Atomic Age Cocktail Party

Beatniks & Hipsters (172)

 
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This week on the program, we’re keeping things very hip. We’re looking at hipsters and beatniks and how they were portrayed in the music of the hi-fi era. It's for and about The Beat Generation. We’ll hear from Dizzy Gillespie, Don Morrow, Jack Kerouac and many more. 

Playlist

Title Artist Album
I'm Hip Dave Frishberg The Dave Frishberg Songbook: Volume No 1
Basic Hip Del Close and John Brent How To Speak Hip
The Beat Generation Bob Mcfadden & Dor The Mummy / The Beat Generation
Like Young Perry Como With Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra For The Young At Heart
Charlie Parker Jack Kerouac Poetry For The Beat Generation
Oop-Pop-A-Da Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra Cool Breeze
The Nervous Beat Creed Taylor Orchestra Lonelyville "The Nervous Beat"
Cafe Bohemian The Enchanters Cafe Bohemian / Touch Of Love
Like Rumpelstiltskin Don Morrow Grimm's Hip Fairy Tales As Dug By Don Morrow
But I Was Cool Oscar Brown Jr. Sin & Soul
Beatnik Bill Richard Pine Beatnik Bill / Beatnik Bill
Bury-It-Yourself Time Capsules Ken Nordine Next!
The Murder of Two Men by A Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves Kenneth Patchen with the Chamber Jazz Sextet Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet
Beatnik Blues The Beatniks Beatnik's Wish / Beatnik's Blues
A Beatnik Story The Expressos A Beatnik Story
Blues for Beatniks John Barry The Ultimate
Beat Girl Adam Faith Music From The Film "Beat Girl"
Pad Bobby Summers Parade Rock / Pad
Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) Edd "Kookie" Byrnes Kookie Star Of "77 Sunset Strip"