On Air with Leif

About On Air with Leif

Thanks for tuning in! Here's some of my favorite artists of today to way back when. If I had my own radio station, this is what I'd be spinning! Thanks for all those who enjoy my taste. But especially all the artists for making these great tunes. Now go out and support your local artists! All these songs are from my own very personal collection.  Dig it! As a local Seattle songwriter/musician my career has been involved with; The Tronnies, Wonder Twins, Starry Eyes, The Shy Ones, The Pop Machine, The Greatest Hits, Taste Testors, Appaloosa, The Piniellas, Desperate Living, Loud Eyes, Blue Ribbon Boys, Dementian 5, The Amazombies, The Rookies, The Cheatin' Hearts, The Ret0rds, The Stench Mob, MWA. Follow, like, share and download on your preferred podcast platform. Thanks for tuning in, this is On Air with Leif

Publisher

Leif Larson

Category

music · music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Mar 2022

Latest episode

22 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

23 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Aug 2026

   Episode 29: On Air with Leif - Numero 29

   01. Johnny & The Hurricanes: Red River Rock (1959)02. Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Strange Things Happening Every Day (1944)03. Joyce Paul: Baby You've Had It (1958)04. Cecil Campbell: Rock and Roll Fever (1957)05. Carl Perkins: Your True Love (1957)06. Larry Williams: The Dummy (1957)07. The Drifters: There Goes My Baby (1959)08. Frankie Dee with The Carter Rays: Shake It Up Baby (1958)09. Dale Hawkins: Liza Jane (1959)10. Buddy Holly: Brown Eyed Handsome Man (1956)11. Kay Cee Jones: Johnny, Johnny, Johnny (1958)12. The Jesters: Cadillac Man (1966)13. Bobby Fuller: Pamela (1964)14. Marty Wilde: Jezebel (1962)15. Chuck Berry: Mad Lad (1960)16. Tommy Edwards: It's All In The Game (1958)17. Conway Twitty: Long Black Train (1961)18. Ivan: Real Wild Child (1958)*19. The Nightcrawlers: Cry (1965)20. The Angels: My Boyfriend's Back (1963)21. Lesley Gore: Maybe I Know (1964)22. The Kinks: You Still Want Me (1964)23. The Escorts: You'll Get No Lovin'That Way (1965)24. The Swinging Blue Jeans: Now That You've Got Me You Don't Seem To Want Me (1966)25. The Outer Limits: Stop (1968)26. Shape of the Rain: Look Around (1966)27. The Iveys: I Love You (1966)28. Brewer & Shipley: Shake Off The Demon (1971)29. Blue: Timi's Black Arrow (1973)30. James Griffin: She Knows (1973)*Real Wild Child, is a song recorded by Jerry Allison. He was the drummer for Buddy Holly's band The Crickets, who used the stage name Ivan. The track peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100. Allison used his middle name, Ivan, to step out from behind the drum kit and take the lead vocals. Allison heard the original track, titled "Wild One," written and performed by Australian rocker Johnny O'Keefe during a 1958 tour. The recording features Jerry Allison on vocals, Buddy Holly on rhythm guitar, Joe B. Mauldin on bass, and backing vocals by The Roses.

2. 

   11 Jun 2026

   Episode 28: On Air with Leif - Numero 28

   01. Dot Rice & Frankie Black: Texas Stomp (1935)02. Hollis Champion: Long Gone Lonesome Blues (1964)03. Carl Perkins: Put Your Cat Clothes On (1960)04. Frank Triolo & The Shipmates: Pretty Little Woman (1958)05. The Shadows: Saturday Dance (1959) 06. Cliff Richard & The Drifters: Move It [mono] (1958)07. Billy Lee Riley: Red Hot (1957)08. Alma Cogan: Fabulous (1957)09. Jack Earls: A Fool For Lovin' You (1956)10. Bill Kimber & The Couriers: When You Gonna Say (1964)11. Greg Anderson: I Feel Good (1966)12. The Blue Beats: Dr. Feelgood (1965)13. Little Eva: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby (1962)14. The Victorians: What Makes Little Girls Cry (1963)15. The Odyssey: Little Girl, Little Boy (1968)16. The Hollies: I Can't Let Go (1966)17. The Buckinghams: I've Been Wrong Before (1966)18. The Marvelettes: Please Mr. Postman (1961)19. The Swinging Blue Jeans: Gotta Draw The Line (Sidney) (1964)20. The Beach Boys: Girl Don't Tell Me [mono] (1965)21. The Archies: Melody Hill (1969)22. Dwight Twilley: Sky Blue (1978/80)23. Ronnie D'Addario: Let Me Just Look At You (1976)24. The Fantastic Baggys: Anywhere the Girls Are (1964)25. Peach & Lee: Can't Let Go (1966)26. The Lemon Twigs: My Golden Years (2024)27. Ronnie D'Addario: Cute to Boot (1993)28. Badfinger: Give It a Try (1970)29. The Turtles: Elenore (1968)30. Ohio Express: And It's True (1968)31. Shape Of The Rain: We Can Put It Right (1971)32. Hotlegs: How Many Times (1971)Frankie Black was the Pseudonym for Scrapper Blackwell on Champion and Decca.

