The first season of the ''

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'', hosted by

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

, ran from May 3, 2006, to April 18, 2007 on

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for a total of 50 shows.

Overview

With the exception of the Halloween show - Episode 26 - introduced by comedian Steven Wright, all the episodes in Season One were introduced by an uncredited Ellen Barkin who would open with the lines, "It's night (or night time) in the Big City" and then describe a city scene - such as a woman walking in the rain, a shopkeeper closing his doors, angry hookers arguing on a street corner - before introducing the show and "your host, Bob Dylan." Barkin would identify herself in a Christmas greeting delivered to listeners on Season One's Christmas/New Year Special - Episode 34 - ending fan speculation as to whether it was her voice in the introduction. Barkin was officially named as the show's introductory announcer in an XM press release for Season Two. Season One's closing credits were delivered by announcer "Pierre Mancini". Interspersed between the music on the shows are old station promos and jingles; pre-recorded show promos and commentary from personalities such as

Penn Jillette Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. The duo has been featured ...

Jimmy Kimmel James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003, ...

and

Sarah Silverman Sarah Kate Silverman (born December 1, 1970) is an American comedian, actress, and writer. Silverman was a writer and performer on ''Saturday Night Live'', and she starred in and produced '' The Sarah Silverman Program'', which ran from 2007 to ...

; Dylan answering email the show has supposedly received (some of the emails are obviously made up. However, at least one email read on the "Friends and Neighbors" episode, came from a real listener.); Dylan reading poetry, often citing the author as a "def poet;" occasional food and drink recipes; even household cleaning tips from Dylan; and his comments on the music and musicians the show is featuring. Although most of Dylan's monologues are scripted - keen-eared listeners can hear him turning pages and members of various Dylan Web forums have pointed out the similarities between his stories and Wikipedia entries on the same subject - he has had the occasional memorable outburst which sounded as if it came directly from the heart, such as this one on country music from the "Friends and Neighbors" episode (Episode 17):

“Now I love country music, but I say 'What happened to it?' "You hear a song like this and it's obvious it's about real people, and real emotions, and real problems, that's all, that's the country music we learned to love. Nowadays they want to sweep all the problems under the rug and pretend they don't exist. "Well guess what folks – they do exist! And if you try and sweep 'em under the rug, they're just gonna pop up somewhere else. So we might as well all just face it and listen to the old style country music, the real country music. You know, about drinking and sleeping around. That's my kinda country music, and I hope yours!"

All but three of Season One's episodes ran one hour in length, the exceptions being the 2-hour Christmas/New Year special, the 2-hour season finale (Episode 50 - "Spring Cleaning") and Episode 24, "Time," which ran into overtime for approximately 13 additional minutes, apparently in a joking reference to the episode's subject matter.

Season 1 - Episodes 1 to 50

Episode 1: Weather

First aired on May 3, 2006. # "Blow Wind Blow" –

Muddy Waters McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 April 30, 1983), known professionally as Muddy Waters, was an American blues singer and musician who was an important figure in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago ...

(1953) # "

You Are My Sunshine "You Are My Sunshine" is a song published by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell on January 30, 1940. According to Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the song has been recorded by over 350 artists and translated into 30 languages. In 1977, the Louisi ...

" – Jimmie Davis (1940) # "

California Sun "California Sun" is a rock song first recorded by American rhythm and blues singer Joe Jones. Henry Glover is credited on the original 45 rpm single as the songwriter, although Roulette Records owner Morris Levy's name sometimes incorrectly app ...

" – Joe Jones (1961) # "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" – Dean Martin with Paul Weston & His Dixieland Eight (1950) # "

Just Walkin' in the Rain "Just Walkin' in the Rain" is a popular song. It was written in 1952 by Johnny Bragg and Robert Riley, two prisoners at Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, after a comment made by Bragg as the pair crossed the courtyard while it was raining. ...

" – The Prisonaires (1953) # "After the Clouds Roll Away" – The Consolers (1961) # "

The Wind Cries Mary "The Wind Cries Mary" is a rock ballad written by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix wrote the song as a reconciliatory love song for his girlfriend in London, Kathy Mary Etchingham. More recent biographical material indicated that some of the lyrics appeared ...

–

The Jimi Hendrix Experience James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

" (1967) # "

Come Rain or Come Shine "Come Rain or Come Shine" is a popular music song, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was written for the Broadway musical '' St. Louis Woman'', which opened on March 30, 1946, and closed after 113 performances. Chart perf ...

" – Judy Garland (1963) # "It's Raining" –

Irma Thomas Irma Thomas ( Lee; born February 18, 1941) is an American singer from New Orleans. She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans". Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but never experienced their level of commercial succ ...

(1962) # "Didn't It Rain" – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1947) # " Rainin' in My Heart" –

Slim Harpo Slim Harpo (born James Isaac Moore; January 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970) was an American blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spiri ...

(1961) # "Jamaica Hurricane" – Lord Beginner (1950) # "Let the Four Winds Blow" –

Fats Domino Antoine Dominique Domino Jr. (February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017), known as Fats Domino, was an American pianist, singer and songwriter. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New O ...

(1961) # " Stormy Weather" –

The Spaniels The Spaniels were an American R&B and doo-wop group, best known for the hit "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite". They have been called the first successful Midwestern R&B group. Some historians of vocal groups consider Pookie Hudson to be the first ...

(1957) # " A Place in the Sun" (Italian Version) – Stevie Wonder (1966) # " Summer Wind" – Frank Sinatra (1966) # " Uncloudy Day" –

The Staple Singers The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha (April 11, 1934 – February 21 ...

(1957) # "Keep on the Sunny Side" –

The Carter Family Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. ...

(1928)

Episode 2: Mother

First aired on May 10, 2006. # "Mama Don't Allow It" – Julia Lee (1947) # "Daddy Loves Mommy-O" –

Tommy Duncan Thomas Elmer Duncan (January 11, 1911 – July 25, 1967), was an American Western swing vocalist and songwriter who gained fame in the 1930s as a founding member of The Texas Playboys. He recorded and toured with bandleader Bob Wills on and o ...

(1956) # "Mama Didn't Lie" –

Jan Bradley Addie "Jan" Bradley (born July 6, 1943) is an American soul singer. Biography Bradley was born in Byhalia, Mississippi, United States, and grew up in Robbins, Illinois. She was noticed by manager Don Talty (who also managed Phil Upchurch) at a ...

(1963) # "I'll Go to the Church Again With Mama" –

Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on ...

(1965) # "

Mama Told Me Not to Come "Mama Told Me Not to Come", also written as "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)", is a song by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman written for Eric Burdon's first solo album in 1966. Three Dog Night's 1970 cover topped the US pop singles chart. Tom J ...

" – Randy Newman (1970) # "Mama Get the Hammer" – Bobby Peterson Quintet (1961) # "Mama Talk To Your Daughter" – J. B. Lenoir (1954) # "A Mother's Love" –

Earl King Earl Silas Johnson IV (February 7, 1934 – April 17, 2003),
known as Earl King, was an American singer, guit ...

(1954) # "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" – Ruth Brown (1953) # "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" – Carl Smith (1951) # "Mother Earth" –

Memphis Slim John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxopho ...

(1951) # "

Mother-in-Law A parent-in-law is a person who has a legal affinity with another by being the parent of the other's spouse. Many cultures and legal systems impose duties and responsibilities on persons connected by this relationship. A person is a child-in-la ...

–

Ernie K-Doe Ernest Kador Jr. (February 22, 1933 – July 5, 2001), known by the stage name Ernie K-Doe, was an American rhythm-and-blues singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Mother-in-Law", which went to number 1 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart in the U ...

(1961) # "Mother In Law Blues –

Little Junior Parker Herman "Junior" Parker (March 27, 1932November 18, 1971) Li ...

(1956) # " Mama Tried" –

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled a ...

(1968) # "Gonna Tell Your Mother –

Jimmy McCracklin James David Walker Jr. (August 13, 1921 – December 20, 2012), better known by his stage name Jimmy McCracklin, was an American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. His style contained West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B. Over a career tha ...

" (1955) # " Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – Rolling Stones (1966) # "

Mother Fuyer "Mother Fuyer" is a jump blues song, written and recorded by Dirty Red in 1947. The single was released by Aladdin Records on a 78 rpm, 10" shellac single record. Background The words "mother for you" or "mother fuyer", as minced oaths for " ...

" – Dirty Red (1949) # "

Mama Said Knock You Out ''Mama Said Knock You Out'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J. It was produced mostly by Marley Marl and recorded at his "House of Hits" home studio in Chestnut Ridge and at Chung King House of Metal in New York City. Afte ...

" – LL Cool J (1990)

Episode 3: Drinking

First aired on May 17, 2006. # "Ain't Got no Money to Pay for this Drink" – George Zimmerman and the Thrills (1956) # "Wine, Wine, Wine" –

The Electric Flag The Electric Flag was an American soul rock band, led by guitarist Mike Bloomfield, keyboardist Barry Goldberg and drummer Buddy Miles, and featuring other musicians such as vocalist Nick Gravenites and bassist Harvey Brooks. Bloomfield form ...

(1967) # "Don't Come Home A Drinkin'" –

Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Ma ...

(1966) # "Daddy and the Wine" – Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters (1968) # "I Drink" –

Mary Gauthier Mary Veronica Gauthier ( ; born March 11, 1962) is a Grammy-nominated American folk singer-songwriter and author, whose songs have been covered by performers including Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Kathy Mattea, Boy George and Jimmy Buffett. She ...

(2005) # "I Drink" –

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

(1995) # "Sloppy Drunk" –

Jimmy Rogers Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924December 19, 1997) was an American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters's band in the early 1950s. He also had a solo career and recorded several pop ...

(1954) # "I Ain't Drunk" – Lonnie The Cat (1954) # "It Ain't Far to the Bar" – Johnny Tyler and His Riders of the Rio Grande (1949) # "What's On The Bar" –

Hank Williams Jr Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and country. He is the son of ...

(2003) # "

One Mint Julep "One Mint Julep" is a R&B song, written and composed by Rudy Toombs, that became a 1952 hit for the Clovers. History "One Mint Julep" was recorded on the Atlantic Records label in New York City on December 19, 1951, and released in March 1952. ...

" –

The Clovers The Clovers are an American rhythm and blues/ doo-wop vocal group who became one of the biggest selling acts of the 1950s.The Guinness Who's Who of Fifties Music. General Editor: Colin Larkin. First published 1993 (UK). . The Clovers p77. They ha ...

(1952) # "

Rum and Coca-Cola "Rum and Coca-Cola" is a popular calypso song composed by Lionel Belasco with lyrics by Lord Invader. The song was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and was a hit in 1945 for the Andrews Sisters. History The son ...

" –

The Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (July 6, 1911 – May 8, 1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (January ...

