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Letter A
"Like Jack Horner, in the corner..."Fats Waller : Ain't Misbehavin'
Louis Armstrong: Ain't Misbehavin'
Jack Teagarden: Ain't Misbehavin'
Jelly Roll Morton: Ain't Misbehavin'
Quintet of the Hot Club of France: Ain't Misbehavin'
Bojangles Robinson w Duke Ellington Orch: Ain't Misbehavin'
Louis Armstrong: Ain't Misbehavin'
Fats Waller & His Rhythm: Ain't Misbehavin'
Letter B
"But if you trouble this man..."Toots & the Maytals: Bam Bam
Toots & the Maytals: Rastaman
Letter C
"Como la primera vez..."Alfredo Rodriguez: Cuba Linda
Cubanismo: Pa’ Que Gozen
Ruben Gonzalez: Como Siento Yo
Letter D
"Newspaper blown across the court..."Nick Drake: Day Is Done
Nick Drake: Fruit Tree
John Cale: Do Not Go Gentle
Nick Drake: Fly
Nick Drake: Northern Sky
Letter E
"Higher, higher, into the blue sky..."Farlanders: Easter Song
Alians: Further Further
Inna Zhalanaya: Ivan Pokrovsky
Ensemble: Porushka
Baba Yaga: Back in the USSR
Letter F
"I once was lost, but now I'm found..."Swan Silvertones: Feed Me Jesus
Swan Silvertones: Get Right With God
Paul Simon: Take Me To The Mardi Gras
Paul Simon: Love Me Like A Rock
Swan Silvertones: Saviour Pass Me Not
Swan Silvertones: Bye and Bye
Swan Silvertones: Amazing Grace
Letter G
"A set of keys and a dusty suitcase..."Lucinda Williams: Greenville
Lucinda Williams: Joy
Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
Hank Williams: Hey, Good Lookin’
Lucinda Williams: Lake Charles
Howlin’ Wolf: Smokestack Lighting
Lucinda Williams: Metal Firecracker
Z Z Top: Sharp Dressed Man
Lucinda Williams: Right In Time
Lucinda Williams: Can’t Let Go (demo)
Letter H
"Kansst Du gurgeln, Johanna?"Comedian Harmonists: Hallo, was machst du heut' Daisy?
Comedian Harmonists: Creole Love Call
Comedian Harmonists: Kannst du pfeifen, Johanna?
Comedian Harmonists: In Einem Kuhlen Grunde
Comedian Harmonists: Baby, wo ist mein Baby?
Letter I
"Tastes good in the afternoon..."Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive (film soundtrack version)
Love: My Little Red Book
Joe Boyd: White Bicycles (audible.com)
Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne
Pink Floyd: Candy and a Currant Bun
Letter J
"What is it, fish?"Rev F W McGee: Jonah In the Belly of the Whale
Rev F W McGee: Fifty Miles of Elbow Room
Louis Armostrong: Jonah
Lord Buckley: Jonah and the Whale
Letter K
"Where they don't allow you..."Wilburt Harrison: Kansas City
Albert Ammons: Swanee River Boogie
Little Willie Littlefield: KC Loving
Willie Nelson: Kansas City
Little Richard: Kansas City
James Brown: Kansas City
William Harris: Kansas City Blues
Letter L
"I would look her in the eye..."The Pioneers: Long-Shot Kick The Bucket
Richard Thompson: Angels Took My Racehorse Away
Bill Monroe: Molly and Tenbrooks
Carlos Gardel: Por Una Cabeza
Letter M
"You'd better get used to it..."Bob Dylan: Maggie's Farm (Live at Newport)
Paul Butterfield Band: Born In Chicago
The Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man
Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone (Live at Newport)
Bob Dylan: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Live at Newport)
Jimi Hendrix: Like a Rolling Stone (Live at Monterrey)
Letter N
Aramire: N'tunuccioAramire: Sta Strata
Aramire: Aremu
Aramire: Pizzica con Violino
Nidi D'arac: Cerchio Si Apre Cerchio Si Stringe
Aramire: Santa Cesaria
Letter O
"With our one motor gone, we can still carry on..."John Roberts: Out On The Rolling Sea
Frederick McQueen: Jesus Will Be Your Friend
Chaim Tannenbaum: Travelling On For Jesus
Pindar Family: I Bid You Goodnight
Incredible String Band: A Very Cellular Song
Joseph Spence: Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer
Ry Cooder: Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer
Joseph Spence: Sloop John B
Beach Boys: Sloop John B
Joseph Spence: Out On the Rolling Sea
Letter P
"Only as rich as the poorest of the poor..."Phil Ochs: The Power and the Glory
Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty
Phil Ochs: Bound For Glory
Faron Young: For The Love Of A Woman Like You
Phil Ochs: Days of Decision
Phil Ochs: One More Parade
Phil Ochs: Automation Song
Phil Ochs: The Party
Phil Ochs: A Small Circle of Friends
