It’s hard to put into words the grief we have experienced over so many great performers lost this past year, including those who lost their battle to COVID-19. When assembling our annual list of tributes it became clear that no two hours would suffice so we’ll be doing some abbreviated observations to make sure they’re not forgotten. And we’ll also be thanking those behind the scenes, the songwriters, the session folks, and we’ll even have a short collection of British influencers who touched our lives with their talent. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our first Deeper Roots show of 2021, this new year that is filled with so much promise. And it’s likely that we can all agree that the bar couldn’t have fallen much lower than it did last year.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fountains of Wayne | Valley Winter Song | Welcome Interstate Managers |  |
| 2 | Bucky Pizzarelli | Chicken a La Swing | Green Guitar Blues / Cafi Pierre Trio | |
| 3 | McCoy Tyner | Flapstick Blues | Gold Encore Series – I Love A Piano | |
| 4 | Annie Ross | Twisted | Got Nothing But Song | |
| 5 | Bent Fabric | Alley Cat (Classic Version) | Jukebox | |
| 6 | Hal Singer Sextet | Corn Bread | The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8 | |
| 7 | Bobby Lewis | Tossin' and Turnin' | Best of Answer Songs vol 4 | |
| 8 | Little Richard | Rip It Up | London American Label Year By Year 1956 | |
| 9 | Phil Phillips | Sea Of Love | Heatin' Up | |
| 10 | Rod Bernard | This Should Go On Forever | The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3) | |
| 11 | Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes and Connie Stevens | Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) | Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1) | |
| 12 | Len Barry | 1-2-3 | Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On | |
| 13 | Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons | Rag Doll | The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1 | |
| 14 | The Chordettes | Mr. Sandman | Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) | |
| 15 | Johnny Nash | I Can See Clearly Now | 70s Music Explosion – Miracles | |
| 16 | Millie Small | My Boy Lollipop | The Island Story: 1962-1987 – 25th Anniversary [Disc 1] | |
| 17 | Toots & The Maytals | Pressure Drop | The Harder They Come | |
| 18 | Tony Rice | Cold On The Shoulder | Cold On The Shoulder | |
| 19 | Jerry Jeff Walker | Mr. Bojangles | The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 2] | |
| 20 | Norma Tanega | Walkin' My Cat Named Dog | Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] | |
| 21 | Trini Lopez | If I Had A Hammer | Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] | |
| 22 | David Olney | God Shaped Hole | The Wheel | |
| 23 | John Prine | Paradise | German Afternoons | |
| 24 | Charley Pride | Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone | Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1] | |
| 25 | Willie Nelson | Me And Paul | The Essential Willie Nelson | |
| 26 | Billy Joe Shaver | I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal | I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal…But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday | |
| 27 | Kenny Rogers | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town | Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1] | |
| 28 | Jan Howard | I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again | Swing West 1: Bakersfield | |
| 29 | The Charlie Daniels Band | The Devil Went Down To Georgia | Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2] | |
| 30 | Justin Townes Earle | Harlem River Blues | Harlem River Blues [Explicit] | |
| 31 | Helen Reddy | Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) | Singers And Songwriters: 1973-1975 | |
| 32 | Betty Wright | Clean Up Woman | The Best of Betty Wright | |
| 33 | Bill Withers | Use Me | American Beauty | |
| 34 | The Emotions | Best Of My Love | Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture | |
| 35 | Mountain | Mississippi Queen | Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 1 | |
| 36 | Van Halen | (Oh) Pretty Woman | Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7 | |
| 37 | The Merry-Go-Round (Emitt Rhodes) | Live | Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968 | |
| 38 | Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell | Dueling Banjos | Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics | |
| 39 | Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra | For A Few Dollars More | Music From The Good, The Bad And The Ugly & A Fistful of Dollars & For A Few Dollars More | |
| 40 | Vera Lynn | We'll Meet Again | 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 7 | |
| 41 | Chad & Jeremy | Yesterday's Gone | Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] | |
| 42 | Ian Whitcomb | You Turn Me On | You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb | |
| 43 | The Spencer Davis Group | Keep on Running | The Finer Things Disc 1 | |
| 44 | Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders | Game Of Love | Wayne Fontana / It's Wayne Fontana | |
| 45 | Joan Jett With The Sex Pistols | I Love Rock N' Roll [Early Version] (Alan Merrill COVID) | Flashback | |
| 46 | Bill Pursell | Our Winter Love | Music to Shag By | |
| 47 | The Pointer Sisters | Fire (Bonnie) | From The Pointer Sisters With Love | |
| 48 | John Prine | I Remember Everything | I Remember Everything | |