Higher and Higher

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

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

A Bowl Of Soul

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

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

Flotsam & Jetsam

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.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Trini Lopez The Search Goes On Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug Amazon
2Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' Stone Rollin' – Single Amazon
3Esquivel! Mucha Muchacha Watchamacallit Amazon
4David Seville Almost Good Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug Amazon
5Betty Wright Clean Up Woman The Best of Betty Wright Amazon
6Cliff Edwards A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Ukulele Ike Amazon
7Dolly Parton Joshua Ultimate Dolly Parton Amazon
8Skeeter Davis I Can't Stay Mad At You The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
9The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 Amazon
10Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks Wonderin' Everybody's Rockin' Amazon
11The Du Droppers I Wanna Know We Loved You Madly, Chapter 78: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young Amazon
12Mavis Staples Down In Mississippi (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
13Johnny Cash Personal Jesus American IV: Man Comes Around Amazon
14Greg Brown Boomtown Poet Game Amazon
15Florence + The Machine Dog Days Are Over Lungs Amazon
16Leon Redbone All I Do Is Dream of You Any Time Amazon
17Steve Forbert Any Old Time Any Old Time Amazon
18Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers Romeo's Tune An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert Amazon
19Scatman Crothers Hot Rod Harry So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
20Lou Monte The Italian Cowboy Song Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings Amazon
21Danny Kaye Beatin', Bangin' 'N' Scratchin' Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
22Bobby Troup Seventh Son Make Mine Mondo Amazon
23Natalie Cole Route 66 Unforgettable: With Love Amazon
24Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine Nat King Cole [Disc 1] Amazon
25Hem Radiation Vibe No Word From Tom Amazon
26Frank Black Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Honeycomb Amazon
27Fats Domino Make Me Belong To You Fats Is Back Amazon
28Roy Brown I'm Convicted of Love The Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
29June Christy This Year's Crop Of Kisses Jazz Greats Amazon
30Eels Love Of The Loveless Shootenanny! Amazon
31Bruce Springsteen I'm Goin' Down Born in the U.S.A. Amazon
32Cab Calloway Minnie The Moocher Best Of The Big Bands Amazon

The House That Ruth Built

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

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