Galaxy Playlist for May 1st, 2006

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
George Jones	She Thinks I Still Care	Country, Classic, '50s/60s/'70s	Capitol, 1962
He Stopped Loving Her Today	Epic, 1980	1980 Grammy winner
Why Baby Why	Starday/King, 1955	He was still developing his sound here (he sounded a bit like Hank Williams)
Once You've Had The Best	Epic, 1973	Written by Johnny Paycheck
Electric Light Orchestra	10538 Overture	Rock, Classic, Progressive	Columbia, 1972	A set of songs from ELO's first two albums. Their first album was performed primarily by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, while both were members of the Move and considered ELO to be a side project. Many of the stringed instruments were performed by Wood using overdubbing. The last three songs were some of ELO's most adventurous, with the last featuring Wood on vocals.
Roll Over Beethoven	Columbia,1973
Manhattan Rumble	Columbia, 1972
Queen Of The Hours
Whisper In The Night
Camper Van Beethoven	Eye Of Fatima	Rock, Indie, '80s	Virgin, 1988	One of the great indie rock bands of the mid to late 80s, and one of the big influences behind the variety of music that you hear on the Galaxy, with their mix of country, ska and gypsy sounds. They have recently reformed, and are touring again.
Sad Lovers Waltz	Rough Trade, 1987
Take The Skinheads Bowling	Rough Trade, 1986
Tania	Virgin, 1988
Richard Danielpour	Frederica Von Stade, Thomas Hampson, -w- London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roger Nierenberg, cond.	Elegies	Classical, Modern, Art songs for solo/duet vocal -w- orchestra	Sony Classical, 2001	This piece was commissioned by Ms. Von Stade as a tribute to her father, Charles Von Stade, an Army lieutenant killed at the close of WWII. The libretto was written by poet Kim Vaeth, and is loosely based on letters that Lt. Von Stade had written to his wife. The music is quite modern, and very original while at the same time hearkening back the works of Benjamin Britten, or even of Charles Ives (but without Ives' avant guarde tendencies). Here's a review of the recording
Roy Orbison	Crying	Pop, early '60s	Monument, 1961	Peaked at #2 on the pop charts
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again	Pop/Country, '80s	Warner Bros., 1980	Duet with Emmylou Harris
Mean Woman Blues	Pop, early '60s	Monument, 1963	The song was first performed by Elvis in one of his early movies, and then later by Jerry Lee Lewis, but Orbison's version was the most successful version. Features sax by Paducah native Boots Randolph.
Ratt	Wanted Man	Metal, '80s	Atlantic, 1984
Killswitch Engage	My Last Serenade	Metal, Metalcore	Roadrunner, 2002

Composer

Performer

Title

Genre

Label

Notes

George Jones

She Thinks I Still Care

Country, Classic, '50s/60s/'70s

Capitol, 1962

He Stopped Loving Her Today

Epic, 1980

1980 Grammy winner

Why Baby Why

Starday/King, 1955

He was still developing his sound here (he sounded a bit like Hank Williams)

Once You've Had The Best

Epic, 1973

Written by Johnny Paycheck

Electric Light Orchestra

10538 Overture

Rock, Classic, Progressive

Columbia, 1972

A set of songs from ELO's first two albums. Their first album was performed primarily by Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood, while both were members of the Move and considered ELO to be a side project. Many of the stringed instruments were performed by Wood using overdubbing. The last three songs were some of ELO's most adventurous, with the last featuring Wood on vocals.

Roll Over Beethoven

Columbia,1973

Manhattan Rumble

Columbia, 1972

Queen Of The Hours

Whisper In The Night

Camper Van Beethoven

Eye Of Fatima

Rock, Indie, '80s

Virgin, 1988

One of the great indie rock bands of the mid to late 80s, and one of the big influences behind the variety of music that you hear on the Galaxy, with their mix of country, ska and gypsy sounds. They have recently reformed, and are touring again.

Sad Lovers Waltz

Rough Trade, 1987

Take The Skinheads Bowling

Rough Trade, 1986

Tania

Virgin, 1988

Richard Danielpour

Frederica Von Stade, Thomas Hampson, -w- London Philharmonic Orchestra, Roger Nierenberg, cond.

Elegies

Classical, Modern, Art songs for solo/duet vocal -w- orchestra

Sony Classical, 2001

This piece was commissioned by Ms. Von Stade as a tribute to her father, Charles Von Stade, an Army lieutenant killed at the close of WWII. The libretto was written by poet Kim Vaeth, and is loosely based on letters that Lt. Von Stade had written to his wife. The music is quite modern, and very original while at the same time hearkening back the works of Benjamin Britten, or even of Charles Ives (but without Ives' avant guarde tendencies). Here's a review of the recording

Roy Orbison

Crying

Pop, early '60s

Monument, 1961

Peaked at #2 on the pop charts

That Lovin' You Feelin' Again

Pop/Country, '80s

Warner Bros., 1980

Duet with Emmylou Harris

Mean Woman Blues

Pop, early '60s

Monument, 1963

The song was first performed by Elvis in one of his early movies, and then later by Jerry Lee Lewis, but Orbison's version was the most successful version. Features sax by Paducah native Boots Randolph.

Ratt

Wanted Man

Metal, '80s

Atlantic, 1984

Killswitch Engage

My Last Serenade

Metal, Metalcore

Roadrunner, 2002

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