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Sing All Kinds Radio: “The Grab a Plate Show” and “The Nonsense Show”

A double-up posting on the past two weeks shows:

On Thanksgiving afternoon, I slipped away for a food-centric hour, “The Grab a Plate Show.”

The stream:

Here’s the playlist:

  1. “Green Onions” — Booker T. & the MGs
  2. “I Got It” — Little Richard 
  3. “Beans and Cornbread” — Louis Jordan
  4. “Boogie Woogie Blue Plate” — Louis Jordan
  5. “I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop” — Michael Hurley
  6. “Bar-B-Q” — Wendy Rene
  7. “Red Beans” — Professor Longhair
  8. “They’re Red Hot” — Robert Johnson
  9. “Jambalya” — Hank Williams
  10. “Heartbeat Chili” — Allo Darlin
  11. “Savoy Truffle” — The Beatles
  12. “Starfish and Coffee” — Prince
  13. “Ham and Eggs” — A Tribe Called Quest
  14. “Chicken Grease” — D’Angelo
  15. “Memphis Women and Chicken” — Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
  16. “Shortnin Bread” — Mississippi John Hurt
  17. “No Biscuit Blues” — Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  18. “What Made My Hamburger Disappear” — Michael Hurley, the Unholy Modal Rounders and Jeffrey Fredericks & the Clamtones

Last week, I delved into the rich musical history of wordless mumbo jumbo with “The Nonsense Show.” 

The stream:

The playlist:

  1. “Tutti Frutti” — Little Richard
  2. “Be-Bop-a-Lula” — Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
  3. “Hey Baba Leba” — Thurston Harris
  4. “Ooh Poo Pah Doo” — Jesse Hill 
  5. “Papa Oom Mow Mow” — The Rivingtons
  6. “Wooly Bully” — Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs
  7. “Ooby Dooby” — Roy Orbison
  8. “Shoobie Oobie” — Rosco Gordon
  9. “Oop Shoop” — Shirley & the Queens
  10. “Rama Lama Ding Dong” — The Edsels
  11. “Rubber Biscuit” — The Chips
  12. “Da Doo Ron Ron” — The Crystals
  13. “Diddy Wah Diddy” — Bo Diddley
  14. “Doo Wah Diddy Diddy” — Manfred Mann
  15. “Do-Wacka-Do” — Roger Miller
  16. “Yakety Yak” — The Coasters
  17. “Ya Ya” — Lee Dorsey
  18. “Wang Dang Doodle” — Howlin Wolf
  19. “Boom Boom” — John Lee Hooker
  20. “Ba Ba Boom” — The Jamaicans
  21. “Chickie Wah Wah” — Huey Smith
  22. “Ko Ko Mo” — Gene & Eunice
  23. “Shting-Shtang” — Nick Lowe
  24. “B-I-Bickey-Bi Bo-Bo-Go” — Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

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