Episode #54: Squeeze the Fruit



I'm bothered by the graphic for this week's show because it's fruit cocktail, a loosely assembled array of fruits which are all unappealing on their own, and even more unappetizing when tossed together recklessly like hyperactive children in a bouncey-house. But Rainier Avenue Radio already has another show, the very fine hip-hop program Fresh Juice, with a logo that features a citrus fruit you can actually squeeze. So as not to start a food fight between the two of us, which would no doubt result in zester injuries and pulp burns, I'm using the fruit cocktail graphic. The show is fine. (No new episode next week; we'll return on March 7.)


ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1
Junior WellsMessin' With the Kid1960Chief
June BatemanI Don't Wanta1964Arrawak
The ValentinosRock in the Cradle of Love1964S.A.R.
Cecil Garrett & the FascinationsBearcat1965Calla
Roscoe SheltonRunning for My Life1965Sue
Dorothy ParkerShindig CityunknownPlanetary
Jamo Thomas & his Party Brothers OrchestraI Spy (For the FBI)1966Thomas
King ErnestI Feel Alright1966Barry
Byrdie GreenGet a Hold of Yourself196320th Century Fox
Set 2
The VolcanosYour Number 11966Arctic
The ExitsYou Got to Have Money1967Gemini
The JammersWhere Can She Run To1967Loma
Irene ReidI Must Be Doing Something Right1968Pilgrim
The InstigationsI Don't Want to Discuss It1969T-Bird
Butch Davis & the CaprisThe Party1967A-Bet
Al White & the Hi-LitersNoise With the Boys1967Tune-Kel
The Southshore CommissionRight On Brother Part 11969Atlantic
Ruth BrownYou're a Stone Groovy Thing1968Solid State
Set 3
Sisters LoveNow Is the Time1970A&M
The EqualsBlack Skin, Blue Eyed Boys1970President (UK)
Bill CodayWhen You Find a Fool (Bump His Head)1971Galaxy
Veda BrownShort Stopping1973Stax
Chamber of CommerceI'm Free to Live1972DCA
The BlackbyrdsA Hot Day Today1974Fantasy
Graham Central StationGot to Go Through It to Get to It1974Warner Bros.
Reverend Claude JeterBye 'N Bye1972HOB
Set 4/Outro
CommodoresSqueeze the Fruit1977Motown
Sam DeesFragile, Handle With Care1975Atlantic
StargardRunnin' From the Law1979Warner Bros.
SlaveJust Freak1978Cotillion
Rudy CopelandI See You1978Fantasy
The Mighty PopeHeaven on the Seventh Floor1977Private Stock

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