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"Shout the Boogie" by Memphis Minnie, 1947

Proof that full-blown Rock 'n' Roll was around in the 1940's (and earlier, actually)! This number features hard rockin' boogie piano plus Minnie's hot bluesy electric guitar work plus her enthusiastic vocals. She really tears it up and has FUN! I believe the great piano work is by Blind John Davis since she cries out at one instrumental break, "Play it, John!" Davis was a fine blues and boogie pianist who appeared on a number of blues and R. & B. recordings - usually as a supporting artist - from the late 1930's - to about 1950.

  1. Rock N Rhythm Revue: Podcasts
  2. Doo Wop Nation
  3. Blue Highway (Blues)
  4. Fifties Website
  5. Marv Goldberg's Yesterday's Memories Rhythm & Blues Party
  6. Black Gospel Music Clef
  7. Trinidad Calypso Tent
  8. Classic Urban Harmony

CARIBBEAN TRAVEL AND CULTURE LINKS:

  1. Aruba Travel Guide
  2. Bahamas Homepage
  3. Barbados Tourism Authority
  4. Caribbean Supersite
  5. Trinidad and Tobago Homepage
  6. Bahamas Online

DR. HEPCAT ON YOU TUBE!

If you dig boogie woogie and gospel piano check out these two You Tube performances:

Boogie 1

Where Shall I Be?

Listen to Dr. Hepcat broadcast the "Golden Oldies" show on WEGL - Auburn, FM 91.1 on Fridays, 2 - 4 p.m. (Central Standard Time). He plays the best rhythm and blues, rock 'n' roll, doo wop, rockabilly, Black gospel, blues, early country, ska, calypso, and related music of the 1940's and 1950's! Check out WEGL's web site at http://wegl.auburn.edu/
Tune in!

Play List: See Below

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Last updated May 25, 2012 at 2:00 p. m. Copyright (c) 2011.

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Play List

While I was broadcasting on December 1, 2006, a listener called me up to make a very good suggestion: that I keep an online play list of the Golden Oldies records I play on each show! Just so everyone knows, I started out on radio as a trainee on WSRN - Swarthmore, Pa. in the fall of 1975. In those days, even on a college radio station, you had to take a written test from the F.C.C. (Federal Communications Commission) in order to get your license as a Third Class Radiotelephone Operator. Consequently, my real on-air radio career did not start until Sunday, February 1, 1976 at 5:00 a.m. when I played my very first song. It was "Speedo" by the Cadillacs (1955).

I remained a d.j. on WSRN until May 1979. My next radio experience took place Summer 1984 - July 1987 when I hosted a Blues and also sometimes a Gospel program on WDNA - Miami. After that I hosted both a Golden Oldies and a Calypso Carnival show on WUNH - Durham, N.H. from January 1988 - June 1992.

Finally, in May 1998 I joined WEGL - Auburn, Ala. as host of the Golden Oldies. Just wanted to let you all know that even though my online listing of radio show play lists only reflects the current academic semester, I've actually broadcasted many hundreds, possibly even a thousand or two thousand radio shows off and on since February 1, 1976!

NOTICE: As I have typed in these playlists, I have come to the realization that this web site is becoming a bit too long, so starting with the Summer 2007 Semester, I think I will only provide playlists for the length of the current semester. This means I will delete the playlists of the previous semester at the start of the new semester. Since this is University-supplied server space, I know I will eventually run into server space limits anyway. Thank you for taking note.

PLAY LISTS: Spring 2012

January 6, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Don't Be Careless" by Billy the Kid Emerson
  3. "Tonight's the Night" by the Shirelles, 1960
  4. "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" by the Collegians, 1957
  5. "You Know I Love You" by B.B. King, 1952
  6. "Romance in the Dark" by Lil Green, 1940
  7. "Sneaky Pete" by Bull Moose Jackson, 1948
  8. "W-P-L-J" by the Four Deuces, 1955
  9. "Fujiyama Mama" by Annisteen Allen, 1954
  10. "Yama, Yama, Pretty Mama" by Richard Berry, 1956
  11. "Who Is your Friend?" by the Trumpeteers, 1950
  12. "Were You There When They Crucified my Lord?" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Rosetta Gospel Singers, 1949
  13. "Little Side Car" by the Larks, 1951
  14. "Pigtails" by Joe Houston, 1953 (Live HOT saxophone instrumental!)
  15. "Willie and the Hand Jive" by the Johnny Otis Show, 1958
  16. "Miss You So" by Tiny Topsy, 1957
  17. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" by Sonny Til and the Orioles, 1949
  18. "After New Year's Eve" by the Heartbeats, 1957
  19. "Ringing in a Brand New Year" by Billy Ward and the Dominoes, 1953
  20. "Talk about Him, Girlie" by the Hearts, 1955
  21. "Rock a Rock" by the Eldaros, 1958
  22. "My Cherie" by the Shells, 1957
  23. "Tell Me Now" by the Dolls, 1958
  24. "That's All Right" by Elvis Presley, 1954
  25. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Elvis Presley, 1954
  26. "Good Rockin' Tonight" by Elvis Presley, 1954
  27. "Baby, Let's Play House" by Elvis Presley, 1955
  28. "I Love You Because" by Elvis Presley, 1954
  29. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" by Elvis Presley, 1955
  30. "Working on the Building" by Elvis Presley, 1960
  31. "Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet" by Kitty Wells
  32. "Motor City Boogie" by the York Brothers, 1950
  33. "I Gotta Know" by Wanda Jackson, 1956
  34. "The Bells Are Ringing" by Smiley Lewis, 1952
  35. "The Things that I Used to Do" by Guitar Slim, 1953
  36. "You Don't Love Me No More" by Jerry McCain
  37. "Lord, Have Mercy" by Christine Kittrell, 1953 (Hot rocker! Interesting: Little Richard plays pounding piano and helps with back-up vocals!)
  38. "Fool at the Wheel" by Little Richard and the Duces of Rhythm with the Temp Toppers, 1953
  39. "Heeby-Jeebies" by Little Richard, 1957

