Category Archives: American Popular

Ya Got Trouble

We’re going the free form route today, celebrating an eclectic blend of gospel with the likes of Clara Ward and Patsy Cline, country greats from The Sons of the Pioneers and Skeets McDonald, doo wop street corner ballads from The Sheppards and The Royals, and vocals from Nat King Cole, Ethel Waters, and John Hiatt. Oh, in addition to a few choice show tunes, we’ll touch on topics of tears, loneliness, great speckled birds, and a visit to Treasure Island with Satchmo. Quarantine offers time for reflection but it also offers time for enjoying the sounds of deeper tracks. And that’s what you get day in and day out on Community Radio for Sonoma County. Join us.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Robert Preston & Company Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
3Clara Ward (Solo) When We Get Up There Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2] Amazon
4Gospel Hebrews Jesus Is All Over Me Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio Amazon
5The Blind Boys Of Alabama He's Alright Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
6Chosen Gospel Singers Prayer for the Doomed 20 Gospel Greats Amazon
7Patsy Cline Life's Railway To Heaven Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
8Elvis Presley If We Never Meet Again Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1) Amazon
9Nat King Cole I'll Never Say "Never Again" Again Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949-50 Amazon
10Evie Sands I'll Never Be Alone Again Any Way That You Want Me Amazon
11Roger McGuinn If We Never Meet Again Back from Rio Amazon
12The Sons Of The Pioneers One More River To Cross Okeh Western Swing Amazon
13Dale Watson Cryin' to Cryin' Time Again Dale & Ray Amazon
14Ray Charles Crying Time Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
15Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow Amazon
16Blue Mountain I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes Roots Amazon
17Ralph Stanley I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
18Lucinda Williams Great Speckled Bird Ramblin' Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers The Great Speckled Bird Close Harmony [Disc 8] Amazon
20Mac Wiseman The Wild Side Of Life Most Requested Amazon
21Skeets McDonald Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
22The Royals Moonrise Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 Amazon
23The Sheppards Pretend You're Still Mine OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
24Louis Armstrong On Treasure Island Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
25Eddie Cantor Makin' Whoopee – The Eddie Cantor Story Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
26Judy Garland & The M-G-M Studio Chorus The Trolley Song (from "Meet Me in St. Louis") Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 2] Amazon
27The Rhythm Wreckers Never No Mo' Blues White Country Blues (1926-1938) Amazon
28Ethel Waters Buds Won't Bud Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1] Amazon
29Lena Horne Stormy Weather Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology Amazon
30John Hiatt Gone Crossing Muddy Waters Amazon
31Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
32The Treniers Say Hey (the Willie Mays Song) OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
33Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising The Classic Sixties: Late '60s Amazon

Sixties Folk Alley

The generation born from war and into war for the sake of war. There was bound to be an ideological plate shift and the epicenter could be found in and around New York City where a melting pot of sounds from Cafe Wa to Macdougall Street to Bleecker Street wafted across the country, westward on the mainstream. In our show today we’ll take a chronological run through the traditional folk that filled the decade of the Sixties. We’ll hear from The Kingston Trio, Trini Lopez, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Tom Paxton in our Friday morning show, coming to you from the heart of the Cherry Street Historic District in Santa Rosa, California. Join us for odes to little boxes, cotton fields, rain, sunshine, and windy city odes to the social and political scorn of the times.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Brothers Four Greenfields The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music [Disc 2] Amazon
3The Kingston Trio Everglades The History Of American Folk Amazon
4The Highwaymen Cotton Fields Treasury of Folk Music Vol 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Limeliters A Dollar Down American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
6The Highwaymen Michael The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol. 1 [Disc 1] Amazon
7Kingston Trio Where Have All the Flowers Gone Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S Amazon
8Burl Ives A Little Bitty Tear Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
9Peter, Paul & Mary If I Had A Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary Amazon
10Trini Lopez If I Had A Hammer Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] Amazon
11Bob Dylan Blowin' in the Wind Biograph Disc 1 Amazon
12The Kingston Trio Greenback Dollar The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1] Amazon
13The New Christy Minstrels Green Green Green, Green Amazon
14The New Christy Minstrels Saturday Night Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol 3 [Disc 2] Amazon
15The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire) Dominique The Folk Years [Disc 5] Amazon
16Peter, Paul & Mary Tell It On The Mountain In the Wind Amazon
17Pete Seeger Little Boxes Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3] Amazon
18The New Christy Minstrels Today Treasury of Folk Music Vol 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
19Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
20Tom Paxton I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Amazon
21Gale Garnett We'll Sing In The Sunshine Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2 Amazon
22The Serendipity Singers Don't Let The Rain Come Down Best Of The Folk Era Amazon
23The Serendipity Singers Beans In My Ears Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] Amazon
24Simon & Garfunkel The Sound Of Silence The Essential Simon & Garfunkel Amazon
25Trini Lopez Lemon Tree Best Of The Folk Era Amazon
26Barry McGuire Eve Of Destruction Singers & Songwriters: Troubadours [Disc 2] Amazon
27Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love Amazon
28Pozo-Seco Singers Time Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] Amazon
29We Five You Were On My Mind Dick Bartley Presents One Hit Wonders Of The '60s Vol. 1 Amazon
30Rooftop Singers Walk Right In Dick Bartley Presents One Hit Wonders Of The '60s Vol. 1 Amazon
31Bob Lind Elusive Butterfly Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
32Bobby Darin If I Were A Carpenter Easy Listening Gold: 1966-1967 Amazon
33Judy Collins Both Sides Now Wildflowers / Who Knows Where The Time Goes (International Release) Amazon
34The Irish Rovers The Unicorn The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol. 1 [Disc 1] Amazon

International Women’s Day ’20

Blues, folk, and plenty of tradition. Songs that celebrate sisters in a fight for equal rights. That’s right. This is still part of the conversation in the 21st century. The right to vote. The right to equal pay. And the right to choose. There is still exclusivity beyond measure and yet gender equality is still a topic, not a reality. This week’s show stands up for International Women’s Day, held this past Sunday, March 8th, around the world. Deeper Roots digs deep for soul from Aretha, Nina, and Betty Wright, blues from Lucille Bogan  and Bessie Smith, and fresh sounds from Amy Rigby, TLC, and the Secret Sisters on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Join us.  #EachforEqual #IWD2020.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Betty Wright Clean Up Woman Funk Soul Sisters Amazon
3Aretha Franklin Respect Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
4Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
5TLC No Scrubs Fanmail Amazon
6Destiny's Child Independent Woman, Part 1 Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
7Lauryn Hill 246-Doo Wop (That Thing) Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
8Lesley Gore You Don't Own Me Dancing Queens [Disc 1] Amazon
9The Secret Sisters You Don't Own Me Anymore You Don't Own Me Anymore Amazon
10Billie Holiday I Get Along Without You Very Well Lady In Satin Amazon
11Helen Reddy I Am Woman AM Gold 1970-1974 Amazon
12Dolly Parton Just Because I'm A Woman Just Because I'm A Woman Amazon
13Dolly Parton 9 To 5 I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
14Loretta Lynn The Pill Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
15Jeannie C. Riley Harper Valley P.T.A. Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2] Amazon
16Kitty Wells It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
17Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard Don't Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There The Rounder Records Story Amazon
18Peasall Sisters I Never Will Marry Home to You Amazon
19Amy Rigby Girls Got It Bad Little Fugitive Amazon
20The Miller Sisters Ten Cats Down Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3] Amazon
21Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody) Were Sisters Under the Skin Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949 Amazon
22Bessie Smith Sam Jones Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 39 Amazon
23Georgia White The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
24Lucille Bogan Women Won't Need No Men Vol. 1-1923-30 Amazon
25Billie Holiday You Let Me Down Quintessential: Volume 1, 1933 – 1935 Amazon
26Nina Simone Four Women Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
27Bonnie Raitt Women Be Wise Bonnie Raitt Amazon
28Aretha Franklin Think 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
29Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur My Sisters And Brothers Sisters & Brothers Amazon

