Filled in for Sammy on a Friday afternoon. This was the "all original" show... all early versions of songs that later became hit records.
NY Groove - Hello   
Big Ten Inch - Bull Moose Jackson   
Train Kept Rolling - Yardbirds   
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd   
Respect - Otis Redding   
City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman   
Breakaway - Gallagher and Lyle   
No Time (Canned Heat version) - Guess Who   
Sloop John B - Kingston Trio   
Denise Randy and the Rainbows   
The Tide is High - The Paragons   
I Fought the Law - Crickets   
The Crying Game - Brenda Lee   
Strawberry Letter Number 23 - Shuggie Otis   
Muskrat Candlelight (Muscrat Love) - Willis Alan Ramsey   
Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - Isley Brothers   
War - Temptations   
Cocaine - JJ Cale   
After Midnight - JJ Cale   
Your Song - Three Dog Night   
Take It Easy - Jackson Browne   
Piangi Con Me (Live For Today) - The Rokes   
Self Control - Raf   
Lo Che Non Vivo (You Don't Have To Say You Love Me) - Pino Donaggio   
Beddy Bye (Strangers In the Night) - Bert Kaempfert   
Kitty (Mickey) - Racey   
Rhinestone Cowboy - Larry Weiss   
Love Hurts - Everly Brothers   
Let's Get Together - Dino Valente (Chet Powers)   
Groovy Kind of Love - Dianne and Annita   
Stop Your Sobbing - Kinks   
Tainted Love - Gloria Jones   
Killing Me Softly - Lori Lieberman
The Orphanage of Rock and Roll has been a home for homeless rock and pop records on 91.3 WVKR in Poughkeepsie, NY since 1995. ---- Join rock historian Pete Clark as he uncovers the deep tracks that fell between the cracks in the top-secret back room of the W-V-K-aRchives. ---- Footnotes in the history of rock and roll, along with vaguely familiar tracks you thought you’d never hear on the radio again.
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This was a lot of fun, and educational at the same time. Well done! A few of these cases found myself liking the originals...
Word Verification: copsings .
No joke.
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