Mike & Murphy

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	MIKE & MURPHY
	RECENT SHOWS
	Why It Never Made It To The Hot 100 (Nov 15, 2024)
	One of Two #1s (Nov 8, 2024)
	Songs That Were #1 On Halloween (Nov 1, 2024) This is an encore presentation.
	SHOWS FROM 2024
	Not the #1s of 1974 (Oct 25, 2024)
	Perfect Songs, Subjectively Speaking (Oct 18, 2024)
	Accents (Oct 11, 2024)
	They Wrote Their Own Songs, Part 2 (Oct 4, 2024)
	Artists That Did Not Write Their Own Songs (September 20, 2024)
	Artists That Wrote Their Own Songs, Part 1 (September 20, 2024)
	Songs Performers Disliked (September 13, 2024)
	Lights, Camera, Action! (August 30, 2024) With Special Guest, Dr. J!
	Come Join The Group (August 16, 2024)
	Minor Hits That Are Now Classics (August 9, 2024)
	Groups With Multiple Lead Singers (August 2, 2024)
	Songs with Musical Instruments in their Titles (July 26, 2024) With guest host, Dr. J!
	Not the Top 30 of 1972 (July 19, 2024)
	Songs Written by One Artist & Sung By Another (July 12, 2024)
	Misconceptions (June 28, 2024)
	Celebrating Pride Month (June 21, 2024)
	Title Tracks (June 14, 2024)
	So You Want to Be a Rock 'n Roll Singer (June 7, 2024)
	Breaking Up The Band... (May 31, 2024)
	Great Lyrics from the Start... (May 17, 2024)
	Our Favorite 60s One-Hit Wonders... (May 10, 2024)
	Speaking Of... (May 3,2024)
	Interesting & Unusual Song Titles (April 26, 2024)
	Walking & Talking (April 19, 2024)
	Appendages (April 12, 2024)
	Maybe Risque (April 5, 2024)
	More Than a Rock/Pop Star (March 29, 2024)
	Beginnings (March 22, 2024)
	Best Albums of 1974 (March 15, 2024)
	Where Does That Song Belong? (March 8, 2024)
	Songs That Are Popular Sayings (March 1, 2024)
	Fact or Fiction? (February 23, 2024)
	Cheaters (February 16, 2024)
	The Song and the Song That Inspired It (February 9, 2024)
	The Eyes Have It (February 2, 2024)
	Siblings (Part 2) (January 26, 2024)
	Dotting i's and Crossing t's (January 19, 2024)
	Real People (January 12, 2024)
	Original or Cover (January 5, 2023) With Special Guest Dr. J
	SHOWS FROM 2023
	Top 30 Songs Christmas Day 50 Years Ago (December 23, 2023)
	AM/PM (December 15, 2023)
	The Best Decade in Music (1964-1975) (December 8, 2023)
	Rock 'N Roll Subgenres, Part 2 (December 1, 2023)
	Rock 'N Roll Subgenres (November 10, 2023) With guest host Dr. J!
	Water Songs (November 3, 2023)
	Halloween (October 27, 2023)
	Where Are You Going? (October 20, 2023)
	Making, Breaking and Shaking (October 13, 2023)
	Our Favorite LP's from 1970 (October 6, 2023)
	This Song Wouldn’t Be The Same Without… (September 22, 2023)
	Landmarks (September 15, 2023)
	Jumpin' J's (September 8, 2023) With guest host Dr. J!
	It's The Weekend! (September 1, 2023)
	Words of Wisdom (August 25, 2023)
	LA To New York (August 18, 2023)
	They Ain't Real People (August 11, 2023)
	Its Good They Joined The Band (July 28, 2023)
	Unique-Inspirations (July 21, 2023)
	Highs & Lows (July 14, 2023)
	Two of a Kind (June 30, 2023)
	Teenagers (June 23, 2023)
	Weather (June 16, 2023)
	The Unmistakable Voice Of (June 9, 2023)
	Nicknames (June 2, 2023)
	Songs That Reference Products (May 26, 2023)
	To, Two, Too (May 12, 2023)
	Same-Name...Different-Song (April 21, 2023)
	Lyrics That Make You Scratch Your Head (April 14, 2023)
	How They Got Their Name (April 7, 2023)
	Dwellings (March 31, 2023)
	Siblings (March 10, 2023)
	1's Lonely, 2's Company, 3's A Crowd (March 3, 2023)
	Songs That Reference Real People (February 24, 2023)
	Songs That Begin With The Title (February 17, 2023)
	Flowers and Sweets (February 10, 2023)
	No Grammy For You (February 3, 2023)
	Artists With Only Two TOP 40 Hits (January 27, 2023)
	Not A Good Pet (January 20, 2023)
	2 Hit Wonders (January 6, 2023)
	They Only Need One Name (January 1, 2023)
	EARLIER SHOWS
	Quotable Catch Phrases (December 16, 2022)
	Great Harmonica Songs (December 9, 2022)
	Great Opening Lines Part 3 (November 18, 2022)
	50 Years Ago: November 4, 1972 (November 4, 2022)
	Indefinite Pronouns (October 29, 2022)
	Great (song) Hooks (October 21, 2022)
	Casey Kasem First AT40 July 4, 1970 (October 14, 2022)
	Streets Roads Highways (October 14, 2022)
	Baby (September 23, 2022)
	Piano Songs (September 16, 2022)
	Going Our Way (September 9, 2022)
	Quick Ascenders (September 2, 2022)
	Smile, Laugh. Cry (August 26, 2022)
	Songs With (Parenthesis) in the Title (July 27, 2018)
	Sunrise & Sunset (August 12, 2022)
	First & Last Top 40 Hit (August 5, 2022)
	Land & Water (July 29, 2022)
	Jobs (July 22, 2022):
	Strange & Odd (July 15, 2022):
	M & Ms (July 1, 2022)
	You & Me (June 24, 2022)
	Poolside Songs of the 60's (June 17, 2022)
	We Are The World Anniversary (June 10, 2022)
	Rockin' an' Rollin' (June 3, 2022)
	Double D's (May 27, 2022)
	School Days (May 20, 2022)
	Show & Tell (May 13, 2022)
	Top Songs Year End 1963 (First Hour Only - ends abruptly) (April 29, 2022)
	Word Games 2 (First Hour Only) (April 22, 2022)
	Their Last No.1 Hit (April 15, 2022):
	Songs About Real People (April 8, 2022):
	NOT Love Songs! (March 18, 2022)
	TOP 30 Songwriters (March 11, 2022)
	Word Games (February 25, 2022)
	Dreams and Memories (February 18, 2022)
	Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda (February 11, 2022)
	Body Parts (February 4, 2022)
	Songs That Include Some Spoken Words (December 31, 2021)
	Top Hits of 1973 (December 17, 2021)
	Hot & Cold (December 10, 2021)
	Artists From Texas (December 3, 2021)
	Happiness & Joy (November 19, 2021)
	Time (November 12, 2021)
	Don't Do Didn't (October 15, 2021)
	Artists From New York (October 1, 2021)
	I Me Mine (September 24, 2021)
	Happy, Sad, Lonely, Glad & Mad (September 17, 2021)
	Casey Kasem's TOP 30 Hits of the 70's (September 10, 2021)
	Artists From The I-95 Corridor (September 3, 2021)
	Artists With Stage Names Part II (August 20, 2021)
	Their First TOP 40 Hit (August 13, 2021)
	California Musicians (August 6, 2021)
