| Artist | Song | Album | Label | Year |
| Show Start | Talk | |||
| Speech | Like Marvin Said | Speech | EMI | |
| Tyrone Davis | Can I Change My Mind | Atlantic Rhythm And Blues | Atlantic | |
| Louis Armstrong | If I Could Be With You | Favorites | Columbia | |
| Jimmy Edwards | Love Bug Crawl | The Golden Age of American Rock & Roll | Ace | |
| Gene Chandler | Duke Of Earl | Duke Of Earl | Charly | |
| Jackie Wilson | Higher And Higher | The Jackie Wilson Story | Brunswick | |
| Johnnie Bassett | Cry To Me | I Can Handle That | Sly Dog | |
| same | Motor City Blues | same | same | |
| Albert KIng | Blues Power | Live Wire/Blues Power | Stax | |
| BB King & Bobby Bland | I'm Sorry | Together For The First Time-Live | ABC Dunhill | |
| John Lee Hooker | Frisco | Want Ad Blues | Joker | |
| Little Milton | Too Much Pain | Too Much Pain | Malaco | |
| same | Gonna Start A Rumor | same | same | |
| Talk | ||||
| OV Wright | You Gonna Make Me Cry | Superblues | Stax | |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings | How Do I Let A Good Man Down | Make It Good To Me | Dap-Tone | |
| Bettye Swann | Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me | Bettye Swann | Honest John | |
| Lou Pride | Love Will Make It Alright | Keep On Believing | Severn | |
| Ted Taylor | Houston Town | Taylor Made | Ronn | |
| Little Johnny Taylor | How Can A Broke Man Live | Ugly Man | Ichiban | |
| Bobby Bland | Two Steps From The Blues | Two Steps From The Blues | Duke | |
| Johnnie Taylor | Nothin' But The Blues | Crazy 'Bout You | Malaco | |
| Mark Murphy | Blues, You're The Mother Of Sin | That's How I Love The Blues | Riverside | |
| Lou Rawls | I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone | It's Supposed To Be Fun | Blue Note | |
| Bobby Short | Penthouse Serenade | Songs Of New York | Telarc | |
| Oscar Peterson | Easy Walker | Exclusively For My Friends | Verve | |
| Milt Jackson | Blues For Queen | San Francisc Jazz Festival Sampler | Jazz in The City | |
| Talk | ||||
| Sarah Vaughn | Misty | The Jazz Sides | Verve | |
| Billy Taylor | One For Fun | Homage | GRP | |
| Dinah Washington | Perdido | The Swingin' Miss "D" | Emarcy | |
| Chico O'Farrill | Chico And The Men | Pure Emotion | Milestone | |
| Tito Puente | Mambo Inn | Live At Birdland | RMM | |
| Mongo Santamaria | Cinderella | El Bravo | Columbia | |
| Mario Bauza and the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra | Zambia | 944 Columbus Avenue | Messidor | |
| Eddie Palmieri y Su Orqesta | Muneca | Live At Sing Sing | Tico | |
| Grupo Niche | Una Aventura | Te 20th Anniversary of TheNew York Salsa Festival | RMM | |
| Talk | ||||
| Hilton Ruiz | Libertad Ahora | New York Hilton | Steeplechase | |
Playlist: Non-fiction Music with Joel Sachs for August 16, 2012 - 2:00am
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