Side A
Artist	Song
smoosh	rad
foster sylvers	misdemeanor
the defranco family	abracadabra
the rhodes kids	voodoo magic
frosted flakes	the hullaballoon
die kandy kids	youpi youpi
the clash	career opportunities
the collins kids	hot rod
angela simpson	lenox ave.
lucky peterson	good old candy
ghetto reality	james brown
jr. and his soulettes	momma, love tequilla
the double deckers	with a little bit of love
hayley mills	jimmie bean song
jack wild	mechanical boy
jerry mathers	wind-up toy
eddie munster	i wish everyone was born this way
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
geert grote school	dreamer
the rocky fellers	ching-a-ling baby
ricky segall & the segalls	mr. president
danny bonaduce	dreamland
kids incorporated	1984 theme song
cast of zoom	1974 theme song
kidz bop	steal my sunshine
lena zavaroni	would you like to swing on a star
rodney allen rippy	eenie-meenie-minee-moe
running loose	no work no food
tina yothers	girlie girlie
loo & placido	kids rock
les poppys	des chansons pop
mark radice	wooden girl
tiny tina & little john	jeans on
the little angels	children of the world unite

Comment:

It's back! Following in the pint-sized footsteps of the first Kids Rock, the sequel brings us more songs featuring the spirited sounds of our world's youth. Once again Thomas Mohr was my chief conspirator, contributing tracks 6, 30 and 33. Some notes:
Smoosh - Indie-poppers Asya, 13, and Chloe, 11, kick things off with a catchy ode to soccer from their debut album "She Like Electric." The Seattle sisters have already opened for Pearl Jam and have been featured on the pages of Rolling Stone and Spin.
Foster Sylvers - This 11-year-old hit the charts with this 1973 single before joining his older siblings in the Sylvers a couple years later.
DeFranco Family - Tony DeFranco and the gang were signed by the owner of Tiger Beat, who published plenty of photos of the dreamy Canadian singer. Unfortunately professional studio singers replaced the untrained vocals of his older siblings on their debut record.
The Clash - The offspring of keyboard player Mickey Gallagher provided the vocals on the Sandinista! version of this song, though Joe Strummer contributes an "Oi!"
Collins Kids - Larry and Lorrie's kid-friendly rockabilly got them signed to Columbia in 1955, where they went on to record a string of singles.
Angela Simpson - No relation to Ashlee, this "little girl from Harlem" released a funk/rap album in 1972 at the tender age of six. She also toured locally with fellow kiddie star.
Lucky Peterson - Though currently recognized as an outstanding blues guitarist, Lucky first found fame as a wizard keyboardist in the early 70s. This single, written by Willie Dixon, was the 6-year-old's debut.
Ghetto Reality - Writer/poet Nancy Dupree collaborated with some inner-city youngsters from New York on this 1970 Folkways release. One of the results was this unintentionally funny tribute to the King of Soul. Good God!
Jr. and His Soulettes - Though they can't spell, 10-year-old Okie Harold Moore, Jr. and his three younger sisters sang and played all the instruments on their funky 1971 self-pressed album "Psychodelic Sounds." It's wah-wah wonderful.
Double Deckers - This short-lived early 70s comedy chronicled the exploits of seven kids who hung out in a dilapidated double-decker London bus.
Jerry Mathers - Yup, it's the Beaver, who recording this 1962 single around the time his voice changed - reason to be worried.
Rocky Fellers - These four lads (and their papa) were the first Filipino act to have a song on the US Billboard charts ("Killer Joe").
Ricky Segall/Danny Bonaduce - Segall, who played Ricky Stevens on the final season of the Partridge Family, released an album with his folks in 1973. He's currently a minister with a gospel CD under his (Bible) belt. Pre-teen co-star Bonaduce unleashed this sappy single in 1973. He died of a heroin overdose in 1985.
Lena Zavaroni. - How this 10-year-old Scottish white girl got signed to Stax is one of life's great mysteries. She had a top ten hit with "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me" in 1974. She died at the age of 35, shortly after a brain operation to cure her severe depression.
Tina Yothers - Best remembered as playing Alex Keaton's smart-ass little sis on Family Ties, she released this ska-styled single in 1987 - she even quotes Peter Tosh in a fake Jamaican accent ! Later she dyed her hair jet black and formed the goth-lite band Jaded in the mid-90s.
Les Poppys - This all-boy French choral group were big stars Europe in the early 70s, thanks to their bombastic songs and live performances.
Tiny Tina & Little John -Tina Arena and John Bowles, both regulars on the Australian TV show Young Talent Time, released an album in 1978, which included this David Dundas cover. Arena went on to become the biggest selling female artist in Australian history (take that Kylie!). Bowles now does musical theater and co-hosts a TV morning show.

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