Monday, May 12, 2014

This Week's Playlist and Podcast



This week we switched from the Record Shelf to our summer replacement series Dr. John's Idiosyncratic History of Rock and Roll.   As has become our tradition, the first episode is the annual Memorial Program wherein we pay tribute to some of the figures in popular music who have passed away over the past year.  Below is a list of the songs played, but you'll have to listen to the podcast (click here) to find out exactly who was being honored by each selection.

Sweet Jane, Velvet Underground
Biloxi, Jesse Winchester
Ride Captain Ride, Blues Image
Grizzly Bear, Youngbloods

Mr. Lee, The Bobbettes
She Cried, Jay & the Americans
(Will You) Come Back My Love, The Wrens
Jamboree: Your Last Chance, Lewis Lymon & the Teenchords
When Will I Be Loved, Everly Brothers

Whip It, Devo
Final Solution, Pere Ubu
My Baby Does Good Sculptures, Rezillos
Teenage Depression, Eddie & the Hot Rods

I Pity the Fool, Bobby "Blue" Bland
O-O-H Child, Five Stairsteps
Have You Seen Her, Chi-Lites
Love or Let Me Be Lonely, Friends of Distinction

Put Another Log on the Fire, Tompall Glaser
Ballad of a Teenage Queen, Johnny Cash
Honey Don't, Mac Curtis
Heartaches By the Number, Ray Price

Time Won't Let Me, Outsiders
Why Do I Cry, The Remains
Little Black Egg, Nightcrawlers
Cuckoo, The Monks
Dirty Water, Standells

Blue Moon, Marcels
Thirteen Women, Bill Haley & the Comets
Rama Lama Ding Dong, Edsels
Telstar, Tornados

Don't Fear the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
Love Her Madly, The Doors
Good Shepherd, Jefferson Airplane
Gimme Danger, Stooges

Rock and Roll Records, JJ Cale
Blue Line, Let's Active
Malfunction Junction, Drivin'n'Cryin'
Everyday People, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Hippy Hippy Shake, Swinging Blue Jeans
Mr. Custer, Larry Verne
Needles & Pins, The Searchers
Along Comes Mary, Association

Turn Turn Turn, Pete Seeger

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