(1945) # "

One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (originally "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer") is a blues song written by Rudy Toombs and recorded by Amos Milburn in 1953. It is one of several drinking songs recorded by Milburn in the early 1950s that pla ...

" – John Lee Hooker (1966) # "Who Will Buy the Wine" – Charlie Walker (1960) # "Buddy Stay Off That Wine" –

Betty Hall Jones Betty Hall Jones (January 11, 1911 – April 20, 2009), was an American boogie-woogie pianist, singer, songwriter and arranger. Biography She was born Cordell Elizabeth Bigbee in Topeka, Kansas. Archie Bigbee, her father, was a part-time cor ...

(1949) # "Whiskey You're The Devil" –

Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular during the 1960s, they were famed for their Aran jumper sweaters and are widely credited with popu ...

and

Tommy Makem Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banj ...

(1962)

Episode 4: Baseball

First aired on May 24, 2006. # "

Take Me Out To The Ball Game "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of North American baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song ...

" –

(a capella) (2006) # "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" – The Skeletons (1988) # "Baseball Boogie" –

Mabel Scott Mabel Bernice Scott (April 30, 1915 – July 20, 2000) was an American gospel music and R&B vocalist. She lived in New York and Cleveland before arriving on the West Coast blues scene in 1942. Mabel is probably remembered more for her 1948 hit ...

(1950) # "Home Run" – Chance Halladay (1959) # "Baseball Baby" – Johnny Darling (1958) # "Three Strikes And You're Out" –

Cowboy Copas Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline a ...

(1960) # "The Ball Game" – Sister Wynona Carr (1952) # "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball" –

Buddy Johnson Woodrow Wilson "Buddy" Johnson (January 10, 1915 – February 9, 1977) was an American jump blues pianist and bandleader active from the 1930s through the 1960s. His songs were often performed by his sister Ella Johnson, most notably " Since I ...

(1949) # "Joltin'

Joe DiMaggio Joseph Paul DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "The Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yank ...

" – Les Brown & His Orchestra with Betty Bonney (1941) # "Joe DiMaggio's Done It Again" – Billy Bragg &

Wilco Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure. Wilco's lineup changed frequently d ...

(2000) # "

Don Newcombe Donald Newcombe (June 14, 1926 – February 19, 2019), nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Negro league and Major League Baseball who played for the Newark Eagles (1944–45), Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1949–1 ...

Really Throws That Ball" – Teddy Brannon Orchestra with Dickie Thompson (1950) # "Newk's Fadeaway" – Sonny Rollins Quartet (1951) # "Say Hey" –

The Treniers The Treniers (pronounced /trəˈniərz/) were an American R&B and jump blues musical group led by identical twins Cliff and Claude Trenier. They were originally billed as the Trenier Twins, who performed alongside the Gene Gilbeaux Quartet, ...

with

Willie Mays Willie Howard Mays Jr. (born May 6, 1931), nicknamed "the Say Hey Kid" and "Buck", is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Regarded as one of the greatest players ever, Mays ranks second behind only Babe Ruth on most all-tim ...

(1954) # "The Wizard Of Oz" –

Sam Bush Charles Samuel Bush (born April 13, 1952) is an American mandolinist who is considered an originator of progressive bluegrass music. In 2020, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame as a member of New Grass Revival. ...

(2004) # "3rd Base, Dodger Stadium" –

Ry Cooder Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, an ...

with James Bla Pahinui (2005) # "Heart" –

Damn Yankees ''Damn Yankees'' is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during ...

Original Broadway Cast (1955)

Episode 5: Coffee

First aired on May 31, 2006. # "

Java Jive Java Jive is a song written by Ben Oakland and Milton Drake in 1940 and most famously recorded by The Ink Spots. The lyrics speak of the singer's love of coffee. The lyrics also reflect the slang of the day, including a reference to "Mr. Moto", a ...

" –

The Ink Spots The Ink Spots were an American pop vocal group who gained international fame in the 1930s and 1940s. Their unique musical style presaged the rhythm and blues and rock and roll musical genres, and the subgenre doo-wop. The Ink Spots were widely a ...

(1940) # "One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette" – Jerry Irby (1947) # "

The Coffee Song "The Coffee Song" (occasionally subtitled "They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil") is a novelty song written by Bob Hilliard and Dick Miles, first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1946. Later that year it was recorded by The Smart Set, and by ot ...

" – Frank Sinatra (1961) # "Black Coffee in Bed" – Squeeze (1982) # "Cigarettes and Coffee" –

Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...

(1966) # "Caffeine and Nicotine" –

Curtis Gordon Curtis Gordon (July 27, 1928 – May 2, 2004) was an American rockabilly singer. Gordon was heavily influenced by Ernest Tubb, Bob Wills, and Jimmie Rodgers as a child. He won a radio talent show as a teen and left high school to be the lead sing ...

(1954) # "Cigarettes and Coffee Blues" –

Lefty Frizzell William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer-songwriter and honky-tonk singer. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1982. Frizzell released many songs that charted ...

(1958) # "Coffee Blues" –

Lightnin' Hopkins Samuel John "Lightnin" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list o ...

(1951) # "Keep That Coffee Hot" –

Scatman Crothers Benjamin Sherman Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986), known professionally as Scatman Crothers, was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show ''Chico and the Man'', and Dick Hallo ...

(1955) # "Coffee Cigarettes and Tears" –

The Larks The Larks were an American vocal group, active in the early 1950s. They were not the same group as the Los Angeles-based Larks (originally The Meadowlarks) featuring Don Julian, nor the Philadelphia-based group The Four Larks. Original members * ...

(1951) # " Black Coffee" –

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, Pop music, pop, rock and roll, Folk music, folk, Swing music, swing, and country music. He started his car ...

(1959) # " Raindrops In My Coffee" – Sexsmith and

Kerr Kerr may refer to: People *Kerr (surname) *Kerr (given name) Places ;United States *Kerr Township, Champaign County, Illinois *Kerr, Montana, A US census-designated place *Kerr, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Kerr County, Texas Other uses ...

(2005) # " Coffee and TV" – Blur (1999) # "Forty Cups of Coffee" –

Ella Mae Morse Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) was an American singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll. Her 1942 recording of "Cow-Cow ...

(1953) # "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" –

Glenn Miller Orchestra Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and com ...

(1942)

Episode 6: Jail

First aired on June 7, 2006. # "

Folsom Prison Blues "Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Written in 1953, it was first recorded in 1955 for his debut studio album '' Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!'' (1957), appearing as the album's eleventh track. T ...

" –

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

(1956) # "21 Days in Jail" –

Magic Sam Magic or Magick most commonly refers to: * Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces * Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic * Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...

(1958) # "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair" –

Bessie Smith Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the " Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and ...

(1927) # "Prisoner's Song" –

Warren Storm Warren Storm (February 18, 1937 – September 7, 2021) was an American drummer and vocalist, known as a pioneer of the musical genre swamp pop; a combination of rhythm and blues, country and western, and Cajun music and black Creole music. Ba ...

(1958) # "

Back on the Chain Gang "Back on the Chain Gang" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde and originally recorded by her band the Pretenders, and released as a single by Sire Records in September 1982. The song also was released on '' The King of Comedy'' soundtrack album i ...

" –

The Pretenders Pretenders are an English–American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Fa ...

(1982) # "Jail Bait" –

Andre Williams Andre Williams may refer to: * Andre Williams (musician) * Andre Williams (American football) * Andre Williams, British DJ better known as Shy FX {{hndis, Williams, Andre ...

(1956) # "Prison Wall Blues" –

Cannon's Jug Stompers Gustavus "Gus" Cannon (September 12, 1883 or 1884 – October 15, 1979) was an American blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands (such as his own Cannon's Jug Stompers) in the 1920s and 1930s. There is uncertainty about his birth year; ...

(1930) # "Columbus Stockade Blues" – Kenny Lane & His Bull Dogs (1960) # "Nine Pound Steel" –

Joe Simon Joseph Henry Simon (October 11, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the ...

(1968) # "Okie's in the Pokie" – Jimmy Patton (1960) # "Christmas in Prison" –

John Prine John Edward Prine (; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. He was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death. He ...

(1973) # "

In the Jailhouse Now "In the Jailhouse Now" is an American novelty blues song originally found in vaudeville performances from the early 20th century,Sir Douglas Quintet The Sir Douglas Quintet was an American Rock music, rock band, formed in San Antonio in 1964. With their first hits, they were acclaimed in their home state. When their career was established (subsequent to working with Texas record producer Huey ...

(1965) # "Jailbird Love Song" –

The Mississippi Sheiks The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular and influential American guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. They were notable mostly for playing country blues but were adept at many styles of popular music of the time. They recorded around 70 tracks, ...

(1930) # " Riot in Cell Block #9" –

Wanda Jackson Wanda LaVonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of rock, country and gospel. She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, ...

(1960) # "

Sing Me Back Home ''Sing Me Back Home'' is the fifth studio album by American country singer and songwriter Merle Haggard and The Strangers, released in 1968 on Capitol Records. Background The album's title track was inspired by an inmate Haggard knew while he w ...

" –

(1968) # "Last Meal" – Hurricane Harry (1956)

Episode 7: Father

First aired on June 14, 2006. # "

Song for My Father ''Song for My Father'' is a 1965 album by the Horace Silver Quintet, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. The album was inspired by a trip that Silver had made to Brazil. The cover artwork features a photograph of Silver's father, John Tava ...

" – The

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...

Quintet (1964) # "Daddy and Home" –

Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmi ...

(1928) # " Daddy's Home" – Shep & the Limelites (1961) # "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" –

The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 1939 ...

(1958) # "Dust Got Into Daddy's Eyes" –

Bobby 'Blue' Bland Robert Calvin Bland (born Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed Gospel music, gospel with the blues and Rhyt ...

(1965) # "Daddy" –

Julie London Julie London (née Peck; September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her sultry, languid contralto vocals, London recorded over thirty albums ...

(1961) # "Your Dad Did" –

John Hiatt John Robert Hiatt (born August 20, 1952) is an American singer-songwriter. He has played a variety of musical styles on his albums, including new wave, blues, and country. Hiatt has been nominated for nine Grammy Awards and has been awarded ...

(1987) # "My Daddy" –

The Sons of the Pioneers The Sons of the Pioneers are one of the United States' earliest Western singing groups. Known for their vocal performances, their musicianship, and their songwriting, they produced innovative recordings that have inspired many Western music perf ...

(1934) # "

Color Him Father "Color Him Father" is a song written by Richard Lewis Spencer and recorded by American rhythm and blues group The Winstons. It was released in 1969 as their debut single for Metromedia. The song was a number seven hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 ...

" –

The Winstons The Winstons were an American funk and soul music group based in Washington, D.C. They are known for their 1969 recording featuring a song entitled "Color Him Father" on the A-side, and "Amen, Brother" on the B-side. Halfway into "Amen, Brother", ...

