Includes birthday salutes to Andy Warhol and Abbey Lincoln, and a tribute to film director, producer, screenwriter John Hughes (1950-2009)
| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year | ||
| Velvet Underground & Nico | I'm Waiting for the Man | Velvet Underground & Nico | Polydor | 1967/1998 | 10:07 | 4:39 |
| The Psychedelic Furs | Pretty in Pink | Greatest Hits | Columbia Legacy | 2001 | 10:11 | 3:58 |
| The Smiths | Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want | Best ... 1 | Sire / Reprise | 1992 | 10:15 | 1:53 |
| Tone Bent | This Little Apple | Say What You Will | Big Door Prize | 2008 | 10:20 | 3:47 |
| Guy Clark | Somedays You Write the Song | Somedays the Song Writes You | Dual Tone | 2009 | 10:24 | 3:38 |
| Vetiver | Rolling Sea | Tight Knit | Sub Pop | 2009 | 10:27 | 5:17 |
| Bonnie Prince Billy | I Came to Hear the Music | Ask Forgiveness | Drag City | 2007 | 10:33 | 4:41 |
| Richard & Linda Thompson | A Heart Needs a Home | Walking on a Wire: Richard Thompson 1968-2009 | Shout! Factory | 2009 | 10:40 | 3:17 |
| Jefferson Airplane | Martha | After Bathing at Baxter's | RCA | 1967/2003 | 10:44 | 3:26 |
| Spooky Tooth | That Was Only Yesterday | That Was Only Yesterday: The Best of ... | A&M | 1999 | 10:47 | 3:53 |
| Jimi Hendrix | The Wind Cries Mary | Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix | Experience Hendrix/MCA | 1997 | 10:51 | 3:20 |
| Bill Frisell | I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You | Disfarmer | Nonesuch | 2009 | 10:54 | 3:49 |
| The Low Anthem | Charlie Darwin | Oh My God, Charlie Darwin | Nonesuch | 2009 | 10:58 | 4:32 |
| Rachel Efron | Dance Me Around the Room | 4 AM | Whisper Track | 2009 | 11:07 | 4:55 |
| Abbey Lincoln featuring Stan Getz | You Gotta Pay the Band | You Gotta Pay the Band | Verve | 1991 | 11:12 | 4:47 |
| Abbey Lincoln | If I Only Had a Brain | Wholly Earth | Verve | 1998 | 11:16 | 5:33 |
| Phillip Johnston | At Peace with a Mop | Page of Madness | Asynchronous | 2008 | 11:25 | 3:08 |
| Robert Burger | Brother Donny | City of Strangers | Tzadik | 2009 | 11:28 | 3:09 |
| The Nice Guy Trio | Off the Grid | Here Comes ... The Nice Guy Trio | Portofranco | 2009 | 11:31 | 5:43 |
| Joe Henry | All Blues Hail Mary | Blood From Stars | Anti- | 2009 | 11:41 | 5:31 |
| Carla Kihlstedt and Satoko Fujii | Remembering Backwards | Minamo | Henceforth | 2007 | 11:46 | 5:42 |
| Amy X Neuburg & the Cello Chixtet | Someone Else's Sleep | The Secret Language of Subways | MinMax | 2009 | 11:52 | 5:44 |
| David Slusser | Hip Replacement | Delight at the End of the Tunnel | Tzadik | 1997 | 11:57 | 1:00 |
| Lambchop | My Face Your Ass | Thriller | Merge | 1997 | 11:58 | 1:00 |
| Clara Rockmore | The Swan | The Art of the Theramin | Delos | 1992 | 11:59 | 1:30 |
