Category Archives: American Popular

Sacred Rock & Soul

A mixed bag of the soulful sounds with an undercurrent of gospel mixed in this morning. Songs whose construction bears some resemblance or, in most cases, far distant ancestry to the sacred sounds of the church gatherings. The music this morning isn’t really gospel in its obvious form. It’s more the sound of performances that owe gospel music a debt of gratitude for the sound, the rhythm, and the form. Tune in for a bright, shining blend of popular sounds from Paul Simon, Laura Nyro, Curtis Mayfield, Percy Sledge, Mitty Collier, and a couple dozen others as we take a closer walk with rhythm, soul, rock, and pop on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS, your low power community station with a big heart. Tune in on 92.5 FM or stream us on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Isley Brothers Shout (Parts 1 & 2) The Essential Isley Brothers [Disc 1] Amazon
3Sam Cooke Just For You Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
4Sam Cooke You Send Me Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
5Ray Charles I've Got a Woman Ultimate Hits Collection [1 of 2] Amazon
6Ray Charles Hallelujah I Love Her So Ultimate Hits Collection [1 of 2] Amazon
7Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters Cry Baby Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
8Marvin Gaye Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
9The Impressions Keep On Pushing Gospel Amazon
10Curtis Mayfield Move on Up Something to Believe In Amazon
11Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day – Original Buddah Classics Amazon
12Al Green Take Me to the River More Greatest Hits Amazon
13Bill Withers Lean on Me Still Bill Amazon
14Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water Bridge Over Troubled Water Amazon
15Paul Simon Loves Me Like A Rock Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar Amazon
16Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Something to Believe In Amazon
17The Staple Singers Respect Yourself Stax Profiles Amazon
18Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
19Aretha Franklin Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Amazon
20Percy Sledge When A Man Loves A Woman It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge Amazon
21Mitty Collier I Had A Talk With My Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
22Mitty Collier No Faith, No Love Talking With Her Man: The Chess Singles 1961-1968 Amazon
23Laura Nyro And When I Die Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2) Amazon
24Marc Cohn Walking In Memphis Marc Cohn Amazon
25Roy Wood Songs Of Praise Boulders Amazon
26Elton John Take Me To The Pilot Elton John Amazon
27Etta James Strange Things Happening Singles 1957 – 1962 Amazon

The Spector Legacy

No tribute here, only an exploration of the musical legacy left behind by one of the premier production geniuses of 20th century rock and roll. We won’t dwell on the poor example of a human being attached to his personal legacy; but the music he gave us was pure gold and his ‘wall of sound’ became synonymous with early sixties classics from The Ronettes, The Righteous Brothers, The Crystals, Gene Pitney, and so many others. His later career found him turning up in production studios with the likes of The Beatles, The Ramones, Leonard Cohen, and others. Along the line his name was also attached to a wide range of songs in copyright; songs that celebrated youth, love, blusterous rivers deep, and soaring mountains high. And we’ll fit as much as we can into our two hour show on Sonoma County Community Radio.


No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Teddy Bears To Know Him Is to Love Him Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
3The Ronettes Walking in the Rain The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
4The Ronettes Paradise The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
5The Ronettes Do I Love You? The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
6The Paris Sisters I Love How You Love Me Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
7Paris Sisters Be My Boy Early Girls – vol 5 Amazon
8The Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody Amazon
9The Righteous Brothers Just Once in My Life Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3 Amazon
10The Crystals Uptown Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
11The Crystals He's a Rebel Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
12The Crystals Da Doo Ron Ron Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
13Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd. Black Pearl Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3 Amazon
14Alley Cats Puddin' N' Tain Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
15Ray Peterson Corrine, Corrina Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
16Veronica So Young Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2 Amazon
17Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans Not Too Young to Get Married Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
18Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans Why Do Lovers Break Each Others Hearts? Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
19The Dixie Cups Chapel of Love Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964 Amazon
20Darlene Love Stumble and Fall Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2 Amazon
21Darlene Love (Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
22Darlene Love Wait 'Til My Bobby Gets Home Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
23The Treasures Hold Me Tight Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2 Amazon
24Ike & Tina Turner River Deep, Mountain High Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3 Amazon
25Ike & Tina Turner Save the Last Dance for Me Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 3 Amazon
26Ben E. King Spanish Harlem Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
27The Beach Boys I Can Hear Music Perfect Harmony Amazon
28Curtis Lee Pretty Little Angel Eyes The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
29Brian Wilson This Could Be The Night For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson Amazon
30The Ramones Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? End of the Century Amazon
31The Ramones Baby, I Love You End of the Century Amazon
32The Ronettes Baby I Love You The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
33The Crystals He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon

Doo Wop’s Golden Age

In the early 1950s, trade magazines were bemoaning the overabundance of vocal groups making it difficult for single artists to break through. It was just the beginning of a wave of adolescent boys finding that street corner singers were attracting the neighborhood girls. Well, that’s the story anyway. But it might not have been too far off the mark as the mid-to-late 1950s saw the charts exploding with groups with vocal prowess in both instrumental imitation and harmonies with inglorious sound effects. It would become an cultural art form born in the tradition of some of the vocal groups of the 30s and 40s. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll revisit doo wop’s golden age where the harmonies were tight and sweet and the ballads were recycled gems of the past or low-brow teen crooning of the present. Join us on Sonoma County Community Radio for some of the best examples of Doo Wop’s Golden Age.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The El Dorados At My Front Door The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
3The Nutmegs Story Untold The Roots Of Frank Zappa Amazon
4The Five Satins In the Still of the Night Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
5The Heartbeats A Thousand Miles Away Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
6The Rays Silhouettes Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits Amazon
7The Willows The Church Bells May Ring Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
8The Cadillacs Zoom For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon
9Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall In Love Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1] Amazon
10The Moonglows See Saw (mono) Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection Amazon
11The Del Vikings Come Go with Me Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
12The Dubs Could This Be Magic The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
13Mellokings Tonight Tonight Tonight-Tonight Amazon
14The Monotones Book Of Love Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1) Amazon
15Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/The Rob Roys Tell Me Why Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
16The Silhouettes Get A Job Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1) Amazon
17The Diamonds Little Darlin' The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
18The Bobbettes Mr. Lee The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
19The Cadillacs Buzz Buzz Buzz For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon
20The Solitaires Walking Along Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
21Lee Andrews & The Hearts Long Lonely Nights Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
22Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Goody Goody Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
23The Chantels Maybe Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 2] Amazon
24The Edsels Rama Lama Ding Dong The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
25The Aquatones You Early Girls: 1 Amazon
26The Marcels Blue Moon The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
27The Elegants Little Star The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
28Dion & The Belmonts I Wonder Why The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
29The Videos Trickle, Trickle The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
30The Coasters Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
31The Flamingos I Only Have Eyes for You For Collectors Only – Disc 1 Amazon
32The Mystics Hushabye The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
33Dion & The Belmonts A Teenager In Love The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
34The Fiestas So Fine The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
35The Sheppards Island Of Love The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
36Earls Remember Then Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon

Celebrating 10 Years

Break out the libations! Deeper Roots celebrates it’s ten year anniversary on Sonoma County Community Radio and today’s show takes some time to celebrate the blend of sounds we’ve featured with the focus being on our first ten shows. I’ll be grabbing some of my very favorites from those early playlists and sharing them with everyone this morning. Great sounds featured include a trip to Chickashay with Roy Rogers, gospel tradition from Fern Jones, jitterbugging with The Roosevelts, some Duke, Fats, The Louvins, and, of course, Miss Morse (Ella Mae, that is). I’ll look back at some of the shows featured, the many sites visited and the folks that dropped by along the way. A little nostalgia on a Friday morning on KOWS radio and Saturday morning on KRJF and KWTF.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Geraint Watkins Go West Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
3Mae West I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love The Mae West Collection Amazon
4Roy Rogers with Country Washburne My Chickashay Girl 26 All-Time Country Classics Amazon
5Patsy Montana My Poncho Pony Cowgirl's Best Amazon
6Bob Wills The Devil Ain't Lazy Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar) Amazon
7Doug Sahm (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
8The Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
9The Louvin Brothers The Great Atomic Power Hand-Picked Amazon
10Kitty Wells Amigo's Guitar Greatest Songs Amazon
11Lefty Frizzell Saginaw, Michigan Look What Thoughts Will Do Amazon
12The Americans Sweet and Low Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys Amazon
13The Ink Spots Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Greatest Hits Amazon
14Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends (Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It Blues Classics 1945-1949 Amazon
15Duke Ellingtion Take The "A" Train Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
16The Roosevelts Jitterbug Special The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2 Amazon
17Fats Waller & His Rhythm Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
18Nina Simone Children Go Where I Send You The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years Amazon
19Gospel Hebrews Jesus Is All Over Me Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio Amazon
20Fern Jones Just A Little Talk With Jesus The Glory Road Amazon
21Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shout Sister Shout Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Male Call Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
23Fats Domino Sleeping on the Job This Is Gold Disc 2 Amazon
24Ivory Joe Hunter Worried Mind Since I Met You Baby Amazon
25Arthur Alexander You Better Move On The Greatest Hits Amazon
26Nellie Lutcher Hurry On Down From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 Amazon
27Jewel Paige & Her Brown Brownies Give It Up If You Take Me Back Amazon
28Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
29Blue Lu Barker At The Animal Ball: (Sic – At The Animal Fair) Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949) Amazon
30The Kingston Trio Scotch and Soda Absolutely the Best Amazon
31Slim & Slam Huh! Uh-Huh! Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2) Amazon
32Dave Van Ronk Would You Like to Swing on a Star? Sunday Street Amazon
33Charles Brown I Wanna Go Home The 15 Greatest Hits On Ace Records Amazon
34Shirley Gunter Ipsie Opsie Ooh Shirley Gunter Amazon
35Ivory Joe Hunter Shooty Booty Since I Met You Baby Amazon
36Rocky Porter The World Is A Monster The World Is A Monster Amazon

Main Street Breakdown

“Gather ‘round everybody, gonna tell you a story, about a little fella, he’s really very mella’, sells the daily papers on Main Street USA. ” That’s how we’ll open this week’s show, with a story told by Bill Haley and the Comets from 1955.  It’s a free form throwback road trip from Main Street to the deep South with some blues, country, and roots sounds from the past 100 years. Got some blues from Bertha Idaho, classic country from Hank Williams, some fresh southland sounds from Los Lobos, locally fresh sounds from Doug Blumer and JL Stiles…and so much more as we venture in and around all of the corners, north, south, east and west in today’s show. Friday morning breakfasts have never been so entertaining. Tune us in on 92.5 FM in West County or stream us on your listening device at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Bill Haley The Paper Boy (On Main Street USA) From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock Amazon
3Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers Main Street Breakdown Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years Amazon
4David Bromberg The Main Street Moan The Player: A Retrospective Amazon
5Los Lobos On Main Street Tin Can Trust Amazon
6Loudon Wainwright III Moving Day High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project Amazon
7Willie Nelson Still Is Still Moving To Me Across The Borderline Amazon
8Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers Gone, Gonna Rise.Again Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions Amazon
9Leon Selph Now That You Have Gone You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
10The Leake County Revelers Been to the East, Been to the West Lead Kindly Light Amazon
11Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Moving Day Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway Amazon
12JL Stiles Movin Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs Amazon
13Florence Lowery Moving Day Blues Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11 Amazon
14Bertha Idaho Move It On Out Of Here Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10 Amazon
15Howlin' Wolf Moving The Back Door Wolf Amazon
16Monroe Moe Jackson Move It On Over Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956 Amazon
17Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys Move It On Over 26 All-Time Country Classics Amazon
18Mahalia Jackson I Will Move On Up A Little Higher Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
19The Staple Singers Move Along Train Freedom Highway Amazon
20Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) Raising Sand Amazon
21Tom Petty Time to Move On Wildflowers Amazon
22Jerry Lee Lewis Move on Down the Line The London Sessions 1973 Amazon
23Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3 Amazon
24Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa Amazon
25John Hiatt Gone Crossing Muddy Waters Amazon
26Irma Thomas Gone Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
27The Cats & The Fiddle Gone The Very Best Of Amazon
28Paul Simon Gone at Last 1964-1993 Disc 2 Amazon
29Bobby "Blue" Bland This Time I'm Gone For Good Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings Amazon
30Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash Gone Like a Raven Bend in the Road Amazon
31Violent Femmes Gone Daddy Gone Add It Up (1981-1993) Amazon
32Lefty Frizzell She's Gone, Gone, Gone Look What Thoughts Will Do Amazon