January 13, 2012: Show had to be scrapped because some absolutely inconsiderate oaf had left various cables to the turn tables unplugged and the Station Engineer happened to be in North Carolina and thus was not around to fix things. Sorry for the inconvenience to us all! Great way to start the new semester but, I suppose, I can partly blame this on being Friday the 13th. If all goes well, station equipment will be properly working next Friday - January 20 - and I will then be able to broadcast the mini-segment I had planned for observing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

January 20, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Creole Alley" by Lee Allen and Paul Gayten, 1954
  3. "Don't Rush Me, Baby" by Peggy Saunders, 1954
  4. "I'm Gonna Leave You, Baby" by Lazy Lester
  5. "Please Surrender" by the Eldaros, 1958
  6. "In the Chapel" by Ann Cole, 1956
  7. "Got a Pretty Little Baby" by the Embraceables, 1959
  8. "Book of Love" by the Monotones, 1958
  9. "Pushover" by Etta James, 1962
  10. "Old Smokie" by Johnny and the Hurricanes
  11. "Bring It on Home to Me" by Sam Cooke, 1962
  12. "(Today I Met) the Boy I'm Going to Marry" by Darlene Love, 1963
  13. "Christian's Automobile" by the Dixie Hummingbirds, 1957
  14. "The Ball Game" by Sister Wynona Carr, 1952
  15. "Wyatt Earp" by the Marquees, 1957
  16. "Hey, Little Schoolgirl" by the Marquees, 1957
  17. "A Thousand Miles Away" by the Heartbeats, 1956
  18. "Angel on my Shoulder" by Kathy Young and the Innocents
  19. "You're in Love" by the Five Vets, 1957
  20. "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" by Big Joe Turner, 1954
  21. "New Kind of Mambo" by Big Maybelle, 1954
  22. "Let the Four Winds Blow" by Roy Brown, 1957 (Nice breezy rocker! Yes, the same song made into a big hit by Fats Domino in 1961 but this is the original version!)
  23. "Born to Be with You" by the Chordettes
  24. "You" by the Aquatones, 1958
  25. "Black, Brown, and White" by Big Bill Broonzy, 1947
  26. "Brown" by Eddie "Tex" Curtis, 1954
  27. "No Jim Crow in Heaven" by the Capitol City Quartette, 1950
  28. "Martin Luther King" by the Mighty Sparrow, 1963 (Great Trinidadian Calypso about the American civil rights leader!)
  29. "Dry your Eyes" by Brenda and the Tabulations, 1966
  30. "Up the Aisle (Just You and I)" by Linda Carter, 1964
  31. "I Was There When It Happened" by Johnny Cash, 1957
  32. "Jesus Remembered Me" by Kitty Wells with Johnny and Jack with the Tennessee Mountain Boys
  33. "Drivin' Nails in my Coffin" by Floyd Tillman
  34. "Fool's Paradise" by the Cochran Brothers
  35. "Strange Romance" by Shirley Gunter, 1954
  36. "Sittin' Here Drinking" by Christine Kittrell, 1952
  37. "House Rockin' Boogie" by Howlin' Wolf, 1951
  38. "I Got a Man in the 'Bama Mines" by Sweet Pease Spivey, 1937

January 27, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Mama, He Treats your Daughter Mean" by Ruth Brown, 1953 (Her biggest hit! A true R. & B. rocker but this is the fast version rather than the actual hit version which had a slower but heavier beat!)
  3. "Rock, Little Frances" by the Five Willows, 1953
  4. "Rocking Jenny Jones" by Big John Greer, 1954
  5. "Wise Man Blues" by Bobby "Blue" Bland, 1952
  6. "I'll Be Around" by Edna McGriff, 1952
  7. "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard, 1955
  8. "Rendezvous with You" by the Desires, 1960
  9. "Little Star" by the Elegants, 1958
  10. "Little Boy Blue" by the Elegants, 1960
  11. "Seven Steps to Hell" by Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke, 1963
  12. "Everything You Need" by the Caravans, 1963
  13. "The Clapping Song" by Shirley Ellis, 1965
  14. "Shake a Tail Feather" by the Five Du-Tones, 1963
  15. "Wild Weekend" by the Rebels, 1958 (Exciting instrumental! Recorded in 1958 but not actually a hit until 1962!)
  16. "Rock a Rock" by the Eldaros, 1958
  17. "I Want to Be Loved (Only by You)" by the Sharmettes, 1962
  18. "My Search Is Over" by the Carols, 1956
  19. "Tick Tock" by Marvin and Johnny, 1954
  20. "Let's Do the Boogie" by B.B. King, 1956
  21. "Go to Work, Pretty Daddy" by Eunice Davis, 1953
  22. "Let's Go to the Rock 'n' Roll Ball" by the Pastels, 1958
  23. "Teenager's Letter of Promises" by Juanita Rogers and Lynn Hollings with Mr. V's Five Joys, 1961
  24. "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" by the Spaniels, 1953 (The soulful doo-wop ballad original hit version!)
  25. "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" by Johnnie and Jack, 1954 (The surprisingly effective Country remake. Slightly faster but still very soulful!)
  26. "When my Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" - by Johnny and Jack (Nice Country remake of the Country original by Gene and Wiley from 1941! Elvis Presely remade this into a Rock 'n' Roll classic in 1956!)
  27. "Ashes of Love" by Johnnie and Jack, 1951
  28. "Poison Love" by Johnnie and Jack, 1950
  29. "Slow Poison" by Johnnie and Jack
  30. "Sweeping through the Gate" by Johnnie and Jack, 1949-50
  31. "Wheel of Fortune" by Kay Starr, 1952 (Nice original pop version! Melodious ballad!)
  32. "Wheel of Fortune" by the Cardinals, 1952 (Nice R. & B. remake! Melodious ballad with vocal harmony!)
  33. "On the Highway" by Rosa Shaw, 1952
  34. "I Hope I May Join the Band" by the Robinson Children, 1942
  35. "Death Ray Boogie" by Pete Johnson, 1941
  36. "I Got Love for Sale" by Big Joe Turner, 1946
  37. "Is It Too Late?" by Savannah Churchill and the Four Tunes, 1947
  38. "Evil-Eyed Woman" by Christine Kittrell

