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101 Series Lesson 138 – Oscar Winning Songs

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They don’t always give out awards for best songs . . . until they do. Every year. At the Oscars. In Lesson 137 of the 101 Series we play the best tunes from the movies. Some of your all-time favorites have won the Oscar for Best Song, we’ll be spinning a couple dozen of them.

PLAYLIST:
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT: FRED ASTAIRE (1936-SWING TIME)
SWINGIN’ ON A STAR: BING CROSBY (1944-GOING MY WAY)
MONA LISA: NAT ‘KING’ COLE (1950-CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A.)
THE BALLAD OF HIGH NOON: TEX RITTER (1952-HIGH NOON)
QUE SERA SERA: DORIS DAY (1956-THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH)
MOON RIVER: AUDREY HEPBURN (1961-BREKFAST AT TIFFANY’S)
BORN FREE: MATT MUNRO (1966-BORN FREE)
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD: B.J. THOMAS (1969-BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID)
THEME FROM ‘SHAFT’: ISAAC HAYES ( 1971-SHAFT)
THE WAY WE WERE: BARBRA STREISAND (1973-THE WAY WE WERE)
WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN: MAUREEN MCGOVERN (1974-THE TOWERING INFERNO)
I’M EASY: KEITH CARRADINE (1975-NASVILLE)
LAST DANCE: DONNA SUMMER (1978-THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY)
FAME: IRENE CARA (1980-FAME)
ARTHUR’S THEME: CHRISTOPHER CROSS (1981-ARTHUR)
UP WHERE WE BELONG: JOE COCKER & JENNIFE WARREN (1982-OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN)
I JUAT CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU: STEVIE WONDER (1982-THE WOMAN IN RED)
SAY YOU, SAY ME: LIONEL RITCHIE (1985-WHITE NIGHTS)
TAKE MY BREATHE AWAY: BERLIN (1986-TOP GUN)
SOONER OR LATER: MADONNA (1990-DICK TRACY)
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1993-PHILADELPHIA)
THINGS HAVE CHANGED: BOB DYLAN (2000-WONDER BOYS)
JAI HO: A.E. RAHMAN (2008-SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)

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Blue Highway Ep 15 – 70s Country Icons

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Brush the cocaine out of your sequined suit, it’s time to celebrate the best country music of the 70s. Balcony Radio is here with episode 15 of Blue Highway, our testament to the dusty avenues and dirt roads of Americana. This time out, we spin the best music of the decade that gave country music a mellow shine. Sunglasses won’t take care of the glare from the glistening rhinestones. You should be able to read the playlist below so you can by a few things from your local music distributor.

PLAYLIST:
CHARLEY PRIDE: KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNIN’ (SINGS HEART SONGS)
GEORGE JONES/TAMMY WYNETTE: GOLDEN RING (16 BIGGEST HITS)
CONWAY TWITTY/LORETTA LYNN: AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE (20 GREATEST HITS)
DOLLY PARTON: HERE YOU COME AGAIN (TITLE)
KENNY ROGERS: DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS (KENNY ROGERS)
RONNIE MILSAP: DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS (NIGHT THINGS)
EDDIE RABBITT: EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (NUMBER 1 HITS)
THE BELLAMY BROS: LET YOUR LOVE FLOW (SELF)
CHARLIE RICH: HAVE A HEART (BOSS MAN)
JOHNNY CASH/LYNN ANDERSON: I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE
WILLIE NELSON: MAMAS DON’T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE CDOWBOYS (GREATEST HITS)
GLEN CAMBELL: RHINESTONE COWBOY (TITLE)
DAVID ALLAN COE: YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME (ONCE UPON A RHYME)
DON WILLIAMS: IT MUST BE LOVE (EXPRESSIONS)
FREDDY FENDER: BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS (TITLE)
CAL SMITH: COUNTRY BUMPKIN (SELF)
MARTY ROBBINS: MY WOMAN, MY WOMAN, MY LIFE (16 GREATEST HITS)
EMMYLOU HARRIS: TWO MORE BOTTLES OF WINE (QUARTER MOON IN A TEN CENT TOWN)
RAY PRICE: FOR THE GOOD TIMES (ESSENTIAL RAY PRICE)
C.W. MCCALL: WOLF CREEK PASS (GREATEST HITS)
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: WHY MY (JESUS WAS A CAPRICORN)

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101 Series Lesson 136 – ACDC Asskicking!

