19/6/14 Slagg Brothers Rhythm & Blues, Soul & Grooves Show
Here Comes Summer
2:10
Jerry Keller
Backslop
2:33
Baby Earl & The Trinidads
Summertime
2:42
Billy Stewart
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in
Heaven When You Smile)
3:01
Van Morrison
Baby Workout
3:02
Jackie Wilson
Known as "Mr. Excitement", Wilson was important in the transition of rhythm and
blues into soul. 1963, one of his biggest hits.
Captain Scarlet
1:52
The Barry Gray Orchestra
First broadcast on ATV Midlands in September 1967. Actor Francis Matthews, who
was the voice of Captain Scarlet died at the age of 86. He also played private
detective Paul Temple in the BBC series from 1969.
Double Dutch
4:42
Malcolm McLaren
1983 single, from his debut album Duck Rock. The follow-up to the successful debut
single, "Buffalo Gals". The song concerns the skipping game of the same name.
A Forest
4:55
The Cure
Released as a single from the band's second album Seventeen Seconds in April 1980.
Perfect Skin
3:10
Lloyd Cole And The
Commotions
From Rattlesnakes, their debut album and was released in 1984. The title reference to
the novel Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion.
The Official Colourbox World
Cup Theme (7" version)
3:09
Colourbox
Initially intended as a FIFA World Cup anthem 1986 in Mexico. Had an international hit
in 1987 with "Pump Up the Volume", under the name M/A/R/R/S
goo goo muck
3:07
The Cramps
From 1981 album, Psychedelic Jungle. Their second.
Cecilia
2:55
Simon & Garfunkel
From 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water, title refers to St. Cecilia, the patron
saint of music.
Go to the Mardi Gras
2:47
Professor Longhair
Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd, December 1918 – January 1980
Ay-Te Te Fee
2:40
Clifton Chenier
His first single for the Specialty record label, "Ay Tete Fille (Hey, Little Girl)," a cover of
a Professor Longhair tune, released in May 1955.
Roosevelt And Ira Lee (Night
Of The Moccasin)
3:05
Tony Joe White
Touring early July
You Never Can Tell
2:43
Chuck Berry
Composed in the early 1964s while Berry was in federal prison for allegedly violating
the Mann Act - transporting a prostitute across state borders
You Ain't Nothin' But Fine
1:41
Rockin' Sidney
Sidney Simien, 1938 – 1998. This from early 60s
Immigrant Song
2:27
Led Zeppelin
From Led Zeppelin III, 1970. Written during Led Zeppelin's tour of Iceland, Bath and
Germany in that summer. Lyrics make explicit reference to Viking conquests and the
Old Norse religion
Far Far Away
3:38
Slade
Released in 1974 to promote the upcoming film titled Slade in Flame
Ways to Be Wicked
3:29
Lone Justice
1985, singer Maria McKee. Written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell.
Hercules
4:12
Aaron Neville
Along with brothers Art, Charles and Cyril, known as The Neville Brothers. Recorded
1973 - problems with the pressing of the single meant that it never got a proper release
Pyschedelic Shack
3:53
The Temptations
From 1970 album, represents the Temptations' full-blown submergence into
psychedelia.
Summer in the City
2:42
The Lovin' Spoonful
1966. The song features a series of car horns during the instrumental bridge, starting
with a Volkswagen Beetle horn.
Have Love Will Travel
2:57
Richard Berry & The Pharoahs
Summer Samba (So Nice)
3:07
Walter Wanderley
An aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. This is
most commercially successful version, reached no10 in US in 1966.