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

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East Orange, NJ

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

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@WFMU

Language:

English

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WFMU P.O. Box 2011 Jersey City, NJ 07303-2011 201-200-9368


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The Douglas Spencer Memorial Playlist from Feb 8, 2025

2/8/2025
The Lancers - "(Do) The Spy" [0:00:00] The Scavengers - "Curfew" [0:05:20] Jerry Lee Trio - "Warpath" [0:07:56] Jerry and the Silvertones - "Ce'Ny" [0:10:19] The Darts - "Square Town" [0:17:24] Larry Brinkley - "Tornado Twist" [Cool new reish 45 from Rockinitis!!] [0:18:20] Hank Davis - "One-Way Track" [0:19:48] Jackie Lee Cochrane - "Ruby Pearl" [0:21:54] Sid King and the Five Strings - "When My Baby Left Me" [0:24:24] Tommie Pearce and the Country Gentlemen - "Take Me To Your Leader" [0:27:09] Deral Clour and Charley Drake - "Sundown (Boogie)" [0:29:13] Nanny Miller - "Mean, Mean Daddy" [0:31:48] Jimmy Swan - "Lonesome Man" [0:34:51] Johnny Cash - "Blistered" [0:47:07] Wes Buchanan - "Only Fools" [0:47:46] Boby Lee - "I Got Some News For You" [0:51:28] Webster Dunn Jr. - "Go Go Baby" [0:54:35] Pastuerized Ashtray - "Bad Moon Rising" [0:57:19] Paul Perryman - "Keep A'Calling" [1:02:57] Floyd Dixon - "Oooh Little Girl" [1:03:48] Little Richard - "I've Got It (alternate take)" [Cool new reish 45!!] [1:06:15] John Brim and His Gary Kings - "Go Away" [1:08:48] Screamin' Jay Hawkins - "Baptize Me In Wine" [1:13:28] Tabby Thomas - "Too Late Blues" [1:14:56] Tall Paul - "Teen Age Hop" [1:17:43] Race Marbles - "Like a Dribbling Fram" [1:25:16] Mark Evans - "It's Love" [1:27:51] Don Wilson - "The Twomp" [1:31:23] The Leather Boy - "On The Go" [1:32:19] The Aggregation - "Candlestick Stomp" [1:34:02] The Fireflies - "Stella Got A Fella" [1:36:06] Sharon Mason - "Eddie, Can I Park In Your Lot?" [1:38:28] Minor Chords - "Let Her Go Man" [1:45:28] The Earthworms - "Mo' Taters" [1:48:30] Walter Washington - "Mickey Mouse Boarding House" [1:49:44] Jimmy Love - "(Ghee Chee Woman) Way Down in New Orleans" [1:53:24] Bobby Brown - "Seven Lonely Days" [1:55:21] Art Neville - "Arabian Love Call" [1:57:37] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148931

Duration:02:10:13

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The Teri Garr Memorial Playlist from Feb 1, 2025

2/1/2025
Jim Radi and The Sidemen - "Motovation" [0:00:00] Carl Stacey Trio feat. El Gassaway! - "The Big Gass" [0:07:00] Thunderbeats - "Thunderbeat" [0:07:35] Claude McLin - "Jambo" [0:10:04] The Catalinas - "Speechless" [0:15:36] Sandy Lee - "Ballin' Keen" [0:17:27] Ronnie Allen - "Juvenile Delinquent" [0:19:18] Dino Palermo - "Baby Let's Play House" [0:22:55] Corky Jones - "Rhythm And Booze" [0:23:40] Jim & Jesse and The Virginia Boys - "Maybelline" [0:25:18] Jenny Clay - "Even Batman" [0:28:24] Truman Mulkey - "Turn Around And Run" [0:30:25] Moon Mullican - "Cherokee Boogie" [0:42:56] York Brothers - "Saint Joseph High School Bounce" [0:44:12] Carl Miller - "Rhythm Guitar" [0:48:13] George Jones - "Maybe Little Baby" [0:49:06] Curtis Gordon - "So Tired Of Crying" [0:51:04] Clarence "Frog Man" Henry - "I'm In Love" [0:57:59] Johnny Ace - "How Can You Be So Mean?" [1:01:33] Clarence Samuels - "Slippity" [1:02:12] Lloyd Price - "Frog Legs" [1:05:17] Pat Patrick - "I Ain't Done Nothin' To You" [1:08:17] Jimmy Anderson - "Goin' Crazy Over T.V." [1:10:44] Lionel Torrence - "Saka" [1:13:02] The Royal Coachmen - "Bama-Lama" [1:21:49] Gil & Ray - "Marty, The Life Of The Party" [1:23:24] Carol Connors - "Yum Yum Yamaha" [1:25:14] The Argoes - "Chicken Back" [1:27:10] Warner Brothers - "Study Hall" [1:28:04] Willie B - "Bad Mouthin'" [1:31:13] The Girls - "Chico's Girl" [1:34:12] The Pattens - "Say Ma, Ma" [1:43:01] Roy Smith and the Cardinals - "The Cellar" [1:44:22] Nadine - "Souie! Baby, Souie!" [1:45:20] The Charts - "Ooba-Gooba" [1:47:40] The Go-Rillas - "(i Go) "King Kong"" [1:51:48] The Batmen with the Phantom Band - "Don't You Just Know It" [1:52:39] Bobby Adano - "Never Got To The Dance" [1:56:53] Dondee and teh Glades - "That's When I Cried" [1:58:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148693

Duration:02:08:42

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The June Lang Memorial Playlist from Jan 25, 2025

