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07:00 am Tue 03 Mar 26

The Long Play: From Honky-Tonk to Hollywood

Program Page: The Fill In

Duration: 30min

This week we are continuing our Soundtrack theme - exploring country songs that didn’t just sit on the soundtrack — they crossed over. Songs that leapt from rural airwaves into mainstream popular culture thanks to the movies and television that carried them there.

Playlist:

Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson (int)

Dueling Banjos by Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell (int)

Release: Dueling Banjos

Everybody’s Talkin’ by Harry Nilsson (int)

Release: Aerial Ballet (1968)

Midnight Cowboy by John Barry (int)

Release: Midnight Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Score)

The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash (int)

Release: American IV: The Man Comes Around

In Dreams by Roy Orbison (int)

Release: In Dreams

Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head by B.J. Thomas (int)

Release: Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head

Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon by Neil Diamond (int)

Release: Just for You

Six Ribbons by Jon English and Mario Millo (loc)

Release: Against the Wind (Original Television Soundtrack)

Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family (int)

Release: Singing Bones

I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton (int)

Release: Jolene

On the Road Again by Willie Nelson (int)

Release: Honeysuckle Rose (Soundtrack)

The Gambler by Kenny Rogers (int)

Release: The Gambler

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