(1969) # "Papa's on the Housetop" –

Leroy Carr Leroy Carr (March 27, 1904 or 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles. Mus ...

Scrapper Blackwell Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was an acoustic si ...

(1930) # "Mama Loves Papa (And Papa Loves The Women)" –

Jack Rhodes Andrew Jackson "Jack" Rhodes (January 12, 1907 – October 9, 1968) was an American country music producer and songwriter, with songwriting credits on over 625 released songs. Several of his songs became hit records, including "A Satisfied Mind" ...

& His Lone Star Buddies (1951) # "

Papa Was a Rollin' Stone "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a song originally performed by Motown recording act The Undisputed Truth in 1972, though it became much better known after a Grammy-award winning cover by The Temptations was issued later the same year. This lat ...

" –

The Temptations The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top ...

(1972) # "Father Time" –

Lowell Fulson Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921March 7, 1999) was an American blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. He also recorded for contractual reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, he was the most imp ...

(1963) # "Father Alone" – The Swan Silvertones (1946) # "Patsy Girl" –

Ross MacManus Ronald Patrick Ross McManus (20 October 1927 – 24 November 2011) was an English musician, singer and trumpet player of Irish descent. He performed with Joe Loss and his orchestra. He was the father of Elvis Costello. Life and career McManus ...

(1964) # " My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" –

Hank Williams Hank Williams (born Hiram Williams; September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century, he reco ...

(1950)

Episode 8: Wedding

First aired on June 21, 2006. # " Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)" – Fred Rich & His Orchestra (1929) # "Getting Married Soon" –

Prince La La Lawrence Nelson (1936 – October 27, 1963), who recorded as Prince La La, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. After a single R&B hit, "She Put the Hurt on Me", he died of a drugs overdose, aged 27. Biography He was born in ...

(1962) # "(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" –

Darlene Love Darlene Wright (born July 26, 1941), known professionally as Darlene Love, is an American singer and actress. She was the lead singer of the girl group the Blossoms and she also recorded as a solo artist. She began singing as a child with her ...

(1963) # "Married Man's A Fool" –

(1974) # "Wedlock Is a Padlock" –

Laura Lee Laura Lee can refer to: * Laura Lee (singer-songwriter) (born 1945), American soul and gospel singer-songwriter * Laura Lee (sex worker) (1973–2018), Irish-born sex worker and activist based in the UK * Laura Lee (bassist) (born 1986), Mexican-Ame ...

(1970) # " I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)" –

Dave Edmunds David William Edmunds (born 15 April 1944) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. Although he is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave, having many hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has alwa ...

(1977) # "Stop the Wedding" –

Etta James Jamesetta Hawkins (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012), known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer who performed in various genres, including gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll, and soul. Starting her career in 1954, sh ...

(1962) # "Don't Stop the Wedding" –

Ann Cole Ann Cole (born Cynthia Coleman; January 24 or 29, 1934 – November 1986) was an American R&B and gospel singer who has been described as "a genuinely great soul singer who had the misfortune to be too far ahead of her time". She had several m ...

(1962) # "Fanny Brown Got Married" – Roy Brown (1954) # "Get Me to the Church on Time" –

Rosemary Clooney Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me", " Mambo Italiano", ...

(1956) # "I'm a Married Man" – Johnny Tyler & His Riders of the Rio Grande (1948) # "Leave Married Women Alone" –

Jimmy Cavallo James Cavallo (March 14, 1927 – December 2, 2019) was an American musician best known for performing with his band in the 1956 movie, ''Rock, Rock, Rock'', by pioneering music DJ Alan Freed. Jimmy and the Houserockers were the first white ba ...

(1951) # "Married Woman" –

Big Joe Turner Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American singer from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." His greatest fame was due to ...

(1954) # "

Love and Marriage "Love and Marriage" is a 1955 song with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy Van Heusen. It is published by Barton Music Corporation ( ASCAP). Frank Sinatra versions "Love and Marriage" was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1955 televi ...

" – Frank Sinatra (1965) # "The Man Who Wrote 'Home Sweet Home' Never Was A Married Man" –

Charlie Poole Charles Cleveland Poole (March 22, 1892 – May 21, 1931) was an American musician, singer and banjo player, as well as the leader of the North Carolina Ramblers, which was a string band that recorded many popular songs between 1925 and 1930. ...

with Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright (1927) # "Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)" –

Lloyd Price Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933May 3, 2021) was an American singer-songwriter, record executive and bandleader, known as "Mr. Personality", after his 1959 million-selling hit, "Personality". His first recording, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", was a hit for Spe ...

(1959)

Episode 9: Divorce

First aired on June 28, 2006. # " D.I.V.O.R.C.E." –

Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music artist, as well as an actress and author. She is considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Ly ...

(1968) # "

The Grand Tour ''The Grand Tour'' is a British motoring television series, created by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and Andy Wilman, made for Amazon exclusively for its online streaming service Amazon Prime Video, and premiered on 18 Novembe ...

" –

George Jones George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", ...

(1974) # "Alimony" – Tommy Tucker (1965) # "She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)" –

Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", " U.S. Male", "A Thi ...

(1982) # "Alimony Blues" –

T-Bone Walker Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 ''Roll ...

(1951) # "(Pay Me) Alimony" –

Maddox Brothers and Rose The Maddox Brothers and Rose were an American country music group active from the 1930s to 1950s, consisting of four brothers, Fred, Cal, Cliff, and Don Maddox, along with their sister Rose; Cliff died in 1949 and was replaced by brother Henry. Orig ...

(1946) # "Alimony Blues" – Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson & His Orchestra (1947) # "Divorce Decree" –

Doris Duke Doris Duke (November 22, 1912 – October 28, 1993) was an American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, art collector, Horticulture, horticulturalist, and socialite. She was often called "the richest girl in the world". Her great wealt ...

(1981) # "Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law" –

Hank Snow Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on t ...

(1962) # "Alimony" – Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns (1959) # "Divorce Me C.O.D." –

Merle Travis Merle Robert Travis (November 29, 1917 – October 20, 1983) was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Rosewood, Kentucky, United States. His songs' lyrics often discussed both the lives and the economic expl ...

(1946) # "Mexican Divorce" –

The Drifters The Drifters are several American doo-wop and R&B/Soul music, soul vocal groups. They were originally formed as a backing group for Clyde McPhatter, formerly the lead tenor of Billy Ward and his Dominoes in 1953. The second group of Drifters, f ...

(1962) # "Will Your Lawyer Talk to God?" –

Kitty Wells Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier to women in country music with her 1952 hit recording "It Wasn't God W ...

(1964) # "Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be –

Ernest Tubb Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), m ...

(1965) # "You Can't Divorce My Heart" –

(1951) # "Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore" –

June Christy June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a sol ...

(1953)

Episode 10: Summer

First aired on July 5, 2006. # " Summertime" –

Billy Stewart William Larry Stewart II (March 24, 1937 – January 17, 1970) was an American rhythm and blues singer and pianist who was popular during the 1960s. Biography Stewart was 12 years old when he began singing with his younger brothers Johnny, James ...

(1966) # "

Summertime Blues "Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by American rock artist Eddie Cochran. It was written by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958 and peaked at number 8 on the ''B ...

" –

Eddie Cochran Ray Edward Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", " C'mon Everybody" and " Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire ...

(1958) # "

(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave "Heat Wave" is a 1963 song written by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team. It was first made popular by the Motown vocal group Martha and the Vandellas. Released as a 45 rpm single on July 9, 1963, on the Motown subsidiary Gordy lab ...

" –

Martha & the Vandellas Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. An act founded by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind ...

(1963) # "Heat Wave" – Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiians (1935) # " Sunny" –

Bobby Hebb Robert Von Hebb (July 26, 1938 – August 3, 2010) was an American R&B and soul singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer known for his 1966 hit entitled " Sunny". Biography Hebb was born in Nashville, Tennessee. His par ...

(1966) # "Juneteenth Jamboree" –

Gladys Bentley Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960) was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance. Her career skyrocketed when she appeared at Harry Hansberry's Clam House in New York in th ...

(attributed to 'Fatso Bentley')(?) # " So Nice" –

Astrud Gilberto Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema". Biography Astrud Gilbert ...

and

Walter Wanderley Walter Wanderley (born Walter Jose Wanderley Mendonça, May 12, 1932 – September 4, 1986) was a Brazilian organist and pianist, best known for his lounge music, lounge and bossa nova music and for his instrumental version of the song ''Summer ...

(1966) # "Youth of 1000 Summers" –

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

(1990) # "Hot Weather Blues" – Mr. Sad Head (1951) # " Summer in the City" –

Lovin' Spoonful Loving may refer to: * Love, a range of human emotions * Loving (surname) * '' Loving v. Virginia'', a 1967 landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights case Film and television * ''Loving'' (1970 film), an American film * ''Loving'' ( ...

(1966) # "Too Hot" –

Prince Buster Cecil Bustamente Campbell (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary ...

(1967) # "

In the Summertime "In the Summertime", released in 1970, is the debut single by British rock band Mungo Jerry. It reached number one in charts around the world, including seven weeks on the UK Singles Chart, two weeks on one of the Canadian charts, and number t ...

" –

Mungo Jerry Mungo Jerry are a British rock band, formed by Ray Dorset in Ashford, Middlesex in 1970. Experiencing their greatest success in the early 1970s, with a changing lineup always fronted by Ray Dorset, the group's biggest hit was "In the Summertime ...

(1970) # "Ice Cream Man" –

John Brim John Charles Brim (April 10, 1922 – October 1, 2003) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter, and singer. He wrote and recorded the song "Ice Cream Man" which was later covered by the rock band Van Halen for their first album, and ...

(1953) # "Fourth of July" –

Dave Alvin David Albert Alvin (born November 11, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He is a former and founding member of the roots rock band the Blasters. Alvin has recorded and performed as a solo artist since the late 1980s a ...

(1994) # "

Hot Fun in the Summertime "Hot Fun in the Summertime" is a 1969 song recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The single was released just prior to the band's high-profile performance at Woodstock, which greatly expanded their fanbase. The song peaked at number 2 on the U.S. ...

" –

Sly & the Family Stone Sly and the Family Stone was an American band from San Francisco. Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music. Its core line-up was led by singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-i ...

(1969)

Episode 11: Flowers

First aired on July 12, 2006. #

New San Antonio Rose "San Antonio Rose" is a swing instrumental introduced in late 1938 by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. Quickly becoming the band's most popular number, Wills and band members devised lyrics, which were recorded on April 16, 1940, and released ...

– Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1940) #

Grazing in the Grass "Grazing in the Grass" is an instrumental composed by Philemon Hou and first recorded by the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Released in the United States as a single in 1968, it followed United States trumpeter Herb Alpert's vocal perform ...

–

The Friends of Distinction The Friends of Distinction were an American vocal group founded by Harry Elston and Floyd Butler, best known for their late 1960s hits, "Grazing in the Grass", "Love or Let Me Be Lonely", and " Going in Circles". Career The Friends of Distincti ...

