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WEDDINGS WITH ERNIE K-DOE
Celebrate June weddings with New Orleans singer and legend (especially in his own mind), Ernie K-Doe, owner of the Mother-in-Law Lounge. With matrimonial music by Cab Calloway, Jonathan Richman, and Marilyn Monroe, and the musical couplings of George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and more.
HOUR ONE
- Don't Falter at the Altar Cab Calloway
Are You Hep to the Jive?, Columbia/Legacy - I'll Be a Bachelor 'Til I Die Hank Williams
The Complete Hank Williams, Mercury - When I Say Wife Jonathan Richman
Having a Party With Jonathan Richman, Rounder - Gettin' Married Soon Prince La La
The Sue Records Story, EMI - Sweet and Dandy The Maytals
The Harder They Come, Mango - SEGMENT: finale of film "The Graduate
- Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads
It's a Shame about Ray, Atlantic - Instrumental: Menang Juara Lenang Beru Gintig & Lyaiful Amri Nasution
Planet Squeezebox, Ellipsis Arts - Wedding Day Waltz Geno Delafose
French Rockin' Boogie, Rounder - Volver, Volver Texas Tornados
Zone of Our Own, Reprise - Since I Met You Baby Ivory Joe Hunter
Lone Star Soundtrack, Daring - INTERVIEW: Ernie and Antoinette K-Doe
- Instrumental: The Big Noise From Winnetka Bob Crosby & his Bob Cats
South Rampart Street Parade, Conifer - Wedding of the Bugs Robbie Fulks
Straight Outta Boone County, Bloodshot - Peggy Sue Got Married Buddy Holly
Legend - Buddy Holly, MCA Coral - Happily Married Tampa Red
The Bluebird Recordings 1936-1938, Bluebird/RCA - Bronxville Darby and Joan Noel Coward & Joe Layton
Noel Coward Sings Sail Away and Other Coward Rarities, Harbinger - I Love Lucy Desi Arnaz
Television Themes: 16 Most Requested Songs, Columbia/Legacy - Makin' Whoopee Dr. John & Rickie Lee Jones
Mos' Scocious, Rhino - Wedding Boogie Johnny Otis
The Original Johnny Otis Show, Savoy Jazz
HOUR two
- Wedding Boogie Joe Turner
Thelonious Monk & Joe Turner in Paris, Disques Vogue - Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend Marilyn Monroe
The Essential Recordings, Wienerworld - Malinda's Wedding Day Fletcher Henderson
The Indispensable Fletcher Henderson, RCA - Married Man's a Fool Blind Willie McTell
Last Session, Bluesville - Parlez-nous a boire Balfa Brothers
The Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Volumes 1 & 2, Swallow - Wish I Was A Single Girl Again Rose Maddox
Maddox Brothers and Rose Vol. 1, Arhoolie - Married Blues Kenneth Rexroth
The Beat Generation, Rhino - Instrumental: My Last Date King Curtis
The Capitol Years, 1962-1965, Bear Family - Golden Ring George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Super Hits, Epic - Stop the Wedding Etta James
Her Best, MCA/Chess - All Right, Mr. Dankyman! Clifford Blake
Cornbread for Your Husband Biscuits for Your Man, Folklife Society of Louisiana - Be My Husband Nina Simone
Nina Simone Sings Nina, Verve - The Wedding March Bobby Hutcherson
Medina, Blue Note - From Hank to Hendrix Neil Young
Harvest Moon, Reprise - SEGMENT: marriage proposal at Rockefeller Center
- Let's Get Married Al Green
Greatest Hits, The Right Stuff - Instrumental: Just Like I Pictured It Medeski, Martin & Wood
Combustication, Blue Note - Wedding March Charles Mingus
Cumbia & Jazz Fusion, Rhino - My Old Man Joni Mitchell
Blue, Reprise - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin, Smithsonian Collection
