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