Category Archives: American Popular

Roger Miller Tribute

October 13, 2018 Dave

There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller. Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
3	Roger Miller	Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2)
4	Doug Kershaw	You Don't Want My Love	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
5	Ernest Tubb	Half a Mind	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
6	Faron Young	A World So Full of Love	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
7	Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell	Invitation to the Blues	Old Yellow Moon
8	George Jones	Tall Tall Trees	George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
9	Roger Miller	Tall, Tall Trees	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
10	Roger Miller	My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
11	Charley Pride	Billy Bayou	20 Classics
12	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
13	Roger Miller	Little Green Apples	All Time Greatest Hits
14	Bill Kirchen	Husbands and Wives (Album)	Word To The Wise
15	Roger Miller/Willie Nelson	Husbands and Wives	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
16	Willie Nelson	Old Friends	One Hell Of A Ride
17	Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard	Old Friends	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
18	Patsy Cline	When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription]	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
19	Little Jimmy Dickens	When Your House Is Not A Home	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
20	Merle Haggard	Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go	Chicago Wind
21	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
22	Jon Rauhouse	Pardon This Coffin	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
23	Roger Miller	King Of The Road	The Best Of : Vol 2
24	Dick Curless	King of the Road	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
25	Roger Miller	Kansas City Star	The Best Of : Vol 2
26	Kacey Musgraves	Kansas City Star	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
27	Roger Miller	Dang Me	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
28	Willie Nelson	When Two Worlds Collide	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
29	Alison Krauss	You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
30	Alison Krauss	River In The Rain	Windy City
31	Roger Miller	Where Have All The Average People Gone	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
32	Roger Miller	Hoppy's Gone	The Best Of : Vol 2
33	The Dead South	One Dying And A Burying	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
34	Nick Lowe	Old Toy Trains	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
35	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2

Yip Harburg Tribute

October 6, 2018 Dave

Yip Harburg was a songmaker. He was part of a select few in the early to mid-century who found their calling as lyricists, writing words that transformed music to story and story to film and Broadway spectacles. We could gloss over his contributions by simply saying “he’s the guy who wrote Over The Rainbow or April in Paris or Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”. But his career was more than that. It’s no secret that Yip’s politics were carefully crafted in song. The phrases “honky-tonk parade” and “Barnum and Bailey world” were veiled criticisms of the “phony as it can be” corporate and political leadership in America, written by a freethinking, socially conscious lyricist. Our show today will honor some of his best songs and include interview excerpts featuring both Yip and his son, Ernie.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra	What Is There To Say	White Satin Black Satin
3	Anita O'Day	Old Devil Moon	Anita Sings The Most
4	Frank Sinatra	It's Only A Paper Moon	Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
5	Peggy Lee	Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
6	Martha Tilton	How Are Things In Glocca Morra?	The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 2]
7	Nellie Lutcher	April In Paris	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 2]
8	Lena Horne	Ain't It The Truth	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
9	Lena Horne	Then I'll Be Tired of You	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
10	Nat King Cole Trio	Then I'll Be Tired Of You	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
11	Ella Logan	How Are Things in Glocca Morra?	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
12	Ray Bolger	If I Only Had A Brain	The Wizard Of Oz
13	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
14	Ella Logan	When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
15	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
16	Judy Garland	We're Off To See The Wizard	The Wizard Of Oz
17	David Wayne	When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
18	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
19	Dinah Washington	Look To The Rainbow	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Disc 2]
20	Carmen McRae	The Eagle and Me	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
21	Blossom Dearie	Down With Love	Once Upon A Summertime
22	Jeri Southern	Down with Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
23	Dean Martin	I'm Yours	Late at Night with Dean Martin
24	Judy Garland	Paris Is A Lonely Town – Gay Purr-Ee	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
25	Judy Garland	The Jitterbug	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
26	Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
27	Rudy Vallee	Brother Can You Spare A Dime	Vagabond Lover
28	Barbara Cook and Jerome Courtland	Here's to Your Illusions	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
29	Count Basie	April In Paris	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie

Jukebox Saturday Night

September 22, 2018 Dave

A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities. Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Edmunds	A. 1 on the Juke Box	Tracks on Wax 4
3	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
4	Dodie Stevens	I Wore Out My Record	Ultimate Collection
5	Gale Storm	Love By The Jukebox Light	Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
6	Teresa Brewer	Music! Music! Music!	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
7	Kenny Loran	One More Record Please	One More Record Please
8	Shirley & Lee	Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall	Shirley & Lee Rock
9	Buck Owens	Put A Quarter In The Jukebox	Hot Dog
10	Bill Haley with the Saddlemen	Jukebox Cannonball	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
11	Joshua Hedley	Mr. Jukebox	Mr. Jukebox
12	Ernest Tubb	Mr. Jukebox	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
13	Mel Tillis	Jukebox Man (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
14	Kitty Wells	I Heard the Jukebox Playing	Singles
15	Vernon Oxford	Turn The Record Over	One More Record Please
16	Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper	Don't Play That Song (On The Juke Box Tonight)	One More Record Please
17	Katy Moffatt	Stoned At The Jukebox	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
18	Billy Walker	The Record	The World Is A Monster
19	Charles Senns	Dig Me A Crazy Record	One More Record Please
20	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
21	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
22	Dinah Washington	Record Ban Blues	Gold
23	Slim Gaillard Quartet	Jumpin' At The Record Shop	Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
24	Jon And Sondra Steele	They All Recorded To Beat The Ban	One More Record Please
25	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten-Inch Record	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
26	Brook Benton	Hit Record	Mercury 1962
27	The Marigolds	Juke Box Rock & Roll	The Johnny Bragg Story
28	Tex Beneke, The Modernaires	Jukebox Saturday Night	Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
29	Snookum Russell	Juke Box Boogie Woogie Chick	Swing-O-Rama : Beautiful Babies
30	Hadda Brooks	Jukebox Boogie	That's My Desire
31	Hardrock Gunter	Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
32	The Hi-Flyers	Juke Box Jump	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
33	Lattie Moore	The Jukebox And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
34	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
35	Si Cranstoun	Jukebox Jump	Old School
36	Luke Wills Rhythm Busters	A Nickel In The Jukebox	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Free Form, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Diddy Wah Diddy

September 15, 2018 Dave

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Taj Mahal	Diddy Wah Diddy	Maestro
3	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket)	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
4	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
5	Hank Williams	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
6	Johnny Cash	The Night Hank Williams Came To Town	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
7	Leon Russell	Love's Gonna Live Here	Legend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. III
8	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Jones On the Jukebox	Set Two
9	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You With Mark Knopfler	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
10	Porter Wagoner	Highway Headin' South	The Essential Porter Wagoner
11	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Hambone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
12	Lillian Briggs	Can't Stop	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
13	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
14	Clyde McPhatter	Just to Hold My Hand	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1
15	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
16	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
17	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
18	The Dubs	Could This Be Magic	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
19	The Cadillacs	Gloria	The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles
20	Pee Wee King	Slow Poke	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3
21	Rusty Draper	The Shifting Whispering Sands	Your Hit Parade – 1955
22	Floyd Tillman	This Cold War With You	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
23	Foy Willing	Texas Blues	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	X's From Down In Texas – 1958	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	The Light Crust Doughboys	Stay Out Of The South	1936-1941
26	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Eilen Jewell	Whispering Sea	Butcher Holler
28	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
29	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump, Jive & Swing
30	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
31	Bull Moose Jackson	Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well	Badman Jackson Thats Me
32	Jimmy Durante	Little Bit This, Little Bit That	The Great Schnozzle
33	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
34	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	I Want the Waiter with the Water	The Nelson Touch
35	Taj Mahal	Take a Giant Step	In Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3)

The Object of My Affection

August 11, 2018 Dave

It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
3	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
6	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
7	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
9	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
10	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
11	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
12	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
13	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
14	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
15	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
16	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
17	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
18	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
19	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
20	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
21	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
22	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
23	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
24	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
25	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
27	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
29	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
30	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
3	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
5	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
6	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
7	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
9	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
10	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
11	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
12	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
14	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
15	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
16	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
17	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
18	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
19	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
20	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
23	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
24	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
25	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
28	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
29	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
30	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
31	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
32	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
33	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
34	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
35	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
36	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

