Street Beats with DJ Fontana

Street beats from tap to rap, boogie to soul, surf to jazz... as well as a chat with drummer D.J. Fontana, the man who kept time for Elvis Presley.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: The Big Beat Fats Domino
They Call Me The Fat Man..., EMI/Imperial

My Feet Can't Fail Me Now The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Kickin' Some Brass, Shanachie

Willie and the Hand Jive Johnny Otis
Dancing at the Nick at Nightclub, 550 Music

Doin' the New Low Down Bill Bojangles Robinson
Stars of the Apollo Theater, Columbia

Get Rhythm Johnny Cash
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, Columbia

Cecilia Simon & Garfunkel
Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) Sly & the Family Stone
Greatest Hits, Epic

Rockin' Pneumonia Huey "Piano" Smith
Having A Good Time With Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns, West Side

Berta Big Louisiana, Rev. Rogers & Roosevelt Charles
Prison Worksongs, Arhoolie

Chain Gang Sam Cooke
The Man and His Music, RCA

Workin' in a Coal Mine Lee Dorsey
Golden Classics, Collectables

SEGMENT: D. J. Fontana

Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA

That's Alright Mama Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA

(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA

Hound Dog Elvis Presley
Elvis - the King of Rock 'n' Roll, the Complete '50s Masters, RCA

Taxi Bring In Da' Noise, Bring In Da' Funk
Original Broadway Cast, RCA Victor

Hold On Sam & Dave
The Very Best of Sam & Dave, Rhino

Cissy Strut The Meters
The Very Best of the Meters, Rhino

Flea-ridden Sheep Dog Carl Stalling
The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2, Warner Brothers

William Tell Overture Spike Jones
Musical Depreciation Reviue - the Spike Jones Anthology, Rhino

Suzie Q Dale Hawkins
Oh! Suzie Q - the Best of Dale Hawkins, Chess/MCA

Big Noise from Winnetka Bob Crosby & The Bob Cats
South Rampart Street Parade, Conifer

HOUR TWO

Pulse Henry Cowell
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble - Cage, Cowell, etc., Grammofon

Grazing in the Grass Hugh Masekela
Rock Instrumental Classics - Vol. 4, Soul, Rhino

Yayabo Orquesta Riverside
Cuba Classics 2 - Dancing With the Enemy, Luaka Bop/Warner Brothers

Evil Ways Santana
Viva Santana!, Columbia

The Wedge Dick Dale
Dick Dale Anthology, Rhino

I'm Waiting for the Man The Velvet Underground
The Best of The Velvet Underground - Words and Music of Lou Reed, Verve

Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, Chess/MCA

Not Fade Away Buddy Holly
Greatest Hits, MCA

Little Maggie Ricky Skaggs
Bluegrass Rules, Rounder

J'ai fait tout le tour du pays Jimmy Peters & Ring Dance Singers
Louisiana Cajun & Creole Music 1934 - The Lomax Recordings, Swallow

Zydeco Sont Pas Sale Clifton Chenier
60 Minutes with the King of Zydeco, Arhoolie

Super Bad James Brown & the JB's
Star Time, Polydor

St. James Infirmary Chuck Brown w/ A la Carte Brass and Percussion
Go-Go and Gumbo, Satchmo and Soul, Wildchild

Longhair's Blues-Rhumba Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano, Atlantic Jazz

Lonesome Road Dean Elliot & His Big Band
Ultra Lounge, Capitol

I Got Rhythm Fats Waller
Valentine Stomp, RCA Victor

End Bed: Limehouse Blues Buddy Rich & Max Roach
Rich Versus Roach, Mercury

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