Ray's playlist


Quite a few of these songs have slow starts.  Listen to the whole song.


1960's

Title Artist
Wedding Bell Blues Fifth Dimension
Bernadette Four Tops
Walk Away Renée Four Tops
Happy Together The Turtles
Elenore The Turtles
Frozen Orange Juice Peter Sarstedt
The Elusive Butterfly Bob Lind
Get Together The Youngbloods
Waterloo Sunset The Kinks
Ragamuffin Man Manfred Mann


1970

Title Artist
Same Old Feeling Polly Brown
That's Where I Went Wrong The Poppy Family
Wheeling West Virginia Neil Sedaka
Arizona Mark Lindsay
Boom Sha La La Lo Hans Poulsen
Smiley Ronnie Burns
Knock Knock Who's There Liv Maessen
Son of a Simple Man John Blanchfield
No Time The Guess Who
Shilo Neil Diamond
Spirit in the Sky Norman Greenbaum
Our House Crosby, Stills and Nash


1971

Title Artist
Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves Cher
Chicago Graham Nash
Military Madness Graham Nash
No Matter What You Do Badfinger
Band of Gold Freda Payne
Falling in Love Again Ted Mulry
If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot
If Not for You Olivia Newton-John
Me and You and A Dog Named Boo Lobo
Toast and Marmalade for Tea Tin Tin
Speak To the Sky Rick Springfield
Mr. Bojangles The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Joan Baez
Imagine John Lennon
Lonely Days Bee Gees
Stoned Love The Supremes
Two Divided By Love The Grass Roots
Hi Honey Ho Daddy Cool
It's Too Late Carol King


1972

Title Artist
Pasadena John Paul Young
Day After Day Badfinger
Baby Blue Badfinger
Brandy Looking Glass
Your Move Yes
Conquistador  (Live version) Procol Harum
Alone Again (Naturally) Gilbert O'Sullivan
Clair Gilbert O'Sullivan
Baby I'm I Want You Bread
Old Man Neil Young
I Need You America
Go All the Way The Raspberries
I Saw the Light Todd Rundgren
Starman David Bowie
Metal Guru T. Rex
Run To me Bee Gees
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack


1973

Title Artist
Susie Darlin' Barry Crocker
Dreams Are Ten A Penny Kincade
Let's Pretend The Raspberries
Do It Again Steely Dan
I'd Love You To Want Me Lobo
Summer (The First Time) Bobby Goldsborro
Give Me Love George Harrison
Nutbush City Limits Ike and Tina Turner
48 Crash Suzi Quatro
Reeling in the Years Steely Dan
Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack
Last Song Edward Bear
Photograph Ringo Starr
What Would the Children Think Rick Springfield


1974

Title Artist  
Rock Your Baby George McCrae     ( the version with significant keyboards )
Who Do You Think You Are Bo Donaldson and the Haywoods  
Half A Million Miles From Home Albert Hammond  
Cat's in the Cradle Harry Chapin  
Time in A Bottle Jim Croce  
I Get A Kick Out of You Gary Shearston  
Sugar Baby Love The Rubettes  
Beach Baby 1st Class  
Mind Games John Lennon  
Let Go Brian Cadd  
Rikki, Don't Lose That Number Steely Dan  
Sorrow David Bowie  
Feel Like Makin' Love Roberta Flack  
Amoureuse Kiki Dee  


1975

Title Artist
How Long Ace
Wildfire Michael Murphey
Laughter in the Rain Neil Sedaka
Jackie Blue Ozark Mountain Daredevils
The Hustle Van McCoy
Girls On the Avenue Richard Clapton
Gonna Make You A Star David Essex
Dreamer Supertramp
I'm Not in Love 10cc
One of These Nights The Eagles
Department of Youth Alice Cooper
Born To Run Bruce Springsteen
Fox On the Run Sweet
All My Friends Are Getting Married Skyhooks
Send in the Clowns Judy Collins


1976

Title Artist  
Moonlight Feels Right Starbuck  
Shake Your Booty KC and the Sunshine Band  
More More More Andrea True  
You To Me Are Everything The Real Thing  
Show Me the Way Peter Frampton  
Dream Weaver Gary Wright  
All By Myself Eric Carmen  
Fooled Around and Fell in Love Elvin Bishop  
Gotta Be the One Maxine Nightingale  
Heart On My Sleeve Gallagher and Lyle  
Horoscope Harpo  
Love and Other Bruises Air Supply  
More Than A Feeling Boston     ( "Fly on the Ceiling" )
Silly Love Songs Wings  
The Lies in Your Eyes The Sweet  
Don't Fear the Reaper Blue Oyster Cult  