Phil Ochs: Ruben Jaramillo
Letter Q
"Three Little Pigs, Snoopy, Sinbad, Gulliver, King Kong, Dracula, Tarzan..."Sisa: Qualsevol Nit Pot Sortir El Sol
Sisa: El Fill del Mestre
Sisa: Cançó de la Font del Gat
Sisa: Maria Lluna
Sisa: El Setè Cel
Letter R
"I gave up a lot, but I won't give in..."Defunkt: The Razor's Edge
Defunkt: Make Them Dance
Defunkt: Strangling Me With Your Love
Defunkt: In the Good Times
Letter S
"If you forget your mother, you've lost your life..."Prince Nico Mbarga: Sweet Mother
City Boys Band: Nye Asem Hwe
Fela Kuti: This Is Sad
Henri Dikongué: Ndol'Asu
Franco & TPOK Jazz: Infidelité Mado
Letter T
"No more barrellhouse women drinkin' no beer..."Frank Stokes: 'Tain't Nobody's Business
Ike & Tina Turner: Ain't Nobody's Business
James Booker: Ain't Nobody's Business
Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald: Ain't Nobody's Business
Willie Nelson: Ain't Nobody's Business
Frank Stokes: Downtown Blues
Geoff Muldaur: Downtown Blues
Beale St Sheiks: Mr Crump Don't Like It Frank Stokes: Chicken, You Can Roost Behind The Moon
Bettye Lavette (with Patrick Ferris and Zac Sokolow from The Americans): Tain't Nobody's Business
Letter U
"I picked up his voice right up into my neck, right into my shoulders..."Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Umama Ithembalami
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Sithunyiwe Thozkozile No 2
The Rainbows: Futhi
Paul Simon: Gumboots
Ntemis Alexandra All Star Band: African Jive
The Skylarks: Ndixolele
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Nomalanga
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Kwa Mfazi Onge Mama
Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Wavutha Umlilo
Letter V
"One by one I let things go, my cats my house my car my clothes..."Blackgirls: A Visit to the Behaviorist
Blackgirls: Happy
Blackgirls: Cathedral
Dana & Karen Kletter: We Died In August
Dana & Karen Kletter: Father Song
Dana & Karen Kletter: Maria Marie
Letter W
"Bend your branches down and cover me..."David 'Fathead' Newman: Willow Weep For Me
David 'Fathead' Newman: Hard Times
Ray Charles: Blues Waltz
Ray Charles: I Got A Woman
Ray Charles: Black Coffee
David 'Fathead' Newman: Fathead
Letter X
"When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low..."Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Magtaal
Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Uria Duudlaga
Kangar-Ol Ondar: Alash Kem
Huun Hur Tu: Ondarnyng Ayany
Yat Kha: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Dörvön Berkh: Xöxöö Namjil
Letter Y
"she can do no wrong..."Yanka Rupkina: Yankina Mama Dumashe
Balkana: Mari Stanko
Mystere de Voix Bulgare: Kalimenko Denko
Trio Bulgarka (Balkana): Strati Angelaki
Yanka Rupkina: Kana Na Put Sedi
Percy Sledge: When A Man Loves A Woman
Balkana (live): unknown song
Trio Bulgarka: Zaplakala E Gorata
Letter Z
"there is delight in doing things right..."McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Zonky
McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Stop Kidding
Don Redman Orch: Rocky Road
Betty Boop w Don Redman: I Heard
Don Redman Orch: Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
Geoff Muldaur: Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
Geoff Muldaur: Living In the Sunshine
McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Four or Five Times
Letter AA
"Oh the sound it rang so clear through the cold..."Fairport Convention: Autopsy
Fairport Convention: Tam Lin
Fotheringay: The Banks of the Nile
Fotheringay: The Pond and the Stream
Fotheringay: The Sea
Sandy Denny: The Lady (live)
Letter BB
"Just like way back in the days of old..."Van Morrison: Big Time Operator
Isley Brothers: Twist and Shout
Them: Gloria
Them: Here Comes The Night
Van Morrison: Brown-Eyed Girl
Van Morrison: Come Runing
Van Morrison: Into the Mystic
Letter CC
"that puppy you left behind..."Carlos Gardel: La Cumparsita
Roberto Firpo: La Cumparsita
Julio de Caro: La Cumparsita
Felix Perez Cardozo: La Cumparsita
Alberto Castillo: La Cumparsita
Sexteto Mayor: La Cumparsita
"Some Like It Hot" Marty Melnick Orch: La Cumparsita
Letter DD
"in case my dynamite change her mind about me...""Nya me ho renge kyo..."
