CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 80 – playlist – 08-05-23 

• Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette “What A Time” (1910)
• Ruth Etting “Happy Days & Lonely Nights” (1928)
• Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra “I’d Rather Lead A Band” (1936)
• Myra Taylor “Booted” (1947)
• The Rock-A-Teens “Woo-Hoo” (1959)
• B.B. King “How Blue Can You Get?” (1964)
• David Bowie “Starman” (1972)
• The Cars “Hello Again” (1984)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: “Remembering Pee-Wee Herman” (1990)
• Sinead O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990) [RIP Sinead O’Connor]
• Sinead O’Connor “Why Don’t You Do Right” (1992) [Extra bonus track salute]
• Virginia Coalition “Sing Along” (2008)
• Bully “Trying” (2015)
• Yard Act “The Trench Coat Museum” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 79 – playlist – 07-29-23 

• Arthur Collins “Come After Breakfast” (1910)
• The Shannon Quartet (a.k.a. The Revelers) “The Sidewalks Of New York” (1926)
• Ted Weems Orchestra ft. Parker Gibbs (vocal) “Washing Dishes (With My Sweetie)” (1930)
• Duke Ellington Orchestra ft. Joya Sherrill (vocal) “Everything But You” (1945)
• Tony Bennett “Rags To Riches” (1953) [RIP Tony Bennett]
• Tony Bennett “I Wanna Be Around” (1962) [Extra bonus track salute]
• Willie Bobo “Evil Ways” (1967) [original version of song by Santana]
• The Who “Behind Blue Eyes” (1970) [ultra-rare, unreleased studio demo version]
• Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine “Conga” (1985) [request for a listener in Tokyo, Japan]
• Green Day “On The Wagon” (1994) [import single B-Side from 1994]
• John Butler Trio “Zebra” (2005)
• The Avener ft. Phoebe Kildeer “Fade Out Lines” (2014)
• Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real ft. Lainey Wilson “More Than Friends” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 78 – playlist – 07-22-23 

• James Reese Europe’s Society Orchestra “Too Much Mustard” (1913)
• Johnny Marvin “Is She My Girlfriend” (1927)
• Louis Armstrong “Lazy River” (1931)
• Johnny Mercer with Jo Stafford & The Pied Pipers “Candy” (1945)
• Billy Lee Riley & The Little Green Men “Red Hot” (1957)
• Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin “Je T’aime… Moi Non Plus” (1969) [R.I.P. Jane Birkin]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Bobby Fischer & The World Chess Championship (1972)
• Jerry Garcia “Sugaree” (1972) [first solo LP from Grateful Dead founder]
• The Blasters “I’m Shakin’” (1981)
• 2 Skinee J’s “Riot Nrrrd” (1998)
• King Of Leon “Molly’s Chambers” (2003)
• Jain “Makeba” (2015) [re-charting today, as a global smash hit via internet exposure]
• Billy Strings & Willie Nelson “California Sober” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 77 – playlist – 07-15-23 

• Nora Bayes “On The Good Ship Mary Ann” (1914)
• Irving Kaufman “Dapper Dan” (1921)
• Nick Lucas & His Crooning Troubadours “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” (1931) [original version of song later covered by Nat King Cole]
• The Scamps “Knock On Wood” (1947)
• The Edsels “Rama Lama Ding Dong” (1958)
• INTERVIEW SNIPPET: Bo Diddley on his “sound”
• Bo Diddley “You Can’t Judge A Book By Its Cover” (1962)
• Cheryl Lynn “Got To Be Real” (1978)
• David Bromberg “I Will Not Be Your Fool (LIVE)” (1985) [outstanding, lengthy quirky blues jam!]
• Vertical Horizon “Everything You Want” (1999)
• Llama “Too Much Too Soon” (2001)
• Neon Trees “Animal” (2010)
• The Struts “Too Good At Raising Hell” (2023)
  

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 76 – playlist – 07-08-23 

• M.J. O’Connell “I’d Feel At Home If They’d Let Me Join The Army” (1918) [Popular song of World War I era]
• Al Handler & His Orchestra “Pretty Lips” (1926)
• Billie Holiday “I’m Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key)” (1938)
• Hank Williams “Mind Your Own Business” (1949)
• Bull Moose Jackson ft. Tiny Bradshaw’s Orchestra “Big Ten-Inch Record” (1952) [later covered by Aerosmith in 1974]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: the film “Easy Rider” (1969)
• Steppenwolf “Born To Be Wild” (1969)
• Boney M “Daddy Cool” (1976) [Pop group from Germany]
• Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988) [new cover by Luke Combs has reached #1 on Country charts]
• Jamiroquai “Virtual Insanity” (1996)
• The Zutons “Valerie” (2006) [Later covered by Amy Winehouse & Mark Ronson]
• Dawes “From A Window Seat” (2013)
• Fall Out Boy “We Didn’t Start The Fire” (2023) [new lyrics/2023 update of Billy Joel song]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 75 – playlist – 07-01-23 

