CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 133x – playlist – 12-21-24
Special 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 132 – playlist – 12-14-24

• John McCormack “Send Me Away With A Smile” (1918) [World War I famous song]
• Blind Willie McTell “Travelin’ Blues” (1929)
• Count Basie’s Orchestra “Send For You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)” (1938)
• Hank Thompson “(I’ve Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart” (1948)
• LaVern Baker “Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head)” (1956)
• SPECIAL GUEST INTERVEW: Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals [brief interview]
• The Young Rascals “Good Lovin’” (1966)
• Can “Vitamin C” (1972) [obscure, influential German Kraut-rock band]
• Flipper “Ever” (1981) [obscure, influential San Francisco punk band]
• Luna “Sweet Child o’ Mine” (1999) [cover of Guns N’ Roses song]
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Blaqk Audio “Stiff Kittens” (2007) [side-project duo from the band AFI]
• Tuneyards “Water Fountain” (2014)
• Paul Thorn “Tough Times Don’t Last” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: Soul Brothers Six “Some Kind Of Wonderful” (1967)

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 131 – playlist – 12-06-24

• Collins & Harlan “Down On The Brandywine” (1911)
• Al Miller & His Market Street Boys “Somebody’s Been Using That Thing” (1929)
• Fletcher Henderson Orchestra “Shoe Shine Boy” (1936)
• Vaughn Monroe “When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)” (1942)
• Wanda Jackson “Fujiyama Mama” (1958)
• Jimi Hendrix Experience “Can You See Me” (1967)
• BONUS TRACK: Jimi Hendrix Experience “Crosstown Traffic” (1968)
• Jigsaw “Sky High” (1975)
• AUDIO HISTORY: Quotable Scenes from “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984)
• Pointer Sisters “Neutron Dance” (1984) [from “Beverly Hills Cop” soundtrack]
• Archers Of Loaf “Web In Front” (1993)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Junior Senior “Move Your Feet” (2003)
• Jim James with the Sachal Ensemble “Love’s In Need Of Love Today” (2016) [Stevie Wonder cover from the film “Song of Lahore”]
• ARTIST ID: Billy Strings for Cruisin’ The Decades
• Billy Strings “Gild The Lily” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: Tiny Tim “Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me” (1967)

 CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 130 – playlist – 11-30-24

• Edward Meeker “Any Place The Old Gang Goes, I’ll Be There” (1918)
• Harry Lauder “I’ve Loved Her Ever Since She Was A Baby” (1927)
• Charlie Barnet & Judy Ellington “The All-Night Record Man” (1939)
• Frankie Carle & His Orchestra “A Little On The Lonely Side” (1945)
• The Bobettes “Mr. Lee” (1957)
• The Fireballs “Bulldog” (1960) [request for a listener in Muncie, IN]
• Chase “Get It On” (1971)
• Chaz Jankel “Number One” (1985) [as used in the film “Real Genius”]
• 2-Pac “Changes” (1998) [samples a Bruce Hornsby song]
• Colbie Caillat “Bubbly” (2007)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Alicia Keys “Girl On Fire” (2013)
• Gigi Perez “The Sailor Song” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: The Beatles “And Your Bird Can Sing” (1966)

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 129 – playlist – 11-16-24 

• Ada Jones & Billy Murray “Be My Little Bumble Bee” (1912)
• Ben Bernie “Sweet Georgia Brown” (1925) [original version of jazz standard and Harlem Globetrotters’ Theme Song]
• Stuff Smith “It Ain’t Right” (1936)
• Curly Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers “Southern Belle (From Nashville, Tennessee) (1945)
• Dale Hawkins “Susie-Q” (1957)
• The Shaggs “My Pal Foot Foot” (1969) [this is extremely strange, cult-favorite music]
• MC5 “Shakin’ Street” (1970)
• Donnie Iris “Ah! Leah!” (1980)
• Sixteen Horsepower “Black Soul Choir” (1996) [critically acclaimed Roots/Americana band from Colorado]
• Cato Salsa Experience “So, The Circus Is Back In Town” (2003) [critically acclaimed Garage Rock band from Norway]
• Santigold “Can’t Get Enough Of Myself” (2016)
• Shemekia Copeland & Alejandro Escovedo “Is There Anybody Up There” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: Quincy Jones with Ray Charles & Chaka Khan “I’ll Be Good To You” (1989) [cover of The Brothers Johnson; RIP Quincy Jones]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 128B – playlist – 11-09-24
(replay of episode 115 from June 2024) 

