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
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Camille Howard
You Don't Love Me
The Specialty Story
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Paul Gayten
My Rough And Ready Man
R&B Outbreak CD 2
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Percy Mayfield
Strange Things Happening
Poet of the Blues
7
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
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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
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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
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Little Richard
Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE)
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
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Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
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Don & Dewey
Farmer John
Jungle Hop
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Larry Williams
Short Fat Fannie
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
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Larry Williams
Bony Maronie
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
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Larry Williams
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version]
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
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Art Neville
That Old Time Rock And Roll
His Specialty Recordings
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Art Neville
Belle Amie
His Specialty Recordings
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Hollywood Flames
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
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Don & Dewey
Koko Joe
Jungle Hop
25
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
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Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Love Lifted Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
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Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
He's So Wonderful
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
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Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
Come and Go To That Land
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
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Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Gospel Music
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Clifton Chenier
Eh, Petite Fille
Bayou Blues
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Clifton Chenier
Boppin' The Rock
Bayou Blues
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Frankie Lee Sims
Lucy Mae Blues
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
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John Lee Hooker
My Baby's Got Something
No Friend Around
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Little Richard
Shake A Hand
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
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Professor Alex Bradford
What Folks Say About Me
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
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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]
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The Spaniels
Stormy Weather
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
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Ernest Harriston/The Bop Chords
Castle in the Sky
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
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The Velvets
Spring Fever
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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The Quotations
Imagination
Doo Wop Box Disc 4
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The Chimes
Once in a While
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
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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
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Little Anthony & The Imperials
So Much
The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials
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Accents
Wiggle, Wiggle
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
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The Kodaks
Oh Gee Oh Gosh
Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 2]
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The Cadillacs
Peek-A-Boo
The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
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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
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Dion & The Belmonts
No One Knows
Greatest Hits
18
The Pastels
So Far Away
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
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The Students
I'm So Young
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
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The Heartbeats
One Day Next Year
The Best of the Heartbeats [Rhino]
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The Corsairs
Smokey Places (1962 #12)
Greatest Hit Singles Collection
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The Penguins
Memories Of El Monte
Oldies But Goodies Vol. 3
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The Desires
Rendezvous With You
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
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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]
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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
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The Genies
Who's That Knocking
Doo Wop Box Disc 3
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The Silhouettes
Miss Thing
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
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Anthony & The Sophomores
Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4
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The Capris
Morse Code of Love
Doo Wop Box Disc 4
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The Videos
Trickle, Trickle
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
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The El Dorados
I'll Be Forever Loving You
The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1]
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The Platters
You're Making A Mistake
The Magic Touch: An Anthology
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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
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The Cardinals
Wheel Of Fortune
Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
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Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters
Money Honey
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Carmen Taylor & The Boleros
Ooh I
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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Sheiks
Walk That Walk
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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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
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The Regals
Got The Water Boiling
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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The Clovers
Devil Or Angel
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy
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Ruth Brown
Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ruth Brown
Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster)
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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The Cookies
In Paradise
Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958
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Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters
Treasure of Love
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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The Drifters
Long Lonely Nights
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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The Drifters
Long Lonely Nights
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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Big Joe Turner
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Atlantic Rock & Roll
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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
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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
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The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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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
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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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Joe Liggins
Brand New Deal In Mobile
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
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Fletcher Smith
Brand New Neighborhood
Stompin' 12
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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
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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
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Ruthie Foster
Brand New Day
Promise of a Brand New Day
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Al Kooper
Brand New Day (Bonus Track)
You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
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Dion
Brand New Morning
Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
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Gary Stewart
Brand New Whiskey
An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
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Mel Tillis
Brand New Mister Me
36 All Time Greatest Hits
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The Everly Brothers
Brand New Heartache
The Everly Brothers
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Dave Edmunds
Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets
Get It
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Gram Parsons
Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]
Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
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Emmylou Harris
Brand New Dance
Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
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Tex Ritter
You're Always Brand New
High Noon
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Don Henley
The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
Cass County (Deluxe)
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Steve Earle
Brand New Companion
Townes
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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
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Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters
Brand New Start
Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
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Modern Hicks
Brand New
Tornado Alley
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Melanie
Brand New Key
70s Music Explosion – Miracles
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Will Kimbrough
Brand New Song
Americanitis
31
Leftover Salmon
Brand New Good Old Days
Brand New Good Old Days
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Elvis Presley
There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon
Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
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.
