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The unsung heroes of rock 'n' roll, presented at 45 RPM: 50s/60s bop, slop, & schlock.

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The unsung heroes of rock 'n' roll, presented at 45 RPM: 50s/60s bop, slop, & schlock.

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The Pete Gray Memorial Playlist from Sep 7, 2024

9/7/2024
The Princetones Five - "Goin' Nowhere" [0:00:00] The Epics - "Treble Twist" [0:05:23] The Swingsters - "Southern Drums" [0:09:18] The Poor Boys - "Drfitin'" [0:11:24] Virgil Holmes - "Ghost Train" [0:15:23] Jefferson (Ramblin' Man) County - "City Billy" [0:17:20] The Johnny Burnette Trio (Johnny, Dorsey and Paul) - "Honey Hush" [0:18:59] Johnn Amelio and the Downbeats - "Jugue" [0:21:00] Al Hendrix - "Monkey Bite" [0:23:03] The Surf Riders - "I'm Out" [0:25:58] The Nettles Sisters With The Rodeo Tune Wranglers - "Real Gone Jive" [.] [0:28:57] Pappy Tipton - "Empty Bottles and Cigarette Butts" [0:31:27] Dave Baker - "Listen To the Devil Laugh" [0:33:00] Jim & Bob Harrison wJimmy Spruill's Band - "Little School Girl" [0:43:23] "Slim" Sanders - "For Me and My Gal" [0:44:36] Clarence "Frogman" Henry - "I'm In Love" [0:46:33] McKinley Mitchell - "Rock Everyone Rock" [0:49:11] Buddy Lucas and His Orchestra - "No Help" [0:51:29] Bill (Winehead Willie) Murray & George (Sweet Lucy) Copeland - "The Big Time Spender Part I" [0:55:29] Abe Moore and Orchestra - "S and J" [0:58:04] The Tenderfoots - "Kissing Bug" [1:04:41] The Pearls - "Ugly Face" [1:05:25] The Sounds - "Cold Chills" [1:07:27] The Hi-Fives - "Hong Kong" [1:10:31] Jive Five with Joe Rene - "People From Another World" [1:12:46] The Count Victors - "Roadrunner" [1:19:07] The Tornadoes - "Tornado Twist" [1:21:34] Bill Haney, Ken Meggs and the Dixie Buddies - "Wild Party Twiist" [1:23:38] Los Sirex - "El Tren De La Costa" [1:27:18] Sunny and the Sunglows - "Cut Across Shorty" [1:31:14] The Accents - "Howling For My Baby" [1:32:13] Bob Ridgely - "She Was A Mau Mau" [1:34:57] The Royal Drifters - "S' Why Hard" [1:40:42] Shades McRay and the Invictas - "Biny Maronie" [1:43:10] Freddy and the Raven's - "The Big Itch" [1:45:19] Barry Wilson - "The Bug" [1:46:52] The Pendeltons - "The Waddle" [1:49:04] Stan Boreson - Doug Setterberg - "Swedish Rock And Roll" [1:51:35] The Noc-A-Bouts - "Jungle Safari" [1:53:51] The Joker - "I Love A Practical Joke" [1:56:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143799

Duration:02:08:27

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The Jean Rogers Memorial Playlist from Aug 31, 2024

