To the moon and back

August 5, 2023, 9:00 pm

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Neil Armstrong's view of Earth from Apollo 11 (Photo: Justin Cowart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

It’s Neil Armstrong’s birth anniversary and Ella Jenkins’ 99th birthday. We’re over the moon with things that shine on a summer night. Adela Skowronski hosts.

Playlist

Midnight Special
Traditional
Leadbelly

One More Night
Bob Dylan
Punch Brothers

What A Little Moonlight Can Do
Harry M. Woods
Billie Holiday

Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Bill Monroe
Reid Jamieson

Song About the Moon
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

House on the Moon
Eric Lambert
Eric Lambert

Polkadots & Moonbeams
Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke
My Sweet Patootie

Moon River
Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer
Valucha De Castro

Shadows
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot

Rising of the Moon
Kate Wolf
Kate Wolf

Corcovado [Quiet Nights]
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Shannon Whitworth & Barrett Smith

Writing Songs on the Moon
Jaime Michaels
Jaime Michaels

Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Nick Drake

College on the Moon (poem)
Margaret Dubay Mikus
Margaret Dubay Mikus

Hunter’s Moon
Jory Avner
Jory Avner

Easy Come, Easy Go
Sierra Hull
Sierra Hull

Amie
Damien Rice
Damien Rice

The Midnight Special theme
Trad. arr. Merle Travis
Merle Travis

Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins
The Byrds
The Byrds

Armstrong (Stewart)
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith

Rocket to the Moon
Vance Gilbert
Vance Gilbert

The Moon Landing [excerpt]
Live broadcast from the moon, 1969
Neil Armstrong

Miss Mary Mack
Trad. arr Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins

I Got a Harmonica for Hanukkah
Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins

Moon Don’t Go
Trad. arr Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins

Cotton Eye Joe
Trad. arr Ella Jenkins
Ella Jenkins

If I Had a Hammer
Trad.
Ella Jenkins, Pete Seeger

Feel Holler
Wendy and DB
Wendy and DB

Little Blue House
Wendy Morgan
Wendy & DB feat. Billy Branch

Puff (The Magic Dragon)
Leonard Lipton (poem); Peter Yarrow (tune)
Peter, Paul & Mary

Collecting Dust
Sarah Weddle
Sarah Weddle

The Flower and the Vine
Dana Cooper
Dana Cooper

If a Tree Falls in Love With a River
Lau Noah
Lau Noah feat. Jacob Collier

Spiritual, “Down by the Riverside”
Trad.
Ella Jenkins

Speak Right Up
Trad.
Ella Jenkins

Midnight Special Theme
Trad.
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

The Moonglow/the Tapeworm
Birds of Chicago
Birds of Chicago

Lady Midnight
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen

Don’t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyeballs
Slim Willet,parody lyrics, Jethro Burns
Steve Goodman & Jethro Burns

Reg Was a Lonely Glow Worm Barker
Les Barker
Les Barker

Lightning Bugs
Laurie McClain
Laurie McClain

A Firefly’s Life
Christine Lavin
Christine Lavin

Vincent/Starry, Starry Night
Don McLean
Susan Werner

August Winds
Sting (as part of The Last Ship)
Sting

Firefly Sonata II
Michael J. Miles
Michael J. Miles, Bradley Williams, Bob Lizik

Moonlight in Vermont (Blackburn/Suessdorf)
John Blackburn and Karl Suessdorf
Willie Nelson

Star Shine
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale
Milk Carton Kids

Our Lady of the Shooting Stars
Mary Gauthier
Mary Gauthier

u up?
Shane McLaughlin
Buffalo Rose

Goodbye Night
Leah Shoshanah
Leah Shoshanah

Follow Your Star
Ed Kleban
Randy Graff

Night in the City
Joni Mitchell
Liz Simmons, Hanna Sanders, Natalie Haas (cello)

I Still Believe
Laura Love
Laura Love