YTunes Shuffle with Bobbie Oliver's Fave5 Songs

BOBBIE OLIVER
Bobbie is orginally from Georgia, packed full of theatre nerd and overall comedy fan! You've seen her on TNN, The Style Network, as well as clubs like The Comedy Store, The Ice House, The Jon Lovitz Comedy Club and performed for coporate events including NASA and USC. PLUS, she runs the TAO Comedy Studio in Los Angeles which is female and LGBT friendly, teaching classes, running mics and shows AND a yearly festival called Riot Grrl Laugh Festival.


This is the sound track to her life and a few "Nuggets" about each of the artists:

CHEECH AND CHONG “Earache My Eye” (1974)
Cheech does sing this song, except they lip-synch to the track during appearances. This is their only Top 10 hit.

BLONDIE “Call Me” (1980)
Stevie Nicks was the first choice to sing this but she declined the offer.

DE LA SOUL “The Magic Number” (1989)
This comes from the album “3 Feet High and Rising” which comes from Johnny Cash's track from “5 Feet High and Rising.” You can hear his voice in this song.

JANIS JOPLIN “Me And Bobby McGee” (1971)
This song was written by Kris Kristofferson. This was the song/cover that brought his career to the next level. In fact, everytime he sings he, he still thinks of Janis.
Janis left $1500 in her will for a funeral party. The Grateful Dead performed.

BIKINI KILL “Rebel Girl”(1992)
The band encouraged women to come to the front of the stage and handed out lyric sheets for them. Singer Kathleen Hanna would crowd surf to remove the male hecklers. Many of their shows, male concert-goers verbally or physically assaulted Kathleen.

Keep up with Bobbie Oliver and her comedy/studio/album by following her on Instagram and Twitter.
You can also reach out to the show at any time directly by emailing ytunesshuffle@gmail.com.

YTunes Shuffle With Guy Dark And His Fave5 Songs

GUY PAUL LARAVEE is a radio broadcaster and ROCKER! Host, Maggi Mayfield worked under Guy (Dark) Laravee in Appleton/Oshkosh, Wisconsin while he was the Operations Manager at the Cumulus cluster. He also happens to be a competitive ball room dancer.

These are the songs he brought to the show that have informed his life. Check out the episode here. But here are some more details about the songs and artists:

AEROSMITH “Dream On” (1973)

It took Steven Tyler six years to write this song. His bandmates helped complete it when their manager forced them all to live in a house together and write their first album. What helped was the famous “suitcase incident.” Steven found money in suitcase outside of where the band was staying. So he bought a keyboard with it. Gangsters eventually came looking for it and he continued to play dumb.

R.E.M. “Don't Go Back To Rockville” (1984)

This about a real girl the band knew at their school, University of Georgia. Her classmates obviously didn't want her to go back to Rockville, Maryland, her hometown.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN “Thunder Road” (1975)

Bruce's first car was a '57 Chevy with orange flames painted on the hood. Also, this is one of his favorite songs to perform at shows.

THE KILLERS “Read My Mind” (2006)

This started out as a song called “Little Angela” that sounded a lot like “Mrs. Robinson.” They were aiming for a “With Or Without You” vibe and Brandon Flowers got pissed because he felt like the band was telling him his lyrics weren't good enough. So they just kept jamming out to the old song until it morphed into this! Also, this is the band's favorite to perform on stage!

SAM SMITH “Stay With Me” (2014)

There was a lot of speculation that this song resembles the piano melody in Tom Petty's “I Won't Back Down.” Petty and co-writer Jeff Lynne were added to the publishing credit and given at 12.5% royalty on the song. No lawsuits!

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YTunes Shuffle With Sandy Stec (And Mark Wallengren)

Sandy Stec is a comedian and radio host currently residing in San Francisco. She loves hikes and road trips and Christmas! Her episode was co-hosted alongside Maggi Mayfield with Los Angeles based radio talent Mark Wallengren.

The three have been co-workers for years and in this episode you hear lots of behind the scenes stuff in the radio industry and the songs that mean the most to your hosts.

Sandy Stec has worked with comedians like Kevin Hart, Chelsea Handler and Arsenio Hall and has performed regularly on Norwegian Cruise Lines. These are Sandy's #Fave5 and a little bit extra about the artist and song.

TIM MCGRAW “Humble And Kind” (2015)

The video for this song features a lot of footage from Oprah Winfrey's documentary “Belief.”

Tim McGraw is also a private pilot who owns a single-engine Cirrus SR22. His favorite “hobby” is flying”.

FLUX PAVILION & SNAILS “Cannonball” (2016)

Flux Pavilion is a label owner “Circus Records” and was asked by The Walt Disney Company to remix the Star Wars Rebels theme to draw attention to the series.

Bon Jovi “Wanted Dead Or Alive” (1986)

They were going to use this song as the title album. Went through the entire photo shoot with a western theme, mine shaft, old west outfits. Then after a night at the strip club they realized they were taking themselves too seriously...and came up with “Slippery When Wet.” The eventual name for the album.

ABOVE & BEYOND “Happiness Amplified” (2018)

Above & Beyond produce a weekly radio show called “Group Therapy Radio.” The trio take turns hosting the two hour broadcast which you can get every Friday night on YouTube, Twitch or Facebook.

CHRIS STAPLETON “When The Stars Come Out” (2015)

He wrote this song with Dan Wilson, who is famous for Adele's hit “Someone Like You.”

Follow Sandy on her Twitter or Instagram to talk more about her music, radio or comedy!

And you are welcome to reach out to the show regarding bookings or music at ytuneshuffle@gmail.com.

YTunes Shuffle With Lara Beitz's Fave 5 Songs

LARA BEITZ brilliant comedian known for her work on “Lights Out With David Spade,” and just her name on the Comedy Store wall!! These are the songs that have informed her life! and a little extra behind the music.


HATCHIE “Adored” (2018)

Hatchie is a family nickname. She started singing as a child, then later learned guitar, then bass, then piano, then clarinet.

LADY BRI “This Will Be The Day” (2018)

Lady Bri grew up in Cleveland and started singing to Whitney Houston in a toy karaoke set as a child.

EMINEM “Lose Yourself” (2002)

On the set of “8 Mile” Eminem had a trailer he could record songs for the movie during filming breaks. He had musicians built the beat around his vocals.

SARA EVANS “Born To Fly” (2000)

Sara is the eldest of seven kids. She sang in the family band on weekends. When she was 8, she got hit by a car right in front of their home. She spend several months in a wheelchair and continued singing to help pay for her medical bills.

INDIGO GIRLS “Closer To Fine” (1989)

The girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers write separately. Emily wrote this while she was feeling philosophical at her family's cabin in Vermont.

Want to chat with Lara about her songs find her on Twitter or Instagram!

And you can email the show directly to talk to Maggi & David at ytunesshuffle@gmail.com.

YTunes Shuffle with Jonny Rely's Fave 5 Songs

Meet Jonny Rely! Jonny is founder of the rock band Black And Grey from Rhode Island (And Boston) multi-time cancer survivor, and long time friend of host, David Earl Waterman. Jonny surprised us by sending us Five songs from his band, Black And Grey. He gives us the story of how the band and band name came to be, his time in (and getting kicked out of) college, how exactly he met David, the troubles with living in England, and the secrets and the grit he mustered up to not only survive but kicks cancer's butt.

These are the songs that influenced these stories:

Black And Grey "The Legend Of The SubAtomic Man"

Black And Grey "Check Out Girl"

Black And Grey "Don't You Worry"

Black And Grey "I Will Be Your Light"

Black And Grey "This Is My War"

Want to learn more about Jonny Rely and his songs and music? Find him on Facebook and reach out!
Plus, feel free to reach out to the show at ytunesshuffle@gmail.com.

YTunes Shuffle Fave 5 Song Nuggets With Jennifer Vally

Jennifer Vally is a writer and producer at The Game Show Network, she's worked as a writer for The Disney Chanel, and Oxygen and touring comedian originally from San Diego, now living in Los Angeles.

These are the Fave 5 Songs she brought to the show and a few nuggets about each artist from this episode!

MOTT THE HOOPLE “All The Young Dudes (1972)

The band suffered through some terrible band names including The Doc Thomas Group, The Shakedown Sound, and Silence. Later, while Guy Stevens from Island Records (who liked the group, just not with their current lead singer) came up with the Mott The Hoople as their name from a Willard Manus Novel of the same name. It's about a guy who works in a circus freak show.

GENE AUTRY “You Are My Sunshine” (1941)

“The Singing Cowboy” used to own the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim until 1997. He is the only person to be awarded stars in all five categories on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for film, TV, music, radio and live performance.

TONY BENNETT “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” (1962)

Tony would sing to customers while waiting tables as a teenager.

TEARS FOR FEARS “Shout” (1984)

The group loved the psychologist Arthur Janov. This song was inspired by his primal therapy treatment which worked by having patients confront their fears by shouting or scream. In fact their band name came from Janov's book “Prisoners Of Pain”

B.o.B. W/BRUNO MARS “Nothin' On You”

Bruno Mars says he tried to capture the sound of The Flamingos' song “I Only Have Eyes For You.” He said “What girl doesn't want to hear that?!”

Follow Jennifer Vally on Instagram or Twitter to talk more music and stand up.

You can also reach out to the show at ytunesshuffle@gmail.com!

YTunes Shuffle with Miles Crawford and his Fave5 Songs

MILES CRAWFORD is a filmmaker and performer in Los Angeles. He had big success with films like “I Forgot My Phone,” and “Drum Off” which premiered at LACMA and even featured on The Huffington Post.

Miles has performed extensively with the Off-Broadway show STOMP and has played drums for Eminem, Ringo Starr, Red Hot Chili Pepers, & Art Garfunkel.

These are songs he brought to the show. Find out why in his episode, found here!

Sister Wynona Carr “The Ball Game” (1952)

Wynona Carr wrote most of her songs herself!

DARWIN DEEZ “DNA” (2010)

Dawin Merwan Smith is the frontman's full name. Darwin has been a guitarist (for Creaky Boards) and a rapper.

TALKING HEADS “Once In A Lifetime” (1980)

Lead singer David Byrne was born in Scotland, but lived iin the US since the age of eight. He only became an American officially because finally someone at a polling place cross-checked his ID and told him couldn't vote. So he went through the whole process to legally vote.

THE NEW BASEMENT TAPES “When I Get My Hands On You” (2014)

A SUPER group with Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford (Mumford and Sons), Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes) and Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops)

This group was brought together to record dozens of songs based on song lyrics that Bob Dylan wrote back in 1967. The group was filmed for a Showtime Documentary called “Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued”

NINA SIMONE “My Baby Just Cares For Me” (1958)

This song resurfaced in 1987 for a Chanel ad. She was pissed because the song was re-released and peaked at #5 on the UK charts and she saw NO royalty checks for her work.

If you loved this episode and want to learn more about Miles, you can follow his work through his website or on Instagram.

If you loved the show and would love to connect, please email Maggi & David at ytunesshuffle@gmail.com.