“What is an Answer song?!”, I hear you cry…well here’s what wikipedia has to say on the subject:
An answer song (or answer record) is, as the name suggests, a song (usually a recorded track) made in answer to a previous song, normally by another artist. It is also known as a response song. The concept became widespread in blues and R&B recorded music in the 1930s through 1950s. Answer songs were also extremely popular in country music in the 1950s and 1960s, most often as female responses to an original hit by a male artist.
My aim is (was) to give you 30 seconds of the well known original and then play you the full response…except for those occasions where the live audience wanted to hear the whole original.
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Snug Stats
Music This Show:
* Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight (03:05)
Ricky Page – Yes, I’m Lonesome Tonight (03:27)
* Micheal Jackson – Billie Jean (04:53)
Lydia Murdock – Superstar (1983) (03:12)
* The Who – My Generation (03:19)
Generation X – Your Generation (03:14)
* Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend (03:34)
Everybody Was In The French Resistance … Now – G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N (03:21)
* Barry Manilow – Weekend In New England (03:45)
Reba McEntire – Whoever’s In New England (03:21)
* Big Bopper,The – Chantilly Lace (02:25)
Jayne Mansfield – That Makes It (02:29)
* Roger Miller – King Of The Road (02:30)
Jody Miller – Queen Of The House (02:40)
* Isaac Hayes – Theme from Shaft (04:35)
The Bar-Kays – Son Of Shaft (03:13)
* The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown (02:25)
John Wesley Harding – Cathy’s New Clown (04:45)
* Lorne Greene – Ringo (03:12)
Robin Garrett – Ringos Revenge (03:04)
* Eamon – Fuck It (I Don’t Want You Back) (03:45)
Frankee – F.U. Right Back (Explicit) (03:21)
* Ernie K Doe – Mother In Law (02:37)
Blossoms – Son-In-Law (02:05)
* Gene Chandler – Duke Of Earl (02:36)
The Pearlettes – Duchess Of Earl (02:18)
Cover Version Sandwich: none
* Original, not necessarily fully played