8/31/2024
Sandy Nelson - "Casbah" [0:00:00] The Sparklers Four - "Stanleyville Stomp" [0:05:10] The Fabulous Cyclones - "Cyclone" [0:08:01] Link Wray - "Ace Of Spades" [0:09:52] Ben Hewitt - "Whirlwind Blues" [0:17:21] Commonwealrh Jones - "Do Do Do" [0:19:16] Lou Josie - "Breezin Out" [0:22:12] Barbara Tennant - "Rock, Baby, Rock" [0:24:34] Red Smith - "Whoa Boy" [0:26:33] Homer and Jethro - "King Size Baby" [0:28:54] George Kent - "Bad Juice" [0:32:28] Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys - "I Cast A Lonesome Shadow" [0:34:50] Chuck Berry - "Our Little Rendevous" [0:43:37] Jimmy McCracklin - "Doomed Lover" [0:45:29] Al Garris - "That's All" [0:47:51] Benny Spellman - "No Don't Stop" [0:51:04] Reginald Hall - "The Joke" [0:53:36] Jimmy Anderson - "Naggin'" [0:55:57] Preston Love - "Country Boogie" [0:59:03] The Mohawks - "Shopliftin' Molly" [1:04:43] The Sharps - "Shufflin'" [1:06:11] The Dukes - "Groceries, Sir" [1:08:54] Smitty and The Viscounts - "Midnight Hop" [1:11:20] The Thrillers - "The Drunkard" [1:14:54] Chuck Rhubarb and his Sergeants - "Wild baby" [1:22:00] The Gadabouts - "Too Much Monkey Business" [1:23:20] The Spark Plugs - "Chicken" [1:24:54] Eddie con los Shades - "No Esta Aqui" [1:27:27] Sir Douglas Quintet - "Nuevo Laredo (Spanish version)" [1:30:40] Los Solitarios - "Ko Ko Joe" [1:33:17] The Hi-Tones - "Do What You Did" [1:42:49] The Notations - "Louie Louie" [1:43:29] The Fashions - "King Size Guitar" [1:46:55] The Echo Men - "Long Green" [1:49:01] The Terrible Teens - "Don't Stop Now" [1:54:08] Gary Usher - "Driven Insane" [1:54:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143533

Duration:02:08:28

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The Marjorie Main Memorial Playlist from Aug 24, 2024

8/24/2024
Cliff Nash & The Rockaways - "Band Stand" [0:00:00] Ronnie Cells and the Continentals - "Chicken" [0:06:21] The Uniques - "Areba" [0:06:59] The Montclairs - "The Hunch" [0:08:32] Curtis Long and the Rhythm Rockers - "Hootchey Cootchey" [0:14:06] Bob King - "Party King" [0:15:58] Wayne Walker - "All I Can Do Is Cry" [0:18:07] Jack Bailey and The Naturals - "Oh Wnat Love Is" [0:20:11] Carl Phillips - "Wigwam Willie" [0:22:31] The Big Whopper - "Charlie Brown's Mule" [0:25:19] The Carlisles - "Pickin' Peas (Down The Long Pea Row)" [0:27:35] Zeke and Red - "Get Your Dad Burn Fingers Offa Me" [0:29:45] Waylon Jennings - "Delia's Gone" [0:32:14] Stew McTaggart - "Sex...is for Saturday Night" [0:45:20] Leon Hart - "Long White Line" [0:48:19] Don West and Rose Lee with the Sunset Playboys - "Country Guitar Girl" [0:51:37] Monty Johnson - "Flyin' Saucers In The Air" [0:54:29] Curt Curtis - "A D.J.'s Prayer" [0:57:13] Larry Darnell - "Ramblin' Man" [1:02:58] Tommy Ridgely - "Woncha Gone" [1:05:37] Jimmy McCracklin - "Get TOugh" [1:07:53] T.V. Slim and his Bluesmen - "T.V. Man" [1:12:04] Chuck Higgins and His Joy Boys with Daddy Cleanhead - "Broke" [1:16:58] Otis Blackwell - "Fool That I Be" [1:20:01] Bumps Blackwell Orch - "Sumpin' Jumpin'" [1:21:00] The Oxfords - "Fatty Patty" [1:26:10] The Loafers - "Crazy Talk" [1:28:00] Travis Wammick - "Umm How Sweet It Is" [1:30:09] The Panicks - "I Can Beat Him Up" [1:32:14] D.D. and the Derelicts - "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" [1:34:30] Lee Tillman - "Tarzan" [1:37:11] Arnold Stang - "Where Ya Calling From, Charlie?" [1:39:37] Go Go and The Spotlights - "Piggy Hog" [1:46:00] Roddy Jackson And His Band - "Hiccups" [1:48:02] Teddy and the Continentals - "Crossfire With Me Baby" [1:51:12] Lord Sundance - "Pretty Lord Sundance Pt 1" [1:53:52] Bob Newkirk - "The Accident" [1:57:17] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143303

