“In Memoriam, 2015”

“In Memoriam, 2015” (broadcast 1/1/16)

The Sherwoods: Try To Remember (Rob White)
Gong: I've Bin Stone Before (Daevid Allen)
Stranger & Gladdy: Conqueror (Gladstone Anderson)
Lynn Anderson: I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Summertime (Sam Andrew)
Sam Cooke: Falling In Love (Harold Battiste)
The Rubettes: Sugar Baby Love (Wayne Bickerton)
Cilla Black: Alfie
Graham Bowers & Nurse With Wound: Apes and Peacocks 
The Specials: A Message to You Rudy (John Bradbury)
Johnny Cymbal: Mr Bass Man (Ronnie Bright)
Hot Chocolate: Every 1's a Winner (Errol Brown)
Left Banke: Walk Away Renee (Michael Brown)
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama (Bob Burns)
Chantays: Pipeline (Brian Carman)
The Bar-Kays: Soul Finger (Ben Cauley)
Ornette Coleman: The Good Life 
Don Covay: It's Better To Have (And Don't Need) 
Andraé Crouch & the The Disciples: The Blood Will Never Lose It's Power
"Little" Jimmy Dickens: Out Behind the Barn 
The Kingsmen: Louie Louie (Jack Ely)
Ray Price: A Way To Survive (Buddy Emmons)
Frankie Ford: Sea Cruise
Kim Fowley: Animal Man 
Free: All Right Now (Andy Fraser)
Tangerine Dream: Ultima Thule, Pt. 1 (Edgar Froese) 
Eddie Cochran: Nervous Breakdown (Snuff Garrett)
Lesley Gore: Look Of Love 
Gladys Knight/the Pips: If You Ever Get Your Hands on Love (William Guest)
Leatherface: Games (Richard “Dickie” Hammond)
Paul Carrack: A Little Unkind (Bobby Irwin)
Michael Jackson: Billie Jean (Louis Johnson)
Bob Dylan: To Be Alone With You (Bob Johnston)
Big Hard Excellent Fish: And The Question Remains (Josie Jones)
Bo Diddley: Can You Shimmy? (Peggy Jones)
Negativland: Sycamore (Don Joyce, Ian Allen)
The Johnny Keating Orchestra: Theme from Z Cars 
Motorhead: Ace Of Spades (live) (Lemmy)
B.B. King: You Upset Me Baby
Ben E King: Supernatural Thing  
Tammy Wynette: 'Til I Get It Right (Red Lane, Billy Sherrill)
The Stooges: 1970 (I Feel Alright) (Steve MacKay)
The Rising Sons: Take A Giant Step (Gary Marker)
Buddy Holly: Well All Right (Joe Mauldin)
Bob McFadden & Dor: Noisy Village (Rod McKuen)
Harmonia: Dino (Dieter Moebius)
Leonard Nimoy: A Visit to a Sad Planet 
John Renbourn: Westeron Wynde 
Jean Ritchie: Nottamun Town 
Elvis Presley: There's Always Me (Don Robertson)
Sly & The Family Stone: Dance to the Music (Cynthia Robinson)
Rico Rodriguez: Rico Special 
Ronnie Ronalde: Happy Trails
Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance: How Come (Bruce Rowland)
P.F. Sloan: Sins Of A Family 
The Fugs: Kill for Peace (Bernard Stollman)
Motorhead: Overkill (Phil Taylor)
Twinkle: Terry
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich: Hold Tight (Trevor Ward-Davies)
Three Dog Night: Mama Told Me Not to Come (Cory Wells/Jimmy Greenspoon)
Billy Fury: Turn My Back On You (Andy White)

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howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President