This week Joel Najman’s My Place program mines the vaults of contemporary popular music for songs about telephones. A lot has changed since Alexander Graham Bell secured his original patents for the telephone in 1874, and this week My Place presents a collection of hit songs that mention the telephone, including famous hits by The Big Bopper, Jim Croce, and the Marvelettes.
Popular Songs About Telephones
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This week Joel Najman’s My Place program mines the vaults of contemporary popular music for songs about telephones. A lot has changed since Alexander Graham Bell secured his original patents for the telephone in 1874, and this week My Place presents a collection of hit songs that mention the telephone, including famous hits by The Big Bopper, Jim Croce, and the Marvelettes.
Playlist:
8:04 pm
- That's All You Gotta Do
- Artist Name: Brenda Lee
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 31093
8:08 pm
- Bigelow 6-200
- Artist Name: Brenda Lee
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Decca 30050
8:12 pm
- Pennsylvania 6-5000
- Artist Name: Glenn Miller And His Orchestra
- CD/Album: no title - 78rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Bluebird 10416
8:16 pm
- Beechwood 4-5789
- Artist Name: The Marvelettes
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Tamla 54065
8:20 pm
- 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)
- Artist Name: Wilson Pickett
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Atlantic 2320
8:24 pm
- Chantilly Lace
- Artist Name: Big Bopper
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Mercury 71343
8:28 pm
- He'll Have To Go
- Artist Name: Jim Reeves
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: RCA Victor 7643
8:32 pm
- If A Woman Answers (Hang Up The Phone)
- Artist Name: Leroy Van Dyke
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Mercury 71926
8:36 pm
- Don't Hang Up
- Artist Name: The Orlons
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Cameo 243
8:40 pm
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Artist Name: Chuck Berry
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Chess 1729
8:44 pm
- Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
- Artist Name: Jim Croce
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: ABC 11335
8:48 pm
- Sylvia's Mother
- Artist Name: Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Columbia 45562
8:51 pm
- Hello, This Is Joannie (The Telephone Answering Machine Song)
- Artist Name: Paul Evans
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Spring 183
8:54 pm
- I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You)
- Artist Name: Jimmy Norman
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Little Star 113
8:57 pm
- I Just Called To Say I Love You
- Artist Name: Stevie Wonder
- CD/Album: no title - 45rpm single
- Record co./Cat #: Motown 1745