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.)

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
Junior Wells	Messin' With the Kid	1960	Chief
June Bateman	I Don't Wanta	1964	Arrawak
The Valentinos	Rock in the Cradle of Love	1964	S.A.R.
Cecil Garrett & the Fascinations	Bearcat	1965	Calla
Roscoe Shelton	Running for My Life	1965	Sue
Dorothy Parker	Shindig City	unknown	Planetary
Jamo Thomas & his Party Brothers Orchestra	I Spy (For the FBI)	1966	Thomas
King Ernest	I Feel Alright	1966	Barry
Byrdie Green	Get a Hold of Yourself	1963	20th Century Fox
Set 2
The Volcanos	Your Number 1	1966	Arctic
The Exits	You Got to Have Money	1967	Gemini
The Jammers	Where Can She Run To	1967	Loma
Irene Reid	I Must Be Doing Something Right	1968	Pilgrim
The Instigations	I Don't Want to Discuss It	1969	T-Bird
Butch Davis & the Capris	The Party	1967	A-Bet
Al White & the Hi-Liters	Noise With the Boys	1967	Tune-Kel
The Southshore Commission	Right On Brother Part 1	1969	Atlantic
Ruth Brown	You're a Stone Groovy Thing	1968	Solid State
Set 3
Sisters Love	Now Is the Time	1970	A&M
The Equals	Black Skin, Blue Eyed Boys	1970	President (UK)
Bill Coday	When You Find a Fool (Bump His Head)	1971	Galaxy
Veda Brown	Short Stopping	1973	Stax
Chamber of Commerce	I'm Free to Live	1972	DCA
The Blackbyrds	A Hot Day Today	1974	Fantasy
Graham Central Station	Got to Go Through It to Get to It	1974	Warner Bros.
Reverend Claude Jeter	Bye 'N Bye	1972	HOB
Set 4/Outro
Commodores	Squeeze the Fruit	1977	Motown
Sam Dees	Fragile, Handle With Care	1975	Atlantic
Stargard	Runnin' From the Law	1979	Warner Bros.
Slave	Just Freak	1978	Cotillion
Rudy Copeland	I See You	1978	Fantasy
The Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	1977	Private Stock