Saturday, October 31, 2026

Show #1064--11/1/26

Office of Future Plans--Harden Your Heart             
Porcelain--Infodump             
The Fixx--The Sign of Fire          
Don Caballero--Fire Back About Your New Baby's Sex        
The Who--Who Are You (Single Version)            
Jane Jensen--Luv Song                
My Purse--Objects                
Yukimi--Make Me Whole            
The Cars--Let's Go             
BIG SIS--Motorcycle      
The Holy Modal Rounders--Indian War Whoop             
Pavement--Harness Your Hopes             
The Police--Secret Journey                       
Tara Lily--Break the Motion           
The Cure--Lovesong              

HOUR 2  

Sampa the Great--Location            
Duncan Browne--Journey            
Remi Wolf--Guess        
Steve Forbert--The Sweet Love That You Give (Sure Goes a Long, Long Way)           
Big Sir--Lisa's Theme         
The Avalanches (feat. Loaded Honey)--I Give Everything I Have 2 U            
Steve Martin--Love Songs in the Night              
The Contours--First I Look at the Purse             
The Ad Libs--Ask Anybody        
Us3 (feat. Akil Dasan)--Catch the Vibe               
Information Society--Walking Away              
Talking Heads--Houses in Motion            
Eagles--Seven Bridges Road (Live)                
Squeeze (feat. Cathy Dennis)--Temptation for Love                 
Gotts Street Park--Nico's Theme                    
 
HOUR 3    11 TO 11:   PAIRING UP DONNIE

Donnie Iris's first three Billboard Hot 100 charters with the Jaggerz, followed by the first two of his solo career. And the songs accompanying them are the songs that charted directly under the Iris songs the week they peaked.  ("Ah! Leah!" stayed at #29 for two weeks, allowing for two different songs to be underneath it on the chart). 

The Jaggerz--The Rapper (#2 peak)
Chairmen of the Board--Give Me Just a Little More Time (#3)

The Jaggerz--I Call My Baby Candy (#75 peak)
Sly & the Family Stone--I Want to Take You Higher (#76)

The Jaggerz--What a Bummer (#88 peak)
Cool Heat (Wind)--Groovin' with Mr. Bloe (#89)

Donnie Iris--Ah! Leah! (#29 peak - first five weeks on Hot 100 credited as Al Leah)
Steve Winwood--While You See a Chance (#30 - 1st week)
Phil Seymour--Precious to Me (#30 - 2nd week)

Donnie Iris--Sweet Merilee (#80 peak)
Alabama--Love in the First Degree  (#81)

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Show #1063--10/25/26

(ENCORE FROM OCT 22 2023)

Bruno Mars--Locked Out of Heaven        
Laura Veirs--Everybody Needs You          
The Blaze Velluto Collection--What's on Your Mind?           
Say She She--C'est Si Bon          
Chic--Good Times           
MILANOSPORT--Sushi           
Sade--Smooth Operator             
Laura Misch--Light Years         
Toni Brown & Terry Garthwaite--Feel Like Heaven         
Townies--You Let Me Believe        
Steve Miller Band--Living in the U.S.A.       
Geskle--So She Goes               
Bay City Rollers--You Made Me Believe in Magic              
The Tubes--Night People (Extended Version)         
Benny Mardones--Into the Night   

HOUR 2  (NEW SHOW STARTS HERE)  

Skeleton Key--Scratch        
Cutting Crew--One for the Mockingbird          
Loverboy--When It's Over                
Eight Seconds--Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)          
Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers--If We Never Meet Again      
Promises--Baby It's You           
Level 42--Running in the Family         
KBC Band--It's Not You, It's Not Me        
Berkeley Hunt--The Witching Hour             
Lou Reed--Sally Can't Dance           
Karla Bonoff--Please Be the One                
Leslie Pearl--If the Love Fits Wear It        

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:   FRIEND MIX   

The Grass Roots--Hey Friend
Au--All My Friends   
The Police--Friends    
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army--Are 'Friends' Electric?
Whodini--Friends   
Quickspace--Friend    
Hospitality--Friends of Friends   
Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham--Lover and a Friend    
Elton John--Friends    
The Beach Boys--Friends    
The Left Banke--My Friend Today
Jim O'Rourke--Friends with Benefits  
Buzzy Linhart--Friends    

