PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; Driver 8 – Jimmy Razor; Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance) – Leo Sayer; Walkin’ in Rhythm – The Blackbyrds; Let There Be Music – Orleans; Young Americans – David Bowie; Express – B.T. Express; It’s a Miracle – Barry Manilow; Rainy Day People – Gordon Lightfoot; Lovin’ You – Minnie Riperton; Poetry Man – Phoebe Snow; Sail On, Sailor – The Beach Boys; Shaving Cream – Benny Bell; Black Superman – Muhammad Ali – Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band
PART 2: The Immigrant – Neil Sedaka; Stand by Me – John Lennon; Jive Talkin – Bee Gees; Trampled Underfoot – Led Zeppelin; Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss; Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell; Please Mr. Please – Olivia Newton-John; (Get Up I Feel Like a) Sex Machine – James Brown; The Rockford Files – Mike Post; Killer Queen – Queen; One of These Nights – Eagles; Rockin’ Chair – Gwen McCrae; Black Friday – Steely Dan
PART 3: I’m Not in Love – 10cc; I’m on Fire – The Dwight Twilley Band; Swearin’ to God – Frankie Valli; He Don’t Love You (Like I Love You) – Tony Orlando & Dawn; Hijack – Herbie Mann; Why Can’t We Be Friends? – War; Hey You – Bachman-Turner Overdrive; Good Lovin’ Gone Bad – Bad Company; Listen to What the Man Said – Wings; Lady Marmalade – Labelle; The Hustle – Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony; Misty – Ray Stevens; Jackie Blue – Ozark Mountain Devils; I’ll Play for You – Seals & Crofts; Magic – Pilot; Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) – The Doobie Brothers; Bad Luck – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
PART 4: Wildfire – Michael Murphey; Only Yesterday – The Carpenters; Shining Star – Earth, Wind & Fire; Love Will Keep Us Together – The Captain & Tennille; Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John; Cut the Cake – AWB; Love Won’t Let Me Wait – Major Harris; I’m Not Lisa – Jessi Colter; Before the Next Teardrop Falls – Freddy Fender; When Will I Be Loved – Linda Ronstadt; Old Days – Chicago; Bad Time – Grand Funk; How Long – Ace; Sister Golden Hair – America; Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Denver
… 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.