The Revolution Starts Now: The Topical Song Show, July 10, 2026, on WHUP-LP 104.7, community radio for Hillsborough, NC. Hosted by Art Menius. artmeniusradio.com. Archived for two weeks on whupfm.org/show/the-revolution-starts-now 



Show #500

For the 500th edition, I left format and did a whole show of atom bomb and flying saucer songs.



Tom Lehrer / So Long, Mom (A Song for WWIII) / That Was The Year That Was / Needlejuice / 2:23  

Woody Guthrie / One Little Thing An Atom Can't Do / Woody at Home Vol 1 & 2 / Shamus Records / 3:35 

Fred Kirby / Atomic Power / [single] / Sonora / 3:09 

Sam Hinton / Old Man Atom / [single] / Columbia / 3:10

Unknown / Duck And Cover (Atomic Bomb PSA) / Old Time Radio Commercials / Big Eye / 2:01

Louvin Brothers / Great Atomic Power /The Christian Life - The Definitive Louvin Brothers Story / Proper Box UK / 2:46 

Lowell Blanchard & the Valley Trio / Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb / Like An Atom Bomb / Buzzola / 2:51 

Soul Stirrers / Jesus Hits Like An Atom Bomb / Shine on Me / Specialty / 2:32  

Amos Milburn / Atomic Baby /Atomic Platters / Bear Family/ 2:42 

Vern Partlow / Atomic Talking Blues / Songs for Political Action (6 of 10: The People's Songs Era 1945-1949) / Bear Family / 3:44 got it

Al Rex / Hydrogen Bomb / Atomic Platters / Bear Family/ 2:47 

Hawkshaw Hawkins / When They Found the Atomic Power / Atomic Platters / Bear Family/ 2:49 

Sir Lancelot / Atomic Energy / Songs of Civil Rights & Protest / Acrobat Music / 2:44 got it

Arthur Big Boy Crudup / I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole / [single] / RCA / 3:12 

The Five Stars / Atom Bomb Baby / [single] / Dot / 2:17   

Glenn Barber / Atom Bomb / Atomic Platters / Bear Family/ 3:04 

Buchanan Brothers and the Georgia Catamounts / (When You See) Those Flying Saucers / [single] / RCA / 2:22  

Billy Lee Riley / Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll / [single] / Sun / 2:06  

Billy Haley and his Comets / Thirteen Women (and Only One Man in Town) / Rock Around the Clock / Intermusic - X5 Music Group / 2:54 



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Art Menius Radio - Folk Radio Promotion and Mailing Services July 2026 Promotions (contact me for service, interviews, station IDs)

(7/7) Lance Cowan - The Air That You Breathe; (7/14)  Don Wall - Love, Texas; Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma - "Amazon Warehouse;" (7/21) Lynn Hollyfield - Diving In; Scott Cook - "Frankie's Braids;" (7/28) Erik Stucky - Bag of Bones; J.C. Clements - "Don't Pick A Fight With the Pope" 

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