DG makes a few additions

[ChrisInMI]

RBW - Would you mind letting me know what station you are referring to?  I'm interested in checking them out too.

I know KLBB in Minneapolis seems to have a somewhat similar "split identity." They seem to have a local morning show and then they run Music of Your Life during the day and Dial Global at night. 

I know that Larry Graham song has been on the playlist a while.  That Julie Rogers song is really nice... heard it for the first time in my life while streaming DG station WMPX in Midland, MI a few days ago.  Treats like that make the format still fun to listen to (for me at least).

[RBW]

RBW - Would you mind letting me know what station you are referring to?  I'm interested in checking them out too.

It's WABY... but they don't stream. Sorry.

[publisher]

Yet a few more that are either new or have been re-added in the past month...
"Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)" by Bill Conti (This was on the list several years ago)
"Where You Lead" by Carole King
"Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush (Again, I think this one was on the playlist 5-6 years ago)
"Something Wonderful" by Carly Simon
"Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey
"Last Dance" by Donna Summer (At least the third disco song added lately)
"Peace Train" by Cat Stevens
"Take These Chains from My Heart" by Ray Charles (I really like this one)
"All Right" by Christopher Cross

[ChrisInMI]

I think the Shirley Bassey song has been on the playlist for a while.  I remember hearing it last summer on WBCO in Bucyrus, OH, which runs the DG format.

Another song to add to the "additions" list: "Steal Away" by Robbie Dupree.

At the same time it looks like some of the '50s music is disappearing again, especially those by female artists.  From my periodic checks of yes.com I have noticed that Doris Day, Patti Page, Julie London, McGuire Sisters and even Connie Francis aren't being played anymore.  And of course Rosemary Clooney, Jo Stafford, Teresa Brewer, Kay Starr and the like have been off the playlist for years.  (Of course much of their music would obviously clash with a lot of what is now on the playlist.) The only female vocal from the '50s I can think of off the top of my head still in apparent rotation is "Fever" by Peggy Lee (there may be others but that's the only one I can think of right now).

[vchimpanzee]

Yet a few more that are either new or have been re-added in the past month...
"Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)" by Bill Conti (This was on the list several years ago)

It was gone?

"Where You Lead" by Carole King

Never liked the song, but I watched "Gilmore Girls" for seven seasons so it makes me feel good to hear it. It was on Timeless Classics.

"Angel of the Morning" by Merrilee Rush (Again, I think this one was on the playlist 5-6 years ago)

Heard it this morning, but it should never have been gone.

"Something Wonderful" by Carly Simon
"Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey
"Last Dance" by Donna Summer (At least the third disco song added lately)
"Peace Train" by Cat Stevens

Don't know the fourth one and probably wouldn't like it. Not sure the Donna Summer one belongs.The only thing wonderful Carly Simon ever did was "Moonlight Serenade". The Bond song belongs, definitely.

"Take These Chains from My Heart" by Ray Charles (I really like this one)

This one should have always been on the list.

"All Right" by Christopher Cross

No, it isn't.

I heard Terri Nunn perform on "Don't Forget the Lyrics". She's got a nice voice. But the last thing I want to hear on Dial Global is "Take My Breath Away". It's just a terrible recording. All that new age sysnthesizer mess doesn't belong and "Axel F" and anything by Celine Dion shouldn't have been there anyway.

Another song I was reminded of was "Arrow Through Me" by Paul McCartney. A lot of his material with Wings has been on Dial Global, and not all of it good. This is a song that just wouldn't fit, though it might work on a smooth jazz station.

[vchimpanzee]

"Charade" by Henry Mancini (a very nice surprise)

I heard it but I had just arrived at my destination. Do I waste gas or run the battery or just let it go? I run the battery to hear Mike Huckabee at 3. Unless I'm at home, which I am 3 days a week.

Whatever they're doing I can't listen for the next five days once I get out of range. The affiliate where I'll be was made a Rush/Beck/Hannity simulcast several years ago even though the main station has a great signal.

[RBW]

Just heard The Four Seasons... "Oh What a Night"-- December `63. 

[RBW]

Oh..... and don't forget about Don McLean's "American Pie"!  YES I've heard Jeff play it....all 7+ mins of it. I know it's un-American of me, but I ab-so-lute-ly LOATHE that song    I hope it's on a very LIGHT rotation. Due to the length it's gotta be!! 

[vchimpanzee]

"Green Onions" by Booker T and the MGs. A standard on Timeless Classics, but I never heard it on DG before. Which was okay with me.

Is "Spinning Wheel" new? Not that it doesn't fit, because it's jazz.

[RBW]

Is "Spinning Wheel" new? Not that it doesn't fit, because it's jazz.

No. They've been "spinning" Blood Sweat and Tears since last winter.