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Show #1062--10/18/26

John Lennon--Instant Karma (We All Shine On)       
Heaven 17--Who'll Stop the Rain       
Instant--Vers La Lumiere                    
Boy Harsher--Break Me          
Tensei (feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow)--Walk it Out            
Agnes Obel--Tangerine    
Squeeze--Annie Get Your Gun 
Half Moon Run--Full Circle          
Florence + the Machine--Drumming Song   
Chicago--Call on Me                   
Herbert & Momoko--Need to Run           
Baby Fox--Curly Locks             
Mali Obomsawin--Automatic           
Rick Astley--It Would Take a Strong, Strong Man          
Talking Heads--Mind           
Tyrone Davis--Can I Change My Mind             

HOUR 2  

Boris Grebenshikov--Radio Silence             
XTC--Pulsing Pulsing         
1905--BITABUTT                    
Oleka--Human Error              
Ballet School--Lux           
Caroline Rose--Chow Mein                
Iggy Pop--Real Wild Child         
The Evil Eyes--Honey Please          
The Olympics--Good Lovin'            
Kris Davis Trio--Clues            
Crack the Sky--Hot Razors in My Heart             
The Hoctor Band--Don't Cost You Nothin'           
Bill Conti--Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky")           
Brian Protheroe--Fly Now                
Nikita the K and the Friends of Ed Labunski--Go Go Radio Moscow            

HOUR 3    11 TO 11:   "...YOU DON'T KNOW..."

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes--If You Don't Know Me By Now   
KC & the Sunshine Band--You Don't Know   
Sam & Dave--You Don't Know Like I Know   
Sam & Dave--You Don't Know What You Mean to Me
Bobby Hebb--You Don't Know What You Got Until You Lose It
Fenton Robinson--You Don't Know What Love Is   
Expose--What You Don't Know   
Leyla McCalla--You Don't Know Me    
Tom Petty--You Don't Know How it Feels    
Nancy Wilson--(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am
Alicia Keys--You Don't Know My Name   

Saturday, October 10, 2026

Show #1061--10/11/26

Alice Cooper--Elected            
The Psychedelic Furs--Into You Like a Train       
Miley--Bass Persuades               
Kylie Minogue--Can't Get You Out of My Head            
Ike Reilly--Livin' in the Wrong Time            
Alpine--Gasoline          
Dr. John--Right Place Wrong Time           
Wes Montgomery--A Day in the Life         
Persephone's Bees--Paper Plane         
Bodega--Slow Train            
The Rolling Stones--Who's Driving Your Plane?          
Fleetwood Mac--Man of the World            
Lizzy McAlpine--The Moon                     

HOUR 2  

Nick Lowe--Love So Fine              
Rochee and the Sarnos--Sarno Fever             
Angine de Poitrine--Sarniezz         
They Might Be Giants--AKA Driver           
alt-J--Tessellate         
Parking Garage--Truly Automatic         
Yarbrough & Peoples--Don't Stop the Music        
Suitor--Dull Customer           
Soul Coughing--Fully Retractable        
Stephen Stills--Nothin' to Do But Today           
Janis Joplin--Get it While You Can         
The Arbors--I Can't Quit Her/For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her             
Tokyo Police Club---Tessellate        
The Go-Go's--Surfing and Spying             
R.E.M.--Driver 8           
Fine Young Cannibals--I'm Not the Man I Used to Be         

HOUR 3  11 TO 11: 11 LESSER-KNOWN SONGS FROM I.R.S. RECORDS    

Suburban Lawns--Janitor 
Wazmo Nariz--Who Does it Hurt? 
The English Beat--Best Friend  
Klark Kent--Don't Care
Buzzcocks--Mad, Mad Judy  
The Cramps--Garbageman     
Jools Holland & His Millionaires--Waiting Game    
The Animals--The Night    
Fashion--Big John/Hanoi Annoys Me/The Innocent  
Reckless Sleepers--If We Never Meet Again   
Wall of Voodoo--Call of the West   

Saturday, October 03, 2026

Show #1060--10/4/26

All themes tonight and up until Midnight, as a little something extra special for WIUP-FM's 2026 Anniversary Fund Drive. Won't get through all of this, but here are the proposed playlists, for those who like to know:  

WHAT TIME IS IT?          

