It’s ‘theme time’ in this episode as we find a muse that songwriters have been looking to since it’s appearance in the 19th century: the telephone. Join us for operators, dial tones, party lines, busy signals, and hang-ups…just a few of the topics in a show featuring gospel from the Selah Jubilee Singers and Sister Wynona Carr, sixties soul from The Marvelettes and The Orlons, tradition from Bill Monroe and Wade Mainer, and more.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	The Manhattan Transfer
2	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
3	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
4	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
5	Burl Ives	Royal Telephone	Greatest Hits
6	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
7	Bill Monroe	When The Phone Rang	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
8	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	The Phone Call	More Behind the Picture Than the Wall
9	Wade Mainer	God's Radio Phone	I'm Not Looking Backward
10	Doc Watson	No Telephone In Heaven	My Dear Old Southern Home
11	The Carter Family	No Telephone In Heaven	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
12	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
13	Orville Reed	The Telephone Girl	Lead Kindly Light
14	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Only The Moon Man Knows: Rare Recordings 1951-1957
15	George Jones	Wrong Number	Star Creek Promotions 4
16	Aaron Neville	Wrong Number (I Am Sorry, Goodbye)	Treacherous [Disc 1]
17	Irma Thomas	Sorry Wrong Number	If You Want It, Come and Get It
18	Mickey & Sylvia	Can't Get You On The Phone	Rock With A Sock
19	The Orlons	Don't Hang Up	Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
20	Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
21	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
22	Mary Wells	Operator	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
23	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
24	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
25	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
26	Hank Penny	Hold the Phone	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
27	Stonewall Jackson	Can't Hang Up the Phone	Original Greatest Hits
28	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone With Loretta Lynn	A Tribute To A Legend
29	Tom T. Hall	Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
30	Pee Wee Crayton	Phone Call From My Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
31	Pee Wee Crayton	The Telephone Is Ringing	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
32	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)
33	Floyd Dixon	Telephone Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
34	Eddie Gorman And His Group	Telephone Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
35	Elana James	Telephone Man	Black Beauty