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AMERICAN ROUTES STAYCATIONS, DESTINATIONS AND SUMMERTIME VARIATIONS
At the peak of the summer season, American Routes is riding the airwaves to exotic destinations, swinging and surfing to all manner of beachside rhythms from the Beach Boys, Toots and the Maytals, Wilco, and the Kinks. We also stay home to bask in the sultry heat of “Summertime,” composed by George Gershwin and novelist Dubose Heyward in 1934 for the opera Porgy and Bess. It’s one of the most covered tunes in the American songbook with over thirty thousand renditions. We’ll hear takes from Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Sam Cooke, and the Zombies.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Summertime Joe Pass Quartet
Walkin', Kendal - Summertime Big Brother and the Holding Company, feat. Janis Joplin
Cheap Thrills, Columbia/Legacy - All Day Music WAR
All Day Music, Far Out Productions - C'mon and Swim Bobby Freeman
Goldisc Records from the Vault, Vol. 2, Goldisc - Let's Twist Again Chubby Checker
Cameo Parkway—The Best of Chubby Checker, ABKCO - Dancing in the Street Martha and the Vandellas
The Rolling Stone Women in Rock Collection, Razor and Tie - Instrumental: Sunshine Twist Jelly Roll Kings
Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, Earwig - Sunny Afternoon The Kinks
The Complete Collection, Castle Communications - Femme là dit Feufollet
The Best of Valcour Records 2006-2011, Valcour - Pressure Drop Toots and the Maytals
The Harder They Come Soundtrack, Island - In the Summertime Mungo Jerry
Super Hits of the '70s—Have a Nice Day Vol. 3, Rhino - Summertime Billy Stewart
One More Time: The Chess Years, Geffen Records - Instrumental: Green Onions Booker T & the MGs
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino - Red Beans Professor Longhair
Crawfish Fiesta, Alligator Records - Bar-B-Q Wendy Rene
Bar-B-Que Soulabration, Rhino - Watermelon Man Oscar Brown Jr.
Sin and Soul... and Then Some, Columbia/Legacy - Summertime Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington Presents, Bethlehem Records - Summertime Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday, Columbia - End Bed: Summertime Sidney Bechet
1928-1940, Classics Records
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Summertime Slide Hampton
Two Sides of Slide, Margate - Let's Get Lost Chet Baker
Career: 1952-1988, Shout! Factory - Summertime Zombies
Begin Here, Marquis Entertainment - I'm-A-Livin'-On-Easy Atta Isaacs & Gabby Pahinui
Two Slack Key Guitars, Michael Cords - Summerteeth Wilco
Summerteeth, Warner/Reprise - Keep an Eye on Summer Beach Boys
Shut Down Vol. 2, Capitol Records - Instrumental: Pipeline Bill Frisell
Guitar in the Space Age, Okeh - Dark Eyes Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys
Let's Go Classics: Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys, Telefunken - Walk—Don't Run Ventures
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2: The '60s, Rhino - Watusi Boogaloo Willie Rosario and his Orchestra
Boogaloo & Guaguancó, ATCO - Summertime Rick Nelson
Best of Rick Nelson Vol. 2, Capitol Records - Summertime Blues Rddie Cochran
Hot Rod Revels, The Right Stuff - California Sun The Rivieras
Carlifornia Sun—The Best of the Rivieras, Riviera Records - Instrumental: Summertime Miles Davis
Porgy and Bess, Columbia/Legacy - My Old Heart Anders Osborne
Coming Down, MC Records - Raining in My Heart Slim Harpo
The Excello Story Vol. 3, Universal Music Special Markets - It's Raining Irma Thomas
Sweet Soul Queen of New Orleans: The Irma Thomas Collection, CEMA Special Markets - I Loves You Porgy Nina Simone
Little Girl Blue, Bethlehem Records - Wade in the Water The Staple Singers
Freedom Highway, Verve - Summertime Sam Cooke
Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964, ABKCO - End Bed: Southern Nights Allen Toussaint
American Tunes, Nonesuch
