Category Archives: Early Pop

Shake Your Hips

Another free form musical delight is ready and waiting for your ears this coming Friday morning. We dig into some mid-century nuggets from the country genre with Red Foley and Ernest Tubb as well as Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel and Joe Ely. That, of course, hardly covers the two hours. There’s also some hot rhythms from NRBQ, Daddy Cleanhead, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino and the sweet and brassy sounds from Billie Holiday, Johnny Mercer, and Babs Gonzales. Our new year won’t make promises but our hopes are all we’ve got, remembering that hate will never win if you don’t let it. There’s been wars fought for much less.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Jarmels A Little Bit of Soap Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
2Freddy Cannon Abigail Beecher His Latest And Greatest Amazon
3NRBQ A Little Bit Of Bad Message For The Mess Age Amazon
4NRBQ Hot Biscuits and Sweet Marie Kick Me Hard Amazon
5Bo Diddley Don't Let It Go (Hold On To What You Got) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
6Slim Harpo Shake Your Hips The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2 Amazon
7Wanda Jackson Dona'a Wan'a Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks] Amazon
8Fats Domino I Can't Go On Rosalie The Fabulous Mr D Amazon
9The 5 Royales I Got to Know The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
10Irma Thomas Look Up (AKA Whenever) Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
11The Marigolds Rollin' Stone The Best Of Excello Records Amazon
12Dave Bartholemew The Monkey (Speaks His Mind) Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1] Amazon
13Daddy Cleanhead Something's Goin' On In My Room Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
14Babs Gonzales Professor Bop The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
15Louis Jordan If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
16The Mills Brothers Across The Alley From The Alamo The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
17Asleep At The Wheel Across The Alley From The Alamo Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys Amazon
18Red Foley & Ernest Tubb Hobo Boogie Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
19Bill Kirchen Down to Seeds and Stems Again Seeds and Stems Amazon
20Iris DeMent Big City Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
21Merle Haggard Silver Wings The Complete '60s Capitol Singles Amazon
22Joe Ely Dallas The Best Of Joe Ely 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection Amazon
23Joe Ely Dam Of My Heart Time For Travelin' – The Best Of Joe Ely Amazon
24Jorma Kaukonen Red River Blues Blue Country Heart Amazon
25Arlo Guthrie The City Of New Orleans Hobo's Lullaby Amazon
26Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
27Chuck Berry Havana Moon Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
28Bonnie Raitt/Was (Not Was) Baby Mine Stay Awake: Interpretations of Vintage Disney Films Amazon
29Marlene Dietrich No Love, No Nothin' Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
30Johnny Mercer Jamoboree Jones Songsmith From Savannah Amazon
31Billie Holiday Trav'lin' Light Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976) Amazon
32Frank Sinatra I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
33The Five Royales Someone Made Me For You Dedicated To You Amazon
34The Haden Triplets Pretty Baby The Family Songbook Amazon

Killer Diller Blues

Join Dave Stroud for another encore edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. With vacation from the show in full swing, he’s taken the time to fill the airwaves with a free form blend of blues, hot rod rock, early century pop, gospel, soul and more. There will be some killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, some pop melodies from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Friday morning in West County. Tune in on your favorite streaming service or the Radio Rethink app…all free for your ears. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Barbara Lewis Make Me Your Baby Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Amazon
2The Ravens My Baby's Gone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
3Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
4Kay Starr Kay's Lament Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
5Kay Starr Night Train Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
6The Blind Boys Of Alabama Free At Last Down In New Orleans Amazon
7The Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Amazon
8Sam Cooke Mean Old World Night Beat Amazon
9The Golden Gate Quartet Dipsy Doodle Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
11Jimmy Liggins Cadillac Boogie Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
12Trailer Hot Rods to Hell So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3 Amazon
13Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
14Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
15Mink Deville Spanish Stroll The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
16Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men What Does the Deep Sea Say? Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
17Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
18Annette Hanshaw Moanin' Low Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
19David Johansen Deep Blue Sea Shaker Amazon
20Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea One Hour Mama Amazon
21Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Vintage Collections Amazon
22Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely Rider in the Rain Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman Amazon
23Barbara Lewis Hello Stranger MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M Amazon
24John Prine Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
25Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Nothing in Common Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records Amazon
26The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Amazon
27Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
28Louis Armstrong Rhythm Saved The World Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
29Ethel Smith Tico Tico Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 Amazon
30The Happenings I Got Rhythm The Best Of The Happenings Amazon
31The Americans Sail Away Ladies American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
32The Louvin Brothers You'll Meet Him In The Clouds Close Harmony [Disc 6] Amazon
33Polly Possum And Joe Wolverton With The Dog Patch Boys Don't Talk To Me About Men The World Is A Monster Amazon

