CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 60 – playlist – 03-18-23

• Harry Champion “I’m Henery The VIII, I Am” (1910) [original version; known for Herman’s Hermits song]
• Albert Campbell & Henry Burr “I’ll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time” (1920) [original version; known for Andrews Sisters cover]
• Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “Right or Wrong” (1936)
• Frankie Carle’s Orchestra ft. Phyllis Lynne (vocal) “Saturday Night Is The Loneliest Night of The Week” (1945)
• The Swallows “It Ain’t The Meat (It’s The Motion)” (1952) [later covered by both Maria Muldaur and Southside Johnny]
• Audio History Actuality: John Glenn/Atlas Mission Orbits The Earth (1962)
• Skeeter Davis “The End Of The World” (1962)
• Pointer Sisters “Fire” (1978) [song written by Bruce Springsteen]
• Pet Shop Boys “It’s A Sin” (1987)
• Matthew Sweet “Magnet & Steel” (1998) [cover of song by Walter Egan]
• Kaiser Chiefs “I Predict A Riot” (2004)
• Caamp “Peach Fuzz” (2019)
• Ian Hunter ft. Mike Campbell & Ringo Starr “Bed Of Roses” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 59 – playlist – 03-11-23

• Florrie Forde “Have A Bit On The Girl” (1910)
• Helen Kane “That’s My Weakness Now” (1928)
• Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra ft. Willie Smith (vocal) “Rhythm Is Our Business” (1935)
• The Ink Spots “We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)” (1940)
• Huey Piano Smith & The Clowns “Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” (1957) [RIP Huey Piano Smith]
• The String-A-Longs “Wheels” (1961)
• Supertramp “Take The Long Way Home” (1979)
• Talking Heads “Making Flippy Floppy” (1983)
• Ani DiFranco “Wishin’ and Hopin’” (1997) [cover of Dusty Springfield; written by Burt Bacharach (RIP)]
• Phish “Farmhouse” (2000)
• Frightened Rabbit “Get Out” (2016)
• Natalie Merchant ft. Abena Koomson-Davis “Come On, Aphrodite” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 58 – playlist – 03-04-23

• Clarice Vance “I’m Afraid To Come Home In The Dark” (1910)
• Reese Jones “Will It Ever Be The Same Again” (1920)
• Dolly Dawn & Her Dawn Patrol “How Could You?” (1937)
• Woody Guthrie “Goin’ Down This Road Feelin’ Bad” (1945)
• Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High The Moon” (1951)
• Rolling Stones “Ruby Tuesday” (1966)
• Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975)
• Missing Persons “Destination Unknown” (1982)
• Golden Smog “V” (1996) [Supergroup w/members of Soul Asylum, Jayhawks, Wilco, etc]
• Hayseed Dixie “Highway To Hell” (2001) [bluegrass/rockgrass cover of AC/DC]
• Delta Rae “Bottom Of The River “(2012)
• GUEST INTERVIEW ACTUALITY: Joe P (recent #1 artist at AAA format)
• Joe P “Off My Mind” (2023)
• BONUS TRACK: The Bar-Kays “Soul Finger” (1967)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 57 – playlist – 02-25-23

• Nat M. Wills “B.P.O.E. (Elks Song)” (1910)
• Fred Rich Orchestra “Singing In The Rain” (1929)
• Whistling Bob Howe & Frankie Griggs “The Hottest Stuff In Town” (1935)
• Evelyn Knight “A Little Bird Told Me” (1948)
• Rev. Gary Davis “Samson and Delilah” (1956)
• Dionne Warwick “I Say A Little Prayer” (1966) [RIP Burt Bacharach]
• Little Feat “Fat Man In The Bathtub” (1973)
• Biz Markie “Just A Friend” (1989)
• The Amps “Tipp City” (1995)
• The Elms “Hey, Hey” (2001)
• Adele “River Lea” (2015)
• Rodrigo y Gabriela “Descending To Nowhere” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 56 – playlist – 02-18-23

• Stella Mayhew “I’m Looking For Something To Eat” (1910)
• George McClennon’s Jazz Devils “New Orleans Wiggle” (1924)
• Clarence Ashley “Coo Coo Bird” (1930) [from Harry Smith’s “Anthology of American Folk Music” collection]
• Ernest Tubb “Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin” (1946)
• Rudy Greene “Juicy Fruit” (1957)
• Shirley Ellis “The Name Game” (1964)
• Television “See No Evil” (1977) [RIP Tom Verlaine]
• Billy Bragg “Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards” (1988)
• Utah Saints “Something Good” (1992) [samples a Kate Bush song]
• Good Charlotte “The Anthem” (2002)
• Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm “You Must Believe In Yourself” (2017)
• Samara Joy ft. Pasquale Grasso “Sweet Pumpkin” (2022) [65th Grammy Awards Best New Artist Award Winner]
• BONUS TRACK: The Police “Nothing Achieving” (1977) [B-Side to their very first 7” single]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 55 – playlist – 02-11-23

