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Free Form – May 2016

May 14, 2016 Dave

Country sounds from Johnny Cash, Wynn Stewart, and Ferlin Husky kick things off and we’ll run the blues and R&B gamut with B. B. King, John Jackson, and Duke Robillard…who will also complement the sounds of Dr. John. A free form extravaganza continues with early pop and big band sounds, including Helen Forrest vocals, The Boswells, and Harry James.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	The Only Man Wilder Than Me	Django and Jimmie
3	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
4	Ferlin Husky	Puxico Polka	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
5	Johnny Cash	Tennessee Flat Top Box	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1
6	Patsy Cline	That's My Desire	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3]
7	Mac Wiseman	Old Camp Meeting Time	Grassroots To Bluegrass
8	Leon Russell	Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms	Retrospective
9	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Friend of the Devil	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen
10	C.W. Stoneking	Good Luck Charm	Gon' Boogaloo
11	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
12	John Jackson	The Devil He Wore A Hickory Shoe	Front Porch Blues
13	Prophet G. Lusk	The Devil's Trying to Steal My Joy	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
14	Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound	My Friend The Devil	Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound
15	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard
16	Dr. John	How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)	Goin' Back To New Orleans
17	Dr. John	Old Settlers	Live at Magfest 2014
18	B.B. King & Dr. John	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere	Deuces Wild
19	Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington	It Don't Mean A Thing	The Great Summit [Disc 1]
20	Dj Frogg	I Don't Mean a Mash	Mashups
21	Eugiene Baird & The Duke's Boys	Everything But You	American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington
22	Helen Forrest and Les Paul Trio	Everybody Knew But Me	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
23	Harry James & His Orchestra	I've Heard That Song Before	43 Your Hit Parade
24	The Boswell Sisters	Heebie Jeebies	The Object Of My Affection
25	New Friends Of Rhythm	Shoot The Schubert To me Hubert	1939-1947 Performances
26	Fats Waller	How Can You Face Me?	Honeysuckle Rose
27	Leon Redbone	Bittersweet Waltz	Up A Lazy River
28	John Jorgenson	F. A. Swing	Franco-American Swing
29	Nappy Brown	The Hole I'm In	Night Time Is the Right Time
30	The Five Royales	Tears Of Joy	Dedicated To You
31	Howlin' Wolf	Baby How Long	Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
32	Nappy Brown	Little By Little	Night Time Is the Right Time
33	Nappy Brown	Piddily Patter Patter	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]

Trains & Boats & Planes & Automobiles

April 21, 2016 Dave

Trains Planes Automobiles — Trains Boats Planes & Automobiles

Deeper Roots takes on a theme this week… one that has us on the road, the rails, the ocean deep, and soaring in the clouds. We speak, of course, of our modes and muse of transport in music. There’s a variety of styling to be had including blues from Snooks Eaglin and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 50s country from Cowboy Copas and Bonnie Guitar, pop sounds from Jo Stafford and the Modernaires, and a host of others that all support the theme of the day. Tune in for another roots-infused Wednesday evening on KOWS, the heart and voice of West Sonoma County, California.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Modernaires	The Stanley Steamer	The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)
3	Kevin Russell	Cadillacin' Model A	You Don't Know Me
4	Snooks Eaglin	Model T And The Train	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
5	Rosco Gordon	T Model Boogie	Let's Get High (B)
6	Lightnin' Hopkins	Automobile Blues	Lightnin'
7	Ry Cooder	Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)	Borderline (Remaster 2013)
8	John Sebastian	Got No Automobiles	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
9	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
10	Mink Deville	Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac	Coup De Grace Plus Where Angels Fear To Tread
11	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2
12	Peter, Paul & Mary	Leaving On A Jet Plane	Album 1700
13	Mother McCollum	Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
14	Peter Case	Waiting On A Plane	HWY 62
15	Cowboy Copas	Night Plane to Memphis	Settin' Flat On Ready
16	Dwight Yoakam	07 Trains and Boats and Planes	Population: Me
17	Doc Watson	Blue Railroad Train	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
18	J. H. Howell	Howell's Railroad	Classic Field Recordings
19	Hank Williams	California Zephyr	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
20	Chuck Berry	Down Bound Train	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
21	Jimmie Driftwood	Sailing Away On The Ocean	Americana, Vol. 3
22	Earl Scruggs	My Ship Will Sail	The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two
23	The Boxmasters	Goin' Home	Modbilly Disc 1
24	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Boat's up the River	Jake Xerxes Fussell
25	Jo Stafford	Shrimp Boats	You Belong To Me
26	Al Hendrickson	On A Slow Boat To China	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
27	Nick Lowe	Christmas At The Airport	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
28	Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson	Gulf Coast Highway	Duets
29	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
30	Tony Rice Unit	Old Train	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
31	Jimmie Driftwood	I'm Leavin' On The Wagon Train	Americana, Vol. 2