Cuppa Joe

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Warren Barker Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip') Jazz Noir Amazon
2The Manhattan Transfer Java Jive Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] Amazon
3King Cole Trio You're The Cream In My Coffee The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] Amazon
4Ella Mae Morse Coffee Date Singles 3 Amazon
5Patricia Kaas Black Coffee Jazz a Saint Germain Amazon
6Jack Barlow Hot Cup Of Coffee I Live The Country Songs I Sing Amazon
7Merle Travis I Can't Afford The Coffee The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56) Amazon
8Tex Ritter 01 – Coffee Pot (2000) High Noon (CD 4) Amazon
9Claude Gray I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
10Lefty Frizzell Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee 1962-1965 (Warped 6382) Amazon
11Curtis Gordon Caffeine And Nicotine Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
12Jon Rauhouse Corn & Coffee Steel Guitar Rodeo Amazon
13Frank Sinatra The Coffee Song Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan Amazon
14Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin Amazon
15Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas Moliendo Cafe Cuba. Por La Musica Amazon
16Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers Amazon
17Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Forty Cups of Coffee Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
18The Modernaires Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly Amazon
19The Ink Spots Java Jive The Great Entertainers Amazon
20Atilla Coffee, Coffee Mo 33004 Amazon
21Greg Brown Good Morning Coffee If I Had Known Amazon
22Kim Lenz Percolate Slowly Speeding Amazon
23Julie London Black Coffee 36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
24Ruth Etting You're The Cream In My Coffee Love Me or Leave Me CD1 Amazon
25Brook Benton Another Cup Of Coffee Best Of Brook Benton Amazon
26The Boswell Sisters Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version] That's How Rhythm Was Born Amazon
27Emmett Miller You're The Cream In My Coffee Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
28The Larks Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
29Bellevue Cadillac Cuppa Joe Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3 Amazon
30Lefty Frizzell Cigarettes and Coffee Blues Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5) Amazon
31Otis Redding Cigarettes And Coffee Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25 Amazon
32Neil Young + Promise of the Real A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop The Monsanto Years Amazon

