Rhythm Club - Tribute to Brian Eagan

2020-09-27 Studio Cat The WGAM studio was Brian's happy place. In honor of his Birthday, I'm posting one of Brian's "Morning Shows" for WGAM. This show seems to start the broadcast day for WGAM, it's about an hour and a half, and he announces the time at the end as 5:00, so I can only assume this runs from 3:30 AM to 5 and beyond. I believe Brian sometimes spent the whole day in the Studio; who knows how long he was there that day? Brian loved cats - Hey, Seay! I'm not sure who owned the...

1-800-Cocaine R&B on a Snow Day This R&B show has it all. From Clarence Frogman Henry's "Ain't Got No Home", through "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Sticks McGhee's original version), Count Basie's take on "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?", "That's What Makes my Baby Fat" from Joe Morris and Faye Scruggs and "Easy Easy Baby" from Ann Cole, yet another fine R&B singer who's almost completely forgotten today. Brian delivers a wonderful show. He loved the PSA's on WMUA and I'm sure...

2020-07-19 We're a Winner! 60's Soul I love 60's soul and will always think of Brian when I hear it. This show has some of Brian's favorites, opening with "The Boy From New York City". There are two gems from Lee Dorsey, "Working in a Coalmine" and "Ride Your Pony" and there's some James Brown and Aretha. What's not to like? I decided early that my favorite female Motown singer was Martha Reeves, so I love hearing her in this show. I think Brian's favorite was Mary Wells, much more...

Viper Mad | Sidney Bechet | 1938 Stock Yards Strut | Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals | 1926 I've Got My Fingers Crossed | Fats Waller | 1936 Love Jumped Out | Count Basie | 1940 If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day | Robert Johnson | 1936 Heebie Jeebies | Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five | 1926 Ah! Gade Chabine La | Orchestre Antillais De Alexandre Stellio | 1930 Jack I'm Mellow | Trixie Smith | 1938 Twilight in Turkey | Raymond Scott and his Orchestra | 1938 My Blue Heaven |...

Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Cher | 1966 Mrs. Robinson | Simon & Garfunkel | 1968 Derek | Cinnamon | 1968 Touch Me | The Doors | 1969 Let It All Hang Out | The Hombres | 1967 So I Can Love You | The Emotions | 1970 Dirty Water | The Standells | 1965 Yeh Yeh | Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames | 1964 Sweet Talkin' Guy | The Chiffons | 1966 An Open Letter To My Teenage Son | Victor Lundberg | 1967 Morning Girl | The Neon Philharmonic | 1969 Good Morning Starshine | Oliver |...

This show, Planet Lavender, was explicitly for gay and lesbian interest: music by women, love songs sung by men about men or by women about women. This show, themed on the 1930's, provides a rich harvest and fine music. The podcast website is here: http://rhythm-club.com Too Marvelous for Words | Bing Crosby | 1937 Lovely Liza Lee | Mills Cavalcade Orchestra | 1935 Puh-Leeze, Mr. Hemingway | Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians | 1932 Doin' What I Please | Don Redman & His Orchestra |...

Layla | Derek And The Dominos | 1970 Joy | Apollo 100 | 1972 Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) | The Hollies | 1972 Run, Run, Run | Jo Jo Gunne | 1972 Sunshine | Jonathan Edwards | 1971 News | | In My Own Time | Family | 1971 Precious & Few | Climax | 1972 Let's Stay Together | Al Green | 1972 Brand New Key | Melanie | 1971 Alone Again (Naturally) | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 1972 White Lies, Blue Eyes | Bullet | 1971 Go All the Way | Raspberries | 1972 The Rip Off | Laura Lee |...

Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) | Tex Williams | 1947 I'll Buy That Dream | Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest | 1945 I Only Have Eyes For You | Frank Sinatra | 1949 The Peanut Vendor | Stan Kenton | 1948 Doin' What Comes Natur'lly | Freddy Martin And His Orchestra | 1946 Red Roses For A Blue Lady | Vaughn Monroe | 1949 Beg Your Pardon | The Dinning Sisters | 1947 I Never See Maggie Alone | Kenny Roberts | 1950 News | | A Cottage for Sale | Billy Eckstine | 1945 Confess | Patti Page...

The Letter | The Box Tops | 1967 Out Of Sight | James Brown | 1964 The Song from Moulin Rouge | Percy Faith | 1953 Lather | Jefferson Airplane | 1968 Windy | The Association | 1967 The Happening | The Supremes | 1968 Tutti Frutti | Little Richard | 1957 Caribbean | Mitchell Torok | 1959 Donna the Prima Donna | Dion | 1963 Running Scared | Roy Orbison | 1962 Your Good Thing (Is About to End) | Lou Rawls | 1969 The Wallflower | Etta James and the Peaches | 1955 ('Til) I Kissed You...

Scrub Me Mama, With A Boogie Beat | Will Bradley & His Orchestra | 1946 They're Either Too Young Or Too Old | Bette Davis | 1945 Gotta Be This Or That | Benny Goodman And His Orchestra | 1945 Sleepy Lagoon | Harry James and His Orchestra | 1942 Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) | Tex Williams | 1947 Blue Skirt Waltz | Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks | 1947 Manhattan | Lee Wiley | 1950 I'm Making Believe | Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots | 1944 The Last Time I Saw Paris | Tony Martin...

I'm in Love Again | Fats Domino | 1956 I Feel That Old Age Coming On | Wynonie Harris | 1949 I Dont Want Nobody To Have My Love But You | Buddy & Ella Johnson | 1956 My Man Stands Out | Julia Lee | 1950 Head Hunter | Johnny Otis And His Orchestra | 1951 I Got A Woman | Ray Charles | 1954 Woke Up This Morning My Baby's Gone | BB King | 1952 Sweet Sue (Just You) | The Mills Brothers | 1932 Rip It Up | Little Richard | 1956 Saturday Night Fish Fry | Pearl Bailey & Moms Mabley |...

Everyday I Have the Blues | Count Basie with vocals by Joe Williams | 1955 Felicia | Bobby and the Orbits | 1959 Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) | The Mills Brothers | 1947 It's All In The Game | Tommy Edwards | 1951 All Your Love (I Miss Loving) | Otis Rush | 1958 In The Mood | Ernie Fields Orchestra | 1959 Gee | The Crows | 1953 The Wallflower | Etta James and the Peaches | 1955 News | 8/4/1993 | Goodbye Baby | Little Caesar | 1952 Convicted | Oscar McLollie | 1952 A Blossom Fell...

Sad Girl | Jay Wiggins | 1963 She's not Just Another Woman | 8th Day | 1971 The Phones Been Jumping All Day | Jeannie Reynolds | 1975 When will I see you again | The Three Degrees | 1993 La-La Means I Love You | The Delfonics | 1968 Pillow Talk | Sylvia | 1973 Power to the People | Chi-lites | 1971 When I'm Gone | Brenda Holloway | 1965 News | | She Blew a Good Thing | Poets | 1966 There'll Come a Time | Betty Everett | 1969 Jimmy Hughes | Steal Away | 1964 Oh no, Not My Baby |...

Supernatural Thing | Ben E King | 1975 Get Dancin’ | Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes | 1974 Every Beat of My Heart | Crown Heights Affair | 1975 Be Thankful for What You’ve Got | William DeVaughn | 1974 Brazil | The Ritchie Family | 1975 Ring My Bell | Anita Ward | 1979 Express | B. T. Express | 1974 You Don’t Have to Be a Star | Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. | 1976 Funky Town | Lipps Inc | 1979 Do the Hustle | Van McCoy | 1975 What a Difference a Day Makes | Esther Phillips |...

Baby Get Lost | Dinah Washington | 1949 Angel | Gay Knights with Buddy Lewis | 1952 Ain't Misbehaving | Sarah Vaughn | 1950 News | AP Network | The Atlanta Boogie | Tommy Mitchell | 1949 I Put a Spell on You | Screaming Jay Hawkins | 1956 Oh Gee, Oh Gosh | The Kodaks | 1955 Where or When | Earl Bostic | 1947 The Joker | Billy Miles | 1957 Rockin' with Leroy | LeRoy & his Rockin' Fellers | 1961

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom | The Collegians | 1955 Don't be an Old Antidisestablishmentarianismist | Duke Ellington | 1947 Rockin' the House | Memphis Slim | 1947 Out in the Cold Again | The Ravens with Dinah Washington | Dedicated to the One I Love | The Five Royales | 1958 Too Much Monkey Business | Chuck Berry | 1956 Cleo's Boogie | Cleo Brown | 1949 You Talk Too Much | Joe Jones | 1960 Lucille | The Drifters | 1953 The Bells Are Ringing | Smiley Lewis | 1942 Miami Beach Rhumba | Xavier...

Apartment Number 9 | Tammy Wynette | 1966 I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) | Aretha Franklin | 1967 Your Good Girl's Going To Go Bad | Tammy Wynette | 1966 Respect | Aretha Franklin | 1967 Don't Touch Me | Tammy Wynette | 1967 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man | Aretha Franklin | 1967 I'm Not Mine to Give | Tammy Wynette | 1967 Dr. Feelgood | Aretha Franklin | 1968 I Don't Want to Play House | Tammy Wynette | 1967 Baby I Love You | Aretha Franklin | 1967 Jackson Ain't a Very Big...

Hot Rod Race | Ramblin Jimmy Dolan | 1951 Loose Talk | Carl Smith | 1954 Waterloo | Stonewall Jackson | 1959 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells | 1952 In The Jailhouse Now | Webb Pierce | 1954 Blackberry Boogie | Tennesse Ernie Ford | 1952 Come Walk With Me | Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper | 1959 Green Light | Hank Thompson | 1948 I Forgot To Remember To Forget | Elvis Presley | 1956 The Gods Were Angry With Me | Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely | 1950 Send Me the...

Bell Bottom Trousers | Jerry Colonna | 1945 Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue | Gordon MacRae | 1948 (I’d Like to Get You on a) Slow Boat to China | Kay Kyser | 1948 Philadelphia Lawyer | Maddox Brothers & Rose | 1949 Because | Perry Como | 1948 What is this Thing Called Love? | Les Paul | 1951 Caravan | Billy Eckstine | 1949 Love Somebody | Doris Day and Buddy Clark | 1947 The Hucklebuck | Roy Milton and His Solid Senders | 1949 A Little on the Lonely Side | Frankie Carle | 1944 Shoo-Fly...

Don’t Roll those Bloodshot Eyes at Me | Wynonie Harris | 1951 Little Bitty Pretty One | Thurston Harris | 1957 This Little Girl of Mine | Ray Charles | 1957 Annie’s Aunt Fannie | Hank Ballard and the Midnighters | Goin’ Home | Fats Domino | 1952 Who Do You Love? | Bo Diddley | 1956 Big Ten Inch Record | Bull Moose Jackson | 1952 I Need You So | The Orioles | 1950 You Upset Me Baby | B. B. King | 1954 Long as I’m Moving | Ruth Brown | 1955 Trouble in My Way | The Swan Silvertones |...