Uncle Frank's Radio Hour 11:33 PM Pledging My Love by Johnny Ace

Work with Me Annie by The Midnighters

Annie Had a Baby by The Midnighters

Roll With Me Henry by Etta James

Girl Can't Help It (by Little Richard)

Tweddleedee (by LaVern Baker and the Gliders)

Jim Dandy (by LaVern Baker)

Tra la la (by La Vern Baker)

Jim Dandy Got Married (by LaVern Baker)

Saved! (by LaVern Baker)

Since I Met You Baby  (by Ivory Joe Hunter)

Speedo (by Cadillacs)

Cherry Wine (by Esther Phillips)

(There was a slow version of "Cherry Wine" by a doo wop group with the lyrics:

"Cherry, cherry wine
 Cherry, cherry wine
 Taste so good"

Night Owl (by Tony Allen)

Frank's friends and other listeners would call in requests during his lunch hour show. Frank's friends would request the records they knew he had in his collection, and Frank by all reports would makes notes of what other people wanted to hear and make humorous congenial banter. 

In the Still of the Night (by the Five Satins)

Earth Angel (by The Penguins)

 There Is Something On Your Mind (by Big Jay McNeely, the "Deacon")

Have Mercy Baby (by the Dominoes)







(I kept listening ... 1964 ... though the show was off the air by then, I believe.)

The Clapping Song (by Shirley Ellis) Like the clapping games we did in Compton.  But I liked the baritone sax, too.  

Short Fat Fannie (by Tommy Tucker)

Long Tall Shorty (by Tommy Tucker) "Dial 24689"

Short Fat Fanny (by Little Richard)

Put No Headstone On My Grave (by Little Esther)



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