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A virtual supermarket sweep of recorded history, with an emphasis on processed cheese.

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Ken Nordine  What Time Is It?   Favoriting The Best of Word Jazz, Vol. 1  Rhino 
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Mark Lester & Ensemble  Who Will Buy   Favoriting Oliver! Original Soundtrack Recording  Colgems 
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10CC  Brand New Day   Favoriting The Original Soundtrack  Mercury 
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Nina Simone  Feeling Good   Favoriting Divas Exoticas (various artists)  Capitol 
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Mark Lindsay  Something Big (from the film Something Big)   Favoriting The Mad, Mad World of Soundtracks (various artists)  Motor 
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Music behind DJ:
Tipsy 

Bunny Kick   Favoriting

Uh-Oh! 

Asphodel 

 

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The Living Strings  (I'm Not Your) Steppin; Stone   Favoriting I'm A Believer and Other Monkees' Hits  Camden 
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Paul Lynde & cast  Hymn for a Sunday Evening   Favoriting Bye Bye Birdie (Original Broadway Cast)  Columbia 
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Jerry Orbach  Lazy Afternoon (from The Golden Apple)   Favoriting Off Broadway  MGM 
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Blossom Dearie  Surrey With the Fringe on Top   Favoriting Once Upon A Summertime  Verve 
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Japanese cast  Oklahoma!   Favoriting Oklahoma! 7-inch EP  Nippon Columbia 
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Music behind DJ:
Kai Winding 

Oklahoma!   Favoriting

The Swingin' States 

Columbia 

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Ethel Merman  Ridin' High (from Red, Hot and Blue)   Favoriting Ethel's Ridin' High  London 
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Mabel Mercer  It's Delovely (from Red, Hot and Blue)   Favoriting Sings Cole Porter  Atlantic 
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Nino Tempo & April Stevens  Begin the Beguine (from Jubilee)   Favoriting The Best of  Varèse Sarabande 
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Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra  Well, Did You Evah? (from the film High Society)   Favoriting 7-inch single  Capitol 
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Carmen McRae  I Get a Kick Out of You (from Anything Goes)   Favoriting Sings Great American Songwriters  Decca/GRP 
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Jimmy Somerville  From This Moment On   Favoriting Red, Hot & Blue (various artists)  Chrysalis 
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Music behind DJ:
Mickey Baker 

Night and Day (from Gay Divorce)   Favoriting

Wildest Guitar 

Atlantic 

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Angela Lansbury  We Need a Little Christmas   Favoriting Mame (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  Columbia 
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The Kustard Kings  Welcome Christmas (from TV special, How the Grinch Stole Christmas)   Favoriting A Kustard Kristmas  Confidential Recordings 
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The Who  Christmas   Favoriting Tommy  MCA 
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The Young Adults  Christmas in Japan in July   Favoriting Live in Providence, 21 March 1978 (WBRU broadcast)  The Young Adults 
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Donna McKechnie, Margo Sappington, Baayork Lee  Turkey Lurkey Time (watch the video!)   Favoriting Promises, Promises (Original Broadway Cast Album)  United Artists 
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Vince Guaraldi Trio  Christmas Time Is Here   Favoriting A Charlie Brown Christmas  Fantasy 
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Edwin Winter and cast  Christmas Day   Favoriting Promises, Promises (Original Broadway Cast Album)  United Artists 
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The Lovin' Spoonful  Full Measure   Favoriting Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful  Kama Sutra 
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Music behind DJ:
The Artie Schroeck Implosion 

Amy's Theme   Favoriting

A Spoonful of Lovin' 

Verve 

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Ann Miller  Too Darn Hot (Go, Ann, Go!)   Favoriting Kiss Me Kate (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)  MGM 
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James White & The Blacks  (Tropical) Heat Wave   Favoriting Off-White  Ze 
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Little Eva  Up on the Roof   Favoriting The Complete Dimension Recordings  WestSide 
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Jive Five  What Time Is It?   Favoriting The Doo Wop Box II (various artists)  Rhino 
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Cindy Lee  What's It Going to Take   Favoriting Diamond Jubilee  Realistik Studios 
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Sterling Holloway, Barbara Stanwyck  A Perfect Day   Favoriting Remember the Night (movie soundtrack)  Paramount Pictures 
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Lou Reed  Perfect Day   Favoriting Transformer  RCA 
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Sammy Davis Jr  Some Days Everything Goes Wrong   Favoriting The Shelter of Your Arms  Reprise 
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Randy Newman  Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear   Favoriting Sail Away  Reprise 
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Music behind DJ:
Johnny Beecher 

Sax Fifth Avenue   Favoriting

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Warner Bros. 

 

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Listener comments!

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Webhamster Henry:

Yeah! Busy Doing Acid!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:01
Busy Audio Acid!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Yvang:

Hi Busy Charlie and busy listeners!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
Charlie:

Hi Yvang!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
tom tom the pipers son:

hey there charlie and people...
  7:05pm
Doug Schulkind:

Chazzola!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Charlie:

Hola tom tom! Howdy Dougola!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Webhamster Henry:

Here's yer Showtunes, Bronwyn B. Fans!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:07
Scattered throughout, as am I!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:07
errr, i read that as "got you showtunes right here"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Dan S:

I'm Busy Doing Nothing, and I do it very well if I do say so myself.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Charlie:

Hi Dan S! You're a pro:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
tom tom the pipers son:

never knew 10cc did a soundtrack...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Dan S:

↳ Song: "Brand New Day" by "10CC"
Wow, an old favorite I haven't heard in decades!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
Dan S:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:10
Yes, an Original one. :)
  Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
WR:

↳ Song: "What Time Is It?" by "Ken Nordine"
I've accepted that time is relative but distant. Twice removed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Charlie:

↳ WR @7:12
Time is relative. Put a couple in a room, give 'em enough time, soon you'll have relatives.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dan S @7:11
is this with goulding, creme, and godley?
Avatar 7:13pm
Michael:

Happy Friday Charlie.
Avatar 7:14pm
Stork:

↳ Song: "Feeling Good" by "Nina Simone"
Busy digging the 10CC to Nina Simone segue!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Feeling Good" by "Nina Simone"
It wouldn't be the Drummer Stream without Nina Simone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Charlie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:13
Graham Goulding, Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Eric Stewart
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Charlie:

↳ Michael @7:13
Well, hey now, Michael!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @7:13
reminds me...a fifth grader tried to entertain me with a wc fields imitation when i was in first grade... it went " ah. yes, my uncle scratch, he lived in a roomful of fleas, my uncle itch was one of them" i guess i was entertained
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @7:14
thanks, prime era...
Avatar 7:18pm
Stork:

↳ Song: "What Time Is It?" by "Ken Nordine"
I did a double (what, that's not Elvis Costello?) take on Ken Nordine
  7:20pm
Deborah:

The Mountains are Pink.....It's time....:)
  Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
WR:

Movies in your mind, Charlie?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "(I'm Not Your) Steppin; Stone" by "The Living Str...
Where are contemporary covers like this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
tom tom the pipers son:

the monkees...not really a group...? for a couple of albums they were, weren't they
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
Charlie:

↳ Deborah @7:20
Hi Deborah! It's the pink hour in Tucson:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Charlie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:25
Well, I do think of them as a group, many didn't. But they were drafted as actors...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @7:25
beautiful day in nyc area today, not sure if we're at 'golden hour' but weather was/ is golden
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @7:27
the podcast 500 songs has a brilliant informative episode on the monkees
Avatar 7:29pm
Michael:

Pink mountains here are called the Sandias - watermelon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Webhamster Henry:

The past few days here in Ulster Cty., NY have been great for biking.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Lazy Afternoon (from The Golden Apple)" by "Jerry...
orbach... long before he was a wiseacre tv cop
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:25
That's what I'm talking about! We need big schlocky covers of current pop songs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @7:30
maybe a redundancy in most cases
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Charlie:

↳ WR @7:23
Exactly, WR, it's all a big production number in my mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:31
ah that was prejudicial
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Oklahoma!" by "Japanese cast"
Here's Stan Freberg's Oklahoma knock-off "Oregon! Oregon!" youtu.be...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Ridin' High (from Red, Hot and Blue)" by "Ethel M...
Ethel Merman + Cole Porter: two tastes that go great together!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:38
ooh! Looking forward to checking that out later! Love Stan:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "It's Delovely (from Red, Hot and Blue)" by "Mabel...
Lots of alternate lyrics here! Mabel is so good - I actually saw her live - uh - 51 years ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:46
That must've been wonderful.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
tom tom the pipers son:

mabel mercer...elington's sister? strong family resemblance
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Charlie @7:48
She said you just have to find the story in the song and act it out.
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Charlie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:48
No relation!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
tom tom the pipers son:

woops sorry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:50
i don't know where i came with that...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:50
I like when actors sing, when they find a voice for a song, even if they're not really "singers."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
tom tom the pipers son:

ruth ellington notable for founding jazz ministry at st. peter's manhattan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
tom tom the pipers son:

the other night larry grogan played mccrae covering "i just wasn't made for these times" and "you still believe in me" iirc, from 1967, amazing for the time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Webhamster Henry:

Show "Gay Divorce", movie "Gay Divorcée"
  8:02pm
Dean:

Again, I had to shut down what I was playing here--vol. 6 of East Side Story--to check in on WFMU.

