The Galaxy Playlist

September 19 , 2005

Filling a Request

Composer's name is listed where notable (i.e. Classical Performance, Jazz Performance).

For more information on any of the rock, pop and Jazz music featured on this program, I frequently utilize AllMusic, an excellent free database holding a huge plethora of information about music and the artists that make it.

Composer Performer Title Genre Label Notes
Neil Young Down By The River Rock, Classic, '60s Reprise/Warner Bros, 1969
Creem Born Under A Bad Sign Rock/Classic/'60s BBC, 1996 Recorded live in the BBC studios for radio broadcast, 30 May 1967
We're Going Wrong
Jethro Tull Cross-Eyed Mary Rock, Classic/'70s Chrysalis, 1973
Aqualung
George Jones She Thinks I Still Care Country, Classic/Honkytonk United Artists, 1962
Wedding Ring Epic, 1976
We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds United Artists, 1963
He Stopped Loving Her Today Epic, 1980
The Race Is On United Artists, 1964
Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra Can You Take It? Jazz, Big Band, '30s Vocalion/Columbia, 1933 Fletcher Henderson was one of the early popular big band leaders, although his popularity fell off due to his lack of business skills. He later achieved some success writing arrangments for Benny Goodman, and is featured on the Benny Goodman cut we hear here. The Fletcher Henderson cut includes Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax and clarinet, while the Count Basie cut has Lester Young on clarinet and tenor sax.
Cab Calloway and his Orchestra The Man From Harlem Domino/Columbia, 1932
Count Basie and his Orchestra Riff Interlude Columbia, 1939
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra Stealin' Apples Columbia, 1939/1987
U2 New Years Day Rock, Post-Punk/New Romantic Island, 1983
The Unforgettable Fire Island, 1984
I Will Follow Island, 1980
Sunday Bloody Sunday Island, 1983
Samuel Barber
(1910 - 1981)
Roberta Alexander (soprano), -w- Tan Crone, (p) Despite and Still, Opus 41 Classical, 20th Century Etcetera, 1988
24-7 Spyz Racism Metal In Effect, 1991
The Bad Brains PMA Punk/Hardcore, '80s Caroline, 1981
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