CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 94 – playlist – 12-02-23

• Collins & Harlan “Oh How She Could Wicki Wacki Woo” (1916)
• Miss Patricola & The Virginians “Running Wild” (1923)
• Billy Cotton & His Band “I’ve Got A Note” (1935)
• Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five “Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie” (1946)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Langston Hughes “The Negro Speaks Of Rivers” (poetry piece) (1946/written in 1921)
• Perry Como “Round & Round” (1957)
• Love “Alone Again Or” (1967)
• Bruce Springsteen “Prove It All Night” (1978)
• Randy Newman ft. Mark Knopfler “It’s Money That Matters” (1988)
• SHORTWAVE SHOUT-OUTS: “Listener Greetings” with Martine in Poland
• Dar Williams “Are You Out There?” (1997)
• Paul Simon “Outrageous” (2006) [produced by Brian Eno]
• Kenrick Lamar “i” (2014) [samples Isley Brothers]
• BONUS TRACK: Isley Brothers “That Lady” (1973)
• Sleaford Mods “West End Girls” (Pet Shop Boys Remix) (2023) [new cover; remix version by Pet Shop Boys themselves!]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 93B – playlist – 11-25-23
(originally broadcast 3-18-23, episode 60 – (replay this week due to Thanksgiving Holiday)

• 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 93 – playlist – 11-18-23    

• Edward Meeker “Every Day Will Be Sunday When The World Goes Dry” (1919) [Prohibition Song]
• Bix Beiderbecke w/Hoagy Carmichael’s Orchestra “Bessie Couldn’t Help It” (1929)
• Leadbelly “Packin’ Trunk” (1935)
• Gene Krupa’s Orchestra ft. Roy Eldridge & Anita O’Day “Let Me Off Uptown” (1941)
• Doris Day “Nice Work If You Can Get It” (1957) [George & Ira Gershwin tune]
• Donovan “Season Of The Witch” (1966)
• Wet Willie “Street Corner Serenade” (1978)
• Enuff Z’Nuff “Fly High Michelle” (1989)
• Shelleyan Orphan “Burst” (1992) [great UK duo from the early ‘90s]
• Wood Brothers “One More Day” (2006)
• Sara Bareilles “Armor” (2019) [from the album produced by T-Bone Burnett]
• Brandy Clark “Dear Insecurity (exclusive C.T.D. acoustic version)” (2023) [5x Grammy Nominee; live performance from AmericanaFest Studio Sessions 2023 in Nashville]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 92 – playlist – 11-11-23    

• Will Oakland & Chorus “The Dear Old Songs” (1914)
• Rosetta Crawford with The King Bechet Trio “Lonesome Woman’s Blues” (1923)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Radio Broadcast Magazine – “Potential of Radio” (1923)
• Mills’ Ten Blackberries “Double Check Stomp” (1930) [This is Duke Ellington’s Orchestra under an alias]
• Jesse Stone & His Orchestra “Cole Slaw” (1949)
• Patti Page “Conquest” (1952) [Later covered by The White Stripes]
• Small Faces “Itchycoo Park” (1967)
• Gram Parsons ft. Emmylou Harris “Return of the Grievous Angel” (1974)
• Jesus & Mary Chain “Head On” (1989)
• Supernova “Math” (1995)
• Overseer “Horndog” (2003) [This should’ve been a big hit in 2003!]
• Kacey Musgraves “Butterflies” (2018)
• The Beatles “Now and Then” (1978/1994/2023) [“The Last Beatles Song”]

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 91 – playlist – 11-4-23    

• Walter Van Brunt “I Left Her On The Beach At Honolulu” (1916)
• Al Hopkins & The Bucklebusters “Oh Where Is My Little Dog Gone” (1927)
• Ella Fitzgerald ft. Chick Webb’s Orchestra “Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)” (1936)
• John Lee Hooker “Boogie Chillen’” (1948)
• Buddy Holly “You’re So Square (Baby I Don’t Care)” (1958)
• LISTENER REQUEST: Martine in Poland on Shortwave requests The Doors
• The Doors “My Eyes Have Seen You” (1967)
• Starbuck “Everybody Be Dancin’” (1977)
• Axe “Rock ‘N’ Roll Party In The Streets” (1982)
• Blues Traveler “But Anyway” (1990)
• Zero 7 “Destiny” (2002)
• My Morning Jacket “Big Decisions” (2015)
• Rolling Stones ft. Paul McCartney “Bite My Head Off” (clean edit) (2023)
• BONUS GUEST: Liz Phair Interview Snippet (Liz does not collect Records/LPs)
• BONUS TRACK: Liz Phair “Never Said” (1993)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 90B – playlist – 10-28-23
(originally broadcast 4-22-23, episode 65 – (replay this week due to pledge drive at WAPS-FM (the originating station))

• 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 90 – playlist – 10-21-23    

• 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: Josh Ritter
• Josh Ritter “Right Moves” (2007)
• Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
• Smith “Lemon” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 89 – playlist – 10-14-23 

• Al Jolson “Where Did Robinson Cruesoe Go With Friday On A Saturday Night” (1916)
• Sophie Tucker “He Hadn’t Up Till Yesterday” (1928)
• Mildred Bailey “Squeeze Me” (1935)
• Guy Lombardo’s Orchestra ft. Skip Nelson (vocal) “It’s Love, Love, Love” (1944)
• Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” (1956)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Humankind Travels To The Moon (1969)
• Frijid Pink “House Of The Rising Sun” (1969)
• Brick “Dazz” (1976)
• Scritti Politti ft. Roger “Boom! There She Was” (1988)
• The Verve “On Your Own” (1995)
• Beyonce ft. Jay-Z “Crazy In Love” (2003)
• 7Horse “Meth Lab Zoso Sticker” (2014) [This is 2/3 of the 90’s band Dada]
• Modern English “Long In The Tooth” (2023) [New material!]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 88 – playlist – 10-07-23 

• Bert Williams “Nobody” (1914)
• Nora Bayes “Make Believe” (1921)
• Blind Boy Fuller “You’ve Got Something There” (1939)
• Lonzo and Oscar “I’m My Own Grandpa” (1947)
• Sherman “Blues” Johnson & His Clouds Of Joy “Hot Fish” (1952)
• The Dirty Mac “Yer Blues” (1968) [This is John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton & Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix Experience) as a one-time supergroup]
• The Pretenders “The Wait” (1979)
• Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Like A Rolling Stone (LIVE)” (1986)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: “Independence Day” audio; biggest film of 1996 (1996)
• Robert Miles “Children” (1996)
• Gurrumul “Wiyathul (Longing For Peace)” (2008) [The late Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, from Australia]
• Eli “Paperboy” Reed & The High and Mighty Brass Band “As I Live And Breathe” (2018)
• bby “Hotline” (2023) [hot new UK buzz band; pronounced “Baby”]

CRUISIN‘ THE DECADES – episode 87 – playlist – 09-30-23

• 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 86 – playlist – 09-23-23 

• Imperial Mirimba Band “Clover Club” (1918)
• Edwin J. McEnelly’s Orchestra “I Like Pie, I Like Cake, But I Like You Best Of All” (1925)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: John D. Rockefeller “Prosperity Will Return” (1932)
• Duke Ellington’s Orchestra ft. Ivie Anderson “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” (1932)
• Muddy Waters “Mean Red Spider” (1948)
• The Sparkletones “Black Slacks” (1957)
• Lee Dorsey “Ya Ya” (1961)
• Pointer Sisters “Yes We Can Can” (1973) [written by Allen Toussaint]
• The Housemartins “Happy Hour” (1986) [band features Norman Cook, who would later become “Fatboy Slim”]
• Annie Lennox “Walking On Broken Glass” (1992)
• Garbage “I Just Want To Have Something To Do” (2003) [Ramones cover]
• BONUS TRACK (OUT OF SEQUENCE): Ramones “Rockaway Beach” (1977)
• Thom Yorke “Suspirium” (2018) [solo track from a film; frontman of Radiohead]
• Rolling Stones “Angry” (2023) [this ROCKS!]

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 85B – playlist – 09-16-23
encore broadcast of Episode #68 (due to illness!)
Original date of broadcast: 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 Cosentino “It’s Fine” (2023) [solo material; from the band Best Coast]
• BONUS TRACK: Mojo Nixon “Star Spangled Mojo” (1990)

 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 85 – playlist – 09-09-23 

• The Original Dixieland Jazz Band “(Back Home Again In) Indiana” (1917)
• Vaughn De Leath “Ukulele Lady” (1925)
• Bing Crosby “I’ve Got A Pocketful Of Dreams” (1938)
• Lena Horne “Stormy Weather” (1941)
• Wanda Jackson “Riot In Cell Block Number Nine” (1958)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Alexei Leonov/First Space Walk (1965)
• Herman’s Hermits “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” (1965)
• Jimmy Buffett “Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes” (1977) [RIP Jimmy Buffett]
• New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle” (1986)
• Anthrax “Got The Time” (1990) [cover of Joe Jackson New Wave-era song]
• BONUS TRACK: Smash Mouth “Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby” (1998) [RIP Steve Harwell; cover of song by The Four Seasons]
• Northern State “Girl For All Seasons” (2004)
• The Decemberists “Make You Better” (2014)
• Jon Batiste “Call Your Name” (2023)

