PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; Cruel Summer – Bananarama; Lawnchairs – Our Daughter’s Wedding; Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful; Dancin’ in the Street – Martha & the Vandellas; (Love Is Like a) Heatwave – Martha & the Vandellas; Long Hot Summer – Joe Simon; Long Hot Summer Comin’ On – Black 47; Summer Nights – Marianne Faithfull; That Summer Feeling – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers; Wild in the Streets – Garland Jeffreys; Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers; It Must Be Summer – Irene Peña; Can’t Wait ‘Till Summer – Librarians With Hickeys; Wild Summer Nights – Beaver Brown; This Ain’t the Summer of Love – Blue Oyster Cult
PART 2: I Was Just a Piece of Frozen Sky Anyway – Jonathan Richman; O Guitar – Jonathan Richman; Two Faces Have I – Lou Christie; Outside the Gates of Heaven – Lou Christie; Lightning Strikes – Lou Christie; Summer Snow – Lou Christie; Rhapsody in the Rain – Lou Christie; I’m Gonna Make You Mine – Lou Christie; All the Young Dudes – Mott the Hoople; Drivin’ Sister – Mott the Hoople; All the Way From Memphis – Mott the Hoople; I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) – The Electric Prunes; Can’t Get Enough of Your Love – Bad Company; Good Lovin’ Gone Bad – Bad Company; Movin’ On – Bad Company
PART 3: Easy Come, Easy Go – Bobby Sherman; Little Woman – Bobby Sherman; Julie Do You Love Me – Bobby Sherman; Seattle – Bobby Sherman; The Sun Will Rise Again – Colin Blunstone; What Becomes of the Broken Hearted – Dave Stewart feat. Colin Blunstone; She’s Not There – The Zombies; Tell Her No – The Zombies; Just out of Reach – The Zombies; Changes – The Zombies; Care of Cell 44 – The Zombies; Time of the Season – The Zombies; Legend in Your Own Time – Carly Simon; Anticipation – Carly Simon; That’s the Way I Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon; You’re So Vain – Carly Simon; Lost in the Supermarket – The Clash; Spanish Bombs – The Clash; E=MC2 – Big Audio Dynamite; C’Mon Every Beatbox – Big Audio Dynamite; The Bottom Line – Big Audio Dynamite; Train in Vain – The Clash
… 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.