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"Baby, Let Me Follow You Down""Jet Pilot""I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)""Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window""Up To Me""I Wanna Be Your Lover""All Along The Watchtower""On A Night Like This""Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar""Every Grain Of Sand""Isis"Post a review of "Batty for Music" on iTunes, email your address to wbatty@bellsouth.net and enter a drawing for a copy of Biograph!

My favorite artist of this century, Beck, is featured. "Loser""The New Pollution""Tropicalia""Sexx Laws""Nicotine & Gravy""Round The Bend""Girl""Soldier Jane""Gamma Ray""Ramona""Blackbird Chain""Dreams"

The band Spirit is profiled."Fresh-Garbage""Dream Within A Dream""I Got A Line On You""So Little Time To Fly""It Shall Be""Nature's Way""Greenback Dollar""Taurus""Love Has Found A Way""We've Got To Learn""1984"http://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2014/05/21/spirit-v-led-zeppelin-analysis-of-the-stairway-to-heaven-infringement-lawsuit/

A very innovative and influential band, The Byrds are profiled. "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better""The Bells Of Rhymney""Why?""5D (Fifth Dimension)""Eight Miles High""So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star""Lady Friend""Draft Morning""Tribal Gathering""You Ain't Going Nowhere""Chestnut Mare""This Wheel's On Fire"

One of the great songwriters and singers, Joni Mitchell is featured. "All I Want""Songs To Aging Children Come""Big Yellow Taxi""Both Sides, Now""Conversation""Woodstock""The Jungle Line""Free Man In Paris""Dog Eat Dog" Check out or Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Batty-for-Music/834980739882097

This is the story of three guys who didn't write music or play instruments and sold over 50 million albums. Stay warm with Three Dog Night."Mama Told Me Not To Come" [Randy Newman]"Eli's Coming" [Laura Nyro]"Easy To Be Hard" [Broadway musical "Hair"]"Circle For A Landing" [Don Preston]"One" [Harry Nilsson]"Black And White" [written in 1954 by David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson]"Liar" [Argent's Russ Ballard]"Joy To The World" [Hoyt Axton]"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" [Allen Toussaint]"Shambala" [Daniel Moore]"Never Been to Spain" [Hoyt Axton]

So much more than the poster on your dorm room wall, Bob Marley is profiled. WarSimmer DownStir It UpLively Up YourselfThem Belly Full (But We Hungry)Could You Be Loved Coming In From The ColdRedemption SongThree Little Birds

An overlooked group with a great legacy, the Supremes are in the spotlight. "You Keep Me Hangin' On""Back in My Arms Again""Buttered Popcorn""Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart""Does Your Mama Know About Me?""Reflections""Love Child""You Can't Hurry Love""I'm Living in Shame""Stoned Love""Floy Joy"

One of the best songwriters of the previous century, Elvis Costello is profiled. "Watching The Detectives""Green Shirt""Oliver's Army""Pump It Up""(I Don't Want to Go To) Chelsea""Opportunity""Clubland""Big Sister's Clothes""Shabby Doll""Little Savage""Let Them All Talk""Indoor Fireworks""Veronica"

The "backwards Supergroup" Buffalo Sprinfield is profiled. Neil Young "Buffalo Springfield Again"Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth""Go And Say Goodbye""Hot Dusty Roads""Everydays""Hung Upside Down""Mr. Soul""Pretty Girl Why""Special Care""Kind Woman""Down To The Wire""Bluebird"

Explore the duality that is The Smiths. "What Difference Does It Make?""This Charming Man""Frankly, Mr. Shankly""Cemetry Gates""Vicar In A Tutu""Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others""Sheila, Take a Bow""Shoplifters of the World Unite""Panic""Girlfriend In a Coma""You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" (UK mix)"How Soon Is Now"

This seminal double-album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention is explored. "Hungry Freaks, Daddy""Who Are The Brain Police?""Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder""Wowie Zowie""Any Way the Wind Blows""I'm Not Satisfied""You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here""Trouble Every Day""Help I'm A Rock"

Spotlighting the Columbia Years "Today I Sing The Blues""Maybe I'm A Fool""Won't Be Long""Drinking Again""Runnin' Out Of Fools""Walk On By""Mockingbird""Why Was I Born?""Lee Cross"

The Jam is featured, prepare to rock. "In The City""The Modern World""To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time)""Mr. Clean""In The Crowd""'A' Bomb In Wardour Street""Smithers-Jones""The Eton Rifles""That's Entertainment""Man In The Corner Shop""Start!""Precious""Beat Surrender"

A band of no small accomplishments, Little Feat is profiled."Feel The Groove""Dixie Chicken""Willin'""Fat Man In The Bathtub""Sailin' Shoes""Let It Roll""Texas Twister""Those Feat'll Steer Ya Wrong Sometimes""Medley: Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie"

The Beatles were very generious giving songs to other artists -- but only to a point. The Beatles "I'll be on my Way"Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas "Bad To Me"Tommy Quickly "Tip of My Tongue"The Fourmost "Hello Little Girl"Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas "I'll Keep You Satisfied"The Fourmost "I'm in Love"Peter and Gordon "A World Without Love"Mike Shannon & the Strangers "One And One Is Two"Peter and Gordon "Nobody I Know"The Applejacks "Like Dreamers Do"Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas "From a Window"Cilla Black "It's for You"Three Dog Night "It's for You"Peter and Gordon "I Don't Want to See You Again"The Beatles "If You've Got Troubles"The Beatles "That Means a Lot"P.J. Proby "That Means a Lot"Peter and Gordon "Woman"The Chris Barber Band "Catcall"Cilla Black "Step Inside Love"Jackie Lomax "Sour Milk Sea"Mary Hopkins "Goodbye"Paul McCartney "Come & Get It"Badfinger "Come & Get It"Carlos Mendez "Pernina"Ringo Starr "I'm the Greatest"

Some of my favorite blues and jazz Christmas songs.Otis Redding "Merry Christmas Baby"Solomon Burke "Presents For Christmas"Louis Armstrong "Christmas Night In Harlem"Louis Jordan "Santa Claus, Santa Claus"Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters "White Christmas"Vince Guaraldi Trio "Skating"Syd Straw "The Christmas Twist"Miles Davis & Bob Dorough "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)"James Brown "Soulful Christmas"Elvis Presley "Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me)"Ella Fitzgerald "Good Morning Blues"Charles Brown "Christmas Questions"Booker T. & The MG's "Silver Bells"The Bobs "Santa's Got A Brand New Bag"

It's a story worthy of an opera, the highs and lows of Badfinger. "Come And Get It""Crimson Ship""Rock Of All Ages""I'm In Love""I Can't Take It""We're For The Dark""Money""Day After Day""Perfection""Apple Of My Eye""I Miss You""Song For A Lost Friend""Why Don't We Talk?""Matted Spam""Andy Norris""Just A Chance""Dennis"

The Damned can not be stopped... "Edward The Bear""New Rose""Love Song""Plan 9 Channel 7""The History Of The World (Part 1)"Captain Sensible "Happy Talk"Captain Sensible "Wot""Eloise""Anything""She""Need a Life""Danger to Yourself"