• W.C. Handy’s Orchestra of Memphis “Sweet Child” (1917)
• Bessie Smith (with Fletcher Henderson) “Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine” (1923)
• Eddie Duchin’s Orchestra (Lew Sherwood, vocal) “Let’s Fall In Love” (1934)
• Hank Williams “Move It On Over” (1947)
• Roger Williams “Near You” (1958)
• Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention “Trouble Every Day” (1966)
• BONUS TRACK: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention “Motherly Love” (1966)
• Dave Mason “Only You Know and I Know” (1970)
• Joy Division “Dead Souls” (1980) [later covered by Nine Inch Nails]
• The Muffs “Lucky Guy” (1993) [RIP Kim Shattuck]
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Pete Yorn “Strange Condition” (2001)
• Florence + The Machine “Tiny Dancer” (2018) [cover of Elton John]
• Billie Eilish “Lunch” (2024)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 128 – playlist – 11-02-24 

• Anna Chandler “You Can’t Get Along With ‘Em or Without ‘Em” (1916)
• Irving Aaronson & His Commanders “Let’s Misbehave” (1928) [song written by Cole Porter]
• Skip James “Devil Got My Woman” (1940)
• Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra ft. Ray Eberle “Blueberry Hill” (1940)
• Ray Price “Crazy Arms” (1956) [Country #1 for 20 weeks in 1956]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: First Human Space Walk/Alexi Leonov (1965)
• Dave Clark Five “Any Way You Want It” (1965)
• Budgie “Breadfan” (1973) [obscure Welsh Hard Rock band; later covered by Metallica]
• Bryan Adams & Tina Turner “It’s Only Love” (1984)
• Ween “Push Th’ Little Daises” (1992)
• Matchbox Twenty “Disease” (2002) [co-written with Mick Jagger]
• Ryn Weaver “OctaHate” (2014)
• Honeyglaze “Don’t” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: Grateful Dead “Ripple” (1970) [RIP Phil Lesh]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 127B – playlist – 10-26-24
(replay of episode 117 from July 2024) 

• Elizabeth Spencer & Irving Gillette (a.k.a. Henry Burr) “Are You Going To Dance?” (1912) [from “The Count of Luxembourg” musical]
• Solomon Ho’opi’i “The Only, Only One (For Me)” (1927)
• Josephine Baker “I’m Confessin’” (1933)
• The Korn Kobblers “Myrtle The Turtle & Flip The Frog” (1947)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: The Grand Opening of Disneyland (1955)
• Kitty Wells “Lonely Side Of Town” (1955)
• Pete Rodriguez “I Like It Like That” (1967) [a top Latin/Boogaloo genre song!]
• Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers “Born To Lose” (1977)
• Faith No More “Falling To Pieces” (1989)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Speech “Like Marvin Said (What’s Going On)” (1995) [Speech is from the band Arrested Development; this song samples Marvin Gaye]
• A Perfect Circle “3 Libras” (2000)
• Margaret Glaspy “You And I” (2016)
• Chappell Roan “Good Luck, Babe!” (2024) [huge emerging artist this year!]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 127 – playlist – 10-19-24   

• Ada Jones “M-I-S-S-I-S-I-P-P-I” (1917)
• Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra “Charleston” (1925)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Charles Lindbergh’s Flight (1927)
• Buddy Moss “You Got To Give Me Some Of It” (1935)
• Ernest Tubb “Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin” (1946)
• Fran Warren & Tony Martin “I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers)” (1950)
• Phil Ochs “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” (1965)
• The Meters “They All Ask’d For You” (1975)
• Kool & The Gang “Misled” (1984) [Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, Class of 2024!]
• Dar Williams “Are You Out There?” (1997)
• Bloc Party “Banquet” (2005)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine, our European correspondent in Poland
• Serena Ryder “Stompa” (2013)
• Beldon Haigh “Elected” (2024) [New Scottish band; song from a “Rock Opera” about the absurdity of politics and political campaigns]
• BONUS TRACK: Alice Cooper “Elected” (1972)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 126 – playlist – 10-12-24