Duration:02:10:18

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The Luce Potter Memorial Playlist from Aug 17, 2024

8/17/2024
The Del Saints - "Tarzan" [0:00:00] The Crew - "Hot Wire" [0:04:53] The Progressives - "Hot Cinders" [0:07:49] Boots Brown and his Blockbusters - "Trollin'" [0:10:14] Curley Griffin - "Got Rockin' On My Mind" [0:15:45] Bobby Wayne and The Warriors - "Sally Ann" [0:17:53] Darrel Rhodes - "Four O'Clock Baby" [0:20:43] Roy Hall's Alley Cats - "Dig Everybody Dig That Boogie" [0:22:58] Billy Hogan and the Twilighters - "Move It Over Sputniick" [0:25:30] Jack Hart and the Hired Hands - "Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married" [0:27:39] Neil Parker - "Tennessee Cat" [0:30:11] Jimmy Dickens - "They're Gonna Have Me Committed" [0:33:04] Curley Money - "White Lightening" [0:43:26] Johnny Collier - "Mama Wears a Miniskirt" [0:45:25] Leona Williams - "Country Girl With Hot Pants On" [0:46:23] Archie Poe - "Juke Box Julie" [0:49:40] Lefty Pritchett - "Vietnam Rotation Blues" [0:52:50] Big Will Stephens - "Saturday Night" [0:59:00] The Nite Riders - "Women and Cadillacs" [1:00:34] Casanova Jr - "Sally Mae" [1:04:22] Huey & Curley - "Second Line" [1:05:22] Freddie Hall and his Aces - "She's A Upsetter" [1:08:45] Jack Dupree - "Mail Order Woman" [1:11:32] Hen Gates and His Gaters - "Flash" [1:14:39] The Twilighters - "(Everybody's Goin To) Rollerland" [1:22:38] The Deacons - "The Baldie Beat" [1:24:03] Larry Bright - "One Ugly Child" [1:26:37] The In Crowd - "Speed Queen" [1:30:14] The Singing Dogs - "Hot Dog Rock 'N' Roll" [1:33:08] Marveluss Mickey and The Rock-A-Sonics - "Do The Robot" [1:42:45] The Pros and Cons - "Whirleybird- Part 1" [1:43:29] Russ Garner - "Topless Bathing Suit" [1:44:14] The Dittos - "Mustard" [1:46:37] The Warlocks - "Temper Tantrum" [1:50:27] Eddie L Davis - "Teen Age Brain Surgeon" [1:54:12] Nancy DuPont - "Weather Report Love" [1:55:04] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143093

Duration:02:08:21

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The Dorothy Mackaill Memorial Playlist from Aug 10, 2024

