We’ll be covering the covers once more this week but this time we’ll be burrowing into a cross section of genres to get to the heart of the matter. It’s country songs with rhythm & blues interpretations, all from the decades of the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear from a few familiars rhythm rockers including The Coasters, Fats Domino, King Curtis and Ruth Brown as they take on the very best of country and tradition with a style all their own. But there’s also the surprises and unknowns like Thin Man Watts, Piney Brown, and The Ray-o-Vacs to fill out the show this morning. From Jambalaya to Tumbling Tumbleweeds, we’ve got some fine soul and R&B interpretations for you. Tune in and find out.
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The Ray-O-Vacs
Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
3
Piney Brown
Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
4
Joe Liggins
Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
5
Billy Ward & The Dominoes
Lonesome Road
Vol. 4-21 Hits
6
The Hurricanes
Pistol Packin' Mama
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
7
Scatman Crothers
Ghost Riders In The Sky
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
8
Andre Williams
You Are My Sunshine
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
9
Jimmy Ricks
Do You Promise
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
10
Thin Man Watts
Walking The Floor Over You
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
11
Mickey & Sylvia
To The Valley
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
12
The Coasters
Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
13
Clyde McPhatter
I'm Movin' On
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
14
Little Junior Parker
Walking The Floor
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
15
Guitar Jr
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
16
Ruth Brown
I Burned Your Letter
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
17
Fats Domino
Don't Come Knockin'
A Lot Of Dominos
18
Varetta Dillard
A Little Bitty Tear
The Lovin' Bird
19
Bobby Hebb
Night Train To Memphis
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
20
Esther Phillips
Release Me
Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
21
King Curtis
Your Cheatin' Heart
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
22
King Curtis
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
23
The Marvellettes
Love Letters
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
24
Damita Jo
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
25
Travis Ricks
No Need To Cry
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
26
Little Mack
Let Hootenanny Blues
Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
27
Joe Hinton
Lovesick Blues
Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
28
Big Maybelle
Cold Cold Heart
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
29
Fats Domino
Your Cheatin' Heart
Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
30
Ray Charles
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)
Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
31
Esther Phillips
Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version)
Country Side Of Esther
32
Esther Phillips
I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version)
Country Side Of Esther
33
O. C. Smith
The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp
More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
34
Ray Charles
When I Stop Dreamin'
Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
35
Little Richard
Settin' the Woods on Fire
King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music]
36
Little Richard
Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart)
Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On
37
Koko Taylor
Honky Tonky
Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
Welcome to the club. We’ve got some cool sounds from the jazz lounges and clubs blended with some beat generation salutations for you this morning. Beatniks, boppers, lounge chanteuse performances, saxophones, and some cool fifties sounds. Tune in for Patsy Raye and The Beatniks, Earl Bostic, Mose Allison, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and a BeBop blend of out-of-this-world swing and percussion. From the Gaslight Café to Slim Gallaird’s Yep Roc sounds…we’ll have your foot tappin’ and your fingers snappin’ on a magical blend of cool ultra-lounge and café sounds from mid-century. Tune in on the web or grab our free app out on the Apple Store or Google Play. You can find them by searching for KOWS.
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Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra
Salt Peanuts
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
3
Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Swinghouse
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
4
Charles Kuralt
The Greenwich Village Poets
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
5
King Pleasure
Don't Get Scared
The BeBop Singers
6
Mose Allison
Your Mind Is On Vacation
Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
7
Earl Bostic
Up There In The Orbit
Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
8
J. J. Johnson Beboppers
Coppin' The Bop
J. J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy (Proper Introduction)
9
Peggy Lee
The Boy from Ipanema
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too
10
Richard Marino & His Orchestra
Fever
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
11
Martin Denny
Cool
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
12
Patsy Raye And The Beatniks
Beatnik's Wish
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
13
Carl Sandburg
On Beatniks
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
14
Three Bips, A Bop
Professor Bop
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
15
Charlie Parker Quartet
Cosmic Rays
The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
16
Charlie Parker Quintet
Scrapple From The Apple
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
17
Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra
Ha
The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
18
Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys
Oop-Bop Sh-Bam
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
19
Elmer Bernstein
Like Having Fun
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
20
Del Close & John Brent
Cool
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
21
Slim Gaillard, The Middle Europeans
Yip Roc Heresy
The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
22
Oscar Brown Jr.
But I Was Cool
The Beat Generation, Vol 3
23
The Playboys
Charge It
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
Crazy rhythm! Big bands, scat vocals, syncopation, snapping fingers, drum and trumpet solos, all packed into two hours on a Sonoma County autumn morning on Deeper Roots. We’re celebrating that fascinating rhythm with some classic jazz, smooth vocals, and the voot of Slim Galliard as well as we take a trip through the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey’s Clambake Seven, Cab Calloway, and Artie Shaw. That’s not all, though. We’ll also hear the celebrations of rhythm with the brothers and sister teams of the Boswells, the Colemans, the Delta Rhythm Boys, and Three Sharps and a Flat. Sweet and sentimental with a celebratory blast. Join Dave Stroud on a journey that celebrates rhythm with the best rhythm-makers on KOWS Community Radio.