(1968) # Good Year for the Roses –

(1970) # The Bonny Bunch of Roses – Paul Clayton (1957) # Laying on a Bed of Roses –

The Muffs The Muffs were an American pop punk band based in Southern California, formed in 1991. Led by singer and guitarist Kim Shattuck, the band released four full-length studio albums in the 1990s, as well as numerous singles including "Lucky Guy" and ...

(1995) # The Grape Vine –

Lucky Millinder Lucius Venable "Lucky" Millinder (August 8, 1910 – September 28, 1966) was an American swing and rhythm-and-blues bandleader. Although he could not read or write music, did not play an instrument and rarely sang, his showmanship and musical ...

& His Orchestra (1951) # Tulip Or Turnip –

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...

& His Orchestra (1947) #

Tiptoe Through the Tulips "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", also known as "Tip Toe Through the Tulips with Me", is a popular song published in 1929. The song was written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music) and made popular by guitarist Nick Lucas. On February 5, 1968, ...

– Tiny Tim (1968) #

Wildwood Flower "Wildwood Flower" (or "The Wildwood Flower") is an American song, best known through performances and recordings by the Carter Family. It is a folk song, cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 757. History "Wildwood Flower" is a variant of the ...

–

(1928) # When the Roses Bloom Again –

Laura Cantrell Laura Cantrell (born July 16, 1967) is a country singer-songwriter and DJ from Nashville, Tennessee. Biography Cantrell moved to New York City from her native Nashville to study English at Columbia University. She briefly recorded songs with ...

(2002) # Only a Rose –

Geraint Watkins Geraint Meurig Vaughan Watkins (born 5 February 1951) is a Welsh singer, songwriter, rock and roll pianist and accordionist. He has backed many notable artists, including Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Paul McCartney, Ro ...

(2004) # I Threw Away The Rose –

(1967) # Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You –

Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the ''Bill ...

(1971) # The Sharpest Thorn –

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

Allen Toussaint Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, descri ...

(2006)

Episode 12: Cars

First aired on July 19, 2006. # "

Rocket 88 "Rocket 88" (originally stylized as Rocket "88") is a song that was first recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, in March 1951. The recording was credited to " Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats", who were actually Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm. T ...

" – Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (1951) # "

Cadillac Ranch ''Cadillac Ranch'' is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, US. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, who were a part of the art group Ant Farm. The installation consists of ten Cadilla ...

" –

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originat ...

(1980) # "Every Woman I Know (Crazy 'Bout Automobiles)" –

Billy "The Kid" Emerson William Robert Emerson (born December 21, 1925), known during his recording career as Billy "The Kid" Emerson and more recently as Rev. William R. Emerson,''Juke Blues'' magazine, # 58, 2005, pp.11-21, Interviews with Emerson is an American preac ...

(1953) # "

Me and My Chauffeur Blues "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" is a song written and recorded by blues singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie in 1941. It was added to the U.S. National Recording Registry in 2019. A number of other musicians have recorded the song, or adaptations of it ...

" –

Memphis Minnie Lizzie Douglas (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973), better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being "Wh ...

(1941) # "My Automobile" – George Clinton &

The Parliaments The Parliaments were an American vocal quintet from Plainfield, New Jersey, United States. Originally formed in the back room of a barbershop in 1956, the quintet was named after the cigarette brand. The Parliaments initially performed doo-wop ...

(1970) # "Christian's Automobile" –

The Dixie Hummingbirds The Dixie Hummingbirds are an influential American gospel music group, spanning more than 80 years from the jubilee quartet style of the 1920s, through the "hard gospel" quartet style of gospel's golden age in the 1940s and 1950s, to the eclecti ...

(1957) # "Car on a Hill" –

Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...

(1974) # "Pontiac commercial: Old McDonald" – Frank Sinatra (1960) # "Pontiac Blues" –

Sonny Boy Williamson II Alex or Aleck Miller (originally Ford, possibly December 5, 1912 – May 24, 1965), known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He was an early and influential blues harp st ...

(1950) # "Big Green Car" – Jimmy Carroll (1958) # "Get Out of the Car" – Richard Berry (1955) # "

Mercury Blues "Mercury Blues" is a song written by rural blues musician K. C. Douglas and Robert Geddins, and first recorded by Douglas in 1948.Leadbitter, M. and Slaven, N., ''Blues Records 1943 to 1970 Vol. 1: A-K'', London: Record Information Services 2nd ...

" – David Lindley (1981) # " Too Many Drivers at the Wheel" –

Smiley Lewis A smiley, sometimes referred to as a smiley face, is a basic ideogram that represents a smiling face. Since the 1950s it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram, or as a form of communication, such a ...

(1955) # "

Little Red Corvette "Little Red Corvette" is a song by American recording artist Prince. The song combines a Linn LM-1 beat and slow synth buildup with a rock chorus, over which Prince, using several automobile metaphors, recalls a one-night stand with a beautiful pro ...

" –

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...

(1983) # "No Money Down –

Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...

(1955)

Episode 13: Rich Man, Poor Man

First aired on July 26, 2006. # "The Rich Man And The Poor Man" – Bob Miller (1932) # "Rags to Riches" –

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American retired singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birth ...

(1953) # "Get Rich Quick" – Richard Penniman (

Little Richard Richard Wayne Penniman (December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020), known professionally as Little Richard, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Described as the " ...

) (1953) # "Charming Betsy" – The Farmer Boys (1956) # "Brother Can You Spare A Dime –

Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a ...

(1932) # "On the Nickel" –

Tom Waits Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He worked primarily in jazz during ...

(1980) # "Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All" – Fiddlin' John Carson and Moonshine Kate (1924) # "Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train" –

Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...

(1932) # "Do Re Mi –

Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He has inspired ...

(1937) # "Rich Woman" –

Li'l Millet McKinley James Millet, Jr. (October 25, 1935 – June 29, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues pianist, bass player, singer and songwriter, best known for co-writing and first performing the songs " Rich Woman" and "All Around the World" with hi ...

& His Creoles (1972) # "Poor Side of Town" –

Johnny Rivers Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella; November 7, 1942) is an American musician. His repertoire includes pop, folk, blues, and old-time rock 'n' roll. Rivers charted during the 1960s and 1970s but remains best known for a string of hit sing ...

(1966) # "The Welfare (Turns Its Back On You)" –

Freddie King Freddie King (September 3, 1934December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and B.B. King, none of whom were blood related). Mos ...

(1963) # "If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? –

Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as " the King of the Jukebox", he earned his high ...

(1950) # "Hobo's Lullaby" –

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including ...

(1988)

Episode 14: The Devil

First aired on August 2, 2006. # "Me and the Devil Blues" –

Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generati ...

(1936) # "Satan is Real" –

The Louvin Brothers The Louvin Brothers were an American musical duo composed of brothers Ira and Charlie Louvin (''né'' Loudermilk). The brothers are cousins to John D. Loudermilk, a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member. The brothers wrote and performed cou ...

(1958) # "Friend of the Devil" –

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...

(1970) # Devil In Disguise –

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...

(1963) # The Devil Ain't Lazy –

Bob Wills James Robert Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader. Considered by music authorities as the founder of Western swing, he was known widely as the King of Western Swing (although S ...

and His Texas Playboys (193 ?) # Christine's Tune (The Devil in Disguise) – The

Flying Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers are an American country rock band, best known for their influential 1969 debut album, ''The Gilded Palace of Sin''. Although the group is perhaps best known for its connection to band founders Gram Parsons and Chris ...

(1969) # Suzanne Beware of the Devil – Dandy Livingston (1972) # Devil In His Heart –

The Donays The Donays were a 1960s R&B girl-group out of Hamtramck, Michigan. In 1961 the group recorded Richard P. Drapkin (aka Ricky Dee) song "Devil in His Heart" for Detroit's Correc-tone Records. Possibly produced in Detroit by Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, i ...

(1962) # Must Have been the Devil –

Otis Spann Otis Spann (March 21, 1924 or 1930April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, whom many consider to be the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist. Early life Sources differ over Spann's early years. Some state that he was born in Jackson, Miss ...

(1954) # Devil's Hot Rod – Johnny Tyler (1955) # Devil Got My Woman –

Skip James Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. AllMusic stated: "This emotional, lyrical performer was a talented blues guitarist and arranger with an impressive ...

(1931) # Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea –

Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...

& His Orchestra with

Helen Humes Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American singer. Humes was a teenage blues singer, a vocalist with Count Basie's band, a saucy R&B diva, and a mature interpreter of the classic popular song. Early life She was born on ...

(1939) # Devil With A Blue Dress On –

Shorty Long Shorty is a nickname, usually for a short person. See Shorty (nickname). Shorty may also refer to: Music Artists * Ras Shorty I, Trinidadian artist and founder of soca music. * Shorty (band), an American rock band formed in 1991 * Shorty (Ameri ...

(1964) # Devil's Haircut –

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

(1996) # "Race With the Devil" –

Gene Vincent Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935 – October 12, 1971), known as Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rockabilly and rock and roll. His 1956 top ten hit with his backing band the Blue Caps, " Be-Bop-a-Lula ...

(1956) # "Way Down In The Hole" –

(1987) # "Go Devil Go" - Sister Lille Mae Littlejohn (1948)

Episode 15: Eyes

First aired on August 9, 2006. # "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" –

(1956) # "20/20 Vision" – Jimmy Martin (1954) # "Brown Eyed Girl" –

(1967) # "My Blue Eyed Jane" – Jimmie Rodgers (1930) # "She Winked Her Eye" –

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 – September 10, 2005) was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from Louisiana. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, ''Alright Again!''. Early life Br ...

(1951) # "Spanish Eyes" – Al Martino (1966) # "Keep An Eye On Love" –

Ernestine Anderson Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award. She sang at Carnegie Hall, ...

(1963) # "Eye Balling" – Chuck Higgins (1955) # "Brown Eyes" – Blue Sky Boys (1940) # "Eyesight To The Blind" –

(1951) # "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" – George Jones (1970) # "Raging Eyes" – Nick Lowe (1983) # "Bloodshot Eyes" – Wynonie 'Mr Blues' Harris (1951) # "

I Still Miss Someone "I Still Miss Someone" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash and his nephew Roy Cash, Jr. and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the B-side to "Don't Take Your Guns to Town". History C ...

" –

(1958) # "

I Only Have Eyes For You "I Only Have Eyes for You" is a romantic love song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin, written for the film ''Dames'' (1934) when Dick Powell introduced it. Several successful recordings of the song were made in 1934; later, there we ...

" – The Flamingos (1959) # "Dry Your Eyes" – The Streets (2004)

Episode 16: Dogs

First aired on August 16, 2006. # "Serenade To A Poodle" –

Slim Gaillard Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 9, 1911 – February 26, 1991), also known as McVouty, was an American jazz singer and songwriter who played piano, guitar, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone. Gaillard was noted for his comedic vocalese singing ...

(1948) # "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window" –

Patti Page Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), known professionally as Patti Page, was an American singer and actress. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female ar ...

(1953) # "Ain't I'm A Dog?" – Ronnie Self (1957) # "Stop Kickin' My Dog Around" –

Rufus Thomas Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded for several labels, including Chess Rec ...

(1963) # Dog – Bob Dorough (1966) # I'll Take the Dog – Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow (1966) # Old Shep – Red Foley (1956) # "How Come My Bulldog Don't Bark?" – Howard Tate (1967) # "Bird Dog" –

(1958) # A New Salty Dog – Allen Brothers (1930) # Hound Dog – Freddie Bell and The Bellboys (1955) # "The Dog House Boogie" – Hawkshaw Hawkins (1948) # "I Wanna Be Your Dog" – Uncle Tupelo (1992) # "Russian Satellite" –

The Mighty Sparrow Slinger Francisco ORTT CM OBE (born July 9, 1935), better known as Mighty Sparrow, is a Trinidadian calypso vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist. Known as the "Calypso King of the World", he is one of the best-known and most successful calyp ...

(1958) # "I'm Walking The Dog" – Webb Pierce (1955) # "

Lassie Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a full-length novel called ''Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with another fic ...

" - Theme from TV series

Episode 17: Friends & Neighbors

First aired on August 23, 2006.
Released in 2009 as a bonus CD with "Together Through Life". # "Howdy Neighbor" – Porter Wagoner & the Wagonmasters (1967) # "Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend" – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1946) # "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" – T Bone Burnett (1982) # "La Valse d'Amitie" – Doc Guidry (1966) # "Make Friends" – Moon Mullican (1963) # "My Next Door Neighbor" – Jerry McCain (1957) # "Let's Invite Them Over" – George Jones & Melba Montgomery (1963) # "My Friends" – Howlin' Wolf (1952) # "Last Night" –

Little Walter Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, 1968), known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him ...

(1952) # "You've Got a Friend" –

Carole King Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one ...

(1971) # "Bad Neighborhood" – Ronnie & The Delinquents (1960) # "Neighbours" – Rolling Stones (1981) # "Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals" – Hank Williams Sr as Luke the Drifter (1953) # "Why Can't We Be Friends" – War (1975)

Episode 18: Radio

First aired on August 30, 2006. # "Turn Your Radio On" – Grandpa Jones (1965) # "Roadrunner" – The Modern Lovers (1976) # "Cool Disc Jockey" – Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (1959) # "Border Radio" – The Blasters (1981) # "On Your Radio" – Richard Lanham (1957) # Radio Commercials – Lord Melody (1965) # "This is Radio Clash" – The Clash (1981) # "Those DJ Shows" – Patrice Holloway (1964) # "Caravan" –

(1970) # "Disc Jockey Blues" – Luke Jones and His Orchestra (1948) # "My Hi-Fi to Cry By" – Bonnie Owens (1969) # "Canned Music" – Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks (1969) # "Radio Boogie" – L.C. Smith and His Southern Playboys (1953) # "Radio Radio" – Elvis Costello and The Attractions (1978)

Episode 19: The Bible

First aired on September 6, 2006. # "Are You Bound for Heaven or Hell" – Rev. J. M. Gates (1926) # "Bottle and a Bible" – The Yayhoos (2001) # "

Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah are Biblical figures. Samson and Delilah may also refer to: In music * ''Samson and Delilah'' (opera), an opera by Camille Saint-Saëns * ''Samson & Delilah'' (album), released in 2013 by V V Brown * "Samson and Delilah" (t ...

" –

Rev. Gary Davis Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis (born Gary D. Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. Born in Laurens, South Carolina and blind since infancy, ...

(1956) # "He Will Set Your Fields on Fire" –

(1959) # "Adam Come and Get Your Rib" –

Wynonie Harris Wynonie Harris (August 24, 1915 – June 14, 1969) was an American blues shouter and rhythm-and-blues singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is attributed by ma ...

(1952) # "The Old Ark's A'Moving" – A. A. Gray and Seven Foot Dilly (1930) # "

Denomination Blues "Denomination Blues" is a gospel blues song composed by Washington Phillips (18801954), and recorded by him (vocals and zither) in 1927. In 1938, Sister Rosetta Tharpe (191573) recorded a gospel version of the song under the title "That's All" ...

" –

Washington Phillips George Washington "Wash" Phillips (January 11, 1880 – September 20, 1954) was an American gospel music, gospel and gospel blues singer and instrumentalist. The exact nature of the instrument or instruments he played is uncertain, being identi ...

(1929) # "I'm Using My Bible for a Road Map" – The Four Internes (1953) # "Elijah Rock" –

Ollabelle Ollabelle is a New York-based folk music group named after the influential Appalachian songwriter Ola Belle Reed. The group is composed of five singing multi-instrumentalists hailing from disparate parts of the United States, Canada and Austral ...

with

Amy Helm Amy Helm (born December 3, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. She is the daughter of drummer Levon Helm and singer Libby Titus. She is a past member of the Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble Band and Ollabelle, as well as her own t ...

(2004) # "The Rivers Of Babylon" –

The Melodians The Melodians are a rocksteady band formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton.

(1972) # "

John The Revelator John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation. The text of Revelation states that John was on Patmos, a Greece, Greek island where, a ...

" -

Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (January 25, 1897 – September 18, 1945) was an American gospel blues singer, guitarist and evangelist. His landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930—thirty songs in total—display a combination of powerful "ch ...

(1930) # "Boogie Woogie Preaching Man" –

Jess Willard Jess Myron Willard (December 29, 1881 – December 15, 1968) was an American world heavyweight boxing champion billed as the Pottawatomie Giant who knocked out Jack Johnson in April 1915 for the heavyweight title. Willard was known for size rat ...

(1952) # "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" – The

Swan Silvertones The Swan Silvertones are an American gospel music group that first achieved popularity in the 1940s and 1950s under the leadership of Claude Jeter. Jeter formed the group in 1938 as the "Four Harmony Kings" while he was working as a coal miner in ...

(1959) # "That's What the Good Book Says" –

The Robins The Robins were a successful and influential American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound. They were founded by Ty Terrell, and twin brothers Bi ...

(1950)

Episode 20: Musical Map

First aired on September 13, 2006. # "I've Been Everywhere" – Hank Snow (1962) # "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" – Professor Longhair and the Shuffling Hungarians (1949) # "El Paso" –

Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, and NASCAR racing driver. Robbins was one of the most popular and suc ...

(1959) # "Kansas City" – Wilbert Harrison (1959) # "Hawaiian Cowboy" – Sol K. Bright & His Hollywaiians (1936) # "Stars Fell on Alabama" –

Jack Teagarden Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905 – January 15, 1964) was an American jazz trombonist and singer. According to critic Scott Yannow of Allmusic, Teagarden was the preeminent American jazz trombone player before the bebop era of the 19 ...

(1934) # Jersey Girl –

(1980) # The Tale of the Knoxville Girl – The Louvin Brothers (1956) # Jackson –

Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940) is an American singer and actress. She is the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra ( Barbato), and is best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'. Nancy Sinatra ...

and

Lee Hazlewood Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s ...

(1967) # Louisiana – Percy Mayfield (1951) # I Used To Work In Chicago – Tin Ear Tanner & His Backroom Boys (1950) # "Baltimore Fire" – Charlie Poole (1929) # "My Head's in Mississippi" – ZZ Top (1990) # "Take Me Back To Tulsa" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1941)

Episode 21: School

First aired on September 20, 2006 # "You Don't Learn That In School" –

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

(1947) # "Back To Schooldays" – Graham Parker (1976) # High School USA (Minneapolis/St Paul version) – Tommy Facenda (1959) # Don't Be A Dropout – James Brown (1966) # Waiting In School – Ricky Nelson (1957) # Homework – Otis Rush (1962) # I Love The College Girls – Harry Reser and His Six Jumping Jacks (1927) # Hey Little School Girl – The Marquees (1957) # Play It Cool, Stay In School –

Brenda Holloway Brenda Holloway (born June 26, 1946) is an American singer and songwriter, who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the soul hits, "Every Little Bit Hurts", " When I'm Gone", and " You've Ma ...

The Supremes The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful ...

(1966) # "Professor Bop" – Babs Gonzales (1947) # "Wonderful World" –

Sam Cooke Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred ...

(1960) # School Of Rock 'n Roll – Gene Summers (1958) # Still In School – N.R.B.Q. (1977) # To Sir With Love – Lulu (1967) # High School Confidential –

Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935October 28, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as "rock & roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis made ...

(1958) # "Stay In School" –

(1967) # "School's Out" –

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

(1972) # "Good Morning Schoolgirl" – Sonny Boy Williamson I (1937)

Episode 22: Telephone

First aired on September 27, 2006. # "The Telephone Call" –

Kraftwerk Kraftwerk (, "power station") is a German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk were among the first successful acts to popularize the ...

(1986) # "

Talk to Me Baby "I Can't Hold Out", also known as "Talk to Me Baby", is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Elmore James in 1960 for the Chess label. Called a classic and a "popular James standard", it has been interpreted and recorded by sever ...

( I Can't Hold Out)" – Elmore James (1960) # "Atomic Telephone" – The Spirit of Memphis Quartet (1952) # "Pennsylvania 6-5000" – Glenn Miller Orchestra (1940) # 842-3089 (Call My Name) –

(1967) # Telephone Blues – Eddie Gorman and His Group (1949) # The Jukebox And The Phone – Lattie Moore (1959) # Wrong Number – George Jones (1965) # Party Line – The Kinks (1966) # The People On My Party Line – Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson (1952) # As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone – Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty (1974) # "Long Distance Call" –

(1950) # "Your Wires Have Been Tapped" – Pigmeat Markham (1968) # "Hanging On The Telephone" – Blondie (1978) # "Long Distance Operator" –

Little Milton James Milton Campbell Jr. (September 7, 1934 – August 4, 2005), better known as Little Milton, was an American blues singer and guitarist, best known for his number-one R&B single " We're Gonna Make It". His other hits include "Baby, I Love ...

(1950) # "Hold The Phone" – Hank Penny (1951) # "La Bochinchera" – Machito & His Orchestra with Graciela Perez Grillo (1965) # "Wrong Number (I'm Sorry, Goodbye)" –

Aaron Neville Aaron Joseph Neville (born January 24, 1941) is a retired American R&B and soul singer. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that reached number one on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. ...

(1967) # "Telephone Is Ringing" – Pee Wee Crayton (1956) # "Le Jeu Du Téléphone" – Natacha Snitkine (1967)

Episode 23: Water

First aired on October 4, 2006. # "Mommy Give Me A Drink Of Water" –

Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; yi, דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and ...

