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East to West World Music ft. Willie Nelson
with Eitan Battat (S4 | E177)
Opening Music: MFSB (as always), the signature sound of East to West.
WERB 107.5 music to chill and vibe with.
Welcome to our listeners globally and Coast to Coast in the US. You are at the right URL WERB radio.com, at the right time. And you are on another program of East to West, and this is Eitan Battat.
Hello, my friends and loyal listeners. So happy to be here one more time with another program of East to West. I often now listen to Sirius FM, Seriously Sinatra, channel 70 to those who have a Sirius FM subscription. It is well worth it for me, as it’s a great source of the music.
While listening to the channel, the announcer kept repeating and referring to the Great American Song books. I wasn’t sure what they are referring to exactly, but I guess they were referring to the songs which are the most important and influential, in America history. Mostly jazz standard from the early 20th century, 1920 to about 1950 and those songs stood the test of time in their life and legacy.
So, I was wondering why just 1920 to 1950? What happened to some other Great American Artists like The Eagles or Elvis Presley? Hey, how about Chuck Berry, or Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles, the list goes on and on and on. I get it. We all have to be American. After all, it is the Great American Songbook.
I realize that every playlist and every song I play right here on east to West should belong to a song book. It is the East to West Song book. That’s how I’m going to refer to it moving forward. And speaking of this program or songbook, I’ve got a good one for you today. We’re going to remember Elvis, as we marked 57 to his passing just last weekend and some more stuff by Sting.
Stay with me.
- Make the World Go Away – Elvis Presley
- Ticket to Heaven – Dire Straits
- Heaven Is Closed – Willie Nelson
- Dillo alla Luna – Vasco Rossi
- Heaven – The Rolling Stones
- The Last Exit – Still Corners
- Canopée – Polo & Pan
- Fibre de Verre – Paris Combo
- Tango – Mad Manoush
- Little Something – Melody Gardot & Sting
- For the Good Times – Elvis Presley
- The Young Ones – Cliff Richard
- Sleepwalk – The Shadows
- Il Mondo – Il Volo
- Paris – Chris Botti & John Splithoff
- My Baby Just Cares – Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra feat. Haley Reinhart
- Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
- D.O. 4 Love – Snoh Aalegra
- Tears on My Pillow – Aaron Neville
- My Way – Elvis Presley
- Lean on Me – Bill Withers
- Senza una Donna – Zucchero
- Here We Are – Gloria Estefan
- Just One More Night – Yasmin Levy with Yiannis Kotsiras
- Slow – Leonard Cohen
- The Winner Takes It All – Carla Bruni
- Diala – Elias Rahbani
Each week Eitan Battat takes you on a slow, soothing, relaxing, and enchanting journey with music from around the world. Join him live on a new program of East to West every week on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET. Only on WERBRADIO.COM. World Music East to West S4 | E177 All East to West programs are available on demand, click here
About Eitan Battat
The creator of WERB Radio, Eitan Battat has been involved with radio in one form or another all his life. If you listen to even a minute of his weekly global music extravaganza you will hear the sounds and the voice that will be forever attached to global music. Eitan takes our station’s mantra, “Music from Planet Earth,” to new heights with selections from global music’s past and present. But more than the insights, knowledge, poise and presence of mind that you will hear on the show, it is the love of craft that is permanently infused into this show. If ever a man was made to be a radio host, it is Eitan.