CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 167 – 1-31-26

  • W.C. Handy’s Memphis Blues Band “St. Louis Blues” (1914)
  • Clyde Evans Band “How I Got My Gal” (1929)
  • Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights “Dawn Of A New Day” (1939)
  • AUDIO HISTORY: Miss Vivian Blane introduces “The Air Battle” (1942)
  • Clyde Lucas & His Orchestra “We Did It Before (And We Can Do It Again)” (1942)
  • Gay Crosse & The Good Humor Six “No Better For You” (1952) [features John Coltrane on saxophone]
  • Bunker Hill “The Girl Can’t Dance” (1963) [featuring Link Wray]
  • Junior Murvin “Police and Thieves” (1976) [RIP Sly Dunbar/later covered by The Clash]
  • Black Uhuru “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” (1980) [RIP Sly Dunbar]
  • Midnight Oil “Blue Sky Mine” (1990) [RIP Rob Hirst]
  • Midnight Oil “Bed Are Burning” (1988) [RIP Rob Hirst]
  • System Of A Down “Chop Suey!” (2001)
  • Katie Pruitt “Ohio” (2019) [cover of CSN&Y song]
  • Mon Rovia “Heavy Foot” (2026)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 166B – 1-24-26
REPLAY of Episode 159 from October 2025 

  • Gladys Rice & Chorus “Pretty Baby” (1916)
  • Irving Kaufman “Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue” (1925)
  • Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies “Down By The O-H-I-O” (1935)
  • Bull Moose Jackson “Keep Your Big Mouth Shut” (1947)
  • BONUS TRACK: Bull Moose Jackson “Sneaky Pete” (1947)
  • Big Al Downing “Down On The Farm” (1958)
  • Les McCann & Eddie Harris “Compared To What” (1969)
  • Roxy Music “Dance Away” (1979)
  • Nuclear Valdez “Summer” (1989)
  • Luka Bloom “I Need Love” (1992) [acoustic Irish folk cover of LL Cool J song]
  • Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers “Shady Esperanto & The Young Hearts” (2009)
  • Muddy Magnolias “Devil’s Teeth” (2016)
  • SNOOPER “Worldwide” (2025) [Nashville-based buzz band on Third Man Records]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 166 – 1-17-26 

  • Vernon Dalhart “Nobody Knows The Trouble I See” (1918)
  • Fletcher Henderson’s Dance Orchestra ft. Alberta Hunter “Aggravatin’ Papa” (1923)
  • Lonnie Johnson “Go Back To Your No Good Man” (1932)
  • Johnny Mercer “Accentuate The Positive” (1944)
  • The Moonglows “Sincerely” (1954) [original R&B version]
  • The Grateful Dead “Beat It On Down The Line” (1967) [RIP Bob Weir]
  • The Grateful Dead “Sugar Magnolia” (1970)
  • Bob Weir “One More Saturday Night” (1972)
  • Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer LIVE” (1987) [rare “Live in Athens, Greece” version]
  • Roni Size “Brown Paper Bag” (1997)
  • Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins “Handle With Care” (2006) [Traveling Wilburys cover, also featuring M. Ward, Ben Gibbard and Conor Oberst]
  • TV On The Radio “Happy Idiot” (2014)
  • Stephen Sanchez “Sweet Love” (2026)
  • BONUS TRACK: They Might Be Giants “Meet James Ensor LIVE” (1994) [live in a hotel room somewhere in America for REV105]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 165 – 1-10-26 

  • Premiere Quartet (aka The American Quartet) “Bing! Bang! Bing ‘em On The Rhine” (1918)
  • The Goofus Five “Make My Cot Where The Cot-Cot-Cotton Grows” (1926)
  • Ben Selvin & His Orchestra “She Didn’t Say Yes” (1931)
  • The Ink Spots “I’ll Never Smile Again” (1940)
  • AUDIO HISTORY: Patsy Cline is introduced by her mother on “Talent Scouts” (1957)
  • Patsy Cline “Walkin’ After Midnight (LIVE)” (1957)
  • The Nightcrawlers “The Little Black Egg” (1965)
  • BONUS TRACK: The Sparkles “No Friend Of Mine” (1967)
  • Nilsson “Driving Along” (1971)
  • Bananarama “I Heard A Rumour” (1987)
  • dada “Dim” (1992)
  • U2 & Green Day “House Of The Rising Sun/The Saints Are Coming” (2006) [Hurricane Katrina charity benefit song; a cover of The Skids]
  • DEJA VU: The Skids “The Saints Are Coming” (1979) [original version]
  • The xx “On Hold” (2016)
  • Tyler Childers “Bitin’ List” (2025)
  • BONUS TRACK: Kenny Price “The Shortest Song In The World” (1970)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 164 – 1-3-26 

  • Royal Dadmun “America, I Love You” (1915)
  • Ernest Hare “Mindin’ My Business” (1924)
  • Ethel Waters “I Got Rhythm” (1931) [George & Ira Gershwin song]
  • The Jubalaires “Noah” (1946) [Early Gospel record considered influential in the development of rap music style]
  • The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman” (1954)
  • The Music Explosion “Little Bit O’ Soul” (1967) [RIP Songwriter Jerry Kasenetz)
  • Ann Peebles “I Can’t Stand The Rain” (1973) [RIP Songwriter/Producer Don Bryant]
  • Chris Rea “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” (1978) [RIP Chris Rea]
  • Moses P. “Twilight Zone” (1989) [Obscure, influential German rap artist]
  • The Cure “Doing The Unstuck” (1992) [RIP Perry Bamonte of The Cure]
  • Coal Chamber ft. Ozzy Osbourne “Shock The Monkey” (2000) [Cover of Peter Gabriel song]
  • BONUS TRACK: Peter Gabriel “D.I.Y.” (1978)
  • ARTIST ID: John Gorley of Portugal. The Man for “Cruisin’ The Decades”
  • Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” (2017)
  • Haku “Kamukamo-Shikamo-Nidomokamo” (2025) [Japanese all-female indie rock band covering a song originally by Mono No Aware]
  • ARTIST ID: Better Than Ezra for “Cruisin’ The Decades”
  • BONUS TRACK: Better Than Ezra “Good” (1995)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 163z – playlist – 12-27-25
REPLAY of Episode 149 from June 2025 

  • Billy Murray & Joe Belmont “An Afternoon In June” (1914)
  • Mills’ Merry Makers ft. Benny Goodman and Scrappy Lambert (vocals) “Honey” (1929)
  • Blind Willie McTell “Warm It Up To Me” (1933)
  • Eddy Arnold “Bouquet Of Roses” (1948)
  • Eddie Banks with The Five Dreams “Sugar Diabetes” (1956)
  • Laura Nyro “Save The Country” (1968)
  • Sly & The Family Stone “Everyday People” (1968) [RIP Sly Stone]
  • The Cars “Just What I Needed (demo)” (1977) [rare early unsigned demo version]
  • Howard Jones “Everlasting Love” (1989)
  • DNA ft. Suzanne Vega “Tom’s Diner” (1990)
  • Bingo Hand Job “Tom’s ?” (1991) [this is R.E.M. with Billy Bragg from the “Tom’s Album” compilation]
  • Carbon/Silicon “The News” (2007) [duo consisting of Mick Jones & Tony James]
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers ft. Rhythms Del Mundo Africa “Under The Bridge (Africa Mix)” (2012) [this is from the benefit album “Rhythms Del Mundo: Africa”]
  • Everything Is Recorded ft. Sampha & Florence Welch “Never Felt Better” (2025)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 163x – playlist – 12-20-25
(REPLAY of 2024 Holiday Episode) 

  • Bransby Williams & The Edison Carol Singers “Christmas Eve In Old England” (1905)
  • Metropolitan Quartet “Christmas, Christmas, Blessed, Blessed Day” (1917)
  • Ernest Hare “Santa Claus Hides In Your Phonograph” (1922)
  • Vernon Dalhart “Hooray for Saint Nick” (1928)
  • Louis Prima Orchestra “What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everybody Swingin’)” (1936)
  • Ella Logan “Jingle (Bingle) Bells” (1937)
  • Perry Como “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (1946 Version)” (1946)
  • Jimmy Butler & The Blues Express Orchestra “Trim Your Tree” (1954)
  • Ella Fitzgerald “Winter Wonderland” (1960)
  • Miles Davis “Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)” (1962)
  • Loretta Lynn “To Heck With Ol’ Santa Claus” (1966)
  • Rocki Lane & The Gross Group “Happy Hairy Hippy Harry Claus” (1969) [Santa Claus is a hippie!]
  • Everclear “Santa Baby” (1996)
  • Weezer “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” (2008)
  • Kacey Musgraves & Willie Nelson “A Willie Nice Christmas” (2016)
  • Adam Green “Dreidels Of Fire” (2019)
  • Ben Folds “You Don’t Have To Be A Santa Claus” (2024) [originally done by The Mills Brothers in the 1940’s]
  • Band Aid 40 “Do They Know It’s Christmas (2024 Ultimate Mix Single)” (2024)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 163 – 12-13-25 

