Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Joe Turner | Morning, Noon And Night | Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] |  |
| 2 | Billie Holiday | Good Morning Heartache | Ken Burns Jazz | |
| 3 | Blossom Dearie | A Fine Spring Morning | Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered) | |
| 4 | Louis Jordan | Early In The Morning | Jivin' With Jordan | |
| 5 | Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell | How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning? | Make Love With | |
| 6 | Doris Day | I Got The Sun In The Morning | Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] | |
| 7 | Gillian Welch | One Morning | Hell Among the Yearlings | |
| 8 | Gram Parsons | We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning | G.P. / Grievous Angel | |
| 9 | Bob Dylan | Meet Me in the Morning | Blood on the Tracks | |
| 10 | Jesse Colin Young | Morning Sun | Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 | |
| 11 | Ian & Sylvia | Early Morning Rain | Greatest Hits | |
| 12 | Irma Thomas | Early In The Morning | Simply Grand | |
| 13 | Joan Baez | One Too Many Mornings | Baez Sings Dylan | |
| 14 | Joni Mitchell | Chelsea Morning | Hits | |
| 15 | David Bromberg | I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning | The Player: A Retrospective | |
| 16 | The South Street Trio | Cold Morning Shout | Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2) | |
| 17 | Lead Belly | Good Morning Blues | Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2 | |
| 18 | K.C. Douglas | Woke Up This Morning | Mercury Blues | |
| 19 | Julius Daniels | Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning | When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll | |
| 20 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus | The First Recordings | |
| 21 | Rev. Anderson Johnson | Death in the Morning | Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3] | |
| 22 | Frank Sinatra | In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning | Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2 | |
| 23 | Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood | Some Velvet Morning | Nancy & Lee | |
| 24 | Margaret Whiting | Good Morning Mister Echo | Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting | |
| 25 | John Hartford | Morning Bugle | Morning Bugle | |
| 26 | Hank Snow | Colorado Country Morning | I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2] | |
| 27 | Grandpa Jones | It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake) | Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 | |
| 28 | Shorty Long | Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 | |
| 29 | Billy Fair | Boogie In The Morning | Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders! | |
| 30 | Muddy Waters | Good Morning School Girl | Folk Singer | |
Hi Dave,
First of all, I love your taste in music, and the work that you put into making your episodes informative.
Back in the late 70s, I used to tape broadcasts from my local college radio station (WXPN in Philadelphia, before it became homogenized). “Some Velvet Morning” was on one of those tapes; I loved that song, how it alternated darkness and decadence with bubblegum psychedelia, but I had no idea who did it, until now. Thank you for (1) playing it, (2) announcing it, and (3) providing information about the genre and the blurb about the song. After 40 years, I’ve gotten some closure about this most interesting song.
Bruce in the Hudson River Valley
Bruce
Thanks for your feedback. The reason I do this is constantly validated by emails and calls such as yours. The song was a perfect fit for my show that day and I’m glad someone else had the same reaction to it when they first heard it. Another by the pair, Summer Wine, off the same album, has that same sound. Thanks for listening and hope you keep on listening!
Dave