I’ve been posting news about this October’s release of THE WONDER YEARS – COMPLETE SERIES
on DVD for for a bit now, and on the heels of the box set specs on three highly detailed configurations of the set – Standard, “The Experience” and one that’s being limited to just 500 copies – The Signature Edition – the big looming question has now been answered… a question that often plagues classic series’ DVD releases: What about the music? The folks at StarVista Entertainment and Time-Life have worked diligently to clear over 96% of the music used in the ABC series, with 285 new song clearances added to the 116 instances of Joe Cocker’s “With a Little Help from My Friends,” which served as the series’ theme song. Check out the complete episode-by-episode music breakdown, right here on THE ROCK FATHER…
The cleared songs included in THE WONDER YEARS COMPLETE SERIES are as follows:
SEASON 1
“Pilot”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)—The Byrds
– Both Sides Now—Joni Mitchell
– Crystal Blue Persuasion—Tommy James and the Shondells
– When a Man Loves a Woman—Percy Sledge
“Swingers”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– For What It’s Worth (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound)—The Buffalo Springfield
– Young Girl—The Union Gap featuring Gary Puckett
– Tell It Like It Is—Aaron Neville
“My Father’s Office”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Blackbird—Instrumental
“Angel”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons—Nat King Cole
– Foxey Lady—Jimi Hendrix
– Blowin’ in the Wind—On-Screen Character Performance
“The Phone Call”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I’m a Believer—The Monkees
“Dance with Me”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Letter—The Box Tops
– Magic Carpet Ride—Steppenwolf
– The Girl from Ipanema—Stan Getz with Astrud Gilberto
– Louie Louie—The Kingsmen
– Born to Be Wild—Steppenwolf
– There’s a Kind of Hush—Craggy Blue Project
– The Tears of a Clown—Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
– Cherish—The Association
– I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)—Otis Redding
SEASON 2
“Heart of Darkness”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– You Make Me Feel So Young
– Sunshine of Your Love—Cream
“Our Miss White”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)—The Temptations
– The Times They Are A-Changin’—Bob Dylan
“Christmas”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Jingle Bell Rock—Instrumental
– White Christmas—Bing Crosby
– River—Joni Mitchell
– Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas—Instrumental
“Steady as She Goes”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Yellow Bird—On-Screen Character Performance
– Somewhere—On-Screen Character Performance
– Ooo Baby Baby—The Miracles
– The Thrill Is Gone—B.B. King
– Will You Love Me Tomorrow—Carole King
“Just between Me and You and Kirk and Paul and Carla and Becky”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I Am a Rock—Simon & Garfunkel
– Someday We’ll Be Together—Diana Ross and the Supremes
– Some Enchanted Evening—On-Screen Character Performance
“Pottery Will Get You Nowhere”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– It’s Not Unusual
– When I Fall in Love—Nat King Cole
“Coda”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
“Hiroshima, Mon Frère”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Wild Thing—The Troggs
– Brother, Brother—Carole King
“Loosiers”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– You’ve Got a Friend—James Taylor
– Sweet Georgia Brown—Brother Bones
“Walk Out”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man—Muddy Waters
– The Tracks of My Tears—The Miracles
– I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die-Rag—Country Joe and the Fish
– Give Peace a Chance—On-Screen Character Performance
“Nemesis”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– My Girl—The Temptations
– The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
“Fate”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Born under a Bad Sign—Cream
– Respect—Aretha Franklin
“Birthday Boy”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Happy, Happy Birthday Baby—The Tune Weavers
– Bookends—Simon & Garfunkel
– Yummy Yummy Yummy—On-Screen Character Performance
– Hava Nagila—Karmon Israeli Singers
“Brightwing”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Subterranean Homesick Blues—Bob Dylan
– In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida—Iron Butterfly
– You Can All Join In—Traffic
– Catch the Wind—Donovan
“Square Dance”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Star Flicker—Houston Ramblers
– Turkey in the Straw—Ralph Pierce
– Comin’ round the Mountain—The Sundowners Band
“Whose Woods Are These?”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Happy Days Are Here Again—The Banjo Barons
– In My Life—Judy Collins
“How I’m Spending My Summer Vacation”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Theme from “A Summer Place”—Percy Faith and His Orchestra
– Smoke Gets in Your Eyes—The Platters
– Never on Sunday—The Chordettes
– I Only Have Eyes for You—The Flamingos
– La Vie En Rose—Edith Piaf
– Scarborough Fair/Canticle—Simon & Garfunkel
SEASON 3
“Summer Song”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Spinning Wheel—David Clayton-Thomas
– Good Vibrations—The Beach Boys
– Wouldn’t It Be Nice—The Beach Boys
– Sentimental Journey—Les Brown & His Orchestra
– No Fun—The Stooges
“Math Class”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– ABC—The Jackson 5
– One—Three Dog Night
– You Can Close Your Eyes—James Taylor
“Wayne on Wheels”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I Get Around—The Beach Boys
“Mom Wars”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Your Mother Should Know—Instrumental
– Nowhere to Run—Martha & the Vandellas
– The Circle Game—Joni Mitchell
“On the Spot”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– There’s No Business Like Show Business—Werner Müller and His Orchestra
– Appalachian Spring—The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
“Odd Man Out”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Air Force Song—Bob Sharples and His Music
“The Family Car”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Stars and Stripes Forever—Bob Sharples and His Music
– I Can See Clearly Now—Johnny Nash
“The Pimple”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Over the Rainbow—Liberace
– Ain’t No Mountain High Enough—Diana Ross
“Math Class Squared”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– American Tune—Paul Simon
“Rock ’N’ Roll”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I Want to Hold Your Hand (from The Ed Sullivan Show)
– My Generation—The Who
– So You Want to Be a Rock ’N’ Roll Star—The Byrds
“Don’t You Know Anything about Women?”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Unchained Melody—The Righteous Brothers
– Crimson and Clover—Tommy James and the Shondells
– (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher—Jackie Wilson
“The Powers That Be”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Walking the Dog—Rufus Thomas
– Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)—The Byrds
“She, My Friend and I”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
“The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– You’re All I Need to Get By—Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
– What Becomes of the Brokenhearted—Jimmy Ruffin
– All You Need Is Love—Instrumental
– My Funny Valentine —On-Screen Character Performance
– Miss Gulch from The Wizard of Oz—Instrumental
“The Tree House”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag—James Brown
– Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off—On-Screen Character Performance
– The Birds and the Bees—Jewel Akens
“The Glee Club”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Stout-Hearted Men—Nelson Eddy
– Climb Ev’ry Mountain—On-Screen Character Performance
– I Could Have Danced All Night—On-Screen Character Performance
– Aquarius—On-Screen Character Performance
“Night Out”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Happy Together—The Turtles
– Hang on Sloopy—The McCoys
– Shout—The Isley Brothers
– In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida—Iron Butterfly
– Seasons Reprise—Elton John
“Faith”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
“The Unnatural”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Marine’s Hymn—Bob Sharples and His Music
“Goodbye”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Goodbye My Friend—Linda Ronstadt
“Cocoa and Sympathy”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?—The Lovin’ Spoonful
– Unforgettable—Nat King Cole
“Daddy’s Little Girl”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Thank Heaven for Little Girls—Maurice Chevalier
– Who Knows Where the Time Goes—Judy Collins
“Moving”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– My Girl—The Temptations
SEASON 4
“Growing Up”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Layla—Instrumental
– When I’m Sixty-Four—Instrumental
– Goodnight Irene—On-Screen Character Performance
– Forever Young—Joan Baez
“Ninth Grade Man”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You—Marvin Gaye
– Be My Baby—The Ronettes
“The Journey”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– March from the River Kwai and Colonel Bogey—Mitch Miller & His Orchestra and Chorus
– War—Edwin Starr
– Daydream Believer—The Monkees
“The Cost of Living”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– We’re in the Money—Instrumental
– Working in the Coal Mine—Lee Dorsey
“It’s a Mad, Mad, Madeline World”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Hey, Good Lookin’—Hank Williams
“Little Debbie”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Tutti-Frutti—On-Screen Character Performance
