PART 1: American Beat ’84 – The Fleshtones; No Time (LP version) – The Guess Who; A Girl Like You – Edwyn Collins; Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart – The Supremes; Evangeline – Sour Ops; All in My Head – The Linda Lindas; Illusions – Jalen Ngonda; Fascist Bumblebee Winter Formal – Blake Jones & the Trike Shop; Radio Is Everything – Elvis Costello; Radio, Radio – Elvis Costello; Mystery Dance – Elvis Costello; I’m Not Angry – Elvis Costello; Trombone – Nick Lowe; Don’t Travel Through the Night Alone – JD McPherson; Shining Like Gold – JD McPherson
PART 2: Royalty – The Gleeful Conspiracy; The Glitter Dilemma – The Gleeful Conspiracy; The Glow – The Gleeful Conspiracy; Common Thread – The Gleeful Conspiracy; Chain Reaction – The Gleeful Conspiracy; Home – The Gleeful Conspiracy; Tonight’s the Night – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Avid Indoorsman – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Off to the Race – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Bare My Heart – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Lonely Summer – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Salesman Boogie – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Crayfish Crawfish – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Tavern at the End of My Career – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar; Winter in New England – Jittery Jack With Amy Griffin on Guitar
PART 3: Planet Action – The Mysteios; Cold Fusion – The Mysteios; It’s Bongo Time! – The Mysteios; A Biker Girl in Luv – The Mysteios; Go Get It Somewhere Else – The Mysteios; Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer – The Va Va Voodoos; Old Cape Cod – Patti Page; Lonely Island (Keen Records version) – Sam Cooke; Starlit Summer Sky – Marshall Crenshaw; The Hissing of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell; Stoned Soul Picnic – Laura Nyro; Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts; Suavecito – Malo; Sweet Jamaica – Cat Stevens; Find Out in Time – Poco; Theme From A Summer Place – Percy Faith; Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra; Groovin’ – The Rascals; Girls – Marshall Crenshaw; Down in Bermuda – Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers; Sun Is Shining – Bob Marley; Dub Be Good to Me – Beats International; Keep on Movin’ – Soul II Soul; Rockaway Beach – The Godchildren of Soul feat. General Johnson & Joey Ramone; Girls in Their Summer Clothes – Bruce Springsteen; That Summer Dress – Black 47; Summer Cannibals – Patti Smith; California Nights – Lesley Gore; Castles in the Sand – Stevie Wonder; Long Hot Summer – The Style Council; Summertime – Billy Stewart
… 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.