8/10/2024
The Tennessee Guitars - "Trophy Run" - Single [0:00:00] The Invaders - "Invader Twist" - Single [0:05:28] The Opposite Six - "Church Key (pt. 68)" - Single [0:08:39] The Takers - "Wondur" - Single [0:10:29] Billy And Don Hart - "Bop A Lena" - Single [0:15:03] Roy Moss with Cliff Allen's Band - "Wiggle Walkin' Baby" - Single [0:16:31] Jim Hunter and The Princeton Tigers - "Bad Boys" - Single [0:17:56] Lee Cole and the Beau Jesters - "Cool Baby" - Single [0:20:04] Jody Reynolds and the Storms - "Beulah Lee" - Single [0:22:21] Becky Durnning and The Ardees - "Jimmy Boone" - Single [0:24:46] Boots Collins - "Mean" - Single [0:26:41] Jack Barlow - "I Love Her Still" - Single [0:29:40] Houston (Bob) Mills - "The Early Morning D.J." - Single [0:32:10] Billy Bland - "Oh, You For Me" - Single [0:40:39] Charles White - "Little Mama Don't Leave Me" - Single [0:43:35] Ivory Jackson - "I'm A Country Boy" - Single [0:45:10] Little Walter - "Nobody But You" - Single [0:47:47] Tampa Red - "She's A Cool Operator" - Single [0:50:05] Levi Mann - "Georgie Porgie" - Single [0:55:14] Tim Wilkins - "Old Jim Canan's" - Single [On Busy Bootin' from Shineola Records!] [1:03:12] Tommy McClennan - "You Can Mistreat Me Here" - Single [1:04:08] Harmon Ray with Big Joe - "Bessie Lee Blues" - Single [On Busy Bootin' from Shineola Records!] [1:07:14] Buddy Woods with the Wampus Cats - "Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away)" - Single [1:09:40] Ralph Willis - "We're Gonna Rock" - Single [On Busy Bootin' from Shineola Records!] [1:12:12] The Five Shades - "One Hot Dog (and an Orange Drink)" - Single [1:19:36] The 3 Friends - "Dedicated (To The Songs I Love)" - Single [1:21:55] Peter Pete & The Lovers - "Pistol Packin' Mama" - Single [1:23:41] The Five Royales - "Mohawk Squaw" - Single [1:24:32] The M.M.'s and the Peanuts - "Lil' Valley" - Single [1:28:00] Gene The Hat - "(Pass) The Bug" - Single [1:35:36] the Invictas - "The Hump" - Single [1:36:44] Mike Evans - "Gruesome" - Single [1:38:27] The Crestones - "She's A Bad Motorcycle" - Single [1:41:03] Phillipa Fallon - "High School Drag" - Single [1:44:31] Sha-Dels - "Hand Jive" - Single [1:48:40] James Henry & The Olympics - "My Gal Sloopy" - Single [1:50:53] The Royals - "2 + 2" - Single [1:53:49] Tommy Bell - "Midnight Dreams" - Single [1:55:57] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142846

Duration:02:09:44

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The Kathleen Freeman Memorial Playlist from Aug 3, 2024

8/3/2024
The Ramrods - "War Party" - Single [0:00:00] The Midnighters - "Not Another One!" - Single [0:05:39] White Bucks - "Orny" - Single [0:07:41] Link Wray and the Raymen - "Dueces Wild" - Single [0:09:59] The Acorn Sisters - "Real Gone" - Single [0:15:24] Harold Jackson - "Go Cat Go" - Single [0:19:32] The Raiders - "Hocus Pocus" - Single [0:19:58] Chuck Brooks and The Sharpies - "Spinning My Wheels" - Single [0:22:27] Carl Newman and his Nighthawks - "Rockin' And Boppin'" - Single [0:24:40] Bob Reed "The Flying Hillbilly" From Alabama - "Choctaw Boogie" - Single [0:26:52] Al Chase and The Midnites - "Lubby Lou" - Single [0:29:04] Johnny Cash And Tennessee Two - "Big River" - Single [0:31:17] Bob Morris - "Don't Underestimate Me" - Single [0:35:44] Earl Scott - "Daddy's Dead" - Single [0:36:50] Billy La Mont - "Country Boy" - Single [0:47:44] Mercy Dee and Lady Fox - "Get To Gettin'" - Single [0:48:28] Johnny Fuller - "Mercy Mercy" - Single [0:50:34] Frank Frost - "Crawlback" - Single [0:53:37] Big Boy Groves - "Bucket O Blood" - Single [0:56:38] Lonesome Lee - "Lonely Travelin'" - Single [0:59:01] Riff Ruffin's Combo - "Foxy" - Single [1:01:26] The Zodiacs - "Another Little Darling" - Single [1:12:26] Linda Hayes and Tony Williams - "Oochi Pachi" - Single [1:12:48] The Idols - "The Prowler" - Single [1:13:33] The Silhouettes - "What Would You Do?" - Single [1:16:05] The Dukes - "Groceries, Sir" - Single [1:17:47] The Church Keys - "Chicken Baby Chicken" - Single [1:26:22] The Church Keys - "Oogy Wawa" - Single [The Silver Jubilee Celebration!] [1:27:01] The Shags - "Summertime Blues" - Single [1:28:47] The Periscopes - "Beaver Shot" - Single [1:31:24] The Bleach Boys - "Wine Wine Wine" - Single [1:35:20] The Central High School Cafeteria Band - "First Rhapsody For Knives, Forks & Spoons, Part 1: Allegro Conbeat" - Single [1:39:43] The Muleskinners - "Wolfman" - Single [1:46:12] The Chessmen - "Baby Weemus" - Single [1:48:44] Richie Richardson with Charlie Cuevas And The Jaguars - "The Frog" - Single [1:50:49] The Kornerstones - "Doing The Rat Fink" - Single [1:54:40] The Del Satins - "Ballad Of A Dee Jay" - Single [1:56:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142614

