Amy's Birthday Shuffle -- 3/14/2014

The Birthday Girl long, long ago...

So, last week, the opportunity came up to do what I thought was a 3-hour fill-in radio program at WHUS today...which also happens to be my birthday.  Even though I'm NOT really a "morning person," I got up and arrived in Storrs well before the 7AM start time of the program.  My goal was pretty basic -- play a bunch of songs that I like -- sort of like what might come up on the "shuffle" feature on my iPod (which is generally how I listen to music).  Turns out that a 15-minute WHUS news program at the end made the show end at 9:45AM, but still, I think the mix of songs came out okay even if I'm not exactly the best judge!  

For the kicker, I even played a few Broadway show tunes and a John Philip Sousa march -- music I've NEVER played on the air during 20+ years of broadcasting.  Still, these are songs that could be heard on my iPod and are some of my favorites, so why not include 'em?  As it turns out, I had way more music with me than I had time to play it this morning, so perhaps we'll be listening to a few more of my favorites during NEXT Friday morning's fill-in, 7-10AM (I think).  

If you heard the show, hope you enjoyed it.  If you're more interested in hearing straight Bluegrass, James & Cathy Ward host their "Bluegrass Rules" program on Friday afternoons from 4-5PM, and Jim will be behind the mic for this Sunday's "Bluegrass Cafe."  Join him from 4-7PM on Sunday, won't you?  

Enjoy your weekend!

Amy


SONG / PERFORMER / ALBUM / LABEL

• El Capitan / U.S. Marine Band / Sousa's Greatest Hits / Altissimo 
• Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collectors' Choice Music
• Satisfaction Guaranteed / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• It's Been So Long / Webb Pierce / 20th Century Masters / MCA
• Nobody's Lonesome For Me / Hank Williams / Long Gone Lonesome Blues / Country Stars
• Goin' Steady / Faron Young / The Complete Capitol Hits Of Faron Young / Collectors' Choice Music
• Talk To Your Heart / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia Legacy
• Dog-Gone It, Baby, I'm In Love / Carl Smith / Let's Live A Little / Living Era
• I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) / Ray Price / The Essential Ray Price / Columbia Legacy
• Big Iron / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs / Columbia
• The Master's Call / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs / Columbia
• El Paso / Marty Robbins / Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs / Columbia
• He'll Have To Go / Jim Reeves / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• A Satisfied Mind / Porter Wagoner / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Sweet Thang / Ernest Tubb with Loretta Lynn / The Definitive Collection / MCA
• The Rhumba Boogie / Hank Snow / The Goldrush Is Over / Bear Family
• Honeymoon On A Rocket / Hank Snow / The Singing Ranger / Living Era
• Young Love / Sonny James / Grand Ole Opry Live Classics, Volume 2 / Opry Music
• Once A Day / Connie Smith / The Essential Connie Smith / BMG
• Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Waylon Jennings / The Early Years / BMG
• Poison Love / Johnnie & Jack / For Old Times Sake / Bear Family
• Sea Of Heartbreak / Don Gibson / RCA Country Legends / RCA
• Dumb Blonde / Dolly Parton / Box Set Sampler / RCA
• Five Feet High And Rising / Johnny Cash / Columbia Records, 1958-1986 / Columbia
• Ring Of Fire / Carter Family / 30x30 / Columbia
• When I Stop Dreaming / Louvin Brothers / When I Stop Dreaming:  The Best Of The Louvin Brothers / Razor & Tie
• We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds / George Jones & Melba Montgomery / The Essential George Jones / Epic Legacy
• You're Looking At Country / Loretta Lynn / Country Music Hall Of Fame / MCA
• Flowers On The Wall / Statler Brothers / Johnny Cash At Madison Square Garden / Columbia
• New York City / Statler Brothers / Bed Of Rose's / Mercury
• Thank You World / Statler Brothers / Thank You, World / Mercury
• Eight More Miles To Louisville / Statler Brothers / Sons Of The Motherland / Mercury
• No Vacancy / Bob Paisley & the Southern Grass / No Vacancy / Brandywine [Bob Paisley birthday:  3/14/1931]
• Casey Jones / Old Time Bluegrass Singers / Plastic Heart / Open Road [Terry McGill birthday:  3/14/19__]
• The Nights Are So Long / Johnson Mountain Boys / Walls Of Time / Rounder
• Making Up Stories / Johnson Mountain Boys / Favorites / Rounder
• Black Mountain Blues / Johnson Mountain Boys / Requests / Rounder
• I Can't Like Myself / Gibson Brothers Bluegrass Band / Underneath A Harvest Moon / Big Elm Records
• Matterhorn / Country Gentlemen / The Early Rebel Recordings, 1962-1971 / Rebel
• The Train Song / Spinney Brothers / Memories / Mountain Fever Records
• I'm On A Journey / Bear Bridge Band / One More Ride / Open Road
• Country Church / Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / The Pike Brothers & the Pine Hill Ranchers / Rebel
• Oklahoma! / Cast / Oklahoma! (Original Film Soundtrack) / Broadway Angel
• Seventy-Six Trombones / Cast / The Music Man (Original Broadway Soundtrack) / Broadway Angel
• On The Street Where You Live / Cast / My Fair Lady (Original Broadway Cast) / Columbia
• A Bushel And A Peck / Cast / Guys & Dolls (Original Cast Album) / MCA
• Honey Bun / Cast / South Pacific (Original Broadway Cast) / Columbia
• Love's Gonna Live Here / Buck Owens & His Buckaroos / Carnegie Hall Concert! / Sundazed
• Mama Tried / Merle Haggard / Vintage Collections / Capitol
• Story Of Love / Desert Road Band / Greatest Hits / MCA Curb