Jackson Family Pick Repost

Repost: Well, since I was reposting this, I fixed an error, added a track, so this is the new version of this. The Family Jackson Pick is all the biggest hits (for me) of the Jackson family. So I include the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons, but also a Michael, Janet, Jermaine, La Toya, Rebbie, Randy, Tito, Marlon and Jackie. With so many, I am bound to have forgotten someone, but I hope not. I gave most of the solo spots two tracks, one each for Jacksons and Jackson 5 (since it sort of is the same group) and also for Jackie, Randy and Marlon. One track is from Janet and Michael! Eventually, I will do a Janet pick (maybe a Jermaine), but the rest of these Jacksons, I don't think I could make one with enough that I like. This will have to do.

Jackson Family Pick

01 Tito Jackson with Kenny Neal, Marlon Jackson & Bobby Rush - Love One Another

02 Randy Jackson - How Can I Be Sure

03 Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes

04 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

05 Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson - Scream Louder (Flyte Tyme Remix)

06 Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious

07 Rebbie Jackson - Fly Away

08 Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do

09 Jackie Jackson - Stay

10 Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie

11 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

12 Rebbie Jackson - Centipede

13 Janet Jackson - Together Again

14 La Toya Jackson - Sexual Feeling

15 La Toya Jackson - Just Wanna Dance

16 Michael Jackson - Beat It

17 Tito Jackson featuring Big Daddy Kane - Get It Baby

18 Marlon Jackson - Don't Go

Dave Alvin family

Most people have no idea that I am originally from Los Angeles, California. Although I did not know Dave Alvin or his brother or any of these associated bands in this pick from encounters in that area, it's hard to not cheer for that whole scene. I had a couple of times when I got to meet Dave Alvin (none in Southern California.) I did get to drink moonshine with him and a couple of the guys from X in Austin. That was probably the most fun, The other times were interviews. Anyway, this is not all of his projects and side projects, but it's a good sampling. And it does get the bulk of his most popular songs, if not always the version that was the most well known. It gives you something to search for. I put this in my Rockabilly section at home, but it's that and Roots and Americana all at once.

Dave Alvin family

01 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - California's Burning

02 Dave Alvin - King Of California

03 Dave Alvin & Peter Case - Monday Morning Blues

04 Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Downey To Lubbock

05 Dave Alvin - Harlan County Line

06 Canned Heat with Dave Alvin - Blind Owl

07 Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - All By Myself

08 Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - World's In A Bad Condition

09 The Third Mind - Journey In Satchidananda

10 The Blasters - Dark Night

11 Knitters - The Call Of The Wreckin Ball

12 The Blasters - I'm Shakin'

13 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Marie Marie

14 X - 4th Of July

15 The Blasters - So Long Baby Goodbye

16 Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men - Out In California

17 Los Lobos featuring Dave Alvin - Somewhere In Time

18 The Pleasure Barons - Take A Letter Maria

19 The Blasters - American Music

Jim Steinman

Today's the remembrance day for Jim Steinman, he died in 2021. Unfortunately not bombastically or over the top like his songs, but of kidney failure after having been ill. Listening to his songs over the years, he had some amazing ones. I first heard Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell like probably most people, but he had songs before that. Lots of stuff I could have used, but chose not to. If you have to hear the other version (perhaps even the better version - ok for sure the better version) of Total Eclipse click there. And one day I will make my version of my favorite hours worth of Meat Loaf (well, I already have it made, but when will I post it?). I chose these to spread it out trying to give each artist a chance, but I still left out Brown, Lane, Hannah, Pandora's Box, Take That and even Steinman himself solo. Maybe I will post part two next year. Or maybe Meat Loaf doing the full albums he didn't do with Steinman (they sound great - the albums that could have been) For now you get this pick.

