John Lennon's Jukebox

[Sinister]

There was an amazing special on PBS last night, it was a documentary about John Lennon's early influences. Check out http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/lennon/index.html for info on viewing times in your area..

In 1989, a Bristol music promoter purchased at auction an old Discomatic jukebox owned by John Lennon in the 1960s. Its track list, written in Lennon's own hasty handwriting, catalogued 41 remarkable discs of American soul, R&B, and rock 'n' roll -- a collection that shaped his musical education and became the musical style source from which the Beatles sound derived. Below is a complete list of all the 45s included in the jukebox.


"In the Midnight Hour"
Wilson Pickett


"Rescue Me"
Fontella Bass


"Tracks of My Tears"
Smokey Robinson


"My Girl"
Otis Redding


"1, 2, 3"
Len Barry


"Hi Heel Sneakers"
Tommy Tucker


"Walk"
Jimmy McCracklin


"Gonna Send You Back to Georgia"
Timmy Shaw


"First I Look at the Purse"
The Contours


"New Orleans"
Gary "U.S." Bonds


"Watch Your Step"
Bobby Parker


"Daddy Rollin' Stone"
Derek Martin


"Short Fat Fannie"
Larry Williams


"Long Tall Sally"
Little Richard


"Money (That's What I Want)"
Barrett Strong


"Hey! Baby"
Bruce Channel


"Positively 4th Street"
Bob Dylan


"Daydream"
The Lovin' Spoonful


"Turquoise"
Donovan


"Slippin' and Slidin'"
Buddy Holly


"Be-Bop-A-Lula"
Gene Vincent


"No Particular Place to Go"
Chuck Berry


"Steppin' Out"
Paul Revere


"Do You Believe in Magic"
The Lovin' Spoonful


"Some Other Guy
The Big Three


"Twist and Shout"
The Isley Brothers


"She Said "Yeah"
Larry Williams


"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Buddy Holly


"Slippin' and Slidin'"
Little Richard


"Quarter to Three"
Gary "U.S." Bonds


"Ooh My Soul"
Little Richard


"Woman Love"
Gene Vincent


"Shop Around
The Miracles


"Bring It on Home to Me"
The Animals


"If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
James Ray


"What's So Good About Goodbye
The Miracles


"Bad Boy"
The Miracles


"Agent Double O Soul"
Edwin Starr


"I've Been Good to You"
The Miracles


"Oh I Apologize"
Barrett Strong


"Who's Lovin' You"
The Miracles

You can also pick up a compilation CD of these songs titled "John Lennon's Jukebox" at Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001IW61C/qid=1094871800/sr=8-1/ref=pd_cps_1/104-3848781-6947165?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

[princessKT]

Thanks for letting me know. It's coming on here Sunday at 5am, but I'll try and tape it. :)

I'm going to email my professor about it, just in case he doesn't know about it. I'm sure he'll send his thanks along as well.

[Sinister]

Hope you like it. :) It was well worth taping, unfortunately I caught it five minutes into the program, so I just said f it. Hopefully they'll have it out on DVD soon.

[db44]

My firend John was telling me about this yesterday. He saw it and thought it was excellent. The artists talking about seeing their names in the Lennon collection and all.

I'm sure it will be out in DVD soon. I also would guess this is a sneaky tie-in to Rock and Roll.

[bekahbeans]

Oh joy of all joys it hasn't aired here yet!!!!!!

God bless PBS and all it's contributors.

[princessKT]

Why, thank you Bekah. ;) Actually, I'm not the contributor, my parents are.

[Sinister]

So, did anybody get a chance to see this show? If so, what did ya think about it?