February 3, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Evil Gal Blues" by Dinah Washington, 1943
  3. "Evil" by Howlin' Wolf, 1954
  4. "Space Guitar" by Johnny (Guitar) Watson, 1953
  5. "You're Mine Again" by the Capris, 1954
  6. "Let It Please Be You" by the Desires, 1960
  7. "Almost Grown" by Chuck Berry, 1959
  8. "He-Man Looking for a She-Girl" by the Four Dots, 1956
  9. "Nasty Boogie" by Champion Jack Dupree, 1958
  10. "Satisfy my Soul" by Ella Johnson and the Buddy Johnson Orchestra, 1950
  11. "If I Could Make You Mine" by the Love Notes, 1957
  12. "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, 1959
  13. "He's a Friend of Mine" by the Spirit of Memphis, 1954
  14. "Get Right with God" by the Davis Sisters
  15. "Harlem Nocturne" by Johnny Otis, 1945
  16. "Omaha Flash" by Johnny Otis, 1946
  17. "Double Crossing Blues" by Little Esther and the Johnny Otis Orchestra, 1949
  18. "Oopy Doo" by Johnny Otis and Group, 1953
  19. "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton (and Johnny Otis), 1952
  20. "Rock Me, Baby" by Johnny Otis and Group, 1954
  21. "One o' Clock Jump" by the Johnny Otis Band, 1953 (Live!)
  22. "Willie and the Hand Jive" by Johnny Otis, 1958
  23. "Hand Jive One More Time" by Johnny Otis, 1961
  24. "Shake It, Lucy Baby" by the Johnny Otis Show, 1958
  25. "Somebody, Call the Station" by Johnny Otis, 1962
  26. "All in my Mind" by Maxine Brown, 1961
  27. "Cry On" by Irma Thomas
  28. "The Green Door" by Jim Lowe, 1956
  29. "Medley: Mango Walk/Give Me Back Me Shilling/Sweetie Charlie" by Lord Tickler
  30. "Matilda" by King Radio, 1939 (the ORIGINAL version of this frequently-recorded Calypso! From Trinidad and Tobago!)
  31. "When Matilda Comes Back" by Jimmy Soul, 1962
  32. "Call on Me" by Beverly Ann Gibson, 1959
  33. "John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man" by the Carter Family, 1928
  34. "Away Out on the Old Saint Sabbath" by the Carter Family, 1934
  35. "It's All Right Now" by Arizona Dranes, 1926
  36. "I Didn"t Hear Nobody Pray" by the Dixon Brothers, 1938

NOTICE: NO SHOW on February 10 or 17 due to being pre-empted by sports broadcasts! Grrr! I might be able to get a half-hour slot on February 17 but otherwise, NO SHOW until Friday, February 24!!

February 17, 2012 (Broadcast only from 2 - 2:30 p.m. due to sports broadcast.)

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Tin Can Alley" by Ruth Durand, 1955
  3. "Baby" by the Avons, 1957
  4. "Barbeque Sauce" by Sam Price, 1956
  5. "Been So Long" by the Pastels, 1957
  6. "Hey, Pretty Baby" by the Ladders, 1958
  7. "He's Sure the Boy I Love" by Darlene Love, 1962
  8. "Dancin' Party" by Chubby Checker, 1962
  9. "Sample Man" by Lula Reed
  10. "God Don't Ever Change" by the Radio Four, 1952
  11. "Jesus Will Never Say No" by Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke, 1961

