# 371 - The Happy Birthday, Ohio Happy Hour

Submitted by djbc on Sun, 02/28/2021 - 10:06pm
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Ohio is the 17th State of the United States, 7th in Overall Population, and home to greatness. We're the Mother of Presidents (second only to Virginia), Birthplace of Aviation and Professional Football and Baseball, Home to Amusement Parks like King's Island and Cedar Point, and Home of the First Man to Orbit the Earth and the First Man to Land on the Moon.

Tonight on the Show, in honor of the 218th Anniversary of Ohio achieving Statehood, Songs About Ohio, and Songs Featuring Artists and Bands from Ohio.

PLAYLIST:
“Hang on Sloopy” - The McCoys (Union City, IN/Fort Recovery)
“Cleveland Rocks” - The Presidents of the United States of America
“Stressed Out” - twenty one pilots (Columbus)
“The Banks of the Ohio” - Olivia Newton-John
“Whip It” - Devo (Akron)
“Love Rollercoaster” - The Ohio Players (Dayton)
“Ohio (Intro to song from Wonderful Town)” - Rosalind Russell & Jackie McKeever
“Ohio” - Doris Day (Cincinnati)
“The Cincinnati Kid” - Ray Charles
"WKRP in Cincinnati" - Steve Carlisle
"Youngstown" - Bruce Springsteen
"(Four Dead in) Ohio" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Sway" - Dean Martin (Steubenville)
“I Know What Boys Like” - The Waitresses (Akron)
“Amie” - Pure Prairie League (Columbus, via Waverly)
“Glory” - John Legend (Springfield) & Common
"Beautiful Ohio" - Glenn Miller and His Orchestra

SONG CLIPS:
"Come On A My House" - Rosemary Clooney* (Maysville, KY, but discovered at WLW in Cincinnati)
"Beautiful Ohio" - Norma Zimmer & Jimmy Roberts
"Nobody But Me" - The Human Beinz (Youngstown)
"Give Me One Reason" - Tracy Chapman (Cleveland)
"Let It Whip" - Dazz Band (Cleveland)
"Ain't No Sunshine" - Rahsaan Roland Kirk (Columbus)
"Sugartime" - The McGuire Sisters (Cincinnati)
"Go All The Way" - The Raspberries (Cleveland)
"Fast Cars and Freedom" - Rascal Flatts (Columbus)
"The Middle of the Road" - The Pretenders (Akron)
"We Don't Give A Damn" - The Ohio State University Marching Band (TBDBITL, Columbus)
"The Christmas Waltz" - Nancy Wilson (The Pride and Joy of The Hilltop, USA)
"Green Tambourine" - The Lemon Pipers (Oxford)
"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry (Mingo Junction)
"Carmen Ohio" - Also TBDBITL (East Upper Arlington)
and
"Ohio" - Bill Charlap Trio

And I can't believe I left out Bye, Bye Birdie's "Hymn for a Sunday Evening", which features Paul Lynde (Mount Vernon), or "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" from Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods (Cincinnati), or "Love Train" from The O'Jays (Canton, but got play in Show # 141 which was all about the Philadelphia Music Scene), you get the point. But then again, I don't have Bow Wow (Reynoldsburg) in my own music collection, or McGuffey Lane (Columbus, via Athens).