PART 1: Living Legends – The Fleshtones; Why I Smile – Vibeke Saugestad; Too Many Things – The Linda Lindas; This Damn Nation – The Godfathers; Atmosphere – Velvet Crush; Transmission – Joy Division; I Stand Accused – Elvis Costello & the Attractions; Can’t Hold the Feeling Back – Brenda Holloway; Don’t Bother Me – The Beatles; Tellin’ Those Lies – The Vipers; You Hit Me (Right Where It Hurt Me) – Alice Clark; Rainy Day – APB; The Tears of a Clown – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles; Don’t Make Me Go Down There – Sour Ops; House Sparrow – Stephanie Seymour; I’m Talking About You – The Remains; Sophisticated Sissy – Rufus Thomas; Don’t Shake Me, Lucifer – Roky Erickson
PART 2: (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone – Aretha Franklin; Pulled Up – Talking Heads; Me Right Now (Cavestomp ’98) – Barry & the Remains; There’s a Ghost in My House – R. Dean Taylor; Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time – Becky Warren; Californiagain – Dolph Chaney; None of Your Business – The Pist; Love and Mercy – Brian Wilson; Come Out and Play – The Paley Brothers; Come On, Let’s Go – The Paley Brothers w/The Ramones; Too Good to Be True – The Paley Brothers; You’re the Best – The Paley Brothers; It’s My Life – The Animals; Survive – ADX; Illusions – Jalen Ngonda; Live for You – Thee Sacred Souls; Changing Seasons – The Jay Vons
PART 3: Christmas Time Is Here – The Vince Guaraldi Trio; White Christmas – The Ronettes; Holly Jolly Christmas – Dolly Parton; Super Sunny Christmas – Redd Kross; Silent Night Rumble – Jackie & the Cedrics; Santa Claus Boogie – Hasil Adkins; Christmas Tree Farm – Taylor Swift; All I Want for Christmas Dear Is You – Buck Owens; Santa’s Coming (Ho, Ho Ho) – The Woggles; I Want a Girl for Christmas – The Knickerbockers; Christmas Lights – The Hi-Risers; What Christmas Means to Me – The Hi-Risers; Secret Santa – Evil Wiener; Naughty or Nice – Bloodshot Bill; Pretty Paper – Dolly Parton w/Willie Nelson; A Willie Nice Christmas – Kasey Musgraves w/Willie Nelson; Winter Wonderland – Jennifer Hudson
PART 4: John Waters Covers The Singing Dogs’ “Jingle Bells” – John Waters; Christmas Catalogue – Captain Sensible; I’ll Be Your Santa, Baby – Rufus Thomas; Santa Claus Wants Some Loving – Albert King; This Time of the Year (When Christmas Is Near) – Brook Benton; A Child With a Toy – Lou Rawls; The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot – Nat “King” Cole; Another Crying Christmas – Jean Caffeine; What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas? – The Emotions; O Holy Night – Jennifer Hudson; Nothing on My Christmas List but You – Mindme; You for Christmas – Kelly Clarkson; Santa, Can’t You Hear Me – Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande; My Kind of Present – Meghan Trainor; It’s Christmas – The Polyphonic Spree; Let There Be Joy – Jennifer Hudson
… 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.