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Pig River Records is your comprehensive guide to music as it was 50 years ago.

The site was established on the 1st of January 2012, (1962) since which time it has seamlessly reported on the world of music as if it were happening today.

Through both our website and social media outlets (facebook, twitter, tumblr, youtube) we will bring you articles, interviews, singles and full length LP album reviews as well as ‘Pig River Radio’, our regularly updated playlist of songs from the time.

As Pig River Records continues to grow we will make efforts to expand and make changes to help improve your experience as we cover the most remarkable period in music history.

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Pig River Records features artists such as, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Nina Simone & The Crystals.

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Bob Dylan - Hezekiah Jones (Black Cross)

Throughout 1962 Bob Dylan would regularly play this track in New York City cafe’s.

This track is currently spinning at Pig River Radio.

We have just added 100 new tracks to Pig River Radio. Here’s the full tracklisting

1. Alton & Jimmy – No More Crying The Blues
2. The Anglin Brothers – Money Cannot Buy Your Soul
3. Barbara George – I Know (You Don’t Love Me)
4. Barry Mann – Who Put The Bomp
5. The Beach Boys – Surfin’
6. The Beatles – Till There Was You
7. Ben E. King – Spanish Harlem
8. Bessie Smith – Careless Love
9. Billy Riley – Rock With Me Baby
10. Big Maceo Merriweather – Worried Life Blues
11. Blind Willie McTell – Lord, Send Me An Angel
12. The Blue Sky Boys – Turn Your Radio On
13. Bo Diddley – Say Man
14. Bobby Darin – Dream Lover
15. Bob Dylan – Hezekiah Jones (Black Cross)
16. Bobby Darin – Dream Lover
17. Bobby Vee – Do You Want To Dance
18. Buddy Holly & The Crickets – Slippin’ & Slidin’
19. Bukka White – Sleepy Man Blues
20. Bruce Channel – Hey! Baby
21. Carl McVoy – You Are My Sunshine
22. Carl Perkins – Matchbox
23. The Carter Family – Can The Circle Be Unbroken
24. The Chantels – Maybe
25. Charlie Poole – Baltimore Fire
26. Charley Patton – Some Of These Days
27. Chubby Checker – The Fly
28. Chuck Berry – Come On
29. The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem – Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
30. Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry – Ain’t Got No Home
31. The Coasters – Down In Mexico
32. The Contours – Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
33. The Crystals – He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)
34. Del Shannon – Cry Myself To Sleep
35. Dick Dale – Fanny Mare
36. Dinah Washington – September In The Rain
37. Dion – The Wanderer
38. Don Gibson – Sea Of Heartbreak
39. Eddie Cochran – Twenty Flight Rock
40. Elvis Presley – Return To Sender
41. Ernie Chaffin – Lonesome For My Baby
42. Etta James – At Last
43. The Everly Brothers – Bye Bye Love
44. Fats Domino – Goin’ To The River
45. Francois Hardy – Oh Oh Cheri
46. Gary U.S Bonds – Dear Lady Twist
47. Hank Williams – My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
48. The Highwaymen – Cottonfields
49. Howlin’ Wolf – Spoonful
50. Ike & Tina Turner – It’s Gonna Work Out Fine
51. The Ikettes – I’m Blue
52. The Isley Brothers – Shout
53. The Isley Brothers – Twist & Shout
54. Jackie Wilson – Lonely Teardrops
55. The Jarmels – A Little Bit Of Soap
56. Jerry Lee Lewis – Bonnie B
57. Joan Baez – Silver Dagger
58. Joey Dee & The Starlighters – Peppermint Twist
59. Johnny Cash – I Was There When It Happened
60. The Kingston Trio – Where Have All The Flowers Gone
61. Leadbelly – Where Did You Sleep Last Night
62. Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya
63. Lefty Frizzell – Long Black Veil
64. Little Richard – (There Will Be) Peace In The Valley
65. Lonnie Donegan – I Wanna Go Home
66. Lonnie Johnson – Tomorrow Night
67. The Marketts – Surfer’s Stomp
68. The Marvelettes – Twistin’ Postman
69. Memphis Jug Bands – Walk Right In
70. Memphis Jug Bands – Cocaine Habit Blues
71. Miller Sisters – Ten Cats Down
72. Neil Sedaka – Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
73. Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me
74. Nina Simone – He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands
75. Odetta – Hound Dog
76. Otis Redding – These Arms Of Mine
77. Patsy Cline – She’s Got You
78. Peter, Paul & Mary – 500 Miles
79. The Prisonaires – Just Walkin’ In The Rain
80. Ral Donner – You Don’t Know What You’ve Got
81. Rayburn Anthony – Whose Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
82. Ray Charles – What Did I Say (Part 1)
83. Ray Smith – You Made A Hit
84. The Regents – Barbara-Ann
85. Ritchie Valens – Donna
86. Robert Johnson – Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
87. Roy Acuff – Just A Closer Walk With Thee
88. Roy Orbison – Love Hurts
89. Rufus Thomas Jr. – Bear Cat
90. Sam Cooke – Wonderful World
91. The Shirelles – Will You Still Love Me
92. Sonny Burgess – We Wanna Boogie
93. Tampa Red – Delta Woman Blues
94. The Teddy Bears – To Know Him Is To Love Him
95. Tommy Blake – Flat Foot Sam
96. Tony Rossini – Well I Ask Ya
97. The Wailers – Lucille
98. Warren Smith – Black Jack David
99. Washington Phillips – Take Your Burden To The Lord
100. Woody Guthrie – Pretty Boy Floyd

He Was A Friend Of Mine - An outtake from Dylan’s self titled debut LP.

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