The 100th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s birth is certainly cause for celebration. What other figure made as big a cultural impact in the last century? She wasn’t known as a singer, though we had a couple numbers from her on Capital Radio amid songs that lauded her, from Tommy Keene and John Cale to The Kinks and Lana Del Rey.
She was also part of the packaging of The Rolling Stones’ “Some Girls,” which fit since we played a lot of Stones — partly because Sonny Rollins, who died a week ago at 95, played on some tracks, but also because it was Ronnie Wood’s 79th birthday.
Other birthdays were noted for Nelson Riddle, Pat Boone (turning 92!) and Linda Scott, turning 81, among others.
And there were a few tunes about the month of June.
It’s probably annoying enough to find these archived shows divided in three parts, due to capacity of the website. The fact that there are four this week is simply the result of a studio mistake. Sorry.
Here are all four of those parts; the setlist follows:
Capital Radio June 1, 2026 1-4:22 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Neighbors,” The Rolling Stones
- “Slave,” The Rolling Stones
- “Waiting on a Friend,” The Rolling Stones
- “St. Thomas,” Sonny Rollins
- “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” Sonny Rollins
- “June Hymn,” The Decemberists
- “June,” Pinback
- “June,” Destroyer
- “June,” Pete Yorn
- “Memphis in June,” Hoagy Carmichael
- “Junebug,” The B-52’s
PART II
- “I Love to Singa,” Owl Jolson
- “Rainy Day in June,” The Kinks
- “My Heart Belongs to Daddy,” Marilyn Monroe
- “My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe,” Tommy Keene
- “Marilyn Monroe’s Legs (Beauty Elsewhere),” John Cale
- “Happy Birthday, Mr. President,” Marilyn Monroe
- “Celluloid Heroes,” The Kinks
- “Candle in the Wind [acoustic mix],” Elton John
- “National Anthem,” Lana Del Rey
- “Andy Griffith Show Theme,” Earle Hagen
- “Lolita Ya,” Nelson Riddle
- “Route 66 Theme,” Nelson Riddle
- “The Lady is a Tramp,” Frank Sinatra
- “The Wizard of Oz Ascends,” Frank Morgan
- “Hot Rod Lincoln,” Johnny Bond
- “2-4-6-8 Motorway,” Tom Robinson Band
- “You Baby,” Linda Scott
- “I’ve Told Every Little Star,” Linda Scott
- “The Headmaster Ritual,” The Smiths
PART III
- “If You Want,” Depeche Mode
- “Lovesong,” The Cure
- “Crazy Train,” Pat Boone
PART IV
- “You’re on My Mind,” The Birds
- “Plynth (Water Down the Drain),” Jeff Beck Group
- “Flying,” Faces
- “My Way of Giving,” Rod Stewart
- “Ooh La La,” Faces
- “I Can Feel the Fire,” Ronnie Wood
- “Far East Man,” Ronnie Wood
- “Seven Days,” Ronnie Wood
- “Black Limousine,” The Rolling Stones
- “Beast of Burden,” The Rolling Stones
Capital Radio returns June 8 at 1 p.m. EDT until after 4 on www.cygnusradio.com. The show can also be heard via the cygnusradio.com app, available free at iTunes or GooglePlay. Recent shows are available on demand at cygnusradio.com. Older shows are posted at Substack.com/@rogercatlin.