Jim Steinman

01 Celine Dion - It's All Coming Back To Me Now

02 Boyzone - No Matter What

03 Taylor Dayne - Original Sin

04 Barry Manilow - Read 'em And Weep

05 Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

06 Todd Rundgren - Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

07 Barbra Streisand - Left In The Dark

08 Westlife - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Sunset Strippers Verse Club Mix)

09 Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All

10 Fire Inc. - Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young

11 Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion

12 Joss Stone - Holding Out For A Hero

13 Bonnie Tyler With Todd Rundgren - Loving You's A Dirty Job But Somebody's Gotta Do It

PAP Smear (Patrick Adams Pick) 2

Patrick Adams pick is continued on this second volume. Not sure why I added smear to this, since I definitely am not trying to smear him. In fact his legacy is unsmearable. But Patrick Adams Pick was too deliciously going to be PAP and that's what I thought of. Another non-New York disco outfit also came to mind and that was TK (Terry Kane) Records. Sunny and free Florida but also a healthy production team. Lots of different one off band names with Adams and lots of mentoring of young groups hoping to make it. And he gave them the best possible start. Lots of people like the boys from Chic credited Adams after he died and listening to some of these chord progressions you can hear why.

PAP Smear 2

11 Musique - Keep On Jumpin' (Remix)

12 Sine - Happy Is The Only Way

13 Dazzle - You Dazzle Me!!!

14 Sandy's Gang - Hungry (12' Extended Version)

15 Black Ivory - I Keep Asking You Questions

16 The Golden Flamingo Orchestra - The Guardian Angel Is Watching Over Us

17 Logg - I Know You Will (Larry Levan 12 inch Remix)

18 Rainbow Brown - Till You Surrender (Special Remix)

19 Louie Vega, Patrick Adams & Cloud Two featuring Anane - Rebel Nation

20 Patrick Adams - Jack In The Bush

21 Venus Dodson - Night Rider

22 The Shades Of Love - Come Inside (12'')

PAP Smear (Patrick Adams Pick) 1

If you have followed this site for awhile, you know that I love disco and also that I love following producers. This Patrick Adams pick does both. Going through his stuff was amazing and there was a deluge of songs, bands etc that I had not connected to Adams. This is going to be three volumes long. I was fascinated how even though they didn't work together there were some sonic parallels to Rinder & Lewis. One was East Coast, one was West. They didn't do the same stuff, but I kept hearing it underneath. Anyway this volume has the first song I ever owned by Patrick Adams (and I had no idea then it was him). In case you are wondering, it was Musique. But listen to these songs!

PAP Smear 1

01 Phreek featuring Christie Shire - Weekend (12'' Extended Version)

02 Wish & Fonda Rae - Touch Me (All Night Long)

03 Inner Life featuring Jocelyn Brown - Make It Last Forever

04 Patrick Adams Initiative - Kings And Queens

05 Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even (Club Version)

06 Musique - In The Bush

07 Caress - Opportunity

08 Bumblebee Unlimited - Lady Bug (12 inch Mix)

09 Cloud One - Atmosphere Strut

10 The Sparks - Cool It

Michael Schenker Family

This Pick is the Michael Schenker Family. I first heard him playing with his brother in Scorpions, and I loved Scorpions, so naturally I started paying attention to what he did next and where he showed up after that. One thing led to another, and this is what I found. Different bands, different projects, guest spots, and side roads, all pulled from following his name and his guitar over the years. When did you first hear his guitar and on what track? Any of these?

Michael Schenker Family

01 Michael Schenker Group - Attack Of The Mad Axeman

02 Michael Schenker - Save Yourself

03 Michael Schenker Group - Into The Arena

04 UFO - Doctor Doctor

05 Hear 'N Aid - Stars

06 Scorpions - I'm Goin' Mad

07 Michael Schenker Group - Armed And Ready

08 Scorpions - It All Depends

09 Michael Schenker Fest - Heart And Soul

10 UFO - Rock Bottom

11 Contraband - Loud Guitars, Fast Cars & Wild, Wild Livin'

12 Michael Schenker &  Pete Way - You And Me

13 Sex Machineguns - Heavy Metal Thunder

14 Derek Sherinian - Die Kobra

15 Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock - Vigilante Man

16 McAuley Schenker Group - When I'm Gone

Hagar Family Pick

This Pick is the Hagar Family the way I hear it, not Horrible, just my favorites from Sammy pulled from across the whole Hagar universe because they naturally sit together for me. Solo stuff, bands, side roads, b-sides, different moments (not ALL the big hits, but some) all tied together by the same voice and the same attitude that first hooked me and never really let go, including a little unspoken Van Hagar energy baked in whether you notice it or not. I’m only sad I didn't sneak Helga into the background somewhere, because she probably would've rocked with this, sipping mead (or a Waborita).

