Show #1048--7/12/26

Marmozets--New York           

Tom Petty--Runnin' Down a Dream          

Big Brother & the Holding Company--Home on the Strange       

Supertramp--Goodbye Stranger       

Lighthouse--Hats Off to the Stranger            

Broken Brass--Lapwing      

William Alexander--Strangest Things         

Kate Bush--Running Up That Hill       

Elyse Weinberg--Houses               

suddenly, tammy!--Supersonic            

Wife Support--Back to Me             

FISSION.--(R)[E]volve         

The Beau Brummels--Turn Around               

HOUR 2  

The Beths--Straight Line Was a Lie          

False Advertising--Next Big Thing          

The Who--Had Enough          

Thao--Fossils           

Bloc Party--Price of Gas               

Kisser--Bad Boy Mountain            

Heart--Magic Man           

Ali Thomson--Take a Little Rhythm           

Say She She--Cut & Rewind        

Rachel Sweet--B-A-B-Y      

Nicolette Larson--Give a Little           

Paul Jones--Straight Talk            

Janet Jackson--Come Back to Me           

HOUR 3   11 (12) TO 11:  FRATERNAL TWINS (ANCHORED IN JULY '76)

Bill Cosby--Yes, Yes, Yes

NRBQ--Yes, Yes, Yes

Fleetwood Mac--Say You Love Me

D.J. Rogers--Say You Love Me

Suzi Quatro--Lipstick

Michel Polnareff--Lipstick

Cliff Richard--Devil Woman

Ringo Starr--Devil Woman 

Chicago--Lowdown  

Boz Scaggs--Lowdown

Badfinger--Hold On

The Sons of Champlin--Hold On   

Show #1047--7/5/26

U2--I Will Follow                

Westside Cowboy--Kick Stones (The Boys)       

The Feelies--Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey     

Theo Black--Follow the Money     

Sweeping Promises--Cocoon           

The Magicians--An Invitation to Cry          

Nancy Ames--Cry Softly              

Pancho--Honey               

Lone Justice--Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling)             

Nite Jewel--One Second of Love              

Teddy Pendergrass--I Don't Love You Anymore             

Neil Frances--Ask Me Anything       

Feeble Little Horse--Rewind                    

Hugo Montenegro--Touch Me            

Johnny Hodges--Follow Me       

HOUR 2  

Billy Idol--Hot in the City         

The Moody Blues--Life's Not Life       

The New Pornographers--Jackie, Dressed in Cobras          

Strange Lot--Nobody Seems to Do the Math              

LAUREL--Life Worth Living       

It Thing--Roman Baths      

REO Speedwagon--Don't Let Him Go           

War--Summer (Single Edit)           

Lipphead--Wet My Whistle             

Mariah Carey--Honey        

The Mercies--Break/Down/Baby       

Inside Experience--Be on My Way       

The Kickdrums--Butterfly        

The Staple Singers--Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)      

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  JULY "FOR"S (1966-1970)

(JULY 2, 1966)

The Lettermen--I Only Have Eyes for You  (#83)

The Holidays--I'll Love You Forever (#63)

Johnny Sea--Day for Decision (#35)

(JULY 1, 1967)

Toussaint McCall--I'll Do it For You (#81)

Peaches & Herb--For Your Love (#46)

Oscar Toney, Jr.--For Your Precious Love (#26)

The Grass Roots--Let's Live for Today (#8)

(JULY 1, 1968)

Cream--Anyone for Tennis (#64)

The Association--Time for Livin' (#45)

(JUNE 28, 1969)

Mercy--Forever (#87)

(JULY 4, 1970)

The Beatles--For You Blue  (#4)   

Show #1046--6/28/26

The 5 Stairsteps--O-o-h Child              

case/lang/veirs--Accidental Tattoo        

Laura Mvula--Green Garden    

Scorpions--No One Like You        

The Cure--The Caterpillar         

Tori Amos--Cornflake Girl            

Kris Davis Trio--Lost in Geneva           

Carole King--So Far Away           

Fools Garden--Man of Devotion             

Todd Rundgren--Determination       

Suzanne Vega--Frank & Ava             

Hew--Reconciliation            

Charlie Parker--Confirmation              

Wang Chung--Tall Trees in a Blue Sky             

HOUR 2  

Patti Smith Group--Because the Night         

Sonic Youth--Bull in the Heather             

John Williams--Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"          

Sharada Shasidhar--Future Encounters             

The Alan Parsons Project--I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You         

Bay City Rollers--Saturday Night          

Lime Garden--Maybe Not Tonight             

Berndt/Schmidt--Trigger Effect        

Missing Persons--Destination Unknown           

The Brecker Brothers--Some Skunk Funk           

Barry Manilow--It's a Miracle               

The Manhattan Transfer--(The Word of) Confirmation             

Us3 (feat. Akil Dasan)--Cool Cat          

Blood, Sweat & Tears--You've Made Me So Very Happy          

Taylor Swift--I Knew it, I Knew You (from "Toy Story 5")      

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  ATLANTIC SAMPLER JUNE/JULY 1986 

Mike + the Mechanics--Taken In (#86)

David Foster & Olivia Newton-John--The Best of Me (#83)

Regina--Baby Love (#75)

Phil Collins--Take Me Home (#72)

INXS--Listen Like Thieves (#62)

Andy Taylor--Take it Easy (#43)

Mike + the Mechanics--All I Need is a Miracle (#34)

Nu Shooz--I Can't Wait (#12)

Genesis--Invisible Touch (#8)

(JULY 5)

Nu Shooz--Point of No Return (#97)

(JULY 12)

Stacey Q--Two of Hearts (#89)

Show #1045--6/21/26

Siouxsie & the Banshees--Spellbound                

Rush--New World Man         

Abdullah Ibrahim Trio--Water from an Ancient Well (Live)        

The Yardbirds--Happenings Ten Years Time Ago                 

Josh Conway--Crumble              

John Howard--I Tune Into You       

XTC--Are You Receiving Me?           

Mamas Gun--Joy            

Jungle--Carry On         

Steady Holiday--The Balance               

Joe Tex--Show Me            

The Knack--Can't Put a Price on Love             

Julia Jacklin--Get Away From Me (I Think I'll Love You Soon)         

Judy Henske--Wade in the Water           

Wayne Shorter--Twelve More Bars to Go           

HOUR 2  

Little Willie John--Fever         

Paul Simon--Tenderness           

Lou Reed--Make Up           

Atlanta Rhythm Section--So In to You             

James Newton Howard--Main Titles from "Glengarry Glen Ross"        

Trio 724--Airplane Mode          

Eurythmics--Conditioned Soul      

Miki Yamanaka Trio with Nicole Glover--Indigo             

Twin Peaks--Flavor             

Tubeway Army--Me, I Disconnect from You           

Pete Townshend--Let My Love Open the Door          

The Fireballs--Long Green             

Sienna Spiro--Material Lover            

David Ragland--Just Be Yourself         

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  STARTS WITH F, ENDS WITH R

Dore Alpert--Fallout Shelter           

Benny Spellman--Fortune Teller            

The Vernons Girls--Funny All Over          

The Partridge Family--Friend and a Lover          

Bell X1--Fail Again, Fail Better            

Egg--Fugue in D Minor         

Mercy--Forever         

Bob Seger--Feel Like a Number                    

Jackson Browne--For a Rocker           

Cloud Nothings--Final Summer                  

James Brown--Funky Drummer  

Show #1044--6/14/26

The Who--Athena          

Nelly Furtado--Trynna Finda Way          

People's Choice--Do it Any Way You Wanna            

OK Cool--Jeans (I Get it Now)       

The Stampeders--Ramona         

Katie Herzig--Hey Na Na           

Robert Nat Young--Hot Stuff           

Marmozets--Cut Back        

Public Image Ltd.--Public Image              

The Cars--Hello Again          

Red Rockers--China           

Keep Dancing Inc--Start Up Nation          

Jon Astley--Jane's Getting Serious        

Jasper Høiby--Consider the Balance         

HOUR 2  

Loggins & Messina--Thinking of You        

Sweet Spirit--If You Wanna             

Spanky & Our Gang--When I Wanna           

Sharada Shashidhar--Arches       

Basia--Baby You're Mine              

Eagles--On the Border       

The Empress--Blood Money         

Tame Impala--It is Not Meant to Be            

Jan Hammer Group--Too Much to Lose           

Neil Finn--Now I Get It              

Florencia Andrada-Reirme Con Vos             

Steam--Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye          

Steamhammer--Passing Through             

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  "GOTTA" SAMPLER (1961-1971)

Syl Johnson--(She's So Fine) I Just Gotta Make Her Mine (1961)

James Ray--If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody (1962)

Little Eva--What I Gotta Do (to Make You Jealous) (1963)

The Volumes--Gotta Give Her Love (1964)

The Animals--We Gotta Get Out of This Place (1965)

The Blues Magoos--Gotta Get Away (1966)

Fantasia--Gotta Get Away (1967)   

R. Dean Taylor--Gotta See Jane (1968)

Paul Revere & the Raiders--We Gotta All Get Together (1969)

The Whispers--Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong (1970)   

The Association--It's Gotta Be Real (1971)

Show #1043--6/7/26

Squeeze--Take Me I'm Yours               

Lime Garden--Cross My Heart          

Odeal--My Heart               

Manu Dibango--Lily                 

Simon & Garfunkel--Save the Life of My Child             

Gurriers--Nobody's Coming to Save You    

Joydrop--Sometimes Wanna Die              

Norma Tanega--A Street That Rhymes at 6 AM             

Ruti--I'll Be Your Friend                 

Mose Allison Trio--Can't We Be Friends              

Buzzcocks--Everybody's Happy Nowadays             

The Commodores--Easy            

Gene Clark--Tried So Hard               

Mokina--Waiting by the Window          

The Joe Jeffrey Group--My Pledge of Love          

Paul McCartney--Momma Gets By   

 

HOUR 2  

Gustaf--Mine             

Billy Squier--You Should Be High Love              

Tommy Richman--Changes           

Weezer (ft. Wednesday)--We Might as Well Be Strangers        

Spoon--Anything You Want              

Daybi (feat. Moka Only)--Spacecraft              

Ian A. Anderson--That's No Way to Get Along           

Jeffrey Osborne--You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)                

Eric Clapton--Promises             

Joni Mitchell--Chelsea Morning   

Humble Pie--Shine On     

Squeeze--The Place We Call Mars          

sonny rollins bit from pbs with ben sidran          

Sonny Rollins Quartet--St. Thomas                 

Promise--Just for You              

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  BREAKS AND BENDS (60s)

Inspired by this weekend's double feature at the Indiana Theater: Andrzej Wajda's "Man of Marble" and "Man of Iron." I looked at 1966 Hot 100 charts from 60 years this week, and what do you know -- the first song in this playlist peaked that week at #80. Quite a coincidence. I took the breaks and bends part for this week's theme. 

