IRA'S BLEND #28: WHEN I WAS A TEEN - FROM ROY ORBISON TO SANTANA

The Blend #28: WHEN I WAS A TEEN…

Broadcast 10-7-2016

Host/Engineer: Ira

For: ex-patradio.fr

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Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman

The Ronettes – Be My Baby

The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing

Tony Bennett – I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Percy Faith – Theme from “A Summer Place”

Bobby Vinton – Blue Velvet

Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man

The Statler Brothers – Flowers On the Wall

Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire

Leonard Cohen – Suzanne

Melanie – Beautiful People

Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’

Jefferson Airplane – Somebody to Love

Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield – Albert’s Shuffle

Janis Joplin – Kozmic Blues

Billy Joe Royal – Hush

Erma Franklin – Piece of My Heart

Taj Mahal – Leaving Trunk

Elvis Presley – Suspicious Minds

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap – Young Girl

The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City

The McCoys – Hang On Sloopy

Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs – Stay

The Crystals – Then He Kissed Me

Peggy March – I Will Follow Him

Darlene Love – (Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry

Sly & The Family Stone – Dance to the Music

The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

Aretha Franklin – The Shoop Shoop Song

Skeeter Davis – The End of the World

Fleetwood Mac – Albatross

Santana – Evil Ways

The Fifth Dimension – Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In

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