Dog Ears Music: Mama Taught Me Better Playlist

This week's playlist includes music by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Pigmeat Terry, Ruth Brown, The Decemberists, and more.
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Connie Francis

Song: Mama

Album: 20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection: The Best of Connie Francis

Genre: Pop/Vocals

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Song: Mama Taught Me Better

Album: Beat the Devil's Tattoo

Genre: Alternative

Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir

Song: Kalimankou Denkou (The Evening Gathering)

Album: Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares

Genre: World

Blind Willie McTell

Song: Kind Mama

Album: The Best of Blind Willie McTell

Genre: Blues

Pigmeat Terry

Song: Black Sheep Blues

Album: American Primitive, Vol. II-Pre-War Revenants

Genre: Folk/Blues

The Heavy

Song: What Makes a Good Man? (Original Version)

Album: What Makes a Good Man?--Single

Genre: Rock

Roy Smeck

Song: My Mom

Album: Vintage Songs for Mother's Day

Genre: Jazz

Leadbelly

Song: If It Wasn't for Dicky

Album: Leadbelly, Vol. 6 (1947)

Genre: Blues

Johnny Winter

Song: Mother-in-Law Blues

Album: The Best of Johnny Winter

Genre: Rock

Yank Rachell

Song: Biscuit Baking Woman

Album: Legendary Country Blues Artists (Disc C)

Genre: Blues

Jimmy Dawkins

Song: It Serves Me Right to Suffer

Album: Fast Fingers

Genre: Blues

Ramones

Song: Mama's Boy

Album: Too Tough to Die

Genre: Rock

Richard Swift

Song: Blues for Mother

Album: The Richard Swift Collection, Vol. 1-The Novelist/Walking Without Effort

Genre: Alternative

Mervyn Warren

Song: Pregnant

Album: A Raisin in the Sun

Genre: Soundtrack

Elmore James

Song: Fine Little Mama

Album: The Sky Is Crying

Genre: Blues

Beck

Song: Modern Guilt

Album: Modern Guilt

Genre: Alternative

Cold War Kids

Song: Pregnant

Album: Robbers & Cowards

Genre: Alternative

Ruth Brown

Song: Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean

Album: Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean

Genre: R&B/Soul

The Decemberists

Song: Sons & Daughters

Album: The Crane Wife (Bonus Track Version)

Genre: Rock

Tori Amos

Song: Playboy Mommy

Album: A Tori Amos Collection-Tales of a Librarian

Genre: Rock

Ozzy Osbourne

Song: Mama, I'm Coming Home

Album: No More Tears

Genre: Rock

Lena Machado

Song: Mom

Album: Hawaiian Song Bird

Genre: World

Train

Song: You Can Finally Meet My Mom

Album: California 37

Genre: Pop

Bob Dylan

Song: Shelter From the Storm

Album: Blood on the Tracks

Genre: Rock

Ghostland Observatory

Song: Mama

Album: Codename: Rondo

Genre: Electronic

Hoagy Carmichael

Song: Bread and Gravy

Album: Stardust Melody (Remastered 2002)

Genre: Jazz

Gregory and The Hawk

Song: The People Who Raised Me

Album: In Your Dreams

Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Three Dog Night

Song: Mama Told Me (Not to Come)

Album: Celebrate-The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975

Genre: Rock

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