My Radio Boo broadcast with songs of the Rock era based on traditional folk tunes.
You can listen to the broadcast here:
http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/my-radio-boo-broadcasts-wednesday-6-may-2015
22:00 - 23:00
01. Yellow Rose Of Texas - MITCH MILLER (1955)
Traditional American (US) folk song.
US # 1, UK # 2
Watch relevant video, See lyrics
02. The Saints Rock & Roll - BILL HALEY & HIS COMETS (1956)
Based on the traditional American (US) gospel hymn When The Saints Go Marching In.
US # 18
Watch video, See lyrics
03. Maybellene - CHUCK BERRY (1955)
Based on the traditional American (US) song Ida Red.
US # 5
Watch video, See lyrics
04. Stagger Lee - LLOYD PRICE & DON COSTA ORCHESTRA (single, 1958)
Traditional American (US) song.
US # 1, UK # 7, NL # 7, NO # 8, BE # 19
Watch relevant video, See lyrics
05. Black Betty - RAM JAM (LP Ram Jam, 1977)
Traditional American (US) folk song.
UK # 7, US # 18, FR # 2, NL # 6, BE # 4, NZ # 8, DE # 25, AT # 23, AU # 17
Watch video, See lyrics
06. Whisky In The Jar - THIN LIZZY (single, 1972)
Traditional Irish song.
UK # 6, DE # 7, NL # 15, BE # 27
American & Irish producers favor the spelling whiskey, Canadian & English the spelling whisky.
Watch video, See lyrics
07. The House Of The Rising Sun - THE ANIMALS (LP The Animals, 1964)
Traditional American (US) folk song.
US # 1, UK # 1, NL # 5, BE # 5, DE # 9
Watch video, See lyrics
08. The Midnight Special - CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (LP Willie & The Poor Boys, 1969)
Traditional American (US) folk song.
Watch video, See lyrics
09. 500 Miles - HOOTERS (LP Zig Zag, 1989)
Traditional American song originally released by The Journeymen (1961).
SE # 12
Watch video, See lyrics
10. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - THE BYRDS (LP Turn! Turn! Turn! 1965)
Song based on the Book Of Ecclesiaistes with music by Pete Seeger, originally released by The Limelighters (1962)
US # 1, DE # 8, NL # 15, UK # 26
Watch video, See lyrics
11. Guantanamera - THE SANDPIPERS (LP Guantanamera, 1966)
Traditional Cuban song.
US # 9, UK # 7, NL # 3, DE # 22
Watch relevant video, See lyrics
12. La Cucaracha - LOUIS ARMSTRONG (1935)
Traditional Spanish song very popular in Mexico.
Watch relevant video,
13. La Bamba - LOS LOBOS (OST La Bamba, 1987)
Traditional Mexican folk song made famous by Ritchie Valens in 1958.
US # 1, UK # 1, FR # 1, CH # 1, NZ # 1, NL # 2, BE # 2, AT # 3, NO # 4, DE # 7
Watch video, See lyrics
14. Far Away (Αρμενάκι) - DEMIS ROUSSOS (LP Happy To Be... 1976)
Traditional Hellenic song (Also interpreted by Γιάννης Πάριος & Δόμνα Σαμίου)
Watch video, See Hellenic lyrics, See English lyrics
15. Fishing Boat (Θα Πάω Να Βρω Το Μάουκα) - PROXIES (LP Eastern Side Of Love, 1984)
Traditional Hellenic song.
Watch video, See Hellenic lyrics
Traditional American (US) song.
UK # 9, NZ # 3, CH # 9, SE # 13, DE # 20, AT # 19, BE # 16
Watch video, See lyrics
17. Motherless Child - BONEY M (LP Love For Sale, 1977):
Traditional Negro spiritual song.
Watch video, See lyrics
23:00 - 00:00
18. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - ERIC CLAPTON (LP There's One In Every Crowd, 1975)
Historic American (US) spiritual song.
UK # 19, NZ # 15, NL # 26
Watch the video, See lyrics
19. Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn) - ELVIS PRESLEY (OST G.I. Blues, 1960)
Traditional German song based on a song by composer Friedrich Silcher.
UK # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, DE # 2, NO # 3, SE # 56, FR # 94
Watch video, See lyrics
20. Banana Boat (Day-O) - HARRY BELAFONTE (LP Calypso, 1956)
Traditional Jamaican mento folk song.
US # 5, UK # 2, NL # 1, BE # 1, FR # 18, NZ # 48
Watch relevant video, See lyrics
21. El Condor Pasa - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (LP Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)
Traditional Andean (Peruvian) song
DE # 1, NL # 1, ES # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, AU # 1, US # 18
Watch video, See lyrics
22. Tom Dooley - THE KINGSTON TRIO (LP The Kinghston Trio, 1958)
Traditional North Carolina (US) song
US # 1
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23. John Barleycorn - TRAFFIC (LP John Barleycorn Must Die, 1970)
Traditional British folk song about the importance of barley in the production of beer & whiskey.
Watch relevant video, See lyrics
24. Scarborough Fair - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (LP Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, 1966)
Traditional English song.
US # 11
Watch video, See lyrics
25. Uska Dara (A Turkish Tale) - EARTHA KITT (LP RCA Victor presents Eartha Kitt, 1953)
Based on a traditional Turkish song.
Watch video, See lyrics
26. Hava Nagila - HARRY BELAFONTE (LP At Carnegie Hall, 1959)
Traditional Israeli folk song.
Watch relevant video, See lyrics
27. Mustafa - LEO LEANDROS (single, 1960)
Traditional Midlle-Eastern song first released by Bob Azzam (1960)
DE # 2
Watch relevant video, Watch Δούκισσα version, Watch Αγγελόπουλος version, See lyrics
28. Les 40 Braves (40 Παλληκάρια) - ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΠΑΠΑ & ΒΑΓΓΕΛΗΣ ΠΑΠΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΥ (IRENE PAPAS & VANGELIS) (LP Ωδές / Odes, 1979)
Traditional Hellenic song.
Watch relevant video, See lyrics
29. Belfast Child - SIMPLE MINDS (LP Street Fighting Years, 1989)
Based on the traditional Irish song She Moved Through The Fair.
UK # 1, NL # 1, BE # 2, NO # 9, AU # 12
Watch video, See lyrics
30. El Garrotin - HEVIA (single, 1999 / LP Tierra De Nadie, 1998)
Traditional tune from Asturias, Spain.
Watch relevant video
31. Amazing Grace - MILITARY BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS (LP Amazing Grace, 1972)
Based on a Christian hymn published in 1779.
UK # 1, CH # 3, NO # 5, DE # 11, NL # 15, BE # 23
Watch relevant video
32. Midnight In Moscow - KENNY BALL & HIS JAZZMEN (1961 / LP Midnight In Moscow, 1962)
Based on the Russian song Moscow Nights.
Watch video
Some other known ''traditional'' songs with known composers:
Donna Donna - JOAN BAEZ (Yiddish song) Watch video
Hamam - ANNABOUBOULA (Hellenic rebetiko song composed by Anestis Delias)
Im Nin Alu - OFRA HAZA (Jewish Yemenite song based on a Hebrew poem) Watch video
Kalinka (Russian song) Watch video
The Great Song Of Indifference - BOB GELDOF (Irish song) Watch video
The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) - SOLOMON LINDA, THE TOKENS, TIGHT FIT (Zulu song)
Words (CHRISTIANS) / Women Of Ireland (Irish song) Watch video
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