Snap, Crackle, POP! with Alec Cumming

Breathe (4square mix) – Telepopmuzik

Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes – Thievery Corporation

In the Waiting Line – Zero 7, Sophie Barker 

Kiss From a Rose – Seal 

Billions – Caroline Polacheck

The Captain of Her Heart – Double 

Come to God – Indigo De Souza 

Real Thing – Drugdealer, Weyes Blood

Please Let Me Remember This – Julia Cumming

(It Takes All Kinds) To Make a New World – Gail Ann Dorsey 

Lebanese Blonde – Thievery Corporation

Here's That Rainy Day (Koop Remix) – Astrud Gilberto

Waltz for Koop – Koop

Where Do I Begin (Away Team remix) – Shirley Bassey

The Sofa – Wolf Alice

Rust & Wire – Anjimile 

Days We Left Behind – Paul McCartney

Jenny Wren – Paul McCartney

February Sky – Ringo Starr

Doomscrollin' – The Gershwin Brothers

Tears In My Martini – Edward Rogers

Yours (If You Want Me) – The Bug Club

Forgotten Dreams – Leroy Anderson

The second of two day's worth of Snap Crackle POP! shows with female performers, songwriters, musicians, etc. in honor of Women's History Month. Pictured: the mighty BREEDERS. 

Drivin' on 9 – The Breeders

I Am Woman – Helen Reddy 

I'm a Woman – Peggy Lee

Lola – The Raincoats

Spellbound – Siouxie and the Banshees 

Don't Go Away – Tallulah Gosh 

Never Say Never – Romeo Void 

Thinking About Sex Again – The Waitresses

O Superman – Laurie Anderson 

Hounds of Love – Kate Bush 

There's a Part I Can't Back – Sunflower Bean

Small Town Girl – Tracey Thorn

Night Terrors – Diet Cig 

Jersey – Barrie 

Cloud 9 – Beach Bunny 

Twilight Café – Susan Fassbender & Kay Russell

Go Away – Strawberry Switchblade

Black Boys on Mopeds – Sinéad O'Connor

How Much Did You Get For Your Soul? – Lucinda Williams 

There She Goes Again – King Princess

Broken English – Marianne Faithful

The first of two day's worth of Snap Crackle POP! shows with female performers, songwriters, musicians, etc. in honor of Women's History Month. Pictured: a jubilant Norma Tanega. 

Jubilation – Norma Tanega 

Don't Make Me Over – Dionne Warwick

Fujiyama Mama – Wanda Jackson

Turn My Motor On – Kirsty MacColl

Picture This –Blondie

New Toy – Lene Lovich 

Money – The Flying Lizards 

Typical Girls – The Slits

Son of a Gun – The Vaselines

I'll Be Your Mirror – The Velvet Underground & Nico

Hidden From History – Bright Girls

Come Again – Au Pairs

Just Once in My Life (demo) – Carole King

That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon

At Seventeen – Janis Ian

Kid – The Pretenders

It's a Fine Day – Jane

The Book of Love – Olivia Rodrigo

Nothing I Could Hide – Arlo Parks

Across The Sea – Salem 66

Hammond Song – The Roches

My Life – Julia Cumming 

Drivin’ On 9 – The Breeders (partial)

Wind – Circus Maximus 

Windy – The Association

The Wind Cries Mary – Jimi Hendrix 

Part of the Wind – Tim Hardin

Wind Chimes – The Beach Boys

Catch the Wind – Donovan

I Talk to the Wind– Giles, Diles & Fripp

Four Strong Winds – Ian & Sylvia 

All I Did Was Dream – beebadoobee

Passion Plug – Bella Litsa 

Rust & Wire – Anjimile

Ghosted – Laura Nyro

Doomscrollin' – The Gershwin Brothers 

I Don't Like Hockey No More – The Zambonis 

Best Tears I've Ever Cried – Lane Steinberg 

Steer The Wheel – Bubble 

Wu–Tang – They Might be Giants 

Piccadilly – Squeeze 

Can't Wait – Piper 

Teenage Kicks – The Undertones 

Rat Trap – The Boomtown Rats 

I Will Follow – U2

Soon – My Bloody Valentine

Raindrops – Dee Clark 

Rhythm of the Rain – The Cascades

Rainy Days and Monday – The Carpenters

Why Does It Always Rain on Me? – Travis

I Wish It Would Rain – The Temptations

Cloudbusting (Be Kind version) – The Staves

Fool In the Rain – Led Zeppelin 

I Played the Fool – Michael Stipe 

In The Middle of It – Hiss Golden Messenger

Put the Message in the Box – Mary Chapin Carpenter & The Mountain Goats

Is It Like Today? – World Party

Why Don't You? – Squeeze

Elderberry Wine – Wednesday

Steel Reserve – Cass McCombs & Chris Cohen

Site Unseen – Courtney Barnett & Waxahatchee 

My Life – Julia Cumming 

I Was Wrong – Danny Ayala

I Can't Get Over Losing You – Lemon Twigs

Tell Me Why – The Beatles

Look Through Any Window – The Hollies 

Headline Hustler – 10cc

The Holdup – David Bromberg

Edge of the Ocean – Ivy

Waltz for Koop – Koop

Gymnopedie No. 1 – Erik Satie (I can't seem to find the name of the actual pianist, sorry)

I usually don't save the fundraising shows I've done - there's an awful lot of begging for money - but I really enjoyed doing this show with I Messiah, the mysterious and stately reggae DJ at WPKN (for over 30 years!) All songs are performed by Stevie Wonder unless otherwise noted.  

