Kitty Ford and Betty O’Brian this week. We’ll run a chronological marathon from 1960 to 1963, ignoring the genre guardrails as we make our way along. Hope you can join in on the fun.



No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra Takin' Care Of Business Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3) Amazon
3Connie Francis My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
4The Shirelles Welcome Home Baby The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities Amazon
5Shirley Bassey The Party's Over We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites Amazon
6The Chordettes Never On Sunday American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
7The Marvelettes Way Over There 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
8Diana Ross & The Supremes Those D.J. Shows 25th Anniversary [Disc 2] Amazon
9Tammy Montgomery It's Mine 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
10Ann-Margret I Just Don't Understand American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
11Kitty Ford Don't Play No. 9 Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
12Sarah Vaughan True Believer Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
13Betty O' Brian She'll Be Gone 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
14Brenda Lee You Can Depend On Me American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
15Helen Shapiro Little Miss Lonely Halfway To Paradise_ The Epic Records Story Amazon
16Helen Shapiro Tell Me What He Said Girl Power – Vol. 3 Amazon
17The Pips Every Beat Of My Heart American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
18The Shirelles A Teardrop and a Lollipop The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities Amazon
19Timi Yuro Count Everything I'm So Hurt Amazon
20Barbara George I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974 Amazon
21Sugar Pie DeSanto Open Your Heart Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
22Aretha Franklin Just For A Thrill Jazz To Soul [Disc 1] Amazon
23Cathy Carroll Young Ones New Discgems From Warner Brothers Amazon
24Judy Thomas Never Say Devil Woman Stampede! The United Artists Story Amazon
25Barbara Stephens Wait a Minute The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1 of 9) Amazon
26Linda Hopkins Mama's Doin' The Twist The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
27Christine Quaite Your Nose Is Gonna Grow The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
28Timi Yuro What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
29Joy Dawn Hang It Up Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster Amazon
30Claudine Clark Who Will You Hurt? Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster Amazon
31Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
32Miss X Christine Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
33Barbara & the Boys Hooty Sapperticker Las Vegas Grind Part 1 Amazon
34Glenda & Glen Voodoo Doll Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
35Betty Harris Cry To Me Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon

How Deep Is The Ocean

A whole new season of Deeper Roots lands on your doorstep…just like the Sunday paper: full of human interest stories (as told in song) and local gab (also told in song). It’s a free form collection of songs from the past century with performances from the usual (and sometimes unusual) suspects. Only minor themes and genre recaps today in a carefully crafted eclectic blend that runs the gamut from Jimmie Dale Gilmore to Mary Wells, The Velvetones, Billy Walker and Hot Lips Page. We’ll hear some Texas tradition from Deep Elem and Milwaukee’s finest from Jerry Lee. But we’re also rolling out some really fine, under the radar, female soul and R&B numbers that come from off the beaten track including Doris Allen, Faye Adams and Mary Wells. And we wonder out loud ‘how deep is the ocean’ with Big Maybelle. Drop on by!

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Eric Clapton If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Sessions For Robert J Amazon
3Hot Lips Page and His Texas Blusicians Harlem Rumbain' The Blues 52nd Street Swing: New York In The '30s Amazon
4Johnnie & Joe Who Do You Love The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea Amazon
5Ruth Brown Sea of Love Along Comes Ruth Amazon
6Big Maybelle How Deep Is the Ocean The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
7Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
8Blue Sky Boys Asleep in the Briny Deep The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807) Amazon
9Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Country-billy Collision Amazon
10Anita Carter Satan's Child Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
11The Sunshine Boys What's the Matter With Deep Elem The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
12Levon Helm Deep Elem Blues Ramble at the Ryman Amazon
13Jimmie Dale Gilmore Deep Eddy Blues Jimmie Dale Gilmore Amazon
14Asleep at the Wheel All My Exes (Live in Texas) Riding High In Texas Amazon
15Geraint Watkins Deep In The Heart Of Texas Geraint Watkins & The Dominators Amazon
16Geraint Watkins Walking to Milwaukee Aide Memoire Amazon
17John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
18Dolly Parton Milwaukee, Here I Come 1968-1969 Amazon
19Billy Walker Till I Drink Milwaukee Dry 20 Hits Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
21Clyde McPhatter Lovey Dovey (LP Version) Deep Sea Ball – The Best of Clyde McPhatter Amazon
22The Velvetones Glory Of Love Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
23Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Searching For My Love Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
24Doris Allen A Shell Of A Woman Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
25Mary Wells My Heart Is Like A Clock (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
26Mary Wells Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
27Faye Adams Keeper Of My Heart Crescent City Soul Amazon
28Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Harlem Street Singer Amazon
29Jorma Kaukonen Blues Stay Away From Me Blue Country Heart Amazon
30Big Daddy Wilson Couldn't Keep It to Myself Deep in My Soul Amazon
31Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos Love Is Coming Back The Hotel Child Amazon
32Hot Tuna Candy Man Hot Tuna Amazon