2015-09-13: Master storyteller Roald Dahl was born on this day 99 years ago. Jarvis reads us Dahl's devilish children's story The Enormous Crocodile. We also hear clips of the author speaking, related music, discover the 'Dahlicious Dress-Up Day' and learn about the first draft of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. More On This Day: railway worker Phineas Gage miraculously survived a horrific accident, the first version of Super Maris Bros. was released and today is International Chocolate Day. Birthdays: Fiona Apple, Yma Sumac, Ray Charles, JB Priestley, both Zak Starkey and Stella McCartney, Shane Warne, Bill Monroe, Leonard Feather, Maurice Jarre and Peter Cetera.
Liberez - …of Blood
Fiona Apple - Pure Imagination
Yma Sumac - Birds/Enchantment
Ray Charles - Sticks and Stones
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Mel Tormé - Right Now
Pocket Size (Nintendo) - Super Mario Bros.
London Philharmonic and Andrew Skeet - Super Mario Bros. Theme
The Beatles - Cry Baby Cry
Jarvis reads The Enormous Crocodile, Part 1 (with thanks to the Estate of Roald Dahl and Penguin)
Echo and The Bunnymen - Monkeys
Booker T and The MGs - Sunday Sermon
Orchestre du Montplaisant - Vegetation
If He Dies, If If If If If If - Ink in the Eyes
The Phoenix Foundation - Myth
Jarvis reads the Enormous Crocodile, Part 2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Soundtrack - I've Got a Golden Ticket
Hot Chocolate - Could Have Been Born in the Ghetto
Bill Monroe - In the Pines
Rico Rodriguez - Ska Wars
Jarvis reads the Enormous Crocodile, Part 3
Freddie and The Dreamers - See You Later, Alligator
Langston Hughes and Leonard Feather - Blues Montage
Maurice Jarre - Kwan
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
Lemon Jelly - Soft
