Author Archives: Fran Fried

Franorama 2.0 6/10/21

By Fran FriedJune 11, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0ABBA, APB, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, Becky Warren, Big Stir Records, Blue Oyster Cult, Cygnus Radio, Deke Dickerson, Del Shannon, Dobie Gray, Dolph Chaney, Duke Bootee, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, Kelly Reilly, Lannie Flowers, Los Lobos, major lance, Muck and the Mires, NRBQ, Patti Smith Group, Rick James, Sarah Dunn, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Southern Culture on the Skids, Split Enz, SpyderPop Records, Stupidity w/Keith Streng, Talking Heads, Tavares, Ted Leo, The Alex Butter Field, The Beatles, The Dents, The Fleshtones, The Monks, The Pengwins, The Rutles, The Savages, The Shags, The Smithereens, The Superlatives, The Supremes, The Velvet Underground, The Woggles, The Yardbirds, Tommy James & The Shondells, Trans-X, www.cygnusradio.com

No theme this week – just freewheeling. Sometimes it works best this way.

Franorama 2.0 6/3/21

By Fran FriedJune 4, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.01961, 2021, Adam & The Ants, APB, Aretha Franklin, Bad Company, birthday, Blondie, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, Chicago, Cygnus Radio, David Bowie, David Seville, Dead Kennedys, Dean Friedman, Dirty Angels, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Fran Fried, Frankie Laine, Franorama 2.0, Grand Funk Railroad, Hank Williams, Ian Lloyd, Jeopardy!, Jimmy Dean, Joe Jackson, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Louis Armstrong, Marshall Crenshaw, Marvin Gaye, New Vaudeville Band, Nick Lowe, NRBQ, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Paul Soles, Petula Clark, Ramones, Red Prysock, Reunion, rick nelson, Robert Gordon w/Link Wray, Rockpile, Roger Miller, Roy Orbison, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Sam Cooke, Sheb Wooley, Spider-man, Steely Dan, Stories, Talking Heads, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Clash, The Honey Cone, The Isley Brothers, The Jam, The Kinks, The Plasmatics, The Rolling Stones, The Singing Nun, Three Dog Night, Todd Rundgren, U2, Utopia, www.cygnusradio.com

59 Years, 364 Days … and Counting. Musical milestones in an eventful but insignificant life.

Franorama 2.0 5/27/21

By Fran FriedMay 28, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Allyson Seconds, Anton Barbeau, Aretha Franklin, Big Stor Records, Bob Dylan, Clarence Carter, Cygnus Radio, Etta James, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Freak Juice, Freddie Dilevi, Geoff Palmer, James & Bobby Purify, Los Chicos, Marvin Gaye, Muscle Shoals, NFPO Stratagem, Nick Frater, Paul Simon, Paul Weller, Percy Sledge, Quilloughby, R.B. Greaves, Reigning Sound, Rob Nelson, Roger Hawkins, Rum Bar Records, The Armoires, The Dents, The GAP Band, The Jam, The SImpsons, The Smithereens, The Speed of Sound, The Staple Singers, The Style Council, Tulsa Race Massacre, Whelligan, White Castle, Wilson Pickett, www.cygnusradio.com

Heavy on the heavy this week: Memorial Corners to Muscle Shoals drummer Roger Hawkins, local fave Rob Nelson, the 50th anniversary of “What’s Going On” and two Tulsa acts for the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Franorama 2.0 5/20/21

By Fran FriedMay 20, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0? and the Mysterians, Bonnie St. Claire, Bunker Hill, Canned Heat, captain beefheart, Cher, Cygnus Radio, David Wilcox, Emily Duff, Fran Fried, Franorama 2.0, Hoodoo Gurus, Ian McKellen, Jody Reynolds, john lee hooker, Jonathan Richman, ken parker, Kid Thomas, Led Zeppelin, lee dorsey, little richard, Manfred Mann, Mario Pavone, Milton DeLugg, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, Ohio Express, R.E.M., Reggie Jackson, Rufus Thomas, Sarah Dunn, Soupy Sales, Spirit, Stevie Wonder, Suicide, The Adam Brown, The Beatles, The Chambers Brothers, The Customs Five, The Fleshtones, The Guess Who, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Shadows Of Knight, The Sonics, The Strangeloves, The Tams, White Castle, www.cygnusradio.com

The Fleshtones, Franorama 2.0’s favorite band, turn 45!

Franorama 2.0 5/13/21

By Fran FriedMay 14, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.010cc, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Buck Owens, Caddy, Charley Pride, Chris Frantz, Curt Florczak, Cygnus Radio, Dave Dudley, David Seville, Dean Martin, Eddie Fisher, Eddy Arnold, Elvis Presley, Eric Burdon, Fran Fried, Frankie Laine, Franorama 2.0, Glenn Miller, Graham Gouldman, Hank Williams, Harry Belafonte, Jimmy Dean, Johnny Cash, Kay Starr, Lloyd Price, Los Lobos, Mario Lanza, Ned Miller, Nineteen Times, rick nelson, Roger Miller, Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis Jr., Sammy Kaye, Sheb Wooley, Songs My Father Taught Me, Talking Heads, Tawny Kitaen, The Andrews Sisters, The Animals, The Fleshtones, The Hollies, The Yardbirds, Tom Jones, Tom Tom Club, Vini Vicious, War, Watts, Willie Nelson, www.cygnusradio.com

Lots of milestones this week: Chris Frantz’s 70th, Eric Burdon’s 80th, Graham Gouldman’s 75th … and Songs My Father Taught Me, coming on five years that he’s been gone.

Franorama 2.0 5/6/21

By Fran FriedMay 7, 2021Cygnus Radio, Franorama 2.0Aaron Neville, Cashman & West, Cashman Pistilli & West, Cygnus Radio, Dean Friedman, Dick Dale, Dion, Farmertan, Fran Fried, Frankie Valli, Franorama 2.0, Jim Croce, Jim Trainor, John Howard, Link Wray, Noise Detectors Inc., Olde Town Crier, Roger C. Reale, Russell Shaddox, Southern Culture on the Skids, Steve Cropper, The Criterions, The Idolizers, The Partridge Family, Tommy West, Willie Mays, www.cygnusradio.com, Zoo Front

Say Hey! Willie Mays’ 90th birthday, a lot of new toys as usual, and a Memorial Corner to Tommy West, who had a huge influence on ’70s sounds.

Franorama 2.0 10/19/17 (aka My Jeopardy! Odyssey)

By Fran FriedOctober 30, 2017Franorama 2.0

PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; American Girl – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers; Take It to the People – The Woggles; King Midas – Stupidity; Crying’s Just a Thing That You Do – JD McPherson; Lucky Penny – JD McPherson; No Place to Go – Mr. Airplane; If You Have Ghosts –

Franorama 2.0

By Fran FriedDecember 5, 2014Franorama 2.0

Franorama 2.0 Thurs: 1 to 4 pm et Fran Fried is a changeling, to put it simply. (You don’t know the half of it, girlfriend!) You never know what she’s gonna do — even she doesn’t know what she’s gonna do next. But her M.O. in life has been “Throw everything against the wall and