Valentine’s Day approaches, heralded by a bouquet of familiar songs this week.
Before that, we paid tribute to a couple of notable bassists who died in recent weeks — Fred Smith of Television and Billy Bass Nelson of Funkadelic, as well as Chuck Negron of Three Dog Night, 5th Dimension founding member Lamonte McLemore and rapper John Forté.
Brill Building royalty Carole King and Barry Mann were turning 84 and 87 respectively, soul singer Barbara Lewis was turning 83, and Sham 69 frontman Jimmy Pursey is 71. It was also the birthday of Joe Ely, Ernest Tubb and Major Harris.
We began with a brief echo of Sunday’s Super Bowl, with a couple songs each for Seattle and New England and a Bad Bunny performance embedded in a Gorillaz song. And there was a flash of another broadcast that attracted millions 62 years ago today — The Beatles on Ed Sullivan.
Here’s the archived show in three parts; the setlist follows:
Capital Radio February 9, 2026 1- 4:20 p.m. www.cygnusradio.com
- “Capital Radio Two,” The Clash
- “Seattle,” Public Image Ltd.
- “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge in Seattle,” Nirvana
- “A New England,” Kirsty MacColl with Billy Bragg
- “New England,” Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
- “Bunny Bop,” Wanda Jackson
- “Surf Bunny,” Gray, Gene & the Stingerays
- “Tormenta,” Gorillaz featuring Bad Bunny
- “Been to Canaan,” Carole King
- “Home Again,” Carole King
- “Uptown,” The Crystals
- “Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp),” Barry Mann
- “Love Won’t Let Me Wait,” Major Harris
- “Hey Love,” The Delfonics
- “Walking the Floor Over You [live],” Ernest Tubb
- “Thanks a Lot [live],” Ernest Tubb
- “Hello Stranger,” Barbara Lewis
- “Baby I’m Yours,” Barbara Lewis
- “Borstal Breakout,” Sham 69
PART II
- “Settle for Love,” Joe Ely
- “All to Get to You,” Joe Ely
- “Carmen Miranda,” Jerry Joseph
- “The Soul of Carmen Miranda,” John Cale
- “Elevation,” Television
- “Alchemy,” Richard Lloyd
- “There’s a Reason,” Tom Verlaine
- “Hit It and Quit It,” Funkadelic
- “Shakey Ground,” The Temptations
- “Out in the Country,” Three Dog Night
- “Time to Get Along,” Redwood
- “The Show Must Go On,” Three Dog Night
- “Stoned Soul Picnic,” The 5th Dimension
- “Let the Sunshine In (reprise),” The 5th Dimension
- “We Trying to Stay Alive,” Wyclef Jean with John Forté
PART III
- “Who,” David Byrne and St. Vincent
- “Valentine,” Willie Nelson
- “Valentine Day,” Paul McCartney
- “My Valentine,” Paul McCartney
- “Valentine,” Fiona Apple
- “Valentine,” Inhaler
- “Valentine,” Laufey
- “Valentine,” Richard Hawley
- “My Funny Valentine,” Chet Baker
- “Blue Valentines,” Tom Waits
- “Valentine,” The Replacements
- “Valentine,” Snail Mail
- “Valentine’s Day,” Hem
- “Valentine’s Day,” David Bowie
- “Happy Valentine’s Day,” Outkast
Capital Radio returns Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. ET 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.