Money
It's night in the big city A man says a prayer, puts down a $20 and rolls the dice The faucet won't stop dripping "Welcome to Season Three of Theme Time Radio Hour, and we're glad to have ya. We've had a lot of fun the last couple of years, presenting the greats and near-greats, the fondly remembered and the almost forgotten, performing a wide variety of music on a veritable cornucopia of subjects. But as we start season 3 we're gonna take our cue from a sign Harry S. Truman kept on his desk: The Buck Stops Here. And not just the buck, the yen, the sheckle, the nickel and dime, and if you still subscribe to the barter system, maybe a bushel of corn. So break open your piggy banks and cash in your bonds. This week's episode of TTRH is most definitely cash and carry."
Singers and Songs
Jerry McCain & His Upstarts That's What They Want Louis Prima Pennies From Heaven Papa Charlie Jackson You Put It In, I'll Take It Out "If ya listen, it's a very unusual instrument he's playing. It's kinda half banjo, half guitar. It's a six string instrument, tuned and fingered like a guitar but with a banjo body, so it has that trebly banjo sound, but there's more notes available." Van Morrison Blue Money "I almost think we play too much Van Morrison. Then I listen to one of his records and I think, no we don't!" Ray Charles Greenbacks "There's a great baritone sax solo on this record. It's probably Howard Cooper, and you can almost hear him stepping back into the reed section to blend back in at the end of his solo. I always like to give you a little something to listen to in a song; I find it makes you listen to the whole thing more carefully." Mel Blanc Money Buddy Johnson and His Band It's the Gold Nic Jones Farewell To The Gold Lefty Frizzell My Baby's Just Like Money "One of the true honky-tonk heroes" Buddy Guy (Amigo Hombre) 100 Dollar Bill "Sounds a little bit like Barrett Strong's 'Money' - not enough to get sued I guess." P Diddy (Featuring Lil' Kim, The Lox, and the Notorious B.I.G.) It's All About the Benjamins The Clovers Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash "It's because of them we have the familiar sound of the saxophone solo on vocal group records. You see what happened was, back on February 22nd, 19 and 51, tenor saxophonist Frank 'Floorshow' Culley brought his band into the Atlantic studios to back the clovers. Well Ahmet Ertegun only wanted to use the rhythm section; Frank knew if he didn't play he wasn't gonna get paid. Ahmet said to him, 'Now listen man, if I pay you, you're gonna play!' so play he did and it was the first saxophone solo on a vocal group record. It reached number one, and the bootin' tenor solo was a mainstay on vocal group records ever since." Jessie Price You Can't Take It With You Other People and Players
Christopher Collins Italian Singers Perry Como Vic Damone Tony Bennett Dino Freddie Keppard and his Jazz Cardinals Johnnie Dodds Tiny Parham Kid Ory Johnny Burke Arthur Johnston Ma Rainey Ida Cox Terry Southern Elizabeth Magie Charles Darrow Parker Brothers Howard Cooper Stan Freberg Porky Pig Daffy Duck Ella Johnson Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger Ronald Reagan "Friend of the black man, striking a blow for world justice" Paul Metsers Jimmy Williams The Beatles M.D.T. Bienville French physician who "laid out" (if you'll pardon the expression) the theory of nymphomania Alfred Kinsey "A nymphomaniac is just someone who has more sex than you do" Barrett Strong Lil' Kim The LOX The Notorious B.I.G Benjamin Disraeli Benjamin Harrison Patriarch Benjamin I of Constantinople Pope Benjamin II Saint Benjamin Arthur Benjamin Asher Benjamin Judah P. Benjamin Richard Benjamin "Patriarch of the Ponderosa" "Patriarch of the Ponderosa" Frank "Floorshow"Culley Ahmet Ertegun Stan Kenton Louis Armstrong Slim Gaillard Other Songs and Albums
Hokum "A spicy form of popular song that was chock full of double ententes" Shake That Thing His Band and the Street Choir Penguin Eggs Money (B. Strong) (Clip played) Got a Penny Benny (Clip played) Record Labels
Decca Capital Atlantic Vocalion Excello Records Places
Los Angeles Memphis, TN The Federal Reserve Persia Constantinople The goldfields of Central Otago South Africa Bureau of Engraving and Printing Cuba N. Korea China Russia Marvin Gardens Boardwalk Empire State Building America New Orleans Mozambique Poland Slovakia Denmark Bosnia Albania Movies and TV Shows
Chinatown (Clip played)