– Teach Me Tonight—On-Screen Character Performance
– In the Mood—On-Screen Character Performance
– Try to Remember—On-Screen Character Performance
– You’ve Got to Be a Football Hero—University of Michigan Band
– Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing—Four Aces
– Moonlight Serenade—Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
“The Ties That Bind”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– At Last—Nat King Cole
– Plenty to Be Thankful For—Instrumental
– Happy Holiday—Instrumental
“The Sixth Man”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Let’s Go (Pony)—The Routers
– Sweet Cherry Wine—Tommy James and the Shondells
“A Very Cutlip Christmas”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Sleigh Ride—The Ventures
– Winter Wonderland—On-Screen Character Performance
– Santa Claus Is Coming to Town—Instrumental
– Frosty the Snowman—Instrumental
“The Candidate”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Respect—Aretha Franklin
– Wipe Out—The Surfaris
“Heartbreak”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– God Only Knows—The Beach Boys
“Denial”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– How Do You Do?—Mouth & MacNeal
– Rescue Me—Fontella Bass
– Mustang Sally—Wilson Pickett
– You Are Everything—The Stylistics
“Who’s Aunt Rose?”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
“Courage”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Syncopated Clock—Percy Faith and His Orchestra
– Purple Haze—The Jimi Hendrix Experience
“Buster”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Tossin’ and Turnin’—Bobby Lewis
– Lean on Me—Bill Withers
“Road Trip”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Third Man Theme—Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
– I Like the Way You Do Your Thing
– Everybody Loves Somebody
– Moon River
– My Dog’s Bigger Than Your Dog
– Teach Your Children—Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
“When Worlds Collide”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Soul Man—Sam & Dave
“Separate Rooms”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
“The Yearbook”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I’m Different—Randy Newman
“The Accident”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Tears of a Clown—Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
– We’ve Got Tonite—Bob Seger
– Walk—Don’t Run—The Ventures
– Smoke Gets in Your Eyes—The Platters
“The House That Jack Built”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– To Each His Own—Ink Spots
– The Times They Are A-Changin’—Bob Dylan
“Graduation”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)—The Byrds
– I Think It’s Going to Rain Today—Randy Newman
“The Wonder Years”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– For What It’s Worth (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound)—The Buffalo Springfield
– Come Softly to Me—The Fleetwoods
– My Generation—The Who
– In My Life—Judy Collins
SEASON 5
“The Lake”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Happy Together—The Turtles
– I Fought the Law—Bobby Fuller Four
– Mannish Boy—Muddy Waters
– Jamaica Say You Will—Jackson Browne
“Day One”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Eight Miles High—The Byrds
“The Hardware Store”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Takin’ Care of Business—Bachman-Turner Overdrive
– Pennies from Heaven—Hal Kemp & His Orchestra
“Frank and Denise”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Only You (And You Alone)—The Platters
– If I Were a Carpenter—Tim Hardin
“Full Moon Rising”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– G.T.O.—Ronny & the Daytonas
– Fanfare for the Common Man—Instrumental
“Triangle”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I Got You Babe—Sonny & Cher
– If—Bread
– Green River—Creedence Clearwater Revival
– I Shall Be Released—The Band
“Soccer”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Get Up Offa That Thing—James Brown
“Dinner Out”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Happy Birthday to You—Grady Martin and the Slew Foot Five
“Christmas Party”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree—Brenda Lee
– White Christmas—Andy Williams
– Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo—Billy May and His Orchestra
– Sleigh Ride—Leroy Anderson & His “Pops” Concert Orchestra
– The Christmas Song—Mel Torme
– Frosty the Snowman—Instrumental
“Pfeiffers’ Pfortune”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)—Harpers Bizarre
– Fragrance—The Palm Court Theatre Orchestra
“Road Test”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Poursuite—Instrumental
“Grandpa’s Car”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)—Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
– Crazy—Patsy Cline
“Kodachrome”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Both Sides Now—Joni Mitchell
“Private Butthead”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Forever Young—Joan Baez
“Of Mastodons and Men”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
“Double Double Date”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– You Are Everything—The Stylistics
– Wild Thing—Instrumental
– Run Run Run—Jo Jo Gunne
– Sugar, Sugar—The Archies
– When a Man Loves a Woman—Percy Sledge
“Hero”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Fanfare for the Common Man—Instrumental
“Lunch Stories”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow—The Rivingtons
“Carnal Knowledge”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Walk Like a Man—The 4 Seasons
“The Lost Weekend”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– March from the River Kwai and Colonel Bogey—Mitch Miller & His Orchestra and Chorus
– I Want to Take You Higher—Sly & the Family Stone
– Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)—John Fred & His Playboy Band
“Stormy Weather”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Desperado—Linda Ronstadt
“The Wedding”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Wedding Song (There Is Love)—Paul Stookey
– You Can All Join In—Traffic
“Back to the Lake”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Pressure Drop—Toots & the Maytals
– Venus—Frankie Avalon
– On the Road Again—Canned Heat
– Home—Karla Bonoff
“Broken Hearts and Burgers”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– You’re Sixteen—Ringo Starr
– Somewhere—Instrumental
– Brown Eyed Girl—Van Morrison
– Wild Heart of the Young—Karla Bonoff
SEASON 6
“Homecoming”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Cherish—The Association
“Fishing”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Going Up the Country—Canned Heat
– Fishing Blues—Taj Mahal
“Scenes from a Wedding”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Bad, Bad Leroy Brown—On-Screen Character Performance
– For Once in My Life—On-Screen Character Performance
– I Am Woman—On-Screen Character Performance
– The Look of Love—On-Screen Character Performance
– We’ve Only Just Begun—On-Screen Character Performance
– Fly Me to the Moon—Frank Sinatra
“Sex and Economics”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Takin’ Care of Business—Bachman-Turner Overdrive
– If I Didn’t Care—Ink Spots
“Politics as Usual”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Happy Days Are Here Again—Leo Reisman & His Orchestra
“White Lies”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Wake Up Little Susie—The Everly Brothers
“Wayne and Bonnie”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Shop Around—The Miracles
“Kevin Delivers”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– You’ve Made Me So Very Happy—David Clayton-Thomas
– Soul Man—Sam & Dave
– Take a Letter Maria—R.B. Greaves
– Bobby’s Girl—Marcie Blane
– Respect—Aretha Franklin
– It’s My Party—Lesley Gore
– Stand by Me—Ben E. King
“The Test”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Stuck in the Middle with You—Stealers Wheel
“Let Nothing You Dismay”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Santa Claus Is Coming to Town—Instrumental
– It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas—Instrumental
– Frosty the Snowman—Instrumental
“New Years”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Lara’s Theme—Instrumental
– Auld Lang Syne—Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
“Alice in Autoland”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Swayin’ to the Music (Slow Dancin’)—Johnny Rivers
– Let’s Stay Together
“Ladies and Gentlemen….The Rolling Stones”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– All the Way from Memphis—Mott the Hoople
– Crazy Heart—Hank Williams
– Brown Sugar—The Rolling Stones
“Unpacking”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Tequila—The Champs
– Reeling In the Years—Steely Dan
“Hulk Arnold”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Let’s Get It On—Marvin Gaye
“Nose”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Walk Away Renee—Four Tops
– Could It Be I’m Falling in Love—Spinners
– Love Train—The O’Jays
– You Are So Beautiful—Joe Cocker
“Eclipse”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Truckin’—Grateful Dead
“Poker”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)—The Beach Boys
“The Little Women”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– I Am Woman—Helen Reddy
– Never My Love—The Association
– Stand by Your Man—Tammy Wynette
“Reunion”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Love Is Here to Stay—Nat King Cole
– A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)—Marty Robbins
– Tippin’ In—Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
“Summer”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– Summertime Blues—Eddie Cochran
– Sealed with a Kiss—Brian Hyland
– Up around the Bend—Creedence Clearwater Revival
– When a Man Loves a Woman—Percy Sledge
“Independence Day”
– With a Little Help from My Friends—Joe Cocker
– The Natural—Soundtrack
