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.
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.
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The Miracles
Shop Around [National Hit Version]
The 35th Anniversary Collection
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Ike & Tina Turner
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Birth Of Soul: 3
4
Sugar Pie DeSanto
A Little Taste of Soul
A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
5
Chuck Jackson
Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
6
Sam Cooke
Send Me Some Lovin'
The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
7
Mary Wells
Bye Bye Baby
Looking Back 1961-1964
8
The Impressions
I'm So Proud
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
9
The Supremes
Come See About Me
Gold Disc 1
10
Mary Wells
My Guy
Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
11
Brenda Holloway
Every Little Bit Hurts
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
12
The Tams
What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am)
Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go
13
Jimmy Hughes
Steal Away
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
14
King Curtis
Soul Serenade
Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
15
The Funk Brothers
Too Many Fish in the Sea
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers
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.
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The Sound Of The City
KSFO 560 – San Francisco
78s
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Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
4
Danny Sorentino
Sonoma County Stars
Real Music (Disc 1)
5
Kyle Martin
Santa Rosa
Kyle Martin
6
Charley Crockett
The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa)
The Valley
7
Lowell Levinger
Hippie From Olema
Get Together- Youngblood Classics
8
Kevin Russell
California Cottonfields
Trouble In Mind
9
John Hartford
California Earthquake
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
10
Norman Greenbaum
Petaluma
Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum
11
Neil Young
California Sunset
Old Ways
12
Joe Jones
California Sun
You Heard It Here First!
13
Roy Orbison
California Blue
Mystery Girl
14
The Beach Boys
California
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4
15
The Beach Boys
California Girls
20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
16
Jan & Dean
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
17
Eric Clapton
San Francisco Bay Blues
Unplugged
18
Dave Alvin
Out in California
Interstate City
19
Various Artists
Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2
1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
20
The Mamas & The Papas
California Dreamin'
Southern California With Fond Memories
21
Joni Mitchell
California
Hits
22
America
Ventura Highway
Southern California With Fond Memories
23
Lucinda Williams
Here in California
Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
24
Buck Owens
Streets of Bakersfield
The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
25
Randy Newman
I Love L.A.
Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
26
Albert Hammond
It Never Rains In California
Southern California With Fond Memories
27
The Ink Spots
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
Greatest Hits
28
The Four Preps
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Southern California With Fond Memories
29
Red River Dave
California Hippie Murders
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
30
John Fogerty
Lodi
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection
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.
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Dean & Britta
Say Goodnight
Back Numbers
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Mark Knopfler
Daddy's Gone to Knoxville
The Ragpicker's Dream
4
Lonnie Donegan
Rock Island Line
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
5
Mark Knopfler
Donegan's Gone
Shangri-La
6
The Cookies
Chains
The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
7
The Lovin' Spoonful
Coconut Grove
Greatest Hits [Buddha]
8
Chris Isaak
Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing
Forever Blue
9
Jackson Browne
Doctor My Eyes
The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
10
Etta Jones
Just Friends
The Best of Etta Jones The Prestige Singles
11
Julie London
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Wild Cool and Swingin'
12
Mary Wells
My Guy
Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
13
Four Aces
Perfidia
Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation
14
Little Joe & the Thrillers
Peanuts
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
15
Fats Domino
Please Don't Leave Me
Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
16
The Drifters
Please Stay
The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1]
17
Luther Barnes & The Red Budd Gospel Choir
My God Can Do Anything
Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation
18
The Tornados
Telstar
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
19
Duane Eddy
Peter Gunn Theme
Rebel Rouser
20
Nelson Riddle
Theme from Route 66
Music for a Bachelor's Den
21
Lou Busch
The Wild Ones
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
22
Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends
My Man Stands Out
Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
23
Smiley Lewis
I Hear You Knocking
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
24
Bruce Springsteen
You're Missing
The Rising (Special Package)
25
Robert Plant
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Band Of Joy
26
The Allman Brothers Band
Revival
Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1
27
Betty Everett
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
We make a big tip of the hat to an institutional…who turns 77 years old this coming week. John Cameron Fogerty grew up in these parts, growing up in El Cerrito to a second grade teacher and linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette. He was a part-time Army reservist who, after completing his gig in 1968, formed a band with brother Tom called The Golliwogs and then, eventually, Creedence Clearwater. A talented songwriter clearly influenced by the core elements of gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, country, and (certainly) rock ‘n roll, John’s catalog of music, his distinctive vocals, and driving melodies are immediately recognizable, if not for Doug Clifford’s percussive direction, then for the rhythm and twang that took a Northern California ensemble sound into the mossy swamps and humid climes of the deeper South. Through a messy transition to his solo career to his late career recognition, John Fogerty is a legend and our show today takes some time to reflect…with music from contemporaries, solo efforts new and old, and most certainly a collection of Creedence classics. Tune in.
