PART 1: Living Legends – The Fleshtones; Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) – Willie Mays of the New York Giants with The Treniers; You’re the Apple of My Eye – The Four Lovers; Bermuda – The Four Seasons; Sherry – The Four Seasons; Big Girls Don’t Cry – The Four Seasons; Walk Like a Man – The Four Seasons; Candy Girl – The Four Seasons; Marlena – The Four Seasons; Don’t Think Twice (It’s All Right) – The Wonder Who?; Peanuts – The Four Seasons; Rag Doll – The Four Seasons; Dawn (Go Away) – The Four Seasons; You’re Ready Now – Frankie Valli; Working My Way Back to You – The Four Seasons; Can’t Take My Eyes off You – Frankie Valli; Opus 17 (Don’t You Worry ‘Bout Me) – The Four Seasons; C’mon Marianne – The Four Seasons; Raven – The Four Seasons; My Eyes Adored You – Frankie Valli; Who Loves You – The Four Seasons; Swearin’ to God – Frankie Valli; Grease – Frankie Valli
PART 2: Southwest Chief – Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore; We’re Still Here – Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore; You’re Still Standing There – Tom Baker Featuring Justine Covault; The Reason – The Second Summer; Something – The Second Summer; Invisible – The Second Summer; Ramrod – Credited to Duane Eddy and the Rock-a-Billies; Rebel Rouser – Duane Eddy; Peter Gunn – Duane Eddy; Because They’re Young – Duane Eddy; (Dance With The) Guitar Man – Duane Eddy; Forty Miles of Bad Road – Duane Eddy & the Rebels; Peter Gunn – The Art of Noise feat. Duane Eddy
PART 3: The Model – Big Black; He’s a Whore – Big Black; Truck Driving Man – Bronson Rock; Soft Rock Girlfriend – Blake Jones & the Trike Shop; Burning Down the House – Talking Heads; Ecstasy – The Raspberries; One Hell of a Ride – Dave Cope and the Sass; Precious to Me – Phil Seymour; Illusions – Jalen Ngonda; Satisfied – Ben Aiken; They Came to Rock – The Amplifier Heads feat. Barrence Whitfield; Justine – The Blasters; R.P.M. – The Four Speeds; Alex Chilton – The Replacements; None of Your Business – The Pist; She’s the One – Ramones
… 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.