Expanding the Fallout song list

Naturally, as ANY of you could guess, I love the diegetic music used in Fallout.

I've never played the games, but my wife and son do, and of course when I first overheard them playing about a decade or more ago, my ears perked up. "Oh, hey, the Ink Spots!", Oh, I don't know this song, but I know that's Roy Brown. Wait, Ella Fitzgerald? The Andrews Sisters?

So, yeah. I was already familiar with a lot of the music but learned a bunch of new songs along with it.

I've listened endless times to "Fallout playlists" and the live radio broadcasts on the youtubes. 

But it's always too short.

I know the various genres well enough to make an 'expanded' playlist faithful to the sort of diegetic music the game and TV series uses. In essence, songs that aren't in Fallout, but probably should be. Or perhaps would be if the wastelanders only find another cache of old records that survived the great war.

LINK TO THE PLAYLIST AT THE END OF THIS POST

In most cases, for each song I've added an additional song from the same artist and another song from a different artist from the time period. HOPEFULLY capturing the same flavor! 

A few observations:

1) The flavor of the retro-future time period captures the feel of the early atomic age culture. The bulk of the music is from the 40s and 50s, but spans from the late 20s through the early rock and roll era with a few more modern tracks that purposefully sound retro to the era.

2) I think Bethesda had a limited budget to start with and they had bought a lot of bundle deal for instrumental music, often produced overseas, but recorded and released before the games came out. I've included a number of these pieces as they do capture the flavor, but not every track.

3) There is no Elvis and there is no Beatles, even in instances where other similar artists appear on the list. Probably for budget reasons, but as the franchise continued, they kept that precedence. My choices reflect this.

4) There is a lot of WWII era music, but nothing that references the US military, Axis powers, specific world leaders, battles, or places. No mentions of things like the draft or war bonds, etc. My choices reflect this as well.

5) Many of the songs, especially those referencing the bomb, uranium, and the like sound almost 'innocent', and are now ironically dark. I am sure they chose songs like this purposefully, and where I could, I tried to do the same.

so here we go! A long, but incomplete list of songs from the Fallout game and TV series and recommendations for similar vintage songs to expand on it. There's a link to a playlist at the end, but it will only include the additional songs.

FALLOUT 3 - Galaxy News Radio

1) Anything Goes - Cole Porter - 1934

Recommends:

A) You're the Top - Ethel Merman - 1934. This is another Cole Porter song, and I thought to use his version, but why not some variety?

B) Fascinating Rhythm - Fred Astaire - 1926. The other huge names in Broadway song writing at the time were George and Ira Gershwin!

2) Easy Living - Billie Holiday - 1937

A) I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday - 1937

B) You Made Me Love You (Dear Mr. Gable) - Judy Garland - 1937. A VERY young Judy Garland!

3) Maybe - The Ink Spots - 1940

"Maybe" is a Fallout legacy from the first game, and the Ink Spots are not only important to the game, but personally important to me! However, there are so many Ink Spots songs on this list, I don't want to recommend an 'additional' Ink Spots tune in each case (although I could!) lest they overly dominate the playlist. 

A) My Prayer - The Ink Spots - 1939

B) Up a Lazy River - The Mills Brothers - 1942

4) I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire - The Ink Spots - 1941

A) Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers - 1943

5) Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald with The Ink Spots - 1944

A) I'm Making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald with The Ink Spots - 1944

B) Don't Stop Now - Bunny Banks Trio - 1942

6) Civilization - Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters - 1947

This is not a song that aged well and I'm surprised Bethesda hasn't received more heat over it, but for purposes of dark commentary of the times, it works. 

A) The Woody Woodpecker - Danny Kaye with The Andrews Sisters - 1948

B) Stranded in the Jungle - The Cadets - 1956

7) Mighty Mighty Man - Roy Brown - 1947

Roy Brown is one of the unknown founders of rock and roll, but he was primarily a blues musician. Thank the gods Fallout is bringing a more obscure, but important musician back to people's minds - other than only just us few old blues fans! His Fallout Selections are jump tunes, here's one of his slow blues tunes:

A) Hard Luck Blues - Roy Brown - 1947

B) You Got to Run Me Down - Jazz Gillum - 1947

8) I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy - Tex Benke with Clair Chatwin - 1949

This is from the Rogers and Hammerstein classic "South Pacific". Rather than recommend another Tex Benke tune, I thought to recommend more R&H tunes.

