J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 11-17-23

 

The late, great J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson is the "focus beam" artist on the new Boppin' With Beth. Hear about his DJ career, music career and tragic death on the Winter Dance Party tour along with his fellow tourmates Buddy Holly & Ritchie Valens. In addition to a couple of tunes of his from his too brief career, there's tracks by influences and peers including Hank Williams & His Drifting Cowboys, Bill Haley & His Comets, Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Dion & The Belmonts. Beth's Bop Of The Week is a fun new tune from The Gold Needles. Jammin' James Riley has a song from The Astronauts in Hang Ten. There's also tracks from Darrel Higham, Lucky 757, Ryan Glenn and George Jones with Mark Knopfler (covering a song written by The Big Bopper). 

Intro music bed: Carl Perkins- "Boppin' The Blues", Brian Setzer- "Boppin' The Blues" and The Cars- "My Best Friend's Girl"

Hank Williams & His Drifting Cowboys- "Rootie Tootie"

Bill Haley & His Comets- "Razzle Dazzle"

Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm- "Rocket 88"

Chuck Berry- "Beautiful Delilah"

The Big Bopper- "Little Red Riding Hood"

*Generic liner- The Big Bopper

The Big Bopper- "That's What I'm Talking About"

*Beth's Bop of the Week music bed: Dan Seals- "Bop"

*BWB liner- The Gold Needles

The Gold Needles- "Hit the Main Drag"

*Generic liner- Buddy Holly

Buddy Holly & The Crickets- "You've Got Love"

*Generic liner- Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens- "Dooby Dooby Wah"

*Generic liner- Dion

Dion & The Belmonts- "A Funny Feeling"

*Hang Ten with Jammin' James Riley music bed- The Surfaris- "Wipe Out"

The Astronauts- "Movin'"

*BWB liner- Darrel Higham

Darrel Higham- "Johnny & Dorsey"

*BWB liner- Cory Spivey (Lucky 757)

Lucky 757- "Don't Know Where I'll End Up"

*BWB liner- Ryan Glenn

Ryan Glenn- "Luke The Drifter"

George Jones & Mark Knopfler- "White Lightnin'"

Outro music bed: The Atlantics- "Chantilly Lace"

Beth's Bop of the Week artist: The Gold Needles

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Del Shannon "Focus Beam" on Boppin' With Beth 04-29-22

 

The late, great Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer Del Shannon is the "focus beam" artist on this week's Boppin' With Beth. In addition to his story, you'll hear a couple of great tunes from his catalog as well as artists he was inspired by and some that he inspired too including Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell, The Ink Spots, Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen and Chris Isaak. Jammin' James Riley has a Gradie Joe & The Western Gents tune in Rockabilly Rewind and there's tracks from JD McPherson, J.P. McDermott & Western Bop and Del's close friend Dion!

Intro music bed: Carl Perkins/Brian Setzer- "Boppin' The Blues" & The Cars- "Best Friend's Girl"

Hank Williams- "Honky Tonk Blues"

Hank Snow- "Lady's Man"

Lefty Frizzell- "I Won't Be Good For Nothin'"

The Ink Spots- "Doing"

Del Shannon- "Misery"

Del Shannon- "Let's Dance"

*Liner- Tom Petty

Tom Petty- "Runnin' Down A Dream"

Mark Knopfler- "Daddy's Gone To Knoxville"

Bruce Springsteen- "Frankie Fell In Love"

Chris Isaak- "San Francisco Days"

*Rockabilly Rewind with Jammin' James Riley*

*Gradie Joe & The Western Gents- "Rock-a-Billie Music"

*Liner- Dion 

Dion- "Runaway"

*Liner- JD McPherson

JD McPherson- "Just Around The Corner"

*Liner- J.P. McDermott

J.P. McDermott and Western Bop- "(Still The) Last Fool Here"

Outro music bed: The Surf Dawgs- "Runaway"

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