Eric Lindell--Cryin' Time       
The Strangeloves--Night Time  
Noonday Underground--Closing Time        
Alvin Cash & the Crawlers--Twine Time
Shirley Ellis--Soul Time  
The Association--Time for Livin'   
REO Speedwagon--Time for Me to Fly   
Nimbus Sextet--High Time   
Flight of the Conchords--Business Time  
The Zombies--Time of the Season   
The Rolling Stones--The Last Time    

BANDS/SINGERS WHO SHARE THE SAME NAME       

The Charlatans--Codine   
The Charlatans--The Only One I Know       
Kaleidoscope--Colours   
Kaleidoscope--Love Games    
The Knack--I'm Aware
The Knack--End of the Game
Madhouse--Burning Desire
Madhouse--6
Sylvia--Pillow Talk
Sylvia--Nobody
Mr. Big--To Be With You
Mr. Big--Romeo   
The Beat--Don't Wait Up for Me
The Beat--I Confess   
Bush--I Can Hear You Calling       
Bush--Everything Zen         

TOP 11 "GIVE" SONGS (60s-70s)  (no "gimme," no variations on "give")     

J. Geils Band--Give it to Me     #30
The Shangri-Las--Give Us Your Blessings    #29
The Chi-Lites--(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People      #26
Wings--Give Ireland Back to the Irish    #21
The Righteous Brothers--Give it to the People    #20
The Shangri-Las--Give Him a Great Big Kiss     #18
James Brown--Give it Up or Turnit a Loose     #15
Supertramp--Give a Little Bit    #15
Plastic Ono Band--Give Peace a Chance     #14
Chairmen of the Board--Give Me Just a Little More Time   #3
George Harrison--Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)     #1   

A ROUND OF "BIRD" REMAKES   

The Righteous Brothers--Night Owl   
Lothar and the Hand People--Woody Woodpecker 
Bulldog--Rockin' Robin   
Carly Simon & James Taylor--Mockingbird   
Sonny Terry--Crow Jane   
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass--Flamingo   
The Cryan' Shames--Baltimore Oriole   
York High School Swing Choir (1979)--Fly Like an Eagle   
Helen Reddy--Bluebird   
Milos Karadaglic--Blackbird    
Lee Ranaldo Band with J Mascis--Albatross   

DRIVERS AND DRIVING   

Jerry Lewis--Sunday Driving  
Madness--Driving in My Car   
Little River Band--You're Driving Me Out of My Mind   
The Breeders--Drivin' on 9
The Police--Driven to Tears
Cyndi Lauper--I Drove All NIght
They Might Be Giants--AKA Driver    
R.E.M.--Driver 8
Fine Young Cannibals--She Drives Me Crazy   

11 LESSER-KNOWN SONGS FROM I.R.S. RECORDS         

Suburban Lawns--Janitor 
Wazmo Nariz--Who Does it Hurt? 
The English Beat--Best Friend  
Klark Kent--Don't Care
Buzzcocks--Mad, Mad Judy  
The Cramps--Garbageman     
Jools Holland & His Millionaires--Waiting Game    
The Animals--The Night    
Fashion--Big John/Hanoi Annoys Me/The Innocent  
Reckless Sleepers--If We Never Meet Again   
Wall of Voodoo--Call of the West   

RELIGIOUS BUT NOT "RELIGIOUS"    

Dusty Springfield--Son of a Preacher Man 
Bad Company--Holy Water   
Commodores--I Feel Sanctified  
Pomplamoose--Like a Prayer         
They Might Be Giants--Kiss Me, Son of God   
Everything Everything--Get to Heaven   
Fatboy Slim--Praise You 
Depeche Mode--Personal Jesus   
Hozier--Take Me to Church 
Jethro Tull--Hymn 43
Randy Newman--God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)  

SONGS THAT FEATURE CHIMES/ORCHESTRAL BELLS    

The Dixie Cups--Chapel of Love                    
Herman's Hermits--Just a Little Bit Better          
Brian Hyland--The Joker Went Wild          
Dionne Warwick--Looking With My Eyes    
Bonnie Pointer--Heaven Must Have Sent You (Disco Version)         
Squeeze--It's Not Cricket        
Blondie--Rapture         
Chic--I Want Your Love           
Les Yper Sound--Psyche Rock             
Cream--Those Were the Days           
Mike Oldfield--Tubular Bells (Part One)       

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Show #1059--9/27/26

Dobie Gray--You Can Do It                 
Ayanna Witter-Johnson--You Can Have Everything         
Pokey LaFarge--The Thing           
Porch Light--Under             
Battles--Sweetie & Shag               
Metric--Girls Gold Guns          
Erykah Badu--On & On           
Horsegirl--2468                      
Barenaked Ladies--Careful (for Dee)          
Sweetie--Pay Rise                 
Sparks--I Predict                    
NRBQ--Tragic Magic              
Leila Henley--Inside the Stone             
Hank Mobley--Reach Out (I'll Be There)         

HOUR 2  

John Lennon--#9 Dream         
Remi Wolf--Cinderella        
Sly & the Family Stone--Let Me Have it All         
Hennessey--8 Men           
Black Francis--Seven Fingers               
Finger Eleven--One Thing                
Tina Turner--Better Be Good to Me        
Hathway--Better With You           
Bimbo--Sick Moves         
Bowes Road Band--Two Fingers              
Split Enz--Late Last Night              
Willie Tee--Teasin' You                      
Cameron Campbell--goofy-footed                 
Neil Diamond--Do It           

HOUR 3   ENCORE FROM JULY 3 2016

Do You--Spoon
Second Hand News--Fleetwood Mac
Warriors--Too Many Zooz
Wristband--Paul Simon
There We Are--James Taylor  
Freetime--Trashcan Sinatras
We Hear You--Luke Vibert
Prime Time--The Tubes
Fireball--Dosh
Bitter River--Annie Sidley
Invisible River--Delicious Pastries
We Were Here--BOY
Where Does My Heart Beat Now--Celine Dion
High Enough--Lowell
Diagonals--Stereolab
Bitten by the Apple--Big Black Delta (feat. Kimbra)
Go Solo--Daryl Hall & John Oates

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Show #1058--9/20/26

Caroline Rose--Yip Yip Yow              
Fleetwood Mac--Bare Trees          
Vulfmon--Mama Say              
Moby Grape--Ooh Mama Ooh            
Agatha is Dead!--Kind Regards   
Cream--What a Bringdown          
Cozy Powell--Dance with the Devil               
sombr--back to friends               
Robert Cotter--God Bless the Soulfire People            
Class Actress--Keep You                  
Utopia--Hammer in My Heart           
Sweeping Promises--Does He Want to Be the Weatherman?           
Heart--Sing Child             
Rockpile--Heart               
The Creation--Biff! Bang! Pow!             

HOUR 2  

Dagwood--Nowhere Now         
Sunfold--Between the Worlds            
Blimp--Stream Entry              
Caveman--You Got a Feeling          
The Fortunes--Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again            
eels--Last Stop: This Town           
John Parr--Naughty Naughty               
Waterloo--Why May I Not Know         
Budgie--Crash Course in Brain Surgery            
Momoko Gill--River          
Anat Cohen--Boa Tarde Povo         
Brian Eno--St. Elmo's Fire                
Alison Ferrier & the Upshots--Drifter           
Grizzly Bear--Sleeping Ute              
Five's Company--Friends and Mirrors          
 
HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  GETS AND GOTS (STARTING SEPT 1976)  