  • Dave Martin “Goldberg’s Automobile Troubles” (1916) [Spoken word comedy piece about maintaining a vehicle] 
  • Buell Kazee ft. Carson Robison “The Old Maid (I’ll Not Marry At All)” (1927)
  • Victor Young’s Orchestra “Donald Duck” (1936)
  • Doris Day “A Guy Is A Guy” (1949) 
  • George Jones “Tall Tall Trees” (1958) 
  • Booker T. & The MG’s “Green Onions” (1962) [RIP Steve Cropper]
  • Wilson Pickett “In The Midnight Hour” (1965) [RIP Steve Cropper]
  • Sam & Dave “Soul Man” (1967) [RIP Steve Cropper] 
  • The Blues Brothers ft. Ray Charles “Shake A Tail Feather” (1979) [RIP Steve Cropper] 
  • DEVO “Whip It” (1980)
  • The Mavericks “Dance The Night Away” (1998) [RIP Raul Malo] 
  • The Redwalls “Build A Bridge” (2005) [RIP Justin Baren] 
  • ARTIST RADIO ID: Sheryl Crow for Cruisin’ The Decades 
  • Sheryl Crow “Sign Your Name” (2010) [cover of Terence Trent D’Arby] 
  • Guns N’ Roses “Nothin’” (2025) [New release with 3/5 original members] 
  • BONUS TRACK: The Mavericks “Live Close By (Visit Often)” (2024) [RIP Raul Malo] 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 162B – 12-6-25
REPLAY of Episode 156 – from September 2025

  • Rita Villa “Una Noche En La Mar (A Night At Sea)” (1911)
  • American Quartet “Carolina In The Morning” (1923)
  • Annette Hanshaw “You’re The One That I Care For” (1931)
  • Glenn Miller Orchestra “(I’ve Got A Gal In) Kalamazoo” (1942)
  • Huey “Piano” Smith & The Clowns “Don’t You Just Know It” (1957)
  • The Seeds “Can’t Seem To Make You Mine” (1967)
  • N.R.B.Q. “Ridin’ In My Car” (1977)
  • AUDIO HISTORY: “Black Monday” Stock Market Crash (1987)
  • Julian Cope “World Shut Your Mouth” (1987)
  • Spacehog “In The Meantime” (1995)
  • Cut Copy “Hearts On Fire” (2008)
  • Greta Van Fleet “Highway Tune” (2017)
  • CMAT “When A Good Man Cries” (2025) [Critically acclaimed new Irish artist]
  • BONUS TRACK: Oasis “Wonderwall” (2025) [LIVE in Dublin, 8-16-25 on reunion tour]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 162 – 11-29-25 

  • Irving Kaufman “California and You” (1914)
  • Ethel Waters “Do What You Did Last Night” (1928)
  • AUDIO HISTORY: “Behind The Scenes” of a Radio Broadcast (1928)
  • Frankie Franko & His Louisianians “Somebody Stole My Gal” (1930)
  • The Four King Sisters “Miss Otis Regrets” (1940)
  • The Platters “Only You” (1955)
  • The Electric Flag “Killin’ Floor” (1968)
  • Jimmy Cliff “The Harder They Come” (1972) [RIP Jimmy Cliff]
  • Jimmy Cliff “Trapped” (1972) [later covered by Bruce Springsteen]
  • The Stone Roses “She Bangs The Drums” (1989) [RIP Gary “Mani” Mounfield]
  • The Time – Jerk Out! (1990) [RIP Jellybean Johnson]
  • Unrest “Make Out Club” (1993)
  • Peter Gabriel & Hot Chip “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” (2008) [rare cover of Vampire Weekend song]
  • Jain “Makeba” (2015) [huge global/world hit]
  • Brother Wallace “Who’s That” (2025)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 161 – 11-22-25 

  • Charley Straight & New York Military Band “Humpty Dumpty Rag” (1914)
  • Josephine Baker “Who” (1926)
  • Benny Goodman’s Orchestra ft. Martha Tilton (vocals) “Bob White” (1937)
  • Blue Lu Barker “A Little Bird Told Me” (1948) [original version]
  • Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” (1958)
  • BONUS TRACK: Bo Diddley “I’m A Man” (1955)
  • The Doors “Twentieth Century Fox” (1967)
  • Gayle McCormick “It’s A Cryin’ Shame” (1971)
  • Beastie Boys “Shake Your Rump” (1989)
  • Todd Snider “Alright Guy” (1994) [RIP Todd Snider]
  • Todd Snider “Vinyl Records” (2002) [RIP Todd Snider]
  • New Found Glory “My Friends Over You” (2002)
  • Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better” (2014)
  • Howl Owl Howl “My Cologne” (2025) [A collaboration between Darius Rucker, Mike Mills, and Steve Gorman]
  • BONUS TRACK: Hootie & The Blowfish “Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child” (1995) [Spiritual/Gospel piece dates back to 1850’s]