Mother Willie Mae Rivers: Fill & Download for Free

He hosted a radio show from May 3, 2006, to April 18, 2007, some 50 episodes in all, in which he played his favorite artists. It was called the Theme Time Radio Hour. Many were from his formative years. I’m not going to tease out the non-rockers from the rest. But here is the complete playlist:Episode 1: Weather[edit]First aired on May 3, 2006."Blow Wind Blow" — Muddy Waters (1953)"You Are My Sunshine" — Jimmie Davis (1940)"California Sun" — Joe Jones (1961)"I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine" — Dean Martin with Paul Weston & His Dixieland Eight (1950)"Just Walkin' in the Rain" — The Prisonaires (1953)"After the Clouds Roll Away" — The Consolers (1961)"The Wind Cries Mary — The Jimi Hendrix Experience" (1967)"Come Rain or Come Shine" — Judy Garland (1963)"It’s Raining" — Irma Thomas (1962)"Didn’t It Rain" — Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1947)"Rainin' in My Heart" — Slim Harpo (1961)"Jamaica Hurricane" — Lord Beginner (1950)"Let the Four Winds Blow" — Fats Domino (1961)"Stormy Weather" — The Spaniels (1957)"A Place in the Sun" (Italian Version) — Stevie Wonder (1966)"Summer Wind" — Frank Sinatra (1966)"Uncloudy Day" — The Staple Singers (1957)"Keep on the Sunny Side" — The Carter Family (1928)Episode 2: Mother[edit]First aired on May 10, 2006."Mama Don’t Allow It" — Julia Lee (1947)"Daddy Loves Mommy-O" — Tommy Duncan (1956)"Mama Didn’t Lie" — Jan Bradley (1963)"I’ll Go to the Church Again With Mama" — Buck Owens (1965)"Mama Told Me Not to Come" — Randy Newman (1970)"Mama Get the Hammer" — Bobby Peterson Quintet (1961)"Mama Talk To Your Daughter" — J. B. Lenoir (1954)"A Mother’s Love" — Earl King (1954)"Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" — Ruth Brown (1953)"Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" — Carl Smith (1951)"Mother Earth" — Memphis Slim (1951)"Mother-in-Law — Ernie K-Doe (1961)"Mother In Law Blues — Little Junior Parker (1956)"Mama Tried" — Merle Haggard (1968)"Gonna Tell Your Mother — Jimmy McCracklin" (1955)"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" — Rolling Stones (1966)"Mother Fuyer" — Dirty Red (1949)"Mama Said Knock You Out" — LL Cool J (1990)Episode 3: Drinking[edit]First aired on May 17, 2006."Ain't Got no Money to Pay for this Drink" — George Zimmerman and the Thrills (1956)"Wine, Wine, Win"e — The Electric Flag (1967)"Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ — Loretta Lynn (1966)"Daddy and the Wine — Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters (1968)"I Drink — Mary Gauthier (2005)"I Drink — Charles Aznavour (1995)"Sloppy Drunk — Jimmy Rogers (1954)"I Ain’t Drunk — Lonnie The Cat (1954)"It Ain’t Far to the Bar — Johnny Tyler and His Riders of the Rio Grande (1949)"What’s On The Bar — Hank Williams Jr (2003)"One Mint Julep" — The Clovers (1952)"Rum and Coca-Cola" — The Andrews Sisters (1945)"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" — John Lee Hooker (1966)"Who Will Buy the Wine" — Charlie Walker (1960)"Buddy Stay Off That Wine" — Betty Hall Jones (1949)"Whiskey You’re The Devil" — Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (1962)Episode 4: Baseball[edit]First aired on May 24, 2006."Take Me Out To The Ball Game — Bob Dylan (a capella) (2006)"Take Me Out To The Ball Game — The Skeletons (1988)"Baseball Boogie — Mabel Scott (1950)"Home Run — Chance Halladay (1959)"Baseball Baby — Johnny Darling (1958)"Three Strikes And You’re Out — Cowboy Copas (1960)"The Ball Game" — Sister Wynona Carr (1952)"Did You See" Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball — Buddy Johnson (1949)"Joltin’" Joe DiMaggio — Les Brown & His Orchestra with Betty Bonney (1941)"Joe DiMaggio’s Done It Again" — Billy Bragg & Wilco (2000)"Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball" — Teddy Brannon Orchestra with Dickie Thompson (1950)"Newk’s Fadeaway" — Sonny Rollins Quartet (1951)"Say Hey" — The Treniers with Willie Mays (1954)"The Wizard Of Oz" — Sam Bush (2004)"3rd Base, Dodger Stadium" — Ry Cooder with James Bla Pahinui (2005)"Heart" — Damn Yankees Original Broadway Cast (1955)Episode 5: Coffee[edit]First aired on May 31, 2006."Java Jive" — The Ink Spots (1940)"One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette" — Jerry Irby (1947)"The Coffee Song" — Frank Sinatra (1961)"Black Coffee in Bed" — Squeeze (1982)"Cigarettes and Coffee" — Otis Redding (1966)"Caffeine and Nicotine" — Curtis Gordon (1954)"Cigarettes and Coffee Blues" — Lefty Frizzell (1958)"Coffee Blues" — Lightnin’ Hopkins (1951)"Keep That Coffee Hot" — Scatman Crothers (1955)"Coffee Cigarettes and Tears" — The Larks (1951)"Black Coffee" — Bobby Darin (1959)"Raindrops In My Coffee" — Sexsmith and Kerr (2005)"Coffee and TV" — Blur (1999)"Forty Cups of Coffee" — Ella Mae Morse (1953)"Let’s Have Another Cup of Coffee" — Glenn Miller Orchestra (1942)Episode 6: Jail[edit]First aired on June 7, 2006."Folsom Prison Blues" — Johnny Cash (1988)"!21 Days in Jail" — Magic Sam (1958)"Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair" — Bessie Smith (1927)"Prisoner’s Song" — Warren Storm (1958)"Back on the Chain Gang" — The Pretenders (1982)"Jail Bait" — Andre Williams (1956)"Prison Wall Blues" — Cannon’s Jug Stompers (1930)"Columbus Stockade Blues" — Kenny Lane & His Bull Dogs (1960)"Nine Pound Steel" — Joe Simon (1968)"Okie's in the Pokie" — Jimmy Patton (1960)" Christmas in Prison" — John Prine (1973)"In the Jailhouse Now" — Sir Douglas Quintet (1965)"Jailbird Love Song" — The Mississippi Sheiks (1930)"Riot in Cell Block#9" — Wanda Jackson (1960)"Sing Me Back Home" — Merle Haggard (1968)"Last Meal" — Hurricane Harry (1956)Episode 7: Father[edit]First aired on June 14, 2006."Song for My Father" — The Horace Silver Quintet (1964)"Daddy and Home" — Jimmie Rodgers (1928)"Daddy's Home" — Shep & the Limelites (1961)"That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" — The Everly Brothers (1958)"Dust Got Into Daddy’s Eyes" — Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland (1965)"Daddy" — Julie London (1961)"Your Dad Did" — John Hiatt (1987)"My Daddy" — The Sons of the Pioneers (1934)"Color Him Father" — The Winstons (1969)"Papa’s on the Housetop" — Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (1930)"Mama Loves Papa" — Jack Rhodes & His Lone Star Buddies (1951)"Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" — The Temptations (1972)"Father Time" — Lowell Fulson (1963)"Father Alone" — The Swan Silvertones (1946)"Patsy Girl" — Ross MacManus (1964)"My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" — Hank Williams (1950)Episode 8: Wedding[edit]First aired on June 21, 2006."Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)" — Fred Rich & His Orchestra (1929)"Getting Married Soon" — Prince La La (1962)"(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry" — Darlene Love (1963)"Married Man’s A Fool" — Ry Cooder (1974)"Wedlock Is a Padlock" — Laura Lee (1970)"I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll) — Dave Edmunds (1977)"Stop the Wedding — Etta James (1962)"Don’t Stop the Wedding — Ann Cole (1962)"Fanny Brown Got Married — Roy Brown (1954)"Get Me to the Church on Time — Rosemary Clooney (1956)"I’m a Married Man — Johnny Tyler & His Riders of the Rio Grande (1948)"Leave Married Women Alone — Jimmy Cavallo (1951)"Married Woman — Big Joe Turner (1954)"Love and Marriage — Frank Sinatra (1965)"The Man Who Wrote ‘Home Sweet Home’ Never Was A Married Man — Charlie Poole with Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright (1927)"Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)" — Lloyd Price (1959)Episode 9: Divorce[edit]First aired on June 28, 2006."D.I.V.O.R.C.E." — Tammy Wynette (1968)"The Grand Tour" — George Jones (1974)"Alimony" — Tommy Tucker (1965)"She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)" — Jerry Reed (1982)"Alimony Blues" — T-Bone Walker (1951)"(Pay Me) Alimony" — Maddox Brothers and Rose (1946)"Alimony Blues" — Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson & His Orchestra (1947)"Divorce Decree" — Doris Duke (1981)"Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law" — Hank Snow (1962)"Alimony" — Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & His Clowns (1959)"Divorce Me C.O.D." — Merle Travis (1946)"Mexican Divorce" — The Drifters (1962)"Will Your Lawyer Talk to God?" — Kitty Wells (1964)"Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be — Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn (1965)"You Can’t Divorce My Heart" — Lefty Frizzell (1951)"Love Doesn’t Live Here Anymore" — June Christy (1953)Episode 10: Summer[edit]First aired on July 5, 2006."Summertime" — Billy Stewart (1966)"Summertime Blues" — Eddie Cochran (1958)"(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave" — Martha & the Vandellas (1963)"Heat Wave" — Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiians (1935)"Sunny" — Bobby Hebb (1966)"Juneteenth Jamboree" — Gladys Bentley (attributed to 'Fatso Bentley')(?)"So Nice" — Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley (1966)"Youth of 1000 Summers" — Van Morrison (1990)"Hot Weather Blues" — Mr. Sad Head (1951)"Summer in the City" — Lovin’ Spoonful (1966)"Too Hot" — Prince Buster (1967)"In the Summertime" — Mungo Jerry (1970)"Ice Cream Man" — John Brim (1953)"Fourth of July" — Dave Alvin (1994)"Hot Fun in the Summertime" — Sly & the Family Stone (1969)Episode 11: Flowers[edit]First aired on July 12, 2006.New San Antonio Rose — Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1940)Grazing in the Grass — The Friends of Distinction (1968)Good Year for the Roses — George Jones (1970)The Bonny Bunch of Roses — Paul Clayton (1957)Laying on a Bed of Roses — The Muffs (1995)The Grape Vine — Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra (1951)Tulip Or Turnip — Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (1947)Tiptoe Through the Tulips — Tiny Tim (1968)Wildwood Flower — The Carter Family (1928)When the Roses Bloom Again — Laura Cantrell (2002)Only a Rose — Geraint Watkins (2004)I Threw Away The Rose — Merle Haggard (1967)Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You — Wilson Pickett (1971)The Sharpest Thorn — Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint (2006)Episode 12: Cars[edit]First aired on July 19, 2006."Rocket 88" — Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats (1951)"Cadillac Ranch" — Bruce Springsteen (1980)"Every Woman I Know (Crazy ‘Bout Automobiles)" — Billy "The Kid" Emerson (1953)"Me and My Chauffeur Blues" — Memphis Minnie (1941)"My Automobile" — George Clinton & The Parliaments (1970)"Christian’s Automobile" — The Dixie Hummingbirds (1957)"Car on a Hill" — Joni Mitchell (1974)"Pontiac commercial: Old McDonald" — Frank Sinatra (1960)"Pontiac Blues" — Sonny Boy Williamson II (1950)"Big Green Car" — Jimmy Carroll (1958)"Get out of the Car" — Richard Berry (1955)"Mercury Blues" — David Lindley (1981)"Too Many Drivers At The Wheel" — Smiley Lewis (1955)"Little Red Corvette" — Prince (1983)"No Money Down — Chuck Berry (1955)Episode 13: Rich Man, Poor Man[edit]First aired on July 26, 2006."The Rich Man And The Poor Man" — Bob Miller (1932)"Rags to Riches" — Tony Bennett (1953)"Get Rich Quick" — Richard Penniman (Little Richard) (1953)"Charming Betsy" — The Farmer Boys (1956)"Brother Can You Spare A Dime — Bing Crosby (1932)"On the Nickel" — Tom Waits (1980)"Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All" — Fiddlin’ John Carson and Moonshine Kate (1924)"Hobo, You Can’t Ride This Train" — Louis Armstrong (1932)"Do Re Mi — Woody Guthrie (1937)"Rich Woman" — Li'l Millet & His Creoles (1972)"Poor Side of Town" — Johnny Rivers (1966)"The Welfare (Turns Its Back On You)" — Freddie King (1963)"If You’re So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich? — Louis Jordan (1950)"Hobo’s Lullaby" — Emmylou Harris (1988)Episode 14: The Devil[edit]First aired on August 2, 2006."Me and the Devil Blues" — Robert Johnson (1936)"Satan is Real" — The Louvin Brothers (1958)"Friend of the Devil" — Grateful Dead (1970)Devil In Disguise — Elvis Presley (1963)The Devil Ain’t Lazy — Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (193 ?)Christine’s Tune (The Devil in Disguise) — The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969)Suzanne Beware of the Devil — Dandy Livingston (1972)Devil In His Heart — The Donays (1962)Must Have been the Devil — Otis Spann (1954)Devil’s Hot Rod — Johnny Tyler (1955)Devil Got My Woman — Skip James (1931)Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea — Count Basie & His Orchestra with Helen Humes (1939)Devil With A Blue Dress On — Shorty Long (1964)Devil’s Haircut — Beck (1996)"Race With the Devil" — Gene Vincent (1956)"Way Down In The Hole" — Tom Waits (1987)"Go Devil Go" - Sister Lille Mae Littlejohn (1948)Episode 15: Eyes[edit]First aired on August 9, 2006."Brown Eyed Handsome Man" — Chuck Berry (1956)"20/20 Vision" — Jimmy Martin (1954)"Brown Eyed Girl" — Van Morrison (1967)"My Blue Eyed Jane" — Jimmie Rodgers (1930)"She Winked Her Eye" — Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1951)"Spanish Eyes" — Al Martino (1966)"Keep An Eye On Love" — Ernestine Anderson (1963)"Eye Balling" — Chuck Higgins (1955)"Brown Eyes" — Blue Sky Boys (1940)"Eyesight To The Blind" — Sonny Boy Williamson II (1951)"Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" — George Jones (1970)"Raging Eyes" — Nick Lowe (1983)"Bloodshot Eyes" — Wynonie ‘Mr Blues’ Harris (1951)"I Still Miss Someone" — Johnny Cash (1958)"I Only Have Eyes For You" — The Flamingos (1959)"Dry Your Eyes" — The Streets (2004)Episode 16: Dogs[edit]First aired on August 16, 2006."Serenade To A Poodle" — Slim Gaillard (1948)"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window" — Patti Page (1953)"Ain’t I’m A Dog?" — Ronnie Self (1957)"Stop Kickin’ My Dog Around" — Rufus Thomas (1963)Dog — Bob Dorough (1966)I’ll Take the Dog — Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow (1966)Old Shep — Red Foley (1956)"How Come My Bulldog Don’t Bark?" — Howard Tate (1967)"Bird Dog" — The Everly Brothers (1958)A New Salty Dog — Allen Brothers (1930)Hound Dog — Freddie Bell and The Bellboys (1955)"The Dog House Boogie" — Hawkshaw Hawkins (1948)"I Wanna Be Your Dog" — Uncle Tupelo (1992)"Russian Satellite" — The Mighty Sparrow (1958)"I’m Walking The Dog" — Webb Pierce (1955)"Lassie" - Theme from TV seriesEpisode 17: Friends & Neighbors[edit]First aired on August 23, 2006.Released in 2009 as a bonus CD with "Together Through Life"."Howdy Neighbor" — Porter Wagoner & the Wagonmasters (1967)"Don’t Take Everybody To Be Your Friend" — Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1946)"Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend" — T-Bone Burnett (1982)"La Valse d’Amitie" — Doc Guidry (1995)"Make Friends" — Moon Mullican (1963)"My Next Door Neighbor" — Jerry McCain (1957)"Let’s Invite Them Over" — George Jones & Melba Montgomery (1963)"My Friends" — Howlin’ Wolf (1952)"Last Night" — Little Walter (1952)"You’ve Got a Friend" — Carole King (1971)"Bad Neighborhood" — Ronnie & The Delinquents (1960)"Neighbours" — Rolling Stones (1981)"Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals" — Hank Williams Sr as Luke the Drifter (1963)"Why Can’t We Be Friends" — War (1975)Episode 18: Radio[edit]First aired on August 30, 2006."Turn Your Radio On" — Grandpa Jones (1965)"Roadrunner" — The Modern Lovers (1976)"On Your Radio" — Richard Lanham (1957)"Cool Disc Jockey" — Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (1959)Border Radio — The Blasters (1981)Radio Commercials — Lord Melody (1965)This is Radio Clash — The Clash (1981)Those DJ Shows — Patrice Holloway (1964)"Caravan" — Van Morrison (1970)"Disc Jockey Blues" — Luke Jones and His Orchestra (1948)"My Hi-Fi to Cry By" — Bonnie Owens (1969)Canned Music — Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks (1969)"Radio Boogie" — L.C. Smith and His Southern Playboys (1953)"Radio Radio" — Elvis Costello and The Attractions (1978)Episode 19: The Bible[edit]First aired on September 6, 2006."Are You Bound for Heaven or Hell" — Rev. J. M. Gates (1926)"Bottle and a Bible" — The Yayhoos (2001)"Samson and Delilah" — Rev. Gary Davis (1956)"He Will Set Your Fields on Fire" — Kitty Wells (1959)"Adam Come and Get Your Rib" — Wynonie Harris (1952)"The Old Ark’s A’Moving" — A. A. Gray and Seven Foot Dilly (1930)"Denomination Blues" — Washington Phillips (1929)"I’m Using My Bible for a Road Map" — The Four Internes (1953)"Elijah Rock" — Ollabelle with Amy Helm (2004)"The Rivers Of Babylon" — The Melodians (1972)"John The Revelator" - Blind Willie Johnson (1930)"Boogie Woogie Preaching Man" — Jess Willard (1952)"Oh Mary Don’t You Weep" — The Swan Silvertones (1959)"That’s What the Good Book Says" — The Robins (1950)Episode 20: Musical Map[edit]First aired on September 13, 2006."I’ve Been Everywhere" — Hank Snow (1962)"Mardi Gras in New Orleans" — Professor Longhair and the Shuffling Hungarians (1949)"El Paso" — Marty Robbins (1959)"Kansas City" — Wilbert Harrison (1959)"Hawaiian Cowboy" — Sol K. Bright & His Hollywaiians (1936)"Stars Fell on Alabama" — Jack Teagarden (1934)Jersey Girl — Tom Waits (1980)The Tale of the Knoxville Girl — The Louvin Brothers (1956)Jackson — Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (1967)Louisiana — Percy Mayfield (1951)I Used To Work In Chicago — Tin Ear Tanner & His Backroom Boys (1950)"Baltimore Fire" — Charlie Poole (1929)"My Head’s in Mississippi" — ZZ Top (1990)"Take Me Back To Tulsa" — Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1941)Episode 21: School[edit]First aired on September 20, 2006"You Don’t Learn That In School" — Nat King Cole (1947)"Back To Schooldays" — Graham Parker (1976)High School USA (Minneapolis/St Paul version) — Tommy Facenda (1959)Don’t Be A Dropout — James Brown (1966)Waiting In School — Ricky Nelson (1957)Homework — Otis Rush (1962)I Love The College Girls — Harry Reser and His Six Jumping Jacks (1927)Hey Little School Girls — The Marquees (1957)Play It Cool, Stay In School — Brenda Holloway & The Supremes (1966)"Professor Bop" — Babs Gonzales (1947)"Wonderful World" — Sam Cooke (1960)School Of Rock ‘n Roll — Gene Summers (1958)Still In School — N.R.B.Q. (1977)To Sir With Love — Lulu (1967)High School Confidential — Jerry Lee Lewis (1958)"Stay In School" — Otis Redding (1967)"School’s Out" — Alice Cooper (1972)"Good Morning Schoolgirl" — Sonny Boy Williamson I (1937)Episode 22: Telephone[edit]First aired on September 27, 2006."The Telephone Call" — Kraftwerk (1986)"Talk to Me Baby (I Can't Hold Out)" — Elmore James (1960)"Atomic Telephone" — The Spirit of Memphis Quartet (1952)"Pennsylvania 6-5000" — Glenn Miller Orchestra (1940)842-3089 (Call My Name) — Etta James (1967)Telephone Blues — Eddie Gorman and His Group (1949)The Jukebox And The Phone — Lattie Moore (1959)Wrong Number — George Jones (1965)Party Line — The Kinks (1966)The People On My Party Line — Eddie ‘Cleanhead’ Vinson (1952)As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone — Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty (1974)"Long Distance Call" — Muddy Waters (1950)"Your Wires Have Been Tapped" — Pigmeat Markham (1968)"Hanging On The Telephone" — Blondie (1978)"Long Distance Operator" — Little Milton (1950)"Hold The Phone" — Hank Penny (1951)"La Bochinchera" — Machito & His Orchestra with Graciela Perez Grillo (1965)"Wrong Number" — Aaron Neville (1967)"Telephone Is Ringing" — Pee Wee Crayton (1956)"Le Jeu Du Téléphone" — Natacha Snitkine (1967)Episode 23: Water[edit]First aired on October 4, 2006."Mommy Give Me A Drink Of Water" — Danny Kaye (1958)"Wade In The Water" — Ramsey Lewis Trio (1966)"Cool Clear Water" — Bob Nolan & The Sons Of The Pioneers (1941)"You Don’t Miss Your Water" — William Bell (1961)"High Water Everywhere Part 1" — Charley Patton (1929)"Water Water" — Effie Smith and The Squires (1956)"You Left The Water Running" — Booker T & The MG's (1965)"Pouring Water On A Drowning Man" — James Carr (1966)Cold Dark Waters — Porter Wagoner & The Wagonmasters (1962)I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water — The Cats and The Fiddle (1940)Louisiana 1927 — Randy Newman (1974)Cool Drink Of Water Blues — Tommy Johnson (1929)I Asked For Water, She Brought Me Gasoline — Howlin’ Wolf (1956)Dirty Water — The Standells (1966)Jesus Gave Me Water — The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi (1950)"Backwater Blues" — Lonnie Johnson (1927)"Still Blue Water" — Jimmy Keith Orchestra with Myra Taylor (1946)"Ice Water" — Glenn Barber (1954)"Grand Coulee Dam" — Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (1960)Episode 24: Time[edit]First aired on October 11, 2006. This episode exceeded the usual 1 hour duration by approximately 17 minutes."Time After Time" — Ben Webster (1959)"Time Is On My Side" — Irma Thomas (1964)"Right Place Wrong Time" — Dr John (1973)"As Time Goes By" — Arthur ‘Dooley’ Wilson (1942)"Time Marches On" — Derrick Morgan (1961)"All The Time" — Sleepy LaBeef (1957)"Only Time Will Tell" — Etta James (1966)"Twenty Four Hours" — Eddie Boyd (1953)"Turn back The Hands Of Time" — Tyrone Davis (1970)"Life Begins At 4 o’Clock" — Bobby Milano (1958)"Sixty Minute Man" — Billy Ward & The Dominoes (1951)"Fifteen Minute Intermission" — Cab Calloway (1940)"Funny How Time Slips Away" — Willie Nelson (1962)"September Song" — Lou Reed (1985)"Two Years Of Torture" — Ray Charles (1959)"Walking After Midnight" — Patsy Cline (1957)"Midnight Hour" — Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown (1954)"What Time Is It" — Eugene Pitt and The Jive Five (1962)"Armagideon Time" — Willi Williams (1979)"Time Has Come Today" — The Chambers Brothers (1968)Episode 25: Guns[edit]First aired on October 18, 2006."For A Few Dollars More" — Ennio Morricone (1964)Shotgun — Junior Walker & The All Stars (1965)Shotgun Boogie — Tennessee Ernie Ford (1951)The Hunter — Albert King (1967)Guns Fever (Blam Blam Fever) — The Valentines (1967)Tommy Gun — The Clash (1978)This Gun Don’t Care Who It Shoots — Wanda Jackson (1967)I Got My Equalizer — Robert Jefferson (194 ?)Back In The Saddle Again — Gene Autry (1939)Don’t Take Your Guns To Town — Johnny Cash (1958)La Pistola Y El Corazon — Los Lobos (1988)Big Nothing — The MacManus Gang (1987)Pistol Packin' Mama — Al Dexter & His Troopers (1943)"Pistol Packin' Mama — The Hurricanes (1955)"The Big Guns" — Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins (2006)"Great Long Pistol" — Jerry Irby & His Texas Rangers (1948)"Don’t Shoot Baby" — Vernon Green & The Medallions (1955)"Shoot Out The Lights" — Richard & Linda Thompson (1982)Episode 26: Halloween[edit]First aired on October 25, 2006."Born Under A Bad Sign" — Albert King (1967)"Black Cat" — Tommy Collins (1960)"Castin' My Spell" — Johnny Otis (1959)"Beware Of The Vampire" — Denzel Laing (1978)"I Put a Spell on You" — Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956)"Skeleton In The Closet" — Nat Gonella & His Georgians (1937)Look Out There's A Monster Coming — Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band — 1967Hoo-Doo Say — The Sly Fox (1954)Superstition — Stevie Wonder (1972)Morgus The Magnificent — Dr John & The Three Ghouls (1959)That Old Black Magic — Louis Prima & Keely Smith (1958)Mr Ghost Goes To Town — Zeke Manners & His Swing Billies (1936)Zombie Jamboree — The Charmer (1953)"Monster Mash" — Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers (1962)"Dead" — The Poets (1961)"Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead" — June Christy (1960)Episode 27: Dance[edit]First aired on November 1, 2006."Dancing in the Street" — Martha and the Vandellas (1964)"Let's Go Dancing" — Roy Hogsed and His Rainbow Riders Trio (1947)"Do You Wanna Dance" — Ramones (1977)"Let Her Dance" — The Bobby Fuller Four (1965)"Ten Cents A Dance" — Anita O'Day with Billy May Orchestra (1960)"My Baby Don't Dance To Nothin' But Ernest Tubb" — Junior Brown (1993)"Dance The Slurp" — 7-Eleven (1967)"Dance Dance Dance" — The LeBron Brothers (1967)"When You Dance" — The Turbans (1955)"Dancing Mood" — Delroy Wilson (1966)"The Girl Can't Dance" — Bunker Hill and The Raymen (1963)"I Won't Dance" — Fred Astaire (1935)"I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)" — Roy Newman and His Boys (1935)"Let's Dance" — Chris Montez (1962)"Dancing To The Rhythm Of A Rock 'n' Roll Band" — Eddie Seacrist and The Rolling Rockets (195?)"Dance Dance Dance" — Bill Parsons (1959)"I Can't Stop Dancing" — Archie Bell and The Drells (1968)"Save The Last Dance For Me" — Buck Owens (1962)Episode 28: Sleep[edit]First aired on November 8, 2006."Sleepwalk — Santo and Johnny" (1959)"A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed" — Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1947)"Sleeping In The Ground" — Sammy Myers (1956)"Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed" — 100 Proof (Aged In Soul) (1970)"I Walk In My Sleep" — Berna-Dean (1961)"Two Sleepy People" — Hoagy Carmichael (1937)"I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep" — George Jones (1966)"Sleepless" — Peter Wolf (2002)"Another Sleepless Night" — Belton Richard (1964)"Rock Me To Sleep" — Little Miss Cornshucks (1947)"Love Is Only Sleeping" — The Monkees (1967)"Sleep" — Little Willie John (1960)"Endless Sleep" — Jody Reynolds and The Storms (1958)"Sleeping" — (Richard Manuel & ) The Band (1970)"When It's Sleepy Time Down South" — Louis Armstrong (1931)Episode 29: Food[edit]Aired November 15, 2006"Delicious (The Laughing Song)".... — Jim Backus & Phyllis Diller (1958)"Everybody Eats When They Come To My House" — Cab Calloway (1947)"Wake Up In The Morning (Rice Krispies Jingle)" — The Rolling Stones (1963)"Bar-B-Q" — Wendy Rene (1964)"Hot Biscuits And Sweet Marie" — Lincoln Chase (1961)"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" — Charles Mingus (1959)Eat That Chicken — Charles Mingus (1961)Hamburger Hop — Johnny Hicks and His Troubadours (1950)Swing And Dine — The Melodians (1968)Purple Stew — Thurston Harris and The Lamplighters (1958)Shortnin' Bread — Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds (1960)Matzoh Balls — Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys (1939)I Heard The Voice Of A Pork Chop — Jim Jackson (1928)"Hey Pete! Let's Eat More Meat" — Dizzy Gillespie (1946)"Hungry Man" — Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (1947)"Saturday Night Fish Fry" — The Blue Dots (1957)"The Hamburger Song" — Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces (1966)"Hot Dog (Watch Me Eat)" — The Detroit Cobras (2005)"I Like Pie, I Like Cake — The Four Clefs (1941)Episode 30: Thanksgiving Leftovers[edit]Aired November 22, 2006"Turkey In The Straw" — Liberace (1952)"Hallelujah, I'm A Bum" — Harry McClintock (1926)"Let Me Play With Your Poodle" — Tampa Red & Big Maceo (1942)"Yard Dog" — Al Ferrier (1972)"The Turkey Hop" — The Robins with Johnny Otis Orchestra (1950)"Honeysuckle Rose" — Fats Waller (1934)"Twelve Red Roses" — Betty Harris (1966)"Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" — Skeets McDonald (1952)"Them There Eyes" — Billie Holiday (1939)"Angel Eyes" — Jesse Belvin (1959)"Gunslingers" — Mighty Sparrow (1963)"Let's Be Friends" — Billy Wright (1955)"Whiskey Is The Devil (In Liquid Form)" — The Bailes Brothers (1947)"Teach Me Tonight" — Dinah Washington (1954)"Teacher Teacher" — Rockpile (1980)"Iodine In My Coffee" — Muddy Waters (1952)"You Eat Too Much" — Harold Burrage (1956)"Pie In The Sky" — Cisco Houston (1960)Episode 31: Tennessee[edit]Aired November 29, 2006"Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee" — Shorty Long (1951)"Memphis, Tennessee" — Chuck Berry (1959)"Memphis In The Meantime" — John Hiatt (1987)"Tennessee Whiskey" — David Allan Coe (1981)"Memphis Slim U.S.A. — Memphis Slim (1961)"Tennessee Waltz" — Sam Cooke (1964)"Nashville Cats" — Lovin' Spoonful (1966)"Tennessee Border — Hank Williams Sr (1949)"Tennessee" — Arrested Development (1992)"The Memphis Train" — Rufus Thomas (1968)"Night Train To Memphis" — Jerry Lee Lewis (1959)"Hey, Memphis" — LaVern Baker (1961)"Trucker From Tennessee" — Link Davis (1956)"All The Way From Memphis" — Mott The Hoople (1973)"Memphis Soul Stew" — King Curtis (1967)"Tennessee" — Carl Perkins (1956)Episode 32: Moon[edit]Aired December 6, 2006"Moonlight Sonata" — original by Ludwig van Beethoven"Ornithology" — Charlie Parker (1951)"How High The Moon" — Les Paul and Mary Ford (1951)"Havana Moon" — Chuck Berry (1957)Kiko And The Lavender Moon — Los Lobos (1992)By The Light Of The Silvery Moon — Fats Waller (1942)Blue Moon Of Kentucky — Bill Monroe (1947)Mister Moonlight — Piano Red (1961)Moonlight In Vermont — Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald (1956)It’s Only A Paper Moon — Big Dee Irwin (196 ?)Blue Moon On The Bayou — Red Le Blanc & His Crescent Boys (1962)"Yellow Moon" — The Neville Brothers (1989)"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" — Cliffie Stone (1948)Destination Moon — Dinah Washington (1962)"There's a Moon Out Tonight" — The Capris (1960)"Fly Me To The Moon" — Bobby Womack (1969)"C Jam Blues" — Slim Gaillard (1946)"How High The Moon" — Slim Gaillard (1958)"Moon River" — Henry Mancini (1961)Episode 33: Countdown[edit]Aired December 13, 2006"Four On Six" — Wes Montgomery (1960)"Ten Commandments (From Man To Woman)" — Prince Buster (1967)"Revolution 9" — The Beatles (1968)"Nine Below Zero" — Sonny Boy Williamson II (1951)"Eight Men, Four Women" — O.V. Wright (1967)"Seven Nation Army" — The White Stripes (2003)"Seven Nights to Rock" — Moon Mullican (1956)I Got Six — Bob Dorough (1973)Six Pack To Go — Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys (1960)5-4-3-2-1 — Manfred Mann (1964)Five Long Years — Eddie Boyd (1951)I’ve Got Four Big Brothers (To Look After Me) — Maddox Brothers & Rose (1947)3 x 7 = 21 — Jewel King (1949)"We Three (My Echo, My Shadow And Me)" — The Ink Spots (1940)"It Takes Two" — Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston (1966)"Tea For Two" — Joe Mooney Quartet (1946)"One Irish Rover" — Van Morrison (1986)"One Love" — Bob Marley & The Wailers (1965)"Zero Willpower" — Irma Thomas (1979)Episode 34: Christmas & New Year's[edit]Aired December 20, 2006. 2 hour-long special."Swinging For Christmas (Boppin’ For Santa)" — Tom Archia (1948)"Christmas Is A-Coming (Chicken Crowns At Midnight)" — Lead Belly (194 ?)"A Party For Santa" — Lord Nelson (1963)"Sock It To Me Santa" — Bob Seger & The Last Heard (1966)"Who Took The Merry Out Of Christmas" — The Staple Singers (1970)"Please Come Home For Christmas" — Charles Brown (1960)"Jingle Bells" — Johnny Paycheck (1967)"It Must Be Christmas" — Gerry Mulligan & Judy Holliday (1980)"Christmas Morning" — Titus Turner (1952)"Poor Old Rudolph" — The BellRays (2001)"Blue Xmas" — Bob Dorough & Miles Davis (1962)"Far Away Christmas Blues" — Little Esther with Johnny Otis Orchestra (1950)"Beatnik’s Wish" — Patsy Raye & The Beatniks (1959)"Don’t Believe In Christmas" — The Sonics (1965)"Christmas Tree" — King Stitt (1969)"Silent Night" — Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & the Clowns (1962)"Must Be Santa" — Brave Combo (1991)"Mambo Santa Mambo" — The Enchanters (1957)"Fiesta De Navidad" — Celia Cruz Y La Sonora Matancera (1961)"Merry Christmas Darling" — Hop Wilson & His Buddies (1960)"Merry Merry Christmas" — Alton Ellis & The Lipsticks (1972)"The Merriest" — June Christy (1961)"Truckin’ Trees For Christmas" — Red Simpson (1973)"Christmas In Jail" — The Youngsters (1956)"I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas" — Kay Martin & Her Body Guards (1962)"Santa Claus" — Sonny Boy Williamson II (1960)"Hello Mr New Year" — Cool Breezers (1958)"Happy Christmas, Happy New Year" — Mabel Mafuya (1958)"Christmas To New Years" — The Larks (1951)"What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve" — Nancy Wilson (1965)"Auld Lang Syne" — traditionalEpisode 35: Women's Names[edit]Aired January 3, 2007"Laura" — Charlie Parker (1955)"Anna (Go With Him)" — Arthur Alexander (1962)"Peggy Sue" — Buddy Holly & The Crickets (1957)"Lola" — The Kinks (1970)"Gloria" — Them (1965)"Safronia B" — Calvin Boze (1950)"Louise" — Howlin' Wolf (1964)Sally Go Round The Roses — The Jaynettes (1963)Corrine Corrina — Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1940)"Mandy Is Two" — Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra (1942)"Little Maggie" — The Stanley Brothers (1946)"Pretty Polly" — Sandy Denny (1967)"Zindy Lou" — The Chimes (1955)"Claudette (demo)" — Roy Orbison (1957)"Nancy (With The Laughing Face)" — Frank Sinatra (1945)"Mona" — Bo Diddley (1957)"Sweet Jennie Lou" — Gene Ammons (1950)Episode 36: Hair[edit]Aired January 10, 2007"Sally, Let Your Bangs Hang Down" — Bill Carlisle (193?)"Bangs" — They Might Be Giants (2001)"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" — Eddie Noack (1949)"Bald-headed Lena" — Piano Red (1962)"Red Headed Woman" — Sonny Burgess (1956)"Don't Touch My Head" — J. B. Lenoir (1956)"Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women" — Ray Price (1962)"Bald Head" — Prof Longhair (1950)"How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)" — Hank Ballard (1968)"Don't Mess With My Ducktail" — Joe Clay (1956)"(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse" — Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five (1950)"Baby's Got A Brand New Hairdo" — Elvis Costello & The Attractions (1986)"Cleanhead Blues" — Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1946)"You're My Baby (demo version)" — Johnny Cash (1954)Episode 37: Musical Instruments[edit]Aired: January 17, 2007"The Intro And The Outro" — Bonzo Dog Band (1967)"(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone" — Roy Montrell (1956)"Uncle Pen" — Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys (1950)"Big Guitar" — Bill Watkins (1957)"The Fiddler" — Nehemiah Reid (1967)"Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn" — Henry "Red" Allen (1932)"When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba" — Johnny Mercer (1938)"Hillbilly Drummer Girl" — The Young Fresh Fellows (1991)"Fiddle Diddle Boogie" — Davis Sisters (1955)"Big Long Slidin' Thing" — Dinah Washington (1954)"Hey Harmonica Man" — Stevie Wonder (1964)"Different Drum" — Stone Poneys feat. Linda Ronstadt (1967)"Round Hole Guitar" — Don Rich & The Buckaroos (1967)"Trombone Cholly" — Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys (1927)"The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)" — Tom Waits (1976)"Crazy 'Bout A Saxophone" — Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra (1954)Episode 38: Luck[edit]Aired: January 24, 2007"Happy-Go-Lucky-Me" — Paul Evans (1960)"Bad Luck Blues" — Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)"Bad Luck Soul" — B.B. King (1960)"Bad Luck Come My Way" — Eddie Dugosh & The Ah-Ha Playboys (1956)"Lucky Seven" — The Skatalites (1965)"Alright, Okay, You Win!" — Buddy & Ella Johnson (1955)"The Same Thing Could Happen To You" — Lazy Lester (1965)"I’m Just A Lucky So And So" — Annie Ross & Zoot Sims (1959)"You Can’t Be Lucky All The Time" — Roosevelt Sykes (195 ?)"Take It Away Lucky" — Eddie Noack (195 ?)"Bad Luck Blues" — Guitar Slim (1953)"Wheel Of Fortune" — Kay Starr (1952)"If I Lose" — The Stanley Brothers (1958)"Mr. Hard Luck" — The Orbits (1957)You Win, I Lose" — Little Johnny Taylor (196 ?)"Three Cheers For The Loser" – Wynn Stewart (1962)"Here’s To The Losers" — Frank Sinatra (1961)Episode 39: Tears[edit]Aired January 31, 2007"The Inflated Tear" — Roland Kirk (1968)"96 Tears" — Question Mark & the Mysterians (1965)"And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine" — Anita O’Day (1944)"Big Boys Cry" — Bobby Charles (1963)"Cry To Me" — Solomon Burke (1961)"I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry" — Hank Williams Sr (1949)"Cry Me A River" — Julie London (1955)"I Sat And Cried" — Jimmy Nelson (1961)"No More Tear-Stained Makeup" — The Marvelettes (1970)"Tears A Go-Go" — Charlie Rich (1966)"Cry One More Time" — J. Geils Band (1971)"Laughing But Crying" — Roy Brown (1953)"The Bells" — Billy Ward & His Dominoes (1953)"Cry Tough" — Alton Ellis & The Flames (1966)"I’ll Drown In My Own Tears" — Lula Reed (1951)"Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy" — Mose Allison (1968)Episode 40: Laughter[edit]Aired February 7, 2007"Laughing In Rhythm" — Slim Gaillard (1938)"Laughin' And Jokin'" — Ernie Chaffin (1957)"Everyone's Laughing" — Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters (1955)"Don't Laugh" — The Louvin Brothers (1957)"After My Laughter Came Tears" — Big Joe Turner (1951)"Lose Your Blues And Laugh At Life" — Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys (1937)"The Last Laugh" — Mark Knopfler & Van Morrison (2000)"After The Laughter" — Gene Chandler (1967)"Laugh At Me" — Sonny Bono (1965)"I'm Laughing At You" — The Gardenias (1957)"When I Laugh" — Toots & The Maytals (1965)"I've Got The Last Laugh Now" — Roy Brown (1951)"They All Laughed" — Chris Connor (1957)"Living A Little, Laughing A Little" — The Spinners (1974)Episode 41: Heart[edit]Aired February 14, 2007"Home In Your Heart" — Solomon Burke (1963)"Keys To Your Heart" — The 101'ers (1976)"Good Morning Heartache" — Billie Holiday (1946)"He Will Break Your Heart" — Jerry Butler (1960)"Brand New Heartache" — The Everly Brothers (1958)"Melt Your Heart" — Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins (2006)"That’s When Your Heartaches Begin" — The Million Dollar Quintet feat. Elvis Presley (1956)"That's When Your Heartaches Begin" — Billy Bunn & His Buddies (1952)"Secret Heart" — Ron Sexsmith (1995)"Directly From My Heart" — Little Richard (195?)"Ruler Of My Heart" — Irma Thomas (1962)"(Straight To Your Heart) Like A Cannonball" — Van Morrison (1971)"Hearts Of Stone" — The Jewels (1954)"Piece Of My Heart" — Erma Franklin (1967)"Heart Full Of Soul" — The Yardbirds (1965)"Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" — The Coasters (1958)Episode 42: Shoes[edit]Aired February 21, 2007"My Little Suede Shoes" — Charlie Parker (1948)"Blue Suede Shoes" — Carl Perkins (1956)"High Heel Sneakers" — Tommy Tucker (1964)"Gallenkamp Shoe Commercial" — The Bobby Fuller Four (1965)"Walk a Mile in My Shoes" — Joe South & The Believers (1970)"Take Your Shoes Off Baby" — Dinah Washington (1962)"Charlie's Shoes" — Billy Walker (1962)"I've Got Sand In My Shoes" — The Drifters (1964)"Shine" — Louis Armstrong & His New Sebastian Cotton Club Orchestra (1931)"Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy" — Red Foley (1950)"Get Rhythm" — NRBQ (1978)"Paper In My Shoes" — Boozoo Chavis (1954)"Running Shoes" — Juke Boy Bonner (1968)"My Adidas" — Run-D.M.C. (1986)"Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes" — Chuck Willis (1958)"Barefootin'" — Robert Parker (1966)Episode 43: Colors[edit]Aired February 28, 2007"Over The Rainbow" — Judy Garland (1939)"The House Of Blue Lights" — Ella Mae Morse (1946)"Pink Champagne" — Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers (1945)"Long Black Veil" — Lefty Frizzell (1959)"Baby's In Black" — The Beatles (1964)"Red Cadillac & A Black Moustache" — Warren Smith (1957)"Deep Purple" — The Ravens (1949)"Blue Days, Black Nights" — Bob Luman (1957)"Blue And Orange Birds And Silver Bells" — Della Reese (1954)"Self-Portrait In Three Colors" — Charles Mingus (1959)"The Little White Cloud That Cried" — Johnnie Ray (1951)"Little Green" — Joni Mitchell (1971)"Orange Colored Sky" — Nat King Cole (1950)"Big Blue Diamonds" — Clint West (1965)"Blue Skies" — Count Basie & Jimmy Rushing (1946)"Pink Cadillac" — Sammy Masters (1956)"Yellow Bird" — Arthur Lyman (1961)"Yellow Coat" — Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1958)"Purple Haze" — The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)Episode 44: Texas[edit]Aired March 7, 2007"The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You" — Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies"Drifting Texas Sand" — Webb Pierce (1951)"Deep In The Heart Of Texas" — Andy Anderson & The Dawnbreakers (1960)"The Girls From Texas" — Jimmy Lewis (1967)"Carter Family And Jimmie Rodgers In Texas" — Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family (1931)"Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio" — Don Santiago Jimenez Sr. (1937)"I Got Texas In My Soul" - Tex Williams & the Western Caravan (1946)"Texas Flood" — Larry Davis (1958)"Blue Yodel # 1 (T For Texas)" — Bob Downen (195?)"Across The Alley From The Alamo" — June Christy with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra (1947)"Under A Texas Moon" — King Nawahi Hawaiians (1930)"All That Oil In Texas" — Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers (1953)"Texas Me" — Doug Sahm (1969)"Waltz Across Texas" — Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours (1965)"The Assassination" — The Dixie Nightingales (1965)"Paris, Texas" — Ry Cooder (1984)"Across The Borderline" — Freddy Fender w/ Ry Cooder (1982)Episode 45: Trains[edit]Aired March 14, 2007"Blue Train" — John Coltrane (1957)"Honky Tonk Train Blues" — Meade Lux Lewis (1927)"Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)" — The Johnny Burnette Rock 'n' Roll Trio (1957)"Mystery Train" — Little Junior Parker (1953)"I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" — Pat Hare (1954)"Waitin' For A Train" — Jimmie Rodgers (1929)"Draw Your Brakes" — Scotty (1971)"Train In Vain" — The Clash (1979)"Night Train" — Jimmy Forrest (1951)"Freight Train Boogie" — The Delmore Brothers (1946)"Lonesome Whistle Blues" — Freddie King (1961)"Mule Train" — Frankie Lane (1949)"The Train" — Lord Buckley (1970)"The Train Kept A-Rollin'" — Tiny Bradshaw (1951)"Last Train To Clarksville" — The Monkees (1966)"Midnight Special" — Lead Belly (1940)"Yonder Comes A Freight Train" — Laura Cantrell (2002)"Casey Jones" — The Jubilaires (1944)"Casey Jones" — The Grateful Dead (1970)"Still A Fool (Two Trains Running)" — Muddy Waters (1951)Episode 46: More Trains[edit]Aired March 21, 2007"Railroading" — Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West (1951)"People Get Ready" — Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions (1965)"Mean Old Train" — Papa Lightfoot (1954)"Click Clack" — Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band (1972)"Blues In The Night" — Jimmy Lunceford (1941)"The Underground Train" — Lord Kitchener (1950)"This Train" — Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1947)"Train Of