2004-01-17

Celebrating Martin Luther King Day a little early, 2003 Passings and 1971 tunes…and copious “attaboy Luthers.”

Paint him black.

Preshow: I Got Love – Melba Moore, Walk Him Up The Stairs – Cleavon Little (“Purlie” original cast recording…Motorpuppy saw this show…with this cast, on Broadway), Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King assasinated – Bill Curtis
Opening Theme
Miss Black America – Curtis Mayfield
Living For The City – Stevie Wonder
Just When I Needed You Most – Randy VanWarmer (passed away 1/12 in Seattle from leukemia)
Sweetest Hangover – Diana Ross
Rednecks – Randy Newman
The Bertha Butt Boogie (extended mix) – The Jimmy Castor Bunch
Hey Bartender (live, Chicagofest 1980) – Koko Taylor
Love Rollercoaster – The Ohio Players (from the Tunedex?)
Hikky Burr – Quincy Jones with Bill Cosby
Ghetto Child – The Detroit Spinners
Ghetto Woman – B.B. King
Ghetto Life – Rick James
“Ask Rory” From Jarvis Pym on 1/3 “How big is your Colby?” Rory answers “Just as big as my Brother’s Johnson.”
In The Ghetto – Eblis
Angela – John Lennon, Yoko Ono & the Plastic Ono Band
King Of The Road – Dean Martin
Sanford And Son Theme – Quincy Jones
Abraham, Martin & John – Dion DiMucci
Brother Louie – Stories
Brown Sugar – The Rolling Stones
Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones (surely the only Stones double play in RR history)
The Changing Times – The Four Tops
Sugar Sugar – Wilson Pickett
Natural High – Bloodstone (something about the palm of Rory’s hand and a visit to Dr. Sanchez)
The Turkey (78 rpm) – The Raiders (going out to Matt Nepher…heading to Turkey for three weeks)
Ghetto Letto – Barry White
What’s Going On? – Marvin Gaye
Have You Had Any Lately? – Sylvia
The G.I. Jive – Johnny Mercer (another for Matt)
All Day Music – War
Didn’t It Rain? – Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Closing Theme