1977

Title Artist
Lonely Boy Andrew Gold
Jungle Love Steve Miller Band
Barracuda Heart
The Things We Do for Love 10cc
You Make Lovin’ Fun Fleetwood Mac
Sound and Vision David Bowie
Dancin’ in the Moonlight Thin Lizzy
Strawberry Letter 23 Brothers Johnson
Shannon Henry Gross
Winter in America Doug Ashdown
Sentimental Lady Bob Welch
Year of the Cat Al Stewart
The Closer I Get To you Roberta Flack
Mainstreet Bob Seger
So You Win Again Hot Chocolate
Just a Song Before I Go Crosby, Stills and Nash


1978

Title Artist  
Fool (If You Think It's Over) Chris Rea     ( original radio edit - was hard to find )
Got To Be Real Cheryl Lynn  
Thank You for Being A Friend Andrew Gold  
With A Little Luck Wings  
Baby Come Back Player  
Baker Street Gerry Rafferty  
Can We Still Be Friends Todd Rundgren  
Hurting for You Todd Rundgren  
I Think I’m Gonna Fall in Love Supercharge  
Ebony Eyes Bob Welch  
Every Kinda People Robert Palmer  
I Go Crazy Paul Davis  
Never Let Her Slip Away Andrew Gold  
Jack and Jill Raydio  
Love Will Find A Way Pablo Cruise  
(You’re Such A) Fabulous Dancer Wha-Koo  
Minute By Minute Doobie Brothers  
The Man with the Child in His Eyes Kate Bush  
Another Night On the Road Sherbet  


1979

Title Artist  
Please Don't Go KC and the Sunshine Band  
Stay With Me Til Dawn Judie Tzuke  
Every Night Phoebe Snow  
Lotta Love Nicolette Larson  
Shake It Ian Mathews  
Love Is the Answer England Dan and John Ford Coley  
Time Passages Al Stewart  
What A Fool Believes The Doobie Brothers  
Baby It's You Promises  
Cool for Cats Squeeze  (UK Squeeze)  
Cars Gary Numan  
Hanging On the Telephone Blondie  
Union City Blue Blondie  
The Logical Song Supertramp  
Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles  
Voices Cheap Trick  
My Little Girl Roxy Music  
Dance Away Roxy Music  
Waiting For The Rain Manfred Mann's Earth Band     ( final third )


1980

Title Artist  
People Mi-Sex  
Turning Japanese The Vapours  
So Long Fischer Z  
Danger The Motels  
Ashes To Ashes David Bowie  
Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins  
Games Without Fontiers Peter Gabriel  
When I'm With You Sparks  
Johnny and Mary Robert Palmer  
London Calling The Clash  
Making Plans for Nigel XTC  
Poor Boy Split Enz  
Rock Lobster B-52's  
Private Idaho B-52's  
Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime The Korgis  
Five Letter Word Numbers  
Sara Fleetwood Mac  
Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd     ( best guitar solo I have ever heard )


1981

Title Artist
Planet Earth Duran Duran
Roomful of Diamonds Radiators
Bette Davis Eyes Kim Carnes
Chequered Love Kim Wilde
Fade To Grey Visage
Vienna Ultravox
Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
Misplaced Love Rupert Hine
The Unguarded Moment The Church
Sailing Christopher Cross
Shout and Deliver The Reels
Quasimodo's Dream The Reels
Who's Crying Now Journey
Cambodia Kim Wilde
Other Places MEO 245
Charlotte Sometimes Cure


1982

Title Artist
Cheatin' Man Goanna
Solid Rock Goanna
Don't Change INXS
Without You Eurogliders
Heaven (Must Be There) Eurogliders
Forget Me Nots Patrice Rushen
I Ran A Flock of Seagulls
Love Plus One Haircut 100
Rock the Casbah The Clash
View from a Bridge Kim Wilde
Words Missing Persons
Gypsy Fleetwood Mac
Hey Little Girl Icehouse
Eye in the Sky Alan Parsons Project
Love My Way Psychedelic Furs
Only the Lonely The Motels
Razor's Edge Goanna