1/25/2025
Huey Buxton - "Huey Buxton #1" - Single [0:00:00] The Panics - "Peter Gunn Twist" - Single [0:05:13] The Uniques - "Sabby" - Single [0:08:01] The Little Red Ryders - "Juice" - Single [0:09:10] Bill Starr and the Rock Brooks - "Grizzly Bear" - Single [0:13:22] Buck Griffin - "Jessie Lee" - Single [0:14:51] Al Casey and The Bats - "(Got The) Teenage Blues" - Single [0:18:09] Sweetie Jones - "Baby Please Don't Leave" - Single [0:20:57] Jimmie Knight w/ Buddy Starr & The Starliners - "Crankshaft Sid" - Single [0:21:32] Cleve Jackson and his Hound Dogs - "Hound Dog" - Single [0:25:09] Forrest Green and The Rangers - "Mama's Boy" - Single [0:26:37] Johny Reb - "White Lighting" - Single [0:29:55] Cal Veale with the Howard Reading Trio - "Standing On The Edge Of Nowhere" - Single [0:32:18] Chuck Higgins and His Joy Boys - "Broke" - Single [0:42:05] Larry Darnell - "Ramblin' Man" - Single [0:43:48] P.T. and the Party-Timers - "Aunt Susie" - Single [0:46:48] Paul Tate - "How Can I Love" - Single [0:50:39] Ray Sharpe - "Monkey's Uncle" - Single [0:52:18] Polka Dot Slim - "A Thing You Gotta Face" - Single [0:54:41] Gil Bernal - "The Whip" - Single [0:57:41] The Kac-Ties - "Donald Duck" - Single [1:05:19] The Varnells - "Day In Court" - Single [1:06:55] Arthur Lee Maye and The Crowns - "Oh-Rooba-Lee" - Single [1:09:02] The Cadets - "Baby Ya Know" - Single [1:12:53] The Metronomes - "The Chickie-Goo" - Single [1:15:13] The Renegade Five - "Young And Wild" - Single [1:21:40] Bobby & The Demons - "The Woo" - Single [1:22:01] Mickey Gilley - "Little Egypt" - Single [1:23:32] The Ci-Tations 7 - "Justine" - Single [1:27:39] Matthew Chllds and the Warblers - "The Warbler" - Single [1:28:22] Little Johnny Clark - "Black Coffee" - Single [1:31:26] Cookie Roberts - "The Black House" - Single [1:34:21] Honey Welch - "The Squirm" - Single [1:41:58] Donnie (Dean) Hinson - "Private Investigator" - Single [1:44:40] Joey Charles Drums - "The Rub" - Single [1:46:21] Obie Plenty - "Beef Stew" - Single [And for dinner!] [1:48:53] The Rivals - "Make Your Mind Up" - Single [1:51:11] Chuck Bradford - "Whereever You Go" - Single [1:54:16] Joe Mayfield - "I'm On The Move" - Single [1:55:47] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148453

Duration:02:08:24

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The Marvin Miller Memorial Playlist from Jan 18, 2025

1/18/2025
Moongooners - "Moon Goon Stomp" [0:00:00] Chiyo & The Crescents - "Devil Surf" [0:06:28] The Saints - "Rock Ye" [0:07:08] Bob Taylor and The Counts - "Taylor's Rock" [0:09:00] Ralph - "I've Got It" [0:14:11] Skip and Flip - "Betty Jean" [0:16:01] The Cruisers - "Betty Ann" [0:18:10] Leonard Clark and Land of Sky Boys - "Come To Your Tommy Now" [0:21:28] Houle Bros. - "Dream Night" [0:22:42] Jay Stutes (Mr. Sugar Bee) and all the Sugar Bees - "Coming Home" [0:25:30] George Jones and Melba Montgomery - "Party Pickin'" [0:28:09] George Jones and Melba Montgomery - "Living On Easy Street" [0:31:23] Melba Montgomery - "The Big Joke" [0:33:14] Sugarboy and his Cane Cutters - "Overboard" [0:44:38] J.B. and His Hawks - "Combination Boogie" [0:45:31] Little Walter - "Teenage Beat" [0:47:57] Homesick James - "My Baby's Sweeter" [0:51:13] Jimmy Anderson and The Joy Jumpers - "I Wanna Boogie" [0:54:44] Sammy Price and his Texas Bluesicians - "Rib Joint" [0:59:07] The Dreamtones - "Mean Man" [1:03:40] Don Julian and the Meadowlarks - "Oop Boopy Oop" [1:05:59] The DuDroppers - "Somebody Work On My Baby's Mind" [1:08:32] The Lamplighters - "Salty Dog" [1:10:54] The Lamplighters - "I Used To Cry Mercy, Mercy" [1:13:37] The Spindrifts featuring Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon - "Cha Cha Doo" [1:24:20] Ricky Tino - "Twistin' At The Hop" [1:25:57] The Trophies - "Somethin' Else" [1:27:53] Bernadette - "The Slosh" [1:29:14] The Reactors - "She's A Queen" [1:32:31] Sonny Burgess & Kings IV - "Mary Lou" [1:33:44] Faron Warmer - "Cruisin' Central" [1:36:51] The Kazuals - "Fat Gal" [1:42:45] The Tikis - "High School Dropout Blues" [1:45:22] Van Broussard - "Mojo" [1:48:15] SpinnerS - "Had No Loving" [1:51:03] Stan & The Marauders - "Echo Valley" [1:53:25] Jack Cruz - "The Flame Of Love" [RIP David Lynch] [1:56:32] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148195

Duration:02:08:44