What the Fontaine?!: Black History Month Special, part 1 (2/15/19)

“What the Fontaine?!: You never know what you’ll hear next on this fun mix of tunes from across the decades and musical genres.”

As you know, February is Black History Month. Lots of stories of heroism and progress are shared in the media. I like to play music for you from African-American, African, Jamaican artists, etc. Tune in tonight 9-11pmEST for part one of two!

Aretha Franklin

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Meat Beat Manifesto – United Nations (’96)

Diana Ross – Love Hangover (’76)
Staple Singers – Respect Yourself (’72)
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force – Looking for the Perfect Beat (’83)

Bo Diddley – Pretty Thing (’55)
Howlin’ Wolf – Evil (’55)
Ray Charles – Lonely Avenue (’56)
Aretha Franklin – Baby, I Love You (’67)

Public Enemy – 911 Is a Joke (’90)
Isaac Hayes – Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic (’69)
Public Enemy – Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (part) (’88)

Jackson 5 – It’s Your Thing (’69)
The Esso Trinidad Steel Band – I Want You Back (’71)

James Brown – Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud) (’68)
Little Richard – Good Golly Miss Molly (’58)
Rick James – Give it to Me Baby (’81)
Ray Parker Jr. – The Other Woman (’82)

Mandingo – Harima (’84)
Black Uhuru – Solidarity (’84)
Dub Syndicate w/ Lee “Scratch” Perry – Train to Doomsville (’88)

The Robins – Smokey Joe’s Cafe (’55)
Louis Jordan – Saturday Night Fish Fry (’49)

Soul Stirrers – Why I Like Roosevelt (’48)
Casey Bill and Black Bob – W.P.A. Blues (’36)
Gil Scott-Heron – Evolution (and Flashback) (’70)
The Last Poets – When the Revolution Comes (’70)
Malcolm X / Keith LeBlanc – No Sell Out (’83)
Keith LeBlanc – But Whitey / Einstein (’89)

The Beatnigs – Burritos / Re-Classification Control (’88)

Ella Fitzgerald – Airmail Special (’57)

Spinitron version of setlist here