Episode 517 / Buzz Buzz A Diddle It

This week’s show features tunes with illogical and meaningless song titles — nonsensical musical mumbo jumbo of pop song gibberish, from Steve Miller’s “Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma” to Slim Harpo’s “Te Ni Nee Ni Nu”! There are of course many more that we left out, notably “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”, but Episode 517 does have a comprehensive track list of songs that will leave you scratching your head trying to figure out just what these titles mean!

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida…

1 Freddy Cannon – Buzz Buzz A Diddle It
2 Louis Prima – Hey BaBaReBop
3 Little Richard – Bama Lama Bama Loo
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4 The Rivingtons – Papa Oom Mow Mow
5 The Edsels – Rama Lama Ding Dong
6 The Crew Cuts – Sh Boom
7 Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – Ring Dang Doo
8 Big Maybelle – Ring Dang Dilly
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9 Steve Miller – Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma
10 The Beatles – Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
11 Sweet – Wig Wam Bam
12 The Police – De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
13 Paul Revere & the Raiders – Oo Poo Pah Doo
14 The Cramps – Goo Goo Muck
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15 Gene Vincent – B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go
16 Wayne Walker – BoBo Ska Diddle Daddle
17 Hal Willis – Bop A Dee A Doo
18 Roy Orbison – Ooby Dooby
19 The Collins Kids – Hoy Hoy
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20 The Exciters – Do Wah Diddy Diddy
21 Bo Diddley – Diddy Wah Diddy
22 Slim Harpo – Te Ni Nee Ni Nu
23 Ernie K Doe – Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta
24 Brenda Lee – Dum Dum
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25 Roger Miller – Do Wacka Do
26 Shirley Gunter & the Queens – Oop Shoop
27 Little Anthony & The Imperials – Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
28 Lee Dorsey – Ya Ya
29 Dave Edmunds – Da Doo Ron Ron
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30 The Small Faces – Sha La La La Lee
31 Steppenwolf – Sookie Sookie
32 The G Clefs – Ka Ding Dong
33 Lavern Baker – Bop Ting ALing
34 The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong
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35 The Cadets – Wiggie Waggie Woo
36 The Drifters – Bip Bam
37 Los Straitjackets – Bim Bam Baby
38 The Eldorados – Bim Bam Boom
39 The Silhouettes – Bing Bong
40 J.J. Jackson & The Jackaels – Oo Ma Liddi
41 Otis Redding – Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa
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42 Dale Hawkins – La Do Dada
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43 The Archies – Bang Shangalang
44 Dickie Doo and the Don’ts – Nee Nee Na Na Nu Nu [BONUS TRACK]
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 516 / Just Like Grammar Used To Make

Many of your favourite song titles are grammatically incorrect! Converting them to what is considered proper usage would completely alter not only the feeling & vibe, but the rhythm as well — would it sound anywhere near as good? We think not. Although for the most part we stick to grammar rules, there are some cases where the rules might slip, & this usually happens when we are speaking colloquially.

There are plenty of examples of this in popular music, so Episode 516 is a collection of songs where the titles deliberately use poor grammar!

I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing…

1 Bachman Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
2 James Brown – I Got You (I Feel Good)
3 Rolling Stones I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
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4 Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
5 Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
6 Blues Magoos – We Ain’t Got Nothin Yet
7 Elvis Presley – (You Ain’t Nothin’ But A) Hound Dog
8 Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
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9 Louis Jordan – Is You Is Or Is You Aint My Baby
10 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Don’t Ask Me No Questions
11 AC/DC – Girls Got Rhythm
12 Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
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13 Bon Jovi – She Don’t Know Me
14 Jimi Hendrix Experience – If Six Was Nine
15 Stevie Wonder – You Haven’t Done Nothin’
16 Love – You I’ll Be Following
17 Rainbow – Since You Been Gone
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18 Derek & the Dominos – Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
19 Byrds – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
20 Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much
21 Fats Domino – Ain’t That A Shame
22 Allman Brothers Band – Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More
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23 Rolling Stones – Get Off Of My Cloud
24 Captain Beefheart – There Ain’t No Santa Claus On The Evenin’ Stage
25 Phil Upchurch – I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing
26 Ringo Starr – It Don’t Come Easy
27 Captain Beyond – I Can’t Feel Nothin’
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28 J. Geils Band – Must of Got Lost
29 Billy Paul – Me & Mrs. Jones
30 Humble Pie – I Don’t Need No Doctor (EDIT)
31 Turtles – It Ain’t Me Babe
32 Frankie Miller – Ain’t Got No Money
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33 Mel Tormé – It Don’t Mean A Thing
34 Jeff Beck – Ain’t Superstitious
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 515 / Knockout!

It’s officially the 10th Anniversary of The Captain Maniac Show! Yes, we’ve been uploading Captain Maniac shows to Mixcloud since 2014, so to mark this monumentous occasion, we bring you Part Three of our ongoing series of my favourites heard on previous episodes. We posted “Greatest Hits” in February, followed by “Balls to the Wall” the following month (all currently available at https://archive.org/details/@captain_maniac), and now we present the third chapter, “Knockout” — see the Greatest Hits connection?

Of course there are plenty more Capt. Maniac faves just we just didn’t have time for in Part Three (can you say Greatest Hits Part Four?). The tunes heard in this episode are rockers that I enjoyed in past CMS instalments, many of which were actual radio-friendly hits, but for the most part these are simply “the cream of the crop, the pick of the pack”.

Join us in Part Three, a Crash Course In Brain Surgery!

1 The Beat – Rock N Roll Girl
2 Free – Walk In My Shadow
3 New England – Don’t Ever Wanna Lose Ya
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4 Joe Walsh – Turn To Stone
5 Tin House – Silver Star
6 Wishbone Ash – Blowin’ Free
7 Bloodrock – Lucky In The Morning
8 Tragically Hip – Three Pistols
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9 Redbone – Maggie
10 Kiss – Deuce
11 Megadeth – Symphony Of Destruction
12 Hard Stuff – Monster In Paradise
13 Dust – Suicide
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14 Dictators – Two Tub Man
15 Metallica – Crash Course In Brain Surgery
16 Gary Moore – Back On The Streets
17 New York Dolls – Bad Girl
18 Lynyrd Skynyrd – Workin’ For MCA
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19 Daddy Cool – Daddy Cool
20 Jimmy Thackery – You Upset Me Baby
21 Steve Vai – Juice
22 Eric Jonson – Zap
23 Joe Satriani – Surfing with the Alien
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24 Night Ranger – Don’t Tell Me You Love Me
25 Led Zeppelin – The Ocean
26 Cream – Sitting On Top Of The World [Live]
27 Shadows – F.B.I.
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 514 / Surf and Destroy

Welcome to our first surfing show of 2024, a companion volume to our surfing show from a few months ago, this time entitled “Surf and Destroy”. Episode #514 features predominantly instrumental surf music the way it’s played today, with several international surf bands featured (groups that are NOT from California!). As an added bonus, it’s all totally gluten-free! Throw the surf boards in the back of the woody, bring some tacos and beer, and let’s head on down to Malibu Beach for some California Sun! (already in progress). Life’s a beach: Jimi Hendrix told us in “Third Stone From the Sun” that we’d never hear surf music again — but it continues to be played in the future, hangin’ ten like there’s no tomorrow. Cowabunga!

1 Hawaii Samurai – Surf n Destroy
2 Baja Bug – Surf and Destroy
3 Surfquake – Surf And Destroy
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4 Hawaiian Astro Boys – Noctiluca
5 Underwater Bosses – Blue Moon Child Of Surf
6 Interstellar Riders – Yeti Stomp
7 Rhino Chasers – Can of Worms
8 Surfnado Tiki Squad – Surf But True
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9 Barbwires – You Sun of a Beach
10 Tiki Creeps – The Crawling Terror
11 Fifty Foot Combo – The Brain From Planet X
12 Blackball Bandits – The Cursed Island
13 Mariners – Objection
14 Typhoons – Sueos Mescal
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15 Surfers – Time Machine
16 Turbosonics – Jennette’s Pier
17 Surf Hermits – Road Trip
18 427s – Escape from Alcatraz
19 Mighty Surf Lords – Surf Ace
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20 Dick Dale – Glory Wave
21 Beach Boys – Don’t Hurt My Little Sister
22 Original Surfaris – Failsafe
23 Emeralds – Earthquake
24 Royal Coachmen – Loophole
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25 Los Venturas – Beach Bunny
26 Necronomikids – A Mountain Walked or Stumbled
27 Surflamingo – Door to Hyperspace
28 Syndicate of Surf – Surf and Destroy
29 Freshwater Four – Batstoned
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30 Insect Surfers – Sea Scorpion
31 Infrareds – The Lost Ara
32 Brandipos IV – Lost Waves
33 Surf Aliens – Coquetel Anunnaki
34 Head Henchmen – The Opener
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35 Steve Miller Band – Heart Like A Wheel
36 Panty Tsunami – Rip the Wave
37 This Machine Kills Robots – Old Man Summer
38 Los Straitjackets – Jet Set
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39 Toro Jones – Bone Vampire
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 513 / My Misguided Youth Volume 4

Another journey to my fractured past, featuring songs I listened to when I was young & foolish! Yes, plenty of these artists have been heard on “70s Deep Cuts” shows, but in this instalment we bring you songs that have not been played on previous chapters of The Captain Maniac Show, starting with a tune from the first double-album from Redbone, “Prehistoric Rhythm”. We’ve presented deep cuts from the 1970s, but in Episode 513 we also submit for your approval some deep cuts from the 60s!

Stick Around For Rock & Roll…

1 Redbone – Prehistoric Rhythm
2 Zephyr – The Radio Song
3 Paul Revere & the Raiders – Let Me
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4 Derringer – Let Me In
5 The Stooges – Little Doll
6 Road – Friends
7 Rare Earth – Hey Big Brother
8 Doors – Do It
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9 Ten Years After – The Stomp
10 Humble Pie – Down Home Again
11 Jeff Beck Group – The Hangman’s Knee
12 MC5 – Tonight
13 Alice Cooper – Hallowed Be My Name
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14 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers – She’s Too Young
15 John Mayall – Miss James
16 Johnny Winter – Memory Pain
17 Moby Grape – Trucking Man
18 Outlaws – Stick Around For Rock & Roll
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19 Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express – Whenever You’re Ready
20 Colosseum – Plenty Hard Luck
21 Blodwyn Pig – The Modern Alchemist
22 Blodwyn Pig – Slow Down
23 James Brown – You’ve Got To Have A Mother For Me
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24 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Commotion
25 Emerson Lake and Palmer – The Sheriff
26 Black Sabbath – Cornucopia
27 Mountain – Flowers of Evil
28 Allman Brothers Band – Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
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29 The Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
30 Focus – Round Goes The Gossip EDIT
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 512 / British Invasion Vol. 12

You demanded it, you’re gonna get it: here we go with “The British Invasion Volume 12”. There’s no place like this place anywhere NEAR this place, so this must be the place! It’s high time for another listen to songs from the British Invasion, the soundtrack of my adolescent years, with some rare & unusual songs that you perhaps may have forgotten about but are still lurking in your memory banks. Join us as we travel back to a swingin’ moment in history, when those of us in attendance knew the lyrics to every song (and still do). The Hollies start off tonight’s show with another Doris Troy cover (they had a hit with her “Just One Look”).

Don’t You Dig This Kinda Beat!

1 The Hollies – Whatcha Gonna Do About It
2 Chad & Jeremy – No Other Baby
3 The Kinks – Look For Me Baby
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4 The Yardbirds – I’m Not Talking
5 The Syndicats – Howlin’ For My Baby
6 Bern Elliott & The Fenmen – Money
7 The Paramounts – It Won’t Be Long
8 Pretty Things – Me Needing You
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9 The Whirlwinds – Look At Me
10 Billy Fury – I Think You’re Swell
11 Adam Faith – Poor Me
12 The Primitives – How Do You Feel
13 The Who – Someone’s Coming
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14 The Jay Jays – So Mystifying
15 The Beat Buddies – Pins In My Heart
16 The Big Three – I’m With You
17 The Spencer Davis Group – Back Into My Life Again
18 Tommy Quickly & The Remo Four -Its As Simple As That
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19 Chris Ravel & the Ravers – Don’t You Dig This Kinda Beat
20 Teddy Green – Give Me Your Hand
21 The Shakeouts – Is It True
22 Me & Them – I Think I’m Gonna Kill Myself
23 Danny Storm & The Strollers – Say You Do
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24 The Sundowners – Baby Baby
25 The Viscounts – It’s You
26 The Guv’ners – Let’s Make A Habit Of This
27 The Commanches – Tomorrow
28 The Overlanders – Don’t It Make You Feel Good
29 Jeannie And The Big Guys – Don’t Lie To Me
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30 The Hullaballoos – Did You Ever
31 The Beatles – Think For Yourself
32 The Rolling Stones – One More Try
33 The Small Faces – Wham Bam Thank You Mam
34 Them – Call My Name
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35 The Swinging Blue Jeans – Thats the Way It Goes
36 The Sorrows – I Don’t Wanna Be Free
37 The Mark Four – Work All Day Sleep All Night
38 Jimmy Powell & The 5 Dimensions – That’s Alright
39 Brett Young & The Ghost Squad – You Can’t Fool Me
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40 Gerry Levene and The Avengers – Doctor Feelgood
41 The Searchers – When I Get Home
42 The Interns – Don’t You Dare
43 The Black Knights – I Got A Woman
44 Lee Curtis & The AllStars – Let’s Stomp
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45 The Liverbirds – Why Do You Hang Around Me?
46 The Beatstalkers – Ev’rybody’s Talkin’ Bout My Baby
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47 Jimmy Nicol – Night Train
48 The Shadows – Cosy (EDIT)
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 511 / Feel The Groove

More Deep Cuts from the 70s? I would imagine the source material is basically perpetual and limitless, from the daze when the music was quite a bit different from that of the 21st Century. Back when “feelin’ groovy” was a lifestyle, rather than just an ad slogan!

We therefore bring you another heapin’ helpin’ of sounds that unquestionably rocked my world when I was listening to these tunes on what is now referred to as “vinyl” (no, there were no CDs, streaming or digital downloads in the carefree 70s).

70s faves are here, like Johnny & Edgar Winter, Humble Pie, Frank Zappa, Montrose, Grand Funk, Rainbow and more, but did you know that Journey existed and was an intense force long before Steve Perry joined the band?

No Control For Rock And Roll!

1 Grand Funk Railroad – I Come Tumblin’
2 Humble Pie – Drugstore Cowboy
3 Cheap Trick – Come On Come On
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4 Tin House – Jezebel, Give Me Your Lovin’
5 Johnny Winter – Roll With Me (Live)
6 Journey – Midnight Dreamer
7 Blackfoot – Road Fever
8 Blackhorse – Fox Huntin’
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9 Edgar Winter – Hangin’ Around
10 Grand Funk Railroad – Save The Land
11 Prism – Open Soul Surgery
12 Trooper – Eddie Takes It Easy
12 Montrose – I Don’t Want It
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13 Necromandus – Nightjar
14 Scorpions – Pictured Life
15 Killing Floor – Out Of Uranus
16 Widowmaker – Too Late To Cry
17 AC/DC – Cold Hearted Man
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18 Frank Zappa – San Ber’dino
19 Sir Lord Baltimore – Loe And Behold
20 Rainbow – Tarot Woman
21 Queen – Modern Times Rock n Roll
22 Rod Stewart – The Balltrap
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23 Epitaph – Changing World
24 Trilogy – Red Wine
25 White Wing – Harbinger
26 Starchild – No Control For Rock And Roll
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27 Atomic Rooster – Before Tomorrow EDIT
28 Jeff Beck – Led Boots EDIT
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 510 / Balls To The Wall

Recently we presented a “Greatest Hits” episode, containing some of my favourite tunes from ten years of Captain Maniac Show uploads. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to include many more of my faves, so therefore we bring you Part Two, this week entitled “Balls To The Wall” (mainly because the first song is that particular song by the German heavy metal band, Accept). A cultural landslide of my best-loved music, back when I first heard these tunes on vinyl, in the daze when I was a Turntable Nerd!

As we mentioned, these titles have been formerly uploaded in various older Captain Maniac shows, but this week we submit them in one convenient location for your musical enjoyment, with absolutely no repeats (bands or songs) from our previous Greatest Hits show.

We’re Armed and Ready!

1 Accept – Balls To The Wall
2 Michael Schenker Group – Armed and Ready
3 Voivod – Astronomy Domine
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4 Anthrax – Got the Time
5 Pantera – Cowboys from Hell
6 Dio – Rainbow in the Dark
7 Iron Maiden – Run To The Hills
8 Saxon – Wheels of Steel
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9 Spirit – Mechanical World
10 The Doors – My Eyes Have Seen You
11 Clear Light – Mr. Blue
12 Quicksilver Messenger Service – Gold And Silver
13 Country Joe & The Fish – Eastern Jam
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14 Slade – Just A Little Bit
15 The Ruts – Babylon’s Burning
16 Rush – Red Barchetta
17 Jethro Tull – My Sunday Feeling
18 Pat Travers – Life In London
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19 The Beatles – Don’t Bother Me
20 The Byrds – It Won’t Be Wrong
22 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Diddy Wah Diddy
23 Robin Trower – Little Bit Of Sympathy
24 Link Wray – Fever
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25 The Babys – Looking for Love
26 Fleetwood Mac – Rollin’ Man
27 The Astronauts – Hot Doggin’
28 Arthur Lee – Love Jumped Through My Window
29 Uriah Heep – Look At Yourself (EDIT)
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 509 / Make Some Noise

A full two hours of rowdy and unrestrained jollification! This week we present a noisy & strident program of 100% rockers called “Make Some Noise” on the always exciting Captain Maniac Show.

We have made reference to the fact that we are temporarily not doing shows where every song has a common word in its title — based on our opening set, you would be forgiven for making the assumption that we are back in “Theme” territory. On the contrary, however: what we have here is a pantload of tunes that make me want to get up and boogie on air guitar (and it’s only fair to warn you that I am technically proficient on that particular instrument). All hell can now break loose on the count of 3…

1 Suzi Quatro – Born Making Noise
2 Dead Daisies – Make Some Noise
3 Slade – Cum On Feel the Noize
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4 Black Sabbath – Loner
5 Voivod – Fix My Heart
6 Cactus – Headed for a Fall
7 City of Thieves – Buzzed Up City
8 Blue Cheer – Big Noise
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9 Black Star Riders – The Killer Instinct
10 Fury – It’s Rock N Roll
11 Supagroup – Rock and Roll Tried to Ruin My Life
12 The Wild – Ready To Roll
13 Kinks – Noise
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14 Judas Priest – No Surrender
15 Scorpions – Crazy World
16 Blue Murder – Black Hearted Woman
17 Van Halen – Up For Breakfast
18 Tom Petty – Makin’ Some Noise
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19 Breaking Silence – No One Cares
20 Rancid – Skull City
21 Swingin Neckbreakers – You
22 Airbourne – Ready To Rock
23 Helloween – Raise The Noise
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24 Accept – Worlds Colliding
25 Hanoi Rocks – Oriental Beat
26 Damn Yankees – Bad Reputation
27 Switchfoot – Adding To The Noise
STAN FREBERG OUTRO

Episode 508 / Friday Night Oldies Party Vol. 29

Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay! Can you believe it: we’re already up to Volume 29 of the Friday Night Oldies Party, with more to come soon! This week’s Captain Maniac Show returns to the “daze of old”, so back we go for another visit to a kinder, gentler time, when “we was all fallin’ out of our cradles”, as Mick Jagger once told us. Join us for this edition of the rockin’ and stompin’ FNOP, featuring more blasts from the past and mass quantities of jukebox oldies. Don’t Knock the Rock!

1 Bill Haley & His Comets – Razzle Dazzle
2 Johnny Carroll – Rock Baby Rock It
3 Jimmy Daley – Rock Pretty Baby
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4 John Ashley – Born to Rock
5 The Blockbusters – Rock All Night
6 Jaye P Morgan – Pepper Hot Baby
7 Richard Berry and The Pharoahs – Have Love Will Travel
8 The Sharps- Have Love Will Travel
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9 Rick Nelson – I’m Talking About You
10 The Drifters – I Gotta Get Myself a Woman
11 The Kinglets – Pretty Please
12 Bobby Lord – Party Pooper
13 Link Wray – Friday Night Dance Party
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14 Cliff Richard – I Want You to Know
15 Brenda Lee – Dynamite
16 Jimmie Rodgers – Oh Oh I’m Falling In Love Again
17 Stan Cayer – 3 Wild Women
18 Les Vogt – The Blamers
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19 Gene Vincent & The Echoes – Mister Loneliness
20 Eddie Cochran – Rock n Roll Blues
21 Buddy Holly – Little Baby
22 The Jaguars – Baby Baby Baby
23 Bob Luman – I Like Your Kind of Love
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24 Doris Troy – Whatcha Gonna Do About It
25 Betty O’Brien – She’ll Be Gone
26 Camille Howard – Exite Me Daddy
27 Lillian Briggs – I Want You To Be My Baby
28 Barbara Allen – Sweet Willie
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29 Bobby Lee Trammell – Arkansas Twist
30 Ray Smith – That’s All Right
31 Billy Smith – Mister Rock and Roll
32 The Bay Bops – Follow The Rock
33 The Fireflies – Stella’s Got a Fella
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34 Big Joe Turner – Feeling Happy
35 The Rock A Bouts – She’s A Fat Girl
36 The Chessmen – Lola
37 Tommy Sands – Goin’ Steady
38 Rick Nelson – I’m A Fool
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39 The Silhouettes – Heading for the Poorhouse
40 Doug Sahm & The Pharaoahs – Crazy Daisy
41 Bobby Poe – Rock n Roll Record Girl
42 The Chuck-A-Lucks – Disc Jockey Fever
43 Bobby Smith – She’s Gone from Me
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44 The Chiffons – One Fine Day
45 The Valentines – Lily Maebelle
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46 Duane Eddy – Yep
47 Duane Eddy – Trambone (BONUS TRACK)
STAN FREBRG OUTRO