2/8/10 - Monday...Music & more from...1980!!

   1.  Lipps, Inc. - Funkytown
   2.  XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
(News Update)
   3.  The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
   4.  The Police - Man in a Suitcase
(Ad:  Coke-Mean Joe Green)
   5.  Rush - Free Will
   6.  The Kings - This Beat Boes On/Switchin' to Glide (BOS!)
(TV:  Magnum P.I.)
   7.  Gary Numan - We Are Glass
   8.  Blondie - Atomic
   9.  Magazine - A Song From Under the Floorboards
  10.  Pete Townshend - And I Moved

BONUS TRACK:  Donnie Iris - Ah Leah

 

2/5/10 - FRIDAY!!!  Shhhhhh...it's a Mystery year!

   1.  Paul McCartney & Wings - Listen to What the Man Says
   2.  Spinners - Games People Play
(TV:  SNL-Belushi)
   3.  The Who - How Many Friends (BOS!)
   4.  Bruce Springsteen - She's the One
(News:  Patty Hearst)
   5.  The Dead - Franklin's Tower
   6.  Neil Young - World on a String
(Movie:  Monty Python & the Holy Grail)
   7.  Pink Floyd - Have a Cigar
   8.  Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive (ooops...'76)
   9.  Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special
(TV:  Starsky & Hutch)
  10.  Nazareth - Hair of the Dog

(Did ya guess the year for, um, nine of the songs?   1975)

BONUS TRACK:  10cc - I'm not in Love

 

2/4/10 - Thursday!  Good times!  1968!!

   1.  Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the Grass
   2.  Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions (remaster)
(TV:  The Hollywood Squares)
   3.  Sly & the Family Stone - Life
   4.  American Breed - Bend Me Shape Me
(Movie:  Planet of the Apes)
   5.  Beatles - Everybody's Got Something to Hide
                      (Except for Me and My Monkey)
   6.  Quicksilver Messenger Service - Dino's Song (BOS!)
   7.  Steve Miller Band - Quicksilver Girl
   8.  Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation
   9.  Manfred Mann - The Mighty Quinn
  10.  CCR - Suzy Q

BONUS TRACK:  Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center of the Mind

 

2/3/10 - Midweek!  Sounds like the '80's...1986!!

   1.  Talking Heads - Love For Sale
   2.  Prince - Kiss
   3.  Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire (Come & Get it)
(Sports:  Mike Tyson)
   4.  REM - Superman
   5.  Talk Talk - Life's What You Make it
(TV:  Family Ties)
   6.  Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love?
   7.  Dramarama - Anything, Anything (BOS!)
   8.  Iggy Pop - Cry for Love
(News:  Iran Contra)
   9.  Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again (BOS!!)
  10.  Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On

BONUS TRACK:  The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian

   
  

2/2/10 - Tuesday!  Sounds like...1972!!

   1.  Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
   2.  The Isley Brothers - Work to Do
(Ad:  Mattel's Big Jim & Big Josh)
   3.  The Move - Do Ya
   4.  Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
   5.  Badfinger - Baby Blue
(TV:  Streets of San Francisco)
   6.  Hot Tuna - Keep On Truckin', Mama
   7.  Jerry Garcia - Sugaree (BOS)
   8.  Steven Stills/Manassas - Johnny's Garden
   9.  Allman Brothers - Ain't Wastin' Time No More
(TV Medley)
  10.  Argent - Hold Your Head Up

BONUS TRACK:  David Bowie - Starman

 

2/1/10 - Monday!  A good day for an "Encore Presentation" of...The Beatles!!!

   1.  Twist & Shout
   2.  Hard Day's Night
   3.  Ticket to Ride
   4.  Eight Days a Week
   5.  Norwegian Wood
   6.  Tomorrow Never Knows
   7.  Across the Universe
   8.  Sgt. Pepper/A Day in the Life
   9.  Helter Skelter
  10.  Golden Slumbers Medley

(Audio clips from The Beatles & George Martin)

BONUS TRACK:  Good Day Sunshine

 

1/29/10 - FRIDAY!!  10@10 Goes to the Grammys!!!
            ...And the Record of the Year (award year) is...

   1.  1976 - Captain & Tennille - Love Will Keep Us Together
   2.  1980 - The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
   3.  1960 - Bobby Darin - Mack the Knife
   4.  1969 - Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
   5.  1972 - Carole King - It's Too Late
   6.  1963 - Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco (BOS!)
   7.  1981 - Christopher Cross - Sailing
   8.  2003 - Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
   9.  1968 - The 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away
 10.  1986 - USA For Africa - We Are the World

BONUS TRACK:  2009 - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - 
                                                           Please Read the Letter

 

1/28/10 - Thursday!  Late '70's...1979!!

   1.  Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show - When You're in Love
                                                            With a Beautiful Woman
   2.  Van Halen - Beautiful Girls
(TV:  SNL Jeopardy 1999)
   3.  Hot Chocolate - Every  1's a Winner
   4.  Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance (BOS!)
(TV:  Johnny Cash/Andy Kaufman)
   5.  Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the Sky (BOS!!)
   6.  Pink Floyd - Goodbye Blue Sky
(News:  Solar eclipse)
   7.  The Records - Starry Eyes (BOS!!!)
   8.  Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
(Movie:  1941)
   9.  Village People - In the Navy
 10.  David Bowie - Boys Keep Swinging

BONUS TRACK:  Flash 'N' the Pan - Hey, St. Peter

 

1/27/10 - Wednesday!  Way back to...1966!!!

   1.  Monkees - I'm a Believer
   2.  The Mamas & the Papas - I Saw Her Again Last Night
   3.  Beatles - I Want to Tell You
(News:  Gov. Reagan/UC Berkeley Dance)
   4.  Rolling Stones - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, 
                                  Standing in the Shadow
  5.  Yardbirds - Over Under Sideways Down
(Cronkite special report on UFOs!)
   6.  The Byrds - Mr. Spaceman
   7.  Beachboys - God Only Knows (BOS!)
   8.  The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
(TV:  Bonanza)
   9.  The Animals - See See Rider
 10.  Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels - Jenny Take a Ride

BONUS TRACK:  Kinks - Dedicated Follower of Fashion

 

1/26/10 - Tuesday!  A bit of time in...1989!!

   1.  The Alarm - Sold Me Down the River
(Movie:  Dead Poet's Society)
   2.  The Call - Let the Day Begin
   3.  The Replacements - Achin' to Be
(Ad:  Magic Dancing Barbie)
   4.  Jeff Healey Band - Angel Eyes
   5.  Mike & the Mechanics - The Living Years
(News:  Tiananmen Square)
   6.  Neil Young - Rockin in the Free World (BOS!)
   7.  The Cure - Fascination Street
(Sports:  49ers win the Super Bowl!
   8.  Pure - Lightning Seeds
   9.  Enya - Orinoco Flow
(TV:  Murphy Brown)
 10.  B52's - Deadbeat Club

BONUS TRACK:  The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues

 

1/25/10 - Monday...Sounds like...1974!

   1.  Bad Company - Rock Steady
   2.  The Eagles - On the Border
(News:  Economy)
   3.  J. Geils Band - Detroit Breakdown
   4.  MFSB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
(TV:  Kermit the Frog)
   5.  Tower of Power - Don't Change Horses 
             (In the Middle of the Stream)-Honorable Mention
   6.  Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Trilogy (BOS!)
(Movie:  Foxy Brown)
   7.  Suzy Quatro - Too Big
   8.  Elton John - The Bitch is Back
(Ad:  The Hair Whiz)
   9.  Joni Mitchell - Raised on Robbery
 10.  Supertramp - Dreamer

BONUS TRACK:  Todd Rundgren - A Dream Goes on Forever

 

1/22/10 - FRIDAY!!  A trip to...1970!!!

   1.  Derek & the Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues
   2.  Van Morrison - Into the Mystic (BOS!)
(News:  Hendrix dies)
   3.  Hendrix w/Band of Gypsys - Them Changes
   4.  The Who - The Seeker
(TV:  The Mod Squad)
   5.  The Kinks - Apeman
   6.  Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Tears of a Clown
   7.  Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
   8.  The Spinners - It's a Shame
(News:  Bratty Brits blame Linda for Beatles break-up)
   9.  Paul McCartney - That Would Be Something
 10.  Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not to Come)

BONUS TRACK:  Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride

1/21/10 - Thursday! And we're back in 1981!!

   1.  Santana - Winning
   2.  ELO - Hold on Tight
(Movie: Chariots of Fire)
   3.  Moody Blues - The Voice
   4.  Rush - Tom Sawyer
(TV: Taxi - Latka in Therapy)
   5.  The Tubes - Amnesia (BOS!)
(News: Airtraffic Controller Strike)
   6.  The Clash - The Magnificent Seven (BOS!)
   7.  Rick James - Give It To Me, Baby
(TV: The Dukes of Hazzard)
   8.  The Jam - That's Entertainment (BOS!)
(AD: Please Don't Squeeze the Charmin)
   9.  Psychedelic Furs - Mr. Jones
 10.  Joan Jett & The Black Hearts - Bad Reputation

BONUS TRACK: Police - One World (Not Three)

 

1/20/10 - Wednesday!  Back to...1967!!