American Novelties

March 25, 2016 Dave

It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cab Calloway	The Scat Song	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
3	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
4	Slim & Slam	Sploghm	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
5	The Ink Spots	Mama Don't Allow	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
6	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
7	Ella Mae Morse	Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet	The Morse Code [Disc 1]
8	Danny Kaye	Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
9	Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy	Bed Strings	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
10	Jimmy Durante	Inka Dinka Doo	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
12	Lonnie Johnson	Wipe It Off	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
13	Tiny Hill and His Orchestra (Vocal Tiny Hill)	Hot Rod Race (1951)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
14	Ross & Sargent	Nellie the Nudist Queen	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
15	Spike Jones	Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai (Hawaiian War Chant)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
16	Spike Jones	Der Fuhrer's Face	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
17	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
18	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds	In Spite Of Ourselves
19	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
20	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
21	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue	At Madison Square Garden
22	Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle)	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
23	Roy Newman	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
24	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
25	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
26	Leon Redbone	Your Feets Too Big	Any Time
27	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
28	Hank Penny	Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, And Tell 'Em Nothin'	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
29	Hank Penny	The Freckle Song	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
30	The Light Crust Doughboys	Pussy Pussy Pussy	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
31	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
32	Arthur Godfrey\The Too Fat Trio	Too Fat Polka	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
33	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	When Yuba Plays The Rhumba on The Tuba	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Cliff Edwards	I'm No Fool	The Collection
35	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly	20 Greatest Hits

Free Form – March 2016

March 10, 2016 Dave

We return to a free form collection of American music, featuring blues from Markus James, Blind Willie Johnson, and Dinah Washington; country from Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, and Leroy Van Dyke; pop memories from Frank Sinatra, Cliff Edwards, and Rusty Draper. The show will feature an expanded eclectic blend of bluegrass, gospel, rockabilly, and gospel and, in addition to Markus James, we’ll also feature a other local musical luminaries to ensure we’re reminded that our Sonoma County musical talent is a rich aquifer.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding	Drivin' Wheel	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
3	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson)	Selected Shorts
4	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	Donkey Town	All The Roadrunning
5	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
6	Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards	Somebody Loves Me	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (Disc 2)
7	Sophie Tucker	He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
8	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
9	Laurie London	The Gospel Train	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
10	Rusty Draper	The Train With The Rhumba Beat	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
11	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
12	Mississippi John Hurt	The Chicken	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
13	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
14	Kitty Wells	The Other Cheek	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
15	Leroy Van Dyke	Walk On By	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 1]
16	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts Of Life	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
17	Slim Gaillard	How High The Moon	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
18	Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Orchestra	Repeal The Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
19	Erwin Lehn	Sentimental Journey	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
20	Frank Sinatra	Day In – Day Out	Come Dance with Me!
21	Jimmy Elledge	Funny How Time Slips Away	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
22	The Rhythm Rangers	I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels	Not Out of the Woods Yet
23	Kevin Russell	Solid Wrong	Plain Dirt Fashion
24	Wendy DeWitt	29 Ways	Getaway
25	Markus James	Head For The Hills	Head For The Hills
26	Markus James	On a Mississippi Porch	Head For The Hills
27	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
29	Lucinda Williams	God Don't Never Change	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
30	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer

Songs of Cindy Walker

March 3, 2016 Dave

Enduring and prolific…country and pop songwriter Cindy Walker’s name is not as familiar to many but her music certainly is. She wrote early western-flavored pop and country swing pieces for performers like Bing Crosby and Bob Wills, composing hits for Hank Snow, Gene Autry, Al Dexter, Eddy Arnold, and others…almost owning the country charts in the 1940s. Her music endured well into the sixties and seventies, covered by Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, and dozens more. Her custom was to rise early and write songs, typing her lyrics on a pink-trimmed manual Royal typewriter while her mother, Oree Walker, would work out the melodies to her daughter’s words. They would station themselves in Nashville five months out of the year to help market the music, returning home to Mexia, Texas where Cindy would live out her life. Join us on a special run of Americana: the songs of Cindy Walker.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch	Sugar Moon	It's A Good Day
3	Willie Nelson	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Dusty Skies	Take Me Back to Tulsa [Disc 2] (Cherokee Maiden)
5	Bob Wills	Cherokee Maiden	Columbia Historic Edition
6	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Blue Bonnet Lane	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
7	Eddy Arnold	Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me	The Essential Eddy Arnold
8	George Morgan	In the Misty Moonlight	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
9	Dean Martin	In The Misty Moonlight	The Great Dean Martin
10	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blue Canadian Rockies	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
11	Jim Reeves	Distant Drums	Essential Jim Reeves
12	Ray Charles	You Don't Know Me	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
13	Gene Autry	Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
14	Gene Autry	I Was Just Walking Out the Door	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
15	Ernest Tubb	Two Glasses Joe	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
16	The Del McCoury Band	The Bluegrass Country	Del And The Boys
17	The Byrds	Blue Canadian Rockies	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
18	Merle Haggard	Goin' Away Party	Unforgettable
19	Ricky Skaggs	I Don't Care	The Essential Ricky Skaggs
20	Roy Orbison	Shahdaroba	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
21	Roy Orbison	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
22	Willie Nelson	Not That I Care	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
23	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland
24	Les Paul	Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me (Remastered)	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
25	Bob Wills	Miss Molly	For the Last Time
26	Asleep at the Wheel	It's All Your Fault (with Katie Shore)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
27	Solitaire Miles	I Hear You Talkin'	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
28	Solitaire Miles	Me & the Man In the Moon	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
29	Hank Thompson	Triflin' Gal	Seven Decades
30	Willie Nelson	Dusty Skies	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
31	Merle Haggard	Cherokee Maiden	Capitol Collector's Series

