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 |
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Sons of the Pioneers |
Way Out There |
Country&Western |
Decca, 1936 |
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Hang My Head and Cry |
Decca, 1943 |
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One More Ride |
Decca, 1934 |
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Wall of Voodoo |
Mexican Radio |
New Wave, Alt Pop |
IRS, 1982 |
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Thomas Dolby |
She Blinded Me With Science |
New Wave, Early Techo |
Capitol, 1982 |
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| The Dead Milkmen |
Bitchin' Camaro |
Alt Rock/Pop, Indie Rock |
Enigma/Restless, 1985 |
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Punk Rock Girl |
Enigma/Restless, 1988 |
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R.E.M. |
Superman |
IRS, 1986 |
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The Specials |
Guns of Navarrone |
New Wave, Ska, 2nd Wave |
Chrysalis, 1980 |
Recorded under the name Specials AKA | |
Ghost Town |
Chrysalis, 1981 |
No. 1 in England in 1981 | |||
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English Beat |
Whine and Grine/Stand Down Margaret |
IRS, 1980 |
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Echo and the Bunnymen |
Lips Like Sugar |
New Wave, Post Punk |
WEA, 1987 |
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Bring On The Dancing Horses |
Sire, 1985 |
featured on the soundtrack for Pretty In Pink | |||
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Romeo Void |
Never Say Never |
Alt Rock, Indie Rock |
Columbia, 1982 |
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Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Cascade |
Post Punk, Goth |
Polydor, 1983 |
From the live album Nocturne. Robert Smith (The Cure) was sitting with them on guitar at the time. | |
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Tom Tom Club |
Genius of Love |
Alt Rock/Pop |
Sire, 1981 |
The source of a million samples used in rap music. Tom Tom Club was the side group of Talking Heads Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, with TH sidemen Adrian Belew | |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad “Frida” Andersson |
I Know There's Something's Going On |
New Wave/Pop |
Atlantic, 1982 |
Andersson was one of the female voices in Abba (the dark haired one), but this was a complete departure from anything Abba did. Of course, this made it hard for us peons in America to figure out who this was, which may have dampened the popularity of the song. But the song was actually popular in Europe (they were always different over there anyway), and the album (rather well-considered, critically) | |
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Soft Cell |
Tainted Love |
New Wave, Techno |
Some Bizarre, 1981 |
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Gary Numan |
Cars |
Beggar's Banquet, 1979 |
planting the seeds of the Industrial music revolution.... | ||
Orchestral Manoevures in the Dark |
The More I See You |
Virgin, 1980 |
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So In Love |
New Wave, Alt Pop |
Virgin, 1985 |
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New Order |
Blue Monday |
New Wave, Techno |
Factory/Qwest, 1983 |
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Joy Division |
Love Will Tear Us Apart |
Post Punk |
Factory, 1980 |
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Duran Duran |
Planet Earth |
New Wave, "New Romantic" |
Capitol, 1981 |
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