PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; Cause I Said So – The Godfathers; Unchained Melody – The Salutations; From You & Back to You – APB; Lovin’ Time – Bertha Tillman; A Public Execution – Mouse; Absolutely Sweet Marie – Bob Dylan; All My Loving – The Beatles; Little Town Flirt – Altered Images; Baby, Oh No! – Bow Wow Wow; Keep Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun) – Del Shannon; Chi Chi Chu – Tom Guerra w/Christine Ohlman; Give Me Another Day – Jalen Ngonda; Luv Jones – Charles Bradley; Boys Keep Swinging – David Bowie; If I Can’t Have You – Yvonne Elliman; Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over) – The Four Tops; Just Got Lucky – JoBoxers
PART 2: Gimme Little Sign – Brenton Wood; Oogum Boogum – Brenton Wood; Great Big Bundle of Love – Brenton Wood; Baby You Got It – Brenton Wood; I’m the One Who Knows – Brenton Wood; Come Here Girl – Brenton Wood; I Think You’ve Got Your Fools Mixed Up – Brenton Wood; Little Happy Go Lucky Girl – Brenton Wood; Lovey Dovey Kind of Love – Brenton Wood; Catch You on the Rebound – Brenton Wood; Two Time Loser – Brenton Wood; Ooh La Da Dee – Brenton Wood; Psychotic Reaction – Brenton Wood; Running Wild – Brenton Wood; Good Night Baby – Brenton Wood; One Bad Apple – The Osmonds; Yo-Yo (LP version) – The Osmonds; Down by the Lazy River – The Osmonds; Crazy Horses – The Osmonds
PART 3: She’s a Rainbow – The Rolling Stones; Any Other Way – Jackie Shane; Androgynous – The Replacements; Out of the Wardrobe – The Kinks; Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl? – The Barbarians; Rebel Rebel – David Bowie; Fantastic Girl – Amy Cabot; Transgender Dysphoria Blues – Against Me!; None of Your Business – The Pist; If I Can Dream – Elvis Presley
… is the hostess of Franorama 2.0, most Thursdays from 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time on Cygnus Radio. So what’s a genre? I just throw everything against a wall and see what sticks. Rock’n’roll, garage, punk, soul (especially Northern), rockabilly, real country, cheesy goofball stuff – no matter what generation, if it has a heart and soul, it has a home here.