Inspired by an earworm, that is, a song that got stuck in my head, the show took four themes from the Lovin’ Spoonful hit Summer in the City and illustrated them with well-chosen tracks. Seems to have worked out all right, with a high of 20 listeners, good numbers. Glad you liked it 🙂
Preshow
| Title | Artists | Album | Year |
| Pictures of a City | KING CRIMSON | Live In Vienna – DISC 1 | 2018 |
| Hot City Symphony Part 2 – Man In The Jar | The Sensational Alex Harvey Band | Impossible Dream | 1975 |
| It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City [Station To Station Outtake] | David Bowie | Sound + Vision [Disc 2] | 1975 |
| Green Flower Street | Donald Fagen | The Nightfly | 1982 |
| While The City Sleeps | Chicago | Chicago V | 1972 |
| Nutbush City Limits | Ike & Tina Turner | Nutbush City Limits | 1973 |
Main show
Hot town
| Summer In The City | Lovin’ Spoonful | Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful | 1966 |
| Boom Boom | CCS | Whole Lotta Love ( CCS I ) | 1970 |
| South Rampart Street Parade [1937] | Bob Crosby & His Orchestra | South Rampart Street Parade | 1982 |
| Hot Fun In The Summertime (with Chaka Khan) | The Manhattan Transfer | Tonin’ | 1995 |
| Under the Boardwalk | The Drifters | The Drifters | 1964 |
| Talking Back To The Night | Steve Winwood | Talking Back To The Night | 1982 |
Dirty and gritty
| Taking It To the Streets | The Doobie Brothers | Farewell Tour, Santa Barbara, California, 1982 | 1982 |
| Meet Me On The Corner | Lindisfarne | Fog On The Tyne | 1971 |
| City Song | Lindisfarne | Fog On The Tyne | 1971 |
| Stranger In The City | John Miles | Stranger in the City | 1977 |
| In The City | The Eagles | Hell Freezes Over | 1994 |
| Abandon City | Utopia | Redux ’92: Live In Japan | 1993 |
| The Theme From Hill Street Blues | Larry Carlton / Mike Post | single | 1981 |
| Windy Town | Chris Rea | Dancing with Strangers | 1987 |
Cool cat, evening in the city
| Street Life | Crusaders | Street Life | 1979 |
| In France They Kiss on Main Street | Joni Mitchell | Shadows and Light | 1980 |
| New Frontier | Donald Fagen | The Nightfly | 1982 |
| Talk of the Town | Bruce Hornsby | Harbor Lights | 1993 |
| Wild West End | Dire Straits | Dire Straits | 1978 |
At night, it’s a different world
| Dancing in the City | Marshall Hain | Free Ride | 1978 |
| Dancing in the Street | David Bowie; Mick Jagger | Best of Bowie [UK] Disc 2 | 2002 |
| City of Night | Bruce Springsteen | The Promise Disc 2 | 2010 |
| Because the Night | Bruse Springsteen | The Promise | 2010 |
| In City Dreams | Robin Trower | In City Dreams | 1977 |
Postshow
| Empty City | Gentle Giant | Interview | 1976 |
| Baker Street | Gerry Rafferty | One More Dream – The Very Best Of | 1995 |
| Ain’t No Love (In the Heart of the City) | Supersonic Blues Machine | West of Flushing South of Frisco | 2016 |
| Heartbeat City | The Cars | Heartbeat City | 1984 |
| Living for the City | Stevie Wonder | Innervisions | 1973 |
| Run for Home | Lindisfarne | Back & Forth | 1978 |