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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Format | Comments | Approx. start time | |||
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Bo Diddley |
Bo Diddley
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His Greatest Sides, Volume One | Chess/Sugar Hill | 1983 | LP | From 1955; Bo did it | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |||
Joe Reisman's Orchestra and Chorus |
Bo Diddley
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Bo Diddley Beats | Rhino | 1992 | CD | From 1959 | 0:04:25 (Pop-up) | |||
Fats Waller |
Christopher Columbus
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Handful of Keys | Proper | 2004 | CD | From 1936; not a popular fella nowadays | 0:06:28 (Pop-up) | |||
The Lion |
Bing Crosby
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78 single | Decca | 1937 | MP3 | accompanied by Sa Gomes Rhythm Boys; BING! | 0:09:53 (Pop-up) | |||
Memphis Minnie |
Ma Rainey
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New & the Blues: Telling It Like It Is | Columbia | 1990 | CD | From 1940; I had something to say about Ma | 0:12:18 (Pop-up) | |||
Lead Belly |
Jean Harlow
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Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy Vol. 3 | Smithsonian Folkways | 1998 | CD | From 1944; the Blonde Bombshell | 0:14:57 (Pop-up) | |||
Prince Buster |
Al Capone
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FABulous Greatest Hits | Sequel | 1993 | CD | From 1964; not a nice man | 0:16:39 (Pop-up) | |||
The Skatalites |
Fidel Castro
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Foundation Ska | Heartbeat | 1997 | CD | From 1965; rocked that beard | 0:19:41 (Pop-up) | |||
Adanéh Téka |
Bob Marley
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Éthiopiques Vol. 2: Tètchawèt | Buda Musique | 1998 | CD | From 1996; Don't you worry 'bout a ting | 0:22:55 (Pop-up) | |||
Nancy Dupree with a Group of Rochester, NY Youngsters |
James Brown
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Afterschool Special: The 123s of Kid Soul | The Numero Group | 2016 | CD | From 1969; mi-SO-ba! | 0:27:38 (Pop-up) | |||
Prefab Sprout |
Faron Young
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Steve McQueen | Sony Legacy | 2007 | CD | From 1985; forgive me, Faron Young | 0:38:23 (Pop-up) | |||
The Go-Betweens |
Lee Remick
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'78 'til 79: The Lost Album | Jetset | 1999 | CD | Oh, Lee | 0:41:13 (Pop-up) | |||
The Cleaners from Venus |
Clara Bow
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Golden Cleaners | Tangerine | 1993 | CD | From 1987; the It girl | 0:43:44 (Pop-up) | |||
The Clientele |
Joseph Cornell
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Suburban Light | Merge | 2014 | CD | From 2001; boxes, little boxes | 0:47:19 (Pop-up) | |||
The Jazz Butcher |
Peter Lorre
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Big Questions: The Gift of Music Vol. 2 | Glass | 1987 | LP | squidgy bear | 0:49:39 (Pop-up) | |||
Disco Zombies |
Mary Millington
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Drums Over London | Acute | 2011 | LP | From 1980; blue gal | 0:53:21 (Pop-up) | |||
Vincent Priceless |
John Cale
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Hunky Panky | Vincent Priceless | 2017 | MP3 | From listener Vincent Priceless about a musical Welshman | 0:58:05 (Pop-up) | |||
John Cale |
Pablo Picasso
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Helen of Troy | Island | 1975 | LP | asshole? | 1:01:21 (Pop-up) | |||
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers |
Vincent Van Gogh
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Rockin' and Romance | Twin/Tone | 1985 | LP | brush up | 1:04:37 (Pop-up) | |||
The Young Fresh Fellows |
Amy Grant
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The Men Who Loved Music | Frontier | 1987 | LP | go to Alaska with Amy | 1:06:57 (Pop-up) | |||
Fredda |
Barry White
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Tout Mes Aventures | Mis | 2007 | MP3 | maybe Fredda was there | 1:10:51 (Pop-up) | |||
The Beach Boys |
Johnny Carson
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The Beach Boys Love You | Reprise | 1977 | LP | Heeeeeeere's Johnny! | 1:12:56 (Pop-up) | |||
Sifl and Olly |
Claire Danes
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No Album | No Label | 1997 | MP3 | grungy socks | 1:15:55 (Pop-up) | |||
Wesley Willis |
Jello Biafra
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Feel the Power | Def American | 1996 | CD | Jello shots | 1:17:41 (Pop-up) | |||
The Mighty Ions |
Pedro Morales
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Claws! Throbbing Lobster Vol. 3 | Throbbing Lobster | 1985 | LP | grappler | 1:20:22 (Pop-up) | |||
Redd Kross |
Linda Blair
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Born Innocent | Frontier | 1986 | LP | From 1982; born innocent | 1:23:56 (Pop-up) | |||
Single File: a bunch of 45 r.p.m. records about people |
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Unrest |
Cath Carroll
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single | Teenbeat | 1993 | 45 | Cath , whoah-oh | 1:32:46 (Pop-up) | |||
Christmas |
Wilhelm Reich
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single | Iridescence | 1984 | 45 | Reich or wrong? | 1:35:36 (Pop-up) | |||
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford |
John Henry
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single | Capitol | 1956 | 45 | He's so real | 1:38:18 (Pop-up) | |||
Jimmy Wakely and George Cates' Orchestra and Chorus |
James Dean
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single | Coral | 1956 | 45 | Jim Dean of Indiana | 1:41:10 (Pop-up) | |||
The Giant Sunflower |
Mark Twain
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single | Ode | 1967 | 45 | Rollin' down the river | 1:43:51 (Pop-up) | |||
The Cheesedogs |
Rita Jenrette
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single | Cheddar Pup | 1981 | 45 | Princess Rita | 1:46:28 (Pop-up) | |||
Harry Toledo and the Rockets |
John Glenn
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single | Spy | 1977 | 45 | produced by our pal John Cale (see above) about this fella | 1:49:36 (Pop-up) | |||
The Byrds |
Pretty Boy Floyd
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single | Columbia | 1968 | 45 | he never drove a family from their home | 1:54:04 (Pop-up) | |||
Nick Lowe |
Marie Provost
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single | Stiff | 1977 | 45 | "Bowi" EP; not just a doggie's dinner | 1:56:45 (Pop-up) | |||
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci |
Kevin Ayers
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Tatay | Ankst | 1994 | CD | joy of a boy | 2:09:21 (Pop-up) | |||
Yo La Tengo |
Tom Courtenay
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Tom Courtenay CD single | Matador | 1995 | CD | TC | 2:10:40 (Pop-up) | |||
The Replacements |
Alex Chilton
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Pleased to Meet Me | Rhino | 2008 | CD | alternate version, 1987; about a man called destruction | 2:14:46 (Pop-up) | |||
Family Fodder |
Debbie Harry
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More Great Hits! | Jungle | 2008 | CD | From 1980; rapture | 2:18:13 (Pop-up) | |||
Human Sexual Response |
Jackie Onassis
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DIY: Mass. Ave.: The Boston Scene (1975-83) | Rhino | 1993 | CD | From 1980; Jackie, Oh | 2:20:42 (Pop-up) | |||
Julian Cope |
Robert Mitchum
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Skellington | Copeco/Zippo | 1989 | CD | smoked pot | 2:24:21 (Pop-up) | |||
Gerry Rafferty |
Mary Skeffington
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Can I Have My Money Back? | Transatlantic | 1971 | LP | his mom! | 2:27:22 (Pop-up) | |||
Paul Bley Trio |
Ida Lupino
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Closer | ESP-Disk' | 2008 | CD | From 1965; sweet as apple cida | 2:29:33 (Pop-up) | |||
Belle & Sebastian |
Seymour Stein
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The Boy with the Arab Strap | Matador | 1998 | LP | punk rock pal | 2:32:22 (Pop-up) | |||
Tony Hazzard |
Paul McCartney
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Was That Alright Then? | Bronze | 1973 | LP | I have no idea who this is | 2:36:49 (Pop-up) | |||
Billy Bragg and Wilco |
Ingrid Bergman
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Mermaid Avenue | Elektra | 1998 | CD | me again, writing about my love | 2:38:59 (Pop-up) | |||
Rachel's |
Frida Kahlo
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Handwriting LP | Quarterstick | 1995 | CD | not Fredda | 2:40:37 (Pop-up) | |||
Kraftwerk |
Franz Schubert
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Trans-Europe Express | Capitol | 1977 | LP | poor Franz | 2:42:30 (Pop-up) | |||
Van Dyke Parks |
Van Dyke Parks
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Song Cycle | Edsel | 1988 | CD | From 1968; get in the Van | 2:47:10 (Pop-up) | |||
Richard and Danny Thompson |
Alexander Graham Bell
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RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson | Free Reed | 2006 | CD | From 2005; you can ring my Bell | 2:48:03 (Pop-up) | |||
Buddy Holly |
Bo Diddley
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The Complete Buddy Holly | MCA | 1979 | LP | From 1956/1962 ; he's a man | 2:51:21 (Pop-up) |
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