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6 months ago    |   Tags: sam cooke bring it on home to me 1962   |   Notes: 2

Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me

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8 months ago    |   Tags: pig river records 1962 music sam cooke party music having a party   |   Notes: 3

This man could sing about anything and still capture our attention.

Sam Cooke - Having A Party

Full track review at Pig River Records.

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Pig River Radio player update

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1 year ago    |   Tags: 1960's music 1962 music anglin brothers barbara george ben e. king bessie smith bo diddley bob dylan buddy holly eddie cochran elvis presley fats domino hezekiah jones (Black Cross) memphis jug bands nina simone odetta pig river radio ray charles roy orbison sam cooke sonny burgess the blue sky boys warren smith washington phillips woody guthrie blind willie mctell  

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
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Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke LP (1957 Record Review)

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1 year ago    |   Tags: sam cooke 1957 music 50's music music rock n roll  

If you had your hands on the wheel you’d realise the road is wrapping around the edges in front of us, but you like the way the wheel is turning itself.

We’ve both agreed that ‘gay paris’ is sometimes relevant but that neither of us would ever say it.

White leather interiors and aqua exteriors up on the cliffs above the ocean, it’s a convertible and that’s even okay, ‘Danny Boy’ is playing now and that’s even okay cause Sam Cooke is singing…. Continue Reading…