Ethel Waters: Dinah
Django Reinhardt: Dinah
Fats Waller & His Rhythm: Dinah
King Benny Nawahi's Red Devils: Dinah
Miss Wakana and Ichiro Hamamatsu: Warau (Laughing) Rhythm
Bing Crosby and the Mills Brothers: Dinah
Letter EE
"Look in my eyes, and tell me you love me..."The Chantels: Every Night
The Chantels: He's Gone
The Chantels: Maybe
The Chantels: Look In My Eyes
The Crystals: There's No Other Like My Baby
The Ronettes: Be My Baby
Shirley & Lee: Let The Good Times Roll
Letter FF
"...Doch an mein Pianola, da laß ich keinen ran"Marlene Dietrich: Falling in Love Again
Marlene Dietrich: Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt
Marlene Dietrich: Ich Bin Die Fesche Lola
Marlene Dietrich: Nimm Dich IN Acht Vor Blonden Frauen
Fritzi Massary: Ich Bin Eine Frau, Dei Weiss, Was Sie Will
Lotte Lenya: Barbara Song
Lotte Lenya: Pirate Jenny
Marlene Dietrich: Lili Marlene
Letter GG
"...as it soars and plunges above the crashing waves"Damia: Les Goelands
Damia: La Châine
Damia: La Guingette a Fermé Ses Volets
Damia: Depuis Que Les Bals Sont Fermés
Jacques Bolognesi: Depuis Que Les Bals Sont Fermés
Letter HH
"...Bless that happy day that Nellie lost her way..."Bill Keith: Hornswoggled
Muleskinner: Opus 57 in G Minor
Muleskinner: Footprints In The Snow
Bill Keith: Bending the Strings
Eric Weissberg: Duelling Banjos
Letter II
"All its wonder to know..."Kate & Anna McGarrigle: I Don't Know
Krystle Warren: I Don't Know
Krystle Warren: Time Has Told Me
Krystle Warren: Tuesday Mornings
Emmylou Harris, Anna McGarrigle, Krystle Warren: Heart Like A Wheel
Krystle Warren: Hanging On A Star - I Was Made To Love Magic
Krystle Warren: Sunbeams
Letter JJ
"There's a place they find romance where they do the cajun dance..."Eddie Lejeune: J'ai Eté Au Bal
Eddie Lejeune: Diggy Diggy Lo
Iry Lejeune: Lovebridge Waltz
Eddie Lejeune: Lovebridge Waltz
Iry Lejeune: Duralde Waltz
Eddie Lejeune: Duralde Waltz
Eddie Lejeune: The Mistake I Made
Letter KK
"Freedom calls and Pippi runs..."Jan Johansson: Klara Stjärnor
Jan Johansson: Visa Fran Utanmyra
Jan Johansson: Emigrantvisa
Danny Thompson: Swedish Dance
Eva Mattes: Här Kommer Pippi Långstrump
Margie Nelson: Pippi Longstocking
Unknown: Italian Pippi Longstocking theme
Jan Johansson: Kväsarevalsen /
Jan Johansson: Ganglek Fran - Upptecknad I Alvdalen
Letter LL
"I found you were all swallow's milk..."Lela Family: Leskoviqare
Laver Bariu: Gajde Permetare
Laver Bariu: Valle Plakava Medley
Lela Family: N'pensheremne *
Saz'Iso (Donica Pecallari & Adriana Thanou: Pensheremne
Saz'Iso (Aurel Qirjo): Kaba melody
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez1qvqklwKM
Letter MM
"the clock struck three, I said Daddy, you're killin' me..."Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon: My Daddy Rocks Me With One Steady Roll
Trixie Smith: My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll
Big Joe Turner: Around The Clock Blues
Bill Haley & The Comets: Rock Around The Clock
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg: Je T'aime, Moi Non Plus
Tigist Assefa: Toutouye
Letter NN
"whom do you talk to?"Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright (demo)
Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright
Mary Margaret O'Hara: To Cry About
Mary Margaret O'Hara: Body's In Trouble
Mary Margaret O'Hara: You Will Be Loved Again
Mary Margaret O'Hara: Anew Day
Letter OO
"and I bought a cigar, too..."Blind Lemon Jefferson: One Dime Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Rabbit's Foot Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Matchbox Blues
Leadbelly: Roberta