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 84 – playlist – 09-02-23 

• Burton Lanihan and Gladys Rice & Chorus “Chin, Chin/Hip-Hip Hooray” (1916)
• The Carter Family “Keep On The Sunny Side” (1928)
• Jimmy Lunceford & His Orchestra ft. Sy Oliver (vocal) “T’Aint What’cha Do, It’s The Way How’cha Do It” (1939)
• Jo Stafford & Sy Oliver with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra “Yes Indeed!” (1941)
• Jimmy Reed “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” (1956)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Milton Berle introduces The Yardbirds (1964)
• The Yardbirds “Heart Full Of Soul” (1964)
• The Yardbirds “I’m A Man” (1965) [cover of Bo Diddley tune]
• The Staple Singers “I’ll Take You There” (1972)
• The Who “Eminence Front” (1982)
• Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Someday I Suppose” (1993)
• Travis “Sing” (2001)
• Zella Day “Hypnotic” (2015)
• Guns N’ Roses “Perhaps” (2023) [NEW material with 3/5 original members; and it is really good.
  I like this much more than I thought I would!]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 83 – playlist – 08-26-23 

• Byron G. Harlan & Joe Belmont “Blue Jay & The Thrush” (1914)
• Isham Jones & His Orchestra “My Ideal” (1929)
• Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ft. Edythe Wright (vocal) “The Lady Is A Tramp” (1937)
• The Song Spinners “Comin’ In On A Wing And A Prayer” (1942)
• Dinah Washington “What A Diff’rence A Day Made” (1959)
• Rolling Stones “Salt Of The Earth” (1968)
• Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn “As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone” (1974)
• Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” (1973)
• Haysi Fantayzee “Shiny Shiny” (1982)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: The Debut of “Windows ‘95” (1995)
• The Dambuilders “Teenage Loser Anthem” (1995)
• David Ford “State Of The Union” (2005)
• Youngblood Hawke “We Come Running” (2012)
• Noah Kahan “Stick Season” (2022) 

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 82 – playlist – 08-19-23 

• Walter Van Brunt & Chorus “Any Girl Looks Good In The Summer” (1913)
• Paul Tremaine & His Orchestra “Four Four Rhythm” (1929)
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: Mahatma Gandhi Visits The UK (1931)
• Lucille Bogan “Struttin’ My Stuff” (1931)
• Carmen Miranda with Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra “Cuanto Le Gusta” (1948)
• Percy Faith & His Orchestra “Theme From ‘A Summer Place’” (1959)
• Johnny Cash “The One On The Right Is On The Left” (1965)
• Thin Lizzy “Jailbreak” (1976)
• Robbie Robertson “Somewhere Down The Crazy River” (1987) [RIP Robbie Robertson]
• SAMPLE SOURCE EXAMPLE: Chicago “Street Player” (1979) [snippet – used as the main sample in next song]
• The Bucketheads “The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)” (1995)
• The Exploding Hearts “I’m A Pretender” (2003) [recently reissued on Third Man Records/tragic tale of this band]
• Logan Ledger “(I’m Gonna Get Over This) Some Day” (2019)
• The Last Dinner Party “Nothing Matters” (2023)
• BONUS TRACK: Kenny Price “The Shortest Song In The World” (1970) [x2, LOL!]

CRUISIN’ THE DECADES – episode 81 – playlist – 08-12-23 

• Premier Quartette “A Night Trip To Buffalo” (1910) [early comic skit]
• Si Higgins & His Sodbusters “The Prune Song” (1928)
• Artie Shaw Orchestra ft. Bea Wain (vocal) “If It’s The Last Thing I Do” (1937)
• Tampa Red “Play With Your Poodle” (1942) [original version of “Hokum” Blues tune]
• AUDIO HISTORY ACTUALITY: The Invention of Color TV with President Eisenhower and NBC’s David Brinkley (1958)
• Dean Martin “Volare” (1958)
• Etta James “Next Door To The Blues” (1962)
• New York Dolls “Personality Crisis” (1973)
• Huey Lewis & The News “The Heart of Rock & Roll” (London-Tokyo Extended Version) (1984)
• Tori Amos “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1992) [piano cover of Nirvana]
• K’Naan “Wavin’ Flag” (2009) [first version; international FIFA World Cup anthem]
• The War On Drugs “Pain” (2017)
• Lol Tolhurst (The Cure), Budgie (Siouxsie & The Banshees), and Jacknife Lee (producer) ft. James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem) “Los Angeles” (2023)