2004-06-12

There’s a Tornado Watch until 11 pm. “Bring it on!” exclaims Rory. And an hour into the show, it’s brought on.

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  • Preshow: Downtown, et al.
  • Opening Theme
  • Ray Charles, 73, be daid
  • Makin’ Whoopee – Ray Charles
  • United – Peaches &  Herb (Tunedex #10)
  • My Grandfather’s Clock – Burl Ives
  • Burl would have been 95 on June 14. That’s Right.
  • Transistor Sister – Freddy Boom-Boom Cannon
  • Joe Niagra, 76, be daid
  • Bugler’s Holiday – Leroy Anderson
  • Easy Livin’ – Uriah Heep (#9)
  • That’s It, I Quit, I’m Movin’ On – Sam Cooke
  • Night Time is the Right Time – Ray Charles
  • Cast Your Fate to the Wind – Sounds Orchestral
  • 1432 Franklin Pike Circle Hero – Bobby Russell (Flashback)
  • Weather Bug Update: Thunderstorm Warning until 9:15.
  • Pants – Randy Newman
  • Ginger Haired Man – Gallery
  • Alone Alone – Nino Tempo & April Stevens
  • Sleep – Little Willie John (#8)
  • Shoes – Brook Benton
  • Let’s Go Get Stoned – Ray Charles
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • Tomorrow May Never Come – Yoko Ono (Abruptly ended, as she should be.)
  • Power Surge and Rory puts it on pause until tomorrow, which does come.

2004-06-13

Continuation of storm-interrupted show from night before. Burl Ives would have been 95 tomorrow had he made it through the storm. That’s Right!

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  • Security – Etta James
  • Kentucky Woman – Deep Purple
  • I Couldn’t Dream – Elephant’s Memory (Tunedex #6)
  • Paying the Cost to be the Boss – B.B. King
  • I Met Her In Church – The Box Tops
  • I Know An Old Lady – Burl Ives
  • Time Was – The Flamingos
  • Rory has Angus Meat Loaf
  • It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More – Wendell Hall
  • You Said A Bad Word – Joe Tex (#5)
  • Light My Fire – Rockafire Explosion
  • Firebird – Ohio Express
  • AOL Instant Messenger crashes into Rory’s car too
  • Naturally Stoned – The Avant-Garde
  • Tapioca Tundra – The Monkees
  • Got Down – Jim Stafford
  • Prayer Meeting – Willie Mitchell
  • Mais Que Nada – Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (#4)
  • Funny Way of Laughing – Burl Ives
  • Stoop Down Baby – Chuck Willis
  • Some Days It Rains All Night Long – Terri Gibbs
  • Love Her Madly – The Doors (#3)
  • A Man and a Half – Wilson Pickett
  • Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
  • Kissing on the Phone – Paul Anka
  • I Just Don’t Understand – Ann-Margret
  • (Theme From) Valley of the Dolls – Dionne Warwick (#2)
  • Autographed Picture of Jesus – Rich Fagen
  • The Man – Lorne Greene
  • Mr. Dante Fontana – Piero Piccioni & Alberto Sordi
  • Saturday – The Carpenters
  • Booty Butt – The Ray Charles Orchestra
  • Turn Down Day – The Cyrcle (It’s NUMBER ONE!)
  • Mecque Mecque – The Gaylords
  • Keep It Gay – Perry Como
  • Havin’ Fun – Dion
  • Rats – The Kinks
  • I Wanna Live – Glen Campbell
  • Closing Theme

2011-07-03

Live-logged…Rory’s hired a new gardener.
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  • Preshow: Freedom – Jimi Hendrix
  • Opening Theme
  • Free Ride – Tavares
  • Sucu Sucu – Nina & Frederick
  • The Grassy Knoll – Frances Bakerville
  • Ernest Tubb 78s – Tommy Collins
  • Groupy Girl – Tony Joe White
  • Sweet Freedom – The Supremes
  • Whodaid: Ruth Roberts
  • I Love Mickey – Teresa Brewer & Mickey Mantle
  • Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues – Buddy Holly
  • Accidents – Thunderclap Newman
  • Enamorado – Keith Colley
  • Agua de Beber – Astrud Gilberto
  • Showroom Dummies – Senor Coconut
  • Happy Boy – Beat Farmers
  • Free Shots – Wolfman Jack
  • Peanut Butter – Marathons
  • Tastes Like Chicken – Tony Joe White
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • I’m Not Getting Enough – Yoko
  • At Both Ends – Loudon Wainwright III
  • Freedom Train – James Carr
  • I Wanna Live – Glen Campbell
  • Put Your Hand In The Hand (Mercy Killing) – Joan Baez
  • Whodaid: Jimmy Roselli
  • When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New – Jimmy Roselli
  • Gun Sale At The Church – Beat Farmers
  • Jesus Is Easy – Martin Mull
  • Mother Freedom – Bread
  • The Lady Is A Tramp – Buddy Greco
  • Cast Your Fate To The Wind – Mel Torme
  • Whodaid: Perry Jordon
  • Music Eyes – Heartsfield
  • Crazy On You – Rory Borealus
  • I Love – Rory Borealus
  • What Freedom Means To Me In 25 Words Or Less – Henry Gibson
  • Calling All Cows – Elvin Bishop
  • Paul Bunyan – Dennis Day with the Cricketone Players & Orchestra
  • The Honey-Wind Blows – Pete Fountain
  • Sandy – Larry Hall
  • Six O’Clock News Report – Bar-kays
  • Kool Cigarettes
  • The Mosquito – The Doors
  • Chicken Necks – The Genies
  • Free – The Pearly Gate
  • Black Betty – Rory Borealus
  • Blown – Bachman Turner Overdrive
  • Sparrow – Cyrus Erie
  • Chicken In The Basket – The Billy Bland
  • Someday Someway – Marshall Crenshaw
  • Get Your Enjoys – Eunice Davis
  • Soul Je T’Aime – Sylvia & Ralfi Pagan
  • Screw – The Crystals
  • Freedom Blues – Little Richard
  • Monkey Fevor – Chris Montez
  • Monkey Man – The Maytals
  • Chicken Crazy – Joe Tex
  • Hello Mr. DJ – Judy Lynn
  • Me And Goober – Rory Borealus
  • Written Consent – Rory Radio & good old Goober…and Dusty…of course
  • Closing Theme