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Jazz, Early Pop

Pop Music of the 1920s

January 28, 2016 Dave

We’ll revisit the third decade of the 20th century where the social and cultural watershed events following the first World War were more than one could have anticipated. The Jazz Age; Prohibition; Radio and the Victrola meant entertainment could be had in the front room, replacing the family and neighborhood parlor entertainment. While the Great Depression loomed on the horizon, the music that found the middle was hopeful and full of man-meets-girl songs were all the rage…even if signs of hard times to come were easily spotted. Listen in for a chronological selection that includes the sounds of Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Annette Hanshaw, Ethel Waters, and the peerless pop icons Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

Deeper Cole Porter

January 9, 2016 Dave

American composer Cole Porter wrote words and music for over thirty stage and film musicals. His works were typically a model of sophistication, humor, and charm that would change popular musical theater. Deeper Roots takes a look at this songwriter whose music influenced generations of the American patchwork of styles including country, rock, pop, and R&B. We’ll hear from the torch vocals of Betty Carter, playful LA country from Michael Nesmith, the cool evening jazz of Julie London, rocking R&B from Roy Brown, and the contemporary country sounds of the Texoma All-Stars. And more, of course.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	It's De-Lovely	Cocktails With Cole Porter
3	Texoma All-Stars	Don't Fence Me In [*]	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
4	Gene Autry	Don't Fence Me In	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
5	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Tropical Campfires
6	Les Paul Trio	Begin The Beguine	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
7	k.d. lang	So in Love	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
8	Elvis Presley	True Love	The King Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters [Disc 3]
9	The Flamingos	In the Still of the Night	Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of
10	Roy Brown	Love For A Sale	Good Rockin' Tonight
11	Six Hits & A Miss	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
12	John Reischman	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	North of the Border
13	Chet Atkins	You Do Something To Me	Almost Alone
14	Billie Holiday	Easy To Love	First Issue: Great American Song Book [Disc 1]
15	Lena Horne;Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra	At Long Last Love	The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years
16	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) [From in Paris]	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
17	Julie London	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Cocktails With Cole Porter
18	Arthur Lyman Group	Love for Sale	Music for a Bachelor's Den
19	Blossom Dearie	Give Him The Ooh-La-La	Give Him The Ooh-La-La
20	Peggy Lee	Always True To You In My Fashion	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
21	Dinah Shore	It's All Right With Me	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
22	Betty Carter/Ray Charles	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
23	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
24	Martha Tilton With Dean Elliott And His Orchestra	Blow, Gabriel, Blow	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
25	Ethel Merman with Fairchild & Carroll & Their Orchestra	Down In The Depths (On The 90th Floor)	You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930 [Disc 3]
26	Mary Martin	My Heart Belongs To Daddy – from Night And Day	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
27	Ginny Simms, Cary Grant	You're The Top – from Night And Day	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
28	Bing Crosby/Frank Sinatra	Well Did You Evah?	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 1
29	Fred Astaire	All Of You	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
30	Frank Sinatra & Anttnio Carlos Jobim	I Concentrate On You	Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
31	David Byrne	Don't Fence Me In	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
32	Cole Porter	You're The Top	De-Lovely