Starbuck--I Got to Know 
The Beatles--Got to Get You Into My Life
Seals & Crofts--Get Closer
James Brown--Get Up Offa That Thing
The Brothers Johnson--Get the Funk Out Ma Face
Earth, Wind & Fire--Getaway
El Coco--Let's Get it Together
Gene Cotton--You've Got Me Runnin'   
Elton John--Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance)
Climax Blues Band--Couldn't Get it Right
Andrea True Connection--N.Y., You Got Me Dancing        

(END FEB 1977)

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Show #1057--9/13/26

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Saturday, September 05, 2026

Show #1056--9/6/26

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones--The Impression That I Get          
George Thorogood & the Destroyers--Hello Little Girl                
Tori Amos--Big Wheel       
Feeble Little Horse--Dior      
Supergrass--Hollow Little Reign        
The Cure--Halo            
Alanis Morissette--Head Over Feet          
Parking Garage--Truly Automatic           
Pavement--Blue Hawaiian         
The Supremes--Automatically Sunshine     
Wings--Spin it On                 
Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds--Bucket O' Trouble            
Elis Regina--Zazueira - Ao Vivo            
Cannonball Adderley--Sack o' Woe     
The Sweet Things--I'm in a World of Trouble            
Mari Wilson--Good News               

HOUR 2  

Mari Wilson--Just What I Always Wanted              
The Vogues--Just What I've Been Looking For      
Allah-Las--Ultramarine          
Deb Talan--Bring Water        
X-Ray Spex--The Day the World Turned Day-Glo        
SML--Daves              
Honk--Another Light             
Rick James--Glow           
The Innocence Mission--Bright as Yellow             
BowAsWell--What's Left              
Radiohead--Paranoid Android            
April Wine--Say Hello             
Collin Clauson--Psychedelinauts              
Deep Purple--Space Truckin'        

HOUR 3   11 (12) TO 11:  30-YEAR FLASHBACKS   

2026 - 1996

Olivia Rodrigo--Stupid Song         
Garbage--Stupid Girl            

Dominic Fike--Babydoll            
Groove Theory--Baby Luv        

Dolly Parton--I Will Always Love You        
Donna Lewis--I Love You Always Forever        

1996 - 1966

Jocelyn Enriquez--Do You Miss Me          
The 13th Floor Elevators--You're Gonna Miss Me            

Pearl Jam--Who You Are        
The Shindogs--Who Do You Think You Are       

Leann Rimes--Blue           
Jim Reeves--Blue Side of Lonesome         

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Show #1055--8/30/26

The Lyres--Help You Ann            
Three Dog Night--Liar                  
John Kay--I'm Movin' On              
Toto--Stranger in Town             
Kougan--Mon Chat Doma            
The Raincoats--Truth is Hard           
Dance Fountain--I'm Watching             
Eugene McGuinness--If You Say So          
The Olympians--Saraswati Puja             
mary in the junkyard--New Muscles           
Love of Diagrams--The Pyramid           
Candace--Midnight Blue              
Dolly Parton--Heartbreaker         
Marmozets--Keep Going Darling            

HOUR 2  

Sananda Maitreya--Dance Little Sister            
Brass Construction--Movin' (Single Version)       
The Suburbs--Rattle My Bones            
Leila Henley--Inside the Stone         
Miranda Wilcox & Haden Gold--Speaking in Tongues          
Butcher Brown--MOVE (RIDE)             
Antonio Carlos Jobim--Wave             
Say She She--Cut & Rewind         
moonvine--cherry spice             
The Groundhogs--Cherry Red          
Led Zeppelin--The Lemon Song             
Mama Cass Elliot--Make Your Own Kind of Music   
Shelley Fabares--Lost Summer Love          
Elvis Presley--Little Sister          

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  A ROUND OF "BABY" REMAKES

Bobby Darin--You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby  
Bad Habits--My Baby Specializes 
Smith--Baby It's You   
Joni Mitchell--(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care           
Them--Baby Please Don't Go 
The Manhattan Transfer--Baby Come Back to Me (The Morse Code of Love)   
The Moments--Baby I'm-a Want You        
B.J. Thomas--Don't Worry Baby       
Alison Krauss--Baby, Now That I've Found You   
Donald Fagen--Ruby Baby  
Joan Baez--It's All Over Now, Baby Blue        

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Show #1054--8/23/26

Cream--Strange Brew          
Munju--Kirschsuppe                 
Wishy--Sensational              
Armand Van Helden (feat. Tara McDonald)--My My My (Funktuary Radio Mix)          
Paul Young--Love of the Common People        
Pat Metheny--Unquity Road              
Roxy Music--Oh Yeah            
Sweetwater--Why Oh Why             
Daryl Hall & John Oates--United State             
Sarah Williams White--Unfathomable 
Paul & Linda McCartney--Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey      
Evie Sands--Until It's Time for You to Go         
The Monkees--Oh My My      

HOUR 2  

Underworld--Underneath the Radar       
R.E.M.--Turn You Inside Out         
UNCONFORMIST--Beyond the Veil                   
Robert Palmer--I Didn't Mean to Turn You On      
Westerman--Take           
Bullion--Roo         
Cory Wong (feat. Magic City Hippies)--Blame it on the Moon          
Steve Miller Band--Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around          
Orleans--Dancin' in the Moonlight         
Cornelius (feat. Sean Ono Lennon)--Aeons           
Marshall Hain--Different Point            
Mitsuaki Katayama--Unknown Point             
The Outfield--Voices of Babylon                 
The Marketts--Vanishing Point          

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  WOMEN AND MEN OF AUGUST (VIA BILLBOARD)

(1986--FEMALE)

Billy Joel--Modern Woman

(1976--MALE)

Heart--Magic Man
Thin Lizzy--The Boys Are Back in Town 

(1966--FEMALE)

The Razor's Edge--Let's Call it a Day Girl
Bobby Vee--Look at Me Girl (he recorded Let's Call it a Day Girl three years later)
The Troggs--With a Girl Like You
The Rolling Stones--Lady Jane
Sandy Posey--Born a Woman
The Rolling Stones--Mother's Little Helper

(1971--MALE)

Freda Payne--Bring the Boys Home
Jean Knight--Mr. Big Stuff 

Saturday, August 15, 2026

Show #1053--8/16/26

Hum--Comin' Home                
Friko--...Still Around       
The Boo Radleys--Reaching Out From Here          
LEN--Beautiful Day         
Michael Penn--Beautiful             
10cc--Channel Swimmer          
Cameo--She's Strange              
Betty Davis--Your Mama Wants Ya Back                
The Chambers Brothers--Uptown               
The English Beat--Best Friend          
Alewya--Maktoub        
Joe Jackson--Cha Cha Loco         
Mipso--The Numbers           
Ersel Hickey--Goin' Down That Road        
Firesign Theatre--Bird of Prey Motors        
Skylark--The Writing's on the Wall          
Yard Act--New Beginnings         
The Womack Sisters--If You Want Me    

HOUR 2  

Trashcan Sinatras--Bad Husband             
Robert Knight--Everlasting Love              
The Bob Crewe Generation--Theme from "A Man and a Woman"             
Simon & Garfunkel--Why Don't You Write Me          
Sweeping Promises--Write Lightly          
Vernon Reid--Saint Cobain           
Os Solair--Capra                
Pinback--Fortress                
Libby Rodenbough--How Come You Call Me       
Suitor--Generator           
Supergrass--Going Out        
El Ten Eleven--Nowhere Faster           
The Remains--Why Do I Cry                
Margo Guryan--Something's Wrong With the Morning             
Squeeze--Wrong Side of the Moon         
Loudon Wainwright III--Say That You Love Me                

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  MEN AND WOMEN OF AUGUST (VIA BILLBOARD)

(1986--MALE)

Kenny Loggins--Playing with the Boys        4
Eurythmics--Missionary Man         8.5
Mary Jane Girls--Walk Like a Man           12
Klymaxx--Man Size Love      31.5

(1976--FEMALE)

Natalie Cole--Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady)        19.5
Henry Gross--Springtime Mama        16 
Cliff Richard--Devil Woman      23

(1966--MALE)

Donovan--Sunshine Superman       27

(1971--FEMALE)

Jeannie C. Riley--Good Enough to Be Your Wife           34.5
Donny Osmond--Go Away Little Girl          37   
Jr. Walker & the All-Stars--Take Me Girl, I'm Ready        40.5  

Sunday, August 09, 2026

Show #1052--8/9/26

Metric--Help I'm Alive              
Jose Feliciano--Hitchcock Railway          
segundos auxilios--Ya no sirvo para ser yo                  
Jane Aire & the Belvederes--No More Cherry Icing          
Crash Course in Science--No More Hollow Doors            
The Stranglers--No More Heroes         
Bullion--God Only Knows       
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin--Oceanographer      
Joni Mitchell--Help Me               
Shira--Shouts & Sparks                       
Strange Lot--Eyes for Ya          
The Rascals--Find Somebody        
Paul McCartney & Beck--Find My Way           
Crash Test Dummies--Superman's Song           

HOUR 2  

The Crusaders--Street Life (Edit)            
Ana Frango Eletrico--Boy of Stranger Things           
JD McPherson--Head Over Heels         
Del Amitri--Being Somebody Else          
Three Dog Night--Easy to Be Hard           
Jethro Tull--Nothing is Easy (Steven Wilson Remix)          
Lime Garden--Maybe Not Tonight               
Micky Dolenz--Easy on You           
Leo Sayer--Reflections         
Your Brother's Keeper & Gary Bartz--Solar Flare           
Herb Alpert & the T.J.B.--Catfish         
Nora Stanley--Catfish         
Harry Nilsson--Salmon Falls               
Vangie Youngren--Closer Than Ever                

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  BOTTOM OF THE BILLBOARD HOT 100: AUGUST 7, 1976

100. Disco Tex & the Sex-o-Lettes--Dancin' Kid       
99.   Eric Carmen--Never Gonna Fall in Love Again      
98.   Revolution--You to Me Are Everything          
97.   Crown Heights Affair--Foxy Lady        
96.   Daryl Hall & John Oates--Sara Smile       
95.   John Sebastian--Hideaway          
94.   Bob Marley & the Wailers--Roots, Rock, Reggae         
93.   Crosby & Nash--Out of the Darkness       
92.   Andrea True Connection--Party Line (Single Edit)          
91.   Cate Bros.--Can't Change My Heart         
90.   Melissa Manchester--Rescue Me            

Sunday, August 02, 2026

Show #1051--8/2/26

Gary Wright--Love is Alive             
Mariam Wallentin & Vestnorsk Jazzensemble--Love is Fire        
Cliff Nobles--Love is All Right         
The Third Booth--I Need Love             
Body Type--And What Else?                
Soft Cell--What?         
Lucius--What We Have (to Change)                
Lake Trout--Street Fighting Man            
Scarlet--No Motivation             
King Crimson--Red            
Daryl Hall & John Oates--Don't Blame it On Love             
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons--The Night            
Babe Ruth--Lady            
The Bangles--Return Post             

HOUR 2  

Touch--Don't You Know What Love Is        
Girl Tones--Blame        
YACHT--Psychic City (Voodoo City)         
Komeda--Binario        
The Knickerbockers--One Track Mind          
Black Flower--Monkey System          
Donovan--Riki Tiki Tavi            
Soft Machine--Bundles/Land of the Bag Snake              
Adrian Belew--The Lone Rhinoceros             
Level 42--Hot Water (Edit)            
Wife Support--Back to Me                 
Thandii--It Only Takes 2                
Milli Vanilli--Girl You Know It's True             
megiapa--Open Your Eyes        

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  INTRODUCING... (1ST TRACKS OFF OF 1ST ALBUMS - 70s ERA)

Black Sabbath--Black Sabbath (from "Black Sabbath")
Billy Joel--She's Got a Way (from "Cold Spring Harbor") (wrong speed version followed by correct)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young--Carry On/Questions (from "Deja Vu") 
Roxy Music--Re-Make/Re-Model (from "Roxy Music")
Steely Dan--Do it Again (from "Can't Buy a Thrill")   
Lynyrd Skynyrd--I Ain't the One (from "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd")   
Talking Heads--Uh Oh, Love Comes to Town (from "Talking Heads '77")
The Ramones--Blitzkrieg Bop (from "Ramones")  
XTC--Radios in Motion  (from "White Music")  
Van Halen--Runnin' with the Devil (from "Van Halen")  
Foreigner--Feels Like the First Time (from "Foreigner")   

Sunday, July 26, 2026

Show #1050--7/26/26

Cher--Train of Thought            
They Might Be Giants--Boat of Car             
Fiction Family--When She's Near             
John Palumbo--Madness on Comet Way          
Yard Act--Fiction             
Nia Archives--Around tha Bend      
Soul Coughing--Collapse        
Berlin--The Metro                
Elephant Stone--I Got a Pill            
JoBoxers--Just Got Lucky                
Billy Gardner & Friends--The Learning Curve       
The Section--Hamsters of Doom             
Bow Wow Wow--Do You Wanna Hold Me?            
Balming Tiger--Oui          
Madness--Wings of a Dove (A Celebratory Song)       
Gentle Giant--Empty City             

HOUR 2  

Cheryl Lynn--Got to Be Real          
Sergio Mendes--Alibis                  
Swapmeet--I Know!              
Cornershop feat. Bubbley Kaur--Bounce & Salute              
John Sebastian--I Don't Want Nobody Else             
El DeBarge--Someone           
Dirty Projectors--No More   
The Police--Someone to Talk To               
Paul Revere & the Raiders--Too Much Talk        
Squeeze--Sex Master             
Paycheque--Heatwave            
Julia Fordham--Your Lovely Face         
Sharada Shashidhar--Always Returning       
Seventh Wave--Metropolis     

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  MORE CHICKEN 

Little Feat--Dixie Chicken
Zac Brown Band--Chicken Fried   
The Fools--Psycho Chicken 
Southern Culture on the Skids--Fried Chicken and Gasoline   
The Ozark Mountain Daredevils--Chicken Train Stomp
Stone Jug--Chicken Heart
Steve Goodman--Chicken Cordon Bleus   
Bunny Berigan--Chicken & Waffles  
The Meters--Chicken Strut  
Delbert McClinton and Self-Made Men + Dana--No Chicken on the Bone   
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers--Chicken an' Dumplings 

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Show #1049--7/19/26

Pretenders--Message of Love         
Tones on Tail--Lions                
Bruce Cockburn--Lovers in a Dangerous Time       
Level 42--Lessons in Love       
Letters to Cleo--Here and Now             
Big Sir--Old Blood          
Low Cut Connie--Not My Problem                  
Jackson Browne--Nothing But Time      
Julia Jacklin (feat. The Maes)--I Wish           
The Rolling Stones--Divine Intervention       
The Rolling Stones--Dancing with Mr. D           
Bobby Shad & His Bad Men--No Time         
Stu Gardner--Expressin' My Love             

HOUR 2  

Bill Withers--Kissing My Love             
Dutch Uncles--Oh Yeah               
xray xeroxx--Doubt             
Royal Blood--Figure it Out          
Johnathan Blake--My Life Matters/Can You Hear Me?         
L.T.D.--(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again           
Anita Baker--Same Ole Love (365 Days a Year)           
Mal Blum--Not My Job        
Boy Harsher--Jeans              
Foster the People--Waste           
Men at Work--Catch a Star             
Colin Hay--Starfish and Unicorns        
The Mae Trio--Parallel Park           
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom--Be the Bridge       

HOUR 3   11 TO 11:  CHICKEN 

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five--Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens   
Jimmy McCracklin--Let's Do It (The Chicken Scratch)   
The Nite Hawks--Chicken Grabber 
Amos Milburn--Chicken Shack Boogie  
Bent Fabric--Chicken Feed   
The Russell Brothers--Chickenhawk
Phil McLean--Chicken 
Hasil Adkins--Chicken Walk  
Patrick Williams--Chicken Feathers  
Rufus Thomas--Do the Funky Chicken  
Mel Brown--Chicken Fat

Saturday, July 11, 2026

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   

Saturday, July 04, 2026

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)   

Sunday, June 28, 2026

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)

Sunday, June 21, 2026

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