It’s our annual look back paying respect to some of the greats who we lost this past year. We find ourselves saying goodbye to a number of artists who contributed in their own way to America’s popular culture…in music. I’ll be sharing the names of the many contributors from the halls of country, jazz, pop, rock, and beyond. Time demands a filter which is based on direct lines of roots descent; either by song selection, expression of a genre, or by Americana popular cultural influence. I’m going to try to keep the talk to a minimum so I can catch you up on many of the artists…and I’m also going to be limiting some of the music to 30 second clips because, frankly…this was another year of loss. ….and I’m sure there are more of the obscure that we just couldn’t fit into our roll call. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.
| No. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Bill Hayes | The Ballad Of Davy Crockett | Your Hit Parade – 1955 |  |
| 3 | Les McCann | Blues 5 | Drivin' Blues | |
| 4 | Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 | Mas Que Nada | Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness | |
| 5 | Quincy Jones | Soul Bossa Nova | Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness | |
| 6 | Chita Rivera | All That Jazz | Ultimate Broadway | |
| 7 | Steve Lawrence | Pretty Blue Eyes | The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3) | |
| 8 | Mitzi Gaynor | Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (South Pacific) | Golden Memories of Stage & Screen – Disk 2 | |
| 9 | Jack Jones | This Could Be the Start of Something | Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby! | |
| 10 | James Darren | Goodbye Cruel World | The Best Of James Darren | |
| 11 | The Collins Kids | Hot Rod | The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 6 | |
| 12 | The Shangri-Las | Sophisticated Boom Boom | Myrmidons of Melodrama | |
| 13 | Chan Romero | The Hippy Hippy Shake | Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 | |
| 14 | Duane Eddy | Peter Gunn | Especially for You / Girls! Girls ! Girls! | |
| 15 | Clarence "Frogman" Henry | A Little Too Much | Book of Love – The Argo Records Story [Disc 1] | |
| 16 | Cissy Houston | Deep River/Campground | Testify! The Gospel Box | |
| 17 | Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs | Stay | Doo Wop Box Disc 4 | |
| 18 | Marlena Shaw | Go Away Little Boy | Chess Uptown Soul | |
| 19 | The Four Tops | Reach Out I'll Be There | The Ultimate Collection | |
| 20 | The Spinners | It's a Shame | One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 | |
| 21 | Melanie | Brand New Key | 70s Music Explosion – Miracles | |
| 22 | J.D. Souther | You're Only Lonely | You're Only Lonely | |
| 23 | Martin Mull | Eggs | Martin Mull | |
| 24 | Moby Grape | 8:05 | Moby Grape | |
| 25 | The Grateful Dead | Box of Rain | American Beauty | |
| 26 | John Mayall | Room to Move | The Turning Point | |
| 27 | The Allman Brothers Band | Revival | Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 | |
| 28 | Dave Loggins | Please Come To Boston | Classic Soft Rock [Disc 2] | |
| 29 | It's a Beautiful Day | White Bird | Walk on the Moon | |
| 30 | Brewer & Shipley | One Toke Over The Line | 70s Music Explosion | |
| 31 | Eric Carmen | Hungry Eyes | The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection: The Flame [Disc 2] | |
| 32 | Greg Kihn | The Breakup Song (Re-Recorded) | True Kihnfessions (Re-Recorded Versions) | |
| 33 | Mojo Nixon | Elvis Is Everywhere | Bo-Day-Shus!!! | |
| 34 | Kinky Friedman | Rapid City, South Dakota | Kinky Friedman | |
| 35 | The Oak Ridge Boys | Elvira | The Best Of Classic Country 80's | |
| 36 | Kris Kristofferson | Me And Bobby McGee | Kristofferson | |
| 37 | Toby Keith/Willie Nelson | Beer for My Horses | Lost Highway | |
| 38 | Jo-El Sonnier | Tear-Stained Letter | Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] | |
| 39 | Happy Traum | Church Street Blues (feat. Byron Isaacs, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams) | Just For the Love Of It | |
| 40 | Rick Nelson | Travelin' Man | The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2 | |
| 41 | Malcolm Holcombe | Bits and Pieces | Bits & Pieces | |
| 42 | Barbara Dane | I Hate the Capitalist System | I Hate the Capitalist System | |
| 43 | John "Spider John" Koerner | Duncan and Brady | Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3] | |
| 44 | MC5 | The American Ruse | Jon Savage's 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45 [Disc 2] | |
| 45 | Lou Reed | Walk On The Wild Side | Best Of NRJ | |
| 46 | Monty Norman | James Bond Theme | Dr. No | |
| 47 | Rachel Sweet | Everlasting Love | Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet | |
| 48 | Ella Jenkins & Nannie McNeil | How Do You Do Ev'rybody? (Greeting Shout) | The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 1] | |