Love" — Johnny Cash (1957)"All Aboard" — Muddy Waters (1956)"That Train Don't Stop Here" — Los Lobos (1992)"The Loco-Motion" — Little Eva (1962)"2:19 Blues" — Louis Armstrong (1940)"Mr. Engineer" — Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys (1976)"Gone Dead Train" — Randy Newman (1970)"Kassie Jones" — Furry Lewis (1928)"Love Train" — The O'Jays (1973)Episode 47: Fools[edit]Aired March 28, 2007"These Foolish Things" — ?"Chain Of Fools" — Aretha Franklin (1967)"I'm No Fool" — Jiminy Cricket (1955)"(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I" — Hank Snow (1952)"Three Times A Fool" — Otis Rush with Willie Dixon's Orchestra (1958)"The Fool" — Sanford Clark (1956)"Fool, Fool, Fool" — The Clovers (1951)"A Fool No More" — Eddie Hope & Manish Boys (1956)"Fools Rush In" — Sonny Stitt (1965)"A Fool In Love" — Ike and Tina Turner (1960)"Love's Made A Fool Of You" — The Crickets (1959)"Love Is All Around" — Hüsker Dü (1985)"Fools Fall In Love" — The Drifters (1957)"I Pity The Fool" — Bobby "Blue" Bland (1961)"Just Your Fool" — Little Walter (1960)"I'm A Fool For You" — James Carr & Bettie Harris (1967)"Guitar Pickin' Fool" — Teddy Humphries (1959)"Why Do Fools Fall In Love" — Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (1956)"Who Will The Next Fool Be" — Charlie RichEpisode 48: New York[edit]Aired April 4, 2007"Take The 'A' Train" — Duke Ellington (1941)"Going To New York" — Jimmy Reed (1959)"Funky Broadway" — Dyke & the Blazers (1966)"Dirty Blvd." — Lou Reed (1989)"New York's My Home" — Ray Charles (1960)"New York Mambo" — Johnny Colon (1971)"I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City" — Harry Nilsson (1969)"Across 110th Street" — Bobby Womack and Peace (1972)"Boys In The City" — NRBQ (1972)"Let Me Off Uptown" — Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge (1941)"Down And Out In New York City" — James Brown (1973)"Bowery" — Moondog (1954)"No Sleep Till Brooklyn" — Beastie Boys (1986)"Broadway" — Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (1962)"Manhattan" — Dinah Washington (1959)Episode 49: Death & Taxes[edit]Aired April 11, 2007"Money's Getting Cheaper" — Jimmy Witherspoon (1963)"I Paid My Income Tax Today" — Gene Autry (1942)"Sunny Afternoon" — The Kinks (1966)"Taxman" — The Beatles (1966)"Taxation" — Prince Buster And All Stars (1968)"Taxes, Taxes" — Hank Penny (1950)"Eisenhower Blues" — J. B. Lenoir (1954)"Tax Paying Blues" — J. B. Lenoir (1954)"Sales Tax On The Women" — The New Lost City Ramblers (1959)"Fixin' To Die Blues" — Bukka White (1940)"Dead!" — Carolyn Sullivan (1967)"I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" — Milton Brown & The Musical Brownies (1933)"I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You" — Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan (1951)"Freddie's Dead" — Curtis Mayfield (1972)"Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" — David Bowie(1972)"Oh Death" — The Stanley Brothers (1964)"Withered And Died" — Richard and Linda Thompson (1974)"The Streetbeater (Sanford & Son Theme)" — Quincy Jones (1973)Episode 50: Spring Cleaning[edit]Aired April 18, 2007. 2-hour long special."Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" — Betty Carter (1964)"Be My Guest" — Fats Domino (1959)"You Need A Friend" — Memphis Minnie (1941)"Crying" — Roy Orbison (1961)"I Cried" — Cookie and The CupCakes (1954)"Cry Baby" — Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters (1963)"Teardrops From My Eyes" — Ruth Brown (1950)"Rose Garden" — Joe South (1968)"The Rite Of Spring" — Igor Stravinsky (1913)"(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" — Elvis Costello (1977)"Little Sister Throw Your Red Shoes Away" — Vernon Oxford (1965)"Dust My Broom" — Elmore James (1952)"Fools Are Getting Scarcer" — Roy Milton & The Solid Senders (1955)"Everybody Plays The Fool" — The Main Ingredient (1972)"Spring Cleaning" — Fats Waller (1937)"Detroit City" — Bobby Bare (1963)"Bad Bad Whiskey" — Amos Milburn (1950)"Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" — Buck Owens (1966)"Richest Guy In The Graveyard" — Dinah Washington (1949)"Skid Row Joe" — Porter Wagoner (1966)"Spring Is Here" — The Latin Jazz Quintet with Eric Dolphy (1960)"I Ain't Superstitious" — Howlin' Wolf (1962)"Take The Devil Out Of Me" — George Jones (1957)"Springtime for Hitler" — The Producers (1968)"Sales Tax" — Mississippi Sheiks (1934)"Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" — Faron Young (1955)"Brother, Drop Dead" — Tex Williams & His Western Caravan (1948)"Fannie Mae" — Buster Brown (1957)"Heart" — Rockpile (1980)"Crazy Heart" — Hank Williams (1951)"Put A Little Love In Your Heart" — Jackie De Shannon (1969)"House Cleaning" — The Spaniels (1953)"You Can Never Hold Back Spring" — Tom Waits (2005)Source: Wikipedia

Events28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.AD 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, opens a full-scale assault on Jerusalem and attacks the city's Third Wall to the northwest.1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England pending the selection of a king.1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves Cádiz for his first voyage to the New World.1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after the numerous turtles there.1534 – Jacques Cartier visits Newfoundland.1655 – England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.1688 – King Narai nominates his daughter Sudawadi to succeed him with Constantine Phaulkon, Mom Pi and Phetracha acting as regents. The ensuing revolution leads to the Ayutthaya Kingdom severing all ties with Europe.1768 – John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade.1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.1775 – American Revolutionary War: A small Colonial militia led by Ethan Allen and Colonel Benedict Arnold captures Fort Ticonderoga.1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France wins a victory against Austrian forces at Lodi bridge over the Adda River in Italy. The Austrians lose some 2,000 men.1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States of America.1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.1833 – The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of southern Vietnam Lê Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his adopted son to start a revolt.1837 – Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: In India, the first war of Independence begins. Sepoys mutiny against their commanding officers at Meerut.1864 – American Civil War: Colonel Emory Upton leads a 10-regiment "Attack-in-depth" assault against the Confederate works at The Battle of Spotsylvania, which, though ultimately unsuccessful, would provide the idea for the massive assault against the Bloody Angle on May 12. Upton is slightly wounded but is immediately promoted to brigadier general.1865 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is captured by U.S. troops near Irwinville, Georgia.1865 – American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for President of the United States.1876 – The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II.1877 – The lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament sanctions the Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, proclaimed the previous day in the Senate by Mihail Kogălniceanu.1881 – Carol I has crowned the King of the Romanian Kingdom.1904 – Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.1908 – Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.1916 – Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.1922 – The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.1940 – World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.1940 – World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin.1940 – World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.1940 – World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain.1940 – World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom.1941 – World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid.1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.1942 – World War II: The Thai Phayap Army invades the Shan States during the Burma Campaign.1946 – First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.1948 – The Republic of China implements "temporary provisions" granting President Chiang Kai-shek extended powers to deal with the Communist uprising; they will remain in effect until 1991.1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.1962 – Marvel Comics publishes the first issue of The Incredible Hulk.1967 – The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.1969 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937. It will ultimately become known as Hamburger Hill.1970 – Bobby Orr scores "The Goal"[1] to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins' fourth NHL championship in their history.1972 – In the Vietnam War, the US had two fighter ace crews. The USAF's Ritchie and DeBellevue scored their first kill while the USN's Cunningham and Driscoll scored their third, fourth and fifth kills.1975 – Sony introduces the Betamax videocassette recorder in Japan.1981 – François Mitterrand wins the presidential election and becomes the first Socialist President of France in the French Fifth Republic.1993 – In Thailand, a fire at the Kader Toy Factory kills 156 workers.1994 – Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa's first black president.1997 – The 7.3 Mw Qayen earthquake strikes Iran's Khorasan Province, killing 1,567, injuring over 2,300, leaving 50,000 homeless, and damaging or destroying over 15,000 homes.2002 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.2005 – A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet (20 meters) from U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, but it malfunctions and does not detonate.2012 – The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside of a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, killing 55 people and injuring 400 others.2013 – One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.Births214 – Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270)874 – Meng Zhixiang, Chinese general and emperor (d. 934)955 – Al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid caliph (d. 996)1002 – Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Iraqi historian and scholar (d. 1071)1265 – Fushimi, Japanese emperor (d. 1317)1401 – Thomas Tuddenham, English landowner (d. 1462)1491 – Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon (d. 1521)[2]1521 – John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, (d. 1553)1604 – Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (d. 1686)[3]1626 – Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen, Dutch art collector and merchant (d. 1666)1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (d. 1764)1714 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)1727 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (d. 1781)1755 – Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (d. 1806)1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet (d. 1826)1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)1775 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (d. 1809)1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer, champion of the wave theory of light, pioneer of "stepped" lenses in lighthouses (d. 1827)1788 – Catherine Pavlovna, Russian grand duchess and queen (d. 1819)1810 – E. Cobham Brewer, English lexicographer and author (d. 1897)1812 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (d. 1902)1813 – Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (d. 1883)1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)1840 – Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian warlord (d. 1868)1841 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company (d. 1918)1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)1855 – Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)1863 – Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (d. 1933)1866 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (d. 1924)1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)1874 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941)1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)1878 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)1878 – Gustav Stresemann, German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)1886 – Felix Manalo, Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)1889 – Mae Murray, American actress (d. 1965)1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)1891 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)1893 – Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (d. 1949)1894 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)1896 – Alberts Ozoliņš, Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)1898 – Ariel Durant, American historian and author (d. 1981)1899 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)[4]1901 – John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (d. 1971)1901 – Hildrus Poindexter, American bacteriologist (d. 1987)1902 – H. C. Asterley, British author and diplomat (d. 1973)1902 – David O. Selznick, American director and producer (d. 1965)1903 – Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)1904 – David Brown, English businessman (d. 1993)1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)1908 – Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2000)1909 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (d. 1978)1911 – Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014)1915 – Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2003)1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011)1918 – T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author (d. 2018)1918 – Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)1918 – Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist (d. 1993)1919 – Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1981)1920 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)1920 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012)1922 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (d. 1992)1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)1923 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)1927 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author1927 – Mike Souchak, American golfer (d. 2008)1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia1928 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (d. 2013)1929 – Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner (d. 2000)1929 – George Coe, American actor and producer (d. 2015)1929 – Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright1930 – George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate1930 – Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)1932 – Karthigesu Sivathamby, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 2011)1933 – Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English-American author1935 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)1937 – Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower1938 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player1940 – Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter (d. 1993)1940 – Wayne Dyer, American author and educator (d. 2015)1941 – Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academician and politician (d. 2006)1942 – Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach1942 – Carl Douglas, Jamaican singer-songwriter1944 – Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter1944 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)1946 – Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor1946 – Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter1946 – Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist1946 – Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist1947 – Caroline B. Cooney, American author1948 – Meg Foster, American actress1949 – Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer1950 – Natalya Bondarchuk, Russian actress and director1952 – Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer1952 – Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer1952 – Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Brazilian footballer and manager1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995)1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (d. 1979)1958 – Tauseef Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer1958 – Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater1958 – Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania1959 – Victoria Rowell, American actress1959 – Danny Schayes, American basketball player1959 – Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi, 7th Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce1960 – Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, humanitarian, venture capitalist, businessman, philanthropist and activist1960 – Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada, 15th Secretary of State of Nevada1960 – Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner1963 – Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut1963 – Debbie Wiseman, English composer and conductor1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian model1965 – Paul Langmack, Australian rugby league player and coach1965 – Rony Seikaly, Lebanese-American basketball player and radio host1966 – Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper1967 – Eion Crossan, New Zealand rugby player1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster1968 – Al Murray, English comedian and television host[5]1968 – Tatyana Shikolenko, Russian javelin thrower1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager[6]1969 – John Scalzi, American author and blogger1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer and manager1971 – Monisha Kaltenborn, Indian-Swiss lawyer and businesswoman1971 – Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater1972 – Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer1972 – Christian Wörns, German footballer and manager1973 – Joshua Eagle, Australian tennis player1973 – Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer1973 – Ollie le Roux, South African rugby player1973 – Rüştü Reçber, Turkish footballer1973 – Leigh Sales, Australian journalist and television host1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer1975 – Torbjørn Brundtland, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer1975 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver1975 – Adam Deadmarsh, Canadian-American ice hockey player1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer1977 – Sergei Nakariakov, Russian trumpet player1977 – Chas Licciardello, Australian comedian, screenwriter and producer1978 – Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer1978 – Kenan Thompson, American actor1981 – Samuel Dalembert, Haitian-Canadian basketball player1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer1983 – Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education1984 – Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player1984 – Pe'er Tasi, Israeli singer1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player1985 – Jon Schofield, English canoe racer1986 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer1987 – Wilson Chandler, American basketball player1987 – Kévin Constant, French-Guinean footballer1990 – Salvador Pérez, Venezuelan baseball player1990 – Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper1993 – Pachara Chirathivat, Thai actor, singer and model1995 – Missy Franklin, American swimmer1995 – Gabriella Papadakis, French ice dancer1996 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player1996 – Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis playerDeaths689 – Prince Kusakabe of Japan (b. 662)884 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of Egypt and Syria (b. 835)967 – Renaud of Roucy, Viking nobleman1290 – Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (b. 1271)1299 – Kyawswa of Pagan, deposed ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (born 1260)1299 – Theingapati, heir to the Pagan Kingdom[7]1403 – Katherine Swynford, widow of John of Gaunt[8]1424 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan (b. 1347)1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)[9]1493 – Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433)1521 – Sebastian Brant, German author (b. 1457)1566 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (b. 1501)1569 – John of Ávila, Spanish mystic and saint (b. 1500)1641 – Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (b. 1596)1657 – Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (b. 1592)1667 – Marie Louise Gonzaga, Polish queen (b. 1611)1691 – John Birch, English soldier and politician (b. 1615)1717 – John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)1721 – Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1647)1726 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (b. 1670)1737 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702)1774 – Louis XV of France (b. 1710)1787 – William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)1794 – Élisabeth of France, French princess and youngest sibling of Louis XVI (b.1764)1798 – George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)1807 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)1818 – Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)1829 – Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)1849 – Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)1863 – Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)1868 – Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)1884 – Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Alsatian French chemist (b. 1817)1889 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)1891 – Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)1897 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)1904 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)1910 – Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)1945 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)1945 – Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)1960 – Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)1962 – Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1879)1964 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)1965 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)1967 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (b. 1935)1968 – Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)1974 – Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)1976 – Elias Aslaksen, Norwegian religious leader (b. 1888)1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)1982 – Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)1988 – Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)1989 – Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, Macedonian mountaineer (b. 1953)1989 – Woody Shaw, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1944)1990 – Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist (b. 1916)1992 – K. G. Ramanathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1920)1994 – John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (b. 1942)1999 – Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1930)1999 – Eric Willis, Australian politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1922)2000 – Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)2000 – Dick Sprang, American illustrator (b. 1915)2001 – Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, 16th Governor of Himachal Pradesh (b. 1934)2002 – Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)2002 – Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)2003 – Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937)2005 – David Wayne, American singer-songwriter (b. 1958)2006 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)2006 – Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)2008 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)2010 – Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (b. 1928)2012 – Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)2012 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)2012 – Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)2014 – Carmen Argibay, Argentinian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)2015 – Ninad Bedekar, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1949)2015 – Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946)2016 – Carlos García y García, Peruvian politician, Second Vice President (b. ?)2018 – David Goodall, Australian botanist and ecologist (b. 1914)Holidays and observancesChildren's Day (Maldives)Christian feast day:Alphius, Philadelphus and CyrinusAurelian of LimogesCalepodiusCataldComgallDamien of MolokaiGordianus and EpimachusJob (Roman Catholic Church, pre-1969 calendar)John of ÁvilaSolangeMay 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)Confederate Memorial Day (North Carolina and South Carolina)Constitution Day (Micronesia)Earliest possible day on which Pentecost can fall, while June 13 is the latest; celebrated seven weeks after Easter Day. (Christianity)Flower Festival (Azerbaijan)Golden Spike Day (Promontory, Utah)Independence Day or King's Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of Romania from the Ottoman Empire in 1877.Mother's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico)