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Work 'n Music - A Labor Day Weekend Special

From: Charlie Warren
Length: 00:59:50

From mining to housework, the post office to the ranch, you'll hear surprising information about the labor movement, workplace discrimination, and the current employment situation, highlighted by songs about tough, unusual, and dangerous jobs, labor issues, quitting, firing, and hiring. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Songs about work and workers in a variety of genres: soft rock, bluegrass, country, bebop, folk, show tunes, and more, plus a classic comedy bit by George Carlin. Artists include Amy Adams, Tom Paxton, Jim Croce, Sawyer Brown, Gordon Lightfoot, Joan Baez, Hank Snow, The Silhouettes, John Denver, and many more.  (ALL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR 2011)

Broadcast History

2008 Debut. Licensed by a total of 17 stations in '08, '09, & '10. Broadcast script material updated for 2011 broadcast.

Timing and Cues

PROGRAM LENGTH TO VOICE OUT - 58:50
TOTAL PROGRAM LENGTH INCLUDING MUSIC BED - 59:50

SUGGESTED OPTION 1: Run with breaks.
Allows time for a :30 break after Parts 1 and 2 and :10 for a station ID after Segment 3.

OPTION 2 - Run program without breaks and utilize the :60 bed after Part 3 for fill and/or Voice Over to 00:59:50

WORK 'N MUSIC - Part 1 - 16:12

OPEN- (MUSIC UP & UNDER: "9 TO 5")
Anncr: We know you may have some time off this weekend, but after you hear what's coming up here on Work 'n Music...Songs For Labor Day, you may want to think about work after all. ETC.

CLOSE - ("Big John" 5 second clip)
Anncr: Next, a closer look at mining with the help of Big John and much more...as Work 'n Music - Songs For Labor Day continues. I'm Charlie Warren. (16:12)

PART 2 - 18:59
OPEN - ("The Work Song")
Anncr: That's Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass with "The Work Song." This is Work 'n Music - songs For Labor Day. I'm Charlie Warren.
Here's a song about a worker we depend on a lot, ETC.

CLOSE -
Anncr: ...Work 'n Music - Songs For Labor Day continues with a look at the technological progress and labor struggles of the late 1800s up to today. I'm Charlie Warren. (18:59)

PART 3 - (VOICE OUT AT 23:39) (MUSIC BED TO 24:39)

OPEN - ("A Hard Day's Night")
Anncr: This is Work 'n Music - songs for Labor Day. I'm Charlie Warren. We'll hear from Tom Paxton, The Silhouettes, the late George Carlin, and many more.

CLOSE - ("The Work Song")
Anncr: You've been listening to Work 'n Music - Songs For Labor Day. Thanks to the songwriters, musicians and performers whose JOB it is to entertain, enlighten...and even educate us.
Special thanks to editor Linda Warren, plus these dependable sources: The National Geographic Society, The U.S. Department of Labor, The AFL-CIO, The United Transportation Union, United Mine Workers of America, The National Park Service, Alistair Cooke's "America," The Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. I'm Charlie Warren. (23:39)

(MUSIC BED TO 24:39)

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
9 To 5 Dolly Parton 16 Biggest Hits. Arista 2007 00:30
Whistle While You Work Adriana Caselotti Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs (Soundtrack). Import 2006 00:15
If You Were A Carpenter Joan Baez Joan. Vanguard 1967 02:05
Movin' On Hank Snow Movin' On: The Original Soundtrack. Harold Mayer Production 1965 01:47
Canadian Railway Trilogy Gordon Lightfoot Gord's Gold. Reprise 1975 01:53
Six Days On The Road Sawyer Brown The Best of Sawyer Brown. Curb 1997 01:31
Steel Men Jimmy Dean The Best of Jimmy Dean. Sony 2004 01:27
Chain Gang Sam Cooke single. RCA 1960 02:37
Gallant Men , Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen single. Capitol 1966 02:37
The Work Song Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Definitive Hits. Interscope 2001 00:15
Please Mr. Postman Carpenters Carpenters Gold. A&M 2005 01:11
Big Bad John Jimmy Dean The Best of Jimmy Dean. Sony 2004 03:01
Dancing Bear Mamas & Papas Mamas & Papas Greatest Hits. Dunhill/ABC 1967 03:35
Workin' At The Car Wash Blues Jim Croce I Got A Name. ABC 1973 02:31
Happy Working Song Amy Adams Walt Disney Presents Enchanted. Walt Disney 2007 02:06
Rockin' Solidarity Forever Brooklyn Women's Chorus The Power of Song. Hc 2003 02:38
A Hard Day's Night Beatles single. Capitol 1964 00:14
Gary Owen Frederick Fennell conducts members of the Eastman Symphony Ensemble The Spirit of '76:Music for Fife And Drums. Mercury 1970 00:37
Typewriter Song Leroy Anderson Blue Tango: Platinum Collection. Dynamic Ent 2008 01:34
Washington Post US Air Force Tactical Air Command Band, Virginia Ceremonial Music. US Air Force 1995 00:25
Gary, Indiana Robert Preston The Music Man (Original Film Soundtrack). Warner Bros 1962 01:20
Sometimes I'm Happy Benny Goodman Benny Goodman The Great Years. Camden, originally Pickwick Records 1979 00:25
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Bette Midler The Devine Miss M. Atlantic 1972 00:42
Cowboy's Delight John Denver The Essential John Denver. Madacy Entertainment 2004 03:02
Get A Job Silhouettes single. Ember 1958 02:43
Al Sleet Your Hippy Dippy Weather Man George Carlin Take-Offs And Put-Ons. RCA 1967 02:15
Factory Whistle's Blowing Tom Paxton One Million Lawyers And Other Disasters. Flying Fish 1985 03:00
I Hope I Get It Cast A Chorus Line The Movie. Polygram 1985 01:30
The Work Song Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Definitive Hits. Interscope 2001 01:37

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