Hagar Family Pick

01 Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter

02 Van Halen - Summer Nights

03 Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Crazy Times

04 Sammy Hagar - Birthday

05 Sammy Hagar & The Circle - Can't Hang

06 Sammy Hagar - Three Lock Box

07 Sammy Hagar & The Waboritos - Shag

08 Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

09 Montrose - Space Station #5

10 Chickenfoot - Soap On A Rope

11 Sammy Hagar & The Waboritos - Mas Tequila

12 HSAS - Top of the Rock

13 Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55

14 Sammy Hagar with Nancy Wilson & Mickey Hart - All We Need Is An Island

15 Sammy Hagar - Don't Get Hooked

16 Sammy Hagar - High Hopes

17 Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way To Rock

18 Sammy Hagar - Red

19 Sammy Hagar - Encore, Thank You, Goodnight

CCCC (Cake, Camp, Crack)

A little northern California indie alt rock served family style. This pick (I called it the Chocolate Chip Connection while I was making it) but it's really the family crossovers of Cake, Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. The first 13 tracks are just them, but the next seven are where they went to or came from. The biggest glue to all of this are the three Davids and Michael Urbano. Lowery in CVB and Cracker, Urbano in all three, Immergluck was in CVB and Cracker. And then they were in the other bands - look them up and you'll see. I picked at least one track in each band that had them on it, and I still had to love the track.

CCCC (Cake, Camp, Crack)

01 Cake - The Distance

02 Cracker - I'm A Little Rocket Ship

03 Cake - Wheels

04 Camper Van Beethoven - Reason to Believe

05 Cracker - Get Off This

06 Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling

07 Cracker - Low

08 Cake - No Phone

09 Camper Van Beethoven - The Day That Lassie Went To The Moon

10 Cake - Never There

11 Camper Van Beethoven - Northern California Girls

12 Cracker - Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)

13 Camper Van Beethoven - Pictures of Matchstick Men

14 Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be

15 Counting Crows - Mr. Jones

16 Monks of Doom - Chang

17 Smash Mouth - I'm a Believer

18 Pixies - Where is My Mind

19 Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All

20 The Ophelias - Lawrence of Euphoria

Philip Bailey Pick 2

More of the Philip Bailey pick. This is volume 2 and it has several Earth Wind & Fire tracks on it. Yesterday there was only one. A couple of guest spots, solo tracks, including his arguably most famous song with Phil Collins (an extended remix). Also my favorite version of my favorite EWF Philip Bailey songs live. One of the EWF tracks is the original version of the song he did solo yesterday as a more jazzy song. Compare the two. A couple of tracks on one of the previous comps, including the Little Richard duet from the great Devito/Schwarzenegger movie Twins. Which volume do you like best?

Philip Bailey Pick 2

17 Earth, Wind & Fire - Devotion

18 Philip Bailey - Walking On The Chinese Wall

19 Earth, Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky

20 Philip Bailey - Moondance

21 Philip Bailey - Billy Jack

22 Earth, Wind & Fire - I've Had Enough

23 Philip Bailey - Welcome To The Club

24 Philip Bailey - Go

25 Philip Bailey with Phil Collins - Easy Lover (Extended Remix)

26 Earth, Wind & Fire - Reasons (Live)

27 Bill Meyers featuring Philip Bailey, Maurice White & Michael Landau - Style

28 Philip Bailey & Little Richard - Twins

29 Fourplay with Chaka Khan, Nathan East, & Philip Bailey - Between The Sheets

30 Deniece Williams & Philip Bailey - They Say

Philip Bailey Pick 1

I've been down a similar rabbit hole with Maurice White and Don Myrick and Skip Scarborough all from Earth Wind & Fire. I have a fun compilation called On The Side with a couple of the tracks on either volume one or volume two of this pick, but mostly this is more stuff or different versions. Every one of the compilations above has something doubled here, But also a bunch of new ones. Bailey sings lead or back up on most all of these songs and on a couple he plays percussion of some sort as well. I actually had no idea until I started this playlist that he sang on the Stevie Wonder track. Obvious once you know. Same with the T-Connection (who were on TK Records). Some of his worship songs are also here, mixed with the others.

