The History Of

“Frankie & Johnny”

This week, The Friday Night Cat Fight tackles one of the greatest folk tunes of all-time, “Frankie & Johnny.” We trace the history of the tune back to the Nineteenth Century and play 15 different versions of the song. Only 6 versions are in competition in the Cat Fight this week, though. The classic blues rendition of the tune by Mississippi John Hurt leads us off, then we jump to Johnny Cash’s telling of tale as “Frankie’s Man, Johnny” from 1959. From there, Brook Benton and Sam Cooke give the tune a soul twist from the early ’60s. Versions by the Greenwood Country singers and Elvis round out the competition.

The rest of the show is filled out with various blues, country, big band and rockabilly versions of “Frankie & Johnny” that it’ll make any man think twice before doing his woman wrong.

So listen, dig and VOTE for your favorite version of “Frankie & Johnny” on the Friday Night Cat Fight Radio Podcast with Matt The Cat.

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Friday Night Cat Fight Show

“Prisoner Of Love”

Six different versions of the 1931 song, “Prisoner Of Love” compete this week in the “World Famous” Friday Night Cat Fight. We begin with Russ Columbo’s original recorded version, which he also had a hand in writing. Then we move to Perry Como’s chart-topping rendition from 1946, a year that also saw 2 successful R&B performances of the tune. In 1960 Bo Diddley recorded a unique version of “Prisoner,” but it was never released. Finally, we end with one of James Brown’s biggest pop hits and his inspired take on “Prisoner Of Love.” Listen to all six versions of the tune before voting on which one you dig the most.

Also, on this week’s program, a song set salute to the 1960s dance, The Watusi as well as a set of songs about fairy tale legend, Little Red Riding Hood.

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Have a fantastic Memorial Day Weekend and start of summer! If you feel like some summer songs, please visit my Cat Fights from last year at this time by using the “archive” menu to the right.

There will be no Cat Fight Show next week, but I will return on June 11, 2010.

Soulfully,

Matt The Cat

On Sunday, May 23, David Maril wrote an article on me.  It appeared in the Brockton Enterprise from Brockton, MA.

To read the article, follow the link below.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/avon/news/opinions/x1560874721/DAVID-MARIL-Radio-the-latest-business-to-suffer-from-greed-mergers