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Today In Music History: Imagine What Would Have Been

Posted at 6:39 AM on October 9, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Jackson Browne is 61.
P.J. Harvey is 40.
Sean Lennon is 34 (born in 1975 on his father John's 35th birthday).

Today in:

1940 - John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. He would have been 69 today.
1944 - John Entwistle, bass, The Who, was born. He died in 2002.
1966 - John Lennon met Yoko Ono for the first time at an art gallery in London, on his 26th birthday.
1961 - Ray Charles started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with "Hit The Road Jack."
1973 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley were divorced in Santa Monica, California. They had been married since May first, 1967, and had one child, Lisa Marie.
1980 - John Lennon celebrated his 40th birthday by releasing the single "(Just Like) Starting Over."


There's obviously always a lot you could play In honor of John Lennon's birthday today. We decided we'd go with one of his dreamier tunes from his solo career: the title track to his 1973 solo album, Mind Games.

Friday Coffee Break: Songs For A Girl

Posted at 8:37 AM on October 9, 2009 by Steve Seel (66 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

(updated below)

You know, there are a few songs in existence who's titles are female names. Just a few.

Brian's list: "Rosanna, Roxanne, Michelle, Allison, Sarah, Angie, Brandi, Mandy, Gloria, Cecelia, Maggie May, Jessica, Nancy, Barbara Anne, Billie Jean, Layla, Lola, Polly, Helena, Jenny From the Block, Sherry, Laura, Wendy, Maria, Peggy Sue, Minnie the Moocher, Tracy, Jean, Jane, Maryanne, Eleanor Rigby."

So here's your assisgnment for today: help us come up with some examples that Brian doesn't name in this clip. That'll be our mission for today's 9:30 Coffee Break!

Update: Holy Barbara Anne, Batman! 60-plus comments and over 100 requests via the online submission form, plus countless phone calls? Jill and I will definitely be doing this one again. Here are your requests we selected:

1) Dolly Parton, "Jolene"
2) Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse, "Valerie"
3) The Four Seasons, "Dawn (Go Away)"
4) They Might Be Giants, "Ana Ng"
5) Donovan, "Jennifer Juniper"
6) Glasvegas, "Geraldine"

THANKS everybody! Great job.

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Honey-Do List: Garage Rock

Posted at 12:47 PM on October 9, 2009 by Bill DeVille
Filed under: Honey-Do List

For Saturday's Honey-Do list, it's time to move it indoors as it's getting a little chilly. Might be a good day to clean out the garage! My assigment is "garage rock." I'll unleash some tunes to rock your garage between 10am & 3pm.

We'll rock out with the garage out and hear songs from the Sonics, The Count 5, The Seeds & some of your requests as well...

Random Vinyl 10/5-10/9

Posted at 12:51 PM on October 9, 2009 by Jill Riley
Filed under: Random Vinyl


Monday: Graham Paker and The Rumour, "Squeezing Out Sparks" (1979)
Easily the most successful album from British post-punk artist Graham Parker, this record nonetheless gets far too little recognition today. How good is it? Rolling Stone named it number 335 on their 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. How about that? We played the record's highlight, "Local Girls."

Tuesday: Heart, "Dreamboat Annie" (1976)
This was the debut album by Heart, first released by the Canadian record label, Mushroom Records. "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You" were the biggest hits. We went with "Dreamboat Annie (Fantasy Child), the shortest version of that song on the record.

Wednesday: Oingo Boingo, "Dead Man's Party" (1985)
This album had the big movie soundtrack hits, "Dead Man's Party" (from Back to School) and "Weird Science." We played one of the singles called "Just Another Day." Danny Elfman has kept himself quite busy in his post-Boingo days scoring movies and writing theme songs.

Thursday: The Beau Brummels, "The Best Of The Beau Brummels 1964-1968" (1987)
This is a Rhino Records compilation of the bands best tunes. The guitar player, Ron Elliott did most of the writing for The Beau Brummels. We chose a song that singer Sal Valentino penned called "Here We Go Again," which was never released on an album before this collection.

Friday: Diana Ross and The Supremes with The Tempatations, "Original Soundtrack to TCB" (1968)
These groups teamed up for a few albums and recorded this NBC TV program together as a Motown Revue band. They performed some showtunes, songs from the Motown catalog and some covers. We played a medley of covers off the album. "A Taste of Honey/Eleanor Rigby/Do You Know the Way to San Jose/Mrs. Robinson/Respect."

Theft of the Dial: Moby

Posted at 2:49 PM on October 9, 2009 by Jill Riley (3 Comments)
Filed under: Theft of the Dial


Moby was an amazing guest DJ. He's not only a musician, but a huge, passionate music fan. It's my hope that he steals our radiowaves again in the near future.
Here's the playlist from Moby's Theft of the Dial. We also included two of his new tracks.
1. Moby - Pale Horses
2. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
3. TV on the Radio - Staring At The Sun
4. Suicide - Cheree Cheree
5. John Lee Hooker - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
6. Joy Divison - Atmosphere
7. Goldfrapp - Utopia
8. Moby - Mistake

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