Tag: Ann Peebles

On Wednesday, It’s All About The Women of Music With ‘Ladies Day Out’, Etta James, and Live Carole King, January 29, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We turn the programming over to the ladies today! At midweek, it’s our ‘Ladies Day Out’ EP, an Etta James ‘Spotlight’ and live Carole King!

Here’s your midweek musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

The ladies own The Lounge today for five hours of uninterrupted music from Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura Nyro, Cilla Black, Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, Shawn Colvin, Ann Peebles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Nora Jones, Phoebe Snow, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Valerie Carter, Dolly Parton, Dusty Springfield, Susan Tedeschi, Nicolette Larson and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Etta James

Etta James is one of the most versatile singers ever, singing gospel, blues, jazz, R & B, soul, and rock n’ roll. She began her career in 1954 and sang in Nashville’s R & B clubs known as the Chitlin’ Circuit in the 50s and 60s, and is known for her hits At Last, Tell Mama, The Wallflower and I’d Rather Go Blind.

8:00 p.m. Carole King Live in Central Park, New York, NY, May 26, 1973

We close out the programming with Carole King in an incredible performance live from Central Park in New York.

Before, in between and after you’re treated to our vast collection of music that guarantees that no two day’s programming will ever be the same. Best of all, we’re totally free and we are completely commercial free. The button is below.

Ladies Day Out Indeed!

On Sunday, It’s ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’, Live Emmylou Harris, and The Pretenders ‘In The Spotlight’, January 26, 2025

Good morning, music lovers! We’re all over the musical map today with our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP, some live Emmylou Harris and The Pretenders ‘In the Spotlight’ later!

Here’s your Sunday Funday lineup:

9:00 a.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

We start the day off with our big kahuna of soul and R & B encompassing Motown, Stax and Atlantic, among others. You’ll hear Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Ronettes, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Jimmy Ruffin, The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, Nina Simone, LaVern Baker, The Supremes, Sam Cooke, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Ann Peebles, Al Green and more!

4:00 p.m. Emmylou Harris Live at My Father’s Place, Roslyn, New York, September 14, 1976

This afternoon we’ve got some early Emmylou Harris from My Father’s Place, a popular venue for young, aspiring artists on Long Island.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of The Pretenders

Chrissie Hynde’s band brings up the rear with some hard-edged rock as we close out the day’s programming.

But we’re here all day and all night. Before, in between, and after our scheduled programs we give you our big, wide Open Stream without interruption. The button is below.

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On Friday It’s Paul Revere & The Raiders, Our ‘All Fired Up’ Playlist and Van Morrison Live in NY, January 10, 2025

Good morning, music lovers and welcome to Friday. We’re on the cusp of the weekend and we have some great music for you today starting off with something new!

Here’s your musical lineup:

10:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Paul Revere & The Raiders NEW!

Yeah, baby a great little band and a hit machine. Formed in 1958, the had amazing chart success in the sixties and seventies, charting 12 Top 30 hits between 1966 and 1969. This is long overdue.

2:00 p.m. All Fired Up: Various Artists

Open Stream with a theme this afternoon with Basia, Electric Light Orchestra, The Rolling Stones, Steve Winwood, The Doors, Hank Williams, Three Dog Night, Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan, Ann Peebles, Patti Smith, Jimmy Cliff, Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, The Move, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more. It’s almost an EP, but not quite.

8:00 p.m. Van Morrison Live at The Bottom Line, New York, NY, November 1, 1978

We close it out with a great performance by Van “The Man” Morrison at The Bottom Line. I’m not particularly fond of the man. He can be annoyingly self-absorbed, but he is a brilliant artist. We make some allowances.

One more day and you will be on your official weekend. Mine doesn’t start until Sunday but, hey, that’s the retail life isn’t it? I refuse to work Sunday retail, so Sunday and Monday are my weekend days. Get on it, folks. The button is below.

All Fired Up!

We’re at Friday With Our ‘Looks Like Rain’ Playlist, Live ELO, and The Beatles ‘Songs With Character’, January 3, 2025

Good morning, musicologists! We’ve got a great set of programs for you today as we head to the weekend once again! Before, in between and after we’ve got our big, wide Open Stream running 24/7.