(1958) # "Wade In The Water" – Ramsey Lewis Trio (1966) # "Cool Clear Water" – Bob Nolan & The Sons Of The Pioneers (1941) # "You Don't Miss Your Water" – William Bell (1961) # "High Water Everywhere Part 1" – Charley Patton (1929) # "Water Water" – Effie Smith and The Squires (1956) # "You Left The Water Running" – Booker T & The MG's (1965) # "Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" – James Carr (1966) # Cold Dark Waters – Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters (1962) # I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water – The Cats and The Fiddle (1940) # Louisiana 1927 – Randy Newman (1974) # Cool Drink Of Water Blues – Tommy Johnson (1929) # I Asked For Water, She Brought Me Gasoline – Howlin' Wolf (1956) # Dirty Water – The Standells (1966) # Jesus Gave Me Water – The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi (1950) # "

Backwater Blues The song "Backwater Blues" is a blues and jazz standard written by Bessie Smith. Smith (on vocal with James P. Johnson on piano) recorded it as "Back-water Blues" on February 17, 1927, in New York City. Background The song has long been assoc ...

" – Lonnie Johnson (1927) # "Still Blue Water" – Jimmy Keith Orchestra with Myra Taylor (1946) # "Ice Water" – Glenn Barber (1954) # "Grand Coulee Dam" – Ramblin' Jack Elliott (1960)

Episode 24: Time

First aired on October 11, 2006. This episode exceeded the usual 1 hour duration by approximately 17 minutes. # "Time After Time" –

Ben Webster Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Career Early life and career A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...

(1959) # "Time Is On My Side" –

(1964) # "Right Place Wrong Time" –

Dr John Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B. Active as a session musician from ...

(1973) # "As Time Goes By" – Arthur 'Dooley' Wilson (1942) # "Time Marches On" – Derrick Morgan (1961) # "All The Time" – Sleepy LaBeef (1957) # "Only Time Will Tell" – Etta James (1966) # "Twenty Four Hours" – Eddie Boyd (1953) # "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" –

Tyrone Davis Tyrone Davis (born Tyrone D. Fettson or Tyrone D. Branch, October 3, 1937 – February 9, 2005) was an American blues and soul singer with a long list of hit records over more than 20 years. Davis had three number 1 hits on the '' Billboard'' ...

(1970) # "Life Begins At 4 O'Clock" – Bobby Milano (1958) # "Sixty Minute Man" – Billy Ward & The Dominoes (1951) # "Fifteen Minute Intermission" –

Cab Calloway Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, conductor and dancer. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he was a regular performer and became a popular vocalist ...

(1940) # "Funny How Time Slips Away" –

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American country musician. The critical success of the album ''Shotgun Willie'' (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of ''Red Headed Stranger'' (1975) and '' Stardust'' (197 ...

(1962) # "September Song" –

Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. ...

(1985) # "Two Years Of Torture" –

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...

(1959) # "Walking After Midnight" –

Patsy Cline Patsy is a given name often used as a diminutive of the feminine given name Patricia or sometimes the masculine name Patrick, or occasionally other names containing the syllable "Pat" (such as Cleopatra, Patience, Patrice, or Patricia). Among I ...

(1957) # "Midnight Hour" – Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown (1954) # "What Time Is It" – Eugene Pitt and The Jive Five (1962) # "Armagideon Time" – Willie Williams (1979) # "Time Has Come Today" – The Chambers Brothers (1968)

Episode 25: Guns

First aired on October 18, 2006. # "For A Few Dollars More" –

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classica ...

(1964) # Shotgun – Junior Walker & The All Stars (1965) # Shotgun Boogie – Tennessee Ernie Ford (1951) # The Hunter – Albert King (1967) # Guns Fever (Blam Blam Fever) – The Valentines (1967) # Tommy Gun – The Clash (1978) # This Gun Don't Care Who It Shoots – Wanda Jackson (1967) # I Got My Equalizer – Robert Jefferson (194 ?) # Back In The Saddle Again – Gene Autry (1939) # Don't Take Your Guns To Town – Johnny Cash (1958) # La Pistola Y El Corazon – Los Lobos (1988) # Big Nothing – The MacManus Gang (1987) #

Pistol Packin' Mama "Pistol Packin' Mama" was a " Hillbilly"-Honky Tonk record released at the height of World War II that became a nationwide sensation, and the first "Country" song to top the Billboard popular music chart. It was written by Al Dexter of Troup, ...

– Al Dexter & His Troopers (1943) # "Pistol Packin' Mama – The Hurricanes (1955) # "The Big Guns" – Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins (2006) # "Great Long Pistol" – Jerry Irby & His Texas Rangers (1948) # "Don't Shoot Baby" – Vernon Green & The Medallions (1955) # "Shoot Out The Lights" – Richard & Linda Thompson (1982)

Episode 26: Halloween

First aired on October 25, 2006. Steven Wright introduces this episode in lieu of Ellen Barkin. # "Born Under A Bad Sign" –

Albert King Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He is perhaps b ...

(1967) # "Black Cat" – Tommy Collins (1960) # "Castin' My Spell" – Johnny Otis (1959) # "Beware Of The Vampire" – Denzel Laing (1978) # "

I Put a Spell on You "I Put a Spell on You" is a 1956 song written and composed by Jalacy "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, whose own recording of it was selected as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It was also included in Rober ...

" –

Screamin' Jay Hawkins Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of s ...

(1956) # "Skeleton In The Closet" – Nat Gonella & His Georgians (1937) # Look Out There's A Monster Coming – Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (1967) # Hoo-Doo Say – The Sly Fox (1954) # Superstition – Stevie Wonder (1972) # Morgus The Magnificent – Dr John & The Three Ghouls (1959) # That Old Black Magic –

Louis Prima Louis Leo Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and trumpeter. While rooted in New Orleans jazz, swing music, and jump blues, Prima touched on various genres throughout his career: he forme ...

& Keely Smith (1958) # Mr Ghost Goes To Town – Zeke Manners & His Swing Billies (1936) # Zombie Jamboree – The Charmer (1953) # "Monster Mash" – Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (1962) # "Dead" – The Poets (1961) # "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" – June Christy (1960)

Episode 27: Dance

First aired on November 1, 2006. # "Dancing in the Street" – Martha and the Vandellas (1964) # "Let's Go Dancing" – Roy Hogsed and His Rainbow Riders Trio (1947) # "Do You Wanna Dance?, Do You Wanna Dance" – Ramones (1977) # "Let Her Dance" – Bobby Fuller Four, The Bobby Fuller Four (1965) # "Ten Cents A Dance" – Anita O'Day with Billy May Orchestra (1960) # "My Baby Don't Dance To Nothin' But Ernest Tubb" – Junior Brown (1993) # "Dance The Slurp" – 7-Eleven (1967) # "Dance Dance Dance" – The LeBron Brothers (1967) # "When You Dance" – The Turbans (1955) # "Dancing Mood" – Delroy Wilson (1966) # "The Girl Can't Dance" – Bunker Hill and The Raymen (1963) # "I Won't Dance" – Fred Astaire (1935) # "I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)" – Roy Newman and His Boys (1935) # "Let's Dance" – Chris Montez (1962) # "Dancing To The Rhythm Of A Rock 'n' Roll Band" – Eddie Seacrist and The Rolling Rockets (195?) # "Dance Dance Dance" – Bill Parsons (1959) # "I Can't Stop Dancing" – Archie Bell and The Drells (1968) # "Save The Last Dance For Me" – Buck Owens (1962)

Episode 28: Sleep

First aired on November 8, 2006. # "Sleepwalk – Santo and Johnny" (1959) # "A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed" – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1947) # "Sleeping In The Ground" – Sammy Myers (1956) # "Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed" – 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) (1970) # "I Walk In My Sleep" – Berna-Dean (1961) # "Two Sleepy People" – Hoagy Carmichael (1957) # "I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep" – George Jones (1966) # "Sleepless" – Peter Wolf (2002) # "Another Sleepless Night" – Belton Richard (1964) # "Rock Me To Sleep" – Little Miss Cornshucks (1947) # "Love Is Only Sleeping" – The Monkees (1967) # "Sleep (1920s song), Sleep" – Little Willie John (1960) # "Endless Sleep" – Jody Reynolds and The Storms (1958) # "Sleeping" – (Richard Manuel & ) The Band (1970) # "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" –

(1956)

Episode 29: Food

Aired November 15, 2006 # "Delicious (The Laughing Song)".... – Jim Backus And Friend (1958) # "Everybody Eats When They Come To My House" –

(1947) # "Wake Up In The Morning (Rice Krispies Jingle)" – The Rolling Stones (1963) # "Bar-B-Q" – Wendy Rene (1964) # "Hot Biscuits And Sweet Marie" – Lincoln Chase (1961) # "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" – Charles Mingus (1959) # Eat That Chicken – Charles Mingus (1961) # Hamburger Hop – Johnny Hicks and His Troubadours (1950) # Swing And Dine – The Melodians (1968) # Purple Stew – Thurston Harris and The Lamplighters (1958) # Shortnin' Bread – Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds (1960) # Matzoh Balls –

& His Flat Foot Floogie Boys (1939) # I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop – Jim Jackson (1928) # "Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" – Dizzy Gillespie (1946) # "Hungry Man" – Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1947) # "Saturday Night Fish Fry" – The Blue Dots (1957) # "The Hamburger Song" – Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces (1966) # "Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)" – The Detroit Cobras (2005) # "I Like Pie, I Like Cake – The Four Clefs (1941)

Episode 30: Thanksgiving Leftovers

Aired November 22, 2006 # "Turkey In The Straw" – Liberace (1952) # "Hallelujah, I'm A Bum" – Harry McClintock (1926) # "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" – Tampa Red & Big Maceo (1942) # "Yard Dog" – Al Ferrier (1972) # "The Turkey Hop" – The Robins with Johnny Otis Orchestra (1950) # "Honeysuckle Rose (song), Honeysuckle Rose" – Fats Waller (1934) # "Twelve Red Roses" – Betty Harris (1966) # "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" – Skeets McDonald (1952) # "Them There Eyes" – Billie Holiday (1939) # "Angel Eyes" – Jesse Belvin (1959) # "Gunslingers" – Mighty Sparrow (1963) # "Let's Be Friends" – Billy Wright (1955) # "Whiskey Is The Devil (In Liquid Form)" – The Bailes Brothers (1947) # "Teach Me Tonight" – Dinah Washington (1954) # "Teacher Teacher" – Rockpile (1980) # "Iodine In My Coffee" –

(1952) # "You Eat Too Much" – Harold Burrage (1956) # "Pie In The Sky" – Cisco Houston (1960)

Episode 31: Tennessee

Aired November 29, 2006 # "Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee" – Shorty Long (1951) # "Memphis, Tennessee" –

(1959) # "Memphis In The Meantime" – John Hiatt (1987) # "Tennessee Whiskey" – David Allan Coe (1981) # "Memphis Slim U.S.A. – Memphis Slim (1961) # "Tennessee Waltz" –