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Isn't She Lovely 

Master Blaster (Jammin')

Tell Me Something Good – Rufus

Boogie On Reggae Woman

Higher Ground 

Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away

It's A Shame – The Spinners

I Was Made to Love Her 

Fingertips Pts. 1 & 2 - Live

Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) 

Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

Too High

You Haven't Done Nothin'

Send One Your Love 

Hey Love 

I Don't Know Why I Love You

I Love Every Little Thing About You – Syreeta

I Wish 

My Cherie Amour

The Tears of a Clown – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)

Village Ghetto Land

Living for the City 

Golden Lady 

You Are the Sunshine of My Life 

Uptight (Everything’s Alright) 

High Heel Sneakers (live in Paris, 1965)

Do I Do

A show wondering if there'll come a day when we won't need love, then offering some unsolicited advice at the end. 

Good Morning – Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Conner

Good Morning, How Are You, Shut Up – Ivor Cutler Trio

Psycho Killer (September 1975 demo) – Talking Heads

The Book I Read (CBS/Columbia 1976 demo) – Talking Heads

I'm Not in Love (1976 demo) – Talking Heads

Hanging on the Telephone – The Nerves 

Forgive and Forget – The Marbles

My Three Sons (Revolve Around the Earth) – The Individuals

Is It Better – Sharp Pins

She Calls Me Love – Banda AL9

I've Got a Broken Heart – The Lemon Twigs 

You Bring the Summer – The Monkees

Me & Magdalena – The Monkees

The Old Law – Father John Misty

Real Deal – Endearments 

Steel Reserve – Cass McCombs & Chris Cohen

To Love Somebody – Al Green 

Kentucky Too Long – Charley Crockett

Diggin' In the Coal – Leah Blevins

It's Been Too Long – Ringo Starr

Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton

I Can't Stay Mad at You – Skeeter Davis

The Dean and I – 10cc

That's When the Music Takes Me – Neil Sedaka 

Unsolicited Advice – Charles Spearin

I hope the "title" of this episode isn't too on the nose. But that line has been stuck in my head since he passed this weekend. 

The Masked Marauder – Country Joe & the Fish   

I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag (1965 version) – Country Joe & the Fish 

Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine – Country Joe & the Fish

Silver and Gold – Country Joe & the Fish

Coming Into Los Angeles – Arlo Guthrie 

Hesitation Blues – Hot Tuna

Tamalpais High (At About 3) – David Crosby

Have You Seen the Stars Tonite – Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship

Strawberry Letter 23 –  Shuggie Otis 

After the Gold Rush – k.d. lang

Only Love Can Break Your Heart – Neil Young

Junk – Paul McCartney

Wu-Tang – They Might Be Giants 

Eyeball – They Might Be Giants

Goodbye Mr. Blue – Father John Misty

Shooting Star – Sunflower Bean

The Monsters of Pig Alley – Morrissey 

Fresh Air for My Mama – 10cc

Solitude Is Exhausting – Paulzon Fire 

Senses Working Overtime – XTC

I Wanna Go with Dignity – Peter Perrett 

2468 – Horsegirl 

Watch this space: my goal is to combine this Tuesday March 3rd 2026 Snap Crackle POP! 7-9 am episode (which is 95% dedicated to Neil music) with the previous Monday March 2nd Snap Crackle POP! 7-9 am episode (which is 100% dedicated to Neil music and is co-hosted by the great Dawn Eden Goldstein), and neaten it all up somehow, so you can get all yer NEIL SEDACKY [tm Carole King] in one place. Stay tun-ed. 

(And if anyone wonders how my daughter's fabulous new single made the set list, I would argue she's following a Brill Building-path and has major-league songwriting chops - like, yes, Neil - and that her track can stand with the others on this show. Seriously.) 

Working On a Groovy Thing– The 5th Dimension 

Let the Good Times In – The Love Generation

Let the Good Times In – The Partridge Family

Rainy Jane – Davy Jones

Sugar (demo) – Neil Sedaka

We Had a Good Thing Goin' – The Cyrkle 

(Is This The Way To) Amarillo – Tony Christie

I'm a Song, Sing Me – Neil Sedaka 

Superbird – Neil Sedaka 

Solitaire – Neil Sedaka

It Hurts to Be in Love – Gene Pitney 

Donna – 10cc

Love Will Keep us Together – The Captain & Tenille

Puppet Man – The 5th Dimension  

Don't Let It Mess Your Mind 

The Hungry Years – Neil Sedaka 

The Immigrant – Neil Sedaka  

Just Once In My Life (demo) – Carole King

Ocean In His Eyes – Glen Cambell

My Life – Julia Cumming 

Everything Put Together Falls Apart – Paul Simon 

Beginning to Breathe Again – Neil Sedaka

I am probably going to re-upload this show shortly, vut for the time being here's this morning's Snap Crackle POP! tribute to Neil Sedaka, with my amazing co-host Dawn Eden Goldstein! 

[All songs are performed by Neil Sedaka unless otherwise noted.]

That's When the Music Takes Me

 Stupid Cupid – Connie Francis 
 The Diary
 I Go Ape 

One Way Ticket (To the Blues)
 Oh! Carol
 Oh! Neil – Carole King 
 Where The Boys Are – Connie Francis 

Personality – Lloyd Price 
 Calendar Girl
 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
 I Can't Stay Mad at You – Skeeter Davis 
 Magic Colors –  Lesley Gore

Kissin' My Life Away (excerpt) – The Hondells
 When Love Comes Knockin' (At Your Door) – The Monkees
 Oh, Don't Come Crying Back To Me – Something Young
 Just to Let You Know (I Love You So) – California (Curt Boettcher)

Beautiful You
 Love Will Keep Us Together

Laughter In the Rain
 Bad Blood 

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Slow Version)
 Anywhere You're Gonna Be (Leba's Song)