Serenade to a Cuckoo Fri Dec 23 with Jerry Gordon on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Season's Greetings, everyone!

Hi Jerry, Wild opening track lol

Hi RS, got to keep the listeners movin'! Merry Christmas!

Love the opener! Merry Christmas to all!

Merry Christmas brother!

Hi Stephen, Backatcha! Thank you!

Greetings to Jerry Claus and his merry band of reindeer

Hi Patrick. Ive got to thank you again for your suggestion. You taught me something! Merry Christmas!

Like really!

Where it ended up in sample yup. Back door Santa! Big ol fluffy flakes of snow in Bucks County on cue at noon ! Clocked out for holiday woohoo! Happy happy to all

Happy Hanukkah Jerry. And Merry Christmas, happy holidays to all.

What a start...!!!

Hi Brian, it would not be a holiday party without you!

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Solstice ❄️

Merry Christmas Jerry.So many fond memories of Christmas shopping at Third Street Jazz. Jerry was so kind he used to provide me with a personal security guard for my protection. …..Wait was that for my protection?

Lance, so good to see you there. Izzy is coming TODAY for his present. Thank you! Best to you, Max, and the family!

Remember that time, Patrick, he missed?

Izzy's first holiday!

Christine, thank you so much! Same to you! Yep, his first holiday, and he's getting cash!

Spot on Brian, snow flakes are a dancing! Must be the tunes. :)

A blue Christmas for sure, it dropped 15* in SJ in 5 minutes a little while ago! Super I'm so glad you'll be seeing him in person.

And a special "suncatcher" for his window!

It's snowing in Glenside!

Thanks, all the same to you and yours.

Oh this is a party this one! Feliz Navidad!

Right on, Brian. Just reissued.

Hot dog! Send some cash my way too, grandpa G!!!!!

For later on.... Dan R played this crazy Navidad Halen mashup earlier this week ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPk8cOc-x8&list=RDfDPk8cOc-x8&start_radio=1

Thanks for the link, @Brian

Haha! I've already made you a paper snowflake, that is my level of art expertise

This defines swingin'

Thanks to Christine for letting me know about the free Sun Ra concert.It was true calvacade of cool cats in the audience.Ben Vaughn Elliot Levin and WPRBS own Disco Dan BUSKIRK

Fiucynski on guitar

Ready to take an amazing solo

Patrick, that's awesome! I saw on Facebook that Ben Vaughn attended also.

The security people at Kimmel were very polite gentle and professional when they kicked me out

That Taj & Blind Boys was nice!

Awww the late great Dan Hicks... we saw him on the year he put out this Christmas lp at the Sellersville Theater . Such a great performer. Mr Low Key Dan

Nice. Love both albums!

Oooh, I was at Arkestra at Kimmel, too! Shoulda worn my wprb sombrero to alert the other kin.

jimboo, sounds like you were in good company.

I posted some vids on my IG jimbosimon

Merry Christmas JimBoo

Yeooooooo Jerry!

Thanks for the Fiuczynski.

Hi Dave, he's fantastic, right? Happy holidays!

Unique style, for sure. I tend to accumulate all his stuff wherever I find it.

Because you have superb taste and know what to accumulate!

Now this is where the klezmer meets the road.

Hey Jerry! Happy Holly Jolly Daze! Lovin' the festive playlist today.

Haha

Hi DSM, Merry Christmas. It wouldn't be a party without you!

I am here to spike the punch

It's snowing here ❄️ 🌨 Anybody have snow?

About time, thank you DSM

Christine, just turned over to some big ole flakes here!

The snow passed at my house.

Speaking of parties Jerry 46 years employed I never attended a work Christmas party. Of course I was never actually invited to one.

Snowin' sideways even Christine.

Patrick, that's a good one!

This Don Patterson got the goods. Like a hipper Big Tiny Little

Theme song time... 🐦 🎶

This swing is the thing!

Yeh yeh!

I BEEN TO THE EDGE!!!...

Took my son to his first Sun Ra Arkestra concert at the Kimmel. Don’t know why it took me 30 years but better late than never, I guess!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDPk8cOc-x8

Viva Jose Feliciano El Hombre Muy talentoso

courtesy Dan Ruccia :)

Hi Richard, welcome and Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to you and all in the chat!!

Same to you, Richard!

A Happy Crimble to all

Hi Mike! We can really party now!

This just sets the hook! Lovin' it Jerry!

I spiked the punch

Hi Jerry, great music!

Ha, thanks RS. What a guitarist. Mike, I better get another drink! RobF, glad y ou checked in, thank you!

Easy on the drinks Jerry.Remember last year when you fell into the Chanukah lights

Fantastic!!!

Where'd everybody go?

Haha, I got oil all over me. That Manichewitz knocks me out, man!

Vintage Gimbel's jingle...fun!

Where the hell did you find that nugget?

I think it was from an Orlon's anthology. Ha!

So cool....I remember it

Nice find...a piece of Philadelphia history.

No, from an album called Philly Soul Girls Vol. 1 and the group is listed as "unknown"

Christine, did you ever make it to Gimbels?

I was a Wanamaker / Strawbridge Clothier shopper but that was a great tune

WIP was on in the kitchen all day so probably heard it there

Patrick, interesting to know you were such an informed shopper when you were ten. Mike, sounds about right. Wee Willie Webber

WIP 610 Am Christmas music… Steve and Eydie Jerry Vale. Al Martino Perry Como. DJ Tom LaMaine and Wee Willie

Joe McCauly the morning mayor....I could go on

Dobro Christmas!

AM radio death spiral began when WIP morphed into babbling sports talk simians

I've had a weak spot for dobro since Jerry Dougless got me hooked in the 90's.

I'm sure I was taken to Gimbel's, but what was more memorable was the Wanamaker light show. 🎄

WIP: “Nickels, yen, shekels, dollars, money. The sound of money!”

Cash Call

@Patrick, I was so glad when they dropped playing Tiger games on FM here.

@Russell, Gelt might lead to diabetes, always use it wisely.

Betsons', Brian

RS, I think y ou'll like this one

Christine It wasn’t really Christmas until you heard John Facenda narrating the light show!!

I love this one Jerry! Man did you call it!

Volume is way, way up.

RS, the whole show?

Basically

Thank you. Has anyone else noticed that? Do I need to change the volume level? I can

My neighbors often compliment my music, which is mostly WPRB though.

No worries Jerry no red on the meter.

OK, well I appreciate your telling me and keeping an eye on that

I meant my personal volume, I am getting you 5x5.

Maybe the neighbors can hear my windows rattling

I keep 6 different radios on to help Jerry’s Nielsen ratings

Thanks, guys. Patrick, I could use the help

Leon Redbone playing with a cloth over his hand is rent free in my head.

Thank you for this, Patrick

Cheap Tricked out

Actually was my second choice after you shot down the Ray Coniff singers

Ha...never heard this version before!

Wow

Dang good!

This is lot of fun 🎄☃️

I don't know what's going down in Jerry's room today, but this is one hellofa party.

I did not know about this one. Oh, Cheap Trick.

Junior!

I love the dog going off. Awesome!

My dog thinks there's a dog in the house!

LOL Ralph

Mail, UPS, FedEx delivery people look out!

This show was going great but afraid now it’s gone to the dogs

Ralph wins the audio! love it.

Trenton Makes Richie Cole Rakes!!

Dog gone...

Yeah, Ralph was off in dreamland!

I can dig those dreams. Involved.

A priest A rabbi and Ralph walk into a bar…

A hark, an Ark and a bark

And Ralph says, "I don't have my wallet!"

That was good Mike

I try

It's in my other pants? Dogs pant. Just sayin'

Haaaaaaaaah!

I ain't got nothin' on Carson

These piano chords are spectacular.

If Debussy did jazz. Black keys rule.

Tryly are

Here y ou go Patrick

Nice comment, Christine & RS! That Geri Allen version of It came Upon a Midnight Clear is so great I have to play it every year!

I have this CD! Signed by Grisman. Such a great cd

Love the stereo on this

Key of G for those playing along at home

Hey Jerry when I first start at USPS I I used to have nightmares about avalanches of Christmas Cards attacking me .Now I have nightmares that no one sends me cards.

Love that, Brian. Nice to have. How did you get that signature?

This is a CLASSIC album of Jewish music!

Sister & bro in law at a festival years back. I have seen Dave G a bunch over the years myself tho.

@Brian, doesn't everybody?

Play along that is... :)

Great...now I want a kishka

Todays program truly a Kalvacade of Kosher Klassics!

no good bagels near me....oy vey

@Mike Constantine, Sorry, but its been stolen.

