Back To School

Back-to-School with music from across the American landscape meant to provoke memories of early grades, high school, and college. Also, a visit to the football locker room and band practice. Nick is kicked out of the Public Radio Honor Society for playing music from class cut-ups and non-conformists like Tom Lehrer, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Thelonius Monk, as well as straight-arrows Doris Day, Ralph Stanley, and the Coasters--all in one show!

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: School Days Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA/Chess

Hey Schoolgirl/Black Slacks Simon & Garfunkel
Old Friends, Columbia/Legacy

Good Morning, Little School Girl Muddy Waters
His Best 1956 to 1964, MCA/Chess

Teacher, Teacher Johnny Mathis
16 Most Requested Songs, Columbia/Legacy

Teacher Teacher Rockpile
Seconds of Pleasure, Columbia

You've Been Taking Lessons in Love Fats Waller
A Portrait of Fats Waller, Gallerie

Wonderful World Sam Cooke Greatest Hits, RCA

Instrumental: Tres Palabras Dave Samuels Dave Samuels Presents Tjaderized: A Cal Tjader Tribute, Verve

High School Madness Firesign Theatre Shoes for Industry! The Best of the Firesign Theatre, Columbia/Legacy

High School Confidential Jerry Lee Lewis Sun Classics, Charly

Rock & Roll High School The Ramones Ramones Mania, Sire

Eyes of Texas Bill Boyd Western Swing, Old Timey

Texas Tornados Judy Garland Star Spangled Rhythm, Smithsonian Collection

Fight Fiercely Harvard Tom Lehrer Songs & More Songs By Tom Lehrer, Rhino

Ivy League Roy Brown The Complete Imperial Recordings, Capitol

Collegiana The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Best of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, EMI

Stay in School Otis Redding Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding, Rhino/Atlantic

Still in School NRBQ Peek-A-Boo, Rhino

Instrumental: Soul Finger Bar-Kays Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul, Rhino

Going to School Buddy Guy The Complete Chess Recordings, Chess

School Days Dizzy Gillespie Birks Works - The Verve Big-Band Sessions, Verve

School Days Aretha Franklin Aretha, Arista

HOUR TWO

The Last Race Jack Nitzsche Big Boss Instrumentals, Vol. 3, The Right Stuff

Shop Bill Cosby Why Is There Air?, Warner Brothers

Charlie Brown Coasters 50 Coastin' Classics, Atlantic/Rhino

Teacher's Pet Doris Day 16 Most Requested Songs, Encore!, Columbia/Legacy

You Don't Learn That in School Louis Armstrong & his orchestra From the Big Band to the All Stars, 1946-1956, RCA

Don't Stand So Close To Me The Police The Very Best of Sting & The Police, A &M

No School Bus in Heaven Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys Classic Bluegrass, Rebel

Kiss Me On the Bus The Replacments Tim, Sire

Instrumental: Django's Tiger Django Reinhardt The Best Of Django Reinhardt, Blue Note

Don't Be A Dropout James Brown James Brown Sings Raw Soul, Polydor

Be True to Your School Beach Boys Good Vibrations - Thirty Years of the Beach Boys, Capitol

You're Just An Old Antidisestablishmentarianismist Duke Ellington Stars of the Apollo, Columbia/Legacy

Conjunction Junction Better Than Ezra Schoolhouse Rock Rocks!, Atlantic

ABC Jackson Five The Ultimate Collection, Motown

Instrumental: Just Another Sucker On The Vine Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones, Island

The Last Rose of Summer Tom Waits The Black Rider, Island

Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Abbey Lincoln w/Stan Getz You Gotta Pay the Band, Verve

To Sir With Love Lulu Stand By Your Man, Nick at Night

Rumble Link Wray & His Ray Men Guitar Player Presents Legends of Guitar -Rock: The '50s, Vol. 1, Rhino

End Bed: Schoolhouse Rocky Bob Dorough & Friends Schoolhouse Rock Rocks!, Atlantic

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