I had planned to play big chunks of three artists tonight, but I guess I was surprised that they were all I played.
Ray Charles because there was a White House salute to him on TV when I left home. But it was also the 88th birthday of Fats Domino and would have been the 82nd birthday of Johnny Cash, who died in 2003. Fats Domino may have been the most prolific of the three; he certainly had a lot of great tunes in his past; beyond “Blueberry Hill” and “Blue Monday” were “Don’t Lie to Me,” “All By Myself,” “Whole Lot of Lovin,'” and “I’m Ready,” as well as being one of the best ambassadors of New Orleans.
Here’s what I played on the radio tonight:
Friday Night Rock, 2-26-2016, 9:45 p.m.-1 a.m., Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington D.C.
- “It Should’ve Been Me,” Ray Charles
- “Lonely Avenue,” Ray Charles
- “(Night Time is) The Right Time,” Ray Charles
- “I’m Movin’ On,” Ray Charles
- “Sticks and Stones,” Ray Charles
- “Hit the Road Jack,” Ray Charles
- “Unchain My Heart,” Ray Charles
- “You Don’t Know Me,” Ray Charles
- “Living for the City,” Ray Charles
- “Sinner’s Prayer,” Ray Charles with B.B. King
- “Crazy Love,” Ray Charles with Van Morrison
- “The Fat Man,” Fats Domino
- “She’s My Baby,” Fats Domino
- “Little Bee,” Fats Domino
- “Boogie Woogie Baby,” Fats Domino
- “Careless Love,” Fats Domino
- “Don’t Lie to Me,” Fats Domino
- “Mardi Gras in New Orleans,” Fats Domino
- ”Swanee River Hop,” Fats Domino
- “Domino Stomp (Twisting’ the Stomp),” Fats Domino
- “Rose Mary (Version 2),” Fats Domino
- “Where Did You Stay,” Fats Domino
- “All By Myself,” Fats Domino
- “Ain’t That a Shame,” Fats Domino
- “Blue Monday,” Fats Domino
- “I Can’t Go On (Rosalie),” Fats Domino
- “I’m in Love Again,” Fats Domino
- “My Blue Heaven,” Fats Domino
- “Ida Jane,” Fats Domino
- “When My Dreamboat Comes Home,” Fats Domino
- ”Blueberry Hill,” Fats Domino
- “I’m Walkin,’” Fats Domino
- “My Happiness,” Fats Domino
- “Don’t Deceive Me,” Fats Domino
- “The Big Beat,” Fats Domino
- “Little Mary,” Fats Domino
- “When I See You,” Fats Domino
- “Still Love You,” Fats Domino
- “I Want You To Know,” Fats Domino
- “I’m Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day,” Fats Domino
- ”Whole Lotta Loving,” Fats Domino
- “I Hear You Knocking,” Fats Domino
- “Lil’ Liza Jane,” Fats Domino
- “When the Saints Come Marching In,” Fats Domino
- “I’m Ready,” Fats Domino
- “I Want To Walk You Home,” Fats Domino
- “Walking to New Orleans,” Fats Domino
- ‘Shu Rah,” Fats Domino
- “My Girl Josephine,” Fats Domino
- “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman,” Fats Domino
- “One Night,” Fats Domino
- “You Win Again,” Fats Domino
- “What a Party,” Fats Domino
- “Jambalaya,” Fats Domino
- “Do You Know What It’s Like to Miss New Orleans?” Fats Domino
- “Hey Porter,” Johnny Cash
- “Cry, Cry, Cry,” Johnny Cash
- “I Walk the Line,” Johnny Cash
- “Get Rhythm,” Johnny Cash
- “Ballad of a Teenage Queen,” Johnny Cash
- “Big River,” Johnny Cash
- “Guess Things Happen That Way,” Johnny Cash
- “Five Feet High and Rising,” Johnny Cash
- “Tennessee Flat-Top Box,” Johnny Cash
- “I Still Miss Someone,” Johnny Cash
- “Ring of Fire,” Johnny Cash
- “It Ain’t Me, Babe,” Johnny Cash
- “Jackson,” Johnny Cash
- “Folsom Prison Blues,” Johnny Cash (live)
- “Daddy Sang Bass,” Johnny Cash
- “Girl from the North Country,” Johnny Cash with Bob Dylan
- “Man in Black,” Johnny Cash
- “What is Truth,” Johnny Cash
- “Wanted Man,” Johnny Cash
- “Without Love,” Johnny Cash
- “I Won’t Back Down,” Johnny Cash
- “The Wanderer” Johnny Cash with U2
Friday Night Rock returns March 11 to Radio CPR, 101.7 FM, Washington, D.C., or streaming at tinyurl.com/radiocpr