1998
NOTE: The first 75 shows were broadcast over a local radio station in Long Island, New York
076 10/25/1998 Belated Back To School Special
076 School Of Love - Marvin And Johnny [Emory Perry] - Specialty - 54
076 Our School Days - Charles Phoenix & Monitors - Specialty - 1/57
076 School Girl - Willie Winfield & Harptones - unrel Old Town - 8/55
076 School Boy - Ruth McFadden & Harptones - Old Town - 10/56
076 School Days - Louis Jordan - Decca - 49
076 School Daze - King Krooners - unrel Excello - 60
076 School Girl Blues - Maggie Hathaway & Robins - R.I.H. - 51
076 Hey Little School Girl - Julius McMichael & Paragons - Winley - 2/57
076 Hey Little School Girl - Reese Palmer & Marquees - Okeh - 11/57
076 Letter To A School Girl - Delacardos - Elgey - 59
076 School Bell Rock - Roy Brown - King - 8/59
076 High School Dance - Robert Chalmers & El Pollos - Studio - 58
076 Every Day Of The Week - Students - Note - 58
076 My Vow To You - Leroy King & Students - Note - 59
076 Shirley - Leslie Martin & Schoolboys - Okeh - 11/56
076 Darling Listen To The Words Of This Song - Varetta Dillard & 4 Students - Groove - 1/56
076 Every Night About This Time - Eddie Brooks & Sophomores - Dawn - 4/56
076 I Promise - Jimmy Castor & Juniors - Wing - 5/56
076 Evening Shadows Falling - Seniors - Tetra - 56
076 I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain - Eddie Brooks & Sophomores - Dawn - 11/56
077 11/01/1998 (no theme)
077 The Girl Around The Corner - Lee Andrews & Hearts (v: Butch Curry) - Chess - 10/57
077 Candlelight - Milton Love & Concords - Harlem - 55
077 Thrill Of Romance - Earl Kirton & Gay Tunes - Timely - 9/53
077 Going My Way - 5 C's - unrel United - 7/54
077 Darling I'm Sorry - Ambassadors - Timely - 11/53
077 Rosemarie - Gene Redd & 5 Chimes - Betta - 53
077 Don't Say You're Sorry - Kings Men - Club 51 - 57
077 Don't Say You're Sorry Again - Madison Flanagan & Velvetones - Coronet - 46
077 Don't Say You're Sorry - Ira Mumford & Rivals - Apollo - 6/50
077 I Was Wrong - Eugene "Sonny" Cooke & Charmers - Timely - 54
077 Cherie - Hide-A-ways - MGM - 2/55
077 Left With A Broken Heart - Willie Barnes & Admirals - King - 1/55
077 Remember - Eddie Williams & Aladdins - Aladdin - 4/55
077 It's Funny But It's True - Ripley Ingram & Avalons - Groove - 10/56
077 What Love Can Do - Avons - Hull - 59
077 I Found Love - Bachelors - Royal Roost - 56
077 Promise Love - Belltones - Grand - 1/54
077 I Talk To My Echo - Andrew Pope & Beltones - Hull - 57
077 Something I Dreamed Last Night - Delta Rhythm Boys - Elektra LP - 1/58
078 11/08/1998 Comin' Down The Track
078 Night Train - Jimmy Forrest - United - 52
078 Night Train - Tommy Braden & 4 Blazes - United - 52
078 Mean Train - King Solomon's Trio - Big Town - 4/53
078 Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim (Allen Bunn) - Fury - 60
078 219 Train - Harvey Fuqua & Moonglows - Chance - 9/54
078 Take The A Train - Delta Rhythm Boys - RCA - 47
078 The Woo Woo Train - Valentines - Rama - 4/56
078 Train Kept A Rolling - Tiny Bradshaw - King - 51
078 Train To Paradise - Robert And Johnny - Old Town - 56
078 Choo Choo - Ernie Lee Warren & Cardinals - Atlantic - 3/56
078 Boogie Woogie Choo Choo - Mabel Scott - Coral - 9/51
078 Choo Choo Ch'boogie - Louis Jordan - Decca - 46
078 Train Time Blues - Roy Brown - Deluxe - 51
078 Train Train Blues - Zilla Mays & Blues Caravan - Coral - 5/52
078 Train Whistle Blues - Montereys - Nestor - 56
078 Little Black Train - Billy Ward & Dominoes - Federal - 8/54
078 Midnight Special Train - Joe Turner - Atlantic - 57
078 Mystery Train - Little Junior Parker & Blue Flames - Sun - 53
078 Gotta Get On The Train - Twilighters - MGM - 55
079 11/15/1998 Ain't That The True?
079 Be True - Vocaleers - Red Robin - 52
079 Who Can Be True - James "Papa" Clark & 5 Crowns - Rainbow - 52
079 Will You Be True - Vocaleers - Red Robin - 2/54
079 My True Love - Swans - Rainbow - 12/53
079 Truly - Arthur Lee Maye & Crowns - RPM - 2/55
079 Truly Truly - Bobby Relf & Laurels - X - 6/55
079 Very Truly Yours - Evergreens - Chart - 8/55
079 Untrue - Meadowlarks - Dootone LP - 57
079 Untrue - Crows - Rama - 4/54
079 Untrue Love - Bobbettes - Atlantic - 4/60
079 You Were Untrue - Richard Berry & Flairs - Flair - 54
079 Is It True - Chuck Carbo & Spiders - Imperial - 9/55
079 Is It True - Andre Williams - Fortune - 58
079 Darling Is It True - Johnny Oliver - MGM - 55
079 It's True - Richard Hunter & Twilighters - Specialty - 4/55
079 It's Funny But It's True - Ripley Ingram & Avalons - Groove - 10/56
079 If My Dream Would Come True - Herb Lance & Beavers - Sittin' In With - 8/49
079 Do Let That Dream Come True - Eli Spillman & Jumping Jacks - Lloyds - 5/53
079 Everything You Said Came True - Joe Alexander - Cap. Americana - 7/47
080 11/22/1998 R&B Turkeys
080 Come Back - Velvetones - D - 59
080 Adios My Desert Love - Smokey Robinson (& Chimes?) - Unrel - mid-50s
080 Love Me My Darling - Sharps - 2 Mikes - 54
080 New Hound Dog - Frank Motley Ork. (Voc: Curley Bridges) - Big Town - 12/54
080 Thunderbird - Hal Paige - J&S - 57
080 Jerry - Minors - Celeste - 2/57
080 Earth Angel - Blue Jays (Squires) - Dig This Record - 1/55
080 Sincerely - Chester Pipkin & Blue Jays - Dig This Record - 1/55
080 Oh Darling - Squires - Combo - 54
080 Julie - Billy Wells & Crescents - Reserve - 3/56
080 I Love Only You - Billy Wells & Crescents - Reserve - 3/56
080 Moonglow - Mississippi Mud Mashers - Bluebird - 12/37
080 Doo Doo Wah - Cellos - unrel Apollo - 1/58
080 Only You - Tony Williams & Platters - unrel Federal - 54
080 My Beauty, My Own - Jerry Potter & Fascinators - Your Copy - 54
080 Ladise - Packards - Pla-Bac - 56
080 My Doctor Of Love - Packards - Pla-Bac - 56
080 That Feeling - Wayne Durham & Bradford Boys - Rainbow - 6/55
080 It Was Moonglow - Rena Hinton & Capris - Gotham - 10/54
081 11/29/1998 Letters, We Get Letters
081 The Letter - Vernon Green & Medallions - Dootone - 7/54
081 I'm Gonna Write A Letter To My Baby - Basin Street Boys - Exclusive - 3/47
081 I Wrote A Letter - Serenaders - Chock Full Of Hi - 12/57
081 A Letter To My Girl - George Tindley & Dreams - Savoy - 4/54
081 Write Me A Letter - Jimmy Ricks & Ravens - National - 10/47
081 Answer To Write Me A Letter - Ah-moors - Rainbow - 4/48
081 Write Me One Sweet Letter - Jimmy Ricks & Ravens - Mercury - 7/52
081 Baby Send Me A Letter - Johnny Hicks & Ivories - Jaguar - 55
081 Letter From Home - Roy Brown - King - 53
081 Letter To A School Girl - Delacardos - Elgey - 59
081 Johnny Ace's Last Letter - Johnny Fuller - Rhythm - 1/55
081 I Burned Your Letter - Maryland Pierce & 5 Keys - King - 11/59
081 Blues In A Letter - Johnny Carter & Flamingos - Chance - 10/54
081 Happy Till The Letter - Sonny Til & Orioles - Vee-Jay - 5/56
081 Please Take A Letter Miss Brown - Bill Kenny & Ink Spots - Decca - 2/41
081 Christmas Letter - La Fets & Kitty - Apollo - 11/57
081 Teardrops On Your Letter - Hank Ballard & Midnighters - King - 2/59
081 Please Kiss This Letter - Herman Curtis & Solitaires - Old Town - 1/57
081 The Telegram - Vernon Green & Medallions - Dootone - 12/54
082 12/06/1998 Requests
082 Off Shore - Ernie Lee Warren & Cardinals - Atlantic - 3/56
082 What'cha Gonna Do - Clyde McPhatter & Drifters - Atlantic - 2/55
082 Story Of A Love Gone Cold - Richard Baker & Gentlemen - unrel Apollo - 9/54
082 Sweet Lorraine - John Wilson & Mellows - Celeste - 56
082 Your Way - James Sheppard & Heartbeats - Hull - 5/56
082 Dolores - Waldo Champen & Bachelors - Earl - 56
082 Lonely Room - Lee Andrews & Hearts - Gotham - 56
082 I Don't Know - Floyd Adams & Keynotes - Apollo - 12/55
082 They Say - Ronald Miles & Rainbows - Rama - 9/56
082 Under A Blanket Of Blue - Ernie Lee Warren & Cardinals - Atlantic - 4/54
082 Come Back My Love - Ernie Lee Warren & Cardinals - Atlantic - 6/55
082 Grief By Day, Grief By Night - Eddie Daye & 4 Bars - Josie - 5/54
082 Moonlight In Your Eyes - Larry Harrison & 4 Buddies - unrel Savoy - 1/51
082 You Won't Let Me Go - George "Junior" Davis & 4 Dots - Dot - 3/51
082 Fallen Angel - Jimmy McGowan & 4 Fellows - Glory - 1/56
082 You Don't Mean Me Right - 4 Kings - Fortune - 54
082 Easy Street - Gene Alford & 4 Knights - Capitol - 10/52
082 The Breeze And I - 4 Most - Milo - 60
082 Travelin' Light - Joseph Johnson & 4 Rockets - Aladdin - 2/48
083 12/13/1998 Where In The World Is Unca Marvy?
083 Burma Road Blues, Part 1 - Roy Milton - Hamp-Tone - 7/46
083 Down In Mexico - Pelicans - unrel Imperial - 8/54
083 Hong Kong - Donald Lawrence & Quinns - Cyclone - mid-57
083 Loch Lomond - Rockets - Aladdin - 48
083 Rose Ann Of Charing Cross - David Ford & Hollywood Flames - unrel Swing Time - 54
083 Rose Of Tangier - 4 Kings - Fortune - 55
083 Down In Cuba - Vernon Williams & Royal Holidays - Herald - 1/59
083 Siam Sam - Val-Tones - Deluxe - 3/55
083 African Jive - Slim & Flat Foot Floogie Boys - unrel Okeh - 7/41
083 Canadian Sunset - Impacts - RCA - 9/59
083 White Cliffs Of Dover - Bill Brown & Checkers - King - 10/53
083 Going Down To Tia Juana - Andre Williams & Don Juans - Fortune - 10/55
083 Arabia - Peter Woodard & Delcos - Showcase - 2/63
083 Brazil - Bobby Nunn/Carl Gardner & Coasters - Atco - 7/56
083 Havana Moon - Chuck Berry - Chess - 1/57
083 Amazon Beauty - Hollywood Arist-O-Cats - RIH - 2/53
083 Nagasaki - 5 Jones Boys - Ram Recordings - ca. 38
083 Roses Of Picardy - Herb Reed & Platters - Federal - 4/54
083 I Love Paris - Grady Chapman & Robins - Spark - 55
084 12/20/1998 Alan Freed's December 1955 Show
084 Flag Waver - Alan Freed Orchestra - live -
084 Tweedle Dee - Lavern Baker - live - 56
084 Play It Fair - Lavern Baker - live -
084 Runaround - Teddy Randazzo & 3 Chuckles (Live) - live -
084 Lily Maebelle - Richard Barrett & Valentines - live - 56
084 Christmas Prayer - Richard Barrett & Valentines - live -
084 Seventeen - Boyd Bennett & Rockets - live -
084 My Boy Flat-top - Boyd Bennett & Rockets - live -
084 Look Out - Sam "The Man" Taylor - live -
084 Speedoo - Earl Carroll & Cadillacs (Live) - live -
084 Down The Road - Earl Wade & Cadillacs - live -
084 Cry Baby - Bonnie Sisters (Live) - live -
084 Every Day I Have The Blues - Joe Williams & Count Basie Ork. - live -
084 A Teenage Prayer - Gloria Mann - live -
084 Crazy For You - James Sheppard & Heartbeats - live -
084 After Everybody's Gone - James Sheppard & Heartbeats - live -
084 Band Of Gold - Don Cherry - live -
084 Come Back My Love - Bobby Mansfield & Wrens - live -
084 What Makes You Do The Things You Do - Bobby Mansfield & Wrens - live -
085 12/27/1998 Answer Me This
085 Sixty Minute Man - Bill Brown & Dominoes - Federal - 3/51
085 Can't Do Sixty No More - Cliff Givens & Dominoes - Federal - 2/55
085 Can't Do Sixty No More - Eddie Hashaw & Du Droppers - Red Robin - 12/52
085 Shake A Hand - Faye Adams - Herald - 53
085 Not A Hand To Shake - Joe Murphy & 5 Jets - Deluxe - 10/53
085 All Shook Out - Moohah (A.C. Williams) - Starmaker - 53
085 Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown - Atlantic - 1/53
085 Mama (Your Daughter Told A Lie On Me) - Dickie Smith & 5 Keys - Aladdin - 3/53
085 Mama's Daughter - Eddie Harris & Checkers - King - 11/54
085 Daughter (That's Your Red Wagon) - Gloria Irving (w/Sax Kari Ork) - United - 3/53
085 Hush Your Lyin' Mouth - Sax Kari - Great Lakes - 9/54
085 Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown - Deluxe - 48
085 Ain't No Rockin' No More - Roy Brown - King - 59
085 Hearts Of Stone - Rudy Jackson & Jewels - R&B - 9/54
085 Hearts Can Be Broken - Rudy Jackson & Jewels - Imperial - 4/55
085 I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Louis Jordan - Decca - 42
085 I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town Louis Jordan - Decca - 42
085 I Wanna Know - J.C. Ginyard & Du Droppers - RCA - 3/53
085 I Found Out - J.C. Ginyard & Du Droppers - RCA - 5/53
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