• Ada Jones & Billy Murray “All Alone” (1911) [scandalous lyrics for the era!]
• Ted Weems Orchestra “My Cutey’s Due At Two-To-Two To-Day” (1926)
• Connie Boswell “Blue Moon” (1934) [known for The Marcels version in 1961]
• Xavier Cugat’s Orchestra “Brazil (Aguerela Do Brasil)” (1943)
• Billy Williams “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter” (1957)
• John Lee Hooker “Bad Luck and Trouble” (1964)
• Bobby Bare “Marie Lavaux” (1973) [written by Shel Silverstein]
• Cult Hero “I’m A Cult Hero” (1980) [rare side-project single by members of The Cure]
• Scatman John “Scatman” (1994) [YouTube resurgence re-popularizing this song today!)
• White Stripes “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” (2001)
• Jerry Douglas ft. Mumford & Sons “The Boxer” (2012) [Simon & Garfunkel cover]
• Peter Gabriel “The Court (Dark-Side Mix)” (2023) [first original new material since 2001!]

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 54 – playlist – 02-04-23

• Irene Franklin “I Want To Be A Janitor’s Child” (1912)
• Jimmie Rogers “Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)” (1928)
• Ben Bernie & All The Lads “So This Is Susie” (1933)
• Les Brown’s Orchestra ft. Doris Day “Sentimental Journey” (1945)
• Ray Charles “(Night Time Is) The Right Time” (1959)
• Crosby, Stills & Nash “Helplessly Hoping” (1969) [RIP David Crosby]
• Gordon Lightfoot “The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald” (1976) [request for the Selden family in rural, Arctic Alaska]
• Pat Benatar “You Better Run” (1980) [the SECOND video ever aired on MTV, in 1981]
• Sevendust “Black” (1997)
• Five For Fighting “Easy Tonight” (2000)
• Lizzo & Caroline Smith “Let ‘Em Say” (2014) [charity benefit song for Minnesota Women’s Center]
• Everything But The Girl “Nothing Left To Lose” (2023) [their first new material since 1999!]

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 53 – playlist – 01-28-23

• Collins & Harlan “Under The Yum Yum Tree” (1911)
• Miss McKee “Sunflower Dance” (1921) [fascinating Vaudeville whistling song]
• Robert Johnson “Cross Road Blues” (1937) [later covered by Cream]
• Count Basie Orchestra “Open The Door, Richard” (1947)
• Sarah Vaughan “Whatever Lola Wants” (1955)
• The Beatles “You’ve Got The Hide Your Love Away” (1965)
• Kraftwerk “Autobahn” (1974) [rare 7”/radio version]
• Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart “People Get Ready” (1985) [RIP Jeff Beck]
• Nirvana “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle” (1993)
• Killers “When You Were Young” (2007)
• The Mowgli’s “San Francisco” (2013)
• Belle & Sebastian “I Don’t Know What You See In Me” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 52 – playlist – 01-21-23

• Eddy Hanson “The Rattlesnake Rag” (1917) [digital piano roll audio/request for Waupaca, WI (his hometown) via WILW-LP]
• Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra “Variety Stomp” (1927)
• Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) “Hard Rocks In My Bed” (1936)
• Harry James Orchestra ft. Kitty Kallen “It’s Been A Long, Long Time” (1945)
• Della Reese “Don’t You Know” (1959)
• The Small Faces “What’cha Gonna Do About It” (1965)
• Sweet “Little Willy” (1973)
• Moving Pictures “What About Me” (1982/1989 re-release)
• The Sugarcubes “Hit” (1992)
• Bruce Springsteen “Livin’ In The Future” (2007)
• Absofacto “Dissolve” (2018)
• The Smashing Pumpkins “Beguiled” (2022)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 51 – playlist – 01-14-23

• Harry Lauder “Roamin’ In The Gloamin’” (1912)
• Isham Jones Orchestra ft. The Keller Sisters “Together, We Two” (1927)
• Mildred Bailey “Georgia On My Mind” (1931) [later covered by Ray Charles]
• Ted Daffan’s Texans “Born To Lose” (1943) [later covered by Ray Charles]
• Elvis Presley “Baby, Let’s Play House (live)” (1955) [live version from Louisiana Hayride]
• Curtis Knight & The Squires “Simon Says” (1965) [band features Jimi Hendrix on guitar]
• Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
• The Cramps “Goo Goo Muck” (1981) [currently re-popularized by Netflix series “Wednesday”]
• Fool’s Garden “Lemon Tree” (1995)
• Ray Lamontagne “Trouble” (2004)
• Greg Graffin “Making Time” (2017) [solo LP by frontman of Bad Religion]
• The Ghost Club “Don’t Let Go” (2022) [emerging, new indie band from Pittsburgh, PA]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 50 – playlist – 01-07-23