A) I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair - Jo Staffor - 1949

"Wash that Man" is also from South Pacific

B) People Will Say We're In Love - Frank Sinatra - 1943

From "Oklahoma!" Sung by a VERY young Sinatra

9) Butcher Pete (pt 1) - Roy Brown - 1949

The frustrating thing on this tune is that this is Fallout 3, and we don't get part 2 until Fallout 4. So, you get half a song. In the days of 78s, if you had a song longer than a side could fit (3 to 4 minutes), you'd have to split it with part one on the a side and part two on the b side. Roy Brown even states as the song abruptly ends "Now turn this record over, you ain't heard nothin' yet!" and we are left unsatisfied until Fallout 4!

A) Miss Fanny Brown - Roy Brown - 1949

B) Party Girl - T-Bone Walker - 1950?

10) Crazy He Calls Me - Billie Holiday - 1949

A) God Bless the Child - Billie Holiday - 1941

B) Stormy Weather - Lena Horne - 1943

11) Jazzy Interlude - Billy Munn - 1950

One of the surprises I encountered in doing this was that a lot of the Fallout instrumental music, including the swing bands (probably because of a limited music licensing budget) are tracks produced overseas. Billy Munn is English.

A) Dream Away - Billy Munn - 1940s, I think?

B) I Want My Mama - I Want My Mama (Mama Yo Quiero) - 1952

12) Swing Doors - Allan Gray - 1950

A) Manhattan Splash - Allan Gray - 1950s?

B) The Slider - The Johnny Dankworth Seven - 1951

13) Happy Times - Bob Crosby - 1950

A) Politics - Bob Crosby - 1950? 

B) I'm so Right Tonight - Phil Harris - 1947

14) Way Back Home - Bob Crosby - 1950

A) The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Nyot Nyow!) - Bob Crosby & Patty Andrews - 1949

Okay, so as I listened to this it check a bunch of boxes. Right artists, right time period. Innocently suggestive novelty song, then ... BOOM! Casual reference to the atom bomb. How did Bethesda NOT include this song already???

B) That's What I Like About the South - Phil Harris - 1946

15) Rhythm For You - Eddy Christiani - 1952

A) Daar Bij de Waterkant - Eddy Christiani - 1953

B) Tears - Dutch Swing College Band - 1952

16) I'm Tickled Pink - Jack Shaindlin - 1952

A) Flower Display - Jack Shaindlin - ?

B) You Belong to Me - Joni James - 1952

17) Let's Go Sunning - Jack Shaindlin - 1954

A) Little Things Mean a Lot - Kitty Kallen - 1954

18) Boogie Man (Treadin' Light) - Sid Phillips - 1960

A) The Clarinet Cadenza - Sid Phillips - ?

B) Colombus Stockade Blues - Pete Fountain - 1960

19) Jolly Days - Gerhardt Trede - 1953

Sincerely no disrespect to Mr. Trede, but Bethesda HAD to have bought a budget package deal of his light film score swing from Germany. I'll cover a couple of the tunes here and there and recommend some more swing from Germany, but I'm just not covering all of his songs used in Fallout.

A) So Beschwingt - Bar Trio - 1943

FALLOUT: NEW VEGAS - Radio New Vegas, Mojave Music Radio, Black Mountain Radio

20) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Kay Kyser - 1942

A) The Cowboy Serenade (While I'm Rollin' My Last Cigarette) - Kay Kyser - 1941

B) Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry - 1939

21) Stars of the Midnight Range - Johnny Bond - 1944

A) Till the End of The World - Johnny Bond - 1949

B) I'm Wastin' My Tears on You - Tex Ritter - 1944

22) It's a Sin - Eddy Arnold - 1946

A) Rockin' Alone - Eddy Arnold - 1947

B) Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - Tex Williams - 1947

23) Mad About the Boy - Helen Forrest - 1949

A) Oh! What it Seemed to Be - Dick Hymes & Helen Forrest - 1946

B) Love Somebody - Doris Day and Buddy Clark - 1948

24) Why Don't You Do Right? - Peggy Lee - 1950

First of all, this is Peggy Lee. She can't do a bad song. It is physically impossible for her to make a bad recordings. With that said, this is a great version, except for every other version! I'm not adding 'other versions' of the same songs to the expanded Fallout playlist, so I STRONGLY suggest you listen to "Weed Smoker's Dream" by the Harlem Hamfats, 1936; "Why Don't You Do Right?" by Lil Green, 1941 - what I consider to be far and away the best version of this tune, and Peggy Lee's 1942 version with Benny Goodman (This is the version that sold a million copies). Mini rant over. 

