Playlist for Lawrence Azrin on WMBR's Lost and Found, Monday, March 10, 2014 (Noon-2pm)

Comment:

BUBBLING UNDER//SET #1: BIRTHDAY today of Huey P. Meux, "The Crazy Cajun": barber/ DJ/ songwriter/ producer/ label owner; all-around wheeler-dealer in 60's/70's Texas; born 1929 in Wright, Louisiana

Time:

12:01

Artist:

Rocky & His Friends

Song:

Riot City

Album:

Format:

CD/digicart

[CD/digicart]

Misc:

BED • (Tower/Beatrocket)

Time:

12:03

Artist:

The Sir Douglas Quintet [Doug Sahm]

Song:

The Tracker

Album:

The Tracker: UK Edsel, 1998

Format:

The Tracker: UK Edsel, 1998 [CD]

Misc:

[#107/ 07-65] • B'DAY • BUB • (single: Tribe)

Comment:

... Tribe and 'Crazy Cajun' were two of of Huey P. Meux's numerous record labels - this CD was originally released in 1977, on the Crazy Cajun label

Time:

12:05

Artist:

Barbara Lynn

Song:

To Love Or Not To Love

Album:

Format:

single

[single]

Misc:

[#135/ 06-63] • B'DAY • BUB • (Jamie, 1963)

Comment:

produced by Huey P. Meaux

Time:

12:07

Artist:

Freddy Fender [Joe Seneca]

Song:

Talk to Me [originally a hit in 1958 for Little Willie John]

Album:

Greatest Hits: Crazy Cajun , 1999

Format:

Greatest Hits: Crazy Cajun , 1999 [CD]

Misc:

[C&W #3, #103/ 08-78] • B'DAY • BUB • (Dot)

Time:

12:10

Artist:

B.J. Thomas

Song:

Plain Jane

Album:

Format:

single

[single]

Misc:

[#129/12-66] • B'DAY • BUB • (Scepter)

Time:

12:13

Artist:

Sir Douglas Quintet

Song:

She Digs My Love

Album:

The SDQ is Back!

Format:

The SDQ is Back! [CD]

Misc:

B'DAY • BUB • (Tribe/Beatrocket, 1966/2000)

Time:

12:15

Artist:

Don Goldie

Song:

The Tracker

Album:

The Tracker

Format:

The Tracker [CD]

Misc:

B'DAY • BED • (Crazy Cajun, 1966)

Comment:

BUBBLING UNDER//SET #2: THE JAN & DEAN 'sandwhich' set// BORN 1940, LA - Dean Torrence/ age 74

Time:

12:18

Artist:

Jan & Dean [Jan BERRY]

Song:

'B' Gas Rickshaw [later covered by the Raybeats, see below]

Album:

Dead Man's Curve/New Girl in School

Format:

Dead Man's Curve/New Girl in School [LP]

Misc:

[LP charts: #80] • B'DAY • BED • (Liberty, April 1964)

Comment:

... Later covered by the early 1980s instrumental group The Raybeats, on their 1981 LP 'Guitar Beat' (1981/ PVC)

Time:

12:20

Artist:

Jan & Dean

Song:

A Beginning to an End

Album:

Folk N'Roll: Dec 1965

Format:

Folk N'Roll: Dec 1965 [LP]

Misc:

[#109/ 09-66] • B'DAY • BUB • (Liberty, 1965)

Time:

12:23

Artist:

Homer & Jethro

Song:

Please Help Me, I'm Falling

Album:

Songs Our Mother Never Taught Us

Format:

Songs Our Mother Never Taught Us [LP]

Misc:

[#101/ 10-60] • B'DAY • BUB • (parody of big Hank Locklin hit) RCA, 1960)

Time:

12:26

Artist:

Jefferson Airplane

Song:

Mexico

Album:

2400 Fulton Street

Format:

2-CD

2400 Fulton Street [2-CD]

Misc:

[#102/04-70] • BUB • NEW • (RCA, 1970)

Time:

12:28

Artist:

The Remains [Bo Diddley]

Song:

Diddy Wah Diddy [LOCAL LEGENDS!]

Album:

The Remains - Epic, Legacy, 2007

Format:

The Remains - Epic, Legacy, 2007 [CD]

Misc:

[#129/ 04-66] • DEATH • BUB

Comment:

... Deied Feb 23rd - Chip Damiani/ drummer - age 66 // Bo Diddley's 4th single, from Feb 1957

Time:

12:30

Artist:

Jan & Dean [Brian Wilson/Roger Christian]

Song:

Sidewalk Surfin'

Album:

Gotta Take That One Last Ride

Format:

2-LP

Gotta Take That One Last Ride [2-LP]

Misc:

[#107/ 07-76] • B'DAY • BUB • (re-issue) Liberty/UA, 1964/1974)

Time:

12:32

Artist:

The Lively Ones [Brian Wilson/ Jan Berry]

Song:

Surf City

Album:

Heads Up - the Best of, Vol. 2

Format:

Heads Up - the Best of, Vol. 2 [CD]

Misc:

B'DAY • BED • (J & D's only #1 hit) Del-Fi, 1963/2002)

Time:

12:35

Artist:

Ted Curson

Song:

Tears For Dolphy

Album:

Tears For Dolphy

Format:

Tears For Dolphy [CD]

Misc:

DEATH • BED • (d. Feb 8th - Dick Beck/ age 74 - jazz drummer) Black Lion, 1964/ 1994)

Comment:

SET #3 of BUBBLIN': A hunk a hunk of bubblin' Funk/ Soul/ R&B

Time:

12:40

Artist:

The Mighty Hannibal

Song:

Hymn No. 5

Album:

Hannibalism

Format:

Hannibalism [CD]

Misc:

[R&B #21, #115/11-66] • DEATH • BUB • (James Shaw died Jan. 30th/ age 74) Norton, 1966/2002)

Time:

12:45

Artist:

Marvin Gaye

Song:

A Funky Space reincarnation (Part 1) [cut short, because it's over 8 min long!]

Album:

Here, My Dear - Tamla/Hip-O, 1978/2007

Format:

2-CD

Here, My Dear - Tamla/Hip-O, 1978/2007 [2-CD]

Misc:

[#106/ 02-79] • DEATH • BUB • NEW • (d. Jan. 31st - Anna Gordy: Gaye/ex-wife, age 92)

Time:

12:48

Artist:

Joe Tex

Song:

All I Could Do Was Cry [was a hit three months earlier for Etta James]

Album:

The Early Years - Anna/ RnB: the Anna label was an early Motown label co-owned by her

Format:

The Early Years - Anna/ RnB: the Anna label was an early Motown label co-owned by her [CD]

Misc:

[#102/ 08-60] • DEATH • BUB • (d. Jan 31st - Anna Gordy Gaye)

Time:

12:51

Artist:

Aretha Franklin

Song:

Cry Like a Baby

Album:

The Queen in Waiting

Format:

2-CD

The Queen in Waiting [2-CD]

Misc:

[#2 R&B, #102/ 11-66] • BUB • NEW • (CBS/ Sony, 1966/ 2002)

Time:

12:54

Artist:

The Five Royales

Song:

I Know It's Hard But It's Fair

Album:

S/t

Format:

S/t [CD]

Misc:

[#103/ 03-59] • BUB • NEW • (King/King, 1959/1994)

Comment:

Spotlight on NORMAN BLAKE - Americana stringed-thing musician extraordinaire: he plays on all of the tracks in this set

Time:

12:56

Artist:

Norman Blake

Song:

Devil Chased Me Around the Stump

Album:

Rising Fawn String Ensemble

Format:

Rising Fawn String Ensemble [LP]

Misc:

B'DAY • BED • (b. 1937 - Norman Blake, multi-instrumentalist in many stringed things, 1980)

Time:

12:58

Artist:

Norman Blake

Song:

I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow

Album:

Soundtrack: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

Format:

2-CD

Soundtrack: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? [2-CD]

Misc:

[#1 overall/ C&W/ soundtracks] • B'DAY • BED • (2000/2011)

Time:

1:02

Artist:

Johnny Cash

Song:

Orange Blossom Special

Album:

Format:

[LP]

Misc:

[#3 C&W/ 02-65] • B'DAY • (CBS, 1965)

Time:

1:05

Artist:

John Hartford

Song:

Because of You

Album:

Aeroplane

Format:

Aeroplane [CD]

Misc:

B'DAY • (WB/Rounder Select, 1971/1997)

Time:

1:06

Artist:

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Song:

Honky Tonk Blues

Album:

Will the Circle be Unbroken

Format:

2-CD

Will the Circle be Unbroken [2-CD]

Misc:

[#4 C&W/ BB LP chart] • B'DAY • (United Artists/ Capitol, 1972/2002)

Time:

1:08

Artist:

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss [Don/Phil Everly]

Song:

Gone Gone Gone

Album:

Raising Sand

Format:

Raising Sand [CD]

Misc:

B'DAY • (2009 Grammy Album of the Year) Rounder, 2007)

Comment:

For the death Feb. 24th of longtime Bill Haley/Comets guitarist Franny Beecher, age 92/ born in Norristown, PA, started w/Benny Goodman

Time:

1:11

Artist:

Bill Haley & His Comets

Song:

Goofin' Around

Album:

Rock n'Roll Stage Show

Format:

4-CD

Rock n'Roll Stage Show [4-CD]

Misc:

DEATH • BED • (Decca/Real Gone, 1956/2013)

Time:

1:13

Artist:

Bill Haley and His Comets

Song:

Dim, Dim the Lights

Album:

Format:

single

[single]

Misc:

[#11/ 11-54] • DEATH • (1st track he recorded w/Comets) Decca, 1954)

Time:

1:15

Artist:

Bill Haley & His Comets [based on 'When the Saints Go Marching In']

Song:

Saints Rock N'Roll

Album:

Format:

single

[single]

Misc:

[#18/ 4-56] • DEATH • (Decca, 1956)

Time:

1:17

Artist:

Jimmy Lloyd

Song:

I've Got a Rocket In My Pocket

Album:

V/A Woo-Hoo! The Roulette Story

Format:

2-CD

V/A Woo-Hoo! The Roulette Story [2-CD]

Misc:

NEW • (Roulette/ One Day, 1958/ 2012)

Time:

1:20

Artist:

Bill Haley & His Comets

Song:

Rudy's Rock

Album:

Rock N' Roll Stage Show

Format:

4-CD

Rock N' Roll Stage Show [4-CD]

Misc:

[UK #2/#24/ 11-56] • DEATH • (Decca/ Real Gone, 1956/2013)

Time:

1:23

Artist:

Swinging Blue Jeans [Chan Romero]

Song:

The Hippy Hippy Shake

Album:

Best of the Sixties - Imperial, 1964/ Disky, 2000

Format:

Best of the Sixties - Imperial, 1964/ Disky, 2000 [CD]

Misc:

[UK #2, US #24/ 02-64] • REQ • (1 - for Victor V.)

Time:

1:25

Artist:

Bill Haley & His Comets

Song:

Blue Comet Blues

Album:

Rock n'Roll Stage Show

Format:

4-CD

Rock n'Roll Stage Show [4-CD]

Misc:

DEATH • BED • (Decca, 1956)

Comment:

The below two are for the DEATH of Marty Thau, age 74, on Feb 13th - label exec, manager (NY Dolls), producer, label owner (Red Star Records)

Time:

1:28

Artist:

The Real Kids

Song:

Roberta (slighty alternate take)

Album:

Better Be Good

Format:

Better Be Good [CD]

Misc:

DEATH • (Red Star/ Norton, 1977/1999)

Time:

1:31

Artist:

New York Dolls [Bo Diddley]

Song:

Pills [originally recorded by Bo Diddley/ 1961]

Album:

S/t

Format:

S/t [CD]

Misc:

DEATH • (Mercury/?, 1973/ ?)

Time:

1:34

Artist:

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band [Jesse Stone/ Mitch Leigh]

Song:

Money Honey/ The Impossible Dream [covers of: a) Drifters b) from 'Man Of La Mancha' Broadway play]

Album:

The Impossible Dream - 3rd album

Format:

The Impossible Dream - 3rd album [LP]

Misc:

B'DAY • (Vertigo, 1974)

Comment:

... Born 1950 - Ted McKenna/ drummer

Time:

1:36

Artist:

Rockin' Ramrods

Song:

Bright Lit, Blue Skies

Album:

Bosstown Sound

Format:

2-CD

Bosstown Sound [2-CD]

Misc:

REQ • (2 - for George in JP) Plymouth/ Big Beat, 1967/ 1998)

Comment:

DEATH: Charles Love of Bloodstone/ longtime member since the early 60s back in Kansas City, died March 7th/ age 74: tenor singer, guitar player

Time:

1:38

Artist:

Bloodstone

Song:

Outside Woman

Album:

Format:

single

[single]

Misc:

[R&B #2, #34/ 02-74] • DEATH • (London)

Time:

1:42

Artist:

Jan & Dean

Song:

Yellow Balloon [their _last_ charting original single]

Album:

3 - for Jonathan/ Arlington

Format:

single - Columbia

3 - for Jonathan/ Arlington [single - Columbia]

Misc:

[#111/ 03-67] • B'DAY • REQ • BUB

Comment:

Click on the Link above, to view the single, also to read its history, the competing version by The Yellow Balloon, and why CBS didn't releasae a planned album

Time:

1:45

Artist:

Buddy Morrow [Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra]

Song:

Please Please Me [Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Beatles Songs #20]

Album:

Big Band Beatlemania

Format:

Subtitled: The Big Hits of 1964 [original LP

Big Band Beatlemania [Subtitled: The Big Hits of 1964 [original LP]

Misc: