The death of Ozzy Osbourne July 22 at 76 brought an abundance of unusual collaborations — from Ian Hunter and Elton John to Miss Piggy — as well as some of his high points from his singular solo career and that of Black Sabbath, emphasizing covers he recorded in 2005. (Here’s a thing I wrote about him for Substack).
Closed with the recent deaths of Cleo Laine and Tom Lahrer, who both died at 97, and Chuck Mangione who died last Wednesday at 84.
In between, it was all birthdays, of bluesmen Mike Bloomfield and Junior Kimbrough, Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, Phil Proctor of The Firesign Theatre, Rachel Sweet (63!), Simon Kirke (76) and Gerald Casale of Devo (77).
We also paused to note the birthday of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis on what would have been her 96th birthday with songs from Lana Del Rey to Rage Against the Machine.
Here’s the setlist:
Capital Radio July 28, 2025 1 – 4:24 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
“Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
“Crazy Train,” Pat Boone
“Mama, I’m Coming Home [demo],” Ozzy Osbourne
“Paranoid,” Black Sabbath
“Iron Man,” Ozzy Osbourne with Therapy?
“Shake Your Head (Let’s Go to Bed),” Ozzy Osbourne with Was (Not Was)
“Born to Be Wild,” Ozzy Osbourne with Miss Piggy
“Stayin’ Alive,” Ozzy Osbourne with Dweezil Zappa
“All the Young Dudes,” Ozzy Osbourne with Ian Hunter
“Ordinary Man,” Ozzy Osbourne with Elton John
“”In My Life,” Ozzy Osbourne
“Orwell’s Year,” Golden Earring
“Twilight Zone,” Golden Earring
“East West,” Paul Butterfield Blues Band
“Tombstone Blues [Take 9],” Bob Dylan
“One Way Out [live],” Al Kooper & Michael Bloomfield
“One Good Man,” Janis Joplin
“Jackie O,” John Cougar Mellencamp
“Jackie Onassis,” Human Sexual Response
“Tire Me,” Rage Against the Machine
“Life in a Northern Town,” Dream Academy
“Jackie’s Strength,” Tori Amos
“National Anthem,” Lana Del Ray
“It Would Be So Nice,” Pink Floyd
“Time,” Pink Floyd
“Shoes for Industry!” The Firesign Theatre
“The Holygram’s Song (Back from the Shadows Again),” The Firesign Theatre
“40 Unclaimed Melodies,” The Firesign Theatre
“Bear Whiz Beer,” The Firesign Theatre
“Give Us This Day (with R. Reverend Sport Trendleberg),” Proctor & Bergman
“I Cried Last Night,” Junior Kimbrough
“You’re Gonna Find Your Mistake,” Junior Kimbrough
“You Better Run Version #1,” The Stooges
“Can’ Get Enough,” Bad Company
“All Right Now,” Free
“B.A.B.Y.,” Rachel Sweet
“Working in the Coal Mine,” Devo
“Beautiful World,” Devo
“All in Love is Fair,” Cleo Laine
“Give It All You Got,” Chuck Mangione
“The Vatican Rag,” Tom Lehrer
Capital Radio returns Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. EDT on www.cygnusradio.com. The show can also be heard via the cygnusradio.com app, available free at iTunes or GooglePlay. Older shows are available at Substack.com/@rogercatlin.