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In the mid-Neolithic Era, the Young family learned three chords and have spent millennia perfecting them. And humanity is all the better because of it. In Lesson 136 of the 101 Series, we spin the crunchiest vege-rock Australia has ever chundered. AC/DC is plugged in and electrified. Grab some lightning and hold on.

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Labor Day – Songs About Work

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Gather ’round all working people, it’s time to clock out for a well earned three day weekend. Let Balcony Radio soundtrack your days off with our Annual Labor Day Show. In this episode, we spin two dozen of the best rock, pop, country and soul songs about w-o-r-k. Stick it to The Man and play […]

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X-Chromosome Ep 14 – New Wave and Punk Chix

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When times are tough and everything seems to be heading straight to Hell it usually means some MAN is in charge. The only way to get things done right is to let the ladies step up and hold court. For Ep 14 of our women’s showcase, X-Chromosome, we welcome two dozen rockin’ chix from Punk and New Wave to show us how its all done. The guitars are screaming and the amps are at full power. Please stay back from the stage, you can’t handle this. Stop by the merch table and buy music from the playlist, slime!

PLAYLIST:
BLONDIE: RIP HER TO SHREDS (BLONDIE)
PAT BENATAR: FIRE & ICE (LIVE FROM EARTH)
X: SOUL KITCHEN(LIVE) (LOS ANGELES)
X-RAY SPEX: OH BONDAGE! UP YOURS! (GERM FREE ADOLESCENCE)
THE WAITRESSES: WASN’T TOMORROW WONDERFUL (TITLE)
ROMEO VOID: WRAP IT UP (BENEFACTOR)
THE GO-GO’S: YOU CAN’T WALK IN YOUR SLEEP (BEAUTY & THE BEAT)
LENA LOVAICH: LUCKY NUMBER (RHYTHM ON THE RADIO)
ALTERED IMAGES: HAPPY BIRTHDAY (TITLE)
CYNDI LAUPER: YEAH YEAH (SHE’S SO UNUSUAL)
CRASS: BETA MOTEL (PENIS ENVY)
GRACE JONES: EVERYBODY HOLD STILL (LIVING MY LIFE)
TIL TUESDAY: MAYBE MONDAY (VOICES CARRY)
STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE: SINCE YESTERDAY (SELF)
BERLIN: PLEASURE VICTIM (TITLE)
THE BELLE STARS: SIGH OF THE TIMES (BELLE-ISIMA SWEET MEMORIES)
THE SLITS: LOVE & ROMANCE (PEEL SESSIONS)
MARTHA & THE MUFFINS: ECHO BEACH (METRO MUSIC)
GINA X: PLASTIC SURPRISE BOX (NICE MOVER)
THE BANGLES: TALKING IN MY SLEEP (TITLE)
SIOXSIE & THE BANSHEES: LUNAR CAMEL (KALEIDOSCOPE)
DELTA 5: MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS (SINGLES & SESSION 1979-81)
TOM TOM CLUB: ON, ON, ON (SELF)

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This Pill Makes You Small Ep 14 – Hippiez in Luv

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Balcony Radio is down with free love, man. And woman. And everyone in between. In episode 14 of This Pill Makes You Small, we spin all the hippiest love songs we could find. In the Summer of Love you didn’t just lie in the tall grass, you roll around in it. Join us for two dozen tunes destined to soundtrack a session of knockin’ Birkenstocks.

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