Music
Kids, Cars, and Campfires
That’s the incomparable Guy Davis with part of his “New Shoes” — a song that’s sure to make the miles or the hours go by a whole lot faster this summer.
Isaac Watts
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Isaac-Watts-A-First-Childrens-Poet.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 7/18/2002 Isaac Watts Transcript Isaac Watts, born in 1674 in England, was a Non-conformist minister and a hymn writer. In his lifetime he wrote over 600 hymns. Some of them, such as O God, Our Help in Ages Past, When I Survey the Wondrous […]
Shout, Girl, Shout and Shake, Rattle and Roll
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Shout-Girl-Shout-Shake-Rattle-and-Roll.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 7/10/2002 Shout, Girl, Shout and Shake, Rattle and Roll Transcript If your children are old enough to be really into rock and roll, and it’s one of those summer days when even their favorite sounds have gotten a little boring, […]
Yankee Doodle
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Yankee-Doodle.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/3/2002 Yankee Doodle Transcript Yankee Doodle went to town, Riding on a pony. Stuck a feather in his hat and called it Macaroni. If you think about it, it is a little bit odd that the unofficial American anthem is a nonsensical nursery rhyme. […]
Elvis
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Elvis.mp3 Author Shelley Fraser Mickle Air Date 7/2/2002 Elvis Transcript I was thirteen years old, living in Memphis, Tennessee, when Elvis let loose singing, “I’m All Shook Up.” Of course, it was a year before that when he sang “I’m nothing but a hound dog” that he really started shaking […]
Miss Jenia Jones
You’re hearing a very scratchy portion of the folksong, “Miss Jenia Jones,” from one of the first multi-media packages for children, the Bubble Book from 1918.
Harry Nilsson
You’re listening to songwriter Harry Nilsson performing the TV theme from The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.
Father’s Day Music
That’s Bernardo Palombo with his “Song to Put a Doll to Sleep.”
The Langley Schools Music Project
You’re hearing nine-year-old Sheila Behman’s cover for Don Henley’s rock anthem, “Desperado,” with her music teacher, Hans Fenger, accompanying her on the piano.
Music for Mother’s Day
That’s Los Lobos, from their delightful CD for young people called “Papa’s Dream.” And, speaking as a mother, that’s the way that I’d like to wake up on Mother’s Day morning - with a serenade!