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Benny Goodman And His Orchestra & Helen Ward
Get Rhythm in Your Feet (And Music In Your Soul)
Wicked Swing
3
Jimmie Lunceford (Willie Smith And Band, Vocals)
Rhythm Is Our Business
Jimmie Lunceford
4
Ivie Anderson
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
5
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Get on Board Little Children
Radio, Gimme Some Jive
6
Coleman Brothers
Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away
Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
7
Three Sharps And A Flat
That's The Rhythm
Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
8
Slim & Slam
The Flat Foot Floogie
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
9
The Boswell Sisters
That's How Rhythm Was Born
That's How Rhythm Was Born
10
Slim & Slam
Rhythm Mad
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
11
Slim & Slam
Buck Dance Rhythm
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
12
The Cats & The Fiddle
Mr. Rhythm Man
The Very Best Of
13
Ace Harris And His Sunset Royals
Rhythm 'Bout Town
Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
14
Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven
Nothin' But Rhythm
Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
15
Django Reinhardt
Crazy Rhythm
The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
16
Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Spreadin' Rhythm Around
Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
17
Billie Holiday
Spreadin' Rhythm Around
Quintessential: Volume 1, 1933 – 1935
18
Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
He Ain't Got Rhythm
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 02]
The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta. Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Gangster Of Love
Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
3
Lowell Fulson
Blue Shadows
Chess Blues Disc 4
4
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Shuffle
Living The Blues: Blues Greats
5
Ivory Joe Hunter
Boogin' In The Rain
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
6
Amos Milburn
One, Two, Three, Everybody
Amos Milburn Rocks
7
Amos Milburn
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn Rocks
8
Floyd Dixon
Hey Bartender
Marshall Texas Is My Home
9
Big Jay McNeely
The Deacon's Hop
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
10
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
11
Johnny Guitar Watson
Mortorhead Baby
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
12
Little Esther And Willie Littlefield
Turn the Lights Down Low
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
13
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
14
Peppermint Harris
I Got Loaded
Loaded, Vol. 1
15
Jimmy McCracklin
The Walk
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
16
Little Willie Littlefield
K. C. Loving
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
17
T-Bone Walker
Stormy Monday
The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
18
Roy Milton
The Hucklebuck
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
19
Floyd Dixon
Call Operator 210
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
20
Johnny Otis
Baby Baby Blues
Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
21
Johnny Otis
Head Hunter
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
22
Etta James
Good Rockin Daddy
The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
23
Pee Wee Crayton
Blues After Hours
ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
24
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Driftin' Blues
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
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.
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The El Dorados
At My Front Door
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
3
The Nutmegs
Story Untold
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
4
The Five Satins
In the Still of the Night
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
5
The Heartbeats
A Thousand Miles Away
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
6
The Rays
Silhouettes
Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
7
The Willows
The Church Bells May Ring
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
8
The Cadillacs
Zoom
For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
9
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
10
The Moonglows
See Saw (mono)
Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection
11
The Del Vikings
Come Go with Me
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
12
The Dubs
Could This Be Magic
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
13
Mellokings
Tonight Tonight
Tonight-Tonight
14
The Monotones
Book Of Love
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
15
Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/The Rob Roys
Tell Me Why
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
16
The Silhouettes
Get A Job
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
17
The Diamonds
Little Darlin'
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
18
The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
19
The Cadillacs
Buzz Buzz Buzz
For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
20
The Solitaires
Walking Along
Doo Wop Love Songs
21
Lee Andrews & The Hearts
Long Lonely Nights
Doo Wop Love Songs
22
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Goody Goody
Doo Wop Love Songs
23
The Chantels
Maybe
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 2]
24
The Edsels
Rama Lama Ding Dong
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
25
The Aquatones
You
Early Girls: 1
26
The Marcels
Blue Moon
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
27
The Elegants
Little Star
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
28
Dion & The Belmonts
I Wonder Why
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
29
The Videos
Trickle, Trickle
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
30
The Coasters
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
Doo Wop Love Songs
31
The Flamingos
I Only Have Eyes for You
For Collectors Only – Disc 1
32
The Mystics
Hushabye
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
33
Dion & The Belmonts
A Teenager In Love
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
34
The Fiestas
So Fine
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
35
The Sheppards
Island Of Love
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
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.
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
3
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
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.