Here’s your Friday lineup:

10:00 a.m. Looks Like Rain: Various Artists

It’s not quite an EP, but there are a hell of a lot of songs about rain out there from artists like The Beatles, Poco, Gordon Lightfoot, The Everly Brothers, The Lovin’ Spoonful, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Carole King, Irma Thomas, Ann Peebles, The Eurythmics, Fats Domino, Led Zeppelin, Ray Charles, Warren Zevon, The Searchers, Taj Mahal, The Band, Traffic, Linda Ronstadt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and more!

4:00 p.m. Electric Light Orchestra Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, February 3, 1976

Jeff Lynne’s great ELO is live early on from Winterland.

8:00 p.m. The Beatles: Songs With Character

Undoubtedly one of our favorite playlists with songs about the man in the mack, Lucy who flies around the skies with diamonds, a lonely woman named Eleanor Rigby, a dog named Martha, and a guy named Bungalow Bill. And that’s just for starters.

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Hey, Bungalow Bill!

Today It’s an Al Green ‘Spotlight’, Live Rolling Stones and Our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP on Saturday, December 28, 2024

Good morning, soulful revelers! We’ve got a great lineup today that includes our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP that combines the best of Motown, Stax, Atlantic and others to deliver the best of soul and R & B during the sixties and seventies.

Here’s your Saturday musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Al Green

One of the absolute best here, the Reverend Al. Here’s a little treat to whet your whistle, as they say. Al Green joins with Chicago on a TV special from back in 1978 for Tired of Being Alone. A gem.

1:00 p.m. The Rolling Stones Live at The Hoffheinz Pavillion, Ft. Worth, TX, June 24-25, 1972 NEW!

This performance is new to our station. We’ve never aired it before. I saw the Stones live in Boston around this time back in the day. One of the best I’ve seen.

4:00 p.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

We’ve got our big, bad soul and R & B EP to take us into the evening tonight with Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Sam & Dave, The Four Tops. The Ronettes, The Temptations, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, Edwin Starr, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Ray Charles, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Ann Peebles, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Otis Redding, The Drifters and more!

Once again, we’re here 24/7 at no charge. Ever. We don’t run any commercial advertising. No bait and switch operation here. See for yourselves. The button is below.

A Little Bit O’ Soul

We Close The Month With ‘Ladies Day Out’, Steve Winwood, and Live Lucinda Williams, on Thursday, October 31, 2024

Good morning, musicologists! We’re on the way to the weekend once again and we close out the month of October with the ladies of The Lounge in charge! Read on for more details!

Here’s your musical lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

We have five hours of uninterrupted music from Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura Nyro, Cilla Black, Irma Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, Shawn Colvin, The Ronettes, The Supremes, Norah Jones, Phoebe Snow, Valerie Carter, Dolly Parton and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Steve Winwood

The legendary Steve Winwood drops by with music from all of his bands (Traffic, The Spencer Davis Group, Blind Faith) and his solo career.

8:00 p.m. Lucinda Williams Live at The Fillmore West, San Francisco, November 20-22, 2003

We close it out tonight with a dose of Lucinda Williams, a great singer-songwriter and friend of Tom’s.

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We Celebrate Soul Today With Our Big ‘M Is For Motown’ EP, Then Spotlight Features From The Four Tops and Ann Peebles, On Sunday, October 13, 2024

Good morning, soul and R&B lovers and welcome to another day in The Lounge. Today, we get into the music that made America dance!

Here’s your soul music madness:

9:00 a.m. M Is For Motown: Various Artists

We celebrate the sound of soul with Barrett Strong, Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland, Edwin Starr, Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Jackson Five, Kim Weston, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Temptations, The Contours, Rare Earth, Mary Wells, Tammy Terrell, Diana Ross & The Supremes and more!

4:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of The Four Tops NEW!

Another long-suffering project off the list with this one, and it’s about time. The Four Tops was was of the most commercially-successful quartets of the sixties and helped to establish Motown’s position in the music world.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Ann Peebles

You know who got me onto Ann Peebles? Believe it or not, Tom Petty. I first heard her music listening to his Buried Treasure show on Sirius XM. She is best remembered for her string of albums and hits from the seventies. Who knew? Not me. But I sure do now.

It’s Sunday, and that’s a day of rest. No matter what the raging capitalist world wants you to believe. You do not have to go out and spend money on Sunday. You can take a day off and spend it with us (not your money; your time). The button is below.

Stay home. Listen to music. Save money.

It’s Our ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul’ EP, Live Otis Redding and the Spotlight on The Queen of Soul, Wednesday, September 25, 2025

Good morning, soul music lovers and welcome to midweek. We’re soulful all day today with our big soul and R & B EP, the Big O live from the Whiskey and The Queen of Soul.

Here’s your midweek lineup:

9:00 a.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

We start off a day of soul programming with ‘A Little Bit O’ Soul.’ You’ll hear Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Ronettes, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, Otis Redding, Jimmy Ruffin, The Drifters, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Carla Thomas, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, Nina Simone, LaVern Baker, The Supremes, Sam Cooke, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Irma Thomas, The Box Tops, Ann Peebles, Al Green and more!

4:00 p.m. Otis Redding Live at The Whiskey A Go Go, West Hollywood, CA, April 9 & 10, 1966 NEW!

We’ve got some new Otis Redding live music from the historic Whiskey A Go Go at 4:00 p.m this afternoon.

8:00 p.m. In the Spotlight: The Music of Aretha Franklin

We close it out today with the undisputed Queen of Soul In the Spotlight!

It’s officially hump day. We’re over the hump today and heading for the weekend tomorrow, so take heart. We’ve got great soul and R & B to get you through the day. Just use the button below!

A Little Bit O’ Soul

The Ladies Are in Charge on the Final Day of the Month, Then It’s ELO and Ian & Sylvia on Saturday, August 31, 2024

Good morning, weekenders! It’s the long Labor Day Weekend and we’ve got a great start in store as we open it up with our ‘Ladies Day Out’ multi-artist EP!

Here’s your weekend kickoff lineup:

9:00 a.m. Ladies Day Out: Various Artists

The women of music are large and in charge today with Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon, Emmylou Harris, Petula Clark, Laura Nyro, Cilla Black, Irma Thomas, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Carole King, Maria Muldaur, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Eva Cassidy, Wendy Waldman, Shawn Colvin, The Ronettes, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Norah Jones, Phoebe Snow, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Nicolette Larson, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi, Valerie Carter, Dusty Springfield, Dolly Parton and more!

4:00 p.m. Jeff Lynne’s ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) Live at Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, February 3, 1976

You’ll hear one great band led by one musical genius this afternoon in a performance in the iconic Winterland Ballroom.

8:00 p.m. In The Spotlight: Ian & Sylvia

A great folk music duo that sometimes falls through the cracks, but shouldn’t. Ian and Sylvia also became pioneers in country-rock after they moved to Nashville.

We begin the weekend in style today and we’re in holiday mood right through Monday! We’re on 24/7 for your listening pleasure at no cost to you and with no commercial interruption to break the flow. See for yourself. The button’s below.

We Celebrate Labor!

The Day Opens and Closes With Country, With Five Hours of Soul and R&B in Between, Friday, July 26, 2024

Good morning, music lovers! Today we open and close the programming with country music, but in between we’ve got our big, bad soul EP!

Here’s your country-soul programming:

9:00 a.m. In The Spotlight: The Music of Alison Krauss NEW!

We open with something that has been on the list for a very long time; an Alison Krauss Spotlight featuring her solo work along with her days with Union Station and her collaboration with Robert Plant.

1:00 p.m. A Little Bit O’ Soul: Various Artists

We break for the afternoon and spend time with the titans of soul, including Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Ronettes, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Jimmy Ruffin, Carla Thomas, The Drifters, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, The Shirelles, Etta James, Curtis Mayfield, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers, Nina Simone, Lavern Baker, The Supremes, Sam Cooke, Edwin Starr, Fontella Bass, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Irma Thomas, Percy Sledge and more!

8:00 p.m. The Unbroken Circle: The Music of Rosanne Cash & Carlene Carter

The Johnny Cash-June Carter connection ran deeper than marriage. They were married to music as well. Tonight we give you the music of stepsisters Rosanne Cash and Carlene Carter.

We’re at the very cusp of the weekend and we’re plotting our programming for next week already when we’ll be moving into the final month of summer. We’re on 24/7. We’re totally free. And we do not run commercial advertising. Just hit the button below.

It’s a Country-Soul Friday!