February 24, 2012


  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Gig-O-Lene" by the Sharps, 1957
  3. "Hydramatic Woman" by Joe Hill Louis, 1955
  4. "Your Love Keeps A-Working on Me" by Lulu Reed, 1961
  5. "The Great Pretender" by the Platters, 1955
  6. "Baby, Oh, Baby" by Kathy Young and the Innocents, 1961
  7. "Rockabye Baby" by King Curtis, 1956
  8. "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley, 1956
  9. "Stuff You Got to Watch" by Daisy Mae and her Hepcats, 1955
  10. "Gee" by the Crows, 1953
  11. "Rest for the Weary" by Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes, 1952
  12. "I Bowed on my Knees and Cried Holy" by Mahalia Jackson, 1951
  13. "Mardi Gras" by Joe Lutcher, 1949
  14. "King Zulu" by Sammy Harris
  15. "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" by Roy "Baldhead" Byrd, 1949
  16. "Junco Partner" by James "Wee Willie" Wayne, 1951
  17. "Feel So Good" by Shirley and Lee, 1955
  18. "When the Saints Go Marching In" by Fats Domino, 1958
  19. "Don't You Know, Yockomo?" by Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns, 1958
  20. "Jock-a-Mo" by James "Sugarboy" Crawford and his Canecutters, 1954
  21. "Iko-Iko" by the Dixie Cups, 1965
  22. "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights" by Earl King, 1955
  23. "Ooh, Daddy, What's Wrong with You?" by Linda Peters and her Rockettes, 1954
  24. "Work with Me, Annie" by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, 1954
  25. "Dance with Me, Henry" by Etta James and the Peaches, 1954
  26. "Hey, Henry" by Etta James, 1954-55
  27. "W-O-M-A-N" by Etta James, 1955
  28. "Tough Lover" by Etta James, 1956
  29. "At Last" by Etta James, 1960
  30. "A Sunday Kind of Love" by Etta James, 1960
  31. "Something's Got a Hold on Me" by Etta James, 1961
  32. "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James, 1967
  33. "Goin' Down to the River" by the Clefs of Calvary, 1962
  34. "Let the Church Roll On" by Sister Lucile Barbee, 1960
  35. "The Watusi" by the Vibrations, 1960
  36. "What'cha Gonna Do?" by the Drifters, 1954

March 2, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "I Love to Ride" by Paula Watson, 1953
  3. "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz" by the Hollywood Flames, 1957
  4. "Your Candy Kisses" by Faith Taylor and the Sweet Teens, 1958
  5. "Do You Remember?" by the Fabulous Flames, 1961
  6. "Happiness to my Soul" by Faye Adams, 1953
  7. "Work with It" by Que Martin, 1955
  8. "I Know You're in There" by Doc Starkes and his Nite Riders, 1958
  9. "Hound Dog" by Elvis Presley, 1956
  10. "Hound Dog" by Big Mama Thornton, 1952
  11. "Call Me a Hound Dog" by Jimmy Wilson, 1953
  12. "Before this Time Next Year" by the Chosen Gospel Singers, 1952
  13. "That Awful Day Will Surely Come" by the Ward Singers, 1950
  14. "Lunceford Special" by Jimmy Lunceford, 1939
  15. "How High the Moon" by Ella Fitzgerald, 1947
  16. "Just a Gigolo" by Louis Prima
  17. "Splish, Splash" by Bobby Darin, 1958
  18. "Don't Cry" by Cleo and the Crystaliers, 1957
  19. "I Love How You Love Me" by the Paris Sisters, 1960-61
  20. "Pistol Packin' Papa" by Jimmie Rodgers, 1928
  21. "Pistol Packin' Mama" by Al Dexter, 1944
  22. "Down by the Woodshed" by Thelma Cooper, 1949
  23. "Chains of Love" by Big Joe Turner, 1951
  24. "Going Home to Stay" by the Hearts, 1956
  25. "This Girl of Mine" by Jimmy Castor and the Juniors, 1957
  26. "Somekbody Mentioned your Name" by Jimmy Castor and the Juniors, 1957
  27. "I Know the Meaning of Love" by Jimmy Castor and the Juniors, 1956
  28. "I Promise" by Jimmy Castor and the Juniors, 1956 (The ORIGINAL version of this uptempo doo-wop classic! A little bit rough and ready production values and Jimmy's voice is also a little rough sounding.)
  29. "I Promise to Remember" by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, 1956 (The big hit version of this uptempo doo-wop classic! Better production and Frankie had a better voice than Jimmy but let's give Jimmy the credit as the Originator not the Imitator!)
  30. "I Wonder Who Cares" by the Cumberland River Singers, 1953
  31. "I'm Going to Tell God" by the Davis Sisters, 1949
  32. "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" by Big Maybelle, 1954
  33. "The Bus Song" by Ray Sharpe, 1962
  34. "Movin'" by Bill Black's Combo, 1961
  35. "Let's Elope, Baby" by Janis Martin, 1956
  36. "Raindrops" by the Vernalls, 1958
  37. "You Never Loved me" by the Monotones, 1957

March 9, 2012: NO SHOW!! Yet again pre-empted by a sports broadcast. Sorry, folks, not my choice! NEXT SHOW: should be March 16, 2012. This is during Spring Break at Auburn University but the studio should be open.