Fats Waller Revisited

Fats Waller was a master of stride piano, a style that emerged in the early 20th century and became a cornerstone of jazz. His virtuosity in this style influenced countless pianists who came after him. But he is remembered most for his songwriting and the lively and humorous quality to his performances, incorporating all of these elements into his music. His ability to infuse joy and playfulness into his compositions and improvisations set him apart and made his music accessible to a wide audience. His contributions to the Great American songbook include jazz standards like “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” and “Black and Blue” which have been covered by countless artists over the years. This morning on Deeper Roots, we drop in to revel in the music, humor, warmth and charisma that was Thomas “Fats” Waller.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Squeeze Me One Hour Mama Amazon
2James P. Johnson Carolina Shout Jazz In The Charts Vol. 2 – Hot Lips Amazon
3James P. Johnson What's The Use Of Being Alone A Piano Anthology Amazon
4Duke Ellington That Rhythm Man The Okeh Ellington [Disc 2] Amazon
5Willie The Lion Smith & His Cubs More Than That Harlem Jazz (The 30's) Amazon
6Willie "The Lion" Smith Morning Air A Piano Anthology Amazon
7Fats Waller The Joint Is Jumpin' The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
8Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
9Fats Waller I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
10Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards I'm Goin' Huntin' The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
11Fats Waller With Morris' Hot Babies Fats Waller Stomp The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 2] Amazon
12Fats Waller & His Rhythm Mamacita 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
13Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Thomas "Fats" Waller & Jeni Le Gon Living In A Great Big Way Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1] Amazon
14Fats Waller I Wish I Were Twins The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4] Amazon
15Ethel Waters What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue? Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman) Amazon
16Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue [Album Version] Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 Amazon
17Fats Waller Let's Pretend There's A Moon The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4] Amazon
18Fats Waller I'm Going To Sit Down & Write Myself A Letter Music By Fats Waller Amazon
19Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
20Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big Fats Waller Greatest Hits Amazon
21Fats Waller & His Rhythm It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
22Fats Waller & His Rhythm You're The Picture Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 Amazon
23Fats Waller All That Meat & No Potatoes Music By Fats Waller Amazon
24Fats Waller Sweet Savannah Sue The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1] Amazon
25Fats Waller Sweet Sue Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon
26Fats Waller Six Or Seven Times The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1] Amazon
27Billie Holiday Blue Turning Gray Over You Billie's Blues Amazon
28Maxine Sullivan & Her Jazz All-Stars My Fate Is In Your Hands Memories of You: A Tribute To Andy Razaf Amazon

Making Believe

Fresh from a couple of weeks away, we’re going for the easy listening, classic pieces from the Great American Songbook. Join Dave Stroud on a dream-laden journey on the waters of the past century of America’s music as he pairs up some of the classic ballads and torch songs from the past. Mostly crooners but there’s plenty of jazz and pop standards to celebrate. We’ll hear pairings from The Mills Brothers and Les Paul & Mary Ford, Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan, Rosemary Clooney and Leon Redbone, Etta James, Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee. That’s the short list. We’ll hear versions of “Fever”, “Dream”, “Smile”, “April in Paris” and “Autumn Leaves” in a show that reminds us that so many of these pop standards hold up well when put to the test of time. Drop by on a Friday morning where there’s whispering grasses among the autumn leaves here on Sonoma County Community Radio. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Peggy Lee Bali Ha'i American Beauty Amazon
2Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
3April Stevens I'm Making Believe Teach Me Tiger Amazon
4Betty Carter/Ray Charles Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2 Amazon
5Natalie Cole Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye De-Lovely Amazon
6Tony Bennett Smile The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 2 Amazon
7Nat King Cole Smile 30 Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
8Nat King Cole Autumn Leaves Sings For Two In Love (And More) Amazon
9Roger Williams Autumn Leaves Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
10Clem Snide Don't Want to Set the World on Fire Sweetheart Amazon
11The Ink Spots I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire Your Hit Parade – 1941 Amazon
12The Ink Spots Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Greatest Hits Amazon
13Ringo Starr Whispering Grass Sentimental Journey Amazon
14The Mills Brothers April In Paris The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers [Disc 2] Amazon
15Frank Sinatra April in Paris Come Fly with Me [Capitol] Amazon
16Louis Armstrong & All His Stars When You're Smiling When you're smiling Amazon
17Frank Sinatra When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More Amazon
18Frank Sinatra I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter Songs For Young Lovers & Swing Easy! Amazon
19Sarah Vaughan I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) Great American Songbook Amazon
20Rosemary Clooney When You Wish Upon A Star Tenderly Amazon
21Leon Redbone When You Wish Upon A Star From Branch To Branch Amazon
22Elvis Presley Fever The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
23Peggy Lee Fever Kuties And Krooners Amazon
24Dean Martin Dream Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
25The Pied Pipers Dream Dreams From The Sunny Side Of The Street [Disc 1] Amazon
26The Righteous Brothers Ebb Tide Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love [Disc 1] Amazon
27Lenny Welch Ebb Tide Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s Amazon
28Etta James Stormy Weather At Last! Amazon
29Sarah Vaughan Stormy Weather Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
30Les Paul & Mary Ford My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii Lovers' Luau Amazon
31The Mills Brothers My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5 Amazon
32Billie Holiday I'll Be Seeing You Stealing Beauty Amazon