I'm all for year-round Christmas music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @8:01
Ah, thanks for the clarification, Henry.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Charlie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @7:58
I've got that album. It's terrific. I've also got albums with Carmen singing Elusive Butterfly and The Sound of Silence.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
tom tom the pipers son:

might be an idea to hang some tinsel on joe biden to spruce him up a bit
  8:04pm
Dean:

"Slice up the fruit cake" resonates a good deal with Sweeny Todd.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:04pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @8:03
yes it sounds like that album has great curation
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Welcome Christmas (from TV special, How the Grinc...
Ahh the good ol Kustard Kings.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:05pm
Charlie:

↳ Dean @8:04
Haha! Yes. and Hi Dean:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @8:05
On Michael Shelley's label:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Charlie:

Accu weather: It's pouring here just south of Tucson!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "Christmas" by "The Who"
image from isle of wight?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:10pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:09
no, no skeleton suit on entwistle
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:11pm
Charlie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:10
Yeah, just looking for a live pic from that era. Maybe this is later though
  8:13pm
Dean:

Did you know that England has a fourth of July?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:15pm
Charlie:

↳ Dean @8:13
And yet we don't have a Guy Fawkes day.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:17pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Turkey Lurkey Time" by "Donna McKechnie, Margo Sa...
Fantastic TV musical Schmigadoon/Schmicago worked the Turkey Lurkey into its choreography.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
tom tom the pipers son:

isn't guy fawkes a kind of ironic holiday, celebrating a failed attempt at freedom?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @8:15
where's john brown day?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Charlie:

As Frederick Douglas wrote, "What, to the Negro, is the Fourth of July?"
Avatar 8:22pm
Michael:

If you haven't seen it - highly recommend the episode of Documentary Now! "Co-Op"
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Michael @8:22
i used to do theater with james urbaniak, he was good at beckett
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
tom tom the pipers son:

like this spoonful...
  8:26pm
Dean:

New Year?! Did I not hear that right?
  8:27pm
Dean:

My favorite musical, Maim!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Dean @8:27
ha! could think of a couple of candidates for director
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Rich in Washington:

Merry Christmas, Charlie!
God bless us, everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "Too Darn Hot" by "Ann Miller"
The KMK film was originally released in 3D! and not "The Latest Report", original lyric is "The Kinsey Report"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Webhamster Henry @8:32
interesting thx
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Song: "(Tropical) Heat Wave" by "James White & The Blacks"
a lot of separation on this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:36pm
Charlie:

↳ Rich in Washington @8:30
Hi Rich! Happy Hanukah! Kwanza! Solstice!
  8:37pm
Dean:

Halloween! Arbor Day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
tom tom the pipers son:

i see on instagram there's a brand of clothing called 'the normie' ....s. m. ken would get a kick out of that probabl;y
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Charlie:

Well I don't know about y'all, but I'm having a holiday right here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
Webhamster Henry:

↳ Song: "A Perfect Day" by "Sterling Holloway, Barbara Sta...
This movie is so great!
  8:47pm
Ruth garden school:

Yo Charlie, great show, just tuning in but I'm having a great time at camp, passed a swim test. Write soon
Ruth
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47pm
Charlie:

↳ Webhamster Henry @8:46
I love it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:47pm
tom tom the pipers son:

↳ Charlie @8:45
i'm digging...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
Charlie:

↳ Ruth garden school @8:47
Hey Ruth! Don't drink too much bug juice! xo, -- c
  8:52pm
Ruth garden school:

↳ Dean @8:27
Maim! Excellent. You give my old mint julep a kick...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
tom tom the pipers son:

thanks charlie, apologize if my chatter was annoying....
  8:52pm
Dean:

I so prefer Sammy to Frank.
  8:53pm
Ruth garden school:

Love the math test we have to take before they post our comments. Good thing I got some tutoring.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
tom tom the pipers son:

i love being surprised by a newman tune i don't know
  8:55pm
Ruth garden school:

Hope there's no questions about Algebraic equations. That would shut me up for good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:55pm
Charlie:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:52
Not at all! Thanks for being here:)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
Charlie:

Thanks everyone for being here!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
tom tom the pipers son:

ok thanks...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:57pm
Webhamster Henry:

Well that was busy doing Broadway!
  8:57pm
Ruth garden school:

Thank you for this awesome mix!
  Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
WR:

Thanak you! Charlie! Had a good time busy doing AJH with Charlie.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Rich in Washington:

Thanks, Charlie!
Hey folks, I'll be holding down the fort right after this show for the next three hours at The Radio Is Broken!
wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
tom tom the pipers son:

see ya charlie!
Avatar 9:00pm
Michael:

Great show - thanks much Charlie!
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