March 16, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "New Orleans" by Gary U.S. Bonds, 1960
  3. "Slop Time" by the Shirelles, 1958
  4. "Jitterbug Jamboree" by Luther Bond and the Emeralds, 1959
  5. "Starlight, Starbright" by Luther Bond and the Emeralds, 1954
  6. "Teenage Dream" by Pearl and the Deltars, 1960
  7. "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry, 1958
  8. "That's the Groovy Thing" by Red Prysock, 1955
  9. "So Much Rockin' to Do" by Diana Cole and the Ernest Hayes Orchestra
  10. "Baby, Be Mine" by Nolan Strong and the Diablos, 1954
  11. "Pleading" by Robert "Chick" Willis, 1960
  12. "Old Man, You're Slippin'" by Christine Kittrell, 1951
  13. "I'll Fly Away" by the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, 1952
  14. "Heaven's Radio" by Sister Bessie Griffin, 1948
  15. "Royal Telephone" by the Percentie Brothers, 1953 (Nice Bahamian Calypso version of this Gospel song!)
  16. "Reap What You Sow" by Everart Williams and Chin's Calypso Sextet
  17. "What Made You Forget?" by Penny and the Ovetones, 1958
  18. "Explain It to Me" by the Shells, 1957
  19. "The Drunkard" by the Thrillers, 1953
  20. "Kansas City" by wilbert Harrison, 1959
  21. "Ring A-Ling, A-Ling (Let the Wedding Bells Ring)" by Anita Tucker, 1954
  22. "Oh, Boy!" by Buddy Holly, 1958
  23. "My Isle of Golden Dreams" by Marty Robbins
  24. "My Own" by the Miller Sisters, 1957
  25. "Santa Margherita" by the Belmonts, 1957
  26. "I Wonder Why" by Dion and the Belmonts, 1958
  27. "A Teenager in Love" by Dion and the Belmonts, 1959
  28. "Where or When?" by Dion and the Belmonts, 1960
  29. "Tell Me Why" by the Belmonts, 1961
  30. "Searchin' for a New Love" by the Belmonts, 1961
  31. "A Thousand Stars" by Kathy Young and the Innocents, 1961
  32. "You" by the Aquatones, 1958
  33. "Keep Watching the Sky" by the Louvin Brothers
  34. "Jesus Remembered Me" by Kitty Wells with Johnny and Jack with the Tennessee Mountain Boys
  35. "A Gay Ranchero" by Roy Rogers
  36. "Oh! Susannah" by the Light Crust Doughboys, 1936
  37. "Mansion on the Hill" by Roy Acuff (Nice remake of Hank Williams's melancholy Country ballad!)
  38. "Break It to Me Gently" by Brenda Lee
  39. "Poor Boy" by the Royaltones, 1958

March 23, 2010

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Rockin' and Rollin' Again" by Annie Laurie
  3. "Somethin' Else" by Eddie Cochran, 1959
  4. "Down by the Riverside Twist" by Bill Haley and the Comets, 1962 (Live! Surprisingly HOT rocked up Gospel music turned into a Twist number!)
  5. "A Woman's Intuition" by Tiny Topsy
  6. "Help Me" by the Del-Chords, 1960
  7. "All Shook Up" by Elvis Presley, 1957
  8. "Bye, Bye, Love" by the Everly Brothers, 1957
  9. "The Wah Watusi" by the Orlons
  10. "She's the One for Me" by the Aquatones, 1958
  11. "Trudy" by Lonnie and the Carollons, 1960
  12. "Coralee" by Little Bobby Rivera and the Hemlocks, 1957
  13. "Lay Down my Heavy Burden" by the Trumpeteers, 1950
  14. "While the Blood Runs Warm" by Madame Ernestine (I don't think this wonderful, slow, bluesy Gospel number is by the renowned Madame Ernestine Washington. The voice is different. Wish the record jacket had the singer's last name!)
  15. "There's Good Blues tonight" by Annisteen Allen and the Lucky Millinder Orchestra, 1946
  16. "Good Rocking Tonight" by Roy Brown, 1947 (The ORIGINAL version of this hot rocker by the man who wrote it and recorded it first! However, Wynonie Harris in 1948 had a much bigger hit with it and Elvis Presley also had a fairly good-sized early hit with it in 1954 too!)
  17. "Good Man" by Kitty Stevenson and the Todd Rhodes Orchestra, 1951
  18. "True Fine Mama" by Little Richard, 1957
  19. "Crazy Feeling" by Etta James, 1956 (NICE intense blues! Live recording!)
  20. "Pleading" by Robert "Chick" Willis, 1960
  21. "Bar B Q" by Floyd Taylor, 1950
  22. "Hear my Plea: by Donnie Elbert, 1957
  23. "As Long as I'm Moving" by Ruth Brown, 1954-55
  24. "Darling" by the Debonairs, 1957
  25. "Treasure of Love" by Clyde McPhatter, 1956
  26. "I Went to your Wedding" by Little Sylvia, 1952
  27. "Cupid" by Sam Cooke, 1961
  28. "It's All Over Now" by the Valentinos, 1964 (Yes, the same song as done by the Rolling Stones in 1964! This is the truly funky ORIGINAL version! However, I do have to admit I like the Rolling Stones' version just about as much!)
  29. "It's Easier Said than Done" by Joyce Webb, 1968 (Mid-tempo string ballad sounds as if it's from 1962-64, not 1968!)
  30. "California Sun" by the Rivieras
  31. "You Would've Known It" by the Deltairs
  32. "Dear One" by Marvin and Johnny, 1955
  33. "Down by the Riverside" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1948
  34. "In the Morning" by the Dixie Hummingbirds and Angelic Gospel Singers, 1950
  35. "All Night Long" by the Royals, 1952
  36. "Greenbacks" by Ray Charles, 1954
  37. "It Hurts Me to my Heart" by Faye Adams, 1954
  38. "Blues at Dawn" by Wild Bill Moore, 1949
  39. "Drinking Wine" by Gene Simmons, 1956
  40. "Rock-a-Bop" by Sparkle Moore with Dan Belloc and his Orchestra, 1956