Drafi--Marble Breaks and Iron Bends

The Ronettes--(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich--Bend It

The American Breed--Bend Me, Shape Me

The Left Banke--Shadows Breaking Over My Head   

The Doors--Break on Through 

Roy Orbison--Breakin' Up is Breakin' My Heart   

Gene Pitney--Only Love Can Break a Heart  

Marty Robbins--The Bend in the River    

The Dillards--Bending the Strings

Creedence Clearwater Revival--Up Around the Bend

Show #1042--5/31/26

Deon Jackson--Love Makes the World Go 'Round            

Westside Cowboy--Kick Stones (The Boys)               

Dusty Trails--Roll the Dice            

Feeble Little Horse--Doorway          

Marmozets--New York                

Blondie--Walk Like Me                

Strange Lot--Nobody Seems to Do the Math              

Daryl Hall & John Oates--Gotta Lotta Nerve (Perfect Perfect)            

Friko--Choo Choo              

Steve Winwood--While You See a Chance         

Ava Luna--My Walk           

Crown Heights Affair--You Gave Me Love        

Stephen Bishop--Everybody Needs Love                 

HOUR 2  

Euclid Beach Band--I Need You             

ANT ANTIC--Want You                 

Traffic--Just for You         

April + VISTA--Bless My Heart                 

Galactic--Heart of Steel           

Johnny Gill--Rub You the Right Way             

Tim Buckley--Nighthawkin'            

Dr. Feelgood & the Interns--Doctor Feel-Good         

Bachman-Turner Overdrive--You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet         

Lou Reed--Follow the Leader            

Dr. Feelgood--Roxette           

The Black Keys--She Does it Right             

Maya De Vitry--Confidence of the Sun          

The Groop--A Famous Myth          

Ana Frango Eletrico--Chocolate          

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  THIS WEEK IN WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, WHERE (1986)

INXS--What You Need

The Hooters--Where Do the Children Go

The Bangles--If She Knew What She Wants

GTR--When the Heart Rules the Mind

El DeBarge--Who's Johnny

Van Halen--Why Can't This Be Love

Janet Jackson--What Have You Done for Me Lately

Honeymoon Suite--What Does it Take (JULY 12)

Janet Jackson--When I Think of You (AUGUST 5)

'Til Tuesday--What About Love (SEPTEMBER 20)

Device--Who Says (SEPTEMBER 27)

Show #1041--5/24/26

Orleans--Still the One               

Shakey Graves--When the Love is New      

Rostam--Like a Spark          

Crosby, Stills & Nash--Marrakesh Express           

Rush--Limelight           

Tangolos Mangos--Armadura Armadilha            

Elastica--Mad Dog God Dam                      

The Last Dinner Party--Big Dog                   

Sweeping Promises--Shooting Shadows                 

The Beatles--Tomorrow Never Knows              

DJ Shadow--Six Days (Remix)                   

Leo Kottke--Busted Bicycle (Live)             

Kevin Morby--I Ride Passenger              

Earth, Wind & Fire--After the Love Has Gone          

The Moments--Sexy Mama (Single Version)       

HOUR 2  

The Beach Boys--Here Today          

The Jimi Hendrix Experience--Little Wing            

RADIOHOP--DUMMY         

Stevie Wonder--Tuesday Heartbreak              

Robert Plant--Big Log                 

Crowded House--Tall Trees             

No Peeling--Campaign for a Nice Time        

Wings--Cafe on the Left Bank           

alt-J--Left Hand Free          

Climax Blues Band--Together and Free         

Dave Douglas--Argle-Bargle         

White Denim--(God Created) Lock and Key       

Elton John--Ball & Chain                

Elvis Costello--Hoover Factory           

Basia--Time and Tide                  

Last CBS Radio News Top of the Hour, May 22, 2026            

  

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  BOTTOM OF THE BILLBOARD HOT 100: MAY 22, 1976

100. Eagles--Take it to the Limit

99. The J. Geils Band--Where Did Our Love Go          

98. Earth, Wind & Fire--Can't Hide Love

97. Aerosmith--Dream On

96. Kiss--Shout it Out Loud

95. Rufus feat. Chaka Khan--Sweet Thing

94. The O'Jays--Livin' for the Weekend            

93. Carpenters--There's a Kind of Hush

92. Smokey Robinson--Open

91. Melba Moore--This is It

90. John Miles--Music