The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour


The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour is a series of four compilation albums featuring songs Bob Dylan played on his shows as a deejay on the XM Satellite Radio and Sirius XM Satellite Radio program, Theme Time Radio Hour, from May 2006 through April 2009. Each album in the series includes 52 songs on two CDs. The tracks cover the range of genres Dylan highlighted on the program, including blues, R&B, rockabilly, doo-wop, soul, jazz, rock-and-roll and country.

Track listings

''Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 1''

Disc one

  1. "Keep on the Sunny Side", The Carter Family - 2:51
  2. " He Treats Your Daughter Mean", Ruth Brown - 2:59
  3. "Ain't Got No Money to Pay for This Drink", George Zimmerman & The Thrills - 2:33
  4. "The Ball Game", Sister Winona Carr - 3:09
  5. "Java Jive", The Ink Spots - 3:05
  6. "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair", Bessie Smith - 3:22
  7. "Papa's on the Housetop", Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - 2:59
  8. "Married Women", Big Joe Turner - 2:48
  9. "Alimony Blues", Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - 2:24
  10. "Ice Cream Man", John Brim - 2:48
  11. "Tulip or Turnip", Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - 3:12
  12. "No Money Down", Chuck Berry - 2:57
  13. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", Bing Crosby - 3:10
  14. "Race with the Devil", Gene Vincent - 2:03
  15. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", Chuck Berry - 2:19
  16. "Hound Dog", Freddy Bell & the Bell Boys - 2:39
  17. "Last Night", Little Walter - 2:43
  18. "Disc Jockey Blues", Luke Jones & His Orchestra - 3:02
  19. "John the Revelator", Blind Willie Johnson - 3:18
  20. "Louisiana", Percy Mayfield - 2:04
  21. "Good Morning Little School Girl", Sonny Boy Williamson - 3:01
  22. "Telephone Is Ringing", Pee Wee Crayton - 3:07
  23. "Jesus Gave Me Water", The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - 2:48
  24. "All the Time", Sleepy LaBeef - 1:52
  25. "Midnight Hour", Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - 2:43
  26. "Pistol Packin' Mama", Al Dexter & His Orchestra - 2:47

    Disc two

  27. "I Put a Spell on You", Screamin' Jay Hawkins - 2:25
  28. "When You Dance, The Turbans - 2:57
  29. "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", Louis Armstrong - 2:47
  30. "Matzoh Balls, Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys - 2:38
  31. "Let Me Play with Your Poodle", Tampa Red & Big Maceo - 2:39
  32. "Tennessee", Carl Perkins - 3:04
  33. "Blue Moon of Kentucky", Bill Monroe - 3:03
  34. "Five Long Years", Eddie Boyd - 2:42
  35. "Christmas Is A-Comin'", Leadbelly - 1:08
  36. "Zindy Lou", The Chimes - 3:08
  37. "Don't Touch My Head", J.B. Lenoir - 2:17
  38. "Don't Mess with My Ducktail", Joe Clay - 2:27
  39. " That Mello Saxophone", Roy Montrell - 2:25
  40. "Alright, Okay, You Win!", Buddy & Ella Johnson - 2:48
  41. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", Hank Williams - 2:48
  42. "Lose Your Blues and Laugh at Life", Jimmie Rev & His Oklahoma Playboys - 3:18
  43. "Good Morning Heartache", Billie Holiday - 3:12
  44. "Blue Suede Shoes", Carl Perkins - 2:17
  45. "Deep Purple", The Ravens - 2:48
  46. "Blue Yodel #1 ", Bob Downen - 2:34
  47. "Mystery Train", Little Junior Parker - 2:23
  48. "This Train", Sister Rosetta Tharpe - 2:53
  49. "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - 2:18
  50. "Take the "A" Train", Duke Ellington - 2:54
  51. "Taxes, Taxes", Hank Penny - 2:48
  52. "Richest Guy in the Graveyard", Dinah Washington - 2:54

    ''Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 2''

Disc one

  1. "Jamaica Hurricane", Lord Beginner
  2. "Just Walkin' in the Rain", The Prisonaires
  3. "Mother Fuyer", Dirty Red
  4. "One Mint Julep", The Clovers
  5. "Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball", Buddy Johnson
  6. "Forty Cups of Coffee", Ella Mae Morse
  7. "Folsom Prison Blues", Johnny Cash
  8. "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy", Hank Williams
  9. "Fannie Brown Got Married", Roy Brown
  10. "Divorce Me C.O.D.", Merle Travis
  11. "June-teenth Jamboree", Fatso Bentley
  12. "Bonny Bunch of Roses", Paul Clayton
  13. "Every Woman I Know", Billy "The Kid" Emerson
  14. "Get Rich Quick", Little Richard
  15. "Must Have Been The Devil", Otis Spann
  16. "20/20 Vision", Jimmy Martin
  17. "Ain't I'm a Dog?", Ronnie Self
  18. "My Next Door Neighbor", Jerry McCain & His Upstarts
  19. "Radio Boogie", L.C. Smith & His Southern Playboys
  20. "The Old Ark's A'Moving", A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly
  21. "Take Me Back to Tulsa", Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
  22. "Professor Bop", Babs Gonzales
  23. "Atomic Telephone", The Spirit of Memphis Quartet
  24. "Water, Water", Effie Smith & The Squires
  25. "24 Hours", Eddie Boyd
  26. "Shotgun Boogie", Tennessee Ernie Ford

    Disc two

  27. "Hoo-Doo Say", The Sly Fox
  28. "Back To Back, Belly To Belly ", The Charmer
  29. "I Can't Dance ", Roy Newman
  30. "A Man's Best Friend Is a Bed", Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
  31. "Hungry Man", Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
  32. "Let's Be Friends", Billy Wright
  33. "Tennessee Border", Hank Williams
  34. "Havana Moon", Chuck Berry
  35. "3 x 7 = 21", Jewel King
  36. "Christmas Morning", Titus Turner
  37. "Peggy Sue", Buddy Holly
  38. "Red Headed Woman", Sonny Burgess
  39. "Uncle Pen", Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
  40. "Bad Luck Blues", Guitar Slim
  41. "Drown in My Own Tears", Lula Reed
  42. "I've Got The Last Laugh Now", Roy Brown
  43. "Hearts of Stone", The Jewels
  44. "Paper in My Shoes", Boozoo Chavis
  45. "Pink Cadillac", Sammy Masters
  46. "Drifting Texas Sand", Webb Pierce
  47. "Still A Fool ", Muddy Waters
  48. "All Aboard", Muddy Waters
  49. " A Fool Such as I", Hank Snow
  50. "Let Me Off Uptown", Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge
  51. "Tax Payin' Blues", J.B. Lenoir
  52. "Bad, Bad Whiskey", Amos Milburn

    ''Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 3 (Best of the Second Series)''

Disc one

  1. "Hello Stranger", The Carter Family - 2:48
  2. "Young Man's Blues", Mose Allison - 1:26
  3. "Young Fashioned Ways", Muddy Waters - 3:02
  4. "Lucy Mae Blues", Frankie Lee Sims - 2:32
  5. "Blue Monday", Smiley Lewis - 2:42
  6. "California Blues" , Webb Pierce - 3:02
  7. "Rollin' Stone", Muddy Waters - 3:05
  8. "Mr. Thrill", Mildred Jones - 2:34
  9. "Speedo", The Cadillacs - 2:23
  10. "Dry Bones", The Delta Rhythm Boys - 3:31
  11. "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms", The Monroe Brothers - 2:30
  12. "Big Legs", Gene Phillips - 2:58
  13. "Brain Cloudy Blues", Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - 2:47
  14. "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! " , Tex Williams & His Western Caravan - 2:54
  15. "Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women", Red Ingle & The Natural Seven - 2:38
  16. "Reefer Man", Baron Lee - 2:50
  17. "All I Have To Do Is Dream", The Everly Brothers - 2:20
  18. "Sh-Boom", The Chords - 2:28
  19. "Let's Have a Party", Wanda Jackson - 2:11
  20. "Caldonia's Party", Smiley Lewis - 2:10
  21. "One Bad Stud", The Honey Bears - 2:26
  22. "Dedicated to the One I Love", The "5" Royales - 2:44
  23. "One Night", Elvis Presley - 2:32
  24. "Walking By Myself", Jimmy Rogers & Big Walter Horton - 2:48
  25. "The Walk", Jimmy McCracklin - 2:42
  26. "Down in Mexico", The Coasters - 3:14

    Disc two

  27. "All Around The World", Little Willie John - 2:58
  28. "Ubangi Stomp", Warren Smith - 2:00
  29. "The Key ", Sonny Boy Williamson - 3:17
  30. "Key To The Highway", Little Walter - 2:57
  31. "Write Me a Letter", The Ravens - 2:52
  32. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", Fats Waller - 3:30
  33. "I Feel That Old Age Coming On", Wynonie Harris - 2:47
  34. " Upside Your Head", Buddy & Ella Johnson - 2:46
  35. "Gloomy Sunday", Billie Holiday - 3:13
  36. "Send For The Doctor", Doc Pomus - 2:14
  37. "Dr. Kinsey Report", Lord Lebby - 3:13
  38. "Hadocal Boogie", Bill Nettles & The Dixie Blue Boys - 2:46
  39. "Better Beware", Esther Phillips - 2:38
  40. "You're The Dangerous Type", Bob Dorough - 4:20
  41. "Be Careful ", John Brim - 2:41
  42. "The Rooster Song", Fats Domino - 2:06
  43. "Bird Gets The Worm", Charlie Parker - 2:37
  44. "White Dove", The Stanley Brothers - 3:17
  45. "Hold 'Em Joe", Andre Toussaint - 1:25
  46. "Where's Joe?", Blue Lu Barker - 2:49
  47. "Diamond Joe", Cisco Houston - 2:25
  48. "Red Hot", Billy Lee Riley - 2:32
  49. "Great Balls Of Fire", Jerry Lee Lewis 1:53
  50. "Hot Little Mama", Johnny "Guitar" Watson - 2:42
  51. "Cold Cold Feeling", T-Bone Walker - 3:10
  52. "Stone Cold Man", The Charmer - 2:32

    ''Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Third Series''

Disc one

  1. "Greenbacks", Ray Charles
  2. "My Baby's Just Like Money", Lefty Frizzell
  3. "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash", The Clovers
  4. "Money Honey", The Drifters
  5. "Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?", Zuzu Bollin
  6. "In the Night", Professor Longhair
  7. "Don't Start Me to Talkin'", Sonny Boy Williamson
  8. "In the Middle of the Night", Amos Milburn
  9. "Flesh, Blood and Bone", Little Esther
  10. "She Made My Blood Run Cold", Ike Turner
  11. "Searching for a Soldier's Grave", The Bailes Brothers
  12. "Drive Soldiers Drive", Little Maxie Bailey
  13. "Peaches in the Springtime", Memphis Jug Band
  14. "W-P-L-J", The Four Deuces
  15. "The Banana Boat Song ", Harry Belafonte
  16. "Straight Street", The Pilgrim Travelers
  17. "Lost Highway", Hank Williams
  18. "Route 90", Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow
  19. "Jack Palance", Mighty Sparrow
  20. "My Boy Elvis", Janis Martin
  21. "Forty Days and Forty Nights", Muddy Waters
  22. "Girl Fifteen", Floyd Dixon
  23. "Call It Stormy Monday ", T-Bone Walker
  24. "Nice Work If You Can Get It", Sarah Vaughan
  25. "That Ain't Nothin' But Right", Mac Curtis
  26. "She's Got Something", Jimmy Ballard

    Disc two

  27. "Dead Cats on the Line", Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
  28. "It's Fun to Be Livin' in the Crazy House", Redd Foxx
  29. "Lost Mind", Mose Allison
  30. "I Want to Be Happy", Ella Fitzgerald
  31. "Happy Home", Elmore James
  32. "Feelin' High And Happy", Hot Lips Page
  33. "Dirty People", Smiley Lewis
  34. "Sugar Coated Love", Lazy Lester
  35. "Big Rock Candy Mountain", Harry McClintock
  36. "Who Do You Love?", Bo Diddley
  37. "Whadaya Want?", The Robins
  38. "What Is This Thing Called Love?", Billie Holiday
  39. "True Blue Papa", Leon Chappel
  40. "Your True Love", Carl Perkins
  41. "It's Only Make Believe", Conway Twitty
  42. "I'm My Own Grandpa", Lonzo & Oscar
  43. "The Seventh Son", Willie Mabon
  44. "Barnyard Boogie", Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
  45. "Fattening Frogs For Snakes", Sonny Boy Williamson II
  46. "Calling All Cows", Lazy Bill Lucas & the Blues Rockers
  47. "Little Sadie", Clarence Ashley
  48. "Bon Ton Roula", Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow
  49. "Ain't Got No Home", Clarence "Frogman" Henry
  50. "Much Later", Jackie Brenston
  51. "So Long, I'm Gone", Warren Smith
  52. "So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh ", Woody Guthrie