March 30, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Welcome to the Club" by Charline Arthur, live!
  3. "Truck Driver's Night Run Blues" by Joe "Cannonball" Lewis, 1951
  4. "Hot Rod Race" by Arkie Shibley and his Mountain Dew Boys, 1950
  5. "Love Will Break your Heart" by Little Esther and the Johnny Otis Orchestra, 1951
  6. "My Prayer" by the Platters, Live! 1956
  7. "Whose Baby Are You?" by the Thrills, 1956
  8. "Rainbow Riot" by Bill Doggett, 1958
  9. "Sock Hop" by Carol Jarvis
  10. "Beyond the Sea" by Bobby Darin, 1960
  11. "Where the Boys Are" by Connie Francis, 1960
  12. "Darling, I'm Yours" by the Scarlets, 1954
  13. "Stop Right Now (It's Praying Time)" by the Bells of Joy, 1953
  14. "Trust and Obey" by the Gospel Silhouettes, 1950-51
  15. "Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" by Huey "Piano" Smith and the Clowns, 1957
  16. "Where Have You Been So Long?" - Unknown Artist (Previously unreleased HOT Elmore James-style slide guitar plus vocals Blues recorded for JOB record label. Found on tape and released in 1980)
  17. "Down Home Girl" by Memphis Minnie, 1949
  18. "Groaning the Blues" by Otis Rush, 1957
  19. "Chonnie-On-Chon" by James Brown and the Famous Flames, 1956
  20. "Mama Don't Allow" by Katie Webster
  21. "A Big Hunk of Love" by Elvis Presley, 1959
  22. "Do-Whop-A-Do" by the Five Dapps, 1958
  23. "You're Mine Again" by the Capris
  24. "Did I Do Wrong?" by the Cuff Links
  25. "The Freckle Song" by the Four Vagabonds, 1947
  26. "When You Come Back to Me" by Saqvannah Churchill and the Striders, 1950
  27. "Chicken Blues" by the Dominoes, 1950
  28. "Red Juice" by Big John Greer and his Rhythm Rockers, 1949
  29. "Steal Away and Pray" by Ethel Davenport, 1952
  30. "I Don't Know Why" by Clara Ward and the Famous Ward Singers, 1950-51
  31. "Ain't That a Shame?" by Fats Domino, 1955
  32. "Trouble in the Candy Shop" by Little Joe and the Moroccos, 1959
  33. "Medley: Iron Bar/Mas Charley Bell" by Hubert Porter
  34. "Mango Walk" by Unlisted Artist (Great Calypso from Monogram L.P. "Let's Make Love with Cool West Indian Calypsoes." Irinocally, this is the only song not listing the artist!)
  35. "Lord, Got Tomatoes" by the Percentie Brothers, 1953
  36. "Let Me Be Free" by Juanita Nixon
  37. "Unchained Melody" by Roy Hamilton, 1955

April 6, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Wizard of Love" by the Ly-Dells, 1961
  3. "Miracles" by Pookie Hudson, 1964
  4. "Just One Look" by Doris Troy, 1963
  5. "A Little Bit Now (A Little Bit Later)" by the Majors, 1962
  6. "You Did Me Wrong" by the Buccaneers, 1953
  7. "Thrill-La-Dill" by Dolores Ware, 1955
  8. "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry, 1955
  9. "Raunchy" by Ernie Freeman, 1957
  10. "I'm Wise to You Now" by Judy Tolbert
  11. "Waiting for my Child to Come Home" by the Consolers, 1959
  12. "Walk with Me" by Marie Knight, 1952
  13. "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis, 1957
  14. "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors, 1957
  15. "Harlem Bound" by Memphis Slim, 1947
  16. "He's Got Plenty on the Ball" by Beulah Bryant, 1952
  17. "Your Daddy's Doggin' Around" by Connie Allen and the Todd Rhodes Orchestra, 1952
  18. "Half Awake (Baby, You're Still a Square)" by Percy Mayfield, 1949
  19. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" by Percy Mayfield, 1950
  20. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" by the Moonglows, 1956
  21. "Hearts of Stone" by the Jewels, 1954
  22. "Cool Daddy" by Gloria Lynn, 1956
  23. "Tired and Sleepy" by the Cochran Brothers, c. 1956
  24. "Teach Me, Tiger" by April Stevens
  25. "You Don't Understand" by the Romancers, 1958
  26. "Can't We Be Sweethearts?" by the Cleftones, 1956 (Live!!)
  27. "I Gotta have You" by Charlie and Ray, 1956
  28. "Teen Rock" by the Alan Freed Band, 1955-56 (LIVE! HOT horn-heavy instrumental!)
  29. "Sweet Talk" by Faye Adams, 1952
  30. "Maybe" by the Chantels, 1957
  31. "I Love No One but You" by the Jesters, 1957
  32. "Just Tell my Jesus" by Joiner's Five Trumpets, 1952
  33. "Jesus Is a Rock" by the Cumberland River Singers, 1953
  34. "Come On, Come On, Come On" by Tiny Topsy, 1957
  35. "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, 1961
  36. "A Casual Look" by the Orlons (Nice remake of the soulful doo-wop ballad originally recorded by the Six Teens in 1956!)
  37. "Over the Mountain, Across the Sea" by Johnnie and Joe, 1957
  38. "Dear Lady" by Gary U.S. Bonds, 1962
  39. "See See Rider" by LaVern Baker, 1962
  40. "A Good Woman" by the Blue Notes, 1960
  41. "Way Up in the Sky" by the Starlites, 1960
  42. "Loaded with Goodies" by the Rubies, 1961

April 12, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Beer Bottle Boogie" by The Carolina Blues Girl [Marilyn Scott] and the Johnny Otis Orchestra, 1950
  3. "Beans and Cornbread" by Louis Jordan, 1949
  4. "A Dollar Down" by Louis Jordan, 1954
  5. "Too Long" by Annisteen Allen
  6. "Daddy Loves Baby" by Jesse and Marvin, 1952
  7. "Slow Twistin'" by Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp, 1962
  8. "Southern Twist" by George Darro
  9. "Shorty the Barber" by Lou Millet
  10. "Ain't Got a Worry" by Wanda Ballman
  11. "Pledging my Love" by Johnny Ace, 1954
  12. "One More Chance" by the El Dorados
  13. "Said He Would" by Mahalia Jackson, 1952
  14. "Jesus Is a Waymaker" by the Angelic Gospel Singers
  15. "Bumpty Bump" by Smiley Lewis, 1955
  16. "Thing-a-Ma-Jig" by Rebecca Williams with Fats Gaines and his Packages of Rhythm
  17. "Could this Be Magic?" by the Dubs, 1957
  18. "Mine and Mine Alone" by the Angelettes, 1956
  19. "Baby" by the Crows, 1954
  20. "South of the Border" by the Solitaires, 1954
  21. "Drag Race" by Joe Houston, 1954
  22. "Ipsy Opsie Ooh" by Shirley Gunter and the Flairs, 1955
  23. "Sixteen Candles" by the Crests, 1958
  24. "Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby" by the Tune Weavers, 1957
  25. "Pepper Hot Baby" by Phil Gray and his Go Boys (Hot mid-1950's Rockabilly very much in the early Elvis Presley style! Even quotes Elvis's "Bu-Bu-Bu-Bu- Baby" line several times from "Baby, Let's Play House" by Elvis, '55!)
  26. "Baby, Let's Play House" by Elvis Presley, 1955 (Great Rockabilly by Elvis done as only he could do it best! However, he got the tune from Arthur Gunter, see below!)
  27. "Baby, Let's Play House" by Arthur Gunter, 1954 (The ORIGINAL bluesy version! Nice, relaxed mid-tempo Blues!)
  28. "Shout the Boogie" by Memphis Minnie, 1947
  29. "Lovie, Darling" by the Cardinals, 1953
  30. "Only a Dream" by Cathy Ryan and Group, 1956
  31. "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" by Roy Rogers
  32. "Jesus Remembered Me" by Kitty Wells with Johnnie and Jack with the Tennessee Mountain Boys
  33. "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" by Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys, 1949
  34. "The Fool" by Sanford Clark, 1956
  35. "I'll Gladly Do It All Again" by Bertice Reading, 1954
  36. "Come to Jamaica" by Alliandro Clarke and Chin's Calypso Sextet
  37. "Maintenance" by Lord Composer and the Silver Seas Hotel Orchestra
  38. "Take Her to Jamaica" by Lord Jellicoe and his Calypso Monarchs, 1964
  39. "Go Away, Baby" by the Baby Dolls, 1961

April 20, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night" by Hardrock Gunter, 1951
  3. "I Want to Kiss You" by Georgia Harris and the Hytones, 1958
  4. "Wham-Bam-Slam" by the Fred Green Group, 1959
  5. "Chapel of Love" by the Dixie Cups, 1964
  6. "Forgive Me, Darling" by the Ohio Untouchables, 1962
  7. "Memphis" by Chuck Berry, 1958
  8. "The Right Time" by Ray Charles, 1958
  9. "Like Heaven to Me" by Koko Taylor, 1963
  10. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Jerry Lee Lewis, 1957
  11. "Wore to a Frazzle" by Tony and Jackie Lamie and the Swing Kings
  12. "Old Gospel Train (The Next Stop Is Mine)" by Dorothy Love Coates and the Original Gospel Harmonettes, 1952
  13. "Helping Hand" by the Pilgrim Jubilee Singers, c. 1962
  14. "I Feel So Good" by J.B. Lenoir, 1963
  15. "Tired of Living in the Country" by the Valentinos, 1963
  16. "I Wanna Love Him So Bad" by the Jelly Beans, 1964
  17. "Down by the River" by Eddy Seacrest
  18. "Harbor Lights" by LaVern Baker, 1958
  19. "In the Mission of St. Augustine" by the Buccaneers, 1953
  20. "Susie, Darlin'" by Robin Luke, 1958
  21. "Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly, 1957
  22. "Paradise Roll" by Warren Lucky and Combo, 1955
  23. "Big Rock Inn" by Dolly Cooper, 1956
  24. "Paint a Sky for Me" by Viola Watkins, 1952
  25. "Since I Fell for You" by the Harptones, 1954
  26. "I Love You So" by the Fashions, 1959
  27. "Everyone's Laughing" by the Spaniels, 1957
  28. "Da Doo Ron Ron" by the Crystals, 1963
  29. "Not Too Young to Get Married" by Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, 1963
  30. "A Woman, A Lover, A Friend" by Jackie Wilson, 1960
  31. "Please Change your Mind" by the Five Du-Tones, 1962
  32. "Come unto Me" by the Jackson Gospel Singers, 1952
  33. "Standing by the Bedside" by the Spirit of Memphis, 1954
  34. "She's Got It" by Little Richard, 1957
  35. "I Want Ya, I Need Ya" by Big John Greer and his Rhythm Rockers, 1950
  36. "Record Ban Blues" by Dinah Washington, 1947
  37. "A Love Untrue" by Wynonie Harris, 1947
  38. "Houston Jump" by Floyd dixon
  39. "Ooh, Little Daddy" by Edna McGriff, 1952
  40. "Pontiac Blues" by Sonny Boy Williamson, 1951

April 27, 2012

  1. "Up above my Head" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1947
  2. "Have Mercy, Baby" by Clyde McPhatter with Billy Ward and the Dominoes, 1952
  3. "Please Squeeze" by the Covers, 1954 (Yes, the Covers, NOT the Clovers. Tough male vocal group R. & B. Nice piano too!)
  4. "Baby, I'm Tired" by Bobbie James, 1955
  5. "When You're Near" by Barbara Gale and the Larks, 1954
  6. "My Reverie" by the Larks, 1951
  7. "Hillbilly Fever" by Little Jimmy Dickens, 1950
  8. "Make Up your Mind" by Kitty Wells
  9. "Slip, Slip, Slippin' In" by Lou Millet
  10. "I'm Slippin' In" by the Spiders, 1954
  11. "Here comes the Night Owl" by Marva Allen (Haunting R. & B. ballad. Similar but not identical to "Night Owl"below. A slightly later recording, so Marva must have copied/adapted Tony's original doo-wop ballad! Don't know if Marva and Tony Allen were related)
  12. "Night Owl" by Tony Allen and the Champs, 1955 (SOULFUL doo-wop ballad! Haunting and sweet and bluesy and regretful all at once!)
  13. "Golden Gate Gospel Train" by the Golden Gate Quartet, 1937
  14. "The Lord's Gospel Train" by Mary DeLoatch, 1951
  15. "Jamaican Medley #6: Jackass/Ya Ma Mama Ma Ma" by Lord Tickler
  16. "Massa Johnnie" by Lili Verona with Mike MicKenzie's All Stars, 1954
  17. "Night Food" by Bedasse and Calypso Quintet, 1956 (HILARIOUS double-entendre Jamaican Calypso number! Bedasse was Alerth Bedasse, who died recently. This was his biggest hit!)
  18. "Worried Over You" by Keith and Enid, 1960
  19. "The Vow" by Gene and Eunice, 1957
  20. "My Baby's Gone, On, On" by Johnnie and Joe, 1957
  21. "Honky Tonk" by Bill Doggett, 1956 (Great Rockin' instrumental was a hit twice: 1956 and 1961. In '61 Bill recorded "Honky Tonk Part 2" to keep it going!)
  22. "Route 90" by Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, 1954
  23. "Country Bred" by Clifton Chenier
  24. "Our Only Child" by Guitar Slim, c. 1954
  25. "Why Couldn't It Be Me?" by the Turquinettes
  26. "Birmingham Special" by the Blues Chasers, 1952
  27. "I'm Wise" by Ruth Durand, 1955 (Great New Orleans rocker! The ORIGINAL version of a song redone and slightly rewritten by Little Richard, see below!)
  28. "Slippin' and Slidin'" by Little Richard, 1956 (Hot rocker! Great remake with some changed lyrics of Ruth Durand's original from '55 titled "I'm Wise")
  29. "Teen Age Baby" by the Moonbeams, 1955
  30. "Born Too Late" by the Poni-Tails, 1958
  31. "Letter to a School Girl" by the Delacardos, 1957
  32. "Mary, Don't You Weep" by the Swan Silvertones, 1959
  33. "He Is Able" by the Songbirds of the South, 1953
  34. "I Wanna Be the Only One" by Kip Anderson, 1959
  35. "Bam a Lam" by Mickey Champion
  36. "Edna" by the Medallions, 1955
  37. "Bells of St. Mary's" by the Drifters, 1954
  38. "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" by Bill Haley and the Comets, 1954
  39. "See See Boo Boo" by Little Terry, 1957
  40. "Ko-Ko-Mo" by Gene and Eunice, 1954

May 4: NO SHOW!! Apparently, lightning damaged the transmitter in a brief but violent thunderstorm yesterday (Thursday, May 3). Here's hoping we can resume Golden Oldies broadcasts on Friday, May 11. I sound tentative because final exams end today - May 4 - and classes don't start up again until May 17, so there may not be as much incentive to get the station up and running since the campus will be on an Intersession schedule May 5 - 16. I sure hope the Golden Oldies will be possible on Friday, May 11....

May 11: NO SHOW!! Station is still inoperable due to May 3 transmitter damage from thunderstorm. Too bad my premonition was correct: this is the Intersession between Spring and Summer Semester, so no one is around to fix things. Classes don't start until Thursday, May 17. Sure hope WEGL is back on the air BEFORE Friday, May 18! If not, then be prepared for yet another week without the Golden Oldies show. Expletive deleted!

May 18: Still NO SHOW!! Here's the latest word from the Station Engineer. A part has been ordered for the antenna (not the transmtter) damaged by the May 3 thunderstorm lightning bolt. My understanding is that the part will arrive on May 23 so - if all goes well - the Golden Oldies show will FINALLY be back on the air on Friday, May 25. Here's hoping!

May 25: Still NO SHOW!! Unbelievable, but still no show this week. I've been told that the replacement part has arrived...BUT...that when the Station Engineer went to the antenna installation he apparently discovered additional damage caused by the May 3 lightning strike. No telling now when things will get fixed, so it's only with the faintest of hopes that I can say that, perhaps, the Golden Oldies will FINALLY be back on the air Friday, June 1. Problem is, on June 8 I'll have to forego a show to a mandatory professional meeting out-of-town. I've probably lost my audience and will have to rebuild from the ground up. Sorry to disappoint any regular listeners who may be reading this. Believe me, Dr. Hepcat is still here and ready to go, but WEGL is still out of order as of Friday, May 25!


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