(1964) # "Nashville Cats" – Lovin' Spoonful (1966) # "Tennessee Border – Hank Williams Sr (1949) # "Tennessee" – Arrested Development (1992) # "The Memphis Train" –

(1968) # "Night Train To Memphis" –

(1959) # "Hey, Memphis" – LaVern Baker (1961) # "Trucker From Tennessee" – Link Davis (1956) # "All The Way From Memphis" – Mott The Hoople (1973) # "Memphis Soul Stew" – King Curtis (1967) # "Tennessee" – Carl Perkins (1956)

Episode 32: Moon

Aired December 6, 2006 # "Moonlight Sonata" – original by Ludwig van Beethoven # "Ornithology" – Charlie Parker (1951) # "How High The Moon" – Les Paul and Mary Ford (1951) # "Havana Moon" –

(1957) # Kiko And The Lavender Moon – Los Lobos (1992) # By The Light Of The Silvery Moon – Fats Waller (1942) # Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Bill Monroe (1947) # Mister Moonlight – Piano Red (1961) # Moonlight In Vermont –

and Ella Fitzgerald (1956) # It's Only A Paper Moon – Big Dee Irwin (1964) # Blue Moon On The Bayou – Red Le Blanc & His Crescent Boys (1962) # "Yellow Moon" – The Neville Brothers (1989) # "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" – Cliffie Stone (1948) # Destination Moon – Dinah Washington (1962) # "There's a Moon Out Tonight" – The Capris (1960) # "Fly Me To The Moon" – Bobby Womack (1969) # "C Jam Blues" –

(1946) # "How High The Moon" – Slim Gaillard (1958) # "Moon River" – Henry Mancini (1961)

Episode 33: Countdown

Aired December 13, 2006 # "Four On Six" – Wes Montgomery (1960) # "Ten Commandments (From Man To Woman)" –

(1967) # "Revolution 9" – The Beatles (1968) # "Nine Below Zero" – Sonny Boy Williamson II (1951) # "Eight Men, Four Women" – O.V. Wright (1967) # "Seven Nation Army" – The White Stripes (2003) # "Seven Nights to Rock" – Moon Mullican (1956) # I Got Six – Bob Dorough (1973) # Six Pack To Go – Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys (1960) # 5-4-3-2-1 – Manfred Mann (1964) # Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd (1951) # I've Got Four Big Brothers (To Look After Me) – Maddox Brothers & Rose (1947) # 3 x 7 = 21 – Jewel King (1949) # "We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)" –

(1940) # "It Takes Two" – Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston (1966) # "Tea For Two" – Joe Mooney Quartet (1946) # "One Irish Rover" –

(1986) # "One Love/People Get Ready, One Love" – Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977) # "Zero Willpower" –

(1979)

Episode 34: Christmas & New Year's

Aired December 20, 2006. 2 hour-long special. # "Swinging For Christmas (Boppin' For Santa)" – Tom Archia (1948) # "Christmas Is A-Coming (Chicken Crowns At Midnight)" – Lead Belly (194 ?) # "A Party For Santa" – Lord Nelson (1963) # "Sock It To Me Santa" – Bob Seger & The Last Heard (1966) # "Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas" – The Staple Singers (1970) # "Please Come Home For Christmas" – Charles Brown (1960) # "Jingle Bells" – Johnny Paycheck (1967) # "It Must Be Christmas" – Gerry Mulligan & Judy Holliday (1980) # "Christmas Morning" – Titus Turner (1952) # "Poor Old Rudolph" – The BellRays (2001) # "Blue Xmas" – Bob Dorough & Miles Davis (1962) # "Far Away Christmas Blues" – Little Esther with Johnny Otis Orchestra (1950) # "Beatnik's Wish" – Patsy Raye & The Beatniks (1959) # "Don't Believe In Christmas" – The Sonics (1965) # "Christmas Tree" – King Stitt (1969) # "Silent Night" – Huey 'Piano' Smith & the Clowns (1962) # "Must Be Santa" – Brave Combo (1991) # "Mambo Santa Mambo" – The Enchanters (1957) # "Fiesta De Navidad" – Celia Cruz Y La Sonora Matancera (1961) # "Merry Christmas Darling" – Hop Wilson & His Buddies (1960) # "Merry Merry Christmas" – Alton Ellis & The Lipsticks (1972) # "The Merriest" – June Christy (1961) # "Truckin' Trees For Christmas" – Red Simpson (1973) # "Christmas In Jail" – The Youngsters (1956) # "I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas" – Kay Martin & Her Body Guards (1962) # "Santa Claus" – Sonny Boy Williamson II (1960) # "Hello Mr New Year" – Cool Breezers (1958) # "Happy Christmas, Happy New Year" – Mabel Mafuya (1958) # "Christmas To New Years" – The Larks (1951) # "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" – Nancy Wilson (jazz singer), Nancy Wilson (1965) # "Auld Lang Syne" – traditional

Episode 35: Women's Names

Aired January 3, 2007 # "Laura (1945 song), Laura" – Charlie Parker (1955) # "Anna (Go With Him)" – Arthur Alexander (1962) # "Peggy Sue" – Buddy Holly & The Crickets (1957) # "Lola (song), Lola" – The Kinks (1970) # "Gloria" – Them (1965) # "Safronia B" – Calvin Boze (1950) # "Louise" – Howlin' Wolf (1964) # "Sally Go Round The Roses" – The Jaynettes (1963) # "Corrine Corrina" – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1940) # "Mandy Is Two" – Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (1942) # "Little Maggie" – The Stanley Brothers (1946) # "Pretty Polly" – Sandy Denny (1967) # "Zindy Lou" – The Chimes (1955) # "Claudette (song), Claudette (demo)" – Roy Orbison (1957) # "Nancy (with the Laughing Face), Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" – Frank Sinatra (1945) # "Mona" – Bo Diddley (1957) # "Sweet Jennie Lou" – Gene Ammons (1950)

Episode 36: Hair

Aired January 10, 2007 # "Sally, Let Your Bangs Hang Down" – Bill Carlisle (193?) # "Bangs" – They Might Be Giants (2001) # "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" – Eddie Noack (1949) # "Bald-headed Lena" – Piano Red (1962) # "Red Headed Woman" – Sonny Burgess (1956) # "Don't Touch My Head" – J. B. Lenoir (1956) # "Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women" – Ray Price (1962) # "Bald Head" – Prof Longhair (1950) # "How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)" – Hank Ballard (1968) # "Don't Mess With My Ducktail" – Joe Clay (1956) # "(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse" –

& His Tympani Five (1950) # "Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo" –

& The Attractions (1986) # "Cleanhead Blues" – Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1946) # "You're My Baby (demo version)" –

(1954)

Episode 37: Musical Instruments

Aired: January 17, 2007 # "The Intro And The Outro" – Bonzo Dog Band (1967) # "(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone" – Roy Montrell (1956) # "Uncle Pen" – Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys (1950) # "Big Guitar" – Bill Watkins (1957) # "The Fiddler" – Nehemiah Reid (1967) # "Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn" – Henry "Red" Allen (1932) # "When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba" – Johnny Mercer (1938) # "Hillbilly Drummer Girl" – The Young Fresh Fellows (1991) # "Fiddle Diddle Boogie" – Davis Sisters (1955) # "Big Long Slidin' Thing" – Dinah Washington (1954) # "Hey Harmonica Man" – Stevie Wonder (1964) # "Different Drum" – Stone Poneys feat. Linda Ronstadt (1967) # "Round Hole Guitar" – Don Rich & The Buckaroos (1967) # "Trombone Cholly" –

& Her Blue Boys (1927) # "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)" –

(1976) # "Crazy 'Bout A Saxophone" –

& His Orchestra (1954)

Episode 38: Luck

Aired: January 24, 2007 # "Happy-Go-Lucky-Me" – Paul Evans (1960) # "Bad Luck Blues" – Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926) # "Bad Luck Soul" – B.B. King (1960) # "Bad Luck Come My Way" – Eddie Dugosh & The Ah-Ha Playboys (1956) # "Lucky Seven" – The Skatalites (1965) # "Alright, Okay, You Win!" – Buddy & Ella Johnson (1955) # "The Same Thing Could Happen To You" – Lazy Lester (1965) # "I'm Just A Lucky So And So" – Annie Ross & Zoot Sims (1959) # "You Can't Be Lucky All The Time" – Roosevelt Sykes (1955) # "Take It Away Lucky" – Eddie Noack (1954) # "Bad Luck Blues" – Guitar Slim (1953) # "Wheel Of Fortune" – Kay Starr (1952) # "If I Lose" – The Stanley Brothers (1958) # "Mr. Hard Luck" – The Orbits (1957) # You Win, I Lose" – Little Johnny Taylor (1964) # "Three Cheers For The Loser" – Wynn Stewart (1962) # "Here's To The Losers" – Frank Sinatra (1961)

Episode 39: Tears

Aired January 31, 2007 # "The Inflated Tear" – Roland Kirk (1968) # "96 Tears" – Question Mark & the Mysterians (1966) # "And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" – Anita O'Day (1944) # "Big Boys Cry" – Bobby Charles (1963) # "Cry To Me" – Solomon Burke (1961) # "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" – Hank Williams Sr (1949) # "Cry Me A River" –

(1955) # "I Sat And Cried" – Jimmy Nelson (1961) # "No More Tear-Stained Makeup" – The Marvelettes (1970) # "Tears A Go-Go" – Charlie Rich (1966) # "Cry One More Time" – J. Geils Band (1971) # "Laughing But Crying" – Roy Brown (1953) # "The Bells (Billy Ward and His Dominoes song), The Bells" – Billy Ward & His Dominoes (1953) # "Cry Tough" – Alton Ellis & The Flames (1966) # "I'll Drown In My Own Tears" – Lula Reed (1951) # "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" – Mose Allison (1968)

Episode 40: Laughter

Aired February 7, 2007 # "Laughing In Rhythm" –

(1938) # "Laughin' And Jokin'" – Ernie Chaffin (1957) # "Everyone's Laughing" – Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters (1955) # "Don't Laugh" – The Louvin Brothers (1957) # "After My Laughter Came Tears" –

(1951) # "Lose Your Blues And Laugh At Life" – Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys (1937) # "The Last Laugh" – Mark Knopfler &

(2000) # "After The Laughter" – Gene Chandler (1967) # "Laugh At Me" – Sonny Bono (1965) # "I'm Laughing At You" – The Gardenias (1957) # "When I Laugh" – Toots & The Maytals (1965) # "I've Got The Last Laugh Now" – Roy Brown (1951) # "They All Laughed" – Chris Connor (1957) # "Living A Little, Laughing A Little" – The Spinners (1974)