100 Years Ago

July 21, 2018 Dave

We’re taking this ‘Century of America’s Music’ theme quite serious this week. The tracks we’ll be playing are from the the first few decades of the 20th Century. Parlor music had lost its attraction by the turn of the century in favor of minstrel, vaudeville, and the emergence of Tin Pan Alley. Ragtime and jazz would evolve in an organic manner and blues would inform much of the jazz and band music that would become popular with the advent of the Victrola. Music today includes tracks from Vernon Dahlart, Billy Murray, Frank Crumit, and Ben Selvin & His Orchestra as we find the music of the teens and early 20s on a show that keeps our tagline strong. Tune in for this celebration of American popular music in its infancy.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	W.C. Handy	Livery Stable Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Burt Williams	Nobody	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Felix Arndt	Desecration Rag	The Big Broadcast vol. 9
5	Paramount Symphony Orchestra	Made In America (Pm 2008, 60-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
6	Harry McClaskey	Your Country And My Country (Pm 2011, 2011-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
7	Arthur Fields	Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip (Pm 2052, 2052-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
8	Whit Cunliffe	Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser!	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
9	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	78s
10	Billy Murray	The Little Old Ford	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	Edith Day, Rosario Bourdon	Alice Blue Gown	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
12	Paul Whiteman	Whispering	Greatest Hits
13	Billy Murray	I'll See You In C-U-B-A	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
14	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	Dardanella	Dardanella
15	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Dardanella
16	Al Jolson	Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night (1916)	Columbia-1976
17	Al Jolson	Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land (World War I Song) (1918)	Columbia-2542 (77753)
18	Vernon Dalhart	Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline?	Puttin on the Style
19	Fisk Jubilee Singers	O Mary Don't You Weep Don't You Mourn	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
20	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
21	Van Eps Trio	Ragging The Scale (Pm 2050, 87R-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
22	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
23	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Indianola (Those Draftin' Blues)	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
24	Pale K. Lua	The Rosary	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
25	Frank Crumit	I'm a Lonesome Little Rain Drop (1920)	Columbia-3332 (79460)
26	Louise, Ferera and Rose	Aloha Land (Pm 30060, 245-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
27	Helen Louise & Frank Derera's Hawaiians	Kai Maia O ka Maoli	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
28	Helen Louise & Palakiko Ferreira – Moana Lua	Hawaiian Hula Medley	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
29	Ford's Hawaiian Orchestra	Kahola March	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
30	Al Jolson	Swanee	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
31	Bert Williams	Moon Shines On The Moonshine, The	A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1
32	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Theme Time, Urban Blues

Lonely Avenue

June 30, 2018 Dave

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Booker T. & The MG's	Lonely Avenue	Green Onions
3	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2]
4	Mel Walker	Feelin' Mighty Lonesome	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
5	Johnny Ace	So Lonely	Memorial Album
6	Smiley Turner	Lonely Boy Blues	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
7	Julia Lee	Have You Ever Been Lonely	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
8	Irma Thomas	Woman Left Lonely	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
9	Maxine Sullivan	Kind'a Lonesome	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
10	T-Bone Walker	Blue Mood	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
11	Shakey Jake	Gimme A Smile	The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
12	The Holmes Brothers	I'm So Lonely	Simple Truths
13	Joe Liggins	Blues For Tanya	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
14	Sam Cooke	Lonely Island	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)
15	Eddie Burns	Lonely Man Plea	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
16	James Winfield	Lonely, Lonely, Nights	Lonely Lonely Nights
17	Champion Jack Dupree	Lonely Road Blues	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
18	Chris Kenner	I'm Lonely, Take Me	Land of 1000 Dances
19	Earl King	Those Lonely Lonely Nights	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
20	Eddie Boyd	Got Lonesome Here	Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58)
21	Johnny Bragg	Hurt & Lonely	The Johnny Bragg Story
22	Violet Hall	(All Alone) I Sit And Cry	The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
23	Fats Domino	I'm Alone Because I Love You	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8
24	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
25	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection
26	Lowell Fulson	Everyday I Have The Blues	Trying to Find My Baby
27	Smiley Lewis	Lonesome Highway	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
28	Nappy Brown	I'm Getting Lonesome	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
29	Little Richard	Lonesome And Blue	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
30	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Alone Together	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
31	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
32	Lillie Mae Kirkman	Lonesome	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
33	Julia Lee	Back Street (06-13-47)	1947

Early Female Pop Vocals

May 19, 2018 Dave

Here’s to the pioneering pop mavens. Don’t think we won’t draw a little bit outside the lines as well in this show, bringing in flappers, jazz, and novelty sounds. The groups and solo acts are thoroughly represented with the likes of Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, Billie Holiday, Kate Smith, and The Andrews Sisters. We’ll go a little bit further and bring you songs to uplift in hard times, ring with a bit of jingoism in war time, and celebrate the good times in every way possible. West County radio will get a good dose of the best of the early and mid-century popular music…all from the ladies.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Boswell Sisters	Heebie Jeebies, #1	The Boswell Sisters Collection
3	Marion Harris	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
4	Helen Kane, Leonard Joy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
5	Lee Morse	If You Want the Rainbow	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
6	Lee Morse	If I Can't Have You	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
7	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
8	Annette Hanshaw	I Get The Blues When It Rains	The Girl Next Door
9	Ethel Shutta With George Olsen & His Music	I'm On A Diet Of Love	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
10	Ruth Etting	My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
11	Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls
12	Vaughn De Leath	Ukulele Lady	With My Little Ukulele In My Hand (Disc 4 Of 4)
13	Vaughn De Leath	Banana Oil	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
14	Marion Harris	Spring Is Here Again	The Big Broadcast vol. 6
15	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
16	The Boswell Sisters	Shuffle Off To Buffalo	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
17	Kate Smith	Twenty Million People	Emergence Of A Legend
18	Kate Smith	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Emergence Of A Legend
19	Josephine Baker	Confessing	1926-1932
20	Billie Holiday	My Last Affair	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2
21	Billie Holiday	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
22	Billie Holiday	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Hallelujah!	Cryin' Mood
24	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
25	Helen Forrest	Two Blind Loves	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
26	The Andrews Sisters	Rhumboogie	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
27	The Andrews Sisters	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
28	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
29	Dinning Sisters	Beg Your Pardon	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
30	Dinning Sisters	Oh Monah	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
31	The McGuire Sisters	Sugartime	The McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits
32	Helen Kane	Button Up Your Overcoat	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls

Songs About Morning

May 12, 2018 Dave 2 Comments

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Morning, Noon And Night	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
3	Billie Holiday	Good Morning Heartache	Ken Burns Jazz
4	Blossom Dearie	A Fine Spring Morning	Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered)
5	Louis Jordan	Early In The Morning	Jivin' With Jordan
6	Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell	How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning?	Make Love With
7	Doris Day	I Got The Sun In The Morning	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Gillian Welch	One Morning	Hell Among the Yearlings
9	Gram Parsons	We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning	G.P. / Grievous Angel
10	Bob Dylan	Meet Me in the Morning	Blood on the Tracks
11	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
12	Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Greatest Hits
13	Irma Thomas	Early In The Morning	Simply Grand
14	Joan Baez	One Too Many Mornings	Baez Sings Dylan
15	Joni Mitchell	Chelsea Morning	Hits
16	David Bromberg	I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning	The Player: A Retrospective
17	The South Street Trio	Cold Morning Shout	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
18	Lead Belly	Good Morning Blues	Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2
19	K.C. Douglas	Woke Up This Morning	Mercury Blues
20	Julius Daniels	Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
21	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus	The First Recordings
22	Rev. Anderson Johnson	Death in the Morning	Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3]
23	Frank Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2
24	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Some Velvet Morning	Nancy & Lee
25	Margaret Whiting	Good Morning Mister Echo	Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting
26	John Hartford	Morning Bugle	Morning Bugle
27	Hank Snow	Colorado Country Morning	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2]
28	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
29	Shorty Long	Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
30	Billy Fair	Boogie In The Morning	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
31	Muddy Waters	Good Morning School Girl	Folk Singer

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