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Cinco de Mayo special

Submitted by yourmusic on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 9:00pm

119:58 minutes (109.84 MB)

Not your run-of-the-mill Cinco special, but a more earnest look at the depth and variety of Mexican music in a cultural and political context. Here there are songs of protest and struggle from Amparo Ochoa, Judith Reyes, and Chavela Vargas, as well as classical, Jazz, and traditional folk music from various regions

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# 45A - 1976 - A Bicentennial Portrait (Part 1 of 2)

Submitted by djbc on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 7:48pm

59:20 minutes (54.33 MB)

The DJBC Happy Hour continues its Bicentennial Celebrations with a trip back to 1976- Headlines, Television, Pop Culture, Sports, and of course, Columbus in
1976, plus songs from 1976.

SONG LIST:
(Hour # 1)
"The Rockford Files" Theme - Mike Post
"Kid Charlemagne" - Steely Dan
"Convoy" - C.W. McCall
"If You Leave Me Now" - Chicago
"More, More, More" - Andrea True Connection
"One" - A Chorus Line Cast
Theme from "S.W.A.T" - Rhythm Heritage
"Happy Days" - Pratt & McClain
"Making Our Dreams Comes True" - Cyndi Grecco
"Welcome Back" - John Sebastian
"Lowdown" - Boz Scaggs
"Disco Duck" - Rick Dees

HEADLINES:
- America Celebrates Its Bicentennial
- A peanut farmer from Georgia, Gov. Jimmy Carter defeats President Ford in the Presidential Election.
- The Concorde took off
- The $ 2 Bill was invented
- The Legionnaires' Outbreak took place in Philadelphia
- The Supreme Court declares the Death Penalty as Constitutional
(Coming Soon)

ENTERTAINMENT:
- A Chorus Line sweeps the Tony Awards.
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show dominates the Emmy Awards.
- Rich Man, Poor Man dominates the TV ratings.

Emmy Awards:
Comedy Series: The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Drama Series: Police Story (NBC)
Limited Series: Upstairs, Downstairs (PBS)
Daytime Soap: Another World (NBC)