MUSIC CIRCUS
Ladies, Gentlemen, children of all ages, it’s a musical circus from the Big Top. Time to bring in the clowns and marvel at the dancing bears and parading elephants. Say yes to the organ grinder. Also to Bruce Springsteen, Victoria Spivey, Los Lobos and Ella Fitzgerald, plus visit with trapeze artist Dolly Jacobs and one time circus worker and glass eater, singer Meschiya Lake. Then a trip to Coney Island, where we’ll ride the Wonder Wheel and meet up with a carnival barker and Little Miss FireFly.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Circus Life 1920s Wurlitzer Carousel Organ
Carousel Organ Varieties, Vol. 1, Gold 20
Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat and Tears
Blood, Sweat and Tears, Sony
The Ferris Wheel Everly Brothers
Gone, Gone, Gone, Warner Brothers
Little Egypt The Coasters
20 Greatest Hits, Gusto Records
Julia The Flatlanders
Now Again, New West Records
Tightrope Leon Russell
Carney, Shelter
Instrumental: The Man on the Flying Trapeze The Dukes of Dixieland
Circus Time with the Dukes of Dixieland, Vol. 7, Audio Fidelity
SEGMENT: Dolly Jacobs
Spanish Pipedream John Prine
John Prine, Atlantic
CLIP: Meschiya Lake
Elephants Meschiya Lake, Soren Siegumfeldt String Swing
This is Meschiya Lake, Sundance
Baby Elephant Walk Les Brown Jr.
Wildest Dreams Yet!, GNP
Wild Billy's Circus Story Bruce Springsteen
The Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle, Columbia
When the Circus Comes Los Lobos
Kiko, Warner
Instrumental: Barnum & Bailey's Favorite 1920s Wurlitzer Carousel Music
Carousel Organ Varieties, Vol. 1, Gold 20
Organ Grinder Blues Victoria Spivey
The Victoria Spivey Collection, Acrobat Music
Organ Grinder's Swing Ella Fitzgerald & Her Savoy Eight
Miss Ella's Playhouse, Verve
Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear Randy Newman
Sail Away, Warner
The Bare Necessities Louis Armstrong
Disney Songs the Satchmo Way, Disney
End Bed: Send in the Clowns Tyler Childers
Long Violent History, Hickman Holler Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Cyclone Johnny and the Hurricanes
The Best of Johnny & the Hurricanes Vol. 2, Drew's Entertainment
Love Roller Coaster Ohio Players
Honey, Mercury
Life is a Carnival (live) The Band
The Last Waltz, Rhino
Coney Island (live) Al Jolson
Live in '35!, Mastercorp Pty Ltd
Coney Island Washboard Swift Jewel Cowboys
Western Swing and Country Jazz, JSP
SEGMENT: Philomena Marano
Love Roller Coaster Big Joe Turner
The Definitive Blues Collection, Atlantic
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, EMI
Instrumental: Twelfth Street Rag Verne Langdon
Circus Clown Calliope! Vols. 1-2, Electric Lemon
SEGMENT: Philomena Marano part 2
Coney Island Steeplechase The Velvet Underground
Another View, Verve
My Flying Saucer Billy Bragg & Wilco
Mermaid Avenue, Vol. II, Nonesuch
Carnival Natalie Merchant
Tigerlily, Elektra
SEGMENT: Ray Valens the barker
Coney Island Baby The Excellents
Forever Doo Wop, Vol. 2, Essential Media
SEGMENT: Little Miss Firefly
Instrumental: Bakers Dozen Mickey Baker
The Wildest Guitar, Sepia Tone
SEGMENT: Stanley Fox
Human Cannonball Loudon Wainwright III
Grown Man, Virgin
Stage Fright The Band
Stage Fright, Capitol
Coney Island The Barry Sisters
Hebrew National Kosher Classics, RCA
Under the Boardwalk Aaron Neville
My True Story, Blue Note Records
End Bed: Coney Island Rag Robert Bruce
Silent Movie Piano, Sonoton