Christmas Special 2015

December 26, 2015 Dave

We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
3	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
4	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
5	The Living Sisters	Merry Happy Christmas	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
6	She & Him	Blue Christmas	A Very She & Him Christmas
7	The Ronettes	Frosty the Snowman	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
8	The Beach Boys	Toy Drive Public Service Announcement	Ultimate Christmas
9	Darlene Love	Winter Wonderland	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
10	The Beach Boys	Dennis Wilson Christmas Message	Ultimate Christmas
11	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
12	The Beach Boys	Man With All the Toys, The	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
13	Leroy Carr	Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
14	Lloyd Glenn	Sleigh Ride	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
15	Amos Milburn	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	King single 45-5405
16	B.B. King	Christmas Celebration	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
17	Walter Davis	Santa Claus	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
18	Blind Blake	Lonesome Christmas Blues	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
19	Leon Redbone	Christmas Island	Christmas Island
20	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
21	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
22	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
23	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24	Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren	Christmas Choo Choo Train	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
25	Elvis Presley	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26	Elvis Presley	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
27	The Living Sisters	Silver Bells	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
28	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
29	Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit Of Christmas
30	Ray Charles	Winter Wonderland	The Spirit Of Christmas
31	Cajun Gold	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
32	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
33	Lou Rawls	Christmas Is	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails
34	The Louvin Brothers	It's Christmas Time	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
35	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
36	James Brown	Please Come Home for Christmas	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
37	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Roots of Doo Wop

December 12, 2015 Dave

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Turbans	When You Dance	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
3	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
4	Heavenly Gospel Singers	The Prodigal Son	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	The Heavenly Gospel Singers	When Was Jesus Born?	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
6	The Deep River Boys	Melody of Love	The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
7	The Charioteers	All God's Chillun Got Shoes	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
8	The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	Best of the Decca Years
9	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
10	Lewis Bronzville Five	Low Down Gal Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
11	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	40 Your Hit Parade
12	The Ink Spots	My Prayer	Greatest Hits
13	The Cats & The Fiddle	I Miss You So	The Very Best Of
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	We Cats Will Swing For You	The Very Best Of
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
16	The Delta Rhythm Boys	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Do You Care	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
18	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
19	Five Red Caps	Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
20	The Cap-Tans	I'm So Crazy For Love	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
21	The Ravens	Count Every Star	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
22	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
23	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
24	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
25	The Toppers	If Money Grew on Trees	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
26	The Five Keys	The Glory of Love	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
27	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
28	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
29	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
30	The Crows	Gee	Feelin Fine
31	The Flamingos	Would I Be Crying	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
32	The Flamingos	Golden Teardrops	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
33	The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
34	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
35	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
36	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1

American Popular, Deeper Roots on KWTF

Broadway and Film

November 7, 2015 Dave

Not to ignore the obvious influences that Hollywood had on our culture and music, we dig into the archives to sample some of the greats as well as some of the unknowns. Popular entertainment began with minstrelsy, traveling medicine shows, vaudeville, and finally ‘the Great White Way’ of New York’s Broadway. Entertainers such as Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, as well as Harlem’s profound contribution in the names of Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, and Cab Calloway would capture a light-heartedness and nostalgic sound while telling small stories in a very big way. Tune in Friday night on KWTF and hear the musicals, the novelty pieces, and find yourselves riding down the river of some of the more energetic swells of the past century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Benny Goodman	Hooray For Hollywood	Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
3	Al Jolson	My Mammy – from The Jazz Singer	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
4	Fanny Brice	My Man – from My Man	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
5	Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse	That's Entertainment (The Band Wagon)	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s
6	Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.	42nd Street – from 42nd Street	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
7	Ginger Rogers & Chorus / Busby Berkeley	We're In The Money (The Gold Diggers Song) (Album Version from 'Gold Diggers of 1933')	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
8	Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.	San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
9	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues (from Hi-De-Ho short)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
10	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By – from Casablanca	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
11	The Mills Brothers	Congo Fever (Jungle Fever)	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
12	Johnnie 'Scat' Davis, Frances Langford & Benny Goodman & His Orchestra	Let That Be A Lesson To You	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1]
13	Ethel Waters	Heat Wave	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
14	Bing Crosby	So the Bluebirds and the Blackbirds Got Together	Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
15	Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong	Now You Has Jazz	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
16	Louis Armstrong & His Allstars/Jack Teagaredn	Ain't Misbehavin'	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
17	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
18	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain (Singin' in the Rain)	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s
19	Kern/Hammerstein	Buck & Wing	Show Boat Soundtrack
20	Christine Johnson, Jean Darling, Chorus	June Is Bustin' Out All Over	The Original Broadway Cast Album
21	Ray Bolger	Once in Love With Amy	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
22	Carol Channing	Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
23	Richard Burton	Camelot	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
24	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
25	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires	Viva Las Vegas	Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
26	Carol Channing	Hello Dolly!	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
27	Robert Preston	Seventy Six Trombones	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
28	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs	Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Bonnie And Clyde	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
29	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	Dueling Banjos	75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1)
30	Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson	In the Jailhouse Now	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
31	Bette Midler	Optimistic Voices/Lullaby Of Broadway	Bette Midler
32	John Raitt	Hey There The Pajama Game]	Best of Broadway- The Early '50s

A Century of America's Music