• Ada Jones & American Quartet “Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon” (1910)\
• Fiddlin’ John Carson “Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane” (1923)\
• Carmen Miranda “South American Way” (1939)
• Ivory Joe Hunter ft. Aurelia “Are You Hep (To The Jive)” (1946)
• Sonny James “For Rent (One Empty Heart)” (1956)
• Matt Monro “My Kind Of Girl” (1961)
• Isley Brothers “Work To Do” (1972)
• Eddie Money “Walk On Water” (1988)
• Green Day “At The Library” (1990)
• Counting Crows “Los Angeles” (2008)
• Femi Kuti “One People, One World” (2018) [artist from Nigeria!]
• Will Hoge “Ain’t How It Used To Be” (2022)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 49 – playlist – 12-24-22
FIRST YEAR OF THE SHOW: IN REVIEW! A RETROSPECTIVE! (NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE THIS TIME!)

• Arthur Collins “Come After Breakfast” (1910)
• Byron G. Harlan “I Like The Hat, I Like The Dress, I Like The Girl That’s In It” (1911)
• Wanda Jackson “Let’s Have A Party” (1958)
• Phil Ochs “I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore” (1965)
• Nick Lucas “Tiptoe Through The Tulips” (1929)
• Libby Holman & The Colonial Club Orchestra “Find Me A Primitive Man” (1929)
• GUEST: Paul Walker of KSKO/McGrath, AK (first PD to carry this show!)
• Johnny Horton “North To Alaska” (1960)
• Buzzcocks “Ever Fallen In Love?” (1978)
• Killing Joke “Eighties” (1984)
• Vance Joy “Missing Piece” (2022) (live acoustic version, recorded in his hotel room in Philadelphia, May 2022)
• Samantha Fish “Better Be Lonely” (2022)
• GUEST: Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie Interview
• Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) “Here To Forever” (2022) (Cruisin’ The Decades exclusive acoustic version recorded at NYC media event in July 2022)
• GUEST: Milky Chance Interview
• Milky Chance “Synchronize” (2022)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 48 – playlist – 12-17-22
SPECIAL HOLIDAY EPISODE!

• Edison Concert Band “Joy To The World” (1906)
• Harry E. Humphrey “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas” (1914)
• The Carol Singers “The First Noel” (1916)
• Vernon Dalhart “Santa Claus, That’s Me” (1928)
• Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ft. Cliff Weston & Edyth Wright “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” (1935)
• Johnny Mercer ft. Paul Weston’s Orchestra “Winter Wonderland” (1946)
• Kay Starr “(Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag” (1950)
• The Drifters “White Christmas” (1954)
• Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy” (1965)
• The Band “Christmas Must Be Tonight” (1977)
• The Waitresses “Christmas Wrapping” (1982)
• Jill Sobule “Merry Christmas From The Family” (1995)
• The LeeVees “How Do You Spell Channukkah?” (2005)
• JD McPherson “Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)” (2012/2018)
• BONUS TRACK: Fountains Of Wayne “I Want An Alien For Christmas” (1998)
• BONUS TRACK: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings “8 Days Of Hanukkah” (2015)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 47 – playlist – 12-10-22

• Campbell & Burr “Lookout Mountain” (1917)
• Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “I’ll Build A Stairway To Paradise” (1923)
• Big Joe Williams “Baby Please Don’t Go” (1935)
• Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra ft. Bob Eberle & Helen O’Connell “Green Eyes” (1941) [request for a listener in Hartville, OH]
• Sugar Boy Crawford “Jock-A-Mo” (1952) [original version of “Iko Iko” later covered by The Dixie Cups, and Dr. John]
• Creedence Clearwater Revival “Fortunate Son” (1969)
• Al Green “Take Me To The River” (1974) [original version later covered by Talking Heads]
• Christine McVie “Got A Hold On Me” (1984) [solo hit; RIP Christine McVie]
• Jayhawks “Take Me With You (When You Go)” (1992)
• The Avett Brothers “Kick Drum Heart” (2009)
• Bastille “Pompeii (live acoustic version)” (2013) [recorded in a cathedral in Paris in 2013]
• Zach Bryan “Something In The Orange (Z&E Version)” (2022)
• BONUS TRACK: Roger Miller “King Of The Road” (1965)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 46 – playlist – 12-03-22