Duration:02:10:35

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The Barbara La Marr Memorial Playlist from Jul 27, 2024

7/27/2024
The Avanties - "Wax 'Em Down" [0:00:00] The Marveliers - "The Spider" [0:04:45] The Patents - "Blue Surf" [0:09:12] The Hollywood Persuaders - "Drums A Go Go" [0:09:46] Clif Nash - The Rockaways - "Cincinnati Rock" [0:15:39] Jim Johnston and The Starlighters - "Mean Woman Blues" [0:18:08] Tony Casanova - "Showdown" [0:19:16] Danny Boy - "Don't Go Pretty Baby" [0:21:44] Charlie Maybee - "Little Judy" [0:23:41] Sonny Day And The Tony Ray Combo - "Creature From Outer Space" [0:25:54] Harry Choates - "Honky Tonk Boogie" [0:29:16] Lulu Belle and Scotty - "I Ain't No Communist" [0:31:28] George Kent - "Hello, I'm A Jukebox" [0:34:08] Cary Story and his Rambling Mountaineers - "(I Heard My Name) On The Radio" [0:37:27] Frank Dalton and the Dalton Gang - "Cruised" [0:47:37] Bo Diddley - "Give Me Break" [0:49:49] Big Buddy Lucas - "La-Ja=Ma-Doodle (This Is My Lucky Day)" [0:51:12] Thelma Baxter and the Durham Bros. All Stars - "Poppa Stoppa" [0:54:55] Elder Clark - "On Top" [0:57:32] Noble "Thin Man" Watts & His Rhythm Sparks - "Hot Tamales" [1:00:13] The Velvetones - "Boo Wacka Boo" [1:06:17] The Kidds - "Miss Lucy" [1:08:42] Little Marcus and the Devotions - "Lone Stranger Went Mad" [1:11:19] The Fabulous Four - "Oop-Shoobie-Doop Bam-A-Lam" [1:15:22] The Morrocos - "Chicken" [1:15:48] Ace Oom and the Eons - "Oom Cocka Mau-Mau" [1:23:57] The "Swingin" Sting-Rays - "Teen Queen" [1:27:24] Steve France and the Hornets - "She Turns Me On" [1:28:36] Joey Welz and the Kidd Bros - "Wooly Bully Rides Again" [1:30:19] The Chancellors - "Yo! Yo!" [1:32:38] The Shadows Five - "Twistin' Shadows" [1:36:11] The Hollywood Chicks - "Tossin' An Ice Cube" [1:38:24] The Blue Angels - "Mickey Mouse Party" [1:40:36] Chris Kenner - "Anybody Seen My Baby?" [1:48:20] Wilbert Harrison - "Let's Stick Together" [1:49:53] Leonard Lee - "Miss Lulu's Wig" [1:52:30] James Brown and the Famous Flames - "Tell Me That You Love Me" [1:56:51] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142395

Duration:02:09:44