Duke Jenkins does a then-contemporary remake of a song that is now nearly 100 years old, Marie Knight asks you to keep a secret, skipping high school leads to a legendary career, Lennon and McCartney sing with the Stones, and Brian Wilson gives a song to Glen Campbell, the Volebeats record a song so close…
On this week’s episode of THE SHAKE OUT: Guess Who their real name is, the song where Robbie Robertson met Bob Dylan (with Bill Wyman on bass!), the Detroit soul song Stevie Wonder thought should have been a hit (and it should have!), a block party of New Orleans rhythm and blues, the instrument that…
The 1961 riff John Lennon admitted he stole for the Beatles, Della Reese covers Neil Diamond, 70s inclusive country from downriver Detroit, a trip to the Caribbean, a number one hit on the R&B charts, a song Stevie gave away and another he took back, plus some contenders for the perfect pop song, including one…
The 1963 Detroit tune the Who pretended they wrote, and the song Angie Stone didn’t. A song with the word “Kokomo” in the title that thankfully isn’t that other one. A song about the prices of everyday items from 1955. The Triggers from Ann Arbor party like it’s 1999, because that’s when it was. Plus…
ONLY A FOOL WOULD MAKE HIS SECOND SHOW A THEMED-SPECIAL. IT’S A CHAIN OF FOOLS – THAT’S RIGHT, AN APRIL FOOL’S DAY SPECIAL OF ALL FOOL SONGS. YOU MAY HAVE JUST FOUND YOUR FOOL’S PARADISE. LISTEN TRACKLIST:Shadows of Knight – Shake 1968 [music beind DJ]Aretha Franklin – What a Fool Believes 1980Sarah Vaughan – Fool…