One of the complaints made against the excerpts of my novel, posted on Facebook, was that i mentioned “songs that people are not familiar with.” Granted, this person is in my age group and quite a few people, of my generation, refuse to listen to any music made before 1981. So, here is a playlist I compiled of cover versions of the songs, mentioned in the novel or might be mentioned, that people would recognize. Some of these are pre-1981, but they are often heard on radio, in movies or TV commercials. Maybe this will help some people enjoy the novel better.
“I Can’t Explain” The Scorpions (The Who)
“I Do” J. Geiles Band (The Marvelows)
“Flowers On The Wall” Eric Heatherly (The Statler Brothers)
“Five O’Clock World” Hal Ketchum (The Vogues)
“Black Betty” Ram Jam (“Looky Yonder/Ballad of Black Betty” Odetta)
“Shady Grove” Ricky Skaggs
“Tainted Love/Where Did You Love Go” Soft Cell (Gloria Jones/The Supremes)
“Sounds of Silence” Disturbed (Simon & Garfunkel)
“Husbands & Wives” Brooks & Dunn (Roger Miller)
“Funnel of Love” Southern Culture On the Skids (J-Ann-C Trio)
“Wonderful World” Paul Simon, James Taylor etc. (Herman’s Hermits)
“Let’s Hang On” Barry Manilow (Four Seasons)
“I Fought The Law” The Clash (Bobby Fuller 4)
“Tracks of My Tears” Go West (The Miracles)
“More Than I Can Say” Leo Sayer (Bobby Vee)
“Time Won’t Let Me” The Smithereens (The Outsiders)
“Working My Way Back To You” The Spinners (Four Seasons)
“Shape of Things” Rush (The Yardbirds)
“The Last Time” The Tractors (Rolling Stones)
“King of The Road” Randy Travis (Roger Miller)
“Boy From New York City” Manhattan Transfer (The Ad-Libs)
“Rosalyn” David Bowie (The Pretty Things)
“You Really Got Me” Van Halen (The Kinks)
“I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better” Tom Petty (The Byrds)
“One More Heartache” Detective (Marvin Gaye)
“Any Way You Want It” Kiss (Dave Clark 5)
“Babe I’m Going To Leave You” Led Zeppelin (The Association)
“Elvira” The Oak Ridge Boys (Dallas Frazier)
“California Girls” David Lee Roth (Beach Boys)
“Ain’t Gonna Eat My Heart Anymore” The Divinyls (The Rascals)
“I Want Candy” Bow Wow Wow (The Strangeloves)
“You Can’t Hurry Love” Phil Collins (The Supremes
“Eve of Destruction” Red Rockers (Barry McGuire)
“Fever” Madonna (The McCoys)
“Heart Full Of Soul” Box of Frogs (The Yardbirds)
“How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” James Taylor (Marvin Gaye)
“Gone Gone Gone” Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (The Every Brothers)
“Psychotic Reaction” The Cramps (Count 5)
“Just Like Me” Pat Benatar (Paul Revere & The Raiders)
“Hurt So Bad” Linda Ronstadt (Little Anthony & the Imperials)
“I Do Love You” GQ (Billy Stewart)
“Oh How Happy” Carlene Carter & Paul Carrick (The Shades of Blue)
“Groovy Kind of Love” Phil Collins (The Mindbenders)
“When a Man Loves a Woman” Michael Bolton (Percy Sledge)
“Our Day Will Come” Jamie Cullum (Ruby & the Romantics)
“Mountain of Love” Charlie Pride (Johnny Rivers)
“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” Pearl Jam (The Beatles)
“Get Ready” Rare Earth (The Temptations)
“The Monkey Time” The Tubes (Major Lance)
“Ooo Baby Baby” Linda Ronstadt (The Miracles)
“Remember Walking in The Sand” Aerosmith (The Shangra- Las)
“Tell Her No” Juice Newton (The Zombies)
“Treat Her Right” George Thorogood (Roy Head)
“Night Time” George Thorogood (The Strangeloves)
“Yes I’m Ready” Terri DeSario & K.C (Barbara Mason)
“You’re No Good” Linda Ronstadt (The Swinging Blue Jeans)
“Hippy Hippy Shake” Georgia Satellites (The Singing Blue Jeans)
“You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling” Hall & Oates (The Righteous Brothers)
“One Fine Day” Carole King (The Chiffons)
“Needles & Pins” The Ramones (The Searchers)
“Apache (Jump On It)” Sugarhill Gang (Dave Allen & The Arrows & The Shadows)
“Running Bear” Sonny James (Johnny Preston)
“Come a Little Bit Closer” Johnny Duncan & Jannie Frickie (Jay & the Americans)
“Where Did You Sleep Last Night” Nirvana (“In the Pines” Dave Van Ronk
WIP: DYNAMIC DUO OF THE OZARKS 