Candy

Yes, there’s a theme this week and it’s about as sweet a theme as you’ll hear on Deeper Roots. It’s not surprising there’s a wealth of content to choose from given that it is one of the favorite attention- getters, no matter your age. Candy. Sweets. Whether that’s a nickel, a penny, or a quarter a dose. Our favorites from the convenience aisle near the cash register, there to lure you. This week’s show is not for the glucose intolerant as we walk the convenience aisle of 20th century pop, rhythm & blues, country, jazz, and vocal group odes to the sugar in all things, sweet and small, short and tall, and sticky with the syrup-sweet. We’ll hear from The Strangeloves, Elvis, Lee Dorsey, Eddie Holland, Red Foley, and Barbie Gaye in our exploration of the sugar rush.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys My Little Rock Candy Baby Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years [Disc 2] Amazon
3Doris Allen Like Candy From A Baby Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6 Amazon
4Eddie Holland Candy To Me It Moves Me: The Complete Recordings Amazon
5Sue Perrin Candy Store Man Original Sound Of Detroit – Vol 1 Amazon
6Art Neville Little Girl From The Candy Store Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
7Charlie Walker Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy 1952-1958 (Warped 5230) Amazon
8Little Jimmy Dickens Who Licked the Red Off Your Candy Warped 6668 – Little Jimmy Dickens – 1965 – 1966 Amazon
9Red Foley Candy Kisses Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
10George Morgan Candy Kisses Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 2 Amazon
11George Jones Candy Hearts Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums Amazon
12Peter, Paul & Mary Talkin' Candy Bar Blues A Song Will Rise Amazon
13The Chordettes Lollipop Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
14Barbie Gaye My Boy Lollipop American Roots of the British Invasion Amazon
15Shirelles A Teardrop and a Lollipop The Shirelles Amazon
16Billy Bletcher The Lollipop Guild The Wizard Of Oz Amazon
17Shirley Temple On The Good Ship Lollipop America's Sweetheart Amazon
18Alma(the Lollipop Mama) Mondy Miss Lollipop's Confession Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Southwest Blues V1 Amazon
19Champion Jack Dupree Lollipop Baby Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
20Wynonie Harris Lollipop Mama Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
21The Strangeloves I Want Candy Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over Amazon
22Elvis Presley Cotton Candy Land Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco Amazon
23Bow Wow Wow I Want Candy 200 Cigarettes Amazon
24Lola Albright Candy Bombshells Amazon
25Dodie Stevens Candy Store Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
26Ray Charles Candy Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You Amazon
27Roy Orbison Candy Man The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
28Lee Dorsey Candy Yam Wheelin' And Dealin' – The Definitive Collection Amazon
29Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons Candy Girl The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1 Amazon
30Paolo Nutini Candy Sunny Side Up Amazon
31Jo Stafford Little Man With a Candy Cigar For You Amazon
32The Mills Brothers Sweeter Than Sugar Sweeter Than Sugar Amazon
33The Real Tuesday Weld Bathtime in Clerkenwell I, Lucifer Amazon
34Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation The Candy Man 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
35Al Hirt Cotton Candy Greatest Hits Amazon