Those Old Familiars

Quaint, sweet, nostalgic…just a few adjectives to describe today’s music. Digging into the digital bins we’ve surfaced some of the more familiar of tunes from the last century. Early century pop, country, jazz and vocal harmonies all being serenades with upbeat and good natured favorites of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear from Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Ted Lewis, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Blind Blake with songs that ring a true bell in the heart. Songs about lazy rivers, love letters, the lovesick blues, and Kentucky moon. Don’t let yourself get carried away as you lean in closer to the speakers. We certainly don’t want you to hurt yourself. KOWS Community radio is a connection worth making with an eclectic blend of sounds from up and down the genre expanses…streaming to planet Earth at http://www.FreeSpeechNoBull.com. Join us.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' Music By Fats Waller Amazon
2Gene Austin Love Letters In The Sand A Time To Relax Amazon
3Gene Austin My Blue Heaven A Time To Relax Amazon
4Ted Lewis I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby Is Everybody Happy Now? Amazon
5Bing Crosby Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version] Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends Amazon
6The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers When I Take My Sugar to Tea Those Were The Days. [Disc 1] Amazon
7The Spirits Of Rhythm Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered) The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn Amazon
8Eddie Condon Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll That's A Serious Thing Amazon
9Blind Blake Diddie Wah Diddie ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 Amazon
10Emmett Miller Right Or Wrong Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
11Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Right Or Wrong King Of Western Swing Volume One Amazon
12Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Somebody Stole My Gal Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa Amazon
13Jimmy Wakely Roll Along, Kentucky Moon Vintage Collections Amazon
14Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Lazy River Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5 Amazon
15Johnny Davis And His Orchestra Sugar The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
16Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Some Sweet Day The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
17Sons of the Pioneers Prairie Lullaby Songs of the Prairie – CD2 Amazon
18W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys All I Do Is Dream of You Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
19Hank Williams Lovesick Blues Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
20The Mills Brothers In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (L. Armstrong) Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
21The Mills Brothers My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5 Amazon
22Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
23Louis Armstrong & All His Stars Lazy River The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3] Amazon
24Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
25Dean Martin/Orchestra Pretty Baby That's Amore: The Best of Dean Martin Amazon
26Doris Day Moonlight Bay The Best Of Doris Day Amazon
27Tiny Bradshaw The Sheik of Araby (09-29-34) Breaking Up the House [Disc 1] Amazon
28The Boswell Sisters Shine On, Harvest Moon It's The Girls Amazon
29John Prine/Kacey Musgraves Mental Cruelty For Better, Or Worse Amazon
30The Browns You Nearly Lose Your Mind Classics 1963-1964 (Warped 6384) Amazon
31Cab Calloway 05 I Ain't Got Nobody Chronological 1934-37 Amazon
32Laurel and Hardy Shine on Harvest Moon The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon

East Side West Side

From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra The Sidewalks of New York Internet Archives Amazon
2George Cohan Jr. Give My Regards To Broadway The Golden Entertainers Amazon
3Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co. 42nd Street – from 42nd Street Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
4McGlinn/London Sinfonietta Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street) The Busby Berkeley Album Amazon
5Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell Lullaby Of Broadway Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren Amazon
6Jo Stafford Manhattan Serenade For You Amazon
7Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson Going To New York Go Ahead And Rock And Roll Amazon
8Ella Fitzgerald Manhattan Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Babs Gonzales Dem New York People Cool Whalin' Babs Amazon
10Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris America West Side Story Amazon
11Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra She's a Latin from Manhattan Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4 Amazon
12Desi Arnaz I Come From New York The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
13Bobby Darin Sunday in New York Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
14Frank Sinatra Theme from New York, New York Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
15Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York The Capitol Years [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Amazon
17The Ad Libs The Boy From New York City Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
18The Drifters On Broadway Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
19John Barry Midnight Cowboy Moviola Amazon
20Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
21Harry Nilsson I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
22Simon & Garfunkel The Only Living Boy In New York The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
23Henry Mancini Rhapsody in Blue Instrumental Favorites Amazon
24Garland Jeffreys New York Skyline Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
25Ray Charles New York's My Home Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
26Judy Garland I Happen To Like New York Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes Amazon
27Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues Fairytale of New York Galore Amazon
28Mel Tormi Sunday In New York Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2] Amazon
29Stevie Wonder Living for the City Innervisions Amazon
30Jay-Z Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) The Blueprint 3 Amazon