• Byron G. Harlan “That Reuben Tango Huskin’ Bee” (1914)
• Jane Green “You Went Away Too Far” (1927)
• Dick Powell, with Victor Alden & His Orchestra “Lulu’s Back In Town” (1935)
• Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra ft. Ray Eberly (vocals) “Blueberry Hill” (1940)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Russ Hodges baseball call, “The Shot Heard ‘Round The World” (1951)
• The Johnny Otis Orchestra ft. Little Esther & Mel Walker “Cupid’s Boogie” (1951)
• Traffic “Dear Mr. Fantasy” (1967)
• Brownsville Station “Smokin’ In The Boys Room” (1973)
• Dreams So Real “Rough Night In Jericho” (1988)
• Imperial Teen “You’re One” (1996)
• Jack Johnson “Better Together” (2005)
• Elvis Costello & The Roots “Walk Us Uptown” (2013)
• Beck & Phoenix “Odyssey” (2023) [Summer 2023 Tour Single!]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 74 – playlist – 06-24-23

• Bert Williams “I’ll Loan You Everything I’ve Got Except My Wife” (1910)
• Ben Selvin Orchestra “She Knows Her Onions” (1926)
• Larry Clinton Orchestra ft. Bea Wain (vocals) “Deep Purple” (1939)
• Rosalie Allen “I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart” (1946)
• Big Joe Turner “Rock A While” (1956)
• Love “Always See Your Face” (1969)
• Nerves “Hanging On The Telephone” (1976) [original version of song made famous by Blondie; RIP songwriter Jack Lee]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: “Ghostbusters” Quotes (1984)
• The Jacksons ft. Mick Jagger “State Of Shock” (1984)
• Forest For The Trees “Dream” (1997)
• Duffy “Mercy” (2008)
• The Pretty Reckless “Heaven Knows” (2014)
• Durry “Who’s Laughing Now” (2023) [new sibling duo from Twin Cities, MN]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 73 – playlist – 06-17-23

• Billy Murray “He’d Have To Get Out and Get Under (To Fix Up His Automobile)” (1914) [request for a listener in NJ]
• Billy Jones “When It’s Nighttime In Italy, It’s Wednesday Over Here” (1923) [later covered by The Everly Brothers]
• Noel Coward & The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra “Mad Dogs and Englishmen” (1932) [later interpolated by Joe Cocker]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: D-Day, June 6, 1944 – “You Are There” (1944)
• Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters “Don’t Fence Me In” (1944)
• Thurston Harris “Little Bitty Pretty One” (1957)
• Astrid Gilberto & Stan Getz “The Girl From Ipanema” (1963) [RIP Astrid Gilberto]
• Bruce Cockburn “Wondering Where The Lions Are” (1979)
• Wham! “Young Guns (Go For It)” (1982) [their first UK chart hit!]
• Veruca Salt “Seether” (1994)
• Telepopmusik “Breathe” (2008)
• Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2014) [Billboard’s #1 Song of 2014]
• Hannah Jadagu “Say It Now” (2023) [Emerging new indie artist on Sub Pop Records]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 72 – playlist – 06-10-23

• • Joseph Cawthorn “I Can Dance With Anybody But My Wife” (1916)
  • Wendell Hall “We’re Gonna Have Weather (Whether Or Not)” (1924)
  • Hildegarde “Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup” (1935) [original version; best-known for the Nat King Cole version]
  • Bill Monroe “In The Pines” (1941) [early version; base material for Nirvana/Leadbelly song “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”]
  • The Cosmic Rays with Sun Ra and Arkestra “Daddy’s Gonna Tell You No Lie” (1954)
  • The Chiffons “Sweet Talkin’ Guy” (1966)
  • SPECIAL GUEST MESSAGE: Steve Perry of Journey
  • Journey “Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’” (1979)
  • AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Compact Disc Sales/CD’s Becoming More Popular (1985)
  • The Cult “She Sells Sanctuary” (1985)
  • Bob Mould “It’s Too Late” (1990)
  • Iron & Wine “Boy With A Coin” (2007)
  • Seratones “Gotta Get To Know You” (2019)
  • Sparks “Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 69 – playlist – 05-20-23