• Edward Meeker “Steamboat Bill” (1911)
• Henry Thomas “Red River Blues” (1927)
• Dick Powell with Victor Alden & His Orchestra “Lulu’s Back In Town” (1935)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: D-Day 1944, You Are There (1944)
• Woody Guthrie “This Land Is Your Land” (1945)
• Lavern Baker “Jim Dandy” (1957)
• James Brown “Night Train” (1962) [originally by Jimmy Forest in 1951]
• Rufus & Chaka Khan “Tell Me Something Good” (1974)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine, our European correspondent in Poland
• Breathe “Hands To Heaven” (1988)
• Scatterbrain “Down With The Ship (Slight Return)” (1990) [song “rips off” notable guitar riffs from Hard Rock’s glorious past]
• Tegan & Sara “Walking With A Ghost” (2004)
• Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2015)
• Amyl & The Sniffers “U Should Not Be Doing That” (2024) [outstanding new band from Melbourne, Australia]
• BONUS TRACK: Siouxsie & The Banshees “Peek-A-Boo” (1987)

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 125B – playlist – 10-5-24
(replay of Episode 90, from October 2023) 

• Arthur Fields “Bring Back Those Wonderful Days” (1919)
• Paul Van Dyke “The Merry-Go-Round” (1923)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Depression Era and FDR’s “New Deal” (1933)
• Cliff Edwards “I’m A Bear In A Lady’s Boudoir” (1933)
• Bob Crosby “Zip A Dee Do Dah” (1946)
• “Thumper” Jones “Rock It” (1956) [This is George Jones under an alias in a Rockabilly/Rock & Roll sound]
• Shocking Blue “Venus” (1969) [Song later covered by Nirvana]
• Steely Dan “Dirty Work” (1972)
• ARTIST INTERVIEW SNIPPET: Tommy Stinson talks about new Replacements box set
• The Replacements “Left Of The Dial (Ed Stasium Mix)” (1985) [new mix from box set]
• Gravity Kills “Guilty” (1996)
• ARTIST ID FOR C.T.D.: Josh Ritter
• Josh Ritter “Right Moves” (2007)
• Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
• Smith “Lemon” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 125 – playlist – 09-28-24 

• George M. Cohan “Life’s A Funny Proposition After All” (1911)
• Helen Kane “Get Out and Get Under The Moon” (1928)
• Rudy Vallee “Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries” (1931)
• Betty Hutton “Stuff Like That There” (1945)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine, our European correspondent in Poland
• Louis Jordan “Texas Stew” (1956)
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band “Diddy Wah Diddy” (1966)
• Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” (1973)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: The Rising Popularity of the Compact Disc (1985)
• Killing Joke “Eighties” (1985)
• New Radicals “Someday We’ll Know” (1998)
• Kelis “Milkshake” (2003) [this song is now over 20 years old!]
• Jason Isbell – Radio ID for C.T.D.
• Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Hope The High Road” (2017)
• Yola “Future Enemy” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: Ray Anthony “The Hokey Pokey” (1953)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 124B – playlist – 09-21-24
(Replay of episode 102 – from 02-17-24) 

• Edward Meeker “Play That Barber Shop Chord” (1910)
• Bessie Smith “Backwater Blues” (1927)
• Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & His Orchestra “A Fine Romance” (1936)
• Sons Of The Pioneers “Cigareets and Whuskey and Wild Wild Women” (1947)
• Tiny Bradshaw “Train Kept A-Rollin’” (1951) [original version]
• The Animals “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” (1965) [Nina Simone song]
• Adriano Celentano “Prisencolinensinainciusol” 1972) [Italian singer doing a song in “nonsense” gibberish words meant to sound like English; was a hit in Europe!]
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono “Watching The Wheels” (1981)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine, our European correspondent in Poland
• Bic Runga “Sway” (1997) [artist from New Zealand]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Northeast Power Grid Blackout (2003)
• Blue Man Group ft. Dave Matthews “Sing Along” (2003)
• Dr. John “Revolution” (2012) [album produced by Dan Auerbach (Black Keys)]
• JJ Grey & Mofro “Wonderland” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: Jack Johnson “The 3 R’s (acoustic version)” (2004)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 124 – playlist – 09-14-24 

• Arthur Fields “Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning” (1918)
• Charles Kaley & His Orchestra “(What Do We Do On A) Dew Dew Dewey Day” (1927)
• Stuff Smith “It Ain’t Right” (1936)
• Tommy Dorsey & The Sentimentalists “On The Sunny Side Of The Street” (1945)
• Mickey & Sylvia “Love Is Strange” (1957)
• The Seeds “Pushin’ Too Hard” (1966)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Disco Music: A Report (1978)
• Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen In Love” (1978)
• The Call “I Still Believe (Great Design)” (1986)
• Utah Saints “Something Good” (1992) [samples a song by Kate Bush]
• Jack Johnson “Better Together” (2005)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Leon Bridges “Better Man” (2016)
• Sting “I Wrote Your Name” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: The Police “Man In A Suitcase (1980) 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 123 – playlist – 09-7-24 

• Wilbur Sweatman’s Original Jazz Band “Everybody’s Crazy ‘Bout The Doggone Blues (But I’m Happy)” (1918)
• Libby Holman & The Colonial Club Orchestra “Find Me A Primitive Man” (1929)
• Duke Ellington’s Orchestra ft. Ivie Anderson “It’s Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” (1932)
• Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters “Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)” (1947)
• Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle & Roll” (1954)
• Blues Magoos “(We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet” (1966)
• Jorge Ben “Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma)” (1976)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Chernobyl Disaster (1986)
• New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle” (1986)
• Morcheeba “Trigger Hippie” (1996)
• Yoav “Club Thing” (2008)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Kacey Musgraves “Butterflies” (2018)
• Jesse Malin ft. Bruce Springsteen “She Don’t Love Me Now” (2024)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 122C – playlist – 08-31-24
(replay of Episode #77 from July 2023)  

• 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 122B – playlist – 08-24-24
(replay of Episode #105 from March 2024) 

• Billy Murray & Rachael Grant (aka Gladys Rice) “All I Need Is Just A Girl Like You” (1918)
• Speckled Red “The Dirty Dozen No. 1” (1929)
• Hartman’s Heartbreakers “Please Mr. Moon Don’t Tell On Me” (1936)
• Benny Goodman’s Orchestra ft. Helen Forrest (vocal) “Lazy River” (1941)
• Dolly Cooper “I Wanna Know (What’cha Doin’ Down There)” (1953)
• Question Mark & The Mysterians “96 Tears” (1966)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine, our European correspondent in Poland
• Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” (1974)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: “The Simpsons” debut (1987)
• Steve Winwood “The Finer Things” (1987)
• The Cure “Never Enough” (1990)
• David Gray “Be Mine” (2003)
• ARTIST ACTUALITY DROP: Sheryl Crow for “Cruisin’ The Decades”
• Sheryl Crow “Summer Day” (2010)
• Pearl Jam “Dark Matter” (2024)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 122 – playlist – 08-17-24 

• Byron G. Harlan “I Like The Hat, I Like The Dress, I like The Girl That’s In It” (1911)
• Vaughn DeLeath “Blue Skies” (1927)
• Artie Shaw’s Orchestra “Begin The Beguine” (1938)
• Hank Williams Sr. “Move It On Over” (1947)
• Thurston Harris “Little Bitty Pretty One” (1957)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: The Invention of Color Television (1958)
• Mariam Makeba “Pata Pata” (1967)
• Neil Young “Heart Of Gold” (1972)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Missing Persons “Destination Unknown” (1981)
• Green Day “On The Wagon” (1994) [rare B-side song not from LP]
• Saving Jane “Girl Next Door” (2005)
• SPECIAL GUEST IN-STUDIO INTERIVEW: Milky Chance
• Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” (2013)
• Eddie Vedder “Save It For Later” (2024) [cover of The English Beat]
• BONUS TRACK: The English Beat “Twist & Crawl” (1980)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 121 – playlist – 08-10-24

• American Quartet “On The 5:15” (1915)
• Sophie Tucker “He Hadn’t Up Till Yesterday” (1928)
• Benny Goodman’s Orchestra ft. Helen Ward (vocals) “You Turned The Tables On Me” (1935)
• Jimmy Dorsey’s Orchestra ft. Ray Eberly (vocals) “Blueberry Hill” (1940)
• Georgia Gibbs “I Want You To Be My Baby” (1955)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: The Moon Landing (1969)
• The Versatiles “Push It In” (1969)
• Alan Parsons Project “I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You” (1977)
• The Replacements “I’ll Be You” (1989)
• Concrete Blonde “Someday” (1992)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Dresden Dolls “Coin Operated Boy” (2004)
• Gary Clark Jr. “Ain’t Messin’ ‘Round” (2012)
• Chappell Roan “HOT TO GO!” (2024)
• BONUS TRACK: Lene Lovich “Lucky Number” (1978)