Philip Bailey Pick 1

01 Kenny Loggins - At Last

02 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover

03 Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy

04 Philip Bailey - Here With Me

05 Philip Bailey - I Know

06 Philip Bailey - Because Of You

07 Philip Bailey - Lonely Broken Hearted People

08 Pride Of Lions - Crystal Silence

09 Philip Bailey - The Wonders Of His Love

10 Ramsey Lewis - Hot Dawgit

11 T-Connection - Love Odyssey

12 Philip Bailey - All Soldiers

13 Paulinho Da Costa featuring Philip Bailey - Déjà Vu 14 Ray Parker Jr. - The Past

15 Philip Bailey - Shower Me With Your Love

16 Philip Bailey - Keep Your Head To The Sky

Bill Champlin Pick

This pick is of Bill Champlin. I include a few tracks from Chicago where he was from a couple of years after Terry Kath died until 2009 (he mostly sang Kath's parts while in concert). He had another track where he was also lead singer, but I didn't include that one (even though it's good). There's one track from Sons Of Champlin an earlier band he was in. Several solo tracks including some Yacht Rock favorites, plus a couple of guest spots that he sang on. A few Jazz (or Jazz adjacent) tracks which fit his vocal chops well. Nothing to offend anyone on this pick.

Bill Champlin Pick

01 Lee Ritenour - Morning Glory

02 Sons of Champlin - Fat City

03 Chicago - Look Away

04 Kevin Cronin, Bill Champlin, Richard Marx, David Crosby - Hard To Believe

05 Kere Buchanan - Never Gonna Give You Up

06 Bill Champlin - Satisfaction

07 Bill Champlin - In The Stone

08 AOR - Lost In Your Eyes

09 Usual Suspects - Good Friends

10 Herbie Hancock - It All Comes Around

11 Bill Champlin - One Way Ticket

12 Bill Champlin - Take It Uptown

13 Tim Weisberg - I'm The Lucky One

14 Bruce Gaitsch - Aphasia

15 Bill Champlin (Joseph Williams, Peter Friestedt) - Runaway

16 Harvey Mason - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

17 Bill Champlin - Gotta Get Back To Love

18 Chicago - Hard Habit To Break

Next Week's No Good For Me The Jonas Brothers Are In Town

I love the title of this pick. Obviously, it's all about the Jonas Brothers and what I normally would just call a family pick. But I was thinking of my favorite Jonas brothers quote in the movie The Hangover. But I digress. This pick includes some of my favorite Jonas Brothers songs, some of their side projects, guest appearances. For instance, my favorite of all of these is DNCE. That and I like their choices in wives. I was not a fan during the Disney days, but going back to listen to it objectively now, there are some decently good tracks. I'm sure a real fan would say I am missing some, but these are just the ones, I like best.

Next Week's No Good For Me

01 Jonas Brothers - Hey You

02 Jonas Brothers - Your Biggest Fan

03 Jonas Brothers - I Wan'na Be Like You

04 Jonas Brothers - Only Human

05 Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do

06 Jonas Brothers - Burnin' Up

07 Jonas Brothers - S.O.S

08 Jonas Brothers - Sucker

09 Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven

10 Jonas Brothers - Tonight

11 Demi Lovato & Joe Jonas - This Is Me

12 Nick Jonas - Jealous

13 Nick Jonas - This Is Heaven

14 Kygo featuring Jonas Brothers - Healing (Shattered Heart)

15 DNCE - Toothbrush

16 Nick Jonas & the Administration - Who I Am

17 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean

18 DNCE featuring Nicki Minaj - Kissing Strangers

19 Nick Jonas featuring Tove Lo - Close

20 Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, Selena Gomez - Send It On