Shake That Thing

Gospel, Wynonie Harris, Muleskinner Blues, and Lady Soul. Fine Friday free form festivities coming your way on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. We’ve got Bobby Bare, The Boswell Sisters, Johnny Cash, David Lindley, and so much more that we’re bursting. Every month or so Deeper Roots takes a break from themes, genres, tributes, and the sometimes studied look at the last century of America’s music and kicks back in the musical easy chair, sharing a cross section of performances from some of the best artists and songwriters. Tune in for an uplifting selection this Friday evening.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Wynonie Harris Shake That Thing Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon
3Little Esther & the Dominoes The Deacon Moves In Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
4Louis Jordan Lemonade Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
5The Blenders Don't Play Around with Love Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
6Louis Armstrong I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
7The Mills Brothers Swing Is The Thing Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
8The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born That's How Rhythm Was Born Amazon
9The Boswell Sisters Concentratin' It's The Girls Amazon
10Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
11Aretha Franklin Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
12Aretha Franklin Old Landmark Amazing Grace (The Complete Recordings) [Disc 2] Amazon
13The Blind Boys Of Alabama People Get Ready Higher Ground Amazon
14Sarah Jarosz Ring Them Bells Follow Me Down Amazon
15Rhiannon Giddens Up Above My Head Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
16Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
17Bob Dylan Man in the Long Black Coat Chronicles, Vol. 1 Amazon
18Johnny Cash God's Gonna Cut You Down American V: A Hundred Highways Amazon
19Bobby Bare Four Strong Winds Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
20Jimmy Martin 20/20 Vision Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
21Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel – No. 8) 1970 Amazon
22Skeeter Davis I'm A Lover (Not A Fighter) The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
23Dave Edmunds Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love) D.E. 7th Amazon
24Ricky Skaggs Don't Get Above Your Raising The Essential Ricky Skaggs Amazon
25Carlene Carter Baby Ride Easy Hindsight 20/20 Amazon
26Bob Dylan Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest John Wesley Harding Amazon
27John Fogerty Rambunctious Boy Blue Moon Swamp Amazon
28John Hiatt Master of Disaster [2005] Master of Disaster Amazon
29Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
30Big John & the Buzzards Your Cash Ain't Nothin But Trash Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon

Ants In My Pants

Whether it was Prohibition, the need for comic relief from the worst Depression our country has known, or the release from Victorian norms in the age of the flapper…something was afoot. The humor it portended is not something that we all understand in this age… but it’s worth looking at. Novelty ruled the day and every Victrola and Edison radio spilled a silly song, whether it worked from puns or light humor (pop music), corny songs that sometimes had hidden charms (country and folk), or right in your face real life naughty bits (the blues)…there was something for everyone to sample. We’ll hear from Lonzo and Oscar, Milton Brown, Frank Crumit, George Formby, and Lonnie Johnson in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. A hoot and a holler by any other name on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Lonnie Johnson She's Making Whoopee In Hell Tonight Hot Fingers Amazon
3Frank Crumit My Little Bimbo Down on the Bimbo Isle (1920) grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
4Billy Murray I'll See You In C-U-B-A Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
5Ozzie & Harriet Nelson Oh Susanna, Dust off That Old Pianna The Nelson Touch Amazon
6Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Down By the O-H-I-O The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1] Amazon
7Roy Newman I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants) The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
8The Johnson Sisters Hillbilly Soldier Joe Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
9Texas Jim Robertson The Last Page of Mein Kampf Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell Amazon
10Sweet Violet Boys I Love My Fruit Okeh Western Swing Amazon
11The Happiness Boys: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare I've Never Seen A Straight Banana The Charleston Days Amazon
12Hoosier Hot Shots I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
13Lonzo & Oscar I'm My Own Grandpa Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
14Lonzo and Oscar Girls Don't Nag Your Husbands 1947-1950 (Warped 4741) Amazon
15Six Jumping Jacks I Do Not Chose to Run Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
16Buddy Rogers (I'd Like to Be) A Bee in Your Boudoir The Big Broadcast vol. 6 Amazon
17Paul Specht Shoo-Shoo-Boogie-Boo Static Strut: Hot Dance Rarities 1922-1930 Amazon
18George Formby Grandad's Flannelette Nightshirt I'm The Ukulele Man Amazon
19The Three Keys Oh! By Jingo The Big Broadcast, Volume 2: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
20Marx Brothers I'm Against It/Horse Feathers Horse Feathers / Animal Crackers Amazon
21Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees Lydia, The Tatooed Lady gimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
22Ben Selvin and his Orch (The Knickerbockers). v/ Dick Robertson When Yuba Plays The Rhumba On the Tuba orig. 78 rpm Columbia 2483-D Amazon
23Ross & Sargent Nellie the Nudist Queen Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure Amazon
24Ozzie Nelson Avis Scaffin Fortintoo Campus Swing Amazon
25Frank Crumit Crazy Words Crazy Tune Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
26Frank Crumit The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit Amazon
27Frank Crumit Song of the Prune The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934) Amazon
28Leslie Sarony with Harry Hudson & His Melody Men My Wife Is On A Diet The Charleston Days Amazon
29Helen Kane with the Victor Orchestra directed by Leonard Joy Dangerous Nan McGrew Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things Amazon
30Helen Kane I Taut I Taw a Puddy Kat The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon
31Carmen Miranda I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) Anthology Amazon
32Irving Aaronson and His Commanders Oh! You Sweet Old Whatcha May Call It The Big Broadcast vol. 9 Amazon

Rare Female Soul

From the deeper bins of the sixties and seventies…heartbreak, cheating, and all the soul from the ladies perspective. Some powerful divas deliver the goods in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. The songs you’ll hear were those on the chart bubble, some local, some national, but all worth a revisit. If you’ve heard more than a handful of these deep soul tracks, we’d be surprised. Join Dave Stroud as this week he’ll be sharing the sounds of Tammy Montgomery, Wendy Rene, Mitty Collier, Geraldine Hunt, and some names you’ll know including Irma Thomas, Mary Wells, and Etta James. Tune in on a Friday morning in Sonoma County for the best soul you’ve never heard.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jean Plum Look at the Boy Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
3Mitty Collier I Had A Talk With My Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
4Mitty Collier I Gotta Get Away From It All Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
5Jan Bradley Mama Didn't Lie Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
6Delilah Keenebruew Bright Lights After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
7Sugar Pie DeSanto I Want To Know Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
8Darlene Love Too Late To Say You're Sorry After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
9Wendy Rene What Will Tomorrow Bring? Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
10Barbara & The Browns I Don't Want To Have To Wait Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
11Mary Wells Can't You See (You're Losing Me) After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
12Tammy Montgomery It's Mine Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
13Etta James Seven Day Fool Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
14Barbara Lynn You're Losing Me After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
15Ernestine Anderson You're Not The Guy For Me Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
16Bettye LaVette Let Me Down Easy Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
17Doris Duke He's Gone Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
18Odessa Harris A Rockin' Good Way Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
19Jackie Shane Cruel Cruel World Any Other Way Amazon
20Irma Thomas Don't Mess With My Man Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
21Geraldine Hunt I Let Myself Go Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
22Barbara Brown Can't Find No Happiness Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 Amazon
23Loretta Williams I'm Missing You Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
24Mitty Collier Don't Let Her Take My Baby Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
25Varetta & The Thomases Fly By Night Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
26Marvelettes Way Over There Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
27Maxine Brown Am I Falling In Love Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
28Betty O'Brian She'll Be Gone Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
29Brendetta Davis I Can't Make It Without Him Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1 Amazon
30Betty & Ray You're Too Much Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
31Carla Thomas I Can't Take It Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
32Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds Spring Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon
33Madeline Bell Soul Time Bell's A Poppin' Amazon

