Living With Music: Nick Tosches 2007 Playlist
Nick Tosches (AP Photo/Gino Domenico)
“Living With Music,” a playlist of songs from a writer or some other kind of book-world personage.
This week: Nick Tosches, whose books include
“The Devil and Sonny Liston,” “Hellfire,” a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, and “Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams,” a biography of Dean Martin
Nick Tosches’s October 2007 Playlist:
In no particular order and always subject to change … i linked 1 video ... i'm tired
1) Black Night, by Charles Brown (Aladdin, 1950)2) Sloppy Drunk, by Chicago Jimmy Rogers (Chess, 1954)3) First I Look at the Purse, by the Contours (Gordy, 1965)4) Ain’t That a Kick in the Head, by Dean Martin (Capitol, 1960)5) My Buddy, by Dr. John (Warner Bros., 1989)6) Sally, Go ’Round the Roses, by the Jaynetts (Tuff, 1963)7) Drinkin’ Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee, by Jerry Lee Lewis (Mercury, 1972)8) Gambling Bar Room Blues, by Jimmie Rodgers (Victor, 1932)9) Knockin’ Myself Out, by Lil Green (Bluebird, 1941)10) Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody, by Louis Prima (Capitol, 1956)11) Thursday, by Morphine (Rykodisc, 1993)12) Who Do You Trust?, by Muddy Waters (Blue Sky, 1978)13) Sea of Love, by Phil Phillips (Khoury’s, 1959)14) Venus, by Shocking Blue (Colossus, 1969)15) Shop Around, by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla, 1960)16) Oops (Oh My), by Tweet (Elektra, 2002)17) Jumpin’ Jack Flash, by the Rolling Stones (London, 1968)18) Oh No, Not You Again, by the Rolling Stones (Virgin, 2005)19) Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, by Bob Dylan (Columbia, 1966)
20) (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave, by Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy, 1963)