CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 145 – 04-19-25 

  • Charles Prince’s Band “I’m Alabama Bound” (1910)
  • Emry Arthur “I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow” (1928)
  • The Blue Sky Boys “I’m Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail” (1936) [later covered by The Everly Brothers]
  • Slim Gaillard “Communications” (1947)
  • Webb Pierce “I Ain’t Never” (1959)
  • The Sonics “Psycho” (1965)
  • AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: The Kent Stage Shootings (5-4-1970)
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Ohio” (1970)
  • BONUS TRACK: Quicksilver Messenger Service “Fresh Air” (1970)
  • Kix “Don’t Close Your Eyes” (1988) [anti-suicide anthem; surprise hard rock hit]
  • Machines Of Loving Grace “Butterfly Wings” (1993)
  • Jack Johnson “The Horizon Has Been Defeated/Mother and Child Reunion” (live) (2008) [live at Bonnaroo, released on “En Concert” DVD/CD]
  • Amy Shark “I Said Hi” (2018) [rare, unreleased solo acoustic version]
  • Doechii “Denial Is A River” (2025) [Grammy Winner, Best Rap Album]

 

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – Episode 144B – 04-19-25
REPLAY of episode 87 – from September 2023  

  • Ben Albert Company & Band “Derby Day” (1912)
  • Van & Schenck “All The Boys Love Mary” (1920) [Prohibition song!]
  • Stuff Smith “Sam, The Vegetable Man” (1938)
  • Roy Acuff “Freight Train Blues” (1947)
  • AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: New Year’s Eve in London (1952)
  • Ruth Brown “5-10-15 Hours” (1952)
  • Del Reeves “Girl On The Billboard” (1965)
  • George Harrison “What Is Life” (1971)
  • White Lion “Wait” (1987)
  • Ashley MacIsaac ft. Mary Jane Lamond “Sleepy Maggie” (1995)
  • Andreas Johnson “Glorious” (2000)
  • Earl St. Clair ft. PJ “Ain’t Got It Like That” (2017)
  • Graham Parker “It Mattered To Me” (2023)

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 144 – 04-12-25 

  • Collins & Harlan “The Aba Daba Honeymoon” (1914)
  • Helen Kane “Button Up Your Overcoat” (1929)
  • Rudy Vallee Orchestra “A Bed Time Story” (1933)
  • Louis Prima “Business On The Side” (1947)
  • Hank Ballard & The Midnighters “Work With Me Annie” (1954)
  • Spirit “Fresh Garbage” (1968)
  • SPECIAL GUEST INTERVIEW: Burton Cummings (The Guess Who)
  • The Guess Who “Share The Land” (1970)
  • The Cult “Love Removal Machine” (1987)
  • Charlatans UK “Weirdo” (1992)
  • A Perfect Circle “Judith” (2000)
  • SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
  • Sudan Archives “Confessions” (2019)
  • ARTIST ID: Mike Farris for C.T.D.
  • Mike Farris “Ease On” (2025)

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 143B – 04-05-25
Replay of episode 121 – from August 2024 

  • 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)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 143 – 03-29-25 

  • Van Avery “Just Plain Dog” (1913)
  • Pasquale Teraffo “Prospero (Tango)” (1927) [Italian maestro of the harp-guitar]
  • Harry Richman Orchestra “Puttin’ On The Ritz” (1930)
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford “Milk ‘Em In The Morning Blues” (1949)
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford with Kay Starr “You’re My Sugar” (1951)
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (1955)
  • Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit” (1967)
  • Bob Seger System “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” (1970)
  • Bob Seger System “2 + 2 = ?” (1970)
  • Loverboy “The Kid Is Hot Tonight” (1981)
  • Soundgarden “Gun” (1990)
  • Yeah Yeah Yeah’s “Maps” (2003) [revival in 2024/2025 via viral internet buzz]
  • Parquet Courts “Wide Awake!” (2018)
  • ARTIST ID: Southern Avenue for C.T.D.
  • Southern Avenue “Upside” (2025)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 142B – 03-22-25
Replay of episode 109 – from April 2024 

  • Joe Maxwell “Come To The Land Of Bohemia” (1910)
  • Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra (Paul Robeson, vocal) “Ol’ Man River” (1928)
  • Augie Goupil & His Royal Tahitians “Faa Navenave” (1933)
  • Spike Jones Orchestra “Leave The Dishes In The Sink, Ma” (1944)
  • Little Junior’s Blue Flames (Junior Parker) “Mystery Train” (1953)
  • Tom Paxton “What Did You Learn In School Today” (1964)
  • Tom Paxton “Daily News” (1964)
  • Tom Paxton “The Marvelous Toy (live)” (1971)
  • Tower Of Power “What Is Hip?” (1973)
  • SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
  • Bob Mould “See A Little Light” (1989)
  • Neil Young ft. Pearl Jam “Downtown” (1995)
  • Lily Allen “The Fear” (2009)
  • Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know” (2013)
  • The Mavericks ft. Nicole Atkins “Live Close By (Visit Often)” (2024)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 142- playlist – 03-15-25 

  • Collins & Harlan “When The Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For Alabam’ (1913)
  • Vaughn DeLeath w/Fred Rich Orchestra “The Man I Love” (1927)
  • Vera Lynn “The General’s Fast Asleep” (1935)
  • The Ink Spots “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” (1942)
  • The Royal Teens “Short Shorts” (1958)
  • BONUS TRACK: Annette Funicello & The Afterbeats “Tall Paul” (1959)
  • Eric Clapton & The Powerhouse “Crossroads” (1966) [rare superground with Clapton, Steve Winwood (vocals) and more!]
  • Kiss “Hard Luck Woman” (1976)
  • AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: “President Reagan’s Inaugural Address” (1981)
  • Oak Ridge Boys “Elvira” (1981)
  • Tony Toni Tone “If I Had No Loot” (1993) [RIP D’Wayne Wiggins]
  • Missy Higgins “Where I Stood” (2007)
  • Alessia Cara “Here” (2015)
  • Jesse Welles “Horses” (2025) [excellent new artist from Arkansas]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 141- playlist – 03-08-25 

  • Helen Clark & Chorus “What Kind Of An American Are You?” (1917) [Patriotic song of WWI]
  • Monroe Silver “Pittsburgh, PA” (1920)
  • Jimmie Davis “She’s Hum Dum Dinger (From Dingersville)” (1931)
  • Sam Browne & The Six Swingers “Berlin or Bust” (1942) [Patriotic song of WWII]
  • Doris Day & Johnnie Ray “A Full Time Job” (1952)
  • BONUS TRACK: Doris Day “When The Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along” (1953)
  • Jackie DeShannon “Put A Little Love In Your Heart” (1969)
  • Badfinger “No Matter What” (1970) [RIP Joey Molland]
  • Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly With His Song” (1973) [RIP Roberta Flack]
  • Buster Poindexter & His Banshees Of Blue “Hot Hot Hot” (1987) [RIP David Johanson]
  • Radiohead “High and Dry” (1997)
  • Destiny’s Child “Independent Women, Part 1” (2000)
  • SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
  • Michael Franti & Spearhead “I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like)” (2013)
  • Stereophonics “There’s Always Gonna Be Something” (2025)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 140B- playlist – 03-01-25
(REPLAY of episode 132 from December 2024)

  • 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)