• Marion Harris “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” (1919)
• Abe Lyman’s California Orchestra “Shake That Thing” (1926)
• The High Hatters ft. Welcome Lewis (vocals) “Ten Cents A Dance” (1930)
• Art Tatum “Tiger Rag” (1940)
• Dean Martin “Memories Are Made Of This” (1955)
• The Velvet Underground “I’m Waiting For The Man” (1967)
• The Normal “Warm Leatherette” (1979)
• Billy Ocean “African Queen (No More Love On The Run)” (1985) [rare version where the lyric is “African” Queen instead of “Caribbean”]
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Nobody’s Baby Now” (1994)
• System Of A Down “Chop Suey!” (2001)
• Avicii “Levels” (2012)
• Charley Crockett “I’m Just A Clown” (2022)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 45 – playlist – 11-26-22

• Bob Roberts “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” (1912)
• Jimmy Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra “Let’s Sow A Wild Oat” (1928)
• Glenn Miller Orchestra “Over The Rainbow” (1939)
• Maddox Brothers & Rose “I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again” (1948)
• Kay Starr “Wheel Of Fortune” (1952)
• Bob Dylan “Highway 61 Revisited” (1965)
• Jim Croce “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” (1972)
• Rolling Stones “Rock & A Hard Place (Rare 12” Remix)” (1989) [Vinyl-only 12” single]
• Cracker “Teen Angst” (What The World Needs Now)” (1992)
• Audioslave “Show Me How To Live” (2002)
• Grace Potter & The Nocturnals “Paris (Ooh La La)” (2010)
• Southern Avenue “That’s All” (2022) [new Memphis band covers Genesis]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 44 – playlist – 11-19-22

• Shannon Four (Quartet) “I May Be Gone For A Long, Long Time” (1917)
• Blind Lemon Jefferson “Black Snake Moan” (1927)
• Billie Holiday “One, Two, Button Your Shoe” (1936)
• Frankie Laine “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” (1949)
• Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1957) [request for a listener in Switzerland]
• Dartells “Hot Pastrami” (1963)
• Focus “Hocus Pocus” (1971)
• Prince ft. Sheena Easton “U Got The Look” (1987)
• Elliot Smith “Waltz #2 (XO)” (1998) [request for a listener in St. Cloud, MN]
• Carolina Liar “I’m Not Over” (2008)
• Emeli Sande “Next To Me” (2012)
• White Reaper “Pages” (2022)
• BONUS TRACK: Nada Surf “Always Love” (2005) [dedication to UVA and Charlottesville, VA]

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 43 – playlist – 11-12-22

• Opal Cooper “Beans, Beans, Beans” (1917)
• Uncle Dave Macon “Worthy Of Estimation” (1928)
• Tampa Red & Georgia Tom “You Can’t Get That Stuff No More” (1932)
• Dooley Wilson “As Time Goes By” (1943) [ft. Ingrid Bergman]
• Marcus Brothers “Sugar Booger” (1958) [obscure ‘50s Rockabilly!]
• Toots & The Maytals “54-46 Was My Number” (1968)
• Devo “Uncontrollable Urge” (1978)
• John Hiatt “Thing Called Love” (1987)
• Mary Lou Lord “His Indie World” (1995)
• Vienna Teng “City Hall” (2006)
• Joseph “Fighter” (2019)
• Ben Harper “Need To Know Basis” (2022)
• BONUS TRACK: Ben Harper “With My Own Two Hands” (2004)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 42 – playlist – 11-05-22

• American Quarter “Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia” (1918)
• Nick Lucas “Tiptoe Through The Tulips” (1929) [covered later by Tiny Tim]
• Tommy Dorsey’s Orchestra “Boogie Woogie” (1936)
• Lil Green “Why Don’t You Do Right” (1941) [covered later by Peggy Lee]
• Muddy Waters “Mannish Boy” (1955)
• The Doors “Five To One” (1968)
• The Meters “They All Ask’d For You” (1975)
• Cameo “Word Up” (1986)
• Oasis “Whatever” (1995) [full-length orchestral version]
• Yoav “Club Thing” (2008)
• The Record Company “Life To Fix” (2018)
• Emily Nenni “In The Morning” (2022)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 41 – playlist – 10-29-22

• Gene Greene “King Of The Bungaloos” (1911)
• Aileen Stanley “Home Again Blues” (1921)
• Freddy Martin & His Orchestra “I Saw Stars” (1934)
• Al Dexter & His Troopers “Pistol Packin’ Mama” (1943)
• Louis Jordan (ft. Dorothy Smith) “Texas Stew” (1956)
• George Jones “The Race Is On” (1964)
• Chicago “Make Me Smile” (1970)
• Cyndi Lauper “She Bop” (1983)
• Orbital “The Box” (1996)
• Rob Thomas “Streetcorner Symphony” (2005)
• twenty one pilots “Ride” (2015)
• Billy Strings (ft. Terry Barber) “Long Journey Home” (2022)