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Back To The Beginning

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On this week's Cyprus Avenue we’re taking you back to the early days of rock & roll…a time when most of the great songs you heard were less than three minutes long…and you listened on your transistor radio.

Track List:

Richie Valens - "Come On Let’s Go”

Johnnie Taylor - “Who’s Makin’ Love”

The Turtles - “It Ain’t Me Babe”

Big Bopper - “Chantilly Lace”

Mickey & Sylvia - “Opportunity To Cry”

Dion - “Wanderer”

Beach Boys – “Surfin’ Safari”

Frankie Ford – “Sea Cruise”

The Dells  – “Oh What A Night”

Jeanie C. Riley – “Harper Valley PTA”

Buddy Holly – “Peggy Sue”

The Dominoes – “Sixty Minute Man”

Jerry Lee Lewis – “Whole Lotta Shakin’”

The Shirelles – “Mama Said”

The Monkees – “I’m A Believer”

Ron Jones returned to KCUR in September, 2013 as Director of Community Engagement. He is now the program director. You can reach him at ron@kcur.org.
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