Category Archives: American Popular

Fool’s Day

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.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Chico Marx Piano playing with Chico & Groucho Horse Feathers Amazon
3Cliff Edwards I'm No Fool Ukulele Ike Amazon
4Charlie Rich Who Will The Next Fool Be Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich Amazon
5The Mavericks Foolish Heart From Dusk Till Dawn Amazon
6Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis Foolmaker Wild! Wild! Wild! Amazon
7Charley Crockett Fool Somebody Else Welcome To Hard Times Amazon
8Jerry Reed Pity the Fool 1958-1963 (Warped 6141) Amazon
9Johnny Cash Fools Hall Of Fame His Sun Years: Down South Amazon
10Brandi Carlile Sinners Saints and Fools In These Silent Days Amazon
11Rick Nelson Poor Little Fool Greatest Love Songs Amazon
12Connie Francis Everybody's Somebody's Fool Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 1) Amazon
13Brenda Lee Fool No. 1 I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3] Amazon
14Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall In Love Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1] Amazon
15The Excels My Foolish Heart From The Vaults of Gone Vol. 2 Amazon
16The Cadillacs Cool It, Fool For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
17Johnny Burnette The Fool Of The Year Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
18Etta James Seven Day Fool Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
19Etta James Fool That I Am Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Amazon
20Ray Charles A Fool for You Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) Amazon
21Percy Mayfield What a Fool I Was Poet of the Blues Amazon
22Joe 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 Amazon
23Mose Allison Fool's Paradise Western Man / Mose In Your Ear Amazon
24Mose Allison Foolkiller Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008] Amazon
25Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools Let's Dance: The Best Of Ballroom: Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug and Jive Amazon
26The Pulsators Fool Let's Play! Amazon
27Bobby "Blue" Bland I Pity the Fool Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] Amazon
28Logan Ledger River of Fools Produced by T-Bone Burnett Amazon
29Delbert McClinton Solid Gold Plated Fool Honky Tonk 'n Blues Amazon
30Billie Holiday I'm A Fool To Want You Lady In Satin Amazon
31Sarah Vaughan Fool's Paradise Young Sassy: It's Magic [Disc 3] Amazon
32Ethel Ennis There's No Fool Like an Old Fool Have You Forgotten? Amazon
33Tony Perkins April Fool On a Rainy Afternoon Amazon
34Professor Longhair Who's Been Fooling You 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon

The Year in Music 1955

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.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Little Walter My Babe Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
3Etta James The Wallflower The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1 Amazon
4Ray Charles I Got a Woman Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
5Al Hibbler Unchained Melody Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
6Johnny Ace Pledging My Love The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
7The Penguins Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon
8Fats Domino Ain't That A Shame Rock And Rollin Amazon
9The Platters Only You (And You Alone) All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
10Chuck Berry Maybellene Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
11The Platters The Great Pretender All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
12Hank Snow Let Me Go Lover The Essential Hank Snow Amazon
13Faron Young Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young 1953-1956 (Warped 5455) Amazon
14Eddy Arnold That Do Make It Nice Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955 Amazon
15Webb Pierce I Don't Care Singles Amazon
16Carl Smith Loose Talk Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1] Amazon
17Webb Pierce In The Jailhouse Now 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
18Webb Pierce Your Good For Nothing Heart All Hits! [Disc 2] Amazon
19Webb Pierce Love, Love, Love 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
20Slim Whitman Rose-Marie Vintage Collections Amazon
21Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Classic Country Amazon
22Georgia Gibbs Dance With Me Henry The Wallflower Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
23Pat Boone Ain't That A Shame Pat Boone/I'll Be Home Amazon
24The McGuire Sisters Sincerely The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
25The Four Aces Love Is A Many Splendored Thing The Envelope Please…Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 2 (1946-1957) Amazon
26Bill Hayes Ballad of Davy Crockett London American Label Year By Year 1956 Amazon
27Les Baxter Unchained Melody Instrumental Gold [Disc 1] Amazon
28Roger Williams Autumn Leaves Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
29Mitch Miller & His Orchestra The Yellow Rose Of Texas Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
30Bill Haley & The Comets Rock Around The Clock Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1 Amazon
31Pirez Prado Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
32The Moonglows Sincerely Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] Amazon
33Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra Melody Of Love Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
34Eddy Arnold Just Call Me Lonesome Welcome To My World [Disc 1] Amazon

Doo Wop Dreams

In today’s show we’ll be spinning up some special doo wop tracks, and not necessarily the ‘big hits’. We’ll be sharing some under-the-radar sounds from some of the greats and some of the ‘never-heards’. Doo wop’s heyday was clearly brief, running from the early urban street corner sounds of the early 1950s to the more commercially viable and polished sounds of the early 1960s. Tune in for the popular sounds of The Cadillacs, Little Anthony, The Flamingos, and The El Dorados as well as off chart vocal gems from The Pastels, The Quotations, The Kodaks, and The Fascinators. All with a story and all in clean fun on Sonoma County Community Radio.