3. 

   4 Jun 2026

   Episode 27: On Air with Leif - Numero 27

   01. Duane Eddy & The Rebels: Ramrod (1958)02. Tony Dangerfield & The Thrills: She's Too Way Out (1964)03. The Shakers: Break It All (1966)04. The Roulettes: I Can't Stop (1966)05. The Undertakers: I Fell In Love (For the Very First Time) (1965)06. Pete Best Combo: Don't Play With Me (1964)07. Alex Chilton: Don't Worry Baby (Fragments) (2008 unreleased)08. Lesley Gore: Look of Love (1964) 09. Music City: Pretty Feelings (2026)10. Mary Weiss: My Heart Is Beating (2007)11. The Stems: She Sees Everything (2007)12. Supersnazz: Crying Over You (2003)13. The Boss Martians: And She's Gone (2007)14. Sorrows: Out of My Head (2025)15. The Teens: We Are The Teens (1978)16. Billy Fury: Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves On the Trees) (1964)17. Pete Best Band: Gone (2008)18. Blue: Little Jody (1973)19. Scott McCarl: In Love Without A Girl (1996)20. Dave Edmonds: High School Nights (1985)21. Dwight Twilley: I Found the Magic (1982)22. Rick Derringer: Runaway (1980) 23. Uni Boys: Hiding In My Home (2023)24. The Boys (AUS): When Your Lonely (1980)25. Taste: Boys Will Be Boys (1976)26. The Rock & Roll Dubble Bubble Trading Card Co. of Philadelphia 19141: Bubble Gum Music (1969)27. Boyce & Hart: Pretty Flower (1968)28. SordaPop: Little Inez (2024)29. The Boys (USA): Hold Me (1978)30. The Boys (UK): Independent Girl (1979)31. Shape of the Rain: We're Not Their Boys (1973)32. The Favourites (UK): Angelica (1979)33. Peach & Lee: Never Made the Grade (2024 unreleased)34. The Kaisers: I Will (1999)35. Rabbitt: Morning Light (1976)36. The Letters: Nobody Loves Me (1980)37. The Lemon Twigs: Nothin' But You (2026)38. Promise: Lucky Star (1980)39. Utopia: That's Not Right (1980)40. The Pranks (Jeffrey Foskett/Randell Kirsch): I Don't Wanna Loose That Feeling (Unreleased 1979)41. The Jags: Party Games (1980)42. 20/20: She's An Obsession (1979)43. The Incredible Kidda Band: Fighting My Way Back (1979)44. The Modulators: She's So Cynical (1984)45. Shoes: The Summer Rain (1982)46. The Pencils: I Won't Lie (1984)47. Sky: Rockin' Me Yet (1970)48. Brewer & Shipley: Working On The Well (1971)49. Cyrus Erie: Get the Message (1969)50. Artful Dodger: Honor Among Thieves (1976)51. The Smirks: I Don't Think So (1978)52. The Explosives: A Girl Like You (1981)53. Ray Paul & RPM: Time Race (1980)54. The Poppees: Sad Sad Love (1975)55. The Boyfriends: Voice On the Line (1977)56. The Paley Brothers: Too Good To Be True (1977)57. The Secrets*: Uniform (1983)58. Arlis!: No Way Baby (1980)59. Big Star: For You (1975)60. The Toms: The Door (1979)61. Paul Collins' Beat: Let Me Into Your Life (1979)62. Flamin' Groovies: Yes It's True (1976)63. Starry Eyes: Head Over Heels (2009)64. The Reverberations: The Way I Want You (2015)65. The Shy Ones: The Nobody (The One You Won't See) (2008)66. Lia Pamina & Dario Persi: So Far Tonight (2018)67. The Singles: She's Got a Hold (2003)68. The Redwalls: Love Her (2005)69. The Monkees: Our Own World (2016)70. Sharp Pins: Talking In Your Sleep (2025)71. Jim Basnight: So F'd Up (2025)72. The Cry: Forget It (2011)73. Brad Marino: Hung Up (2023)74. The Madd: Good Evening Girl (2009)75. The Greenberry Woods: Sentimental Role (1994)76. The Piniellas: Down and Out (2015)77. Fountains Of Wayne: Action Hero (2011)78. The High Frequencies: Nexus Star (2025)79. Gilby Clarke: Let's Get Lost (1994)80. Bread: She's the Only One (1977)81. The Pop Machine: Tonight You Belong To Me (Unreleased 2008)

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