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.
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Killswitch Engage |
The Forgotten |
Metal, "Metalcore" |
Roadrunner, 2009 |
New music!!!!! | |
Reckoning |
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A Light In A Darkened World |
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Take Me Away |
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Save Me |
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The Return |
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| Buck Owens (-w- Dwight Yoakim) |
Streets of Bakersfield |
Country, Classic, Honkytonk |
Capitol, 1989 |
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Buck Owens |
Love's Gonna Live Here |
Capitol, 1963 |
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John Russell, Von Morrison |
Buck Owens |
Act Naturally |
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Buck Owens/Harlan Howard |
I've Got A Tiger By The Tail |
Capitol, 1964 |
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Buck Owens |
Together Again |
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My Heart Skips A Beat |
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The Beach Boys |
California Girls |
Rock, pop, surf |
Capitol, 1965 |
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I Get Around |
Capitol, 1964 |
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Surfin' USA |
Capitol, 1963 |
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In My Room |
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Be True To Your School |
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God Only Knows |
Capitol, 1966 |
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Shut Down |
Capitol, 1963 |
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Fun Fun Fun |
Capitol, 1964 |
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Good Vibrations |
Capitol, 1967 |
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Red Hot Chilli Peppers |
Taste The Pain |
Rock, Alternative |
EMI, 1989 |
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Subterranian Homesick Blues |
EMI, 1987 |
A Bob Dylan tune | |||
Skinny Skinny Man |
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Backwoods |
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Higher Ground (Daddy-o Mix) |
EMI, 1989 |
A remix of their cover of a Stevie Wonder song | |||
Neil Sedaka |
The Carpenters |
Solitaire |
Pop, Singer-songwriter, '70s |
A&M, 1975 |
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Leon Russell |
A Song For You |
A&M, 1970 |
check out that Hammond organ, barely discernable in the background, right at the beginning | ||
P Udel, G. Geld |
Hurting Each Other |
A&M, 1972 |
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Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett |
Superstar |
A&M, 1971 |
B. Bramlett was with Delaney and Bonnie, whose band comprised the heart of Derek and the Dominoes (along with Clapton and Allman, of course)..... I could hear this song in a metal rendition.... | ||
Richard Carpenter |
Top of the World |
A&M, 1972 |
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Paul Williams |
Rainy Days and Mondays |
A&M, 1970 |
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Rage Against The Machine |
Born As Ghosts |
Rock, rap, metal, funk |
Sony, 1999 |
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People Of The Sun |
Sony, 1996 |
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Born Of A Broken Man |
Sony, 1999 |
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Wind Below |
Sony, 1996 |
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Roll Right |
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Etta James |
At Last |
R&B, Classic |
Arco, 1960 |
All from the same session, with an orchestra conducted by Riley Hampton | |
A Sunday Kind of Love |
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Trust In Me |
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Marvin Gaye |
What's Going On |
Motown, 1971 |
Whoops! I was mistaken - I thought this was from after Motown's relocation to LA. Great music, though, and with a strong California feel, I think. | ||
Pete Seeger |
The Byrds |
Turn Turn Turn |
Rock, Folk |
Columbia, 1965 |
The A and B side of the Turn Turn Turn single. |
Gene Clark |
She Don't Care About Time |
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Pete Seeger, Idris Davies |
The Bells Of Rhymney |
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Roger McGuinn |
Mr. Spaceman |
Columbia, 1966 |
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Bo Diddley |
The Doors |
Who Do You Love |
Rock, Psychedelic |
Elektra, 1996 |
live recording, possibly done in Philadelphia |
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The Doors |
Medley: Alabama Song, Backdoor Man, Love Hides, Five to One |
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Build Me A Woman |
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Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young |
Carry On |
Rock, Classic |
Atlantic, 1970 |
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On The Way Home |
Atlantic, 1992 |
Recorded live, probably about '71 or '72 | |||
Teach Your Children |
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Ratt |
Round and Round |
Metal, "hair" |
Atlantic, 1984 |
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Back For More |
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Dokken |
Alone Again |
Elektra, 1984 |
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Van Halen |
Runnin' With The Devil |
Metal, Hard Rock |
Warner Bros., 1978 |
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Why Can't This Be Love |
Warner Bros., 1986 |
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