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Hot Dogs
Blind Lemon Jefferson: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Blind Lemon Jefferson: Balky Mule
Letter PP
"money's getting scarce..."Pete Seeger: Russian Folk Song (Petrushka)
Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka
Dinu Lipati: Chorale Jesu bleibet meine Freude
Pete Seeger: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
Pete Seeger: Chorale From Beethoven's Ninth
Pete Seeger: Anitra's Dance-Brandy Leave Me Alone
Pete Seeger: Time's A-Getting Hard
Letter QQ
"...he said he didn't want no shortening in his bread..."Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Queen Bee
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Tunkaranke
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Mississippi Mali
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Fanta Sacko
Toumani Diabate & Group: Konkodunun
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Ol' Geogie Buck
Letter RR
"Macho Queens selling war-makers toys..."John Trudell: Rockin' the Rez
John Trudell: Graffiti Man
John Trudell: Bombs Over Baghdad
John Trudell: Baby Boom Che
Kris Kristofferson: Johnny Lobo
John Trudell: Listening
Letter SS
"and we who are free swing like the rope on that tree..."Teddy Thompson: Saratoga Summer Song
Kate McGarrigle: Saratoga Summer Song
Kate McGarrigle: Souther Boys (demo)
Kate McGarrigle: Walking Song (demo)
Kate McGarrigle: Go Leave
Letter TT
"I don't get it..."Idjah Hadidjah: Tonggeret
Idjah Hadidjah: Mahoni
Detty Kurnia: Sorban Palid
Detty Kurnia: Dar Der Dor
Sunda Wayang Kulit: Talu Kending
Idjah Hadidjah: Bayu Bayu
Letter UU
"I had a dream last night that worried me..."Staple Singers: Uncloudy Day
Staple Singers: God's Wonderful Love
Staple Singers: Respect Yourself
Staple Singers: I'll Take You There
Staple Singers: I Had A Dream
Staple Singers: Help Me Jesus
Staple Singers: Come On Up To Bright Glory
Letter VV
"Life is a dream and everything goes away..."Arsenio Rodriguez: La Vida Es Un Sueno
Arsenio Rodriguez: Juventud de Colon
Orquesta Casino de la Playa: Bruca Manigua
Arsenio Rodriguez: El Palo Tiene Curujey
Arsenio Rodriguez: Sitio Acere
Arsenio Rodriguez: Mambo En La Cueva
Cubanismo: Mulence
Arsenio Rodriguez: El Rumbon de Luyano
Letter WW
"you made your own amusements then..."Incredible String Band: Way Back In The 1960s
Incredible String Band: Chinese White
Incredible String Band: First Girl I Loved
Incredible String Band: Mad Hatter's Song
Incredible String Band: The Hedgehog's Song
Incredible String Band: Painting Box
Incredible String Band: Blues For The Muse
Letter XX
"mais je connais Toumani..."Kurt Engles Orch: Xylophonismus
Taj Mahal: Fanta
Trio Da Kali: Godmothers
Afro Mexico: Chivofono
Balafon Marimba Orch: Temerina
Fong Nam Ensemble: Ma Ram (The Dancing Horse)
Ketama (Songhai 2): Niani
Lionel Hampton: Hot Mallets
Letter YY
"And I could not slow down..."Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Martha Wainwright): Year of the Dragon
Martha Wainwright: When The Days Are Short
Martha Wainwright: These Flowers
Geoff Muldaur (Martha Wainwright): Singing The Blues
Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Matapedia
Martha Wainwright : Matapedia
Martha Wainwright: Soudain Une Vallee
Letter ZZ
"the things you hear are too much for your mind..."The Move: Zing Went The Strings of My Heart
The Move: Flowers In The Rain
The Move: I Can Hear The Grass Grow (live)
The Move: Night of Fear (live)
The Move: Fire Brigade (instrumental)
The Move: Fire Brigade
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