Category Archives: American Popular

Doo Wop Dreams

In today’s show we’ll be spinning up some special doo wop tracks, and not necessarily the ‘big hits’. We’ll be sharing some under-the-radar sounds from some of the greats and some of the ‘never-heards’. Doo wop’s heyday was clearly brief, running from the early urban street corner sounds of the early 1950s to the more commercially viable and polished sounds of the early 1960s. Tune in for the popular sounds of The Cadillacs, Little Anthony, The Flamingos, and The El Dorados as well as off chart vocal gems from The Pastels, The Quotations, The Kodaks, and The Fascinators. All with a story and all in clean fun on Sonoma County Community Radio.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels A Rockin' Good Way The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2] Amazon
2The Spaniels Stormy Weather The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
3Ernest Harriston/The Bop Chords Castle in the Sky The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
4The Velvets Spring Fever Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
5The Quotations Imagination Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
6The Chimes Once in a While The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
7The Flamingos Lovers Never Say Goodbye The Best Of The Flamingos Amazon
8The Fascinators Chapel Bells Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
9Little Anthony & The Imperials So Much The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials Amazon
10Accents Wiggle, Wiggle Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
11The Kodaks Oh Gee Oh Gosh Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
12The Cadillacs Peek-A-Boo The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3) Amazon
13The Cadillacs Oh Oh Lolita For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
14The Edsels Rama Lama Ding Dong The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
15The Monotones Tom Foolery Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
16Dion & The Belmonts No One Knows Greatest Hits Amazon
17The Pastels So Far Away Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
18The Students I'm So Young Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
19The Heartbeats One Day Next Year The Best of the Heartbeats [Rhino] Amazon
20The Corsairs Smokey Places (1962 #12) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
21The Penguins Memories Of El Monte Oldies But Goodies Vol. 3 Amazon
22The Desires Rendezvous With You The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
23The Moonglows See Saw Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
24The Crests The Angels Listened In The Best of the Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro [Rhino] Amazon
25The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
26The Timetones In My Heart The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
27The Genies Who's That Knocking Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
28The Silhouettes Miss Thing Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
29Anthony & The Sophomores Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
30The Capris Morse Code of Love Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
31The Videos Trickle, Trickle The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
32The El Dorados I'll Be Forever Loving You The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1] Amazon
33The Platters You're Making A Mistake The Magic Touch: An Anthology Amazon
34The Avalons Heart's Desire Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
35The Cleftones Why Do You Do Me Like You Do Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
36The Classics Till Then Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
37The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
38The Cadillacs Buzz Buzz Buzz For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon

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

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

Bourbon Street Rhythms

We enter December with hope. Join us for some sounds from the French Quarter and its environs. This Friday on Deeper Roots, tune in for a sweeping celebration taking the St. Charles trolley in time from Kid Ory and Louis Armstrong to the sounds of Tuba Fats, Mac Rebennack, Allen Toussaint and beyond. We’ll also find some Big Easy rocking treats by the water:  Ernie K-Doe, Sugar Boy Crawford, Fats Domino, and Larry Darnell are also on the board from the Big Easy as well as sounds of piano pounders like Archibald, Champion Jack Dupree and Professor Longhair. KOWS radio’s antenna is moving so we highly recommend that you stream us on the KOWS web site (or via the KOWS app) because the FM signal will be out of commission as the transmitter has found a new home out in the hills above Bodega Highway.


No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Archibald She's Scattered Everywhere Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
2Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band Mardi Gras In New Orleans Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
3Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Royal Garden Blues Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
4Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
5Professor Longhair Bald Head Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Soutwest Blues V1 Amazon
6Champion Jack Dupree Ici Mo-Mo The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
7Dave Bartholomew Messy Bessie Gettin' Funky [Disc 2] Amazon
8Smiley Lewis Big Mamou Smiley Lewis Vol 1 Amazon
9Larry Darnell What More Do You Want OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
10Annie Laurie It Hurts To Be In Love The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 2] Amazon
11Annie Laurie Rockin' and Rollin' Again (Savoy 1197) R&B Humdingers Volume 12 Amazon
12Paul Gayten For You My Love Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
13James "Sugar Boy" Crawford Jock-A-Mo Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
14Fats Domino Don't You Lie To Me Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
15Fats Domino Hey! La Bas Boogie Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Ernie K-Doe Heebie Jeebies Absolutely the Best Amazon
17Benny Spellman Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
18Mac Rebennack Good Times The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
19Earl King Is Everything All Right The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
20Eddie Bo Baby I'm Wise The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] Amazon
21Joe & Ann Trio Gee Baby (You're So Fine) The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
22Jewel King 3X7=21 New Orleans R&B Outbreak Amazon
23Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
24Little Richard Heeby Jeebies The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
25Al Johnson Carnival Time Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
26Art Neville That Rock & Roll Beat Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
27Paul Marvin Hurry Up The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
28Leonard Carbo I Don't Want To Lose Her The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
29Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
30Allen Toussaint Southern Nights Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
31The Velvetiers Feeling Alright On Saturday Night The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
32Earl King Everybody's Carried Away The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
33Ernie K-Doe 'Tain't It the Truth Absolutely the Best Amazon
34Art Neville Too Much Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
35Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon

Wild Ones

Wild in the streets…well, we’re also wild in the bars, the dance halls, the backyards, and everywhere else for that matter. We’ll be revisiting the crazy ones…the excitable ones…the hot clubs where the bad boys and bad girls are burning the candle. Tune in for some fairly wild doin’s with Mabel Scott, The Louvins, Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers, Johnny Horton, and a couple dozen others as we take on that theme of wild men and wild women once more on Community Radio. Dave Stroud puts the metal to the pedal with jazz vocals, rockabilly romps, early century innuendos, and rhythm and blues on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Oh…and don’t forget to visit kowsfm.com and click on that Donate Now button to support all volunteer Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
2Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers Don't Bring Lulu The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
3Mae West I'm No Angel The Mae West Collection Amazon
4Mae West My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) Bombshells Amazon
5Mabel Scott Yes Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
6Lizabeth Scott A Deep Dark Secret Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
7Monica Lewis Do It Again Bombshells Amazon
8Kenni Huskey Wild Man Tamer Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"] Amazon
9Donnie Elbert Wild Child (Deluxe 6156) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
10Red Ingle & His Natural Seven Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
11Johnny Horton The Wild One Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2) Amazon
12Carl Mann Born To Be Bad Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
13Jerry Lee Lewis Real Wild Child (Wild One) A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
14Tennessee Ernie Ford I'm A Bad Man Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
15The Dave & Deke Combo Wild Woman Hollywood Barndance Amazon
16Charline Arthur Burn That Candle Welcome To The Club Amazon
17The Louvin Brothers You're Running Wild Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
18The Hot Club of Cowtown I Can't Tame Wild Women Tall Tales Amazon
19Wanda Jackson Let's Have A Party Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
20Carmen MacRae Whatever Lola Wants Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
21The Jive Bombers Bad Boy Cry-Baby Amazon
22The Trenier Twins Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?) Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
23Rudy Greene Wild Life Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
24Wynonie Harris Young And Wild Playful Baby Amazon
25Champion Jack Dupree Bad Whiskey And Wild Women Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
26King James Wild Wooly Woman Stompin' 25 Amazon
27Eunice Davis Let's Have A Party Stompin' 25 Amazon
28Julia Lee Do You Want It? Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
29Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
30John Hammond Wild Man On The Loose Trouble No More Amazon
31Louis Prima & Keely Smith Barnacle Bill The Sailor Breaking It Up! Amazon
32Little Willie John Fever Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
33Albert King Wild Women Door To Door Amazon
34Wanda Jackson Hard Headed Woman Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
35Iggy Pop Real Wild Child Blah Blah Blah Amazon
36Vince Taylor Brand New Cadillac Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon

Rainy Nights

November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Irma Thomas It's Raining Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
2Tom Waits Jersey Girl Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
3Skeeter Davis The End of the World Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
4Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs Amazon
5Johnny Cash Family Bible Boom Chicka Boom Amazon
6Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2] Amazon
7Paul Simon Gone at Last 1964-1993 Disc 2 Amazon
8Nina Simone Backlash Blues Defiance Blues Amazon
9Jimmy Hughes A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
10Art Freeman Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
11Brook Benton Rainy Night In Georgia Today Amazon
12Roy Orbison Blue Rain (Coming Down) The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3] Amazon
13Rosanne Cash I Count The Tears Retrospective Amazon
14Sir Douglas Quintet The Rains Came Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
15Ritchie Valens Bluebirds Over The Mountain Ritchie Valens – Ritchie Amazon
16Joe Ely If You Were A Bluebird Joe Ely Amazon
17Billy Walker Gonna Find Me A Bluebird Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight Amazon
18Mac Wiseman The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966 Amazon
19Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys Hello Bluebird Oh! Amazon
20Ry Cooder Johnny Cash I, Flathead Amazon
21Johnny Cash 28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968] Live At The Carousel Ballroom Amazon
22Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon
23Wanda Jackson You Drive Me Wild Encore Amazon
24Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks Bright Lights, Big City Everybody's Rockin' Amazon
25Blind Willie Johnson Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
26John Fogerty Down On The Corner The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
27Tom Waits Lowside Of The Road Mule Variations Amazon
28John Oates My Creole Belle Arkansas Amazon
29Chris Hillman Wildflowers Bidin' My Time Amazon
30Charlie Musselwhite Siboney Continental Drifter Amazon
31Dave Alvin Downey Girl Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon

The Year in Music 1948

The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week:  Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mahalia Jackson Move On Up A Little Higher Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel Amazon
2Lonnie Johnson Tomorrow Night Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
3Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 Amazon
4Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends King Size Papa Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53 Amazon
5Amos Milburn Chicken-Shack Boogie Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn Amazon
6Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Run, Joe Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949 Amazon
7Bull Moose Jackson I Love You Yes I Do Bad Man Jackson Amazon
8Bull Moose Jackson I Can't Go On Without You Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950 Amazon
9Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
10Hal Singer Cornbread Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
11Eddy Arnold Bouquet Of Roses Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him Amazon
12Eddy Arnold Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
13Eddy Arnold Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way) Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
14Eddy Arnold What A Fool I Was Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses Amazon
15Floyd Tillman I Love You So Much It Hurts Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
16Jimmy Wakely One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 Amazon
17Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman That's What I Like About The West Amazon
18Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Bubbles in My Beer Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
19Hank Thompson Humpty Dumpty Heart The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
20Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time") Country Legends Amazon
21Dinah Shore Buttons and Bows Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
22Nat King Cole Nature Boy Nat King Cole [Disc 1] Amazon
23Doris Day Love Somebody (With Buddy Clark) The Vintage Years (Part One) Amazon
24Peggy Lee Manana Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
25Art Mooney I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
26Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters Powder Your Face With Sunshine Good Old Summertime Amazon
27Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks Just Because Greatest Hits Amazon
28Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins Little White Lies Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
29Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers My Happiness Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
30Doris Day It's Magic Your Hit Parade: 1948 Amazon
31The Andrews Sisters Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon
32Bing Crosby Now is the Hour Your Hit Parade – 1948 Amazon

Dustbin Dynamite

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ronnie Dee Action Packed Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
2Bobby Troup Seventh Son Make Mine Mondo Amazon
3Rock-A-Tones One More Chance Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
4Annette Funicello Bikini Beach Party Good Old Summertime Amazon
5Red Prysock Hand Clappin' Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
6Jim Backus & Friend Delicious Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
7The Interiors Voodoo Doll Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
8The Bikinis Crazy Vibrations Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
9Gary Warren Midnight Rain Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
10The Three Suns Tequila Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
11The Invaders Shock Treatment Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
12Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
13The Duals Lover's Satellite Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
14Sparkle Moore Skull & Crossbones Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
15Mamie Van Doren Seperate The Men From The Boys Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
16Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies) Camel Walk Make Mine Mondo Amazon
17Rusty Draper & Lola Dee Scratch My Back Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
18Tarheel Slim Number Nine Train Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
19Robin Hood Brians Dis A Itty Bit Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Tony Casanova Boogie Woogie Feeling Make Mine Mondo Amazon
21Don & The Galaxiex Avalanche Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection Amazon
22Jan & Dean Surf Route 101 Popsicle Amazon
23Bobby Fry Grandchus Make Mine Mondo Amazon
24Si Zentner Walk on the Wild Side Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
25Johnny Durain & The Cytones Shang-Dang-Doo Make Mine Mondo Amazon
26The Surfaris Surfer Joe [Long Version] Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1 Amazon
27Voice Farm Come On-A My House Bigger Cooler Weirder Amazon
28Mouse A Public Execution Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
29The Bobbettes I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1) War Paint – The Gone Records Story Amazon
3013th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
31Bob Callaway Tick Tock Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
32The Tornadoes Maleguena Bustin' Surfboards Amazon
33Little Carolyn Sue I Hate Men Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1 Amazon
34Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
35Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon

Watching The River Flow

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Robbins Running Gun Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
2Sugar Pie DeSanto Here You Come Running Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
3The Four Tops You Keep Running Away The Ultimate Collection Amazon
4Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
5Roy Orbison Running Scared Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
6Juke Boy Bonner Running Shoes Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
7Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
8Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
9Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
10Marie Knight His Eye Is On The Sparrow Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
11Taj Mahal Let the Four Winds Blow Phantom Blues Amazon
12Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
13Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
14Chris Kenner I Like It Like That Part 1 Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- Amazon
15Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
16Leon Russell Watching The River Flow Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
17Bob Dylan Knockin' On Heaven's Door Greatest Hits Volume 3 Amazon
18Warren Zevon Keep Me in Your Heart The Wind Amazon
19Steve Miller Band Living In The U.S.A. Sailor Amazon
20Steve Miller Band Quicksilver Girl Sailor Amazon
21John Prine There She Goes Bruised Orange Amazon
22John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Souvenirs Amazon
23Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
24Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio No Quiero The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
25Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Wooly Bully Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
26The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
27Alive 'N Kickin' Tighter, Tighter Alive 'N Kickin' Amazon
28Bo Diddley Say Man Go Bo Diddley Amazon
29Joe Ely Fingernails Live Shots Amazon
30Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser Rebel Rouser Amazon
31Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues (Intro) Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon