Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Items of clothingAnna Reed • Aug 8, 2017Today in 1960, 16-year old Brian Hyland went to No. 1 with "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini". What songs do you want to hear that mention other items of clothing, shoes or hats?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Vocal duetsAnna Reed • Aug 7, 2017For today's Vinyl Tap we played Otis Redding & Carla Thomas's "Knock on Wood" and for our Music History highlight we played Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", so we better keep this pattern going. For today's Coffee Break, what vocal duets do you want to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Trumpets for LouisAnna Reed • Aug 4, 2017Louis Armstrong was born today in 1901. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that feature the trumpet?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Surf rockAnna Reed • Aug 3, 2017The Beach Boys released "Surfer Girl" today in 1963, so for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what surf rock songs do you want to hear?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Romeo + JulietAnna Reed • Aug 2, 2017Listener Renae wrote in with today's topic idea - songs that mention Romeo and Juliet. She says "the classic tragic tale from William Shakespeare pops up in songs quite a bit - some songs tell the tale and some just reference." So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that mention Romeo + Juliet?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: National/night/outAnna Reed • Aug 1, 2017Yesterday we played anti-social songs for those that needed to gather up their energy for tonight's National Night Out event. For today's Coffee Break, we'll do something a little different. What songs do you want to hear that prominently feature the words "national", "night", or "out"?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Anti-social songsAnna Reed • Jul 31, 2017Tomorrow is National Night Out, so for some contrast for the introverts out there, what songs do you want to hear that feature being lonely, anti-social, or hiding?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Long song titlesAnna Reed • Jul 28, 2017Thanks to listener Kayleigh for writing in with today's theme idea. She wanted to see a list of songs with "comically long song titles". So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that have notably long titles?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Greatest albums made by womenAnna Reed • Jul 27, 2017Earlier this week, NPR published a list of the greatest albums made by women between 1964 and the present. So what songs would you like to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break off of albums created by women?
Coffee BreakCoffee Break: Greatest sophomore effortsAnna Reed • Jul 26, 2017We love to hear from our listeners, and we recently got some correspondence about our use of the term "sophomore effort" when referring to a band's second album. So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs do you want to hear that are part of a band's sophomore effort?