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Archibald
She's Scattered Everywhere
Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
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Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band
Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
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Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Royal Garden Blues
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
5
Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven
Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
6
Professor Longhair
Bald Head
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Soutwest Blues V1
7
Champion Jack Dupree
Ici Mo-Mo
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
8
Dave Bartholomew
Messy Bessie
Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]
9
Smiley Lewis
Big Mamou
Smiley Lewis Vol 1
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Larry Darnell
What More Do You Want
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
11
Annie Laurie
It Hurts To Be In Love
The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 2]
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Annie Laurie
Rockin' and Rollin' Again (Savoy 1197)
R&B Humdingers Volume 12
13
Paul Gayten
For You My Love
Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
14
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford
Jock-A-Mo
Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
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Fats Domino
Don't You Lie To Me
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
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Fats Domino
Hey! La Bas Boogie
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
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Ernie K-Doe
Heebie Jeebies
Absolutely the Best
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Benny Spellman
Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
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Mac Rebennack
Good Times
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
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Earl King
Is Everything All Right
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
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Eddie Bo
Baby I'm Wise
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
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Joe & Ann Trio
Gee Baby (You're So Fine)
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
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Jewel King
3X7=21
New Orleans R&B Outbreak
24
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
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Little Richard
Heeby Jeebies
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
26
Al Johnson
Carnival Time
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
27
Art Neville
That Rock & Roll Beat
Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
28
Paul Marvin
Hurry Up
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
29
Leonard Carbo
I Don't Want To Lose Her
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
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Dr. John
How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)
Goin' Back To New Orleans
31
Allen Toussaint
Southern Nights
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
32
The Velvetiers
Feeling Alright On Saturday Night
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
33
Earl King
Everybody's Carried Away
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
It’s Black Friday here in Sonoma County and we don’t really know what to expect. Worn out from the ongoing pandemic, we’re still moderating here but we very much need music to help us light the way. We like to make that possible on Friday mornings on KOWS when we find another free form collection full of small themes and nuggets. With a sprinkling of classic Carole King, Sonny Bono and Brill Building sounds, we’ll move forward into the holidays with hand clapping gospel, soul stew from Booker T., some Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Gene Pitney, and The Cookies. The playlist this morning will circle back to celebrating all the things that matter in musical themes including true love, change, and (most of all) dance. Join us this week once again for some great sounds .
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The Cuff Links
Guided Missiles
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
3
The Highway Q.C.'s
Pray
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4
The Staple Singers
Hammer and Nails
Hammer and Nails
5
Patsy Cline
Life's Railway To Heaven
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
6
Paul Simon
Slip Slidin' Away
Sounds of the Seventies: 1977
7
Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos
Go Where You Wanna Go
Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
8
The Mamas & the Papas
Do You Wanna Dance
Greatest Hits
9
Bobby Freeman
Do You Wanna Dance
MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
10
The Drifters
Dance With Me
The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance
11
Billy Bland
Let the Little Girl Dance
One Hit Wonders
12
Dash And Dot
Dance With Me Henry
Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1
13
The Diatones
Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me
Bandera Doo Wop
14
Billy Storm
When You Dance
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
15
Marvin Gaye
Stubborn Kind of Fellow
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
16
The O'Jays
Back Stabbers
The O'Jays Greatest Hits
17
Ann Cole
Have Fun
Birth Of Soul: 1
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James Brown
Lost Someone
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19
Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's
Time Is Tight
Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
20
Redbone
Come And Get Your Love
Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s
21
Phoebe Snow
Shakey Ground
The Best Of Phoebe Snow
22
Percy Sledge
True Love Travels On A Gravel Road
Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
23
The Cookies
Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)
The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
24
Leon Russell
I Believe To My Soul
Best Of Hank Wilson
25
Ray Charles
Greenbacks
Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
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.
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Garland Jeffreys
Wild in the Streets
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
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Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers
Don't Bring Lulu
The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
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Mae West
I'm No Angel
The Mae West Collection
5
Mae West
My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)
Bombshells
6
Mabel Scott
Yes
Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
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Lizabeth Scott
A Deep Dark Secret
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8
Monica Lewis
Do It Again
Bombshells
9
Kenni Huskey
Wild Man Tamer
Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
10
Donnie Elbert
Wild Child (Deluxe 6156)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
11
Red Ingle & His Natural Seven
Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
12
Johnny Horton
The Wild One
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
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Carl Mann
Born To Be Bad
Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
14
Jerry Lee Lewis
Real Wild Child (Wild One)
A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
15
Tennessee Ernie Ford
I'm A Bad Man
Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
16
The Dave & Deke Combo
Wild Woman
Hollywood Barndance
17
Charline Arthur
Burn That Candle
Welcome To The Club
18
The Louvin Brothers
You're Running Wild
Capitol Country Music Classics
19
The Hot Club of Cowtown
I Can't Tame Wild Women
Tall Tales
20
Wanda Jackson
Let's Have A Party
Queen Of Rockabilly
21
Carmen MacRae
Whatever Lola Wants
Burlesque – 100 Classics
22
The Jive Bombers
Bad Boy
Cry-Baby
23
The Trenier Twins
Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?)
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
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Rudy Greene
Wild Life
Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
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Wynonie Harris
Young And Wild
Playful Baby
26
Champion Jack Dupree
Bad Whiskey And Wild Women
Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
27
King James
Wild Wooly Woman
Stompin' 25
28
Eunice Davis
Let's Have A Party
Stompin' 25
29
Julia Lee
Do You Want It?
Burlesque – 100 Classics
30
Little Richard
The Girl Can't Help It
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
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John Hammond
Wild Man On The Loose
Trouble No More
32
Louis Prima & Keely Smith
Barnacle Bill The Sailor
Breaking It Up!
33
Little Willie John
Fever
Burlesque – 100 Classics
34
Albert King
Wild Women
Door To Door
35
Wanda Jackson
Hard Headed Woman
Queen Of Rockabilly
36
Iggy Pop
Real Wild Child
Blah Blah Blah
37
Vince Taylor
Brand New Cadillac
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
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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Mahalia Jackson
Move On Up A Little Higher
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
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Lonnie Johnson
Tomorrow Night
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
4
Blue Lu Barker
A Little Bird Told Me
From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
5
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
King Size Papa
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
6
Amos Milburn
Chicken-Shack Boogie
Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
7
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Run, Joe
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
8
Bull Moose Jackson
I Love You Yes I Do
Bad Man Jackson
9
Bull Moose Jackson
I Can't Go On Without You
Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
10
Wynonie Harris
Good Rockin' Tonight
Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
11
Hal Singer
Cornbread
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
12
Eddy Arnold
Bouquet Of Roses
Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him
13
Eddy Arnold
Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
14
Eddy Arnold
Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way)
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
15
Eddy Arnold
What A Fool I Was
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses
16
Floyd Tillman
I Love You So Much It Hurts
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
17
Jimmy Wakely
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
18
Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman
That's What I Like About The West
19
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Bubbles in My Beer
Legends of Country Music Disc 4
20
Hank Thompson
Humpty Dumpty Heart
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
21
Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers
Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")
A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.
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Album
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2
Ronnie Dee
Action Packed
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3
Bobby Troup
Seventh Son
Make Mine Mondo
4
Rock-A-Tones
One More Chance
Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5
Annette Funicello
Bikini Beach Party
Good Old Summertime
6
Red Prysock
Hand Clappin'
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
7
Jim Backus & Friend
Delicious
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8
The Interiors
Voodoo Doll
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
9
The Bikinis
Crazy Vibrations
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
10
Gary Warren
Midnight Rain
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
11
The Three Suns
Tequila
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
12
The Invaders
Shock Treatment
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
13
Freddie & The Hitch Hikers
Sinners
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
14
The Duals
Lover's Satellite
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
15
Sparkle Moore
Skull & Crossbones
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
16
Mamie Van Doren
Seperate The Men From The Boys
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17
Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies)
Camel Walk
Make Mine Mondo
18
Rusty Draper & Lola Dee
Scratch My Back
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
19
Tarheel Slim
Number Nine Train
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
20
Robin Hood Brians
Dis A Itty Bit
Wild Streak, Vol. 1
21
Tony Casanova
Boogie Woogie Feeling
Make Mine Mondo
22
Don & The Galaxiex
Avalanche
Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
23
Jan & Dean
Surf Route 101
Popsicle
24
Bobby Fry
Grandchus
Make Mine Mondo
25
Si Zentner
Walk on the Wild Side
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
26
Johnny Durain & The Cytones
Shang-Dang-Doo
Make Mine Mondo
27
The Surfaris
Surfer Joe [Long Version]
Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1
28
Voice Farm
Come On-A My House
Bigger Cooler Weirder
29
Mouse
A Public Execution
Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
30
The Bobbettes
I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1)
War Paint – The Gone Records Story
31
13th Floor Elevators
You're Gonna Miss Me
Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
32
Bob Callaway
Tick Tock
Wild Streak, Vol. 1
33
The Tornadoes
Maleguena
Bustin' Surfboards
34
Little Carolyn Sue
I Hate Men
Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
35
Martin Denny
Cool
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
36
Ann-Margret
Let Me Entertain You
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
Drop by to play along with the second of a two-part episode exploring an eclectic blend of boogie woogie, in the key of rhythm and blues. There will be enough piano pounding, toe-tapping, and slick percussion to feed the need for musical speed in our show this week. The usual suspects will keep the line moving and we’ll also bring out some old favorites including performances from Hadda Brooks, Gladys Bentley, Oscar’s Chicago Swingers, Rosco Gordon and Albert Ammons. This second episode keeps true to the sound that surfaced in the early century, blending juke joint rhythms and house party dance celebrations. Be sure to check us out on our new web site player or at the Live365 web site.
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Title
Album
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Freddie Slack
Rockin' The Boogie
Boogie Woogie [Disc 8]
3
Joe Lutcher
Rockin' Boogie (04-19-47)
1947
4
The Treniers
Rock-a-Beatin Boogie
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
5
Big Joe Turner
Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
6
Rosco Gordon
T Model Boogie
Let's Get High (B)
7
Hadda Brooks
Swingin' The Boogie
I've Got News For You [Disc 2]
8
Nellie Lutcher
Lake Charles Boogie
Hurry On Down
9
Gladys Bentley
Boogie'n My Woogie
Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
10
Mabel Scott
Baseball Boogie
Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording
