Information provided courtesy of the Bob Dylan Fan Club's annotated Theme Time project at http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/ where you'll find even more info/links than included here School (school room noises) It's night time in the Big City a writer stares at a blank sheet of paper a pet poodle scratches at a window “Your school for dreams, schemes and themes. Your university of perversity” “School's now in session” The Singers and The Songs Nat 'King' Cole Trio - You Don't Learn That In School (this is on a book form set called "The Classic Singles". However, the set has come in for some stern criticism at Amazon.com from customers, both for apparently inferior sound quality and poor design for holding the discs. Your choice. Another option is to seek out a copy of a Capitol collection called "Cocktail Combos" which also has music by Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, Charles Brown & Floyd Dixon. This route should also be cheaper. ) Graham Parker-Back to School Days (part of the Pub Rock movement from the 1976 album Howlin' Wind) (his appears on his album "Howlin' Wind". ) Tommy Facenda -High School USA (Minneapolis/St Paul version) “He did like 40 versions of it, recorded them all in like 2 days. Imagine what the last version must have sounded like! I get tired just doin' this radio show!” (this record was made in an astonishing 28 regional versions for Atlantic records, plus a "national" version (this in addition to the original, recorded for song writer Frank Guida's Legrand label). The version played by Bob, according to UK Record Collector magazine was his 'local' one, for Minneapolis/St. Paul. If you absolutely have to have that, the only option (apart from tracking down a copy of the record) is a recent (but deleted I think) CD called "High School USA" which collects together all 30 versions of the song! The less obsessive can opt for the Los Angeles version on "The Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 4" on Ace. ) James Brown-Don't Be a Dropout (this is on a boxed anthology called "Star Time". ) Ricky Nelson-Lincoln and 46 (is on an Ace disc "Rockin' With Ricky".) Otis Rush-Homework (Otis Rush only made one single for the Duke label, in 1962, before moving on. Consequently, this isn't as simple to find as might have been hoped. So far, the only place I have discovered it is on another deleted disc "The Best Of Duke-Peacock Blues". Any other suggestions welcome, as ever.) Harry Reser and his 6 Jumping Jacks -I Love the College Girls (this is on "Harry Reser's Six Jumping Jacks Vol. 2" .) The Marquee's-Hey, Little School Girl I have found that the group in question (one of many "Marquees" around in the 50s) made a couple of singles for the Okeh label. As a result I have just ordered, through Bim-Bam , a CD called " Okeh For Rock & Roll", which has the group on and I'm pleased to say it does contain the Marquees "Hey Little Schoolgirl". Lots of other goodies on here too, including I'm delighted to find, "The Last Meal" by Hurricane Harry (see the TTRH Jail post). If anyone should go to Bim-Bam to seek this disc out, be aware that the search engine is rather on the pedantic side. Putting in Okeh label rock 'n' roll will draw a blank. Put in just "Okeh label" to find it.) Brenda Holloway with The Supremes-Play it Cool, Stay in School (issued I think only as a one-sided promo record, this appears to be available only on "The Complete Motown Singles Vol. 6".) Babs Gonzales-Professor Bop (is on a 4-disc set from Proper called "BeBop Spoken Here" ) Sam Cooke-Wonderful World (this wonderful song features on most Cooke collections, including the recent "Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964".) Gene Summers-School of Rock n' Roll “Listen to the piano playing on this record, it just pushes the thing along. Without the piano the guitar player might as well drop out.” (this is on a CD from Collector called "School Of Rock 'N' Roll". In the UK it might still be available on a compilation put together by rock 'n' roll magazine 'Now Dig This'.) NRBQ -Still In School (this is on the album "Riding In My Car" or on "Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ (1969-1989)". Bob actually gave a different album title during the show; this is the one re-issued under the "Riding In My Car" title above) Lulu-To Sir with Love (a kind of anti-Mr Lee, this can be found on "To Sir With Love: The Complete Mickie Most Recordings".) Jerry Lee Lewis-High School Confidential “the Killer" (if there's a Sun period Jerry Lee disc that doesn't have this in some shape, I'll eat my hat!) Vincent Fornier (Alice Cooper)-School's Out “Guillotine and golf officianto” (the title track of ol' Vince's biggest album, this warhorse is also on any Alice Cooper best of worth a dime.) Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (the original John Lee Williamson just for a change, as opposed to Rice Miller. This track is on, eg, "The Bluebird Blues" for starters.) Other Singers, People and Songs Brisbee Schwartz Martin Belmont Gene Vincent and the Bluecaps Ozzie and Harriet Nelson James Burton Elvis Gene Vincent Carl Perkins “I Can't Quit You, Baby” “My Love Will Never Die” “3 Times a Fool” “All Your Love” Don Roby Jazz Pilots Campus Boys The Rounders The Park Lane Orchestra The Clicquot Club Bill Ridges and His Orchestra Bob Wills Horris Man Bo Diddley Marvin Gaye Chester Simmons Peece Palmer James Nolan Mark “no ding dong” Twain “I never let my schooling interfere with my education” Victor Hugo The Beatles “You Make Me So Very Happy” Blood, Sweat and Tears Sonny Rollins JJ Johnson Whitten Kelly Roy Haynes Lou Adler Herb Albert Terry Adams Everly Brothers “All Hopped Up” (album) Sidney Pottier Michael Stipe Natalie Merchant Bill Clinton “Definitely a man who could take you from crayons to perfume.” Mimi Vandorn JW Brown Myra Gayle Guest Carla Thomas (speaking on why you should stay in school) Cheerleaders Ann-Margaret Paula Abdul Halley Berry Katie Couric George W Bush Dwight D Eisenhower Ruth Bader Ginsberg Steve Martin Trent Lott Samuel L Jackson Madonna FDR (also 32nd president) "The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize." Commercials and Publics Service announcements Robert Hall (back to school) Les Paul and Mary Ford The Big “O” Otis Redding Stay in School (this can be found on the box set "Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding". I think it's also on a Stax CD "It's Not Just Sentimental".) Places Barnwell, SC Welsey, MA Dallas, TX Atwater Village Glasgow, Scotland LA Ann Arbor TV and Movies MTV Rock Around the Clock Ed Sullivan Show 3 Stooges Fast Times at Ridgemont High Rock n' Roll High School High School Confidential Record Labels Cobra Duke Okay Motown Red Rooster Women's Colleges Barnard Smith Holyoke St. Benedict Wellesley Colleges University of Michigan-Behavioral Neuroscience Princeton-Experimental Psychology Harvard-Historical Sociology Poems Gwendolyn Brooks-We Real Cool Schools Global School of Private Investigation ABC School of Bartending Dave's Accordion School Cook St. School of Fine Cooking Second Nature School of Taxidermy The Superior Fashion Institute of Montreal Eastern School of Musical Instrument Repair School Mascots Florida Gators-Albert Dunker the Inflatable Horse Sammy the Slug- UC Santa Cruz WooShock -Wichita State Zippy the Kangaroo “He's all he's cracked up to be” Kinds of Teachers Shop Latin Profs of Law Profs of Medicine Subjects Covered History- The Battle of Hastings Biology-The Cerebrum Science- Potential and Kinetic Energy “Let me hip ya” Math-Slide Rule Valedictorians Johnny Bench Cindy Crawford WC Handy William Renquist Emmylou Harris Alicia Keyes Conan O'Brien Weird Al W.E.B DuBois “I wonder if William Renquist gave the same type of speech as Weird Al? Somehow I doubt it.” “I went to a tough high school, even the debating team was on steroids”