No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels A Rockin' Good Way The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2] Amazon
3The Spaniels Stormy Weather The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
4Ernest Harriston/The Bop Chords Castle in the Sky The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
5The Velvets Spring Fever Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
6The Quotations Imagination Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
7The Chimes Once in a While The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
8The Flamingos Lovers Never Say Goodbye The Best Of The Flamingos Amazon
9The Fascinators Chapel Bells Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
10Little Anthony & The Imperials So Much The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials Amazon
11Accents Wiggle, Wiggle Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
12The Kodaks Oh Gee Oh Gosh Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
13The Cadillacs Peek-A-Boo The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3) Amazon
14The Cadillacs Oh Oh Lolita For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
15The Edsels Rama Lama Ding Dong The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
16The Monotones Tom Foolery Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
17Dion & The Belmonts No One Knows Greatest Hits Amazon
18The Pastels So Far Away Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
19The Students I'm So Young Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
20The Heartbeats One Day Next Year The Best of the Heartbeats [Rhino] Amazon
21The Corsairs Smokey Places (1962 #12) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
22The Penguins Memories Of El Monte Oldies But Goodies Vol. 3 Amazon
23The Desires Rendezvous With You The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
24The Moonglows See Saw Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
25The Crests The Angels Listened In The Best of the Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro [Rhino] Amazon
26The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
27The Timetones In My Heart The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
28The Genies Who's That Knocking Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
29The Silhouettes Miss Thing Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
30Anthony & The Sophomores Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
31The Capris Morse Code of Love Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
32The Videos Trickle, Trickle The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
33The El Dorados I'll Be Forever Loving You The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1] Amazon
34The Platters You're Making A Mistake The Magic Touch: An Anthology Amazon
35The Avalons Heart's Desire Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
36The Cleftones Why Do You Do Me Like You Do Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
37The Classics Till Then Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
38The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
39The Cadillacs Buzz Buzz Buzz For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon

Higher and Higher

A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Something to Believe In Amazon
3Cissy Houston Deep River/Campground Testify! The Gospel Box Amazon
4The Fairfield Four Roll Jordan Revival Amazon
5Bob Dylan Someday Baby Modern Times Amazon
6Geraint Watkins I'm Just Crazy About You Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
7The Chordettes Lollipop Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
8The Earls Remember Then The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
9Roy Orbison Candy Man The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2] Amazon
10Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version) Rock Around The Clock Amazon
11Lesley Gore Judy's Turn to Cry (Single) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore Amazon
12Elvis Presley The Girl Of My Best Friend The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
13The Browns Cool Water 1959-1960 (Warped 5995) Amazon
14The Sons Of The Pioneers Wagon Wheels Tumbling Tumbleweeds Amazon
15Patti Page I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon
16Jo Stafford Ragtime Cowboy Joe Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
17Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
18Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance The Look Of Love [Disc 1] Amazon
19Dinah Washington Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
20Linda Ronstadt Perfidia Mambo Kings Amazon
21Carla Thomas B-a-b-y Something to Believe In Amazon
22Brenda Lee Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) Grady Martin Amazon
23Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do 36 All-Time G.H. V2 Amazon
24Dave Edmunds Deep in the Heart of Texas D.E. 7th Amazon
25Geraint Watkins Oobee Doobee Eyes Watkins Bold as Love Amazon
26Jimmy Reed Take Out Some Insurance Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed Amazon
27Henry Spaulding Cairo Blues American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
28B.B. King * Eric Clapton Rollin' & Tumblin' Riding With The King Amazon
29Chubby Checker Hey Bobba Needle The Best Jukeboxhits 3 Amazon
30Sir Douglas Quintet Nuevo Laredo Mono Singles '68-'72 Amazon
31Johnny Restivo The Shape I'm In Lost Male Hits Of The 50's Amazon
32Rockin' Sidney My Toot-Toot Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon
33Los Super Seven My Window Faces The South (ft. Lyle Lovett) Heard It On The X Amazon
34Nora Jane Struthers Cowgirl Yodel #3 Nora Jane Struthers Amazon
35Shirley & Lee Let The Good Times Roll Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
36Sam Cooke Good Times Ain't That Good News Amazon