Revisiting Cindy Walker

We’ll take a step back and revisit the songwriting of Cindy Walker in today’s show…told in her own words and lyrics. The music of Bob Wills wouldn’t have been the same without her and neither would the 20th Century American songbook. Her ability to turn a phrase, tailoring songs for diverse styles would lead to country, rock and pop standards alike. Her music was as comfortable in the hands of Gene Autry and it was on a crooning binge with Dean Martin or as a passionate performance of Roy Orbison. We’ll hear from these performers and more, including Asleep at the Wheel, Les Paul, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and The Byrds in the show today as our antenna work at the KOWS is about to move forward. Exciting times. Tune into KOWS radio on kowsfm.com/listen or download the free app from the App Store or Google Play.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch Sugar Moon It's A Good Day Amazon
3Willie Nelson Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
4Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Dusty Skies Take Me Back to Tulsa [Disc 2] (Cherokee Maiden) Amazon
5Bob Wills Cherokee Maiden Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
6Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Blue Bonnet Lane Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
7Eddy Arnold Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me The Essential Eddy Arnold Amazon
8George Morgan In the Misty Moonlight Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection Amazon
9Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
10Tennessee Ernie Ford Blue Canadian Rockies Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
11Jim Reeves Distant Drums Essential Jim Reeves Amazon
12Ray Charles You Don't Know Me Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Amazon
13Charlie Rich You Don't Know Me Pictures and Paintings Amazon
14Gene Autry Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs) Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1] Amazon
15Gene Autry I Was Just Walking Out the Door Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3] Amazon
16Ernest Tubb Two Glasses Joe Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
17The Del McCoury Band The Bluegrass Country Del And The Boys Amazon
18The Byrds Blue Canadian Rockies Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
19Merle Haggard Goin' Away Party Unforgettable Amazon
20Ricky Skaggs I Don't Care The Essential Ricky Skaggs Amazon
21Webb Pierce I Don't Care Singles Amazon
22Roy Orbison Shahdaroba The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
23Roy Orbison Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
24Willie Nelson Not That I Care You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
25k.d. lang Sugar Moon Shadowland Amazon
26Henson Cargill Distant Drums Skip a Rope Amazon
27Les Paul Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me (Remastered) 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
28Bob Wills Miss Molly For the Last Time Amazon
29Asleep 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 Amazon
30Cindy Walker Cindy Walker on being a woman songwriter Grammy Foundation Amazon
31Willie Nelson Dusty Skies You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
32Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Bubbles In My Beer Songs For Rounders Amazon
33Tommy Duncan I Was Just Walking Out the Door Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk Amazon

Let’s Dance

A mix of just about everything your ears might need on a Friday morning with the focus being on preparing you for the weekend here in Sonoma County. Wake up sounds with themes that sport the connective tissue of a variety of genres and performers. We’ll hear some Bo Diddley, Chris Montez, Steve Earle, Del Reeves, and more than two dozen others. We’ll be highlighting small themes of trains, boogie Woogie daddies, sad and happy songs, weed and invitations to the party here on KOWS Community radio where free speech is coupled with a promise of no bull. We stream all over the planet on kowsfm.com/listen and will be celebrating the return of our antenna and the FM signal sooner rather than later. Join us.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2NRBQ Wacky Tobacky Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1] Amazon
3Mel Tillis Loco Weed (Single Version) The Best of Mel Tillis Amazon
4Wayne Hancock Viper of Melody Viper of Melody Amazon
5Harlem Hamfats/Rosetta Howard If You're a Viper When Hemp Was Hip Amazon
6Bea Foote Weed The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
7Cab Calloway Minnie The Moocher Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
8Steve Earle & the Dukes Ain't Nobody's Daddy Now Terraplane Amazon
9The Enchanters Boogie Woogie Daddy Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
10Bo Diddley Diddley Daddy The Chess Box [Disc 1] Amazon
11Howlin' Wolf Rockin' Daddy Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960 Amazon
12Jimmy Ricks & The Ravens Daddy Rollin' Stone Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962 Amazon
13Fontella Bass Sweet Lovin' Daddy Very Best Of Amazon
14Stonewall Jackson You're the Sad in My Songs Warped 6742 – Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967 Amazon
15Del Reeves You're the Happy Songs I Sing The Wonderful World of del Reeves Amazon
16The Everly Brothers So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) It's Everly Time Amazon
17Merle Haggard Sing A Sad Song Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast Amazon
18Rachel Sweet Sad Song Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet Amazon
19Jerry Lee Lewis Invitation to Your Party 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings Amazon
20Cab Calloway Everybody Eats When They Come To My House Are You Hep To The Jive? Amazon
21The Royal Hounds Invitation To Be Lonely A Whole Lot of Nothin' Amazon
22Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar Invitation to the Blues For Pete's Sake [Gusto] Amazon
23The Soul Stirrers Slow Train Tribute to Sam Cooke Amazon
24Bob Dylan Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) North Country – Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
25Leon Russell Slow Train A Mighty Flood Amazon
26ack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest/Dialogue Pulp Fiction Amazon
27Chris Montez Let's Dance National Lampoon's Animal House Amazon
28Fats Domino The Twist Set Me Free Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4 Amazon
29Chubby Checker Let's Dance It's Pony Time Amazon
30Gary U.S. Bonds Dear Lady Twist Gary "U.S" Bonds – 30 Original Greatest Hits Amazon
31Jimmy Soul Twistin' Matilda (And The Channel) The Best Of Jimmy Soul Amazon
32The Champs Tequila Twist 5 Classic Albums Plus Amazon
33The Isley Brothers Twist and Shout American Roots of the British Invasion Amazon
34Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Do You Know How to Twist The King Records Story – Part 1 Amazon
35The Dovells Bristol Stomp Cameo Parkway The Best of the Dovells, 1961-1965 Amazon

A Taste of Sixties Soul

What a decade. The Sixties. There was, of course, the mainlining of rock that took place, The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, folk-rock, a rediscovery of tradition and the blues…and then there was something that had been bubbling underneath the pop, gospel, jazz, and rock elements. It would come to be called ‘soul’ and the sixties urban explosion out of a post-war northern cities like Chicago and (especially) Detroit, gave us something uniquely American. And the sixties charts were brimming with Motown, funk, cold sweat, and brassy ballads with a back beat and synchronicity of voice that established itself for good. The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Chuck Jackson, Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Impressions…the list goes on…all of these acts and hundreds of others staked their claim to the charts, easily competing (if not comfortably sharing) with the British wave and psychedlic sounds that had stormed the gates. Join Dave Stroud for a taste of 60s soul.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Miracles Shop Around [National Hit Version] The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
3Ike & Tina Turner It's Gonna Work Out Fine Birth Of Soul: 3 Amazon
4Sugar Pie DeSanto A Little Taste of Soul A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962) Amazon
5Chuck Jackson Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2] Amazon
6Sam Cooke Send Me Some Lovin' The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4) Amazon
7Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
8The Impressions I'm So Proud Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s Amazon
9The Supremes Come See About Me Gold Disc 1 Amazon
10Mary Wells My Guy Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
11Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
12The Tams What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go Amazon
13Jimmy Hughes Steal Away The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
14King Curtis Soul Serenade Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis Amazon
15The Funk Brothers Too Many Fish in the Sea 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers Amazon
16The Supremes Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart Gold Disc 1 Amazon
17The Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Ultimate Collection Amazon
18The Isley Brothers This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) The Essential Isley Brothers [Disc 1] Amazon
19The Temptations Get Ready The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s Amazon
20Stevie Wonder Uptight (Everything's Alright) The Classic Sixties: 1965 Amazon
21Spooner's Crowd Two In The Morning Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
22The Mar-Keys Philly Dog The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9) Amazon
23Carla Thomas A Woman's Love The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
24Carla Thomas/Otis Redding Tramp The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9) Amazon
25Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music The Muscle Shoals Sound Amazon
26Sam & Dave When Something Is Wrong With My Baby The Very Best of Sam & Dave Amazon
27Marvin Gaye If I Could Build My Whole World Around You Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
28Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
29Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
30James Brown Cold Sweat 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
31Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Jimmy Mack The Ultimate Collection Amazon
32Johnnie Taylor Who's Making Love Stax Number Ones Amazon
33Marvin Gaye Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
34Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Stax Number Ones Amazon

California Dreamin’

A little bit of surf…just a bit…and some folk favorites right alongside some local performers in this week’s episode brought your way directly from the KOWS Studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our theme is the Golden State where the living may be costly but the core soul is one of progressive culture and hard work: whether that’s in the fields, behind the desk, in the service industry, or on the road. This week’s show focuses on California, from the LA Freeway to the Streets of Bakersfield, on up to Lodi and the Monterey Bay. The past century has found the state a popular subject of song and we’ve got some favorites and off-the-wall nuggets just for you this Friday morning including tracks from Dave Alvin, Albert Hammond, and Red River Dave. Tune in.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Sound Of The City KSFO 560 – San Francisco 78s Amazon
3Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
4Danny Sorentino Sonoma County Stars Real Music (Disc 1) Amazon
5Kyle Martin Santa Rosa Kyle Martin Amazon
6Charley Crockett The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa) The Valley Amazon
7Lowell Levinger Hippie From Olema Get Together- Youngblood Classics Amazon
8Kevin Russell California Cottonfields Trouble In Mind Amazon
9John Hartford California Earthquake Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South Amazon
10Norman Greenbaum Petaluma Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum Amazon
11Neil Young California Sunset Old Ways Amazon
12Joe Jones California Sun You Heard It Here First! Amazon
13Roy Orbison California Blue Mystery Girl Amazon
14The Beach Boys California Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4 Amazon
15The Beach Boys California Girls 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits Amazon
16Jan & Dean The Little Old Lady From Pasadena Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2) Amazon
17Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged Amazon
18Dave Alvin Out in California Interstate City Amazon
19Various Artists Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2 1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials Amazon
20The Mamas & The Papas California Dreamin' Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
21Joni Mitchell California Hits Amazon
22America Ventura Highway Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
23Lucinda Williams Here in California Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf Amazon
24Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3 Amazon
25Randy Newman I Love L.A. Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Amazon
26Albert Hammond It Never Rains In California Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
27The Ink Spots When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano Greatest Hits Amazon
28The Four Preps 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
29Red River Dave California Hippie Murders Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
30John Fogerty Lodi The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection Amazon

Say Goodnight

We’re taking a free form route this week featuring an eclectic blend of some favorites from the not-so-distant past…but we’ll be sprinkling in a generous dose of tunage from the very distant past as well. It’s all in keeping with the standards we keep. Tune in for the likes of Etta Jones, Little Joe and the Thrillers, Bruce Springsteen, The Drifters, and some piano favorites from the Crescent City this Friday on Deeper Roots. Oldies? Yes. Instrumentals? Yes. Soul and vocal gems? Yes. Boring? No. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. It’s going to be a hot day here in the North Bay so why not cool off with some cool sounds here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dean & Britta Say Goodnight Back Numbers Amazon
3Mark Knopfler Daddy's Gone to Knoxville The Ragpicker's Dream Amazon
4Lonnie Donegan Rock Island Line Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
5Mark Knopfler Donegan's Gone Shangri-La Amazon
6The Cookies Chains The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
7The Lovin' Spoonful Coconut Grove Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
8Chris Isaak Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Forever Blue Amazon
9Jackson Browne Doctor My Eyes The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne Amazon
10Etta Jones Just Friends The Best of Etta Jones The Prestige Singles Amazon
11Julie London My Heart Belongs to Daddy Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
12Mary Wells My Guy Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
13Four Aces Perfidia Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation Amazon
14Little Joe & the Thrillers Peanuts The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
15Fats Domino Please Don't Leave Me Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
16The Drifters Please Stay The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
17Luther Barnes & The Red Budd Gospel Choir My God Can Do Anything Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation Amazon
18The Tornados Telstar Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
19Duane Eddy Peter Gunn Theme Rebel Rouser Amazon
20Nelson Riddle Theme from Route 66 Music for a Bachelor's Den Amazon
21Lou Busch The Wild Ones Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
22Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends My Man Stands Out Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
23Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
24Bruce Springsteen You're Missing The Rising (Special Package) Amazon
25Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
26The Allman Brothers Band Revival Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
27Betty Everett The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
28Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli Sweet Georgia Brown Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 Amazon
29Pixies Dig for Fire Bossanova Amazon
30Perry Como Kewpie Doll Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation Amazon
31The O'Jays Love Train Dead Presidents Amazon
32Stevie Wonder Please Don't Go Fulfillingness' First Finale Amazon