| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| Show Start | Talk | |||
| Salt 'N' Peppa | Let's Talk About Sex | A Blitz Of Hits | Next | |
| Louis Armstrong | Saint James Infirmary | Plays King Oliver | Audio Fidelity | |
| Louis Armstrong | If I Could Be With You | Favorites | Columbia | |
| Lu Watters | Blues Over Bodega | Blues Over Bodega | Fantasy | |
| Barbara Dane | Gipper Gate Blues | 45 RPM Single | Arhoolie | |
| Bob French | You've Got The Right Key But The Wrong Keyhole | Living the Legacy | Royal Tuxedo | |
| Lucien Barbarin | Tishomingo Blues | It's Good To Be Home | Barbarin Music | |
| Bob Dylan | It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry | Highway 61 Revisited | Columbia | |
| Paul Revere and the Raiders | If I Had It To Do All Over Again | Complete Columbia Singles | Columbia | |
| Cat Power | Memphis Blues Again | Landmark Music | Landmark Theaters | |
| Geoff Muldaur | Downtown Blues | The Blues Project | Elektra | |
| Geoff Muldaur | Brazil | Pottery Pie | Rhino | |
| Tim Hardin | Misty Roses | Live In Concert | Verve | |
| Talk | ||||
| Harry Connick, Jr. | The Gypsy | 30 | Columbia | |
| Jimmy Rushing | Save It Pretty Mama | Jimmy & Jimmy | Vogue | |
| Weslia Whitfield | The Blues Are Brewin' | Beautiful Love | Cabaret | |
| Etta James | Don't Explain | Mystery Lady | Private Music | |
| Billie Holiday | Long Gone Blues | Quintessential Vol. 7 | Columbia | |
| Helen Humes | E Baba Le Ba | Best of Gene Norman's Blues Jubilee | GNP Crescendo | |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | Past 40 Blues | The Blues Is Now | Verve | |
| Earl Hooker | The Misfit | Play The Blues. Mr. Hooker | Blacktop | |
| Elmore James | Shake Your Money Maker | Complete Fire/Enjoy Sessions | Collectables | |
| Magic Sam | All Your Love | West Side Soul | Charly | |
| Junior Wells | Snatch It Back And Hold It | Live At Theresa's 1975 | Delmark | |
| JB Lenoir | How Much More | His JOB Recordings | Flyright | |
| Lowell Fulson | Reconsider Baby | Superblues Vol. 2 | Stax | |
| Son Seals | Trouble, Trouble | Live-Spontaneous Combustion | Alligator | |
| Talk | ||||
| The Chambers Brothers | Groovin' Time | Now! | Vault | |
| The Chambers Brothers | Time Has Come Today | The Time Has Come | Columbia | |
| The Doors | The Unknown Soldier | Best Of | Elektra | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Up Around The Bend | Chronicle | Fantasy | |
| Santana | Freeway | Live At The Fillmore '68 | Columbia | |
| Ray Charles | Let's Go Get Stoned | Uh-Huh | Sandstone | |
Playlist: Non-fiction Music with Joel Sachs for May 17, 2012 - 2:00am
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