1/1/2021

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3PM--

In the Year 2020 - Drew Jacobs

1921 - The Who

Countdown - Lindsey Buckingham

10-9-8 - Face To Face

Counting Out Time - Genesis

Resolution - Andy Pratt

New Year's Resolution - Camera Obscura

Auld Lang Syne-You'll Never Walk Alone - Slade

Here's To The New Year - Slade

Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3 - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3

Happy Hour - Housemartins

Happy Together - Frank Zappa [w/ Flo & Eddie]

New Year's Day - Bon Jovi

New Year's Day - Carolyn Arends

Happy New Year - Checkered Past

My Dear Acquaintance (Happy New Year) - Regina Spektor

4PM--

THE 4X4: THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER

Getting Better - Beatles

Better Things - Kinks

Life Gets Better - Graham Parker

Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones

Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive/Things Are Getting Better - NRBQ

Something Better - Chilliwack

Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's 9th) - Rainbow

Joy To The World - Hoyt Axton

This Year - Mountain Goats

Gonna Make It Through This Year - Great Lake Swimmers

End of the Line (rare long mix) - Traveling Wilburys

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life - Monty Python

Tubthumping (hit version) - Chumbawamba

I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - Byrds

Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago

5PM--

THE 6@5

Ding Dong - George Harrison

It's Over - Badfinger

What A Way To End It All - Deaf School

Over And Done - Status Quo

The End - The Raveonettes

Sing Out the Old... Bring In the New - Roy Wood

This Will Be My Year - Semisonic

This Will Be Our Year - Zombies

This Is the Year - David Roth

The New Year - Sparky's Flaw

Here Comes the Sun (Live) - Richie Havens

Happy New Year - Todd Snider

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

I Just Want to Celebrate - Rare Earth

Celebration - Headpins

WTF 2020 - Whitney Avalon

12/25/2020 The Orphanage Of Rock & Roll Christmas Show!

 MERRY CHRISTMAS!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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3PM--

Revolution Wonderland - Weeklings

Christmas Time Is Here Again - Beatles

Merry Christmas Darling - Cheap Trick

Merry Christmas Everybody - 1985 12" Extended Remix - Slade

A Spaceman Came Travelling - Chris de Burgh

River - Joni Mitchell

Frosty the Snowman - Ventures

Welcome To Toyland - Dirk Hamilton

Toyland - Leon Redbone

The Marvelous Toy - Peter, Paul and Mary

Nothing But A Child - Steve Earle

Thanks For Christmas - The Three Wise Men (Aka XTC)

I Believe In Father Christmas (w-Greg's inspiration) - Greg Lake

Christmas Is Coming - Payolas

Christmas Song - Angel

This Christmas - Shoes

There's No Lights On the Christmas Tree Mother, They're Burning Big Louie Tonight - Sensational Alex Harvey Band

A Merry Jingle - Greedies

Another Rock & Roll Christmas - Gary Glitter

How To Make Gravy - Paul Kelly

Christmas In Prison - John Prine

The Man Who Called Himself Jesus - Strawbs

The Christmas Song - Raveonettes

Santa Claus - Sonics

Rockin' Winter Wonderland - Fabulous Thunderbirds

The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys

Christmas In Suburbia - Martin Newell

The Christmas Song - Boxmasters (Billy Bob Thornton)

It's Christmas Time - Status Quo

Christmas - Pete Townshend

Deck The Halls - Geolyn

Christmas In July - Brave Combo

He's On The Beach - Kirsty MacColl

Christmas At Ground Zero - Weird Al Yankovic

Nutrocker - B Bumble & the Stingers

Helluva Christmas - Tearaways

Jingle Hells Bells - Bob Rivers as AC/DC

Sock It To Me Santa - Bob Seger & The Last Heard

It's Christmas Time Ebenezer - The Len Price 3

Merry Christmas Will Do - Material Issue

Cashing In On Christmas - Bad News (with Brian May)

Stop The Cavalry - Jona Lewie

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Foghat

Christmas Time - Chris Stamey

Everyday Is Christmas - Swag

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen - Jigsaw Seen

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Roy Wood

Greensleeves - Jethro Tull

Merry Christmas From The Family - Robert Earl Keen

Feliz Navidad - El Vez

Santa and The Sidewalk Surfer - Turtles

Not Tonight Santa - Girls Aloud

Merry Christmas Santa Claus - Max Headroom

12/18/2020 (25TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW)

 Today's show marks TWENTY FIVE YEARS 

since my very first Orphanage of Rock and Roll on WVKR. 

Thank you for a quarter century of listening, kind comments, 

and turning on your music-loving friends to the show! 

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3PM--

Hide In Your Shell - Supertramp

The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel

What's He Got - Producers

The Man With the Golden Gun - Alice Cooper

Life On Mars - David Bowie

Your Starter For - Tonight - Elton John

Mainstreet U.S.A. - Union

Ride A White Swan - T Rex

Indian Ocean - Frank & Walters

Don't Leave Me Alone With Her - Sparks

Who's That Up There With Bill Stokes? - Stackridge

Eddy Vortex - Steve Gibbons Band

It's Late - Queen

Ten Figures - Alpha Band

4PM--

THE 4X4: TWENTY FIVE!

25 O'Clock - Dukes of Statosphear

25 or 6 to 4 (Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon:) - Chicago

Killer At 25 - Glass Moon

25 Miles - Edwin Starr

The Voice (Steve Harley vocal) - Alan Parsons Project

Sebastian - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

Wild Side Of Life - Status Quo

Nobody's Fool - Slade

Squabs On Forty Fab - Squeeze

Falling In And Out Of Love - Sinceros

You Could Take My Heart Away - Silver Condor

I Won't Let You Down - Ph.D

Call The Uh-Oh Squad - Robert Ellis Orrall

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chilliwack

5PM--

THE 6@5

If You See Kay - April Wine

Time Again - Asia

Manic - Camel

Don't It Make You Feel - Headpins

To Look At You - INXS

When I Was Young - Riot

The Hypnotist - Nash The Slash

Warp  - New Musik

Schock Den Affen (Shock the Monkey)  - Peter Gabriel

Long Stick Goes Boom - Krokus

Communication - Pete Townshend

Night of the Living Wedge - Wedge

I Eat Cannibals - Total Coelo

12/11/2020

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3PM--

Does It Make You Feel Good - Good Rats

Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker - Rolling Stones

Starshine / Angel Wine - Strawbs

Happy Jack - Who

I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee) - Marshall Crenshaw

(She's) Sexy + 17 - Stray Cats

Deadly Delicious - City Boy

Love Her Madly (alt take) - Doors

Break Them Down - Graham Parker

Breakdown (Allan Clarke vocal) - Alan Parsons Project

From The Underworld - The Herd

Reactionary Girl - Rob Laufer

Pink Flag - Wire

O Maxine - Korgis

Tell Me To My Face - Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg

4PM--

THE 4X4: LONDON CALLING 1979

Hateful - Clash

Brand New Cadillac - Clash

Clampdown - Clash

London Calling - Clash

Diddy Wah Diddy - Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band

Saturday's Child - Monkees

Tie Me Down - Turtles

Dismal Day - Bread

Everything I Own - Chris Von Sneidern

(Further Reflections) In The Room Of Percussion - Kaleidoscope (UK)

Teaching Me - Phil Seymour

Yo Yo - Doughboys

Sweet Head - David Bowie

Had Me a Real Good Time - Rod Stewart

Reason To Believe - Tim Hardin

Land - Horses - Land Of A Thousand Dances - La Mer(de)' - Patti Smith

5PM--

THE 6@5:

Be True (studio outtake) - Bruce Springsteen

RockWrok - Ultravox!

Muscle Of Love - Alice Cooper

I'm Mee I'm Now and That's Orl - Slade

That's Entertainment - Jam

Don't Run My Life - Spys

Cuts You Up - Peter Murphy

Light Up - Styx

Soul Man - Blues Brothers

I'd Die Babe - Badfinger

Long Away - Queen

Mrs. Vandebilt - Paul McCartney

Slash - Tuff Darts

Hot Night In Dallas - Moon Martin

Dream Baby - Bananarama

Anna/Letmeinletmeout - Trio

12/4/2020

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3PM--

Rough Night in Jericho - Dreams So Real

Lorelei - Styx

Molina - Creedence Clearwater Revival CCR

Where Have All The Good Times Gone - Elton John

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Bird of Paradise - Snowy White

The Slider - T Rex

Run Runaway - Slade

Under My Thumb - Streetheart

One Trick Pony - Paul Simon

Canvas of Life - Minor Detail

We Gotta Get You A Woman - Todd Rundgren

Flash - Queen

Abracadabra (Have You Seen her?) - Blue Ash

Know Your Onion! - Shins

4PM--

THE 4X4: 21ST AMENDMENT

I'll Drink To You - Duke Jupiter

Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee O'Dee - Jerry Lee Lewis

Malt & Barley Blues - McGuinness Flint

However Much I Booze - Who

Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive) - Iron City Houserockers

Boots of Spanish Leather - Dan McCafferty

Toyland - The Alan Bown!

Don't Hang Up - 10cc

Hello Cruel World - E

Desperado - Alice Cooper

We Don't Get Along - Go-Go's

Rock Back Billy - John Hiatt

Oh Captain - Wiggy Bits

Welcome To The Club - Joe Walsh

I Can't Stop - Turtles

5PM--

The 6@5:

 

Lookout - Cheap Trick

Enough Is Enough - April Wine

Invincible - Pat Benatar

Darling - Robert Hazard

I'm the Man Who Murdered Love - XTC

Day of the Eagle - Robin Trower

Ring of Fire (12") - Wall Of Voodoo

Modern Times - Al Stewart

Too Much to Ask For - B'zz

If You Want to Get to Heaven - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Good Morning Britain - Aztec Camera

Changes - Zombies

Lies - Status Quo

Hearts In Her Eyes - Searchers

Night Time - J Geils Band

Whatever Happened to Eddie - Butch Patrick