The Year 1939

While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz,  and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell,  A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Louis Armstrong Jeepers Creepers Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976) Amazon
2Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra Tain't What You Do Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
3Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
4Count Basie's Kansas City 7 Lester Leaps In Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
5Woody Herman Woodchopper's Ball Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands Amazon
6Billie Holiday Strange Fruit The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
7Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Harold Arlen Writes the Songs Amazon
8Billie Holiday Them There Eyes Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06] Amazon
9Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra Old Man Harlem Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
10Marlene Dietrich Falling In Love Again The Blue Angel Amazon
11Bob Hope & Shirley Ross Thanks for the Memory Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2 Amazon
12Judy Garland Over The Rainbow That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals Amazon
13Bing Crosby You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby The Harry Warren Songbook Amazon
14Xavier Cugat Perfidia Say "Si Si" Amazon
15Vaughn Monroe In The Still Of The Night First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40 Amazon
16Frankie Masters and His Orchestra Scatter-Brain (Theme Song) 50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s Amazon
17Cab Calloway The Jumpin' Jive Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
18Kay Kyser Three Little Fishes Sentimental Favorites Amazon
19Coleman Hawkins Body And Soul Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
20The Ink Spots Address Unknown Greatest Hits Amazon
21The Ink Spots If I Didn't Care Greatest Hits Amazon
22Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Mood Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
23Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys Matzah Balls Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan Amazon
24Charlie Barnet Cherokee Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3 Amazon
25Artie Shaw & His Orchestra Diga, Diga Doo Wicked Swing Amazon
26Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton And the Angels Sing Too Marvelous For Words Amazon
27Guy Lombardo Penny Serenade Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo Amazon
28Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra Deep Purple White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1] Amazon
29Lionel Hampton I've Found a New Baby Wicked Swing Amazon
30Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson Roll 'Em Pete Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon
31Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald Undecided from CD; orig. Decca 2323 Amazon

Wide Open Places

A bright future is in store….that’s our story and we’re stickin’ to it! Today’s show contains an inordinate amount of upbeat tickers including a trip to Tulsa with Asleep at the Wheel, a Fats Waller song about those wide open places, a journey following the North Star with Rhiannon Giddens, The Boswells, Hank Williams, Les Paul, and a whole lot more. We’re in a free form mood on a Friday morning here in Sonoma County, celebrating the Twelve Days of Inauguration the best way we know how.  Join us on Sonoma County Community radio from the Deeper Roots Den with your host Dave Stroud, celebrating our democracy in a big, big way.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
2Asleep at the Wheel Take Me Back to Tulsa The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970 Amazon
3Robert Gordon Take Me Back Are You Gonna Be The One Amazon
4Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans Shake Sugaree Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1] Amazon
5Jerry Garcia Sugaree Garcia Amazon
6Elizabeth Cotten Freight Train Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection Amazon
7Les Paul The Lonesome Road (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
8Sam Cooke Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair Swing Low Amazon
9John Lee Hooker I Cover The Waterfront Mr. Lucky Amazon
10The Ravens Deep Purple The Greatest Group of Them All Amazon
11Rhiannon Giddens Following the North Star Freedom Highway Amazon
12Rhiannon Giddens I'm On My Way There Is No Other Amazon
13Geraint Watkins Heart of Stone Rush of Blood Amazon
14Paul Thorn Soon I Will Be Done Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
15James Carr Pouring Water On A Drowning Man Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
16The Pilgrim Travelers I Never Knew Joy Before 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
17Reliable True Tones I Came a Long Way This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
18Paramount Singers There's A Leak In This Old Building 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
19Rick Danko When I Get My Just Rewards Cryin' Heart Blues Amazon
20John Fahey Texas & Pacific Blues (My Bucket's Got A Hole In It) Your Past Comes Back – Disc 5 Amazon
21Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men Dark Eyes Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
22Hank Williams My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Hank Williams – A Country Legend (1) Amazon
23Boswell Sisters Everybody Loves My Baby Boswell Sisters Amazon
24Fats Waller Dry Bones Music By Fats Waller Amazon
25Ivie Anderson Five O'clock Whistle Cocktail Hour Amazon
26Cleo Brown Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes The Legendary Cleo Brown Amazon
27Danny Kaye Oh By Jingo! Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
28Mae West He's A Bad, Bad Man The Mae West Collection Amazon
29Rosanne Cash I Still Miss Someone Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash Amazon
30Mark Knopfler Rear View Mirror Down The Road Wherever Amazon
31Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Sing, Sing, Sing Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
32Geraint Watkins It's a Beautiful Day Watkins Bold as Love Amazon

Big Band Blowout!

Swing with us here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning, one week ahead of the Christmas festivities. The big band sound is that apple pie sound that grew out of the traveling musicians and dance hall bands of the 1920s. From the radio to ballrooms across the land, as the jazz orchestras grew in size, the arrangements had to be formalized to avoid mass confusion. The arranger became the focal point of the band. Improvisation during solos was written into the arrangements but their location and duration were controlled and the vocal stylings grew around the easy flowing style of the evolving jazz that would become known as ‘Swing’. Tune in for two hours of exploration of a century of America’s music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Benny Goodman King Porter Stomp RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's Amazon
2Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra) I'm in the Mood for Swing RCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30's Amazon
3Chick Webb Go Harlem Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
4Cab Calloway The Jumpin' Jive Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
5Benny Goodman When Buddha Smiles Stompin' at the Savoy Amazon
6Count Basie Doggin' Around Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie Amazon
7Artie Shaw & His Orchestra / Artie Shaw's Symphony Swing Begin The Beguine (LP Version) The 30s: Hollywood's Best Amazon
8Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Mood Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
9Woody Herman Woodchopper's Ball Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands Amazon
10Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Why Don't You Do Right Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
11Charlie Barnet Skyliner Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands Amazon
12Les Brown Bizet Has His Day Best of the Big Bands Amazon
13Woody Herman & His Orchestra Four Brothers Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
14Ella Fitzgerald When My Sugar Walks Down the Street Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41 Amazon
15Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Tuxedo Junction The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
16Benny Goodman & His Orchestra Let's Dance Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
17Duke Ellington Take The A Train Watch The Closing Doors – A History Of New Yorks Musical Melting Pot Vol 1 1945-59 (CD 1) Amazon
18Tony Pastor Bell Bottom Trousers Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
19Benny Goodman Sing, Sing, Sing (Part I) Sing, Sing, Sing Amazon
20Woody Herman Apple Honey The Essence of Woody Herman Amazon
21Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Moonlight Serenade The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
22Artie Shaw Stardust Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
23Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra I'll Be Seeing You Kiss the Boys Goodbye: Classic Songs from World War II, Vol.1 Amazon
24Tommy Dorsey Opus One Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
25Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
26Benny Goodman Stompin' At The Savoy Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
27The Andrew Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Double Goldies [CD2] Amazon
28Artie Shaw I Got the Sun in the Morning The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 4 – Little Jazz Amazon
29Harry James You Made Me Love You Time-Life Swing Era – 1940-1941 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Doris Day/Les Brown Sentimental Journey Those Wonderful Years: Sentimental Journey 1930's & 1940's Amazon