A Bowl Of Soul

This Friday’s Deeper Roots takes another dip into the brass and sass of soul and funk sounds from Duke, Kent, Motown, and beyond. We’re taking a bright and soulful circuitous route from Detroit to Memphis, Chicago, Philly, and the Chitlin’ Circuit. A little bit of rare soul beach music thrown in with some northern soul. We’ll hear from Mitty Collier, Donnie Elbert, Eddie Floyd, Willie Tee and an incredible roster of the known and not-so known from the past century. We’ll also pay tribute to Betty Davis, a soul and funk pioneer songstress who we lost this past week. Dial us up every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jimmy Hughes You Can't Believe Everything The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
3Johnny & Jackey Someday We'll Be Together Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
4Quinn Golden Party On the Weekend On the Chitlin Circuit Amazon
5Pat & the Blenders Hard Workin' Man Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records Amazon
6Rufus Thomas All Night Worker All Night Worker: Rare Soul Sides Amazon
7Jerry Butler I'm A Telling You Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1) Amazon
8Eddie Floyd I Need You Woman Rare Stamps Amazon
9Donnie Elbert Everything To Me Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
10Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Love Land Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3 Amazon
11James Carr These Ain't Raindrops Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 5 Amazon
12Carla Thomas Stop! Look What You're Doing Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
13Matilda Jones Wrong Too Long Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 Amazon
14Jean Wells After Loving You Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
15Eula Cooper Shake Daddy Shake Let Our Love Grow Higher Amazon
16Mitty Collier Don't Let Her Take My Baby Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
17Madeline Bell One Step At A Time Bell's A Poppin' Amazon
18James Ray I've Got My Mind Set On You (Part 1 & 2) The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! Amazon
19The Fantastic Epics We Do It All Up Here Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4] Amazon
20Reggie Smith Soul Walkin' Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4] Amazon
21Carl Hall Mean It Baby You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972 Amazon
22Betty Davis Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
23L. C. Cooke Let's Do It Over Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
24The Artistics You Left Me Brunswick Lost Soul – Volume 1 Amazon
25Bobby Womack What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone) On The Soul Side Amazon
26Willie Tee Walking Up A One Way Street Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3 Amazon
27James Brown Lost Someone Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
28Etta James Only Time Will Tell Enduring Soul Amazon
29Sugar Pie DeSanto A Little Taste of Soul A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962) Amazon
30Roscoe & Barbara It Ain't Right Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides Amazon
31Howard Tate Sweet Love Child Get It While You Can: The Comp Amazon
32Roddie Joy Come Back Baby Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
33Ollie & The Nightingales You're Leaving Me Stax Southern Soul Amazon
34Chuck Jackson I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008] Amazon
35Ralph Soul Jackson You Left the Water Running Hall of Fame – Volume 3 Amazon
36William Bell I Forgot To Be Your Lover The Very Best Of William Bell Amazon

The House That Ruth Built

The decade of the fifties found the sounds of rhythm and blues being best represented on the Atlantic Records label. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, the catalog of artists and the quality of production were unparalleled for their time. And while Ertegun’s biography is subtitled “The House That Ertegun Built”, the performers were also undisputed heavyweights: Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and Lavern Baker to name a few. Things, however, exploded when a lady dubbed “Miss Rhythm” arrived with “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” leading to another moniker: “The House That Ruth Built”. This week’s show will feature some of the great tracks from Ruth Brown and the many contemporaries who made the label synonymous with R&B well into the seventies and beyond. Tune in for a special treat. Rock, rhythm, and dynamite doo wop from the Atlantic vaults on a Friday morning.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Clovers One Mint Julep Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
3The Cardinals Wheel Of Fortune Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
4Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Money Honey Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
5Carmen Taylor & The Boleros Ooh I Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
6Sheiks Walk That Walk Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
7The Chords Sh-Boom Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
8The Playboys Good Golly Miss Molly Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
9The Regals Got The Water Boiling Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
10The Clovers Devil Or Angel Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy Amazon
11Ruth Brown Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
12Ruth Brown Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
13Ruth Brown Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
14The Cookies In Paradise Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958 Amazon
15Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Treasure of Love Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
16The Drifters Long Lonely Nights Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
17The Drifters Long Lonely Nights Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
18Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle & Roll Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
19Big Joe Turner Boogie Woogie Country Girl Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
20Ray Charles Hallelujah I Love Her So Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
21Ray Charles Mess Around Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
22Ray Charles This Little Girl of Mine Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
23LaVern Baker Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster] Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
24LaVern Baker Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
25LaVern Baker Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
26Ivory Joe Hunter Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
27Ivory Joe Hunter It's a Doggone Crying Shame Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
28The Bobbettes Mr. Lee Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
29The Ospreys It's Good To Me (You Don't Know And I DOn't Know) Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
30The Drifters Drip Drop Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
31The Coasters Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
32The Coasters Dance! Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
33Del-Larks Remember The Night Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
34The Sh-Booms (The Chords) Blue Moon Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
35Top Note Hearts Of Stone Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
36Billy Storm When You Dance Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
37Stick McGhee & His Buddies Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
38Big Joe Turner Midnight Special Train Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon

Bourbon Street Rhythms

We enter December with hope. Join us for some sounds from the French Quarter and its environs. This Friday on Deeper Roots, tune in for a sweeping celebration taking the St. Charles trolley in time from Kid Ory and Louis Armstrong to the sounds of Tuba Fats, Mac Rebennack, Allen Toussaint and beyond. We’ll also find some Big Easy rocking treats by the water:  Ernie K-Doe, Sugar Boy Crawford, Fats Domino, and Larry Darnell are also on the board from the Big Easy as well as sounds of piano pounders like Archibald, Champion Jack Dupree and Professor Longhair. KOWS radio’s antenna is moving so we highly recommend that you stream us on the KOWS web site (or via the KOWS app) because the FM signal will be out of commission as the transmitter has found a new home out in the hills above Bodega Highway.


No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Archibald She's Scattered Everywhere Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
3Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band Mardi Gras In New Orleans Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
4Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Royal Garden Blues Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
5Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
6Professor Longhair Bald Head Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Soutwest Blues V1 Amazon
7Champion Jack Dupree Ici Mo-Mo The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
8Dave Bartholomew Messy Bessie Gettin' Funky [Disc 2] Amazon
9Smiley Lewis Big Mamou Smiley Lewis Vol 1 Amazon
10Larry Darnell What More Do You Want OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
11Annie Laurie It Hurts To Be In Love The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 2] Amazon
12Annie Laurie Rockin' and Rollin' Again (Savoy 1197) R&B Humdingers Volume 12 Amazon
13Paul Gayten For You My Love Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
14James "Sugar Boy" Crawford Jock-A-Mo Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
15Fats Domino Don't You Lie To Me Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Fats Domino Hey! La Bas Boogie Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
17Ernie K-Doe Heebie Jeebies Absolutely the Best Amazon
18Benny Spellman Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
19Mac Rebennack Good Times The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
20Earl King Is Everything All Right The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
21Eddie Bo Baby I'm Wise The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] Amazon
22Joe & Ann Trio Gee Baby (You're So Fine) The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
23Jewel King 3X7=21 New Orleans R&B Outbreak Amazon
24Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
25Little Richard Heeby Jeebies The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
26Al Johnson Carnival Time Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
27Art Neville That Rock & Roll Beat Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
28Paul Marvin Hurry Up The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
29Leonard Carbo I Don't Want To Lose Her The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
30Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
31Allen Toussaint Southern Nights Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
32The Velvetiers Feeling Alright On Saturday Night The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
33Earl King Everybody's Carried Away The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
34Ernie K-Doe 'Tain't It the Truth Absolutely the Best Amazon
35Art Neville Too Much Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
36Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon

Wild Ones

Wild in the streets…well, we’re also wild in the bars, the dance halls, the backyards, and everywhere else for that matter. We’ll be revisiting the crazy ones…the excitable ones…the hot clubs where the bad boys and bad girls are burning the candle. Tune in for some fairly wild doin’s with Mabel Scott, The Louvins, Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers, Johnny Horton, and a couple dozen others as we take on that theme of wild men and wild women once more on Community Radio. Dave Stroud puts the metal to the pedal with jazz vocals, rockabilly romps, early century innuendos, and rhythm and blues on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Oh…and don’t forget to visit kowsfm.com and click on that Donate Now button to support all volunteer Community Radio.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
3Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers Don't Bring Lulu The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
4Mae West I'm No Angel The Mae West Collection Amazon
5Mae West My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) Bombshells Amazon
6Mabel Scott Yes Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
7Lizabeth Scott A Deep Dark Secret Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
8Monica Lewis Do It Again Bombshells Amazon
9Kenni Huskey Wild Man Tamer Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"] Amazon
10Donnie Elbert Wild Child (Deluxe 6156) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
11Red Ingle & His Natural Seven Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
12Johnny Horton The Wild One Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2) Amazon
13Carl Mann Born To Be Bad Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
14Jerry Lee Lewis Real Wild Child (Wild One) A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
15Tennessee Ernie Ford I'm A Bad Man Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
16The Dave & Deke Combo Wild Woman Hollywood Barndance Amazon
17Charline Arthur Burn That Candle Welcome To The Club Amazon
18The Louvin Brothers You're Running Wild Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
19The Hot Club of Cowtown I Can't Tame Wild Women Tall Tales Amazon
20Wanda Jackson Let's Have A Party Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
21Carmen MacRae Whatever Lola Wants Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
22The Jive Bombers Bad Boy Cry-Baby Amazon
23The Trenier Twins Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?) Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
24Rudy Greene Wild Life Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
25Wynonie Harris Young And Wild Playful Baby Amazon
26Champion Jack Dupree Bad Whiskey And Wild Women Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
27King James Wild Wooly Woman Stompin' 25 Amazon
28Eunice Davis Let's Have A Party Stompin' 25 Amazon
29Julia Lee Do You Want It? Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
30Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
31John Hammond Wild Man On The Loose Trouble No More Amazon
32Louis Prima & Keely Smith Barnacle Bill The Sailor Breaking It Up! Amazon
33Little Willie John Fever Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
34Albert King Wild Women Door To Door Amazon
35Wanda Jackson Hard Headed Woman Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
36Iggy Pop Real Wild Child Blah Blah Blah Amazon
37Vince Taylor Brand New Cadillac Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon

Rainy Nights

November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Irma Thomas It's Raining Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
3Tom Waits Jersey Girl Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
4Skeeter Davis The End of the World Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
5Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs Amazon
6Johnny Cash Family Bible Boom Chicka Boom Amazon
7Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2] Amazon
8Paul Simon Gone at Last 1964-1993 Disc 2 Amazon
9Nina Simone Backlash Blues Defiance Blues Amazon
10Jimmy Hughes A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
11Art Freeman Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
12Brook Benton Rainy Night In Georgia Today Amazon
13Roy Orbison Blue Rain (Coming Down) The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3] Amazon
14Rosanne Cash I Count The Tears Retrospective Amazon
15Sir Douglas Quintet The Rains Came Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
16Ritchie Valens Bluebirds Over The Mountain Ritchie Valens – Ritchie Amazon
17Joe Ely If You Were A Bluebird Joe Ely Amazon
18Billy Walker Gonna Find Me A Bluebird Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight Amazon
19Mac Wiseman The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966 Amazon
20Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys Hello Bluebird Oh! Amazon
21Ry Cooder Johnny Cash I, Flathead Amazon
22Johnny Cash 28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968] Live At The Carousel Ballroom Amazon
23Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon
24Wanda Jackson You Drive Me Wild Encore Amazon
25Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks Bright Lights, Big City Everybody's Rockin' Amazon
26Blind Willie Johnson Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
27John Fogerty Down On The Corner The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
28Tom Waits Lowside Of The Road Mule Variations Amazon
29John Oates My Creole Belle Arkansas Amazon
30Chris Hillman Wildflowers Bidin' My Time Amazon
31Charlie Musselwhite Siboney Continental Drifter Amazon
32Dave Alvin Downey Girl Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon

The Year in Music 1948

The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week:  Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Mahalia Jackson Move On Up A Little Higher Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel Amazon
3Lonnie Johnson Tomorrow Night Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
4Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 Amazon
5Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends King Size Papa Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53 Amazon
6Amos Milburn Chicken-Shack Boogie Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn Amazon
7Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Run, Joe Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949 Amazon
8Bull Moose Jackson I Love You Yes I Do Bad Man Jackson Amazon
9Bull Moose Jackson I Can't Go On Without You Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950 Amazon
10Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
11Hal Singer Cornbread Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
12Eddy Arnold Bouquet Of Roses Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him Amazon
13Eddy Arnold Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
14Eddy Arnold Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way) Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
15Eddy Arnold What A Fool I Was Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
16Floyd Tillman I Love You So Much It Hurts Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
17Jimmy Wakely One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
18Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman That's What I Like About The West Amazon
19Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Bubbles in My Beer Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
20Hank Thompson Humpty Dumpty Heart The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
21Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time") Country Legends Amazon
22Dinah Shore Buttons and Bows Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
23Nat King Cole Nature Boy Nat King Cole [Disc 1] Amazon
24Doris Day Love Somebody (With Buddy Clark) The Vintage Years (Part One) Amazon
25Peggy Lee Manana Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
26Art Mooney I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
27Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters Powder Your Face With Sunshine Good Old Summertime Amazon
28Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks Just Because Greatest Hits Amazon
29Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins Little White Lies Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
30Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers My Happiness Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
31Doris Day It's Magic Your Hit Parade: 1948 Amazon
32The Andrews Sisters Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
33Bing Crosby Now is the Hour Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon