WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 1, 2024

Listener comments!
	2:49pm WLSClark: Is this the Roosevelt Hotel? What's all those Standard Oil men running away? LARRY is the KINGFISH! Every man a KING!
	♥ 2:50pm Funky16Corners: Hey Clark!
	2:56pm WLSClark: Larry, before a jerk entered my pic in 2016, politics was very small. In 1972, I found the Kingfish's story and movie quite interesting. Today, the fake Kingfish scares me to death because he is NOT anything like the Kingfish, but pretends to be. Randy has gone from politics in those days to fun happy songs more often today. I guess I am happy--FOR HIM! haha
	♥ 2:56pm Funky16Corners: The perm 'populism' has taken on a whole new terrifying meaning.
	2:57pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @2:56 Im happy Randy did those 70s songs--and movie songs too! Mostly, happy he wrote a song for Saturday's Children to record in 1967.
	♥ 2:59pm Funky16Corners: I missed that one! I'll have to get it for next time!
	♥ 3:00pm Michael 98145: looking forward to this show !
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:00 Hi Michael!
	3:01pm WLSClark: My girlfriend was there when the little dog weaddled his way down a country road in a small town Iowa and Norman Lear came knocking on her aunt's door and she answered it. They were making "Cold Turkey" and Randy's "He Give Us All His Love" was the theme for the little dog and the movie.
	3:01pm WLSClark: Hi Michael!
	♥ 3:02pm Yvang: Hi Larry and testifyers!
	3:02pm Erica: Hi Larry
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Yvang @3:02 Yvang!
	3:02pm bradford: Hey there Larry & everyone!
	🥁 ♥ 3:02pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @3:02 Hey Erica!
	♥ 3:02pm Michael 98145: Aloha, Everyone
	♥ 3:02pm Yvang: Now for the The Randy road!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Jeff Ash @3:02 Hey Jeff! How you holding up?
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ bradford @3:02 Hi bradford!
	♥ 3:03pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry & friends. Not a bit fan but to me the first album is as good introduction as you can get.
	3:03pm WLSClark: Hey Yvang! Erica!!! bradford, Jeff, 98145, and I assume Andrew! Brian in UK!!
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:03 Hi Brian! I think you'll dig the stuff I've dug up.
	3:03pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there, Larry, and all other listeners!
	🥁 ♥ 3:03pm Jeff Ash: Doing all right. Feet up and taking it easy.
	♥ 3:04pm doctorjazz: Hello Larry and Witnesses, great theme for a show!
	3:04pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hi, Clark.
	♥ 3:04pm Brian in UK: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:03 That is never in doubt!
	3:04pm Mollywog: It may be early afternoon on Thursday but I've got a good radio show to brighten my day!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:04 Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:04 Hi Andrew!
	♥ 3:05pm Yvang: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hi WLSClark!
	3:05pm WLSClark: Hey Doc and Molly!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Mollywog @3:04 Welcome Mollywog!
	♥ 3:05pm doctorjazz: ↳ WLSClark @3:05 Hey WLSClark!
	3:05pm bradford: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Howdy Clark!
	♥ 3:06pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Ok I'm gonna tune in to today's show at work and see if I can get any work done.
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @3:06 Hi Jeff!
	3:07pm WLSClark: Hoping some of you might want to jump streams Saturday afternoon for my drop in show. I think listeners here might enjoy 60s top 40 stuff? Anyway, Larry's show--one of the best on FMU Drummer stream fer sure!
	♥ 3:08pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:07 Clark has excellent taste!
	3:08pm Mollywog: Hey there WLSClark, good to see you. Good luck with that Jeff, not much will be getting done around here for a while.....
	3:10pm Mollywog: What time is your show Clark?
	3:11pm WLSClark: ↳ Mollywog @3:10 6 PM Eastern. Thanks Molly. wfmu.org...
	♥ 3:11pm Sem: Hello, Larry, Randy, and congregation.
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Sem @3:11 Hey Sem!
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: ↳ WLSClark @3:11 bookmarked!
	♥ 3:14pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Galaxy A Go Go or Leave It To Flint" by "Randy Ne... Whoa! Fun Movie.
	♥ 3:15pm Brian in UK: ↳ Sem @3:11 Amen.
	3:16pm WLSClark: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:12 Thanks, Michael.
	3:17pm WLSClark: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:14 Love those Flint movies. I think the song was one on BPN's last marathon premium.
	♥ 3:17pm Sem: ↳ Brian in UK @3:15 Bless you and those about you.
	♥ 3:18pm doctorjazz: ↳ WLSClark @3:07 That's at 7 PM, correct? (I thought it was 6, missed MOM Whig's, though I did catch the archived show).
	3:18pm Andres: Hello. Taking a break from playing checkers to tune in.
	3:18pm WLSClark: ↳ doctorjazz @3:18 Dont ask me? I am horrible with all that time zone stuff. 5 PM Central which is where I am. haha
	♥ 3:19pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:18 Hi Andres!
	3:19pm WLSClark: Hi Andres. Now, King me!
	♥ 3:20pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" by "Bud Dashiell" Love this song (quite a soft version...)
	♥ 3:20pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:20 This is a great album, very much all in this style
	3:20pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" by "Bud Dashiell" Do you think Dylan could do this? Seems like a song he would do with.
	3:25pm Mollywog: 6pm Eastern is 3pm Pacific Time, I'm setting a reminder.
	3:26pm WLSClark: Charlie Tuna (born in Nebraska) will thank you!! haha
	♥ 3:27pm Michael 98145: Day of the Groundhog, Candlemas coming. Half-way (sort of) between Winter Solstice and the Equinox.
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:27 New Jersey, unable to find a substitute for its late groundhog standardbearer, is cancelling its ceremony
	♥ 3:28pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" by "Julius LaRosa" "Frozen smiles To chase love way" Missed that line until now.
	3:29pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... Love this version!!
	♥ 3:30pm Michael 98145: " The Germans had a tradition of marking Candlemas (February 2) as "Badger Day" (Dachstag), on which if a badger emerging from its den encountered a sunny day, thereby casting a shadow, it heralded four more weeks of winter. "
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:29 Just a brilliant record.
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:30 I like the warm, folksy sound of 'Groundhog Day' much better
	3:31pm Erica: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:27 I hope we don't have 6 more weeks of winter again.
	♥ 3:31pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... This song will forever be connected to Black Mirror to me.
	♥ 3:31pm WR: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... Doug played this on his program last week to open a set of women singing RN songs. wfmu.org...
	♥ 3:31pm Michael 98145: ↳ Erica @3:31 Amen to that. Our crocuses are coming up.
	3:32pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... That song sounds SO much like another, but cannot place it. Anyone???
	♥ 3:32pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:31 Hey WR!
	♥ 3:32pm Michael 98145: Love Cilla Black
	♥ 3:32pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ WLSClark @3:32 Hi, Clark!
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:32 It's always reminded me of 'What Time Is It?' by the Jive Five
	3:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:31 Well, we have had 11 days of winter total this winter, so what's 6 more weeks? haha 60s today--record setters in Lincoln.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:32 Another HUGE UK star that isn't really well known over here
	3:34pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Bet No One Ever Hurt So Bad" by "Alan Price" Speaking of Animals, did you mention that three Randy Newman compositions are on “Eric is Here” (Eric Burdon’s 1967 solo album made after the Old Animals dissolved and before the New Animals debuted)?
	3:34pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:33 That's not what I am thinking tho. Hi Andrew! I actually said HI to you BEFORE you even tuned in above. haha
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @3:34 We'll be hearing one of them presently!
	♥ 3:35pm StringOFperils: ↳ WLSClark @3:32 Aaron Neville's 'Tell It Like It Is' ?
	3:35pm WLSClark: Columbia had no idea what they had in 1963: Erma and Aretha (on Columbia) then.
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @3:35 Hi String!
	♥ 3:36pm StringOFperils: Hello, Larry!
	3:36pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "I've Been Wrong Before" by "Cilla Black" A professional Cilla Black impersonator plays her in Edgar Wright's "Last Night in Soho".
	♥ 3:37pm WR: ↳ WLSClark @3:11 Happy to see you doing another episode on the Rock n Soul stream. I'll most likely be an archive listener but have book marked it.
	3:37pm WLSClark: ↳ StringOFperils @3:35 No, it was that repeating "Anyone" bit that is just like a repeating --I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU!!! That's it!
	3:38pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Illinois" by "Everly Brothers" So, Randy wrote this and "Louisiana"? He was the first Sufjan Stevens!!! haha States singer!
	♥ 3:38pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:37 Dig the middle set of this episode: wfmu.org...
	♥ 3:39pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:38 Only 48 left!
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: This album, arranged by Benny Golson!
	3:42pm Mollywog: Never heard this Eric Clapton version of the song, I like it!
	♥ 3:42pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Old Kentucky Home" by "Tom Northcott" Jug? (Be getting a new album by Jim Kweskin in a few days, of Jug Band fame)
	♥ 3:42pm doctorjazz: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:40 That's CRAZY!
	3:43pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:39 hahaha
	♥ 3:43pm StringOFperils: Stephen Foster gone blind from drinkin' Kentucky sour mash
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @3:43 I like to think of songs lke this as Randy poking Foster in the eye
	♥ 3:44pm StringOFperils: Randy's a great un-plugger of mythologies
	3:46pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear" by "Bob... Big UK hit for someone. Who???
	♥ 3:46pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:46 Alan Price
	3:46pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:46 Oh yeah!
	3:47pm David Shortell: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:46 I got the Parrot single, though I first heard the song from Scooter and Fozzie on "The Muppet Show".
	3:48pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Snow" by "Claudine Longet" THINK OF RAIN is one of MY faves by her. Hey all, gotta travel. Catch you all again. Great show, Larry!
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:48 Later Clark!
	3:50pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "The Biggest Night Of Her Life" by "Harpers Bizarre" Love this!
	♥ 3:50pm Funky16Corners: After this is a suite of Newman songs that Rick Nelson did on his 1968 Perspectives album
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:50 HB recorded a TON of Newman songs
	♥ 3:54pm Michael 98145: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:50 had no idea ...
	♥ 3:55pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:54 This album is a gem. Much of his late 60s stuff is underrated/unheard
	3:56pm David Shortell: In the 80's, I saw Randy open for comedian Steven Wright at the Garden State Arts Center. It was an audience of disrespectful pricks.
	♥ 3:57pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @3:56 That's a weird bill, only in that Randy was opening.
	♥ 3:58pm Funky16Corners: This is almost a concept-most of an album side
	♥ 3:59pm Michael 98145: interesting stereo separation
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:59 Yes, lots of inbetween songs sound effects, too
	♥ 4:02pm Michael 98145: have to admit i love this song
	♥ 4:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:02 Me too, one more version in the next set
	4:04pm Erica: A lot of covers of "I Think it's Gonna Rain Today" on this show.
	4:12pm Fred R: Afternoon Larry and everyone!
	♥ 4:12pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Louisiana 1927" by "Aaron Neville" One of the best singers EVER! (seen him many times-once in a church in Brooklyn, just a piano back up. He did an Ave Maria that brought tears to my eyes).
	♥ 4:13pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @4:12 Yeah, what a voice
	4:13pm Erica: I can imagine Elton John covering this one better than Aaron Neville, although I do like Aaron's voice.
	♥ 4:14pm doctorjazz: ↳ Erica @4:13 I beg to disagree (please, please let me...) ;- )
	♥ 4:14pm Brian in UK: ↳ doctorjazz @4:12 You bet!
	♥ 4:14pm Funky16Corners: Newman only wrote the Vine Street part of this
	4:15pm Erica: ↳ doctorjazz @4:14 To be fair Aaron's version is nice too
	♥ 4:20pm Michael 98145: ↳ doctorjazz @4:12 i can well-imagine that
	♥ 4:21pm Michael 98145: this set is soaring
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:21 Thank you!
	♥ 4:24pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Sail Away" by "Nilsson" There's a nice cover of this of this by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, with Arlo Guthrie...on the A&M lp Sonny & Brownie
	♥ 4:25pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @4:24 I haven't heard that. I'll look for it.
	♥ 4:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Erica @4:13 Not that Elton John is not a great singer, but Aaron Neville...
	4:27pm Erica: ↳ doctorjazz @4:25 It's fine. We all have our tastes.
	4:28pm Erica: Whenever I hear "Old Kentucky Home" I think of Wacko from Animaniacs.
	♥ 4:30pm Michael 98145: ↳ doctorjazz @4:25 ( enjoying those pup pictures )
	♥ 4:34pm doctorjazz: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:30 I got a million of 'em...
	4:34pm Erica: I just realized that song was about Asian love.
	♥ 4:37pm Sem: Larry, followed Newman for years. So glad to hear these versions of his work, pretty much the undiscovered country for me. Thanks so much.
	♥ 4:37pm StringOFperils: Tin can at my feet, think I'll kick it down the street' always makes me think of a panel from Henry comics
	4:38pm David Shortell: I just remembered there's a Randy Newman composition on Flamin' Groovies' "Teenage Head" album.
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @4:38 Which one?
	♥ 4:38pm doctorjazz: Missed Ella, caught Sheldon (the jazz representation), don't think Sheldon's a great singer, but I like the way he sings.
	4:39pm David Shortell: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:38 "Have You Seen My Baby?"
	4:40pm David Shortell: ↳ StringOFperils @4:37 Henry the bald, mouthless kid with a jaw that looked like an ass? Few remember him.
	♥ 4:41pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @4:40 Have you ever seen the SCTV sketch, where someone made Henry into a live action movie?
	♥ 4:41pm StringOFperils: ↳ David Shortell @4:40 He didn't say much, but he left a lasting impression
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Sorry 'bout that gap...
	4:44pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:44 I thought it was my player.
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:44 Nope, my bad. didn't cue up the song correctly
	4:46pm David Shortell: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 I don't remember! There's SCTV material online that I haven't seen in over 40 years. Some of it hasn't been televised since its pre-NBC days and was never collected on home video!
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @4:46 It's criminal that someone isn't running those shows.
	4:48pm Erica: Don't mention the war.
	♥ 4:49pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:48 Which one?
	4:50pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:49 Sorry I was referencing Fawlty Towers, in reference to the Micky Dolenz song.
	♥ 4:51pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Baltimore" by "Nina Simone" Pretty much love any version of this song!
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:50 Ah, ok.
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @4:51 There's a great reggae version, I think by The Tamlins
	♥ 4:52pm Michael 98145: Thanks again.
	♥ 4:53pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:52 Thanks for listening!
	4:54pm bradford: Many thanks, Larry!
	♥ 4:54pm Funky16Corners: ↳ bradford @4:54 Thanks bradford!
	4:55pm Erica: Thank you Lord for your love.
	♥ 4:55pm Andrew in Toronto: What a great episode! Thanks, Larry!
	4:55pm David Shortell: ↳ Erica @4:50 I know the episode, but I don't get the connection.
	♥ 4:56pm doctorjazz: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:51 I've heard it (have it somewhere), it IS great!
	4:56pm Andres: Thanks for clueing me in to the early Randy Newman. Great stuff, Larry!
	4:57pm still b/p: I sent an image of comic strip Henry to a friend recently. I will never never forget Henry.
	♥ 4:57pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @4:56 Here it is... youtu.be...
	♥ 4:58pm doctorjazz: Thanks Larry, great tribute!
	♥ 4:58pm StringOFperils: Thanks Larry.....thought you were not going to make it there for a second...:)
	♥ 4:58pm Yvang: Thanks Larry!
	4:59pm Mollywog: Great show as usual! Thanks Larry!
	♥ 5:00pm Beantown Doug: Love the show. Always remember seeing Newman on his Sail Away tour in '73. Came in late, will catch what I missed later.
	5:00pm Erica: Thanks Larry!
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks to you all for taking the time to join me and share the music!
	5:01pm Erica: And Happy February to you all
	5:01pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Living Without You" by "Bill Henderson" His acting resume is huge. My first impression of him was as King Blues in the Fillmore Auditorium tribute comedy "Get Crazy".
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @5:01 yes!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from February 1, 2024

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February 1, 2024: Testify! - The Songs of Randy Newman

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Doobie Brothers	Beehive State "Beehive State" by "Doobie Brothers"	Doobie Brothers	WB	1971	LP	0:01:28 (Pop-up)
Walker Brothers	I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore	Introducing The Walker Brothers	Smash	1965	LP	0:04:03 (Pop-up)
Alan Price	Bet No One Ever Hurt So Bad	The Price Is Right	Parrot	1968	LP	0:07:46 (Pop-up)
Liza Minnelli	Happyland "Happyland" by "Liza Minnelli"	Liza Minnelli	A&M	1968	LP	0:10:13 (Pop-up)
Randy Newman and Jerry Goldsmith	Galaxy A Go Go or Leave It To Flint	Our Man Flint OST	20th Century Fox Records	1966	LP	0:12:37 (Pop-up)
Peggy Lee	Love Story "Love Story" by "Peggy Lee"	Is That All There Is?	Capitol	1969	LP	0:14:51 (Pop-up)
Bud Dashiell	I Think It's Gonna Rain Today	I Think It's Gonna Rain Today	WB	1968	LP	0:18:17 (Pop-up)

Julius LaRosa	I Think It's Going to Rain Today	45RPM Single	MGM	1966	45	0:26:22 (Pop-up)
Irma Thomas	Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)	45RPM Single	Imperial	1964	45	0:28:56 (Pop-up)
Cilla Black	I've Been Wrong Before	45RPM Single	Capitol	1965	45	0:31:53 (Pop-up)
Erma Franklin	Love Is Blind "Love Is Blind" by "Erma Franklin"	45RPM Single	Epic	1963	45	0:34:02 (Pop-up)
Everly Brothers	Illinois "Illinois" by "Everly Brothers"	Roots	WB	1968	LP	0:36:52 (Pop-up)
Eric Burdon	Mama Told Me Not To Come	Eric Is Here	MGM	1967	LP	0:39:03 (Pop-up)
Tom Northcott	Old Kentucky Home "Old Kentucky Home" by "Tom Northcott"	Upside Downside	UNI	1971	LP	0:41:13 (Pop-up)
Bob Dorough and Bill Takas	Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear	Beginning To See the Light	Laissez Faire	1976	CD	0:44:06 (Pop-up)
Claudine Longet	Snow "Snow" by "Claudine Longet"	Love Is Blue	A&M	1968	LP	0:46:43 (Pop-up)
Harpers Bizarre	The Biggest Night Of Her Life	Anything Goes	Warner Brothers	1967	LP	0:49:28 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson	Wait Til Next Year "Wait Til Next Year" by "Rick Nelson"	Perspective	Decca	1968	LP	0:51:58 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson	Love Story "Love Story" by "Rick Nelson"	Perspective	Decca	1968	LP	0:54:11 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson	So Long Dad/Love Story (Reprise)	Perspective	Decca	1968	LP	0:58:08 (Pop-up)
Rick Nelson	I Think It's Gonna Rain Today	Perspective	Decca	1968	LP	1:01:17 (Pop-up)

Aaron Neville	Louisiana 1927 "Louisiana 1927" by "Aaron Neville"	Warm Your Heart	A&M	1991	CD	1:11:10 (Pop-up)
Van Dyke Parks	Vine Street / Palm Desert	Song Cycle	Reprise	1967	LP	1:14:09 (Pop-up)
Nilsson	Sail Away "Sail Away" by "Nilsson"	45RPM Single	RCA	1976	45	1:20:46 (Pop-up)
Nilsson	Snow "Snow" by "Nilsson"	Nisson Sings Newman	RCA	1970	CD	1:24:26 (Pop-up)
Beau Brummels	Old Kentucky Home "Old Kentucky Home" by "Beau Brummels"	Triangle	WB	1967	LP	1:26:49 (Pop-up)
Bill Henderson	Living Without You	45RPM Single	WB	1970	45	1:28:53 (Pop-up)
Ella Fitzgerald	Yellow Man "Yellow Man" by "Ella Fitzgerald"	Ella	Reprise	1969	LP	1:32:08 (Pop-up)
Jack Sheldon	I Think It's Gonna Rain Today	The Cool World of Jack Sheldon	Dot	1969	LP	1:34:25 (Pop-up)
Nick DeCaro	While The City Sleeps	Italian Graffiti	Blue Thumb	1974	LP	1:37:22 (Pop-up)
Lee Hazlewood	Let's Burn Down the Cornfield	Forty	LHI	1969	CD	1:41:03 (Pop-up)
Liza Minnelli	At the Debutante's Ball	Liza Minnelli	A&M	1968	LP	1:43:38 (Pop-up)
Micky Dolenz	A Lover's Prayer "A Lover's Prayer" by "Micky Dolenz"	45RPM Single	MGM	1972	45	1:46:34 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone	Baltimore "Baltimore" by "Nina Simone"	Baltimore	CTI	1978	LP	1:48:41 (Pop-up)
Wanda Jackson	He Gives Us All His Love	Praise the Lord	Capitol	1972	LP	1:53:14 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45	2:00:38 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2:49pm WLSClark: Is this the Roosevelt Hotel? What's all those Standard Oil men running away? LARRY is the KINGFISH! Every man a KING!
	♥ 2:50pm Funky16Corners: Hey Clark!
	2:56pm WLSClark: Larry, before a jerk entered my pic in 2016, politics was very small. In 1972, I found the Kingfish's story and movie quite interesting. Today, the fake Kingfish scares me to death because he is NOT anything like the Kingfish, but pretends to be. Randy has gone from politics in those days to fun happy songs more often today. I guess I am happy--FOR HIM! haha
	♥ 2:56pm Funky16Corners: The perm 'populism' has taken on a whole new terrifying meaning.
	2:57pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @2:56 Im happy Randy did those 70s songs--and movie songs too! Mostly, happy he wrote a song for Saturday's Children to record in 1967.
	♥ 2:59pm Funky16Corners: I missed that one! I'll have to get it for next time!
	♥ 3:00pm Michael 98145: looking forward to this show !
	♥ 3:01pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:00 Hi Michael!
	3:01pm WLSClark: My girlfriend was there when the little dog weaddled his way down a country road in a small town Iowa and Norman Lear came knocking on her aunt's door and she answered it. They were making "Cold Turkey" and Randy's "He Give Us All His Love" was the theme for the little dog and the movie.
	3:01pm WLSClark: Hi Michael!
	♥ 3:02pm Yvang: Hi Larry and testifyers!
	3:02pm Erica: Hi Larry
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Yvang @3:02 Yvang!
	3:02pm bradford: Hey there Larry & everyone!
	🥁 ♥ 3:02pm Jeff Ash: Greetings from Wisconsin!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @3:02 Hey Erica!
	♥ 3:02pm Michael 98145: Aloha, Everyone
	♥ 3:02pm Yvang: Now for the The Randy road!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Jeff Ash @3:02 Hey Jeff! How you holding up?
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ bradford @3:02 Hi bradford!
	♥ 3:03pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry & friends. Not a bit fan but to me the first album is as good introduction as you can get.
	3:03pm WLSClark: Hey Yvang! Erica!!! bradford, Jeff, 98145, and I assume Andrew! Brian in UK!!
	♥ 3:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Brian in UK @3:03 Hi Brian! I think you'll dig the stuff I've dug up.
	3:03pm Andrew in Toronto: Hi there, Larry, and all other listeners!
	🥁 ♥ 3:03pm Jeff Ash: Doing all right. Feet up and taking it easy.
	♥ 3:04pm doctorjazz: Hello Larry and Witnesses, great theme for a show!
	3:04pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hi, Clark.
	♥ 3:04pm Brian in UK: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:03 That is never in doubt!
	3:04pm Mollywog: It may be early afternoon on Thursday but I've got a good radio show to brighten my day!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:04 Hey Doc!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:04 Hi Andrew!
	♥ 3:05pm Yvang: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Hi WLSClark!
	3:05pm WLSClark: Hey Doc and Molly!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Mollywog @3:04 Welcome Mollywog!
	♥ 3:05pm doctorjazz: ↳ WLSClark @3:05 Hey WLSClark!
	3:05pm bradford: ↳ WLSClark @3:03 Howdy Clark!
	♥ 3:06pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: Ok I'm gonna tune in to today's show at work and see if I can get any work done.
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Jeff formerly from Rahway @3:06 Hi Jeff!
	3:07pm WLSClark: Hoping some of you might want to jump streams Saturday afternoon for my drop in show. I think listeners here might enjoy 60s top 40 stuff? Anyway, Larry's show--one of the best on FMU Drummer stream fer sure!
	♥ 3:08pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:07 Clark has excellent taste!
	3:08pm Mollywog: Hey there WLSClark, good to see you. Good luck with that Jeff, not much will be getting done around here for a while.....
	3:10pm Mollywog: What time is your show Clark?
	3:11pm WLSClark: ↳ Mollywog @3:10 6 PM Eastern. Thanks Molly. wfmu.org...
	♥ 3:11pm Sem: Hello, Larry, Randy, and congregation.
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Sem @3:11 Hey Sem!
	♥ 3:12pm Michael 98145: ↳ WLSClark @3:11 bookmarked!
	♥ 3:14pm Michael 98145: ↳ Song: "Galaxy A Go Go or Leave It To Flint" by "Randy Ne... Whoa! Fun Movie.
	♥ 3:15pm Brian in UK: ↳ Sem @3:11 Amen.
	3:16pm WLSClark: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:12 Thanks, Michael.
	3:17pm WLSClark: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:14 Love those Flint movies. I think the song was one on BPN's last marathon premium.
	♥ 3:17pm Sem: ↳ Brian in UK @3:15 Bless you and those about you.
	♥ 3:18pm doctorjazz: ↳ WLSClark @3:07 That's at 7 PM, correct? (I thought it was 6, missed MOM Whig's, though I did catch the archived show).
	3:18pm Andres: Hello. Taking a break from playing checkers to tune in.
	3:18pm WLSClark: ↳ doctorjazz @3:18 Dont ask me? I am horrible with all that time zone stuff. 5 PM Central which is where I am. haha
	♥ 3:19pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:18 Hi Andres!
	3:19pm WLSClark: Hi Andres. Now, King me!
	♥ 3:20pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" by "Bud Dashiell" Love this song (quite a soft version...)
	♥ 3:20pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @3:20 This is a great album, very much all in this style
	3:20pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today" by "Bud Dashiell" Do you think Dylan could do this? Seems like a song he would do with.
	3:25pm Mollywog: 6pm Eastern is 3pm Pacific Time, I'm setting a reminder.
	3:26pm WLSClark: Charlie Tuna (born in Nebraska) will thank you!! haha
	♥ 3:27pm Michael 98145: Day of the Groundhog, Candlemas coming. Half-way (sort of) between Winter Solstice and the Equinox.
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:27 New Jersey, unable to find a substitute for its late groundhog standardbearer, is cancelling its ceremony
	♥ 3:28pm Brian in UK: ↳ Song: "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" by "Julius LaRosa" "Frozen smiles To chase love way" Missed that line until now.
	3:29pm Andres: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... Love this version!!
	♥ 3:30pm Michael 98145: " The Germans had a tradition of marking Candlemas (February 2) as "Badger Day" (Dachstag), on which if a badger emerging from its den encountered a sunny day, thereby casting a shadow, it heralded four more weeks of winter. "
	♥ 3:30pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Andres @3:29 Just a brilliant record.
	♥ 3:31pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:30 I like the warm, folksy sound of 'Groundhog Day' much better
	3:31pm Erica: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:27 I hope we don't have 6 more weeks of winter again.
	♥ 3:31pm Jeff formerly from Rahway: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... This song will forever be connected to Black Mirror to me.
	♥ 3:31pm WR: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... Doug played this on his program last week to open a set of women singing RN songs. wfmu.org...
	♥ 3:31pm Michael 98145: ↳ Erica @3:31 Amen to that. Our crocuses are coming up.
	3:32pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)" ... That song sounds SO much like another, but cannot place it. Anyone???
	♥ 3:32pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WR @3:31 Hey WR!
	♥ 3:32pm Michael 98145: Love Cilla Black
	♥ 3:32pm Andrew in Toronto: ↳ WLSClark @3:32 Hi, Clark!
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:32 It's always reminded me of 'What Time Is It?' by the Jive Five
	3:33pm WLSClark: ↳ Erica @3:31 Well, we have had 11 days of winter total this winter, so what's 6 more weeks? haha 60s today--record setters in Lincoln.
	♥ 3:33pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:32 Another HUGE UK star that isn't really well known over here
	3:34pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Bet No One Ever Hurt So Bad" by "Alan Price" Speaking of Animals, did you mention that three Randy Newman compositions are on “Eric is Here” (Eric Burdon’s 1967 solo album made after the Old Animals dissolved and before the New Animals debuted)?
	3:34pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:33 That's not what I am thinking tho. Hi Andrew! I actually said HI to you BEFORE you even tuned in above. haha
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @3:34 We'll be hearing one of them presently!
	♥ 3:35pm StringOFperils: ↳ WLSClark @3:32 Aaron Neville's 'Tell It Like It Is' ?
	3:35pm WLSClark: Columbia had no idea what they had in 1963: Erma and Aretha (on Columbia) then.
	♥ 3:35pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @3:35 Hi String!
	♥ 3:36pm StringOFperils: Hello, Larry!
	3:36pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "I've Been Wrong Before" by "Cilla Black" A professional Cilla Black impersonator plays her in Edgar Wright's "Last Night in Soho".
	♥ 3:37pm WR: ↳ WLSClark @3:11 Happy to see you doing another episode on the Rock n Soul stream. I'll most likely be an archive listener but have book marked it.
	3:37pm WLSClark: ↳ StringOFperils @3:35 No, it was that repeating "Anyone" bit that is just like a repeating --I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU!!! That's it!
	3:38pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Illinois" by "Everly Brothers" So, Randy wrote this and "Louisiana"? He was the first Sufjan Stevens!!! haha States singer!
	♥ 3:38pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:37 Dig the middle set of this episode: wfmu.org...
	♥ 3:39pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:38 Only 48 left!
	♥ 3:40pm Funky16Corners: This album, arranged by Benny Golson!
	3:42pm Mollywog: Never heard this Eric Clapton version of the song, I like it!
	♥ 3:42pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Old Kentucky Home" by "Tom Northcott" Jug? (Be getting a new album by Jim Kweskin in a few days, of Jug Band fame)
	♥ 3:42pm doctorjazz: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:40 That's CRAZY!
	3:43pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:39 hahaha
	♥ 3:43pm StringOFperils: Stephen Foster gone blind from drinkin' Kentucky sour mash
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @3:43 I like to think of songs lke this as Randy poking Foster in the eye
	♥ 3:44pm StringOFperils: Randy's a great un-plugger of mythologies
	3:46pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear" by "Bob... Big UK hit for someone. Who???
	♥ 3:46pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:46 Alan Price
	3:46pm WLSClark: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:46 Oh yeah!
	3:47pm David Shortell: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:46 I got the Parrot single, though I first heard the song from Scooter and Fozzie on "The Muppet Show".
	3:48pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "Snow" by "Claudine Longet" THINK OF RAIN is one of MY faves by her. Hey all, gotta travel. Catch you all again. Great show, Larry!
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:48 Later Clark!
	3:50pm WLSClark: ↳ Song: "The Biggest Night Of Her Life" by "Harpers Bizarre" Love this!
	♥ 3:50pm Funky16Corners: After this is a suite of Newman songs that Rick Nelson did on his 1968 Perspectives album
	♥ 3:51pm Funky16Corners: ↳ WLSClark @3:50 HB recorded a TON of Newman songs
	♥ 3:54pm Michael 98145: ↳ Funky16Corners @3:50 had no idea ...
	♥ 3:55pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:54 This album is a gem. Much of his late 60s stuff is underrated/unheard
	3:56pm David Shortell: In the 80's, I saw Randy open for comedian Steven Wright at the Garden State Arts Center. It was an audience of disrespectful pricks.
	♥ 3:57pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @3:56 That's a weird bill, only in that Randy was opening.
	♥ 3:58pm Funky16Corners: This is almost a concept-most of an album side
	♥ 3:59pm Michael 98145: interesting stereo separation
	♥ 4:00pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @3:59 Yes, lots of inbetween songs sound effects, too
	♥ 4:02pm Michael 98145: have to admit i love this song
	♥ 4:03pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:02 Me too, one more version in the next set
	4:04pm Erica: A lot of covers of "I Think it's Gonna Rain Today" on this show.
	4:12pm Fred R: Afternoon Larry and everyone!
	♥ 4:12pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Louisiana 1927" by "Aaron Neville" One of the best singers EVER! (seen him many times-once in a church in Brooklyn, just a piano back up. He did an Ave Maria that brought tears to my eyes).
	♥ 4:13pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @4:12 Yeah, what a voice
	4:13pm Erica: I can imagine Elton John covering this one better than Aaron Neville, although I do like Aaron's voice.
	♥ 4:14pm doctorjazz: ↳ Erica @4:13 I beg to disagree (please, please let me...) ;- )
	♥ 4:14pm Brian in UK: ↳ doctorjazz @4:12 You bet!
	♥ 4:14pm Funky16Corners: Newman only wrote the Vine Street part of this
	4:15pm Erica: ↳ doctorjazz @4:14 To be fair Aaron's version is nice too
	♥ 4:20pm Michael 98145: ↳ doctorjazz @4:12 i can well-imagine that
	♥ 4:21pm Michael 98145: this set is soaring
	♥ 4:22pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:21 Thank you!
	♥ 4:24pm StringOFperils: ↳ Song: "Sail Away" by "Nilsson" There's a nice cover of this of this by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, with Arlo Guthrie...on the A&M lp Sonny & Brownie
	♥ 4:25pm Funky16Corners: ↳ StringOFperils @4:24 I haven't heard that. I'll look for it.
	♥ 4:25pm doctorjazz: ↳ Erica @4:13 Not that Elton John is not a great singer, but Aaron Neville...
	4:27pm Erica: ↳ doctorjazz @4:25 It's fine. We all have our tastes.
	4:28pm Erica: Whenever I hear "Old Kentucky Home" I think of Wacko from Animaniacs.
	♥ 4:30pm Michael 98145: ↳ doctorjazz @4:25 ( enjoying those pup pictures )
	♥ 4:34pm doctorjazz: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:30 I got a million of 'em...
	4:34pm Erica: I just realized that song was about Asian love.
	♥ 4:37pm Sem: Larry, followed Newman for years. So glad to hear these versions of his work, pretty much the undiscovered country for me. Thanks so much.
	♥ 4:37pm StringOFperils: Tin can at my feet, think I'll kick it down the street' always makes me think of a panel from Henry comics
	4:38pm David Shortell: I just remembered there's a Randy Newman composition on Flamin' Groovies' "Teenage Head" album.
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @4:38 Which one?
	♥ 4:38pm doctorjazz: Missed Ella, caught Sheldon (the jazz representation), don't think Sheldon's a great singer, but I like the way he sings.
	4:39pm David Shortell: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:38 "Have You Seen My Baby?"
	4:40pm David Shortell: ↳ StringOFperils @4:37 Henry the bald, mouthless kid with a jaw that looked like an ass? Few remember him.
	♥ 4:41pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @4:40 Have you ever seen the SCTV sketch, where someone made Henry into a live action movie?
	♥ 4:41pm StringOFperils: ↳ David Shortell @4:40 He didn't say much, but he left a lasting impression
	♥ 4:44pm Funky16Corners: Sorry 'bout that gap...
	4:44pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:44 I thought it was my player.
	♥ 4:45pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:44 Nope, my bad. didn't cue up the song correctly
	4:46pm David Shortell: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:41 I don't remember! There's SCTV material online that I haven't seen in over 40 years. Some of it hasn't been televised since its pre-NBC days and was never collected on home video!
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @4:46 It's criminal that someone isn't running those shows.
	4:48pm Erica: Don't mention the war.
	♥ 4:49pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:48 Which one?
	4:50pm Erica: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:49 Sorry I was referencing Fawlty Towers, in reference to the Micky Dolenz song.
	♥ 4:51pm doctorjazz: ↳ Song: "Baltimore" by "Nina Simone" Pretty much love any version of this song!
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Erica @4:50 Ah, ok.
	♥ 4:51pm Funky16Corners: ↳ doctorjazz @4:51 There's a great reggae version, I think by The Tamlins
	♥ 4:52pm Michael 98145: Thanks again.
	♥ 4:53pm Funky16Corners: ↳ Michael 98145 @4:52 Thanks for listening!
	4:54pm bradford: Many thanks, Larry!
	♥ 4:54pm Funky16Corners: ↳ bradford @4:54 Thanks bradford!
	4:55pm Erica: Thank you Lord for your love.
	♥ 4:55pm Andrew in Toronto: What a great episode! Thanks, Larry!
	4:55pm David Shortell: ↳ Erica @4:50 I know the episode, but I don't get the connection.
	♥ 4:56pm doctorjazz: ↳ Funky16Corners @4:51 I've heard it (have it somewhere), it IS great!
	4:56pm Andres: Thanks for clueing me in to the early Randy Newman. Great stuff, Larry!
	4:57pm still b/p: I sent an image of comic strip Henry to a friend recently. I will never never forget Henry.
	♥ 4:57pm doctorjazz: ↳ doctorjazz @4:56 Here it is... youtu.be...
	♥ 4:58pm doctorjazz: Thanks Larry, great tribute!
	♥ 4:58pm StringOFperils: Thanks Larry.....thought you were not going to make it there for a second...:)
	♥ 4:58pm Yvang: Thanks Larry!
	4:59pm Mollywog: Great show as usual! Thanks Larry!
	♥ 5:00pm Beantown Doug: Love the show. Always remember seeing Newman on his Sail Away tour in '73. Came in late, will catch what I missed later.
	5:00pm Erica: Thanks Larry!
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: Thanks to you all for taking the time to join me and share the music!
	5:01pm Erica: And Happy February to you all
	5:01pm David Shortell: ↳ Song: "Living Without You" by "Bill Henderson" His acting resume is huge. My first impression of him was as King Blues in the Fillmore Auditorium tribute comedy "Get Crazy".
	♥ 5:01pm Funky16Corners: ↳ David Shortell @5:01 yes!

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