• Walter Van Brunt “Any Little Girl That’s A Nice Little Girl (Is The Right Little Girl For Me)” (1910)
• Hattie North & Roosevelt Sykes “Honey Dripper Blues” (1929)
• Luis Russell & His Orchestra (Chick Bullock, vocals) “Goin’ To Town” (1931)
• Freddy Martin & His Orchestra (Stuart Wade, vocals) “Managua Nicaragua” (1947)
• Faron Young “Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young” (1955)
• The Impressions “It’s All Right” (1963)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Disco – A Special Report (1978)
• A Taste Of Honey “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (1978)
• Nu Shooz “I Can’t Wait” (1986)
• The Levellers “One Way” (1992)
• Jonny Lang “Anything’s Possible” (2006)
• Lorde “Team” (2013)
• Low Cut Connie “Are You Gonna Run” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 68 – playlist – 05-13-23

• Julian Whitehorse “Iron Duke In The Land” (1914) [Early Calypso recorded in Trinidad!]
• Audio History Actuality: Charles Lindbergh/Spirit of St. Louis flight (1927)
• Nat Shilkret Orchestra & Chorus “Lucky Lindy” (1927)
• Adelaide Hall “I Must Have That Man” (1933)
• Spike Jones & His City Slickers (featuring Mel Blanc) “Clink, Clink, Another Drink” (1942)
• Elvis Presley “My Baby Left Me” (1956) [song by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup]
• Arthur Conley “Sweet Soul Music” (1967)
• Dolly Parton “Jolene” (1973)
• Kool & The Gang “Misled” (1984)
• SPECIAL GUEST: Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) – “What is a song?”
• Spin Doctors “Two Princes” (1992) [Live C.T.D. In-Studio acoustic version by Chris Barron]
• Electric Six ft. Jack White “Danger! High Voltage!” (2003)
• Leon Bridges “Better Man” (2016)
• Bethany Consentino “It’s Fine” (2023) [solo material; from the band Best Coast]
• BONUS TRACK: Mojo Nixon “Star Spangled Mojo” (1990)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 67 – playlist – 05-06-23

• Frederick Wheeler “Keep The Home Fires Burning” (1916)
• Blind Willie McTell “Statesboro Blues” (1928) [later covered by The Allman Brothers]
• Benny Goodman’s Orchestra ft. Helen Ward (vocal) “You Turned The Tables On Me” (1935)
• James Moody’s Modernists “Tin Tin Deo” (1948) [classic early Blue Note jazz material!]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: News Report from January 2, 1950
• Phil Harris “The Thing” (1950)
• Kenny Rogers & The First Edition “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)” (1967) {request for a listener in Muncie, IN}
• Fanny “Badge” (1970) [cover of Cream] {request for a listener in St. Louis, MO}
• Lucinda Williams “Changed The Locks” (1988) [later covered by Tom Petty]
• Deep Forest “Sweet Lullaby” (1992) [fascinating 1992 World Beat artist]
• Michael Franti & Spearhead “I Know I’m Not Alone” (2005)
• Artist Actuality Drop-In: John Gourley of Portugal. The Man
• Portugal. The Man “Feel It Still” (2017)
• Mikaela Davis & Southern Star “Don’t Stop Now” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 66 – playlist – 04-29-23

• Albert Campbell & Irving Gillette (Henry Burr under an alias) “Always Take A Girl Named Daisy” (1913)
• Sophie Tucker “She Knows It” (1922)
• Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra “Down South Camp Meeting” (1934)
• Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup “That’s All Right (Mama)” (1947)
• Zilla Mays & The Blues Caravan “Night Shift Blues” (1952)
• Shadows Of Knight “Gloria” (1966)
• Eddie Money “Gimme Some Water” (1978)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: “Black Monday” Stock Market Crash, October 1987
• Midnight Oil “The Dead Heart” (1987)
• Infectious Grooves ft. Ozzy Osbourne “Therapy” (1991)
• The Subdudes “Papa Dukie & The Mud People” (2006)
• Our Native Daughters “Black Myself” (2016)
• Ally Venable & Buddy Guy “Texas Louisiana” (2023)

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 65 – playlist – 04-22-23

• Sir Harry Lauder “I Love A Lassie” (1913)
• Bert Williams “The Moon Shines Over The Moonshine” (1920) [prohibition era song]
• Millie Weitz “Nobody Makes A Pass At Me” (1937) [from the musical “Pins and Needles”]
• Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra “Ma, I Miss Your Apple Pie” (1942)
• Eartha Kitt “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)” (1954) [Cole Porter tune]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Opposition to Vietnam Conflict grows (1967)
• Billy Joe Royal “Hush” (1967) [original version of Deep Purple song]
• REO Speedwagon “Keep Pushin’” (1976)
• Milli Vanilli “Girl U Know It’s True” (1989) [overview of “lip-sync” scandal]
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Diddy Wah Diddy (LIVE)” (1997) [cover of Bo Diddley tune]
• Kate Miller-Heidke “Caught In The Crowd” (2008)
• St. Vincent “Los Ageless” (2017)
• William Prince “Easier & Harder” (2023) [terrific emerging artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada!]

