Serenade to a Cuckoo playlist for Friday, November 5, 2010, 11:00

Serenade to a Cuckoo

with Jerry Gordon

Friday, November 5, 2010
11:00 to 13:00
Jazz
jerrygord@aol.com

Artist Song Album Label Comments

Roland Kirk Serenade to a Cuckoo The Complete Roland Kirk Emarcy 1964, my theme!

Robin Kenyatta Stompin' At the Savoy Stompin' At the Savoy Atlantic Slick!

Dreams New York Dreams Columbia Breckers, Cobham, Abercrombie

Paul Gonsalves I'm Beginning to See the Light Ellingtonia Moods & Blues RCA Yeah!

Dinah Washington You Go To My Head Complete Dinah Washington Vol 3 Emarcy Clark Terry & Herb Geller & Maynard Ferguson

Sonny Clark Come Rain Or Shine Sonny's Crib Blue Note 1954, Trane, Byrd, Fuller, Chambers, Taylor

James Brown Think CD of JB II Polydor the original

Etta James Something's Got A Hold On Me The Essential Etta James Chess You Need This!

Robert Lucas Good Morning Little School Girl Luke and the Locomotives Audioquest 1991

Mickey Champion Dr. Feelgood What You Want Tondef LA singer 2002

King Pleasure Red Top King Pleasure Sings Prestige Classic Bebop Vocalist

Carmen McRae When Sunny Gets Blue Bittersweet Focus 1964

Lorez Alexandria The Best Is Yet To Come Lorez Alexandria the Great Impulse 1964

Bob Dorough Johnny One Note Devil May Care Bethlehem great vocalist and writer 1957

Nina Simone Aint Got No Life 16 Top Tracks RCA Live in the UK

Betty Carter Tight The Audience With Betty Carter Verve double live CD

Bobby Hutcherson / Gene McDaniels Hello To The Wind Now! Blue Note Perhaps his finest album!

Tony Scott Ode to an Oud - Verve

Sonny Stitt/Red Holloway Lester Leaps In - Catalyst

Betty Davis He Was A Big Freak They Say I'm Nasty Just Sunshine Miles Davis' Ex-Wife

Stan Getz Sunshower The Lost Sessions Verve released posthumously

Shadows of the Knight G-L-O-R-I-A Highs of the Sixties WB

And in no particular order: and in no particular order: and in no particular order: Thank you for listening to Jerry's Room. Thank you for listening to Jerry's Room!

Love Seven and Seven Is Highs of the Sixties WB Love--my fave band from late 60s

Count Five Psychotic Reaction Highs of the Sixties WB #1 in 1 week.

Blue Cheer Summertime Blues Highs of the Sixties WB original metal band! Before the Who did this. Nasty!

The Kingsmen Louie Louie 45 wand 1963, investigated by J. Edgar Hoover! Diggit!

The Marketts Batman Theme 45 WB written by Neal Hefti

Joe Tex I Gotcha 45 Dial Funky, James Brown-like vocal

Soul Brothers Six Some Kind of Wonderful 45 Atlantic The later Grand Funk version is great as well

The Three Dimensions (with the thing) Look At Me 45 RCA Funky, falsetto vocal with early use of the wah-wah pedal

The Kinks Who'll Be The Next In Line 45 reprise A great dud for the Kinks

The Shangri-Las Shout 45 Red Bird Leader of the Pack girls, lead singer only 15!

Sandie Shaw Girl Don't Come 45 reprise 1965 British unreal

Sam the Sham Ring Dang Doo 45 MGM 1965, as good as Wooly Bully!

The Lollipop Shoppe You Must Be A Witch 45 UNI LA psychedelic pop, u need this!

Ramsey Lewis Trio The "In" Crowd 45 Argo jazz cover of Dobie Gray that was hit on AM radio

Ray Charles Makin' Whoopee 45 ABC-Paramount "That's what you get folks, for makin' whoopee"

The Turtles Let Me Be 45 White Whale Could have been written by Dylan it is so good!

The New Vaudeville Band Winchester Cathedral 45 Fontana A good idea at the time!

Big Brother & the Holding Company Bye Bye Baby 45 Mainstream from their first LP, Janis should have never left this band

The Amboy Dukes Journey to the Center of the Mind 45 Mainstream Watch out for psychedelic NRA advocates

James Brown & the Fabulous Flames I Got You (I Feel Good) 45 King from his movie "Ski Party"

The Young Holt Trio Wack Wack 45 Brunswick cool jazz instrumental

The Jarmels A Little Bit of Soap 45 Laurie pure r&b/pop

The Orlons The Wah Watusi 45 Cameo-Parkway philly's finest

The Grass Roots Let's Live for Today 45 Dunhill early hippy anthem

Nazz Open My Eyes 45 S.G.C. The Best! Flip side was "Hello It's Me"

The Dixie Cups Iko Iko 45 Red Bird later covered by Dr. John

The Show Stoppers Ain't Nothin' But A House Party 45 Showtime Jamie Records/610 N. Broad St.

The Gentrys Spread It on Thick 45 MGM singer joined The Rasberries

The Strangeloves Cara-Lin 45 Bang Buy a Strangeloves Greatest Hits today!

The Mc Coys You Make Me Feel So Good 45 Bang Rick Derringer

The Balloon Farm A Question of Temperature 45 Laurie early pop psychedelia

The Five Americans I See The Light 45 HBR also had hit with "Western Union"

Sam Cooke Shake 45 RCA b side was "Change is Gonna Come"

Roy Head My Babe 45 Backbeat made pop hit out of Chicago blues song

Freddie & the Dreamers You Were Made For Me 45 tower recorded in 1963, released in '65

Them Mystic Eyes 45 parrot Van Morrison!

The Illusion Did You See Her Eyes 45 Steed pop psychedelia written by Jeff Barry

The Emperors Karate 45 Mala I've heard this song copied and renamed!

People I Love You 45 Capitol cover of Zombie's tune but better

The McCoys Fever 45 Bang almost as good as Peggy Lee version!

The Gass Co. Walk On By 45 Goodway psycedelia from Roosevelt Blvd.

The Strangeloves Night Time 45 Bang everyone needs this!

The Beatles The Inner Light 45 Capitol b side of Lady Madonna

The Electric Prunes I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night Highs of the Sixties WB psychedelia for top 10 radio

The Young Rascals I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore Highs of the Sixties WB their first single

The Marketts Out of Limits Highs of the Sixties WB sounded like the Ventures

Left Banke Walk Away Renee Highs of the Sixties WB

The Seeds Pushin' Too Hard 45 GNP Crescendo early LA punk/garage rock

Vanilla Fudge You Keep Me Hangin' On Highs of the Sixties WB Supremes cover, big psychedlic hit

The Standells Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White Highs of the Sixties WB Boston band of Dirty Water fame; check out Nomad's version of Good Guys

The Yardbirds I'm A Man Highs of the Sixties WB written by Bo Diddley

The Amboy Dukes Baby Please Don't Go Nuggets Rhino great version of a blues classic

Blues Magoos Tobacco Road Nuggets Rhino almost as good as Lou Rawls version

The Magic Mushrooms It's-A-Happening Nuggets Rhino A&M records 1 hit wonder early psychedelia

The Music Machine Talk Talk 45 Original Sound 1966-L.A.-Farfisas

Strawberry Alarm Clark Incense & Peppermints 45 Rhino 1967 bubblegum psychedelia

The Outsiders Time Won't Let Me Nuggets Rhino 1965 Cleveland band

Paul Revere & the Raiders Steppin' Out Nuggets Rhino

Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band Diddy Wah Diddy Nuggets Rhino 1965, u need this, written & first recorded by Bo Diddley

Syndicate of Sound Little Girl Nuggets Rhino I don't want you around no more!

Sir Douglas Quintet She's About A Mover Nuggets Rhino

Barrett Strong Money Soul Spectacular Rhino The original, on Gordy

The Contours Do You Love Me Soul Spectacular Rhino Gordy

Booker T & the MGs Green Onions Soul Spectacular Rhino instrumental

The Supremes Where Did Our Love Go Soul Spectacular Rhino 1964

Dobie Gray The In Crowd Soul Spectacular Rhino

Jr. Walker & the All Stars Shotgun Soul Spectacular Rhino on Soul Records, a division of Motown

Little Anthony & the Imperials Hurt So Bad Soul Spectacular Rhino 1964, influenced by Little Jimmy Scott

Don Covay See Saw Soul Spectacular Rhino

The Capitols Cool Jerk Soul Spectacular Rhino

The Bar Kays Soul Finger Soul Spectacular Rhino Stax instrumental

Archie Bell & the Drells Tighten Up Soul Spectacular Rhino

Soul Survivors Expressway to Your Heart Soul Spectacular Rhino Brothers Richie and Charlie Ingui still local, first Gamble & Huff mega hit

Fantastic Johnny C Boogaloo Down Broadway Soul Spectacular Rhino On Philly label "Phil-La of Soul"

The Delfonics La La Means I Love You Soul Spectacular Rhino Philly 1967!

Dyke & the Blazers We Got More Soul Sould Spectacular Rhino Of Funky Broadway fame

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles You Really Got A Hold On Me Soul Spectacular Rhino

The Intruders Cowboys to Girls Soul Spectacular Rhino another Philly group, Gamble & Huff early production

Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Roland Kirk	Serenade to a Cuckoo	The Complete Roland Kirk	Emarcy	1964, my theme!
Robin Kenyatta	Stompin' At the Savoy	Stompin' At the Savoy	Atlantic	Slick!
Dreams	New York	Dreams	Columbia	Breckers, Cobham, Abercrombie
Paul Gonsalves	I'm Beginning to See the Light	Ellingtonia Moods & Blues	RCA	Yeah!
Dinah Washington	You Go To My Head	Complete Dinah Washington Vol 3	Emarcy	Clark Terry & Herb Geller & Maynard Ferguson
Sonny Clark	Come Rain Or Shine	Sonny's Crib	Blue Note	1954, Trane, Byrd, Fuller, Chambers, Taylor
James Brown	Think	CD of JB II	Polydor	the original
Etta James	Something's Got A Hold On Me	The Essential Etta James	Chess	You Need This!
Robert Lucas	Good Morning Little School Girl	Luke and the Locomotives	Audioquest	1991
Mickey Champion	Dr. Feelgood	What You Want	Tondef	LA singer 2002
King Pleasure	Red Top	King Pleasure Sings	Prestige	Classic Bebop Vocalist
Carmen McRae	When Sunny Gets Blue	Bittersweet	Focus	1964
Lorez Alexandria	The Best Is Yet To Come	Lorez Alexandria the Great	Impulse	1964
Bob Dorough	Johnny One Note	Devil May Care	Bethlehem	great vocalist and writer 1957
Nina Simone	Aint Got No Life	16 Top Tracks	RCA	Live in the UK
Betty Carter	Tight	The Audience With Betty Carter	Verve	double live CD
Bobby Hutcherson / Gene McDaniels	Hello To The Wind	Now!	Blue Note	Perhaps his finest album!
Tony Scott	Ode to an Oud	-	Verve
Sonny Stitt/Red Holloway	Lester Leaps In	-	Catalyst
Betty Davis	He Was A Big Freak	They Say I'm Nasty	Just Sunshine	Miles Davis' Ex-Wife
Stan Getz	Sunshower	The Lost Sessions	Verve	released posthumously

Shadows of the Knight	G-L-O-R-I-A	Highs of the Sixties	WB
And in no particular order:	and in no particular order:	and in no particular order:	Thank you for listening to Jerry's Room.	Thank you for listening to Jerry's Room!
Love	Seven and Seven Is	Highs of the Sixties	WB	Love--my fave band from late 60s
Count Five	Psychotic Reaction	Highs of the Sixties	WB	#1 in 1 week.
Blue Cheer	Summertime Blues	Highs of the Sixties	WB	original metal band! Before the Who did this. Nasty!
The Kingsmen	Louie Louie	45	wand	1963, investigated by J. Edgar Hoover! Diggit!
The Marketts	Batman Theme	45	WB	written by Neal Hefti
Joe Tex	I Gotcha	45	Dial	Funky, James Brown-like vocal
Soul Brothers Six	Some Kind of Wonderful	45	Atlantic	The later Grand Funk version is great as well
The Three Dimensions (with the thing)	Look At Me	45	RCA	Funky, falsetto vocal with early use of the wah-wah pedal
The Kinks	Who'll Be The Next In Line	45	reprise	A great dud for the Kinks
The Shangri-Las	Shout	45	Red Bird	Leader of the Pack girls, lead singer only 15!
Sandie Shaw	Girl Don't Come	45	reprise	1965 British unreal
Sam the Sham	Ring Dang Doo	45	MGM	1965, as good as Wooly Bully!
The Lollipop Shoppe	You Must Be A Witch	45	UNI	LA psychedelic pop, u need this!
Ramsey Lewis Trio	The "In" Crowd	45	Argo	jazz cover of Dobie Gray that was hit on AM radio
Ray Charles	Makin' Whoopee	45	ABC-Paramount	"That's what you get folks, for makin' whoopee"
The Turtles	Let Me Be	45	White Whale	Could have been written by Dylan it is so good!
The New Vaudeville Band	Winchester Cathedral	45	Fontana	A good idea at the time!
Big Brother & the Holding Company	Bye Bye Baby	45	Mainstream	from their first LP, Janis should have never left this band
The Amboy Dukes	Journey to the Center of the Mind	45	Mainstream	Watch out for psychedelic NRA advocates
James Brown & the Fabulous Flames	I Got You (I Feel Good)	45	King	from his movie "Ski Party"
The Young Holt Trio	Wack Wack	45	Brunswick	cool jazz instrumental
The Jarmels	A Little Bit of Soap	45	Laurie	pure r&b/pop
The Orlons	The Wah Watusi	45	Cameo-Parkway	philly's finest
The Grass Roots	Let's Live for Today	45	Dunhill	early hippy anthem
Nazz	Open My Eyes	45	S.G.C.	The Best! Flip side was "Hello It's Me"
The Dixie Cups	Iko Iko	45	Red Bird	later covered by Dr. John
The Show Stoppers	Ain't Nothin' But A House Party	45	Showtime	Jamie Records/610 N. Broad St.
The Gentrys	Spread It on Thick	45	MGM	singer joined The Rasberries
The Strangeloves	Cara-Lin	45	Bang	Buy a Strangeloves Greatest Hits today!
The Mc Coys	You Make Me Feel So Good	45	Bang	Rick Derringer
The Balloon Farm	A Question of Temperature	45	Laurie	early pop psychedelia
The Five Americans	I See The Light	45	HBR	also had hit with "Western Union"
Sam Cooke	Shake	45	RCA	b side was "Change is Gonna Come"
Roy Head	My Babe	45	Backbeat	made pop hit out of Chicago blues song
Freddie & the Dreamers	You Were Made For Me	45	tower	recorded in 1963, released in '65
Them	Mystic Eyes	45	parrot	Van Morrison!
The Illusion	Did You See Her Eyes	45	Steed	pop psychedelia written by Jeff Barry
The Emperors	Karate	45	Mala	I've heard this song copied and renamed!
People	I Love You	45	Capitol	cover of Zombie's tune but better
The McCoys	Fever	45	Bang	almost as good as Peggy Lee version!
The Gass Co.	Walk On By	45	Goodway	psycedelia from Roosevelt Blvd.
The Strangeloves	Night Time	45	Bang	everyone needs this!
The Beatles	The Inner Light	45	Capitol	b side of Lady Madonna
The Electric Prunes	I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night	Highs of the Sixties	WB	psychedelia for top 10 radio
The Young Rascals	I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore	Highs of the Sixties	WB	their first single
The Marketts	Out of Limits	Highs of the Sixties	WB	sounded like the Ventures
Left Banke	Walk Away Renee	Highs of the Sixties	WB
The Seeds	Pushin' Too Hard	45	GNP Crescendo	early LA punk/garage rock
Vanilla Fudge	You Keep Me Hangin' On	Highs of the Sixties	WB	Supremes cover, big psychedlic hit
The Standells	Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White	Highs of the Sixties	WB	Boston band of Dirty Water fame; check out Nomad's version of Good Guys
The Yardbirds	I'm A Man	Highs of the Sixties	WB	written by Bo Diddley
The Amboy Dukes	Baby Please Don't Go	Nuggets	Rhino	great version of a blues classic
Blues Magoos	Tobacco Road	Nuggets	Rhino	almost as good as Lou Rawls version
The Magic Mushrooms	It's-A-Happening	Nuggets	Rhino	A&M records 1 hit wonder early psychedelia
The Music Machine	Talk Talk	45	Original Sound	1966-L.A.-Farfisas
Strawberry Alarm Clark	Incense & Peppermints	45	Rhino	1967 bubblegum psychedelia
The Outsiders	Time Won't Let Me	Nuggets	Rhino	1965 Cleveland band
Paul Revere & the Raiders	Steppin' Out	Nuggets	Rhino
Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band	Diddy Wah Diddy	Nuggets	Rhino	1965, u need this, written & first recorded by Bo Diddley
Syndicate of Sound	Little Girl	Nuggets	Rhino	I don't want you around no more!
Sir Douglas Quintet	She's About A Mover	Nuggets	Rhino
Barrett Strong	Money	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	The original, on Gordy
The Contours	Do You Love Me	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	Gordy
Booker T & the MGs	Green Onions	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	instrumental
The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	1964
Dobie Gray	The In Crowd	Soul Spectacular	Rhino
Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Shotgun	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	on Soul Records, a division of Motown
Little Anthony & the Imperials	Hurt So Bad	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	1964, influenced by Little Jimmy Scott
Don Covay	See Saw	Soul Spectacular	Rhino
The Capitols	Cool Jerk	Soul Spectacular	Rhino
The Bar Kays	Soul Finger	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	Stax instrumental
Archie Bell & the Drells	Tighten Up	Soul Spectacular	Rhino
Soul Survivors	Expressway to Your Heart	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	Brothers Richie and Charlie Ingui still local, first Gamble & Huff mega hit
Fantastic Johnny C	Boogaloo Down Broadway	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	On Philly label "Phil-La of Soul"
The Delfonics	La La Means I Love You	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	Philly 1967!
Dyke & the Blazers	We Got More Soul	Sould Spectacular	Rhino	Of Funky Broadway fame
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	You Really Got A Hold On Me	Soul Spectacular	Rhino
The Intruders	Cowboys to Girls	Soul Spectacular	Rhino	another Philly group, Gamble & Huff early production