New Moon

Deeper Roots goes extraterrestrial with a theme this morning. A ‘new moon’ is the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth and, shortly thereafter, at a time when it appears as a slender crescent. This morning we honor this evening’s phase even though it’s one that has no face; the more celebratory of the moon’s visibility are full moons, half moons, and quarter moons. But that won’t stop us from celebrating with sounds from the deep past, the recent past, and what will someday be the past. Join Dave Stroud for the crooners (Crosby and Frankie), the 88 key boomers (Fats Waller and Ray Charles), and the songsmith tuners (Willie, Hank Snow, and Patsy Cline) as Friday morning takes to the night sky from Sonoma County’s own Valley of the Moon.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Traveling Wilburys New Blue Moon Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 Amazon
3Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
4Patsy Cline Blue Moon Of Kentucky The Patsy Cline Collection Amazon
5Ray Charles Dixie Moon The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4] Amazon
6Rodney Crowell Shame on the Moon The Essential Rodney Crowell Amazon
7k.d. lang & the Reclines Full Moon Full of Love Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
8Willie Nelson Sugar Moon You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
9Johnny Cash/Paul McCartney New Moon Over Jamaica Water from the Wells of Home Amazon
10Gene Autry There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder [Album Version] Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
11Hank Snow Dark Moon 1964 (Warped 6406) Amazon
12Fats Waller Let's Pretend There's A Moon Let's Pretend There's A Moon Amazon
13Bing Crosby Moonburn Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1] Amazon
14Artie Shaw There's A New Moon Over The Old Mill Non-Stop Flight Amazon
15Cliff Edwards It's Only A Paper Moon Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
16Boswell Sisters I Thank You Mr. Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
17The Modernaires East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) Singin' And Swingin' Amazon
18Rosemary Clooney Old Devil Moon The Witching Hour Amazon
19Frank Sinatra Old Devil Moon Songs for Swingin' Lovers! Amazon
20Betty Carter The Moon Is Low Inside Betty Carter Amazon
21Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
22Andy Williams Moon River Donna Reed's Dinner Party Amazon
23Willie Nelson Moonlight in Vermont Stardust [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
24Norton Buffalo Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon Amazon
25Neville Brothers Yellow Moon Uptown Rulin': The Best Of The Neville Brothers Amazon
26The Dixie Cups Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single) The Complete Red Bird Recordings Amazon
27The Marcels Blue Moon Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1) Amazon
28The Olympics Dance By The Light Of The Moon American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
29Little Richard By The Light Of The Silvery Moon The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
30The Capris There's a Moon Out Tonight Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1 Amazon
31Jonathan King Everyone's Gone To The Moon Everyone's Gone To The Moon – Single Amazon
32Les Paul & Mary Ford How High The Moon Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
33Rex Allen Dreamy Montana Moon Last of the Great Singing Cowboys Amazon

Who We Lost in 2019

Another year passes and with each year we take stock of the legacies that are not ‘left behind’ but live on in their contributions. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including contemporaries like Daniel Johnston and Ric Ocasek, studio production legends Hal Blaine and Dave Bartholomew, songwriting greats Robert Hunter and Donnie Fritts, and prolific performers like Fats Domino, Doris Day, and Art Neville. Two hours means we draw the line and that’s never easy. Tune in for a look back at who we lost in 2019. www.kowsfm.com/listen is the stream.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Cover of the Rolling Stone The Essential Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show Amazon
3Ethel Ennis, Hank Jones, Eddie Briggs, Abie Baker & Kenny Clarke Lullaby for Losers Lullabies for Losers Amazon
4Carol Channing Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
5Doris Day Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Something For Everybody Amazon
6The McGuire Sisters Sugartime Your Hit Parade – 1958 Amazon
7The Lettermen The Way You Look Tonight Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1] Amazon
8Leon Redbone My Little Grass Shack Whistling In The Wind Amazon
9Captain & Tenille Love Will Keep Us Together 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
10The Monkees Can You Dig It? Listen to the Band Disc 3 Amazon
11Danny & The Juniors Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
12Jack Scott Leroy Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1 Amazon
13Sleepy Labeef Good Rockin' Boogie Sleepy Rocks Amazon
14Bonnie Guitar Dark Moon Dark Moon [Bear Family] Amazon
15The Grateful Dead Friend of the Devil American Beauty Amazon
1613th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me High Fidelity Amazon
17Quicksilver Messenger Service Who Do You Love Part 1 Happy Trails [Live] Amazon
18The Ronettes Be My Baby Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2 Amazon
19The Honeycombs Have I The Right We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites Amazon
20The Persuasions I'll Come Running Back to You Good News Amazon
21Andre Williams Jail Bait Artist's Choice: Rolling Stones Amazon
22Jackie Shane Any Other Way Any Other Way Amazon
23Donnie Fritts The Oldest Baby in the World Lucky 13 Amazon
24Eddie Money Baby Hold On Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money Amazon
25Art Neville All These Things Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
26Fats Domino I Hear You Knockin' They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
27Dr. John Somebody Changed The Lock Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
28Ric Ocasek Bottom Dollar Nexterday Amazon
29Little Feat Dixie Chicken Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
30The Amazing Rhythm Aces Third Rate Romance Stacked Deck Amazon
31Dick Dale & the Del-Tones King of the Surf Guitar Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2 Amazon
32Earl Thomas Conley Holding Her And Loving You Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
33Mac Wiseman Tis Sweet To Be Remembered Teenage Hangout Amazon

 

The Year 1952

A good year…if I do say so myself. We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1952…in pop, country, and R&B. The music that year featured sounds that portended the birth of rock ‘n roll, the blossoming of the Golden Age of Country, and the droll mainstream charts couldn’t have been more ripe for steamrolling.  Webb Pierce and Hank Williams dominated the country charts while the white bread pop charts found Al Martino, Johnny Ray, and Rosemary Clooney. But it was the R&B charts that mirrored the emerging energy of swing, rhythm and blues, and rock with the likes of The Clovers, Ruth Brown, and The Five Royales.  The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 269.86. Tune in for the countdown. 67 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Ella Fitzgerald Goody, Goody 75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
3Percy Faith Delicado 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
4Willie Mabon I Don't Know Atlantic Blues: Piano Amazon
5Eddy Arnold A Full Time Job Eddy's Song: A Full Time Job Amazon
6Al Martino Here In My Heart Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po Amazon
7Ruth Brown 5-10-15 Hours Ruth Brown: Mama He Treats Your Daugher Mean & Other Hits Amazon
8Hank Williams I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 5 Amazon
9Patti Page I Went To Your Wedding The Patti Page Collection: The Mercury Years, Volume 1 Amazon
10The 5 Royales Baby Don't Do It The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
11Webb Pierce Back Street Affair All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
12Eddie Fisher Wish You Were Here The Great American Crooners [Disc 5] Amazon
13Little Walter Juke Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2] Amazon
14Carl Smith (When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) Amazon
15Rosemary Clooney Half As Much Tenderly Amazon
16Fats Domino Goin' Home Rock And Rollin Amazon
17Lefty Frizzell Give Me More, More, More (of Your Kisses) Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night) Amazon
18Vera Lynn Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1] Amazon
19Johnny Ace My Song Memorial Album Amazon
20Webb Pierce That Heart Belongs To Me All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
21Jo Stafford You Belong To Me Your Hit Parade – 1952 Amazon
22The Clovers One Mint Julep Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
23Slim Whitman Indian Love Call Golden Age of Country Volume 5: The Wild Side of Life Amazon
24Johnny Ray Cry The Best Jukeboxhits Amazon
25Jimmy Forrest Night Train Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
26Kitty Wells It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2] Amazon
27Kay Starr Wheel Of Fortune Shutter Island [Disc 2] Amazon
28Billy Ward & the Dominoes Have Mercy Baby Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
29Webb Pierce Wondering All Hits! [Disc 1] Amazon
30Leroy Anderson Blue Tango Instrumental Gold [Disc 1] Amazon
31Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
32Hank Williams Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 24 Greatest Amazon
33Bull Moose Jackson Nosey Joe Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
34Nat King Cole Unforgettable Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon