Louis Jordan
Aquarium Playlist, 9/12/23
EPISODE #555: FIVES II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Small Crush — “5” Yo La Tengo — “Five Years”Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five — “Five Guys Named Moe” Mazzy Star — “Five-String Serenade” George Jones & Gene Pitney — “I’ve Got Five Dollars and It’s Saturday Night” Kate Jacobs — “$55 Hotel”Rare Books — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/22/22
EPISODE #513: THANKSGIVING 2022 (FRIENDS II) Ray Davies — “Thanksgiving Day” [ALTERNATE THEME]Jennifer O’Connor — “Another Day (My Friend)”Boyracer — “Friend”Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers — “The Friendship Song”Pete Townshend — “A Friend Is a Friend” Eels — “You’re My Friend”Amy Allison — “No-Frills Friend”Louis Jordan & his Tympani Five — “Friendship”gobbinjr — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/3/22
EPISODE #485: GROOVIN’ The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Katrina & the Waves — “She Loves To Groove”Wizard Brain — “Keep On Groovin’”The Lees of Memory — “(We Got To Be) Groovin’”Leon Bridges — “Twistin’ & Groovin’”The Equals — “Soul Groovin’”Earth Wind & Fire — “Let’s Groove”Isley Brothers — “Groove With You”The Cucumbers — “Body Groove” […]
Aquarium Playlist, 3/29/22
EPISODE #480: JACK III The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Ramones — “53rd & 3rd”The Buffets — “Saucy Jack”Spinal Tap — “Saucy Jack”Arabesque — “Peppermint Jack”KRS-One — “Jack of Spades” AC/DC — “The Jack”Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds — “Jangling Jack”The Gun Club — “Jack on Fire”The Ladybug Transistor — “Hey Jack I’m on […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/12/21
EPISODE #456: GOT MILK?The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Louis Jordan — “Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)”Joy Cleaner — “No Milk Today” The Operators — “Mild as Milk”Eugenius — “Buttermilk”Franklin Bruno — “Milkcrate”Robert Johnson — “Milkcow’s Calf Blues”Elvis Presley — “Milkcow Blues Boogie”Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Sour Milk-Cow Blues”Jackie Lomax — “Sour […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/12/21
EPISODE #417: THE BIRTH OF ROCKTheme suggested by contest winner Charlie Birdwell. The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Jackie Brenston with his Delta Cats — “Rocket ‘88’”Robert Johnson — “Stop Breakin’ Down Blues”Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys — “Get With It”Wynonie Harris — “Good Rockin’ Tonight”Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys — “Toy Heart”Muddy Waters […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/10/20
EPISODE #408: JOEin honor of president-elect Joe BidenThe Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Daniel Johnston — “No More Pushing Joe Around”Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five — “Run, Joe”Smog — “Sleepy Joe”Full of Fancy — “Joe Is a Scientist”Frank Zappa — “Joe’s Garage”Ernest Tubb — “Two Glasses Joe”Buddy Holly — “Smokey Joe’s Cafe”The Folksmen — “Old […]
Aquarium Playlist, 9/29/20
EPISODE #402: NONSENSEShooby Taylor — “Stout-Hearted Man” [ALTERNATE THEME]T. Lance & the Coctails — “Aba-Daba-Do Dance”Mahna Mahna & the Two Snowths — “Mahna Mahna”Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps — “B-I-Bickey-Bi, Bo-Bo-Go”Little Richard — “Tutti Frutti”The Crystals — “Da Doo Ron Ron”The Police — “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”The Beatles — “Ob-La-Di, […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/12/20
EPISODE #382: HAIR The Hollywood Argyles — “Long Hair, Unsquare Dude Called Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME]Kimberley Rew — “My Baby Does Her Hairdo Long”Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Baby’s Got a Brand New Hairdo”They Might Be Giants — “Let Your Hair Hang Down”The Lucksmiths — “Yunta Hair”Frankie Rose & the Outs — “Little Brown-Haired Girls”Talulah […]
Aquarium Playlist, 11/19/19
EPISODE #357: CLOTHING The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Jonathan Richman — “Everyday Clothes”American Music Club — “Blue and Grey Shirt”Sparks — “Angst in my Pants”Cake — “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”Lisa Germano — “You Make Me Want To Wear Dresses”Yo La Tengo — “Autumn Sweater”Belle & Sebastian — “Long Black Scarf”Sharkmuffin — “Leather Gloves”Don and Dewey — […]
Jack Silbert, curator