Mother's Day
A tribute to Mother in music--with postcards to Moms wherever they may be.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Mother in Law Ernie K-Doe
The Minit Records Story, EMI
Lady Be Good Ella Fitzgerald
The Very Best of Ella, Decca
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys Willie Nelson Super Hits Vol. 2, Columbia
Mama Didn't Lie Jan Bradley Chess Soul - a Decade of Chicago's Finest, Chess/MCA
SEGMENT: Cokie Roberts
Everyday is Mother's Day Wayne Toups Johnnie Can't Dance, Mercury
My Mammy Al Jolson Star Spangled Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
My Sweet Django Reinhardt w/the Quintet of the Hot Club of France Souvenirs, London
Instrumental: Ticklin' the Strings Mena Moeria Minstrels Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics, Arhoolie
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again The Staples Singers Freedom Highway, Columbia/Legacy
I Have An Aged Mother Carter Family Worried Man Blues, Rounder
Mama Tried Merle Haggard Greatest Hits Volume 1, Curb
I'm a Woman Maria Muldaur Waitress in the Donut Shop, Reprise
Respect Aretha Franklin Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
Lady is a Tramp Lena Horne Lena Horne, Fat Boy Records
She's No Lady Lyle Lovett Pontiac, MCA/Curb
Instrumental: Wedding Day Waltz Geno Delafose French Rockin' Boogie, Rounder
SEGMENT: Geno Delafose
C'est pas la peine brailler (There's No Need To Cry) Geno Delafose
French Rockin' Boogie, Rounder
Tell Mama Etta James
Her Best, MCA/Chess
Mama Feelgood Lyn Collins & the JBs
James Brown's Funky, Polydor
HOUR TWO
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here - Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps 1928-35, Yazoo
Mama Don't Allow No Music Doc Watson Memories, Sugar Hill
Mama Don't Want No Peas 'n' Rice 'n'
Coconut Oil Count Basie Volume 6 - 1938, Média 7
Mama Told me Not to Come Randy Newman 12 Songs, Warner Brothers
That's All Right Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup That's All Right Mama, RCA
SEGMENT: Marcia Ball
The Right Tool For the Job Marcia Ball Let Me Play With Your Poodle, Rounder
Instrumental: Blue Moon Revisited Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session, RCA
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Marion Williams Strong Again, Spirit Feel
Motherless Children Blind Willie The Gospel Sound, Columbia/Legacy
Mother John Lennon Shaved Fish, Capitol
Mother Ulali Heartbeat - Voices of First Nations Women, Smithsonian Folkways
Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Ruth Brown Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947-1974, Atlantic
Mama's Got a Girlfriend Ben Harper Welcome to the Cruel World, Virgin
Instrumental: Whitewater Bela Fleck
Homeward Bound Simon and Garfunkel Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy
Mama's Opry Iris Dement Infamous Angel, Warner Brothers
Mother Earth Memphis Slim
The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook, MCA/Chess
Family Affair Sly & the Family Stone
Anthology, Epic
End Bed: Play It Momma Mary Lou Williams
Zoning, Smithsonian Folkways