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 64 – playlist – 04-15-23

• American Quartet “Goodbye Broadway, Hello France” (1913) [popular song of World War I]
• Bessie Smith “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” (1929) [later covered by Eric Clapton]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Fiorello LaGuardia (1938)
• Louis Armstrong “When The Saints Go Marching In” (1938)
• Bob & Randall Atcher “Papa’s Going Crazy, Mama’s Going Mad” (1940)
• Margaret Whiting & Bob Hope “Blind Date” (1950)
• Aretha Franklin “(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You Been Gone” (1968)
• Cat Stevens “Peace Train” (1971)
• Genesis “Illegal Alien” (1984)
• The Lilac Time “All For Love & Love For All” (1990)
• Nelly Furtado “Turn Off The Light” (2001)
• JD McPherson “North Side Gal” (2012)
• Mudhoney “Little Dogs” (2023)
• BONUS TRACK: Aerosmith “Theme From Wayne’s World” (1990) [rare recording!]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 63 – playlist – 04-08-23

• Sisty & Seitz’s Banjo Orchestra “Auntie Skinner’s Chicken Dinner Medley” (1915)
• Marion Harris “You’ve Got To See Mama Every Night” (1923)
• Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang ft. Hoagy Carmichael (vocal) “High and Dry” (1930)
• Perry Como ft. The Fontaine Sisters “I Wanna Go Home (With You)” (1949)
• Nutty Squirrels “Uh Oh (Part 2)” (1959) [takeoff of “Alvin & The Chipmunks”]
• Bob Dylan Interview Audio Snippet
• Bob Dylan “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” (1963)
• Blues Image “Ride Captain Ride” (1970)
• Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown “Unity” (1984)
• Foo Fighters “Down In The Park” (1996) [cover of Gary Numan song]
• NOFX “Franco Unamerican” (2003)
• The Arcs “Put A Flower In Your Pocket” (2016)
• Royel Otis “Sofa King” (2023) 
• BONUS TRACK: Napoleon XIV “They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Haha” [RIP Jerry Samuels]
• COMEDY SPOOF: “Planetwebzonedirect.com”

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 62 – playlist – 04-01-23

• Edward Meeker “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” (1908) [“Bonus Decade” this week!]
• Edward Meeker “The A.O.H’s of America” (1915)
• Paul Biese Trio with Frank Crumit “Timbuctoo” (1921)
• The Boswell Sisters “Was That The Human Thing To Do” (1931) [request for listener in Charlottesville, VA]
• The Ravens “Write Me A Letter” (1947)
• Hank Locklin “Let Me Be The One” (1953)
• The Razor’s Edge “Let’s Call It A Day, Girl” (1966) [request for listener in PA]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Watergate News Report (1972)
• Deep Purple “Highway Star” (1972)
• Bow Wow Wow “C30 C60 C90 Go!” (1980)
• Rancid “Roots Radicals” (1995)
• The Cribs “Men’s Needs” (2007)
• George Ezra “Don’t Matter Now” (2018)
• The Shootouts ft. Raul Malo (The Mavericks) “I’ll Never Need Anyone More” (2023) [cover of a song by Michael Stanley Band]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 61 – playlist – 03-25-23

• Jack Charman “All The Girls Are Lovely By The Seaside” (1913)
• Ernest Hare & Billy Jones “Barney Google” (1923) [inspired by the comic strip cartoon]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Lou Gehrig Retirement Speech (1939)
• Harry James Orchestra “Two O’Clock Jump” (1939)
• Betty Hutton “Stuff Like That There” (1945)
• Otis Rush “I Can’t Quit You Baby” (1956) [later covered by Led Zeppelin]
• Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads “Goo Goo Muck” (1962) [later covered by The Cramps]
• Elvis Costello & The Attractions “Blame It On Cain” (1977) [recent concert story!]
• De La Soul “Me, Myself, and I” (1989) [RIP Trugoy The Dove]
• Robert Plant & Jimmy Page “Four Sticks” (1994) [1994 live “Un-Led-Ed” project]
• Everclear “AM Radio” (2000)
• You + Me “You & Me” (2014) [Single LP side-project of City & Colour and Pink]
• Tianna Esperanza “Buy You A New Attitude” (2023)