Episode 41: Heart

Aired February 14, 2007 # "Home In Your Heart" – Solomon Burke (1963) # "Keys To Your Heart" – The 101'ers (1976) # "Good Morning Heartache" – Billie Holiday (1946) # "He Will Break Your Heart" – Jerry Butler (1960) # "Brand New Heartache" –

(1958) # "Melt Your Heart" – Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins (2006) # "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" – The Million Dollar Quintet feat. Elvis Presley (1956) # "That's When Your Heartaches Begin" – Billy Bunn & His Buddies (1952) # "Secret Heart" – Ron Sexsmith (1995) # "Directly From My Heart" –

(1956) # "Ruler Of My Heart" –

(1962) # "(Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball" –

(1971) # "Hearts Of Stone" – The Jewels (1954) # "Piece Of My Heart" – Erma Franklin (1967) # "Heart Full Of Soul" – The Yardbirds (1965) # "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" – The Coasters (1958)

Episode 42: Shoes

Aired February 21, 2007 # "My Little Suede Shoes" – Charlie Parker (1948) # "Blue Suede Shoes" – Carl Perkins (1956) # "High Heel Sneakers" – Tommy Tucker (1964) # "Gallenkamp Shoe Commercial" – The Bobby Fuller Four (1965) # "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" – Joe South & The Believers (1970) # "Take Your Shoes Off Baby" – Dinah Washington (1962) # "Charlie's Shoes" – Billy Walker (1962) # "I've Got Sand In My Shoes" –

(1964) # "Shine" –

& His New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra (1931) # "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy" – Red Foley (1950) # "Get Rhythm" – NRBQ (1978) # "Paper In My Shoes" – Boozoo Chavis (1954) # "Running Shoes" – Juke Boy Bonner (1968) # "My Adidas" – Run-D.M.C. (1986) # "Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes" – Chuck Willis (1958) # "Barefootin'" – Robert Parker (1966)

Episode 43: Colors

Aired February 28, 2007 # "Over The Rainbow" – Judy Garland (1939) # "The House Of Blue Lights" – Ella Mae Morse (1946) # "Pink Champagne" – Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers (1945) # "Long Black Veil" – Lefty Frizzell (1959) # "Baby's In Black" – The Beatles (1964) # "Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache" – Warren Smith (1957) # "Deep Purple" – The Ravens (1949) # "Blue Days, Black Nights" – Bob Luman (1957) # "Blue And Orange Birds And Silver Bells" – Della Reese (1954) # "Self-Portrait In Three Colors" – Charles Mingus (1959) # "The Little White Cloud That Cried" – Johnnie Ray (1951) # "Little Green" –

(1971) # "Orange Colored Sky" –

(1950) # "Big Blue Diamonds" – Clint West (1965) # "Blue Skies" –

& Jimmy Rushing (1946) # "Pink Cadillac" – Sammy Masters (1956) # "Yellow Bird" – Arthur Lyman (1961) # "Yellow Coat" –

(1958) # "Purple Haze" –

(1967)

Episode 44: Texas

Aired March 7, 2007 # "The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You" – Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies # "Drifting Texas Sand" – Webb Pierce (1951) # "Deep In The Heart Of Texas" – Andy Anderson & The Dawnbreakers (1960) # "The Girls From Texas" – Jimmy Lewis (1967) # "Carter Family And Jimmie Rodgers In Texas" – Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family (1931) # "Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio" – Don Santiago Jimenez Sr. (1937) # "I Got Texas In My Soul" - Tex Williams & the Western Caravan (1946) # "Texas Flood" – Larry Davis (1958) # "Blue Yodel # 1 (T For Texas)" – Bob Downen (195?) # "Across The Alley From The Alamo" –

with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1947) # "Under A Texas Moon" – King Nawahi Hawaiians (1930) # "All That Oil In Texas" – Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers (1953) # "Texas Me" – Sir Douglas Quintet (1969) # "Waltz Across Texas" – Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours (1965) # "The Assassination" – The Dixie Nightingales (1965) # "Paris, Texas" –

(1984) # "Across The Borderline" – Freddy Fender w/ Ry Cooder (1982)

Episode 45: Trains

Aired March 14, 2007 # "Blue Train" – John Coltrane (1957) # "Honky Tonk Train Blues" – Meade Lux Lewis (1927) # "Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)" – The Johnny Burnette Rock 'n' Roll Trio (1957) # "Mystery Train" – Little Junior Parker (1953) # "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" – Pat Hare (1954) # "Waitin' For A Train" –

(1929) # "Draw Your Brakes" – Scotty (1971) # "Train In Vain" – The Clash (1979) # "Night Train" – Jimmy Forrest (1951) # "Freight Train Boogie" – The Delmore Brothers (1946) # "Lonesome Whistle Blues" –

(1961) # "Mule Train" – Frankie Lane (1949) # "The Train" – Lord Buckley (1970) # "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" – Tiny Bradshaw (1951) # "Last Train To Clarksville" – The Monkees (1966) # "Midnight Special" – Lead Belly (1940) # "Yonder Comes A Freight Train" –

(2002) # "Casey Jones" – The Jubilaires (1944) # "Casey Jones" – The Grateful Dead (1970) # "Still A Fool (Two Trains Running)" –

(1951)

Episode 46: More Trains

Aired March 21, 2007 # "Railroading" – Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (1951) # "People Get Ready" – Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions (1965) # "Mean Old Train" – Papa Lightfoot (1954) # "Click Clack" – Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band (1972) # "Blues In The Night" – Jimmy Lunceford (1941) # "The Underground Train" – Lord Kitchener (calypsonian), Lord Kitchener (1950) # "This Train" – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1947) # "Train Of Love" –

(1957) # "All Aboard" –

(1956) # "That Train Don't Stop Here" – Los Lobos (1992) # "The Loco-Motion" – Little Eva (1962) # "2:19 Blues" –

(1940) # "Mr. Engineer" – Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys (1976) # "Gone Dead Train" – Randy Newman (1970) # "Kassie Jones" – Furry Lewis (1928) # "Love Train" – The O'Jays (1973)

Episode 47: Fools

Aired March 28, 2007 # "These Foolish Things" – ? # "Chain Of Fools" – Aretha Franklin (1967) # "I'm No Fool" – Jiminy Cricket (1955) # "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I" –

(1952) # "Three Times A Fool" – Otis Rush with Willie Dixon's Orchestra (1958) # "The Fool (Sanford Clark song), The Fool" – Sanford Clark (1956) # "Fool, Fool, Fool" –

(1951) # "A Fool No More" – Eddie Hope & Manish Boys (1956) # "Fools Rush In" – Sonny Stitt (1965) # "A Fool In Love" – Ike and Tina Turner (1960) # "Love's Made A Fool Of You" – The Crickets (1959) # "Love Is All Around" – Hüsker Dü (1985) # "Fools Fall In Love" –

(1957) # "I Pity The Fool" – Bobby "Blue" Bland (1961) # "Just Your Fool" –

(1960) # "I'm A Fool For You" – James Carr & Bettie Harris (1967) # "Guitar Pickin' Fool" – Teddy Humphries (1959) # "Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song), Why Do Fools Fall In Love" – Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (1956) # "Who Will The Next Fool Be" – Charlie Rich

Episode 48: New York

Aired April 4, 2007 # "Take The 'A' Train" –

(1941) # "Going To New York" – Jimmy Reed (1959) # "Funky Broadway" – Dyke & the Blazers (1966) # "Dirty Blvd." –

(1989) # "New York's My Home" –

(1960) # "New York Mambo" – Johnny Colon (1971) # "I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" – Harry Nilsson (1969) # "Across 110th Street" – Bobby Womack and Peace (1972) # "Boys In The City" – NRBQ (1972) # "Let Me Off Uptown" – Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge (1941) # "Down And Out In New York City" – James Brown (1973) # "Bowery" – Moondog (1954) # "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" – Beastie Boys (1986) # "Broadway" – Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (1962) # "Manhattan" – Dinah Washington (1959)

Episode 49: Death & Taxes

Aired April 11, 2007 # "Money's Getting Cheaper" – Jimmy Witherspoon (1963) # "I Paid My Income Tax Today" – Gene Autry (1942) # "Sunny Afternoon" – The Kinks (1966) # "Taxman" – The Beatles (1966) # "Taxation" – Prince Buster And All Stars (1968) # "Taxes, Taxes" – Hank Penny (1950) # "Eisenhower Blues" – J. B. Lenoir (1954) # "Tax Paying Blues" – J. B. Lenoir (1954) # "Sales Tax On The Women" – The New Lost City Ramblers (1959) # "Fixin' To Die Blues" – Bukka White (1940) # "Dead!" – Carolyn Sullivan (1967) # "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" – Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies (1933) # "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" –

with

(1951) # "Freddie's Dead" – Curtis Mayfield (1972) # "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" – David Bowie(1972) # "Oh Death" – The Stanley Brothers (1964) # "Withered And Died" – Richard and Linda Thompson (1974) # "The Streetbeater (''Sanford & Son'' Theme)" – Quincy Jones (1973)

Episode 50: Spring Cleaning

Aired April 18, 2007. 2-hour long special. # "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" – Betty Carter (1964) # "Be My Guest" –

(1959) # "You Need A Friend" – Memphis Minnie (1941) # "Crying" – Roy Orbison (1961) # "I Cried" – Cookie and his Cupcakes (1954) # "Cry Baby" – Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters (1963) # "Teardrops From My Eyes" – Ruth Brown (1950) # "Rose Garden" – Joe South (1968) # "The Rite Of Spring" – Igor Stravinsky (1913) # "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" – Elvis Costello (1977) # "Little Sister Throw Your Red Shoes Away" – Vernon Oxford (1965) # "Dust My Broom" – Elmore James (1952) # "Fools Are Getting Scarcer" – Roy Milton & The Solid Senders (1955) # "Everybody Plays The Fool" – The Main Ingredient (1972) # "Spring Cleaning" – Fats Waller (1937) # "Detroit City" – Bobby Bare (1963) # "Bad Bad Whiskey" – Amos Milburn (1950) # "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" – Buck Owens (1966) # "Richest Guy In The Graveyard" – Dinah Washington (1949) # "Skid Row Joe" – Porter Wagoner (1966) # "Spring Is Here" – The Latin Jazz Quintet with Eric Dolphy (1960) # "I Ain't Superstitious" – Howlin' Wolf (1962) # "Take The Devil Out Of Me" – George Jones (1957) # "Springtime for Hitler (song), Springtime for Hitler" – ''The Producers (1967 film), The Producers'' (1968) # "Sales Tax" – Mississippi Sheiks (1934) # "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" – Faron Young (1955) # "Brother, Drop Dead" – Tex Williams & His Western Caravan (1948) # "Fannie Mae" – Buster Brown (1957) # "Heart" – Rockpile (1980) # "Crazy Heart" –

(1951) # "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" – Jackie DeShannon (1969) # "House Cleaning" –

(1953) # "You Can Never Hold Back Spring" –

(2005)

References

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