October 26, 2024 Playlist – 5th Anniversary Special

This edition of the program featured excerpts from an interview I conducted with Randy & Tal Bachman, the Father and Son tandem currently at the helm of the legendary Bachman-Turner Overdrive. They provided insights into their music as well as observations about rock ‘n’ roll that make this episode essential listening. Click here to check it out!

• JACK BLACK & THE SCHOOL OF ROCK Zach’s Song
• FREDDY DeBOE Remember the Good Times
• THE ROLLING STONES Like A Rolling Stone
• NEW RADICALS You Get What You Give
• URIAH HEEP That’s The Way That It Is
• YES Owner of a Lonely Heart
• RANDY BACHMAN INTERVIEW The Origins of “American Woman”
• THE GUESS WHO American Woman
• TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS American Girl
• OASIS Wonderwall
• GIFTSHOP Stylish Junkie
• EDEN JAMES Stranger
• JET She’s a Genius
• TAL BACHMAN INTERVIEW The Inspiration for “She’s So High”
• TAL BACHMAN She’s So High
• SHERYL CROW If It Makes You Happy
• CANCION FRANKLIN My My My
• BROTHER DYNAMITE The Girl’s In Love
• RANDY & TAL BACHMAN INTERVIEW What do the Bachmans listen to?
• BUDDY HOLLY Rave On
• TOMMY EDWARDS It’s All In the Game
• THE DEL-VIKINGS Come Go with Me
• LEE FIELDS Save Your Tears for Someone New
• THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH Smiling Faces
• RANDY & TAL BACHMAN INTERVIEW Why bands should play their hits
• ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA Sweet Talkin’ Woman
• DEEP PURPLE Woman from Tokyo
• ELTON JOHN Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
• MIDDLE AGES Silver Lining
• FONTAINES D.C. Here’s the Thing
• KING LIKE MOM Die Cry Hate
• RANDY BACHMAN INTERVIEW What is the signature B.T.O. song – and why
• BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE Takin’ Care of Business
• OUR OWN YOKOS Carry On

We take a great deal of pride in our work. Our eclectic playlists are carefully curated to charm the ear of an open-minded listener. Each year, on our anniversary, we relinquish those duties to the members of our radio family. It’s our way of saying thank you for all the support. Click here to check it out.

• THIN LIZZY Dedication
• WYLDLIFE Saturday Night (Requested by Karen Kalreiss, Staten Island)
• DROPKICK MURPHYS Who’ll Stand with Us? (Chris Cappello, Valley Stream, NY)
• OUR OWN YOKOS Follow You Down (Gwen Gibson, Philadelphia, PA)
• DES’REE You Gotta Be (Heather Ostrowski, Streamwood, IL)
• THE KINGS It’s Okay (Neil Mitchell, Staten Island)
• THE JAGS Back of My Hand (Vito Roca, Staten Island)
• BAY CITY ROLLERS Keep on Dancing (Cindy Swinnamer, New Glasgow, NS, CAN)
• MODERN ENGLISH I Melt with You (Cala Roberts, Cheviot, OH)
• MAGUERBES Per Vermeio (Verdiana Godoy, Brasilia, Brazil)
• ROXY MUSIC Love is the Drug (Beth Rollinger, Savannah, GA)
• BETTE MIDLER Otto Titsling (Karen Cheema, London, UK)
• CRILLZ Cinema (Anthony DeSimone, Staten Island)
• DEPECHE MODE Never Let Me Down Again (Camille Pontrello, Buffalo, NY)
• BILLY JOEL We Didn’t Start the Fire (Aaron Parker, Huntington, IN)
• LUCID DREAMERS Under the Moon (Kimbra Eberly, Staten Island)
• GLASS TIGER I Will Be There (Tracy Sminnamer, Toronto, ONT, CAN)
• DAN CORIO BAND The Ballad of That Night (Joan Hickman, Old Bridge, NJ)
• KELSEA BALLERINI Hole in the Bottle (Rob Fortunato, Staten Island)
• ACE FREHLEY New York Groove (Richie Saccomagano, Staten Island)
• CHEAP TRICK The Flame (Nancy Glennon, Staten Island)
• THE BANGLES Eternal Flame (Ed Fortunato, Ellicott City, MD)
• VAN MORRISON Have I Told You Lately? (Donald Salvato, Staten Island)
• LED ZEPPELIN Thank You (Stephanie Echevarietta, Staten Island)
• THE ALARM Devolution Working Man Blues (Matt Kutner, Staten Island)
• WOOF WOOF Jaegermonster (Rasputin Ovaltine, Staten Island)
• TESLA Modern Day Cowboy (Susan DeVito, Lebanon, CT)
• H BLOCKX Ring of Fire (Sabrina Lutzenkirchen, Dorsten, Germany)
• CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE Too Late to Turn Back Now (Dean Antosiewicz, Mahwah, NJ)
• THE BEATLES Tomorrow Never Knows (James Smith, Springhill, FL)
• JASON MRAZ I’m Yours (Maria Mameli, Staten Island)
• CANCION FRANKLIN Six String Buck (Flynn Ferguson, Staten Island)
• ELOUR Ha! (Matt Townsend, Brooklyn)
• KISS A Million to One (Lisa Tardo, Aberdeen, NJ)
• EMPERORS Be Ready When I Say Go (Steve Pascale, Staten Island)
• KISS Detroit Rock City (Anthony Villiarola, Staten Island)
• KING PLEASURE Moody’s Mood for Love (Daryl Gaskin, Perth Amboy, NJ)