21 Nick Jonas - Chains

22 Joe Jonas - See No More

23 Joe Jonas - Gotta Find You

Webster Pick

This is my pick of the degenerate band from Canada: Max Webster (and their leader Kim Mitchell). Mitchell and the rest would never have come to my attention except for the blog site from George Glass that he calls Groovy Library. He has a bunch of playlists, like here, but from his twisted mind instead of mine. I like a bunch of the series he does. One thing is he seems to highlight quite a few bands from Canada. One of those bands that appears often is: Max Webster. I never heard of them before his site, but now here I am highlighting the band and Kim Mitchell. I'm kind of pissed off at George for getting me this involved in a rock band from Canada. They are actually quite good, they are a Rush favorite and apparently in Canada they were quite popular. I can hear why. Check out these tracks if you were like me and had no clue about them. My pick of their stuff. Includes the track they did with Rush. How could I have missed these guys? They played with Rush. And they are good. Did I say that already?

Webster Pick

01 Kim Mitchell - Acrimony

02 Kim Mitchell - Wishes

03 Max Webster - Let Go The Line

04 Max Webster - Gravity

05 Kim Mitchell - All We Are

06 Kim Mitchell - Bad Times

07 Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns

08 Kim Mitchell - Go For Soda

09 Max Webster - Diamonds, Diamonds

10 Kim Mitchell - That's A Man

11 Max Webster - A Million Vacations

12 Max Webster - Paradise Skies

13 Max Webster - Battle Scar

14 Kim Mitchell - Lager And Ale

15 Kim Mitchell - Rock N Roll Duty

16 Kim Mitchell - Easy To Tame

17 Max Webster - Hangover

18 Max Webster - Here Among The Cats

19 Max Webster - High Class in Borrowed Shoes

20 Max Webster - Check

Undertones Family Pick

There is no doubt that the Undertones were a great Power Pop Punk band. Raved about by John Peel. While they only had four albums, they had some great tracks on them. One of my favorites is Tearproof which barely makes it onto some lists. This pick looks at the split after. They basically broke in two. Feargal Sharkey went solo with a stop along with Vince Clarke (in the Assembly). And the brothers O'Neill with some buddies (not the whole story at all) became That Petrol Emotion. Frankly, I liked them, but was not raving about them. They sounded like a crappy Big Audio Dynamite to me. I listened again recently and I was wrong. They are better .Mick Jones mixed with Tom Verlaine, with a little Grebo mixed in. They aren't either of those, but that's my description. Just relisten to them, if you haven't in a while.

Undertones Family Pick

01 The Assembly - Never Never (Extended Version)

02 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart

03 Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief

04 The Undertones - Tearproof

05 That Petrol Emotion - Genius Move

06 The Undertones - Get Over You

07 The Undertones - Here Comes the Summer (Original Single Version)

08 That Petrol Emotion - Big Decision

09 The Undertones - It's Going To Happen

10 That Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus

11 That Petrol Emotion - Groove Check (10'' Mix)

12 That Petrol Emotion - Spin Cycle

13 That Petrol Emotion - Keen

14 That Petrol Emotion - It's A Good Thing

15 The Undertones - Teenage Kicks

16 Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father

17 Feargal Sharkey - More Love

18 The Undertones - You Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It)

19 The Undertones - Wednesday Week

20 The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin

21 The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy

22 Feargal Sharkey - Someone To Somebody

23 Feargal Sharkey - She Moved Through The Fair

Dawn Family

This was because of yesterday. Made me go down the rabbit hole on this family pick. Tony Orland, Telma Hopkins and Joyce Vincent (Wilson) made up the band with the hits. Some of them are on this pick. They had more. I watched their TV show and liked it. I followed the family tree and Tony had a band before called Wind and had some solo songs before and after. Telma and Joyce sang backup vocals on many albums. Some together and some separately. A few disco-y songs, even a little gospel-y. I included a good sampling. I was surprised to find that Eddie Murphy had Joyce on a track. (not Party All The Time). Have fun with this one. It flows pretty good.