	Rock & Roll Heaven Part II (July 30, 2021)
	Rock & Roll Heaven (July 23, 2021)
	Fruit Lovers! (July 16, 2021)
	1971...The Year ROCK EXPLODED! (June 25, 2021)
	Fathers Songs (with a few for Mom too!) (June 18, 2021)
	Cold Beginnings & Cold Endings (June 11, 2021)
	Artists With Stage Names (June 4, 2021)
	Day & Nights(May 28, 2021)
	School Songs(May 21, 2021)
	Artists With The Most TOP 100 Hits (May 14, 2021)
	Artists From Michigan (May 7, 2021)
	ABC’s of Rock Songs (April 30, 2021)
	Year End Top Hits of 1967 (April 23, 2021)
	Shortest and Longest Songs (April 16, 2021)
	The ABC’ of Rock Stars (April 9, 2021)
	Songs with Spiritual References (April 2, 2021)
	Songs With the Most Charted Versions (March 26, 2021)
	Flowers in Songs & Titles (March 19, 2021)
	Interesting or Unusual Words or Phrases (March 12, 2021)
	Great Guitar Licks (March 5, 2021)
	M&M Favorite Songs of the WREN Era (February 26, 2021)
	Sock Hop Melodies (February 19, 2021)
	Outdated References in Songs (February 12, 2021)
	This is Dedicated to... (February 5, 2021)
	Imagination Vacation (January 29, 2021)
	Lessons, Wisdom & Advice (with Lisa Allen) (January 22, 2021)
	One They Wrote and One They Performed (January 15, 2021)
	Greetings & Salutations (January 8, 2021)
	The Top Songs of 1974 (December 18, 20)
	The Story Behind the Song VOL. 2 (December 11, 2020)
	Grateful For Family and Friends (December 4, 2020)
	1-2-3 Go Cat Go! (November 20, 2020)
	The Story Behind the Song (November 6, 2020)
	The Top 30 of 1964 (October 30, 2020)
	Fall Colors - 100th recorded show! (October 23, 2020)
	Who, What, Why, When, Where? (October 16, 2020)
	Easy Come, Easy Go (October 9, 2020 )
	Songs of Sizes (October 2, 2020)
	Summer Into Fall (September 25, 2020)
	"B Side" Hits! (September 18, 2020)
	Songs as a Tribute to Labor Day (September 11, 2020)
	All the #1 Hits of 1973 (September 4, 2020)
	All Things Nature & Natural (August 29, 2020)
	Deck of Cards (August 21, 2020)
	'Songs That Inspire' (August 14, 2020)
	'One Hit by the Group...One Hit After' (August 7, 2020)
	'Songs Related to the Quotes of Coach Jimmy Valvano' (July 31, 2020)
	'Same Artist, Same Song - A Hit TWICE' (July 24, 2020)
	'Run - Walk - Stand' (July 3, 2020)
	'Food and Drink' (June 26, 2020)
	'Songs Related to Summer' (June 19, 2020)
	'Artist Signature Songs (according to M&M)' (June 12, 2020)
	'Song Title Questions' June 5, 2020)
	'Title Tracks' (May 29, 2020)
	'Quentin Tarantino Film Soundtracks' (May 22, 2020)
	'Top 30 Songs of 1968' (May 15, 2020)
	'Songs of Spring!' (May 8, 2020)
	'One Word Title Songs (May 1, 2020)
	'Lock Down - Turn Around!' (April 24, 2020)
	'Old, New, Borrowed, Blue' (April 17, 2020)
	'Popular 1968-1969 Groups & Musicians who did NOT Perform at Woodstock' (April 10, 2020)
	'Music Song Songs' (March 27, 2020)
	'On-Around-Between & Through' (March 20, 2020)
	'Duets & Trios (with Dannie) (March 6, 2020)
	'Do-Don't-Will-Won't' (February 28, 2020)
	'The Top 30 of 1972' (February 21, 2020)
	'Love Songs II' (February 14, 2020)
	'Days Weeks Months Years' (February 7, 2020)
	'Winter Songs (& Anticipating Spring)' (January 24, 2020)
	'Earth Wind Fire Water' (January 17, 2020)
	'Songs Related to Christmas in the Rock Era' (December 20, 2019)
	'Up-Down-Left-Right' (December 13, 2019)
	'Best Sellers of 1979' (December 6, 2019)
	'TOP 30 Rock/Pop Guitarists' (November 22, 2019)
	'The Hits of 1966' (November 15, 2019)
	'Rock & Roll Hall of Fame SNUBS!' (November 8, 2019)
	'Halloween Hangover' (November 1, 2019)
	'The Women of Rock' (October 25, 2019)
	'The Roots of Rock-N-Roll' (October 18, 2019)
	'Top 35 of 1969' (October 11, 2019)
	'Animal Songs' (October 4, 2019)
	'Nautical & Island Songs' (September 27, 2019)
	'Number Songs' (September 13, 2019)
	'Judy Collins & Friends - Folk Rock with John Hill August 30, 2019)
	'Woodstock At 50' (August 23, 2019)
	'The TOP 30 Songs of 1964' (August 16, 2019)
	'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' (August 9, 2019)
	'Famous Singers Backing Other Artists' (August 2, 2019)
	'The TOP 30 Songs of 1965' (July 26, 2019)
	'50's to Early 60's - Drifters, Platters, & Coasters' (July 12, 2019)
	'Summer Songs' (June 21, 2019)
	'The TOP 30 Hits of 1971' (June 7, 2019)
	'Dance Fever' (May 31, 2019)
	'Outer Space' (May 24, 2019)
	'Songs About Places' (May 17, 2019)
	'Color Songs' (May 10, 2019)
	'Folk AND Bubblegum!' (May 3, 2019)
	'1969-1970 Change of a Decade' (April 26, 2019)
	'Music Before The Beatles' (April 19, 2019)
	'Money Songs' (April 12, 2019)
	'Great Vocalists' (April 5, 2019)
	'The Instruments of Rock 'n Roll; great Achievements by Rock Musicians!' (March 29, 2019)
	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees' (March 23, 2019)
	'Rock Anthems & Iconic Songs' (March 8, 2019)
	'Oscar Song Nominees & Winners' (March 1, 2019)
	'Planes, Trains, & Automobiles' (February 22, 2019)
	'Love Songs' (February 15, 2019)
	'Grammy Winning Music' (February 8, 2019)
	'The TOP 10 of the 50's, 60's, &70's' (February 1, 2019)
	'The Summer of Love, 1967' (January 25, 2019)
	'Name Songs' (January 18, 2019)
	'The Songs of 1968' (January 11, 2019)
	Pioneers of Rock N' Roll (December 14, 2018)
	Cover Songs (December 7, 2018)
	Singer Songwriters (November 30, 2018)
	The DOO-WOP Show! (November 16, 2018)
	ONE Group-TWO Songs: ONE that made the Top 40 & ONE that didn't (November 9, 2018)
	The #2-s - Songs that ALMOST made it to the TOP (November 2, 2018)
	History of SOUL (October 26, 2018)
	San Francisco Bay Area Music (October 19, 2018)
	Songs With Horns (October 12, 2018):
	Story Songs - Songs that tell a story October 5, 2018)
	Car Songs - Songs About Cars (September 28, 2018)
	Music From The Brill Building (New York's Pop Music Recording Center) (September 21, 2018)
	Music From & Influenced by Movies (September 14, 2018)
	Top 20 Artists WITHOUT A #1 Hit (Hour 1) & The 10 Artists With The Most #1 Hits (Hour 2) (September 7, 2018)
	Studios & Producers - Muscle Shoals (August 31, 2018) (PLEASE NOTE: There are some microphone issues!)
	60's Music Diversity: Psychedelic (first hour) & Motown (second hour) (August 24, 2018):
	Songs From the Vietnam War Era (August 10, 2018):
	One Hit Wonders (July 27, 2018):
	1955-1982: Top Song Of The Year (July 20, 2018):
	Top 30 Charting Artists of the 70's (July 13, 2018):
	Top 30 Charting Artists of the 60's (July 6, 2018):
	1969: The Music of Woodstock (June 29, 2018):