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
Let’s have ourselves a natural ball. We’ve done shows whose themes include traditional covers done by The Grateful Dead as well as paying tribute to the songwriting talents of Robert Hunter. We’re truckin’ down one more alley of dead themes in today’s show: covers of Grateful Dead songs done by others. And what a lineup we have for you this bright Saturday morning, celebrating springtime in Sonoma County. We’ve got Jorma, Jimmy Buffet, Graham Parker, Joan Osborne, Levon Helm and Bruce Hornsby queued up for you as we celebrate the return of the FM signal for Community Radio in West Sonoma County. That’s right! The rest of the world gets to share Sonoma County with….uh, Sonoma County, as the streaming returns to sharing the stage on a Community Radio signal that runs 24×7. Deeper Roots will celebrate with a New Speedway Boogie, honoring the new FM signal and raising a glass or Ripple with Uncle John’s Band. Tune us in.
We’re taking a bit of a break to pull the covers out. A lot of the covers we’ll be sharing today come from recent years and cut a broad swath through the past, with a special emphasis on ‘modern sounds’ including new wave, country and rock covered by some of the modern Americana performers that you hear on KOWS Community Radio’s Blue Moon Americana each week (and mornings at 5). Tune in for Jason Isbell, Bill Kirchen, Carrie Rodriguez, Sarah Jarosz, Nick Lowe, and a host of others. A fun run of sounds this morning as we kick off spring with fresh Americana covers.
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Solid Air
Spirit In The Sky
Sonoma County Covers Project
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Pete Yorn
They Don't Know
They Don't Know
4
The Teskey Brothers
Never Tear Us Apart
Never Tear Us Apart (Single)
5
Sarah Jarosz
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / my future
6
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Driver 8 feat. John Paul White
Georgia Blue
7
Mo Kenney
Yer So Bad
Covers
8
Anna Elizabeth Laube
Time To Move On
Annamania
9
The Band of Heathens featuring Robert Ellis
Walls
Remote Transmissions Vol 1
10
Carsie Blanton
Party at the End of the World
Party At The End of the World (Single)
11
The Dead South
People Are Strange
Easy Listening For Jerks Part II
12
The WildRoots
01 634-5789
WildRoots Sessions Vol. 1
13
The Grand Southern
The Boys of Summer
Don't Say Anything
14
Clint Roberts
Just Like Heaven
Rose Songs
15
Puss N Boots
Joey
Sister
16
Tyler Ramsey
Back On The Chain Gang
Found a Picture of You
17
Vandoliers
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Single)
18
The Revenue Man
(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding
25 Years Behind
19
Carrie Rodriguez
Big Love
Love and Circumstances
20
Nick Lowe
Here Comes That Feeling
Lay It On Me
21
Bill Kirchen
Shelly's Winter Love (feat. Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)
The Proper Years
22
Dylan LeBlanc
Expecting to Fly
Pastimes
23
Britta Phillips
I Am a Child
Cinnamon Girl – Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
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
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.
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Jackie Wilson
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Something to Believe In
3
Cissy Houston
Deep River/Campground
Testify! The Gospel Box
4
The Fairfield Four
Roll Jordan
Revival
5
Bob Dylan
Someday Baby
Modern Times
6
Geraint Watkins
I'm Just Crazy About You
Dial 'W' for Watkins
7
The Chordettes
Lollipop
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
8
The Earls
Remember Then
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
9
Roy Orbison
Candy Man
The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
10
Bill Haley & His Comets
Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version)
Rock Around The Clock
11
Lesley Gore
Judy's Turn to Cry (Single)
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore
12
Elvis Presley
The Girl Of My Best Friend
The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
13
The Browns
Cool Water
1959-1960 (Warped 5995)
14
The Sons Of The Pioneers
Wagon Wheels
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
15
Patti Page
I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
Country Music On the Mercury Label
16
Jo Stafford
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Capitol Collectors Series
17
Johnny Horton
North To Alaska
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
18
Gene Pitney
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance
The Look Of Love [Disc 1]
19
Dinah Washington
Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")
Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
20
Linda Ronstadt
Perfidia
Mambo Kings
21
Carla Thomas
B-a-b-y
Something to Believe In
22
Brenda Lee
Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)
Grady Martin
23
Brenda Lee
That's All You Gotta Do
36 All-Time G.H. V2
24
Dave Edmunds
Deep in the Heart of Texas
D.E. 7th
25
Geraint Watkins
Oobee Doobee Eyes
Watkins Bold as Love
26
Jimmy Reed
Take Out Some Insurance
Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed
27
Henry Spaulding
Cairo Blues
American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
Music comes in all shapes and sizes. There are always the also-rans, the one hit wonders, the bright little shiny piece that gets lost among the thousands of others of the same mint, the ones that couldn’t afford to compete, as well as all the B-sides and album leftovers. We’re picking a few of those and a couple dozen others that we found as we ‘walked the beach’ in search of the perfect playlist to share this morning. Tune in for a sweet mix of just about everything featuring David Seville, Scatman Crothers, Lou Monte, Neil Young, Esquivel, and Johnny Cash as we lay out a brimming sea of sound like so much flotsam and jetsam on the Sonoma County airwaves this morning. Tune in for an earful and more.
Free form sounds with time to kill from the past century. This week’s Deeper Roots show features soul, seventies rock, some gospel, country and rhythm & blues. We’ll be sharing an interesting blend of under-the-radar sounds from some greats: Ben E. King, Wanda Jackson, The Band, Mavis Staples, Neil Young, and beyond. Sonoma County Community radio is community radio at it’s best. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classics from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. We enjoy sharing and we hope you enjoy listening on Friday mornings on KOWS Occidental (and Friday evenings on KRJF Santa Rosa).
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The Band
Time To Kill
A Musical History [Disc 3]
3
Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
Back To Black
4
Shirley & Company
Shame, Shame, Shame (Vocal Version)
Shame Shame Shame
5
Arthur Conley
Sweet Soul Music
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
6
LaVern Baker
Saved
Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
7
Mamie Bradley
I Feel Like A Million
The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul [Disc 1]
8
George Jackson
I Got A Feeling
Leavin' Your Homework Undone
9
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Long Lost And Worried
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
10
Ben E. King
Show Me The Way
Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
11
Roy Orbison
Let's Make a Memory
Crying
12
Leon Russell
Delta Lady
Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
13
Gospel Supremes
Sinner Man
Local Customs: Downriver Revival
14
Grandpa Jones
Turn Your Radio On
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
15
Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship
The Baby Tree
Blows Against The Empire
16
Wanda Jackson
Just A Queen For A Day
Wanda Jackson
17
Neil Young
Union Man (2016 Remaster)
Hawks & Doves
18
Merle Haggard
Roly Poly
Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
19
Mavis Staples
Your Good Fortune
Your Good Fortune (EP)
20
Candi Staton
He Called Me Baby
Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
21
Arthur Alexander
Call Me Honey
The Monument Years
22
Dan Hicks
You Gotta Believe [Album Version]
The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
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
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
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]
3
Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band
Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
4
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
10
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]
12
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]
15
Fats Domino
Don't You Lie To Me
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
16
Fats Domino
Hey! La Bas Boogie
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
17
Ernie K-Doe
Heebie Jeebies
Absolutely the Best
18
Benny Spellman
Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
19
Mac Rebennack
Good Times
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
20
Earl King
Is Everything All Right
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
21
Eddie Bo
Baby I'm Wise
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
22
Joe & Ann Trio
Gee Baby (You're So Fine)
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
23
Jewel King
3X7=21
New Orleans R&B Outbreak
24
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
25
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]
30
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
18
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)