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Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels
A Rockin' Good Way
The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2]
3
The Spaniels
Stormy Weather
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
4
Ernest Harriston/The Bop Chords
Castle in the Sky
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
5
The Velvets
Spring Fever
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
6
The Quotations
Imagination
Doo Wop Box Disc 4
7
The Chimes
Once in a While
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
8
The Flamingos
Lovers Never Say Goodbye
The Best Of The Flamingos
9
The Fascinators
Chapel Bells
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
10
Little Anthony & The Imperials
So Much
The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials
11
Accents
Wiggle, Wiggle
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
12
The Kodaks
Oh Gee Oh Gosh
Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 2]
13
The Cadillacs
Peek-A-Boo
The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
14
The Cadillacs
Oh Oh Lolita
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
15
The Edsels
Rama Lama Ding Dong
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
16
The Monotones
Tom Foolery
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
17
Dion & The Belmonts
No One Knows
Greatest Hits
18
The Pastels
So Far Away
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
19
The Students
I'm So Young
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
20
The Heartbeats
One Day Next Year
The Best of the Heartbeats [Rhino]
21
The Corsairs
Smokey Places (1962 #12)
Greatest Hit Singles Collection
22
The Penguins
Memories Of El Monte
Oldies But Goodies Vol. 3
23
The Desires
Rendezvous With You
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
24
The Moonglows
See Saw
Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
25
The Crests
The Angels Listened In
The Best of the Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro [Rhino]
26
The Velvetones
The Glory of Love
The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)
27
The Timetones
In My Heart
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
28
The Genies
Who's That Knocking
Doo Wop Box Disc 3
29
The Silhouettes
Miss Thing
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
30
Anthony & The Sophomores
Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
31
The Capris
Morse Code of Love
Doo Wop Box Disc 4
32
The Videos
Trickle, Trickle
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
33
The El Dorados
I'll Be Forever Loving You
The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1]
34
The Platters
You're Making A Mistake
The Magic Touch: An Anthology
35
The Avalons
Heart's Desire
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
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.
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The Clovers
One Mint Julep
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
3
The Cardinals
Wheel Of Fortune
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
4
Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters
Money Honey
Atlantic Rock & Roll
5
Carmen Taylor & The Boleros
Ooh I
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
6
Sheiks
Walk That Walk
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
7
The Chords
Sh-Boom
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
8
The Playboys
Good Golly Miss Molly
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
9
The Regals
Got The Water Boiling
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
10
The Clovers
Devil Or Angel
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy
11
Ruth Brown
Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
12
Ruth Brown
Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
13
Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
14
The Cookies
In Paradise
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958
15
Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters
Treasure of Love
Atlantic Rock & Roll
16
The Drifters
Long Lonely Nights
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17
The Drifters
Long Lonely Nights
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
18
Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Atlantic Rock & Roll
19
Big Joe Turner
Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Atlantic Rock & Roll
20
Ray Charles
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Atlantic Rock & Roll
21
Ray Charles
Mess Around
Atlantic Rock & Roll
22
Ray Charles
This Little Girl of Mine
Atlantic Rock & Roll
23
LaVern Baker
Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster]
Atlantic Rock & Roll
24
LaVern Baker
Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
25
LaVern Baker
Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
26
Ivory Joe Hunter
Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
27
Ivory Joe Hunter
It's a Doggone Crying Shame
Atlantic Rock & Roll
28
The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
29
The 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
30
The Drifters
Drip Drop
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
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Joe Liggins
Brand New Deal In Mobile
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3
Fletcher Smith
Brand New Neighborhood
Stompin' 12
4
George Green
Brand New Rockin' Chair
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
5
Al Harrison
Brand New Money
Fool Mule
6
Barrel House Blott & Lee
Brand New Man
Dapper Dan
7
Fats Domino
Brand New Baby
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
8
Wayne Hancock
Brand New Cadillac
That's What Daddy Wants
9
The Payments
Brand New Automobile
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
10
Lightnin' Hopkins
Brand New Lock
Po' Lightnin'
11
Lead Belly
I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
12
Ruthie Foster
Brand New Day
Promise of a Brand New Day
13
Al Kooper
Brand New Day (Bonus Track)
You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
14
Dion
Brand New Morning
Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
15
Gary Stewart
Brand New Whiskey
An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
16
Mel Tillis
Brand New Mister Me
36 All Time Greatest Hits
17
The Everly Brothers
Brand New Heartache
The Everly Brothers
18
Dave Edmunds
Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets
Get It
19
Gram Parsons
Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]
Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
20
Emmylou Harris
Brand New Dance
Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
21
Tex Ritter
You're Always Brand New
High Noon
22
Don Henley
The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Cass County (Deluxe)
23
Steve Earle
Brand New Companion
Townes
24
Dave Alvin
Brand New Heart
Blue Blvd
25
Greg Brown
Brand New '64 Dodge
Poet Game
26
Jesse Winchester
Brand New Tennesse Waltz
Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
27
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Brand New Start
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
28
Modern Hicks
Brand New
Tornado Alley
29
Melanie
Brand New Key
70s Music Explosion – Miracles
30
Will Kimbrough
Brand New Song
Americanitis
31
Leftover Salmon
Brand New Good Old Days
Brand New Good Old Days
32
Elvis Presley
There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon
Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
