Saturday, November 18, 2023

You can't say we don't love you, at eight

It's hard to believe there are debates
It happened six decades ago
And yet there are still
People who will
Say the events are not what we know

8:00
1. Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs - Get Outta Dallas! (3:02)

This coming Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of "the darkest day in Dallas." It's also the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, but I live in Dallas, so that's the direction we're going. 

3. The Avengers - The American In Me (2:07)
4. Fear - Now Your Dead (2:09)
5. The Beat Poets - Jack Ruby (2:30)
6. Johnny Tucker - Mr. Kennedy (2:31)
7. Norm Burns and the Five Stars - John F. Kennedy's Election Race (2:40)
8. Avery Brady - Poor Kennedy (2:40)
9. Jimmy Brown He Was Loved By All the People (2:41)
10. Norm Burns and the Five Stars - John F. Kennedy Was Called Away (2:48)
11. Mahalia Jackson - In The Summer of His Years (2:48)
12. the beach boys - The Warmth of the Sun (2:52)
13. Adam Ant_ Catholic Day (3:05)
14. John Lee Granderson A Man for the Nation (3:06)
15. The Skatalites - Lee Oswald (3:07)
16. Scott Orsi - The Spirit Of JFK (3:18)
17. Homer Henderson - Lee Harvey Was A Friend Of Mine 7'' (3:21)
18. Peter Case - I Shook His Hand (3:46)
19. Otis Spann Sad Day in Texas (3:54)
20. WAS(NOT WAS) - 11 MPH (Abe Zapp Ruder Version) (4:07)

A pavane is a kind of court dance. The original of this was by Maurice Ravel, but I wanted something more upbeat. 

9:00
22. Art Farmer and Jim Hall - Pavane for a Dead Princess (10:52)
23. Alex Harvey - The Ballad Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (4:08)
24. Lou Reed - The Day John Kennedy Died (4:08)
25. Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin & John (& Bobby) (4:17)
26. JERRY LEE LEWIS - LINCOLN LIMOUSINE (4:25)
27. Joe Tate - Whitewash (4:29)
28. Big Joe Williams A Man Amongst Men (4:33)
29. Willie Nelson - He Was A Friend Of Mine (4:38)
30. Paul Simon - The Late Great Johnny Ace (4:46)
31. Johnny Young Tribute to JFK (4:48)
32. Hasil Adkins - My Home Town & Memories Of Kennedy (5:20)
33. Magazine - Motorcade (1978) (5:45)