It’s our annual look back paying respect to some of the greats who we lost this past year. We find ourselves saying goodbye to a number of artists who contributed in their own way to America’s popular culture…in music. I’ll be sharing the names of the many contributors from the halls of country, jazz, pop, rock, and beyond. Time demands a filter which is based on direct lines of roots descent; either by song selection, expression of a genre, or by Americana popular cultural influence. I’m going to try to keep the talk to a minimum so I can catch you up on many of the artists…and I’m also going to be limiting some of the music to 30 second clips because, frankly…this was another year of loss. ….and I’m sure there are more of the obscure that we just couldn’t fit into our roll call. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Bill Hayes	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	Your Hit Parade – 1955
2	Les McCann	Blues 5	Drivin' Blues
3	Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66	Mas Que Nada	Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness
4	Quincy Jones	Soul Bossa Nova	Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness
5	Chita Rivera	All That Jazz	Ultimate Broadway
6	Steve Lawrence	Pretty Blue Eyes	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
7	Mitzi Gaynor	Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair (South Pacific)	Golden Memories of Stage & Screen – Disk 2
8	Jack Jones	This Could Be the Start of Something	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
9	James Darren	Goodbye Cruel World	The Best Of James Darren
10	The Collins Kids	Hot Rod	The Oxford American Southern Music CD No. 6
11	The Shangri-Las	Sophisticated Boom Boom	Myrmidons of Melodrama
12	Chan Romero	The Hippy Hippy Shake	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
13	Duane Eddy	Peter Gunn	Especially for You / Girls! Girls ! Girls!
14	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	A Little Too Much	Book of Love – The Argo Records Story [Disc 1]
15	Cissy Houston	Deep River/Campground	Testify! The Gospel Box
16	Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs	Stay	Doo Wop Box Disc 4
17	Marlena Shaw	Go Away Little Boy	Chess Uptown Soul
18	The Four Tops	Reach Out I'll Be There	The Ultimate Collection
19	The Spinners	It's a Shame	One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
20	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
21	J.D. Souther	You're Only Lonely	You're Only Lonely
22	Martin Mull	Eggs	Martin Mull
23	Moby Grape	8:05	Moby Grape
24	The Grateful Dead	Box of Rain	American Beauty
25	John Mayall	Room to Move	The Turning Point
26	The Allman Brothers Band	Revival	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1
27	Dave Loggins	Please Come To Boston	Classic Soft Rock [Disc 2]
28	It's a Beautiful Day	White Bird	Walk on the Moon
29	Brewer & Shipley	One Toke Over The Line	70s Music Explosion
30	Eric Carmen	Hungry Eyes	The Ultimate Rock Ballads Collection: The Flame [Disc 2]
31	Greg Kihn	The Breakup Song (Re-Recorded)	True Kihnfessions (Re-Recorded Versions)
32	Mojo Nixon	Elvis Is Everywhere	Bo-Day-Shus!!!
33	Kinky Friedman	Rapid City, South Dakota	Kinky Friedman
34	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
35	Kris Kristofferson	Me And Bobby McGee	Kristofferson
36	Toby Keith/Willie Nelson	Beer for My Horses	Lost Highway
37	Jo-El Sonnier	Tear-Stained Letter	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
38	Happy Traum	Church Street Blues (feat. Byron Isaacs, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams)	Just For the Love Of It
39	Rick Nelson	Travelin' Man	The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2
40	Malcolm Holcombe	Bits and Pieces	Bits & Pieces
41	Barbara Dane	I Hate the Capitalist System	I Hate the Capitalist System
42	John "Spider John" Koerner	Duncan and Brady	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3]
43	MC5	The American Ruse	Jon Savage's 1969-1971: Rock Dreams On 45 [Disc 2]
44	Lou Reed	Walk On The Wild Side	Best Of NRJ
45	Monty Norman	James Bond Theme	Dr. No
46	Rachel Sweet	Everlasting Love	Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet
47	Ella Jenkins & Nannie McNeil	How Do You Do Ev'rybody? (Greeting Shout)	The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 1]