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FATHER'S DAY
On our Father’s Day show we’ll talk with musical fathers & sons: polka kings Eddie Blazonczyk Jr. & Sr., and blues greats Tabby Thomas & Chris Thomas King. Also music for daddy-o’s by Horace Silver, Johnny Cash, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Gene Austin and Regina Carter.
HOUR ONE
- Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 James Brown
Star Time, Polydor - My Heart Belongs to Daddy Anita O'Day w/Jimmy Giuffre & his Orchestra
Jazz 'Round Midnight - The George Gershwin and Cole Porter Songbook, Verve - My Daddy Was A Preacher Man Lightnin' Hopkins
The Jewel/Paula Records Story, Capricorn - Silver Haired Daddy of Mine Gene Autry & Jimmy Long
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection - Color Him Father Lynn Martell
From Where I Stand; The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers - Instrumental: Jug Eyes Gene Ammons
Jazz Dance Classics Vol. 2, Luv N' Haight - Song for My Father Horace Silver
Jazz Profile: Horace Silver, Blue Note - Daddy's Little Girl Mills Brothers
The Best of the Decca Years, Decca/MCA - A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia/Legacy - Mannish Boy Muddy Waters
The Chess Box, Chess/MCA - Instrumental: Theme of the Drunken Sailor DJ Spooky
Riddim Warfare, Outpost - INTERVIEW: Tabby Thomas & Chris Thomas King
Listen - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone Regina Carter
Rhythms of the Heart, Verve - Ol' Man River Paul Robeson
Songs of Free Men, Sony Classical
HOUR two
- Theme from My Three Sons Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra
Ultra-Lounge Volume 13: TV Town, Capitol - My Blue Heaven Gene Austin
This is Gene Austin, RCA - Dancin' On Daddy's Shoes Leon Redbone
Whistling In The Wind, Private Music - Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como
Pure Gold, RCA - El Timbalero Travieso (The Mischievous Timbalero) Cachao
Master Sessions Volume 2, Crescent Moon/Epic - Paradise John Prine
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology, Rhino - Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn
Classic Country Music, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings - Daddy Could Swear, I Declare Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips Anthology, Motown - Instrumental: The Father Jump Earl Hines
Masters of Jazz Vol.3: Big Bands of the ‘30s & ‘40s, Rhino - INTERVIEW: Eddie Blazonczyk Jr. & Sr.
Listen - Joe Pete Got Two Women John Delafose
Joe Pete Got Two Women, Arhoolie - Licking Stick Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Desmond Dekker, Trojan - Instrumental: Face To Face That I Shall Know Him Joseph Spence
The Complete Folkways Recordings, 1958, Smithsonian Folkways - Daddy Frank Merle Haggard
Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Curb - Will the Circle be Unbroken Staples Singers
From Where I Stand; The Black Experience in Country Music, Warner Brothers - One for Daddy-O Miles Davis
Ballads & Blues, Blue Note - Father poem by Dick Lourie from film Smoke Signals Dick Lourie