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Been listening to this "Nostalgia in the Night" show on WFOS. More often than not, I don't recognize the songs or the bands. Right now "I Ain't Got Nobody" is playing, I think with Louis Armstrong singing. Other stuff I've recognized is Frank Sinatra, Eartha Kitt, Spike Jones, Eddie Arnold, etc. And now the song is "Zombie Jamboree" -- sounds like the Kingston Trio. About the most rock and roll song I've heard was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," but that was an exception.

What drives me nuts is that there is absolutely no backannouncing for this show. The website has streaming, but no accompanying track announcing. If there are lyrics I can usually google/all music guide or something, but there are excellent instrumentals as well.

Anybody know an online station with a similar format that has either backannouncing or track announcing?

― Dark Floyd (dark floyd), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 08:11 (nineteen years ago)

Are you in Norfolk? I used to listen to WFOS when I lived there. Maybe you could try building a pandora.com station.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 08:33 (nineteen years ago)

Yah, I'm near Norfolk -- I'll take a look at that pandora.com thing, that's new to me.

― Dark Floyd (dark floyd), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 09:00 (nineteen years ago)

I'd love to see this thread bloomp

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number-one_hits_of_1955_%28USA%29

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

Uh, actually, this is a better starting point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_hits_%28United_States%29

― Sir Dr. Rev. PappaWheelie Jr. II of The Third Kind (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone who loves pop and hasn't heard Spike Jones is really missing something: a musical anarchist whose best stuff burst the bubble of sentimentality and even prefigures early rock from the Coasters to Shadow Morton.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

And of course Dean Martin was a key influence on Elvis, and Bing Crosby seemingly had an impact on *everybody* of a certain age.

We could also discuss the importance of Tin Pan Alley material to doo-wop.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 22:59 (nineteen years ago)

If you have Winamp, one of the free XM radio stations you can listen to is "Frank's Place," which is "The Great American Songbook. Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett & more." Not exactly what you're looking for, though. Also, one of my local stations, KIXI, has a bit more variety, and has a streaming player with track IDs.

― musically (musically), Tuesday, 22 August 2006 23:22 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, I wish I'd thought to check KIXI's website.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, I *did*, but I just *couldn't imagine* that they'd be streaming.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 23 August 2006 01:34 (nineteen years ago)

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