| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| Show Start | Talk | |||
| Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers | If It Ain't Funky | Bustin' Loose | Raw Venture | |
| Donna Summer | Last Dance | On The Radio | Casablanca | |
| Louis Armstrong | If I Could Be With You | Favorites | Columbia | |
| Carrie Smith | Am I Blue | Black And Blue | DRG | |
| Doc Watson | Milk Cow Blues | At Gerde's Folk City | Sugar Hill | |
| Robert Johnson | Kind Hearted Woman | Complete Recordings | Columbia | |
| Robert Johnson | Stones In My Passway | Complete Recordings | Columbia | |
| Robert Johnson | Crossroads Blues | Complete Recordings | Columbia | |
| Robert Jr. Lockwood | Steady Rollin' Man | Steady Rollin' Man | Delmark | |
| Keb' Mo' | Come On In My Kitchen | Keb' Mo; | Okeh | |
| Magic Sam | Sweet Home Chicago | Chicago Blues Masters | Laserlight | |
| Howlin' Wolf | Dust My Broom | American Folk Blues Festival | Optimism | |
| Albert King | The Sky Is Crying | Years Gone By | Stax | |
| Aaron-Carl | Broke Down Blues | Detrevolution | Wallshaker | |
| Gil Scott-Heron | Me And The Devil | I'm New Here | XL | |
| Son House | Walkin' Blues | Complete Library Of Congress Sessions | Travelin' Man | |
| Robert Johnson | Traveling Riverside Blues | Complete Recordings | Columbia | |
| Robert Johnson | Phonograph Blues | Complete Recordings | Columbia | |
| Crossroads | Eric Clapton & the Powerhouse | What's Shakin'? | Elektra | |
| Dion | Ride's Blues | Tank Full Of Blues | Blue Horizon | |
| Delta Generators | Field And Plow | Hard River To Row | Delta Generators | |
| Van Morrison | TB Sheets | The Bang Masters | Epic | |
| Bruce Springsteen | Atlantic City | In Concert/MTV Plugged | Columbia | |
| Little Milton | Tin Pan Alley | We'll Play The Blues For You | Stax | |
| Neil Young | Song X | Mirror Ball | Reprise | |
| The Kinks | All Day And All Of The Night | Kinks-Size | Reprise | |
| Ray Davies | Waterloo Sunset | The Kinks Choral Collection | Decca | |
| Anonymous 4 | Psalm 92 | 11,000 Virgins | Harmonia Mundi | |
| English Ayres | God Lyeus Ever Young | The Laughing Cavalier | Magnatune | |
| Marcus LLerena | Hit And Take It | Burgos De Maua | Marcus Llerena | |
| Robert Johnson | Love In Vain | Complete Recordings | Columbia | |
| Robert Johnson | Milk Cow's Calf Blues | Complete Recordings | Columbia | |
| Cassandra Wilson | Hellhound On My Trail | Blue Light Til Dawn | Blue Note | |
| Trudi Pitts & Pat Martino | House Of The Rising Sun | Legends Of Acid Jazz | Prestige | |
| Booker Little | Things Ain't What They Used To Be | Booker little 4 & Max Roach | Blue Note | |
| Smith Dobson | Jitterbug Waltz | Live At Garden City | Night Music | |
| Dave Brubeck | It's A Raggy Waltz | At Carnegie Halls | Columbia | |
Playlist: Non-fiction Music with Joel Sachs for May 31, 2012 - 2:00am
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