Friday, February 16, 2007

February 16, 2007, playlist with host Alex McNeil

Real Oldies - songs of which at least the melody is from 1920 or before:
1. Chubby Checker - The Class (based on Mary Had a Little Lamb) (CD, 1959)
2. Big Dee Irwin - Swingin' on a Star [oops, wrong song! It dates from the 1940s) (CD, 1963)
3. Frank Sinatra - Old MacDonald (LP, 1960)
4. Little Eva - Old Smokey Locomotion (CD, 1963)
5. Paul Chaplain - Shortnin' Bread (CD, 1960)
6. Johnny & Hurricanes - Beatnik Fly (based on Bluetail Fly) (CD, 1960)
7. Staple Singers - Wade in the Water (CD)
8. Little Stevie Wonder - Frankie and Johnny (CD, 1963)
9. Honeys - Surfin' Down the Swanee River (CD, 1963)
10. Zal Yanovsky, Cass Elliot, Jerry Yester & Jim Hendricks - Oh Susannah (CD, 1964)
11. Johnny & Hurricanes - Red River Rock (CD, 1959)
12. Jackie Wilson - Night (melody from Camille Saint Saens) (CD, 1960)
13. Sarah Vaughan - A Lover's Concerto (melody from J.S. Bach) (LP, 1966)
14. Platters - Where (melody from P. Tchaikovsky) (LP, 1959)
15. Kit Kats - Nut Rocker (melody from P. Tchaikovsky) (CD, 1967)
16. Kokomo - Asia Minor (melody from Grieg) (CD, 1961)
17. Traffic - John Barleycorn (LP, 1970)
18. Mason Williams - Greensleeves (LP, 1969)
19. Beatles with Tony Sheridan - My Bonnie (CD, 1964)
20. Beatles - Maggie May (CD, 1970)
21. Percy Sledge - Love Me Tender (melody from c. 1861) (CD, 1967)
22. Kim Weston - When Johnny Comes Marching Home (from Civil War era) (LP, 1968)
23. Timi Yuro - Down in the Valley (45, 1964)
24. Kit Kats - Liza Jane (CD, 1967)
25. Johnny & Hurricanes - Reveille Rock (CD, 1959)
26. Fats Domino - Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (song dates from 1911) (CD, 1960)
27. Bill Haley & Comets - The Saints Rock and Roll (adapted from When the Saints Go Marching In, c. 1896) (LP, 1956)
28. Marcels - My Melancholy Baby (song dates from 1915) (LP, 1962)
29. Paul Evans - Midnight Special (song dates from 1910) (CD, 1960)
30. Beach Boys - Sloop John B (song dates from 1900) (CD, 1966)
31. Johnny & Hurricanes - Ja-Da (song dates from 1919) (CD, 1961)
32. Walter Murphy - A Fifth of Beethoven (LP, 1976)
33. Blood Sweat & Tears - Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (LP, 1969)
34. R.B. Greaves - A Whiter Shade of Pale (melody inspired by two Bach pieces) (CD, 1970)
35. Frank Slay - Flying Circle (aka Havah Nagila) (CD, 1962)
36. Betty Madigan - Dance Everyone Dance (Havah Nagila with words) (CD, 1958)
37. Stan Freberg - The Yellow Rose of Texas (LP, 1955)
38. Jan & Dean - Clementine (CD, 1960)
39. Duane Eddy - Theme from Dixie (CD, 1961)

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