Saw David Grisman in his named Quintet, his current era Bluegrass revival band and the big Old and in the GRAY Reunion (w/Herb Pedersen subbing for Jerry Garcia on the banjo and I forget who subbed for John Kahn on bass... maybe Mark Schatz or Mike Bub). Wish he and Jerry G would have taken their early 1990s reunion to the east coast but oh well....

Patrick, I know what you mean. I've been away from delivering mail for 22 years and I still have nightmares: I lose my truck and can't find my way back to the office. Trapped in the wasteland of suburbia! Ahhhhhhh... Another super show Jerry. Love the klezmer. Enjoy the family. Grandpa G Jr

Haha, Mike and Patrick. Kishka is good! Mike, you are a food connoisseur

But who stole it?

Thanks so much, Grandpa LG!

Yeah....bit of a foodie as they say

Frankie Yancovic or no... Jan Lewan would be my guess as to someone who stole something ha

“On March 20, 1922 Gimbel Brothers, with Benedict Gimbel Jr. as its president, was issued a license with the call letters WIP, for a new station operating on the 360 meter "entertainment" wavelength.”

Mentioned before but those 2 movies on Jan Lewan are really fun. A documentary. And biopic w/Jack Black.

The Man Who Would Be Polka King = the docu (great title). And The Polka King = biopic w/Jack B

Seriously? You guys don't know "Who stole the Kishka?" Too funny.

Nice job Russell. Who knew .WIP started by Gimbels Didn’t Hank Greenberg marry into the family?

Times when radio and TV were associated with print

I got yer polka joke Roffl

You would sir.

When you’re talking Polka it’s Jimmy Sturr and everyone else!

just gotta polka 'round

WIP's best-known contest was Cash Call, a call-out game in which the DJs picked numbers out of the phone book or from postcards submitted by listeners. The intro to the contest was the first 10 seconds of a song called "The Sound Of Money" by the J's with Jamie, a vocal group that recorded many commercial jingles and three albums. If the person at the other end of the call could identify the exact amount of money in the “jackpot,” down to the standard 61¢ ending, they won the current jackpot.

I polked

Good info, Russ! Who Stole the Kishka? I need it!

My mother kept the numbers on a pad hoping they'd call

Imagine getting a call at 3am from Nat Wright on the Night Patrol

A station that gave away money daily instead of begging for it daily like that other Ivy League station !!

Ha!....right

ring ring.... (don't say hello, say "wfil's my favorite radio station)

I can't believe it....time is flying!

Great to hear Richie Cole from Chent'n on the station ID !

That Geri Allen track was incredible; that album is now on my buy list.

Have loved this show and I don't want it to end, but such is times way. Thank you so much for this joy Jerry. Have the best holiday times!

Thanks for the great show!

Thank you Jerry for great program Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Jerry and all listeners

Thanks Jerry!! Have a great one, everyone!!

wonderful show....perhaps see ya'll in the chat for Solomom's show

Thank you RS for enjoying it! Lee Chandler thanks so much and Happy Holidays. Patrick, thank you for you and your holiday greetins to all the listeners. DSM, backatcha. Best holiday to you and y our family!

Such a festive party today's show has been. 🎊 Thank you, Jerry! Have a great holiday, everybody!

Santa Zimmy! Sing along quickly

Russ, thank you for everything! Mike, RS, Brian, Christine, Lance, and everyone else: Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah

It's zippy, all right

David Hidalgo from Los Lobos on the accordion

A Happy Crimble to all

That was courtesy of Russ

In addition to being a killer guitar player and many other instruments that David H can really play the squeezebox

Great era of Bob's band that Christmas lp

Good info, Brian!

Jazzy Tschaikovsky

Some really fun arrangements on that Dylan lp

lol

Jerry, been a fantastic show. Thanks

Thank you very much, Rob. Merry Christmas!

Out with style. Nice!

Good time Jerry! Have a great holiday weekend all! I can hear Jon Solomon's sleigh bell loop now... still in my head from last 30+ years

Thanks, Jerry! Fun show!

Brian D, LOL, I hear it too. It's right there every year. Spot on.

12:04 PM		Clarence Carter Back Door Santa (Single Version) A Classic Soul Christmas Rhino Atlantic 2006
12:04 PM		Run DMC Christmas In Hollis Greatest Hits Arista/Legacy 2002
12:09 PM		John Lee Hooker Blues For Christmas Christmas Blues Universal Music Enterprises 2016
12:11 PM		Ismael Rivera Bomba de Navidad Feliz Navidad Fania 1975
12:14 PM		Mabel Scott Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Swing Time Christmas Night Train International 1995
12:16 PM		Hasidic New Wave Burkan Cocek The Complete Recordings Tzadik 2012
12:22 PM		The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal Christ Was Born on Christmas Morn Talkin' Christmas! Masterworks 2014
12:28 PM		Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks Christmas Mornin’ Crazy For Christmas Surfdog Records
12:32 PM		Paul McCartney The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On an Open Fire) Kisses On the Bottom: Complete Kisses Paul McCartney Catalog 2012
12:33 PM		Nat "King" Cole The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) Holidays & Hits: The Christmas Song / The Very Best of Nat King Cole Capitol Records 2009
12:39 PM		Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials Christmas Time Genuine Houserockin' Music Alligator
12:39 PM		Norah Jones Christmas Time Is Here I Dream Of Christmas (Deluxe) Blue Note (BLU) 2022
12:43 PM		Klezmer Madness & David Krakauer Chusen Kale Mazel Tov The Twelve Tribes Label Bleu 2001
12:46 PM		The Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal Do You Hear What I Hear? Talkin' Christmas! Masterworks 2014
12:50 PM		Don Patterson Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Holiday Soul Original Jazz Classics 2015
12:52 PM		Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters White Christmas Clyde Mcphatter & the Drifters Rarity Music 2013
12:55 PM		Jane Bunnett Serénade to a Cuckoo The Water Is Wide Linus Entertainment 1994
1:12 PM		Duke Robillard Duke's Christmas Stoney Plain's Christmas Blues Stoney Plain
1:12 PM		José Feliciano Feliz Navidad My Name Is José Feliciano RCA Records Label 2001
1:15 PM		Cannonball Adderley Fiddler on the Roof The Best of Cannonball Adderley - The Capitol Years Blue Note Records 1991
1:23 PM		Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Ghost From Christmas Past Ghost From Christmas Past - Single Alligator Records 2020
1:28 PM		Night Is Alive God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen First Christmas Night Is Alive Productions LLC 2019
1:33 PM		T-Bone Burnett and Sam Phillips God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Acoustic Christmas
1:37 PM		Mickey Champion Gonna Have a Merry Xmas Bam-a-Lam: The R&B Recordings 1950-1962 Ace Records 2009
1:53 PM		Little Jimmy King Happy Christmas Tears Bullseye Blues Cool Christmas Tunes
1:53 PM		Benny and the Vildachayas Hora Na'an Get In Trouble
1:56 PM		Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks I Saw Mommy Kissin’ Santa Claus Crazy For Christmas Surfdog Records
1:56 PM		Marvin Gaye I Want to Come Home for Christmas A Motown Christmas UNI/MOTOWN 1973
1:57 PM		Cheap Trick I Want You for Christmas A Very Special Christmas 25th Anniversary Big Machine Records, LLC 2012
2:10 PM		Richie Cole I'll Be Home for Christmas Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas Richie Cole Presents 2016
2:15 PM		Bob Mover I'll Be Home For Christmas Jazz City Christmas Vol. 2
2:20 PM		Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials I'm Your Santa The Alligator Records Christmas Collection Alligator Records 1992
2:21 PM		Geri Allen It Came Upon a Midnight Clear A Child Is Born Motema Music, LLC 2011
2:30 PM		The Singers Unlimited It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Christmas MPS 2014
2:30 PM		Andy Statman & David Grisman Kazatski Songs of our Fathers Acoustic Disc 1995
2:35 PM		The Klezmer Conservatory Band Khasene Tantz / Khaikele Dance Me To the End of Love Rounder 2000
2:39 PM		Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-o MariahParusa
2:44 PM		Joe Bonamassa Merry Christmas, Baby Rockin' Christmas Blues J&R Adventures 2016
2:55 PM		The Moonglows Hey Santa Claus (Remastered) Hey Santa Claus (Remastered) - Single Bacci Bros Records
2:57 PM		Bob Dylan Must Be Santa Christmas In the Heart Columbia 2009
2:57 PM		Warren Wolf Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies
3:00 PM		Stan Freberg Nuttin' For Christmas The Capitol Singles Collection CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92) 2009

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Serenade to a Cuckoo

12.23.22