Women of the Bo-sa-so-sho Tribe, Niger, S.E. Africa
Si Nopo Da (By What Signs Will I Come to Understand?)
actually by Michael Snow
Nu Sounds
Africa
a Sun Ra production
Martin Denny
Mumba
The Springfields
Swahili Papa
Akendengue
Awana W'Afrika
Pink Lady
Love Countdown
Quincy Jones
Love, I Never Had It So Good
Little Jackie
The World Should Revolve Around Me
Fannypack
Hit It
ESG
Dance
Marsha Hunt's 22
(Oh, No! Not) The Beast Day
Tom Zé
Defect 8: Onu, arma mortal
Helen Shapiro
Don't Treat Me Like a Child
BOX SCORE Number of songs played: 30 • Percentage of songs played directly from my personal collection: 90% • Ratio of songs with a vocal component to purely instrumental songs: 4:1 • Ratio of songs with vocals that have male-only singing to female-only singing to mixed-sex singing: 3:2:1 • Number of songs in which a male vocalist is imitating a female voice: 1 • Longest song: 7:12 • Shortest song: 1:04 • Artists by continent (defined by origin or original home of artist, not where song was recorded): North America — 15; South America — 4; Europe — 7; Asia — 1; Africa — 3; Australia/Oceania — 0 • Format breakdown: 7-inch vinyl – 2; 12-inch vinyl — 11; compact disc — 17 • Songs by decade: 1950s — 4; 1960s — 4; 1970s — 7; 1980s — 5; 1990s — 3; 2000s — 6; 2010s — 1 • Age of youngest performer at time of song's release: 14 • Age of oldest performer: 62 • Number of weeks since I've featured a show in which I played songs from the past seven decades: 3 • Number of songs I've ever played that had their first release in 2012: 1 • Number of songs played that have reached the U.S. Top 5 on the Billboard singles chart: 2 • Number of artists played who have reached the Top 20 on the Billboard singles chart under group names other than the ones featured here: 5 • Number of artists played who have directly inspired a Billboard No. 1 hit single by the Rolling Stones: 1 • Percentage of African-derived songs played that were actually performed by African artists: 43% • Number of artists played who have hosted a weekly television series: 2
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