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Serenade to a Cuckoo with Jerry Gordon

Jul 3, 2026 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Music

Serenade to a Cuckoo & Jerry's Room: first a two hour jazz show featuring new, modern jazz releases or special jazz features, followed by a one hour show of various themes that are non-jazz, including pop, r&b, rock, and blues from the forties thru the seventies! You will love it!

USA 250th Birthday Celebration

2 Hours of the Jazz of 1976 and one Hour of the 76 most iconic tracks in Philadelphia history!

12:01 PM		Steinski I Like It Like That What Does It All Mean? - 1983-2006 Retrospective
12:01 PM		Rudy Royston oWhNet Panoptic
12:02 PM		Charles Earland When Johnny Comes Marching Home Slammin' & Jammin' Savant 1998
12:10 PM		Othar Turner, The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band When I Lay My Burden Down Living Country Blues USA, Vol. 11 - Country Gospel Rock L+R Records 1982
12:16 PM		Whitney Houston America the Beautiful The Star Spangled Banner / America the Beautiful - Single Arista 1991
12:16 PM		Roland Kirk Quartet & Rahsaan Roland Kirk Quartet Serenade to a Cuckoo I Talk with the Spirits Verve 1963
12:24 PM		Archie Shepp Lush Life Montreux One - EP 1201 Music (Americas) LLC 1975
12:44 PM		Blue Mitchell Delilah Funktion Junction RCA Victor 1976
12:44 PM		Chick Corea Armando's Rhumba My Spanish Heart Verve 1976
1:06 PM		McCoy Tyner Fly With the Wind Fly With the Wind (Remastered) Original Jazz Classics 1975
1:06 PM		Walt Dickerson My Prayer Serendipity SteepleChase 1976
1:14 PM		Milton Nascimento Nothing Will Be As It Was (Nada Será Como Antes) Milton Verve 1976
1:32 PM		Monette Sudler Time For A Change Time For A Change
1:32 PM		Billy Harper Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! Billy Harper Black Saint Billy Harper Quintet 1974
1:32 PM		Roy Ayers Ubiquity Searching Vibrations Verve Reissues 1976
1:32 PM		Norman Connors Valentine Love (feat. Michael Henderson & Jean Carn) [7"] Saturday Night Special (Expanded Edition) Legacy Recordings 1976
1:43 PM		Mtume Sais Rebirth Cycle Third Street
2:15 PM		The Soul Survivors Expressway (To Your Heart) When the Whistle Blow Anything Goes Oldays Records 2018
2:15 PM		Sun Ra Space Is the Place Space Is the Place Impulse! 1972

Chat is archived.

Happy USA 250th Birthday weekend! Welcome to Serenade to a Cuckoo!

Happy Friday to Jerry and everybody! Happy America 250th!

Hi Rick! Happy Friday, Happy Independence Day 250! Here's some patriotic B3 for you!

I done lost track of time

I am diggin' the B-3 right off the bat!!! Hey Mike!

That's what happens when you're livin' in the fast lane, Mike

Rick, no matter what the time or place, we'll have some bari and bone for you!

Jerry, this music is coolin' me off. So nice!

Hi Rick

I'm livin' in the fat lane....all I've done today is water the plants

Life in the Fat Lane. I can relate! Hahaha

I just got out of the shower myself Mike. Livin' the life.

Hey Roffle!

Heya Jerry! Hi Cuckoo's!

I did too!

Roffle, is that your exercise for today or will you be driving your vehicle?

Greetings to Jerry and all you 250 Bicentennial numbskulls . Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!!

It was quite refreshing

Why you I oughta....

Hey Patrick!

I will getting into the shade. AC is out, and so am I once the sun hits this window next to me. :)

Always enjoyed this song at ending of Stalag 17 movie

Hi Patrick! Oh yes, the Bicentennial... I bought 100 albums celebrating America's Revolution, and when the bicentennial was over, I still had 97!

This is how you feel after the war is over.

I sure miss those revolutions.

I do believe we're having one now

Remember that Gil Scott-Heron famously said that "the revolution will not be televised".

I really need to get a pitchfork at home depot later.

Happy Saint Thomas the Apostle day. Shout out to Tommy Dorsey,Tommy Smith,Tommy Flanagan,Tommy Potter,Tommy Turrentine,Tomasz Stanko,Thomas Bryant, Leon Thomas, Carla Thomas, Thomas from the Worried Waltz.

My 1976 stereo frequently had 4 records on constant play. Songs in the key Of Life,Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees,Bowie station to Station and Dr Buzzards Original Savannah Band.

It is being broadcast on every new show, me thinks

Let's not forget Tommy Walker, the Pinball Wizard!

A sad moment 50 years ago for Russ Just Jazz converts into …………. Disco.

Look out on the street for a guy in his underwear and a pitchfork, it's "Rofflephonic"

That would be me, but on bike my with it strapped to my back. :)

Hepcat coolness tip. Watch the World Cup on the Spanish Station instead of those funeral parlor British announcers

Easy Rider Rofflephonic

GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On this day in 1976, Jerry was hawking US History albums at 3rd and Market

Maybe Benny Krass was across the street hawking leisure suits.

@Patrick, I am just hoping for an obituary of hopefulness' by tomorrow, so this celebration can kick in proper.

Not naming any names of possible people but we all know who he is.

On this day in 1976 I was putting wooden pilings under a house in the Wildwood Bay

Due to FCC REGULATIONS Jerry will not be playing Richard Pryor 1976 lp Bicentennial Something or Other

Nice, Mike, back in your He-Man days!

I got grounded and my friend already had bought me a ticket to go see the Stones. Teen trauma.

Patrick, it was certainly worthy!

Greatest comedian ever, along with Lenny Bruce

I was in line for Rolling Stones ticket for the 72 tour and it sold out with three people in front of me

Ever get to see them? I never did.

Never...that 2 tour was the one to see

Couldn't you sue anybody?

With Stevie Freekin Wonder opening

Wow!

I was wanting to go to see them at Vet Stadium for the Bicentennial. I forget who else played.

That would have checked two boxes

Let’s not sleep on George Carlin

Stevie Freekin Wonder! That's so top shelf!

Right?....ugh

Carlin, is just what I need to add to an AI agent. Hmmm...

I got to see them 10 years ago at the FU center with a friend who played tennis with Ed Snider. My buddy obtained $250 tickets for everyone in our card game

It was 50 years ago local bicentennial entertainment options…..Tammy Wynette,Fifth Dimension Josh White,Elton John ,Harrowgate String Band,Lou Monte , Toots And Maytalls,Johnnys Dance Band and that old school rap originator Gerald R. Ford.

Haha!

Although the AI will probably tell me to not be such a schmuck.

$ 250 ticket must have been pretty cool

Jerry, you were p_______ with the big dogs!

$250 and a better line up than Coachella.

Pooping? Yeah, I paid for those tickets in losses at the poker games

No free lunches. LOL

I absolutely suck at poker

Rick, a good arrangement on an otherwise crappy album

Yes, indeedy.

They asked if he was wary of getting shot again. He said those Philadelphia Hoes don’t scare me . I was Big 10 All American

Haha, Mike! What man would admit that? only a Folk-Hero like yourself

That's one of my favorite Gerald Ford rap records. Killer!

Certainly not a card hero

Gordski my soundtrack for a muted Viva Las Vegas. Ann Margret never looked better

Hi Jerry. OK: astute listeners and Jerry My Brain hernia needs help too. Early to mid seventies acoustic guitar masters. I seem to remember three. Leo Kotke Robbie Basho and I can't remember the third if he exists. Any thoughts to help me out.

Patrick, didn't he due a duo with Nelson Rockefeller?

Afternoon jerry

Hey Lance! John Fahey?

Rocky went out doing what he loved most. A straight up G..

Hi Ossy, how are you? We've got some good stuff for you in Jerry's Room today!

John Fahey

When it comes to 1970 s guitar masters I’m thinking maybe the guy from Starland Vocal Band.

I would add Paco De Lucia to that list myself.

You are the Man! Must have slapped some mesh on that hernia.....

Hmmm

But Lance, Fahey may not be the right answer.

Although one could argue the fine points of "acoustic"'

That name sounds familiar, too Thanks

I believe that's correct Jerry (J. F.)

At least to my geezer brain.

The only reason I hesitate is because he was popular going back to the sixties, but I believe Fahey is the best answer.

Watch out! That man has a pitchfork!

Back to the pool. Thanks everyone, please be careful in the heat

Looks like a trident to me

Gotta tell yall the at Starving Artist is amazing

oy vey...the food is amazing

Nice, Mike!

Will Constantine Comes Alive trumps Frampton Comes Alive !! Get those timbales ready

Haha!

Lance, enjoy the pool, thanks for coming into the house and sending us a message!

I had the best hot dog I ever had there a few weeks ago

Will Constantine lives!!!

jerry who was the musician in stockton, calamari?

1976 nostalgia wouldn’t be complete with out Rewatching Kojak bust cop killer young Richard Gere. And yelling at poor Stavros to put down his sandwich

Yes, John M, aka Will Constantine Jr., our old radio pal!

Heh....I saw Telly Savalas in a white Cadillac convertable at a toll plaza on the NJ Parkway

Will plays records at this gig

He even goes off script to play something for an old prog head

Now that's a good cousin! What did he play?

@ Serenade to a Cuckoo w/Jerry Gordon (host) Another super show, thanks. Colorful soundtrack for the day before the 250th

It was December so he played Greg Lake's Father Christmas....a fav

Thanks, Richard, I appreciate that. Happy Independence Day, I'm glad you are enjoying. I hope it is indeed colorful!

cool about will constantine, jr., thx. but he is not on the starving artist calendar, just jb kline and open mic night

John, every other Thursday for Lunch

He never is

Mike, what are you saying?

They never put him on the calendar?

I've never seen him listed on the calendar I only know when he texts me

John due to legal challenges Will has to be careful listing his appearances . He was involved with Patty Hearst and the SLA. I believe FBI still looking for him

Patrick, I heard that on the street also.

She dug his percussion.

Afternoon Cuckoos.

ET!

Greetings to Spinitrons leading Cult Figure.

I saw Stevie Wonder at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby. Bought tickets at the door.

What a great track! I actually thought it was Stevie Wonder.

And I recorded John Fahey at the Main Point for 88.9. Still have a cassette copy!

Russ you must have been in mourning 50 years ago this week when Just Jazz converted into DISCO

Bass clarinet!!!!!!!

I like anything clarinet

srry, Claret

It was a sad time for many reasons.

@Patrick, a friend of mine was a drummer in cover bands in the 70'S. I he shared his pain often.

ET and his claret.

Main Point. I saw Mikes Towing there. Lew London was with them at that point.

Hi Russ!Everybody please know Russ's two interviews with Sun Ra are available onYou Tube.

I've been found out. Quick- turn on the VPN

apropos of Nothing- Saw FOD (Flag of Democracy) last Saturday night in Phoenixville. Last time i saw them was a basement show in west Philly c 1993.

I just got a portable AC unit from maintenance guy working a half day today. Life just got better. :)

Good news!

Maintenance guy liked the tunes and learned about a new station today too! :)

The power of WPRB

When folks listen, then they know...

Jerry is also lucky listening.

its the poetry with the background singing. I did always kinda dig that form.

lots of cacophony. drums, Peaches to You, Where did this form even originate? 16 track or 32 track?

you can't get to princeton on the Broad Street line? Cause the Broad street line goes strait the the Spectrum.

Nice, Rofflephonic! Didn't you dance on the Jerry Blavatt show?

I’m listening on the train to the airport. ✈️

Sunny Ray Blount.

"Space is the Place"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the sound of Ra in the afternoon!

Hey friends, hope everybody’s staying cool.

I was a wall flower Jerry. Dancing was not my strong suit as tallish geek. :)

I was 6'4" in high school...I looked like I was having a fit

i see some reminiscing about 1976 - I was a camp counselor at Moshava in Annapolis Maryland. I was in charge of a group of 11 year olds. We went to the Mall in Washington with the camp for the fireworks and despite stern warnings about not leaving the group, one of my kids got lost. I spent the entire night in a panic running through masses of people while fireworks exploded above looking for him. I finally found him sitting with a family with a kid he knew from school.

Go on down to Belmont Plaza if you dare

Plateau. srry

@Mike C, As a fellow 6'4" guy who bangs his head on low ceilings, I feel ya...

I could have used a couple 6' 4" friends back in 1976 to help me find that kid.

I continually bend down....it's automatic

I like my bicycle helmet. It's my friend.

tall people should be glad they're not short people Its a scissors rock paper thing. Short people / fat people/ Tall people.

@vildachaya1, That sure makes the case for drones that fit in a backpack.

Ya can't win

There's that Coral electric Sitar

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is an American Civil War song turned into the "English Civil War" song.

When I used to walk from West Philly to Old City, I too often had the sounds of the Stylistics goin' on in my head.

But Grandma sure likes when we come get the stuff off the top shelf that we put there the last time we were over.

This Stylistics song is one I learned to play on accordion when I was in school - All based on the gorgeous Major sevent chord

In 1976 I got so sick of listening to Kiki Dee, Elton John , Starland VocalBand,Captain and Tennille I switched to 98.1 fm Fascinating Rythyms .Dance music before it morphed into garbage.

I should rent myself out in Supermarkets

@Davis- that song came into my mind earlier.

There is s huge demand for Vocal R&B hits played on Accordion - And if you can loan me a buck I'll tell you all about it.

Oy vey....that starland vocal band song was all over that Summer

Mention of sitar reminds me it's the 57th anniversary of Brian Jones' death.

@Mike, Standing next to the carts with a for hire sign. lol I kinda like that idea!

Hey Vilda! That story was frightening!

I wish you would have not brought Toni Tennille into this conversation. She's not from Philly at all.

I love the drum break right in the middle.

Jerry- Can you tell Jenn she is just going to have to wait-? The Olds are having too much fun here.

Jerry, It was scary...and such a relief when I found him. Speaking of Philly hits - anyone going to see Todd at the Keswick?

Toni Tennille is beyond my musical scope.

lol

All praise to the Accordianacellerationists.

right here

Everyone have a great 4th of July and be careful out there. Stevie Wonder HottervThan July truly prophetic

Sigma sound. 12th below Vine. we all know

Enjoy weekend Pat

This is pure Philly! Mr. Billy Paul! Oh, baby!

Awesome Philly sounds,..Everyone keep Cool this 4th of July weekend. n Enjoy this wonderful Music ! Thanks Jer! Your just the Best!!

Thanks, Sheila! I'm going to do my own list for Friday and I'm going to have your favorite guy on there. I hope you have a cool place to hang out this weekend

In addition to the great music, these Philly groups had killer choreography!

Pentangle is not from Philly? la la la I do love the drummer and a cross beat. 'I love you' Its kinda like the last time my car broke down. 'I Love You'

Jenn will play Argent.

I surrender my ears to you Jerry for a few hours each week and you reward me wonderfully! Thank you - Retirement day is next Monday! Then I can listen more....

this is something never to be understood ever. How Long? Millenium.

Wow...enjoy your retirement!

Thanks Mike

Roffle, glad you didn't go out in the hear with your Drone 6 pack in this heat!

Happy Revolutionary 250th, everybody! I’ll be getting up early next Friday to listen on Pacific Time!

Jerry, you kicked off this big holiday weekend with an outstanding and very entertaining show! Very nicely done! Everybody have a great weekend!

This song on repeat!!

Aww, Thanks again Jer !! One of my fav Hall n Oates tunes.!!

Congratulations, Benj! That's great to hear. Time for you to make another album: "Vildachaya goes Wild on the Accordian!"

Oh yes, same!

the carbon monoxide choked my thoughts away.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ-lOJxUvibHPzYo2odXG4ftyz5vKJ2Maut3S3CeassTw&s=10 - Philadelphia Legends

we have faith in

Jenn

anything's possible - Dear Friends of Jerry - have a fun weekend all drink a lot of LSD - I mean H2O - Always get those 2 mixed up.

Re: The Soul Survivors' "Expressway (To Your Heart)" ... you probably know this, but ... the first printing of their debut album caused controversy since in the schoolboys-theme cover one guy held knife - soon edited out for the next pressings! And the liner notes origin story - an instrumental group and a vocal group had a fender-bender, got out and exclaimed "How did we survive?!!", and that's how joined forces and got their name -- was complete . I met them once & they admitted it!

Remember the time you spiked the Manischevitz at your Bar Mitzvah?

Rick, thank you so much, greatly appreciated!

It was all the record company's promo fantasy. They were real nice guys and cheerfully admitted the tomfoolery, which was not their idea!

Russ, enjoy SF! Have a great time!

Till next time

New Info, Richard! Wow. Key info for every P hiladelphian.

I'll never forget it Jerry- the cops picked us up- it was my second cousin from county idle while.

The AC gods were kind enough to let me hang out a catch the whole show. I owe them one. And thanks for the show Jerry. Armando's Rhumba took me right back. Too fun.

Happy 4th all!