It’s the 150th Running of The Kentucky Derby, the Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports. Horsing around in The Backroom to get you set for all of the action!
photo credit: John Cherry for The New York Times
- Kentucky Derby — American Armed Forces Band
- Churchill Downs — Andy Chase Cundiff
- Chips Ahoy! — The Hold Steady
- One Horse Town — The Thrills
- Stewball — The Hollies
- Kentucky Woman (rare stereo version) — Neil Diamond
- Run for the Roses — Dan Fogelberg
- The Ballad of Thunder Gulch — Chris de Burgh
- Wild Horses — The Rolling Stones
- Don’t Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream) — Tower of Power
- Long Shot Kick de Bucket — The Pioneers
- Jockey — Jimmy Johnson
- Horse Race — Original London Cast of The Gambler
- Better Off Betting On a Horse — Betty Grable
- Race Track Blues — Eddie ‘Cleanhead” Vinson
- Camptown Races — Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Up On Cripple Creek — The Band
- Horse with No Name (Alternate Mix) — America
- Back in the Saddle — Gene Autrey
- Love Is a Rose — Linda Ronstadt
- Dead Flowers (Alternate Version) — The Rolling Stones
- Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses — Kathy Mattea
- Coming Up Roses — Owsley
- Roses — Trombone Shorty
- Wilted Rose — The Black Crowes (f. Lainey Wilson)
- Where the Turf Meets the Surf — Bing Crosby
- Who’s Got the Action? — Dean Martin
- Fugue for Tinhorns — Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby & Dean Martin
- One Mint Julep — Sarah Vaughan
- Home Stretch — Leroy Anderson and His Orchestra
- Beetlebaum — Spike Jones
- Old Kentucky Home — Randy Newman