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John Fogerty
Don't You Wish It Was True
Revival
3
The Golliwogs
Action USA Promotional Spot
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
4
The Golliwogs
You Better Be Careful
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
5
The Golliwogs
Fight Fire
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
6
John Fogerty
Down On The Corner
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
7
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Midnight Special
Hot Stuff
8
Big Silver
Wrote A Song For Everyone
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
9
Irma Thomas
River Is Waiting
Simply Grand
10
John Jorgenson
Lookin Out My Back Door
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
11
Earl Scruggs/John Fogerty
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Earl Scruggs and Friends
12
John Fogerty
Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
13
Juan Gabriel
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)
Quiero Creedence
14
John Fogerty
The Old Man Down The Road
Centerfield
15
Marc Cohn
Long As I Can See The Light
Listening Booth: 1970
16
Ted Hawkins
Long As I Can See The Light
The Next Hundred Years
17
John Fogerty
Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
18
John Fogerty
Deja Vu (All Over Again)
Deja Vu All Over Again
19
Carl Perkins
All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)
Go Cat Go
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bad Moon Rising
The London Sessions 1973
21
Elvis Presley
Proud Mary [#]
An Afternoon in the Garden
22
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Lodi
At The Ryman [Live]
23
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River
Green River
24
Buddy Guy
Change In The Weather
Feels Like Rain
25
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hey Tonight
Pendulum
26
John Fogerty
Blue Moon Nights
Blue Moon Swamp
27
Dr. John; John Fogerty
New Orleans
The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music Disc 2
Bad luck and trouble are supposed to be common watchwords on a Friday the 13th but we’re not the superstitious kind. Those vintage holdovers from a Christian time gone long past are just reminders of the stinkin’ thinkin’ that got us to where we are today. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends vocal nuggets from Frank Sinatra and Elvis with blues from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ray Charles, and Chester Burnett. We’ve also got some Jimmy Smith, Raul Malo, Chance Halladay, and Nappy Brown to keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Adopt a black cat. Despite longstanding superstitions, they have the very best of personalities.
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Jim Lauderdale
Lucky 13
Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
3
Chris Isaak
Waiting for My Lucky Day
Baja Sessions
4
The Bobby Fuller Four
I'm A Lucky Guy
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
5
Frank Sinatra
Luck Be a Lady
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
6
Judy Garland
Lucky Day
Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
7
Jimmy Smith
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Standards
8
Ray Charles
Lucky Old Sun
Hear Music Volume 1
9
Tommy Flanagan
Friday The 13th
For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
10
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Friday The 13th Child
His California Album
11
Howlin' Wolf
Hard Luck
The Chess Box [Disc 3]
12
Chris Thomas King
Superstitious Blues
Me, My Guitar and the Blues
13
Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
14
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
15
J.J. Cale
Lady Luck
Travel Log
16
Raul Malo
Lucky One
Lucky One
17
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
I Feel Lucky
Come On Come On
18
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
19
k.d. lang & the Reclines
Luck in My Eyes
Absolute Torch and Twang
20
Charley Crockett
Lots of Luck
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21
Johnny Cash
Thirteen
American Recordings
22
Gale Storm
Lucky Lips
Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
23
Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips
Feelin Fine
24
Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)
My Lucky Day
Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
25
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
The Chess Box
26
John Fogerty
Bad Moon Rising
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
The story of R&B, gospel, and early rock were embellished by many performers, artists, and personalities. The early influencers behind the scenes also included people like Art Rupe, a native of Pittsburg who lept into the entertainment industry with both feet after the Second World War, co-founding a small West Coast label called Juke Box Records in 1944. Breaking away from his partners, he would later form a label of his own: Specialty Records. His keen ear for what he termed the “secret [that] lay in a big band sound with a churchy feel” was spot on. Specifically, he took the stigma out of the ‘race’ of ‘race records’ of the day and targeted larger audiences. There were dozens of performers that came from the Specialty stable, chief among them being Roy Milton, Percy Mayfield, Sam Cooke and, of course, Little Richard Penniman. Art Rupe passed away this month at the age of 104 and we’ll be sharing the early-to-mid-century classic pieces from a cross-section of Specialty performers that spanned the gospel, R&B and rock genres that Art helped bring into the mainstream.
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Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Little Joe's Boogie
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
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Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
R.M. Blues
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
4
Camille Howard
You Don't Love Me
The Specialty Story
5
Paul Gayten
My Rough And Ready Man
R&B Outbreak CD 2
6
Percy Mayfield
Strange Things Happening
Poet of the Blues
7
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
8
Joe Liggins
One Sweet Letter
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
9
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
10
Marvin & Johnny
Wine Woogie
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
11
Jesse & Marvin
Dream Girl
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
12
Joe Houston Orchestra
All Night Long
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
13
Marvin Phillips
Mamo Mamo (Specialty 554)
R&B Humdingers Volume 12
14
Tony Allen & the Champs
Nite Owl
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
15
Little Richard
Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE)
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
16
Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
17
Don & Dewey
Farmer John
Jungle Hop
18
Larry Williams
Short Fat Fannie
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
19
Larry Williams
Bony Maronie
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
20
Larry Williams
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version]
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
21
Art Neville
That Old Time Rock And Roll
His Specialty Recordings
22
Art Neville
Belle Amie
His Specialty Recordings
23
Hollywood Flames
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
24
Don & Dewey
Koko Joe
Jungle Hop
25
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
26
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Love Lifted Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
He's So Wonderful
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
28
Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
Come and Go To That Land
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
29
Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Gospel Music
30
Clifton Chenier
Eh, Petite Fille
Bayou Blues
31
Clifton Chenier
Boppin' The Rock
Bayou Blues
32
Frankie Lee Sims
Lucy Mae Blues
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
33
John Lee Hooker
My Baby's Got Something
No Friend Around
34
Little Richard
Shake A Hand
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
35
Professor Alex Bradford
What Folks Say About Me
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
36
Brother Joe May
Testimony
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
We’ve got ourselves a blend of free form sounds from the Deeper Roots archives with themes of midnight runs, trains, and happiness spiced with instrumental punch. Tune in on a Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio for some oddball tunes from John D. Loudermilk, Bob Gibson, and Chip Taylor and The New Ukrainians. We’re already halfway through the month and we’ll find ourselves with a brighter eclectic blend of sounds from the past century. The antenna is installed and now the volunteers who pedal the wheels to churn those dynamos will soon have our signal spreading it’s joy throughout the county. Go volunteers!! Tune in why don’t you…
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Chip Taylor & The new Ukrainians
Be Kind (Clean) Radio Safe
Fuck All The Perfect People
3
Ted Hawkins
Peace and Happiness
25 Years of Rounder Records (Disc1)
4
Big Joe Turner
Feeling Happy
Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
5
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
Feeling Happy
Lost Time
6
The Jive Five
I'm A Happy Man
Rock Is Dead, But It Won't Lie Down: 24 Greatest Hits Of All Time, Vol. 2
7
Bob Gibson
Joy Joy
Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson
8
John D. Loudermilk
He's Just a Scientist
Blue Train
9
The Friends Of Distinction
Grazing In The Grass
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1
10
Sandy Nelson
Chop Chop
Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
11
The String-A-Longs
Wheels
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
12
Ray Bryant Combo
The Madison Time, Pt. 1
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
13
Hank Penny
Jersey Bounce (Instrumental)
King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
14
The Bobby Fuller Four
A New Shade Of Blue
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
15
Bob Dylan
Soon After Midnight
Tempest
16
Marc Cohn
After Midnight
Listening Booth: 1970
17
Arthur Alexander
In The Middle Of It All
The Greatest Hits
18
Roger McGuinn
Anna
Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander
19
Carlene Carter/Paul Carrack
Oh How Happy
Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection
20
Johnny Cash
Casey Jones (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 1]
21
Mabel Scott
Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train
Blues Women
22
Chuck Berry
Down Bound Train
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
23
Dick Flood
Hellbound Train
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
It’s a fool’s paradise for all of us as April Fool’s Day lands on a day where Deeper Roots debuts a new episode. So why not take advantage, I say! We’ll fill the airwaves today with songs about fools today and add a garnish of novelty to keep the show moving on notes that are as light as air. Foolish hearts, king of fools, poor little fools, and fools who fall in love. We’ll be featuring a blend of country from Charlie Rich and Dwight Yoakam, blues with Etta James and Delbert McClinton, vocals from The Cadillacs and Frankie Lymon, and the so many more on this April Fool’s Day, 2022. Come on along…and don’t forget that tomorrow is the annual April Fool’s Day Parade in Occidental, home to KOWS.
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Chico Marx
Piano playing with Chico & Groucho
Horse Feathers
3
Cliff Edwards
I'm No Fool
Ukulele Ike
4
Charlie Rich
Who Will The Next Fool Be
Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich
5
The Mavericks
Foolish Heart
From Dusk Till Dawn
6
Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis
Foolmaker
Wild! Wild! Wild!
7
Charley Crockett
Fool Somebody Else
Welcome To Hard Times
8
Jerry Reed
Pity the Fool
1958-1963 (Warped 6141)
9
Johnny Cash
Fools Hall Of Fame
His Sun Years: Down South
10
Brandi Carlile
Sinners Saints and Fools
In These Silent Days
11
Rick Nelson
Poor Little Fool
Greatest Love Songs
12
Connie Francis
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 1)
13
Brenda Lee
Fool No. 1
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
14
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
15
The Excels
My Foolish Heart
From The Vaults of Gone Vol. 2
16
The Cadillacs
Cool It, Fool
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
17
Johnny Burnette
The Fool Of The Year
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
18
Etta James
Seven Day Fool
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
19
Etta James
Fool That I Am
Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
20
Ray Charles
A Fool for You
Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
21
Percy Mayfield
What a Fool I Was
Poet of the Blues
22
Joe Barry
Je suis bet pour t'aimer (French version of i'm a fool to care)
I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
23
Mose Allison
Fool's Paradise
Western Man / Mose In Your Ear
24
Mose Allison
Foolkiller
Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
25
Aretha Franklin
Chain Of Fools
Let's Dance: The Best Of Ballroom: Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug and Jive
The year was 1955. Bill Haley’s Rock Around The Clock blasted off and just around the corner on the charts was Elvis who had a minor hit in 1954 that made some waves with That’s Alright, Mama and Good Rockin’ Tonight. RCA bought his contract from Sun Records for $35K. The minimum wage reached new heights of $1.00 per hour. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series. The Honeymooners and Gunsmoke debuted on television. And we’ll be digging through the top ten charts of country, rhythm & blues, and pop in a year where the Cold War was a fact of life leading us to duck and cover. Tune in for some Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold, Four Aces, Mitch Miller, Fats Domino, and Chuck Berry this week on our show that browses those dusty digital bins on a weekly basis on Community Radio here in Sonoma County.
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Little Walter
My Babe
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
3
Etta James
The Wallflower
The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
4
Ray Charles
I Got a Woman
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
5
Al Hibbler
Unchained Melody
Your Hit Parade – 1955
6
Johnny Ace
Pledging My Love
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
7
The Penguins
Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
8
Fats Domino
Ain't That A Shame
Rock And Rollin
9
The Platters
Only You (And You Alone)
All-Time Greatest Hits
10
Chuck Berry
Maybellene
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
11
The Platters
The Great Pretender
All-Time Greatest Hits
12
Hank Snow
Let Me Go Lover
The Essential Hank Snow
13
Faron Young
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
14
Eddy Arnold
That Do Make It Nice
Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955
15
Webb Pierce
I Don't Care
Singles
16
Carl Smith
Loose Talk
Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1]
17
Webb Pierce
In The Jailhouse Now
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
18
Webb Pierce
Your Good For Nothing Heart
All Hits! [Disc 2]
19
Webb Pierce
Love, Love, Love
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
20
Slim Whitman
Rose-Marie
Vintage Collections
21
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Sixteen Tons
Classic Country
22
Georgia Gibbs
Dance With Me Henry The Wallflower
Your Hit Parade – 1955
23
Pat Boone
Ain't That A Shame
Pat Boone/I'll Be Home
24
The McGuire Sisters
Sincerely
The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
25
The Four Aces
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
The Envelope Please…Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 2 (1946-1957)
26
Bill Hayes
Ballad of Davy Crockett
London American Label Year By Year 1956
27
Les Baxter
Unchained Melody
Instrumental Gold [Disc 1]
28
Roger Williams
Autumn Leaves
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)
29
Mitch Miller & His Orchestra
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Your Hit Parade – 1955
30
Bill Haley & The Comets
Rock Around The Clock
Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1
31
Pirez Prado
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