1983

Title Artist  
Modern Love David Bowie  
Nobody's Diary Yazoo  
Chinese Eyes The Venetians  
Computer One Dear Enemy  
Don't Talk To Me About Love Altered Images  
I.O.U. Freeez  
Twist of Fate Olivia Newton-John  
Family Man Hall and Oats  
In A Big Country Big Country  
It's A Mistake Men At Work  
Mirror Man Human League  
Shock the Monkey Peter Gabriel  
Lawyers in Love Jackson Browne  
To Look At You INXS  
True Spandau Ballet  
White Wedding Billy Idol  
Wrapped Around Your Finger The Police  
Suddenly Last Summer The Motels  
China Girl David Bowie  
Short Memory Midnight Oil  
Song for A Future Generation The B52's  
It Might Be You Stephen Bishop  
Every Breathe You Take The Police  
Tea in the Sahara The Police     ( not the live version )


1984

Title Artist
Don't Believe Anymore Icehouse
99 Luftballoons Nena
Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw
Catch Me I'm Falling Real Life
Dance Hall Days Wang Chung
Dancing With Myself Billy Idol
Eyes Without A Face Billy Idol
Drive The Cars
Everywhere I Go QED
Good Die Young Divinyls
Here Comes the Rain Again Eurythmics
Jump Van Halen
Robert DeNiro's Waiting Bananarama
Speed Your Love To Me Simple Minds
The Lebanon Human League
This Charming Man The Smiths
Blue Day Mi-Sex
Borderline Madonna
The Unforgettable Fire U2
A Sort of Homecoming U2


1985

Title Artist
Run To You Bryan Adams
Shame The Motels
In Between Days The Cure
And We Danced The Hooters
Can't Wait To See You Eurogliders
Cherish Kool and the Gang
Voices Carry 'Til Tuesday
We Close Our Eyes Go West
Home for My Heart Tim Finn
Life in A Northern Town The Dream Academy
Walking On the Chinese Wall Phillip Bailey
Money Changes Everything Cyndi Lauper
Into the Groove Madonna
Take Me On A-Ha
Shout Tears for Fears
A Night Like This The Cure
Black Man Ray China Crisis


1986

Title Artist
Human Human League
Absolutely Eurogliders
Bizarre Love Triangle New Order
You Keep Me Hanging On Kim Wilde
The Captain of Her Heart Double
I Just Died in Your Arms Cutting Crew
Sleeping Beauty The Divinyls
Broken Wings Mr. Mister
Great Wall Boom Crash Opera
Calling Rose Tatoo
Marlene On the Wall Suzanne Vega
Take Me Home Tonight Eddie Money
I Didn't Mean To Turn You On Robert Palmer
Live To Tell Madonna


1987

Title Artist
Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz
Breakout Swing Out Sister
True Faith New Order
Ship of Fools World Party
Little Lies Fleetwood Mac
Hold On Models
Right On Track The Breakfast Club
Rico Mambo The Breakfast Club
Coming Around Again Carly Simon
Taken In Mike and the Mechanics
Windy Town Chris Rea
Danced in the Fire Sharon O'Neil


1988

Title Artist
The Perfect Day Fischer Z
Love Changes Everything Climie Fisher
Wonderful Life Black
Tell It To the Moon Martha Davis
Back To the Wall The Divinyls
As the Days Go By Daryl Braithwaite
All I Do Daryl Braithwaite
Age of Reason John Farnham
Her Charity Boom Crash Opera
One Slip Pink Floyd
Toy Soldiers Martika
Under the Milky Way The Church
The Kingdom Icehouse
I Know You By Heart Bette Midler and David Pack
Crash and Burn ‘Til Tuesday
Teardrops Womack and Womack
Touched by the Hand of God New Order
Into Temptation Crowded House
Reptile The Church


1989

Title Artist
Second Chance 38 Special
If A Tree Falls Bruce Cockburn
Driven Out The Fixx
Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus
I Drove All Night Cyndi Lauper
Lullaby The Cure
Not Just Another Girl Ivan Neville
Never Be the Same Crowded House


1990/1991

Title Artist  
It's Only the Beginning Deborah Conway  
Falling Julie Cruise  
Woman in Chains Tears for Fears  
Year of the Knife Tears for Fears  
Love Thy Will Be Done Martika  
I Feel Possessed Crowded House  
Fall At Your Feet Crowded House  
1000 Miles Away Hoodoo Gurus  
Roam B52's  
The Horses Daryl Braithwaite  
Metropolis The Church     ( love the final minute )
Getting Away With It Electronic  
Try All You Want Electronic  
One U2  


1992/1993

Title Artist
Friday I’m in Love The Cure
Not A Day Goes By Rick Price
Friday's Child Wendy Matthews
Ordinary Angels Frente
Damm I Wish I Was Your Lover Sophie B Hawkins
Every Breathe You Take The Police
Mr Jones Counting Crows
All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow
Are you Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz
Regret New Order
Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough Patty Smyth and Don Henley
Why Annie Lennox
The Day You Went Away Wendy Matthews
Possession Sarah McLachlan


1994/1995

Title Artist
The Rhythm of the Night Corona
A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins
Only To Be With You Roachford
Lay Your Love On Me Roachford
I Believe Marcella Detroit
One of Us Joan Osborne
Vow Garbage
Wonderwall Oasis
Stay Lisa Loeb
No More "I Love You's" Annie Lennox
Fade into You Mazzy Star


1996/1997

Title Artist
Constant Craving K D Lang
Torn Natalie Imbruglia
Children Robert Miles
Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan
7 Seconds Neneh Cherry
Alisha Rules the World Alisha'a Attic
To the Moon and Back Savage Garden
Sway Bic Runga
One Headlight The Wallflowers
If You Could Only See Tonic
1979 Smashing Pumpkins


1998

Title Artist  
Treat Me Good Bachelor Girl     ( love the final minute )
When I Grow Up Garbage  
Music Sounds Better With You Stardust  
I Love You Always Forever Donna Lewis  
Slide The Goo Goo Dolls  
Singing in My Sleep Semisonic  
When You're Gone Bryan Adams  
Thank U Alanis Morissette  
Hey Now Now Swirl 360  
Perfect Smashing Pumpkins  
Special Garbage  
The Trick Is To Keep Breathing Garbage  
You Look So Fine Garbage  


1999

Title Artist
Blown Away Bachelor Girl
Steal My Sunshine Len
How Do I Deal Jennifer Love Hewitt
Life Is A Rollercoaster Ronan Keating
Permission To Shine Bachelor Girl
My Favourite Mistake Sheryl Crow
Dig Mark Lizotte
Lucky Me Bachelor Girl
Learn To Fly Foo Fighters


2000

Title Artist  
Don't Give Up Chicane & Bryan Adams  
My Way Home Alex Lloyd  
Everything You Want Vertical Horizon  
Teenager of the Year Lo-tel  
Replaced By Vinyl Lo-tel     ( sample )
Never Be the Same Again Mel  


2001/2002

Title Artist
I'm Like A Bird Nelly Furtado
Chase the Sun Planet Funk
Jaded Aerosmith
Complicated Avril Lavigne
Never Be Amazing David Franj
Take Me With You Drag
Escape Enrique
Not Pretty Enough Kasey Chambers
Good Dancers The Sleepy Jackson


2003/2004

Title Artist
Falling Candice Alley
Beautiful Alex Lloyd
You're So True Joseph Arthur
Breathe Michelle Branch
Mr. Brightside The Killers
Four To the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix) Starsailor
So Beautiful Pete Murray


2005

Title Artist
4ever The Veronicas
Everything I'm Not The Veronicas


2006

Title Artist
Deciphering Me Brooke Fraser
The Hardest Part Coldplay


2007/2008

Title Artist
Love Me Like the World Is Ending Ben Lee
No More No Less Mercy Me
Just a Boy Angus and Julia Stone
L.E.S. Artistes Santigold


2009

Title Artist
Kids MGMT
My Delirium Ladyhawke
Sometimes Miami Horror
1901 Phoenix
Lisztomania Phoenix
Fader Temper Trap
Ice Cream New Young Pony Club
Gimme Sympathy Metric


2010

Title Artist
Pumped Up Kicks Foster the People
Living in America DOM
Jellylegs Children Collide
Laredo Band of Horses
Dilly Band of Horses
On Melancholy Hill Gorillaz
Eyes Wide Open Goyte
Today Princess One Point Five
The Piper's Song Gypsy and the Cat
Gilgamesh Gypsy and the Cat


2011

Title Artist
Eyes Wide Open Gotye


2012

Title Artist
Boy Emma Louise
Twin Rays Gung Ho


2013

Title Artist
Atlas Eyes Emma Louise


2014

Title Artist  
Between Friends Japanese Wallpaper     ( wait for it ... best bit cuts in after about 2:05 )


2016

Title Artist
Way To Go Empire Of The Sun


2017

Title Artist  
The Rerun Underground Lovers  
Unbearable Underground Lovers     ( love the final third, except for the gunfire that was put into the video )
Let Me Down Easy Gang of Youths  


2018

Title Artist
Bought It Middle Kids
Bridges Erthlings
Pass The Hours MorMor
Heaven's Only Wishful MorMor


2019

Title Artist
Outside MorMor


2020

Title Artist  
Something I Do Sweet Whirl     ( beautifully haunting )