"I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" is a standard from 1926. More than twenty recordings of it were made in the first 16 years since it was published, including Billie Holiday's 1938 version. This mix includes that version and two much later versions by Frank Sinatra in 1960 and Dean Martin the following year.
The Sundowners were a Chicago country bar band from the 60s and 70s. Their version of Merle Haggard's "Sidewalks Of Chicago" is featured here with Brook Benton's country soul cover to accompany the original.
One other Merle Haggard song repeats this week: "Life In Prison", his original version as well as a cover by The Byrds with Gram Parsons singing lead vocals.
The rest: the soul ballad "This Must Be Love", Ruth Brown's chipper "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'", the wise "Hand Of Fate" by The Rolling Stones, the early 80s funk of "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind & Fire, Egyptian Lover's historic-minded "Egypt, Egypt", Don Blackman's funky "You Ain't Hip", the skeletal "I Got Rhythm" by The Brothers, Peter Gabriel's sly "Sledgehammer", El-P & Killer Mike's Run The Jewels track "Get It", Jose Feliciano's cover of Stevie Wonder's "Blame It On The Sun", Stevie's cover of The Temptations' "My Girl", Hayes Shepherd's alias The Appalachia Vagabond with "The Peddler And His Wife", the Nashville demo of Hank Williams' "I'm Going Home" and a cover of Merle Haggard's "Sing Me Back Home" by The Everly Brothers.
This Must Be Love Solid Solution
Sidewalks Of Chicago Brook Benton
Life In Prison Merle Haggard
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Billie Holiday
This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' Ruth Brown
Hand Of Fate The Rolling Stones
Life In Prison The Byrds
Sidewalks Of Chicago The Sundowners
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Frank Sinatra
Let's Groove Earth, Wind & Fire
Egypt, Egypt Egyptian Lover
You Ain't Hip Don Blackman
I Got Rhythm The Brothers
Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel
Get It El-P & Killer Mike
Blame It On The Sun Jose Feliciano
My Girl Stevie Wonder
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me Dean Martin
The Peddler And His Wife The Appalachia Vagabond
I'm Going Home (Nashville Demo) Hank Williams
The Sidewalks Of Chicago Merle Haggard
Sing Me Back Home The Everly Brothers
