PART 1: Living Legends – The Fleshtones; Op-Operator – The Shang Hi Los; She’s the One – Sour Ops; Which Time – Eric Hisaw; Do What You Wanna Do – Jonny Benavidez; Bittersweet – The Problem With Kids Today; None of Your Business – The Pist; Illusions – Jalen Ngonda; Three Words – James Mastro; River to River – Richard Barone; It’s Up to You – Peach and Lee; Ooh Baby – Peach and Lee; When I Get Home – Peach and Lee; Call It a Day – Peach and Lee; No Way Baby – Peach and Lee; Go All the Way – The Raspberries; Ecstasy – The Raspberries; I Wanna Be With You – The Raspberries; Let’s Pretend – The Raspberries
PART 2: First Rose of Spring – Willie Nelson; Their Hearts Were Full of Spring – The Beach Boys; Come Next Spring – Scott Walker; Paris in Spring – Terry Draper; Springtime in New York – Jonathan Richman; Spring Vacation – The Beach Boys; Time of the Season – The Zombies; I Love You for All Seasons – The Fuzz; Spring Summer Autumn – Tracie Young; The Paris Match – The Style Council; The Rain, The Park and Other Things – The Cowsills; I Live in the Springtime – The Lemon Drops; It’s Spring – McKinley Mitchell
PART 3: You and Me and Rain on the Roof – The Lovin’ Spoonful; Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles; Sweet Seasons – Carole King; Changing Seasons – The Jay Vons; Forget-Me-Nots – Patrice Rushen; A Romantic Spring-’68 Part 1 – Spring ’68 (Edward Rogers); A Romantic Spring-’68 Part 2 – Spring ’68 (Edward Rogers); Spring Fever – Orleans; Spring Affair – Donna Summer; A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays” – De La Soul; Feel the Spring Sun – The False Positives; Spring Fever – The Paley Brothers; Seasons Change – The Long Ryders; Change of Seasons – Jebb (feat. Lisa Mychols & Tom Richards); Mud Season – Farmertan; Jug Band Music – The Lovin’ Spoonful; Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind – The Lovin’ Spoonful; Nashville Cats – The Lovin’ Spoonful; You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice – The Lovin’ Spoonful; Younger Girl – The Lovin’ Spoonful; Do You Believe in Magic – The Lovin’ Spoonful
… 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.