Welcome to a Retro New Year’s celebration from the before times! Professor Mikey, a firm believer in the healing and hopeful aspects of music, takes off on another holiday musical expedition, this time to discover the heart of everybody's favorite midnight party.

What is a Lang Syne? And how Auld is it? What do Bing Crosby, Spike Jones, and Blind Lemon Jefferson have in common? Do New Year's Resolutions really work? Is the best New Year's duet of all time sung by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas? And what's Carl Sagan doing in here? Don’t say he is back to tell us not to look up!

These and other timely questions are answered in this full hour celebration of New Year's music. Plug in and buckle up, it’s going to be a bumpy year. Get ready for Blues classics like Smokey Hogg's "New Year's Eve Blues" from 1948, a New Year's Eve 1970 appearance by Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, an absolute wacko resolution romp with the City Slickers and many, many more. The genres melt into each other, the human condition gets a good going over, and we all resolve to be better next year!

Happy New Year, push play, and be sure to click and download New Year’s Revolution to your podcast player!

Playlist

What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve? King Curtis

Happy New Year Spike Jones and His City Slickers

Let's Start the New Year Right Bing Crosby

Happy New Year Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson

Auld Lang Syne John Fahey

Auld Lang Syne Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin

Auld Lang Syne The Beach Boys

Auld Lang Syne The Cucumbers

New Year's Resolution Otis Redding/Carla Thomas

What a Year for a New Year Dan Wilson

A Glorious Dawn Carl Sagan

Happy New Year Lightnin' Hopkins

New Year's Eve Blues Smokey Hogg

New Year's Resolution Blues Roy Milton Solid Senders

New Year's Resolutions Scary Gary Alan

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve Nancy Wilson

The Closing of the Year The Musical Cast of Toys feat. Wendy & Lisa

Auld Lang Syne Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

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