The Black & White Album 3: Still More African-American Artists Cover The Beatles, Bonus Edition!

Hosted by:

Jeff Rosenberg

Produced by:

KBOO

Program::

The Songcircle

Air date:

Fri, 06/17/2022 - 1:30pm to 3:00pm

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To help celebrate Black Music Month, we revisit our third installment in our series presenting repertoire from the latter period of The Beatles' career, interpreted by some of the finest artists in Black music, removing the pledge drive pitch breaks and making room for two additional songs. Today's show features soul heroes like Al Green and Isaac Hayes, jazz greats such as Sarah Vaughan and Jimmy Scott, Gospel artists (and onetime Bob Dylan backup singers) Clydie King and Regina McCrary (with The McCrary Sisters), plus the exquisite Lena Horne, official Fifth Beatle Billy Preston, and many more. Including a salute to recent Beatles documentary Get Back, and a suite of songs from early in the solo Beatles era.

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Episode Playlist

Time	Artist	Song	Album	Label
1:33	Al Green	Get Back	Green Is Blues	Hi
1:35	Donald Height	Don't Let Me Down	Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney	Ace
1:39	The Main Ingredient	Get Back	Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney	Ace
1:42	Randy Crawford	Don't Let Me Down	Let It Be: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney and Harrison	Ace
1:46	Chairmen of the Board	Come Together	Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney	Ace
1:50	Isaac Hayes	Something	The Isaac Hayes Movement	Stax
2:03	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	Because / You Never Give Me Your Money	McLemore Avenue	Stax
2:11	Sarah Vaughan	You Never Give Me Your Money	Songs of the Beatles	Rhino Atlantic
2:14	George Benson	Here Comes the Sun / I Want You (She's So Heavy)	The Other Side of Abbey Road	A&M
2:23	Junior Parker	Lady Madonna	Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney	Ace
2:25	Billy Preston	Blackbird	Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney	Ace
2:28	Clydie King	The Long And Winding Road	Direct Me	Lizard
2:31	The McCrary Sisters	Let It Be	Let Us In Americana: The Music Of Paul McCartney	Reviver
2:36	Lena Horne	Maybe I'm Amazed	Nature's Baby	Buddah/Legacy
2:40	John Gary Williams	My Sweet Lord	Stax Does The Beatles	Stax
2:43	Bettye LaVette	It Don't Come Easy	Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook	Anti/Epitaph
2:48	Little Jimmy Scott	Jealous Guy	Unchained Melody/Live in Japan	Tokuma Records
2:55	Billy Preston	All Things Must Pass	Encouraging Words (Remastered)	Apple
2:59	Ramsey Lewis	Rocky Raccoon	Mother Nature's Son	GRP

Time

1:33

Artist

Al Green

Song

Get Back

Album

Green Is Blues

Label

Hi
Time

1:35

Artist

Donald Height

Song

Don't Let Me Down

Album

Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney

Label

Ace
Time

1:39

Artist

The Main Ingredient

Song

Get Back

Album

Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney

Label

Ace
Time

1:42

Artist

Randy Crawford

Song

Don't Let Me Down

Album

Let It Be: Black America Sings Lennon, McCartney and Harrison

Label

Ace
Time

1:46

Artist

Chairmen of the Board

Song

Come Together

Album

Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney

Label

Ace
Time

1:50

Artist

Isaac Hayes

Song

Something

Album

The Isaac Hayes Movement

Label

Stax
Time

2:03

Artist

Booker T. & The M.G.'s

Song

Because / You Never Give Me Your Money

Album

McLemore Avenue

Label

Stax
Time

2:11

Artist

Sarah Vaughan

Song

You Never Give Me Your Money

Album

Songs of the Beatles

Label

Rhino Atlantic
Time

2:14

Artist

George Benson

Song

Here Comes the Sun / I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Album

The Other Side of Abbey Road

Label

A&M
Time

2:23

Artist

Junior Parker

Song

Lady Madonna

Album

Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney

Label

Ace
Time

2:25

Artist

Billy Preston

Song

Blackbird

Album

Come Together: Black America Sings Lennon & McCartney

Label

Ace
Time

2:28

Artist

Clydie King

Song

The Long And Winding Road

Album

Direct Me

Label

Lizard
Time

2:31

Artist

The McCrary Sisters

Song

Let It Be

Album

Let Us In Americana: The Music Of Paul McCartney

Label

Reviver
Time

2:36

Artist

Lena Horne

Song

Maybe I'm Amazed

Album

Nature's Baby

Label

Buddah/Legacy
Time

2:40

Artist

John Gary Williams

Song

My Sweet Lord

Album

Stax Does The Beatles

Label

Stax
Time

2:43

Artist

Bettye LaVette

Song

It Don't Come Easy

Album

Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook

Label

Anti/Epitaph
Time

2:48

Artist

Little Jimmy Scott

Song

Jealous Guy

Album

Unchained Melody/Live in Japan

Label

Tokuma Records
Time

2:55

Artist

Billy Preston

Song

All Things Must Pass

Album

Encouraging Words (Remastered)

Label

Apple
Time

2:59

Artist

Ramsey Lewis

Song

Rocky Raccoon

Album

Mother Nature's Son

Label

GRP