2004-07-25

Rory forgets to hit record again. Thus we’ll never know the story about the elevator porn man. But at least there’s a Tunedex. And a Mama Tuna Casserole after da show.

Night and day you torture me.

Night and day you torture me.

  • All the Girls Love Alice – Elton John
  • Sophisticated Sissy – The Meters (Tunedex #10)
  • Geraldine – The Rattles
  • How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad? – The Lovelites
  • Better Off Dead – Bill Withers
  • The King is Gone (So Are You) – George Jones (DJ Request)
  • Taurus – Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band (#9)
  • Teddy Bear Song – Barbara Fairchild
  • Hiccups – Jimmy Harrison
  • Long Long Time – Linda Ronstadt
  • Rory rags on Linda’s originality
  • Jealousy – Frankie Laine (#8)
  • Holding On To Yesterday – Ambrosia
  • Little Bit of Soap – Paul Davis
  • The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin –  Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (#7)
  • I Am – Bobby Darin
  • Little Black Egg – The Nightcrawlers
  • Daughter of Darkness – Tom Jones (#6)
  • I Love You So Much – New Colony Six
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • Touch Me – Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band
  • This Masquerade – George Benson (#5)
  • Oh Well – Fleetwood Mac
  • Now I Must Go – The Swinging Blue Jeans
  • New World Coming – Cass Elliott
  • Georgine Darcy, 68, be daid
  • Tiny Bubbles – Don Ho
  • 951-203-2555 call for Rory
  • Do It Baby – The Miracles (#4)
  • No Smokey, Rory. What you Smokin’, Rory?
  • Mr. Bus Driver – Bruce Channel
  • Stop! And Think It Over – Perry Como
  • Music to Watch Girls By – The Bob Crewe Generation (#3)
  • For What It’s Worth – The Staple Singers
  • Acapulco Gold – The Rainy Daze
  • Cold Turkey – John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band (#2)
  • Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home? – Brook Benton
  • What a Lemon – Gasolin’  (IT’S NUMBER ONE!)
  • Boney Fingers – Hoyt Axton (DJ Request)
  • Closing Theme

2004-07-11

Day after Mr. Dante Fontana gets hitched. Rory’s on Sundays for a few weeks, so he says. Image placeholder…

  • Preshow: Answer Me My Love – Marty Robbins
  • Opening Theme
  • Detroit – Paul Humphrey and his Cool Aid Chemists
  • Rory’s been to Detroit.
  • Lloyd James Washington daid at 83
  • Until the Real Thing Comes Along – The Ink Spots
  • Wedding rehash
  • Can You Feel the Love Tonight – William Hung
  • Requiem For a Rainy Day – The Second Coming
  • You Don’t Have To Be A Baby to Cry – Caravelles
  • Don’t Blame It On The Children – Sammy Davis Jr. (for Bill Cosby)
  • Una Paloma Blanca – Slim Whitman
  • Drinking Again – Rod Stewart
  • Whose Heart Are You Breaking Tonight? – Connie Francis
  • Pickin’ A Chicken – Eve Boswell (for Kydo and Julie)
  • Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
  • Not the Marrying Kind – Gene Chandler
  • Mr. Dante Fontana – Piero Piccioni & Alberto Sordi
  • That’s Right! Lamination Thursday story
  • Rama Lama Ding Dong – The Edsels
  • Got To Learn How To Dance – Fatback Band
  • Don’t Let It Die – Hurricane Smith
  • Noodling Rag – Perry Como (for Kydo)
  • Syreeta Wright daid at 58
  • With You I’m Born Again – Syreeta Wright and Billy Preston
  • Rory dreams about Tate
  • You Were On My Mind – Crispian St. Peters
  • It’s No Sin – Donald Marsh
  • The King of the Zoo – Yoko Ono
  • It’s No Sin – Billy Williams
  • Itinerary – Mari Wilson
  • Straw Dogs – Stiff Little Fingers
  • See You On Sunday – Glen Campbell
  • Cincinnati Ding Dong – Art Lund
  • High Butt Pressure – Huey “Piano” Smith & his Clowns
  • Paxico (Land of Beauty) – The Diamonds
  • Donna – 10cc
  • Little Kind Words – Lighthouse
  • Zip Code – Five Americans
  • I Couldn’t Dream – Elephant’s Memory
  • Funky Nassau (Pt. 1) – The Beginning Of The End
  • Here Comes the Weekend – Dave Edmunds
  • Mr. Silent Killer Gas Passer – Real Men of Genius (I like this stuff, MP)
  • The Oogum Boogum Song – Brenton Wood
  • Sunday for Tea – Peter and Gordon
  • Autographed Picture of Jesus – Rich Fagen
  • Sweet and Gentle – Alan Dale
  • Water Can’t Quench the Fire of Love – Gisele MacKenzie & Helen O’Connell
  • Closing Theme

(Playlist under construction bold type denotes additional information needed)