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 Party It’s night time in the big city A woman cuts pictures of places she’ll never visit out of a magazine I wonder if there’s any cake left. Words for parties and partying Banquets and bashes Benders and binges Carousels and Crushers Feasts and galas Get-togethers Hoedowns Hops Hullabaloos Jags and jigs Carousing Cavorting Celebrating Commemorating Drinking Getting down Grooving Hanging loose Having fun Letting down our hair Making merry Painting the town red Raising the roof Rejoicing Reveling And whooping it up “Let’s get this party started!” The Singers and The Songs The Showstoppers – Ain’t Nothin’ But A House Party “I love records like this one where they use the baritone sax to drive the bass along. It’s a sound you never get sick of.” Wanda Jackson – Let’s Have A Party “Elvis recorded this record before Wanda did, but you can give me Wanda’s version any day…You know, it’s almost criminal that she isn’t in the rock and roll hall of fame. I mean you just heard that record.” Jesse Allen – Let’s Party “He was a guy I don’t know a lot about. I know he’s from New Orleans. I like the way he sings; love the way he plays guitar. And other than that, I don’t know anything. Don and Dewey – Baby Gotta Party “Here’s a wild record, two twin bundles of TNT.” Lesley Gore – It’s My Party Buddy Knox – Party Doll Smiley Lewis – Caledonia’s Party The Enchanters – I Paid For The Party Claudine Clark – Party Lights “It’s a shame this was her only hit but if you have only one it’s a good thing it sounds like Party Lights.” Al Johnson – Carnival Time Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 – House Party “He had 57 R & B chart hits and many more that are less known, but they still rock with a steady roll.” Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – The Party “One of those melodramatic life lessons that country music is so full of” Lord Beginner – After the Bacchanal Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Party Girl Blossom Dearie - The Party’s Over Other People and Players Alec and Laddy Burke Solomon Burke Amy Winehouse Nick Thompson (discovered Wanda Jackson) Gene Shepherd Elvis Presley Link Wray Richard Barrie Don Terry Don Bowman Don Harris Don Sugarcane Harris Art Rupee Dale and Grace The Osmonds The Righteous Brothers “Pretty much based their entire act on Don and Dewey” Lee Allen (musician) Earle Palmer John Lee Hooker Johnny Otis Frank Zappa Quincy Jones Lionel Hampton Dizzy Gillespie Jimmy Bowen Roy Orbison William S. Burroughs Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldren Michael Jackson Steven Spiel berg The Rhythm Orchids Norman Petty Buddy Holly Garnet Mimms Bob Elgin Jerry Ragovoy Spanish Missionaries Aztecs Bacchus– Roman god of wine and intoxication Eduardo Sa Gomes Attila the Hun The Growling Tiger Lord Kitchener Emily Post Paris Hilton Betty Comden Adolph Green Jule Styne Woody Herman Alvino Ray The Blue Stars of France Norman Granz Artists in the TTRH Wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Wanda Jackson Link Wray Richard Berry Jesse Allen Other Songs and Albums Rehab (clip) Hot Barbecue (clip) Off The Wall Thriller The Theme from the Cosby Show I’m Leaving It Up To You Cocoa Joe Justine Big Boy Pete Willie the Pimp Hot Rats Austin Powers music Fly Me To The Moon I’m Stickin’ With You Soul Bossa Nova (clip played in background) Places New Orleans Paris Clovis, NM Philadelphia Macon, GA Mexico Italy England Trinidad and Tobago New York The Catskills People Who Made ‘Party Records’ “…would be kind of tame by today’s standards, but they were titillating and risqué in their day.” Belle Barth Bruce Wallace Kay Martin Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite) Redd Foxx (Clip) Record Labels Specialty Records Roulette Records Port-Of-Spain Label Verve Records Books and Poems The Wild Party – Joseph Moncure March (W.S. Burroughs once said it was this book that made him want to become a writer) Movies, TV Shows, Etc. The Pawn Broker In Cold Blood In The Heat of the Night The Color Purple The Fresh Prince of Belair Mad TV What Makes a Good Party The Warriors (clip) Mary Jane (clip) Guests Amy Sedaris Richard Lewis Ways to light a party Rope lights Colored bulbs Chinese paper lanterns Tea candles Black light Glow sticks “Well, that’s it for us this week. I gotta go fish the cigarette butts out of the sink, sweep up the broken glass, call the carpet cleaners, and I got to figure out who that is sleeping on my couch. While I’m gonna do all that, you do what you got to do and we’ll meet up here again next week for an all new theme on TTRH. Party on dude!”