AMERICAN ROUTES STAYCATIONS, DESTINATIONS AND SUMMERTIME VARIATIONS
At the peak of the summer season, American Routes is riding the airwaves to exotic destinations, swinging and surfing to all manner of beachside rhythms from the Beach Boys, Toots and the Maytals, Wilco, and the Kinks. We also stay home to bask in the sultry heat of “Summertime,” composed by George Gershwin and novelist Dubose Heyward in 1934 for the opera Porgy and Bess. It’s one of the most covered tunes in the American songbook with over thirty thousand renditions. We’ll hear takes from Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Sam Cooke, and the Zombies.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Summertime Joe Pass Quartet
Walkin', Kendal
Summertime Big Brother and the Holding Company, feat. Janis Joplin
Cheap Thrills, Columbia/Legacy
All Day Music WAR
All Day Music, Far Out Productions
C'mon and Swim Bobby Freeman
Goldisc Records from the Vault, Vol. 2, Goldisc
Let's Twist Again Chubby Checker
Cameo Parkway—The Best of Chubby Checker, ABKCO
Dancing in the Street Martha and the Vandellas
The Rolling Stone Women in Rock Collection, Razor and Tie
Instrumental: Sunshine Twist Jelly Roll Kings
Rockin' the Juke Joint Down, Earwig
Sunny Afternoon The Kinks
The Complete Collection, Castle Communications
Femme là dit Feufollet
The Best of Valcour Records 2006-2011, Valcour
Pressure Drop Toots and the Maytals
The Harder They Come Soundtrack, Island
In the Summertime Mungo Jerry
Super Hits of the '70s—Have a Nice Day Vol. 3, Rhino
Summertime Billy Stewart
One More Time: The Chess Years, Geffen Records
Instrumental: Green Onions Booker T & the MGs
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino
Red Beans Professor Longhair
Crawfish Fiesta, Alligator Records
Bar-B-Q Wendy Rene
Bar-B-Que Soulabration, Rhino
Watermelon Man Oscar Brown Jr.
Sin and Soul... and Then Some, Columbia/Legacy
Summertime Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington Presents, Bethlehem Records
Summertime Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday, Columbia
End Bed: Summertime Sidney Bechet
1928-1940, Classics Records
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: Summertime Slide Hampton
Two Sides of Slide, Margate
Let's Get Lost Chet Baker
Career: 1952-1988, Shout! Factory
Summertime Zombies
Begin Here, Marquis Entertainment
I'm-A-Livin'-On-Easy Atta Isaacs & Gabby Pahinui
Two Slack Key Guitars, Michael Cords
Summerteeth Wilco
Summerteeth, Warner/Reprise
Keep an Eye on Summer Beach Boys
Shut Down Vol. 2, Capitol Records
Instrumental: Pipeline Bill Frisell
Guitar in the Space Age, Okeh
Dark Eyes Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys
Let's Go Classics: Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys, Telefunken
Walk—Don't Run Ventures
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2: The '60s, Rhino
Watusi Boogaloo Willie Rosario and his Orchestra
Boogaloo & Guaguancó, ATCO
Summertime Rick Nelson
Best of Rick Nelson Vol. 2, Capitol Records
Summertime Blues Rddie Cochran
Hot Rod Revels, The Right Stuff
California Sun The Rivieras
Carlifornia Sun—The Best of the Rivieras, Riviera Records
Instrumental: Summertime Miles Davis
Porgy and Bess, Columbia/Legacy
My Old Heart Anders Osborne
Coming Down, MC Records
Raining in My Heart Slim Harpo
The Excello Story Vol. 3, Universal Music Special Markets
It's Raining Irma Thomas
Sweet Soul Queen of New Orleans: The Irma Thomas Collection, CEMA Special Markets
I Loves You Porgy Nina Simone
Little Girl Blue, Bethlehem Records
Wade in the Water The Staple Singers
Freedom Highway, Verve
Summertime Sam Cooke
Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964, ABKCO
End Bed: Southern Nights Allen Toussaint
American Tunes, Nonesuch