   1.  The Association - Windy
(TV:  The Flying Nun)
   2.  Hollies - On a Carousel
   3.  Buffalo Springfield - Rock & Roll Woman
(News:  LBJ)
   4.  The Turtles - She's My Girl
   5.  The Monkees - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone
   6.  Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
(PSA - Johnny Smoke)
   7.  Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
   8.  Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire
(News from Radio London)
   9.  Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)/
                        A Day in the Life (BOS!)
 10.  Traffic - Heaven is in Your Mind

BONUS TRACK:  Moby Grape - Omaha

 

 

1/19/10 - Tuesday...Here we go 1976!

1. Ohio Players - Love Roller Coaster
2. Rolling Stones - Hot Stuff
(Ad: Pete Rose for Aqua Velva Cologne)
3. Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music, White Boy
4. ZZ Top - Arrested for Driving While Blind
(News: President Carter)
5. Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle
6. Bob Seger - Fire Down Below
7. Gary Wright - Dreamweaver
8. Steely Dan - The Fez (BOS!)
(TV: Wonder Woman)
9. Heart - Crazy On You
10. Ramones - Blitz Krieg Bop

BONUS TRACK: Hall & Oates - She's Gone

 

 

1/18/10 -  In the Name of Love:  Words From MLK & Songs For Him

   1.  U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
(MLK - We Shall Overcome)
   2.  Toots & the Maytals - We Shall Overcome
(MLK - We Shall Overcome, part 2)
   3.  Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions - Keep on Pushing
   4.  The O'Jays - Love Train
   5.  James Brown - Say it Loud (I'm Black & I'm Proud)
   6.  Sly & the Family Stone - Stand
   7.  Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come (BOS!)
   8.  Patty Griffin - Up to the Mountain (MLK Song)
   9.  Nina Simone - Why? (The King of Love is Dead)
 10.  Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday

BONUS TRACK:  Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart - People Get Ready

 

 1/15/10 - FRIDAY!!!!  And the year is...1994!!!

   1.  Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
(News:  Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding)
   2.  REM - Bang & Blame
   3.  The Meat Puppets - Backwater
(News:  Nelson Mandela elected president)
   4.  Tom Petty - Wildflowers
   5.  Widespread Panic - Airplane
(TV:  Melrose Place)
   6.  Aimee Mann - That's Just What You Are (BOS)
   7.  Weezer - Buddy Holly (BOS)
(Movie:  True Lies)
   8.  Blur - Girls & Boys
(News:  OJ white Bronco chase)
   9.  Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
 10.  Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching

BONUS TRACK:  Collective Soul - Shine

 

1/14/10 - Thursday!  Great sounds from...1969!!!

   1.  Creedence Clearwater Revival - Commotion
   2.  Joe Cocker - Delta Lady
(Ad:  Mattel's Swingy Doll)
   3.  Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
   4.  Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
(TV:  Laugh In)
   5.  Donovan w/the Jeff Beck Group - Barabajagal
   6.  CSN - Marrakesh Express
(News:  Woodstock)
   7.  The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (BOS!)
   8.  Blind Faith - Sea of Joy
   9.  Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
 10.  Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown

BONUS TRACK:  Beatles - Octopus's Garden

 

1/13/10 - Midweek!  It's an '80's BIG hits Auto Reverse!!!

   1.  1989 - Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
   2.  1988 - Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
   3.  1987 - Bon Jovi - Livin' On a Prayer
   4.  1986 - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (BOS!)
   5.  1985 - Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love
   6.  1984 - Van Halen - Jump
   7.  1983 - Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
   8.  1982 - Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now?
   9.  1981 - Blondie - The Tide is High
 10.  1980 - Devo - Whip it

BONUS TRACK:  The Smiths - How Soon is Now

 

1/12/10 - Tuesday!  Music and more from...1971!!!

   1.  The Who - Baba O'Riley
   2.  Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll
   3.  Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
   4.  Guess Who - Albert Flasher
(TV:  The Electric Company)
   5.  Grass Roots - Sooner or Later
   6.  Chicago - Free
   7.  Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
   8.  The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces
   9.  John Prine - Illegal Smile (BOS!)
  10.  Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over the Line

BONUS TRACK:  Tommy James - Draggin' the Line