Dawn Family

01 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree

02 Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady

03 Eddie Floyd - Soul Street

04 Scherrie & Susaye - In The Night

05 Prairie Madness - Sunbeam to His Heart

06 Tony Orlando - Bless You

07 Dennis Coffey - Taurus

08 Wind - Make Believe

09 Eddie Murphy - Everything's Coming Up Roses

10 David Porter - Hang On Sloopy (single version)

11 Tony Orlando & Dawn - He Don't Love You Like I Love You

12 Grey & Hanks - Now I'm Fine

13 Tony Orlando & Dawn - Knock Three Times

14 Deon Jackson - I Can't Go On

15 Claudja Barry - Come On Stand Up (Vocal Pop Mix)

16 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - Candida

17 Ronnie T And The Rugleys - Shake It Baby (Groove To The Funkie T)

18 Margie Joseph - Stop! In The Name Of Love

Kay Hanley Pick

This pick is about Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. There are a few songs from the Josie And The Pussycats movie which features Hanley. The stars in the movie are on the Josie songs, but only as background singers. The lead is Hanley. There are also another track or two from movies. The first track is related to Sonic The Hedgehog, from Sonic Heroes. Also from the soundtracks of 10 Things I Hate About You and Just like Heaven. Lastly, I added some tracks of other artists featuring Hanley. Guitar and vocals she's got some cool stuff.

Kay Hanley Pick

01 Kay Hanley - Follow Me (Theme of Team Rose)

02 Josie and the Pussycats - Spin Around

03 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - Josie And The Pussycats (Movie version)

04 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - 3 Small Words

05 Kay Hanley - Lust For Life

06 Kay Hanley - Fall

07 Mary Karlzen with Kay Hanley - Wooden Man

08 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

09 Mary Karlzen with Kay Hanley - Stronger

10 Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

11 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

12 Ryan Hamilton And The Harlequin Ghosts featuring Kay Hanley - Oh No

13 Letters To Cleo - Awake

14 Letters To Cleo - Come On

15 Letters To Cleo - Co-Pilot

16 Letters To Cleo - Cruel To Be Kind

17 Bowling For Soup featuring Kay Hanley - I've Never Done Anything Like This

18 Josie and the Pussycats - Pretend To Be Nice

19 Tracy Bonham featuring Kay Hanley - Every Breath

Josie And The Pussycats Family

This is a pretty interesting pick for me. First, I actually watched the cartoon. I even have some of the comic books. And when the live action movie came out I had a daughter the right age, so we watched it and enjoyed the soundtrack. I knew that the remake featured Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. And I knew that the original Josie band included Cheryl Ladd (Pre-Angels when she was Cherie Moor), who sang as Melody. She was my favorite angel and not just because she played tennis with my cousin. I found out later that Brenda Holloway's sister, Patrice Holloway was in the band as was Kathy Dougher (who was in a not so great band later). Patrice was signed to Motown and had a couple of Northern Soul "hits" and also co-wrote at least one great song with her sister, but mostly did backup vocals on a few albums. There are three versions of the theme song here. And one barely affiliated song by the Archies who ended up with a bigger hit, but was actually started because of Josie in the cartoons and comics.

Josie And The Pussycats Family 

01 The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

02 Josie And The Pussycats - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

03 Kay Hanley - Follow Me (Theme of Team Rose)

04 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - Josie And The Pussycats (Movie version)

05 Josie And The Pussycats - La, La, La (If I Had You)

06 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - 3 Small Words

07 Kay Hanley - Fall

08 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

09 Josie And The Pussycats - You've Come A Long Way Baby

10 Chris Christian With Cheryl Ladd - I Want You, I Need You

11 Patrice Holloway - Stevie

12 Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

13 Patrice Holloway - Do The Del Viking (Pt. 1)

14 Patrice Holloway - For The Love Of Mike

15 Patrice Holloway - (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

16 Cheryl Ladd - Where Is Someone To Love Me

17 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

18 Letters To Cleo - Come On

19 Cheryl Ladd - Dance Forever

20 Patrice Holloway - Love and Desire

21 Cheryl Ladd - Take A Chance

22 Letters To Cleo - Cruel To Be Kind

23 Cheryl Ladd - Think It Over

24 Josie And The Pussycats - Every Beat Of My Heart

25 Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donnelly - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

26 Josie And The Pussycats - Road Runner

27 The Mission Folk (Kathy Dougher) - Old Coat

Juliana Hatfield Family Pick

Having worked at an alternative music radio station I knew of and played Blake Babies and The Juliana Hatfield Three and followed some of her progress in her various bands and even was happy to see the cover of Josie and the Pussycats Theme song. Especially. I was always a big fan of the animated TV show and even the movie which had Kate Hanley (Letters To Cleo) singing the theme. So any version is good, but Hatfield and Donnelly do a bang up job. If you are a fan of these bands, make sure you listen to the Electric Light Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John and Police covers albums. They're pretty good. A track each from The I Don't Cares, Some Girls, and Minor Alps, plus a track with the Lemonheads and one with Evan Dando. The rest with her solo and her main two bands. Hopefully your favorite is here and plenty more to explore.

Juliana Hatfield Family Pick

01 Juliana Hatfield - Fleur De Lys

02 Blake Babies - Brain Damage

03 Juliana Hatfield - A Little More Love

04 Blake Babies - Girl In A Box

05 Some Girls - Necessito

06 Juliana Hatfield & Frank Smith - Don't Wanna Be The One

07 Blake Babies - Sanctify

08 Blake Babies - Cesspool

09 Juliana Hatfield - Every Breath You Take

10 Juliana Hatfield - Don't Bring Me Down

11 Evan Dando & Julianna Hatfield - $1,000 Wedding

12 Blake Babies - Out There

13 Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heartbeat

14 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Supermodel

15 The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray

16 The Juliana Hatfield Three - My Sister

17 Blake Babies - Temptation Eyes

18 The I Don't Cares - 1/2 2P

19 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Everybody Loves Me But You

20 The Juliana Hatfield Three - Spin The Bottle

21 Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donnelly - Josie and the Pussycats theme

22 Blake Babies - Lament

23 Juliana Hatfield - Simplicity Is Beautiful

24 Minor Alps - Buried Plans

David Johansen Family Pick

From the New York Dolls to his alter-ego Buster Poindexter and all his solo work, David Johansen always did things his way. This pick celebrating his life covers just a bit of his recorded output. I put on some New York Dolls, including one of my favorite cartoon themes. Some of his work on tribute albums and on a sampler or two. There are a couple of covers or so. Including the Kinks and T Rex. A track from his latin album, even one from his work with the Harry Smiths. It's got his biggest hit in both New York Dolls and as Buster Poindexter and some of my favorites across the board.

David Johansen Family Pick

01 Bob Dorough & David Johansen - Alabama Song

02 New York Dolls - Jet Boy

03 David Johansen And The Harry Smiths - Well, I've Been To Memphis

04 New York Dolls - Trash

05 New York Dolls - Courageous Cat Theme

06 Buster Poindexter - Mean Spirited Sal

07 Buster Poindexter - Alcohol

08 David Johansen - King Of Babylon

09 David Johansen - Funky But Chic

10 Buster Poindexter - Totalitarian State

11 Buster Poindexter - Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)

12 Buster Poindexter And His Banshees Of Blue - Hot Hot Hot

13 New York Dolls - Stranded In The Jungle

14 Marc Almond & Buster Poindexter - Adored And Explored

15 New York Dolls - Frankenstein

16 David Johansen - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (Reprise)

17 New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss

18 New York Dolls - Pills

19 New York Dolls - Vietnamese Baby

20 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis

21 Buster Poindexter - Hit The Road Jack

Don Henley Pick

This is the only one in the Eagles Family pick that doesn't have any Eagles tracks on it. It also doesn't have his track with Stevie Nicks and no guest spots with Bob Seger. It could have. But I was ready to give him his solo stuff on his own. All the tracks are good after all. That's all I will say about Mr. Henley. Go get his solo albums, but enjoy these first. No more for this Eagles series after Don Henley.

Don Henley Pick

01 Don Henley - Not Enough Love In The World

02 Don Henley - The Heart Of The Matter

03 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

04 Don Henley - Sunset Grill

05 Don Henley - Dirty Laundry

06 Don Henley - The Last Worthless Evening

07 Don Henley - Who Owns This Place

08 Don Henley - I Will Not Go Quietly

09 Don Henley - Everybody Knows

10 Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance

11 Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence

12 Don Henley - For My Wedding

13 Don Henley - New York Minute

14 Don Henley - Taking You Home

15 Don Henley - Everything Is Different Now