17 Jan 2026

Nashville Babylon: 17 January 2026

From Nashville Babylon, 6:00 pm on 17 January 2026
Tony Joe White

Tony Joe White Photo: Supplied

On this week's 2 hour summer edition of Nashville Babylon there's blues there's reggae from Winston 'King' Cole, soul courtesy of Candi Staton, delta sounds from Bobbie Gentry and Tony Joe White plus classics from Elvis Presley and Fleetwood Mac.

Songs Played:

Hour 1

Artist: Larry Jon Wilson

Track: Ohoopee River Bottomland

Composer: Wilson

Album: Country Got Soul vol 2

Label: Casual

 

Artist: Tony Joe White

Track: Polk Salad Annie

Composer: Tony Joe White

Album: Single

Label: Monument

 

Artist: Bobbie Gentry

Track: Mississippi Delta

Composer: Gentry

Album: Ode To Billie Joe

Label: Capitol

 

Artist: Bonnie Raitt

Track: Love Me Like A Man

Composer: Smither

Album: Give It Up

Label: Warner Bros

 

Artist: Koko Taylor and Willie Dixon

Track: Insane Asylum

Composer: Willie Dixon

Album: Single

Label: Checker

 

Artist: Dr John

Track: I Been Hoodood

Composer: Rebenack

Album: In the Right Place

Label: ATCO

 

Artist: Donovan

Track: Season Of The Witch

Composer: Donovan

Album: Season Of The Witch

Label: Epic

 

Artist: Eartha Kitt

Track: Hurdy Gurdy Man

Composer: Donovan

Album: Single

Label: Spark

 

Artist: Fleetwood Mac

Track: Oh Well part 1

Composer: Peter Green

Album: Single

Label: Reprise

 

Artist: Winston ‘King’ Cole

Track: Black Magic Woman

Composer: Peter Green

Album: Impact! - Rare & Unreleased Reggae

Label: Impact

 

Artist: Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner

Track: The Pain Of Loving You

Composer: Dolly Parton

Album: 16 Greatest Love Songs

Label: RCA

 

Artist: Warren Zevon

Track:  Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

Composer: Zevon / Lindell

Album: Excitable Boy

Label: Asylum

 

Artist: Richard And Linda Thompson

Track: I Want to See The Bright Lights Tonight

Composer: Richard Thompson

Album:I Want to See The Bright Lights Tonight

Label: Island

 

Artist: Harry J All Stars

Track: Liquidator

Composer: Johnson

Album: Single

Label: Harry J

 

Hour 2

 

Artist: The Fabulous Wailers

Track: Long Cool One

Composer: Dangel / Greek / Morrill

Album: Roots Of Hendrix

Label: Mojo

 

Artist: Wilson Pickett

Track: Born To Be Wild

Composer: Mars Bonfire

Album: Hey Jude

Label: Atlantic

 

Artist: Jr Walker and the Allstars

Track: Shotgun

Composer: Walker

Album: Single

Label: Motown

 

Artist: Dexys Midnight Runners

Track:Let's Make This Precious

Composer: Rowland, Paterson

Album: Too-Rye-Ay

Label: Mercury

 

Artist: Otis Redding

Track: Hard To Handle

Composer: Jones / Bell / Redding

Album: The Immortal Otis Redding

Label: Atco

 

Artist: Eddie Hinton

Track: I'll Come Running Back To You

Composer: Eddie Hinton

Album: Letters From Mississippi

Label: Zane

 

Artist: Dusty Springfield

Track: Breakfast In Bed

Composer: Fritts / Hinton

Album: Dusty In Memphis

Label: Atlantic

 

Artist: Toots and The Maytals

Track: Louie Louie

Composer: Berry

Album: Funky Kingston

Label: Mango

 

Artist: Mildred

Track: Sauvie's Nude Beach

Composer: Jack Schrott

Album: red

Label: Dog Day

 

Artist: Lambchop

Track: Grumpus

Composer: Wagner

Album: Nixon

Label: City Slang

 

Artist: Buddy Holly

Track: True Love Ways

Composer: Holly / Petty

Album: Single

Label: Coral

 

Artist: Candi Staton

Track:In The Ghetto

Composer: Mac Davis

Album: Candi Staton

Label: United Artists

 

Artist: George Jones

Track: He Stopped Loving Her Today

Composer: Braddock/Putman

Album: The Ultimate Country Collection

Label: Columbia

 

Artist: Elvis Presley

Track: Suspicious Minds

Composer: Mark James

Album: Single

Label: RCA

 

Artist: The Noveltones

Track: Left Bank Two

Composer: Wayne Hill

Album: Single

Label: DeWolf Music