KDHX 88.1 FM
- Dance Around-Arlo Guthrie & Family (Appropriate continuity between KDHX's kid-centric show, "Musical Merry-Go-Round" and "Backroads," the singer-songwriter show that follows it.)
- Night In The City-Joni Mitchell (This early Mitchell track would segue well with the mood established in The Family Tree's "Nickelodeon Music.")
- White Bird-It's A Beautiful Day (Still one of the best uses of strings on an album rock track.)
- Another Star-Yoron Israel (An interesting reworking of Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key Of Life" standout into a walking saxophone melody. Israel's cover of "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" is also recommended.)
- A Thousand Miles-Vanessa Carlton (Still a memorable, infectious mesh of piano and vocals that stays with you after you've heard it. The St. Louis-based Ralph Butler Band performs an impressive cover of it.)
- Wake Me Up (acoustic version)-Aloe Blacc (One of 2014's stronger tracks. "Wake me up when it's all over," Blacc sings with conviction. Who can't relate to that?)
- Wishing On A Star-Rose Royce (One of the better '70s R&B ballads; a considerably different sound than that of the band's hit, "Car Wash.")
- Outstanding-The Gap Band (One of the band's enduring '80s tracks. Their two best songs, in my opinion, though, are "Yearning For Your Love" and "We Can Make It Alright." Both songs share a similar, from-the-heart optimism.)
- The Christmas Waltz-The Carpenters (One of the three best sung pop versions of "The Christmas Waltz;" The Lettermen and Nancy Wilson recorded the other two.)
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas-John Denver & The Muppets (Ordinarily, I'd criticize any song that contains lyrics demanding figgy pudding, but this is one of the few versions that works. It has just the right amount of tongue-in-cheek heart and uses Animal effectively.)
