NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA . . . . . Route 66 Theme (opening theme) . . . . . Route 66 and Other Great TV Themes/More Hit TV Themes
THE KING OF FRANCE . . . . . Moon . . . . . The King of France
JONATHAN KING . . . . . Everyone’s Gone To The Moon . . . . . The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 7
NICK DRAKE . . . . . Pink Moon . . . . . Pink Moon
BOB DYLAN . . . . . Blue Moon . . . . . Self Portrait
ELVIS PRESLEY . . . . . Blue Moon Of Kentucky . . . . . Complete Sun Sessions
VAN MORRISON . . . . . Once In A Blue Moon . . . . . What's Wrong with This Picture?
DR. JOHN . . . . . Creole Moon . . . . . Creole Moon
M. WARD . . . . . Half Moon . . . . . End of Amnesia
NEKO CASE . . . . . I Wish I Was The Moon . . . . . Blacklisted (Original Recording Remastered)
THE MINUS 5 . . . . . Big Beat Up Moon . . . . . Killingsworth
TINDERSTICKS . . . . . Waiting For The Moon . . . . . Waiting for the Moon
CAT POWER . . . . . The Moon . . . . . The Greatest
FRANK SINATRA . . . . . Fly Me To The Moon . . . . . Nothing But The Best
THE DUKES OF STRATOSPHEAR . . . . . Bike Ride To The Moon . . . . . Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
THE SATURN FIVE . . . . . Voyage Around The Moon . . . . . That Thing You Do!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
LOTHAR & THE HAND PEOPLE . . . . . Space Hymn . . . . . Space Hymn/Presenting...Lothar & The Hand People
THE BYRDS . . . . . Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins . . . . . Ballad of Easy Rider
FRANK BORMAN . . . . . Sounds Of The Space Age . . . . . From Sputnik To Lunar Landing

FRANK BORMAN . . . . . Sounds Of The Space Age . . . . . From Sputnik To Lunar Landing
THE POLICE . . . . . Walking On The Moon . . . . . Vol. 2-Tighten Up
JOYA LANDIS . . . . . Moonlight Lover . . . . . Vol. 2-Tighten Up
THE BONZO DOG BAND . . . . . Tubas In The Moonlight . . . . . Cornology [3CD Set]
DUBROVKA TOMSIC . . . . . Moonlight Sonata . . . . . The Best Of Beethoven
THE ROLLING STONES . . . . . Moonlight Mile . . . . . Sticky Fingers
THE BEATLES . . . . . Mr. Moonlight . . . . . Beatles For Sale (Remastered)
HERMAN’S HERMITS . . . . . Mr. Moonshine Man . . . . . Very Best of Herman's Hermits
THE RAMONES . . . . . Howling At The Moon . . . . . Ramones Mania
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL . . . . . Bad Moon Rising . . . . . Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits
TELEVISION . . . . . Marquee Moon . . . . . Marquee Moon
JENIFER JACKSON . . . . . Mercury, The Sun And Moon . . . . . Birds
FEDIRICO AUBELE . . . . . Luna y Sol . . . . . Causes 2
BRIAN ENO . . . . . An Ending (Ascent) . . . . . Another Green World

Although it wasn't originally the plan, this show ended up being completely geared to the 40th anniversary of man landing and walking on the Moon, which happened on July 20, 1969. There were simply too many good songs that incorporate the Moon in their lyrics, making it too difficult to choose only a dozen or so upon which to build a portion of the program. So we made the command decision to go for the full show, and even then I barely scratched the surface of available tunes, althouugh I was happy with the overall mix after it was complete.

It also gave me an opportunity to pull out a flexidisc that came in my December 1969 copy of National Geographic. On it Frank Borman—who was the commander on Apollo 8, the first mission that sent men to the Moon in December of 1968—narrates the story of the Space Age, starting with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and ending with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Neither an especially comprehensive nor the most riveting history of this time period, I still enjoyed throwing it in there as something that was both more than a little out of the ordinary and timely. As a freeform station LDR has the freedom to do something like that, not to mention using one of the major accomplishments of the 20th century as inspirationfor an entire program. That's what keeps it fun and interesting for me, and I hope it works in the same fashion for you as well.

Here's Neil Armstrong first setting foot on the Moon