A) Show Me the Way to Get Out of This World - Peggy Lee - 1952

B) Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page - 1951

25) Johnny Guitar - Peggy Lee - 1954

A) Fever - Peggy Lee - 1958

B) I'm a Stranger in My Home - Kitty Wells & Red Foley - 1954

26) Something's Gotta Give - Bing Crosby - 1955

A) True Love - Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly - 1956

B) A Woman In Love - Frankie Laine - 1955

27) Love Me as Though There Were No Tomorrow - Nat King Cole - 1956

A) A Blossom Fell - Nat King Cole - 1956

B) It's Almost Tomorrow - The Dream Weavers - 1956

28) Lazy Day Blues - Bert Weedon - 1958

A) Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon - 1959

B) Rumble - Link Wray - 1958

29) Big Iron - Marty Robbins - 1959

A) El Paso - Marty Robbins - 1959

B) Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash - 1958

30) Ain't That a Kick in the Head - Dean Martin - 1960

A) Everybody Loves Somebody - Dean Martin - 1964

B) I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett - 1962

31) Blue Moon - Frank Sinatra - 1960

A) Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra - 1958

B) Comin' Home Baby - Mel Tormé - 1962

32) Rockin' at the Roundhouse - Bert Weedin - 1970

A) Miserlou - Dick Dale - 1962

33) Heartaches by the Number - Guy Mitchell - 1980

This is a re-recording of his 1959 classic cover, but not only does it justice, but in my opinion, it is a rare case of a re-recording being as good or better! 

A) Singin' the Blues - Guy Mitchell - 1956

B) Lonely Blue Boy - Conway Twitty - 1960

34) Goin' Under - Darrell Wayne Perry - 1997

A) Grandpa's Mastertone - Darrell Wayne Perry - ?

B) Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams - 1949

"Goin' Under" captures a vintage sound so well I thought it would be a good time to sneak in some Hank Williams.

35) In the Shadow of the Valley - Lost Weekend Western Swing Band - 1998

This track and several others were from a 'budget' type album called "Swingin' Out West" put together with session musicians. It's a great 'period' sound though! I'm probably not going to recommend many more tunes from the artists drawn from this album though. But I will make some recommendations for additional tracks from period artists with bigger names.

A) Watch Every Step You Take - Lost Weekend Western Swing Band - 1998

B) Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers - 1941

Again, by choosing "Lost Weekend", they've captured a real vintage sound. I figure Sons of the Pioneers fit in well here.

36) Let's Ride Into the Sunset Together - Lost Weekend Western Swing Band - 1998

A) Nothing I Can Do About it Now - Willie Nelson - 1989

37) Lone Star - Lost Weekend Western Swing Band - 1998

A) Faded Love - Bob Wills - 1950

38) (You Let the Blues Move In) Now I'm Movin' Out - The Roues Brothers - 1998

This song is totally a pastiche to Hank Williams.

A) Summer Sometime - The Roues Brothers - ?

This one feels like a Buddy Holly sound.

B) Move It on Over - Hank Williams - 1947

39) I'm So Blue - Katie Thompson & Martyn Laight - 2000

Like with the Lost Weekend Western Swing Band, this is a 'budget' track put together with session musicians for the "Swingin' Out West Album".

A) I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline 1952

40) Where Have You Been All My Life? - Hal David & John Cacavas - 2003

This is more 'stock' music, but from an album called "Singers & Swingers"

A) Here Comes the Sun - Hal David & John Cacavas - 2003

From the same album. No, not *that* "Here Comes the Sun"!

B) I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra - 1956

Okay, the 'budget' stock music (only one step above Muzik) was getting under my skin, so I figured this would be an appropriate recommendation. Plus, it might just work as a love song from a crooning ghoul. 

41) Sit and Dream - Laurie Stras - 2009

A) Sunny Day - Laurie Stras - 2009

B) Stardust - Willie Nelson - 1977

42) American Swing - Gerhardt Trede - ?

This is more tv/film score music from Gerhardt Trede, and probably the last of his tracks I'm going to cover. But this sounds like a weaker pastiche of the song I'm recommending here.

A) American Patrol - Glenn Miller - 1942

FALLOUT 4 - Diamond City Radio 

43) Undecided - Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - 1939

A) Rock it For Me - Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - 1938

B) Rock Me - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - 1937

44) Keep A-Knockin - Louis Jordan - 1939

A) Caldonia - Louis Jordan - 1945

B) Are You All Reet? - Cab Calloway - ?

45) Pistol Packin' Mama - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - 1943

A) Rum and Coca Cola- The Andrews Sisters - 1945

B) See See Rider - Bea Booze - 1943

46) Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive - Bing Crosby - 1945

I love this tune, and I love Bing, but Johnny Mercer's version is superior. I recommend giving it a listen!

A) Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby - 1945

B) On the Sunny Side of the Street - Frankie Laine - 1946

47) Personality - Johnny Mercer - 1946

A) My Sugar is So Refined - Johnny Mercer - 1946

B) (I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo - Glenn Miller - 1942

48) One More Tomorrow - Frankie Carle & Marjorie Huges - 1946

A) Oh! What it Seemed to Be - Frankie Carle & Marjorie Huges - 1946

B) I'm a Big Girl Now - Sammy Kaye & Betty Barclay - 1946

49) Good Rockin' Tonight - Roy Brown - 1947

It is a bit of a story of how and why this song written by Roy Brown became the first successful rock and roll song. His original version charted on the R&B charts, but it was Wynonie Harris's 1948 version that soared to number 1 on the R&B, sold a half a million copies, and started a revolution. Brown answers his own song with another recording after Harris's success called ...

A) Good Rockin' at Midnight.

B) Rock The Joint - Jimmy Preston - 1949

50) It's All Over But the Crying - The Ink Spots - 1947

A) I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now? - The Four Vagabonds - 1947

51) Worry, Worry, Worry - The Three Suns - 1948

A) Volcano - The Three Suns - 1950s? 

B) Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue - Jerry Murad's Harmonicats - 1948

52) Grandma Plays the Numbers - Wynonie Harris - 1948

A) Love Machine - Wynonie Harris - 1951

Thought the subject has a bit of a 'retro-future' vibe.

B) Hole in the Wall - Albinia Jones - 1949

53) Butcher Pete (pt 2) - Roy Brown - 1949

No, this isn't a 'second' song about Butcher Pete. Back in the days of 78s, if you have a longer song, say, about 5-minutes long, you had to split it on the A side and the B side. There are uploads of the two parts joined up as one, I recommend Roy Brown fans give a listen.

A) Mack the Knife - Louis Armstrong - 1955 

Hard to find a maniac song from the late 40s quite like "Butcher Pete", thought I go with Mack the Knife, and we NEED some Louis Armstrong on this list! 

54) Orange Colored Sky - Nat King Cole - 1950

A) Nature Boy - Nat King Cole - 1948

B) Please Send Me Someone to Love - Percy Mayfield - 1950

Contemplating loneliness and the apocalypse with a smooth blues vibe? This song was MADE for Fallout! 

55) He's a Demon, He's a Devil, He's a Doll - Betty Hutton - 1950

A) Where Are You Now That I Need You? - Betty Hutton - 1949

B) Blues In the Night - Rosemay Clooney - 1952

A gender swap on the classic Johnny Mercer lyrics.

56) Dear Hearts and Gentle People - Bob Crosby - 1950

A) Goodnight Irene - The Weavers - 1950

57) Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes - 1951

This song started a sexual revolution in popular music. Hank Ballard, hearing the Dominoes not only get away with overt sexual content, but also chart, gave him the confidence to write:

A) Work With Me Annie - The Midnighters - 1954

This song, in turn, triggered a whole bunch of answer songs that became the Annie and Henry saga, the first of which is:

B) The Wallflower (Roll With Me Henry) - Etta James - 1955

58) It's a Man - Betty Hutton - 1951

Thought I'd answer this song with what I think a man's perspective might be.

A) Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters - 1955

Guys, if you're not feeling your testosterone kick up a notch after this track, I don't know what you're doing wrong.

59) Rocket 69 - Todd Rhodes - 1951

A) Your Daddy's Doggin' Around - Todd Rhodes - 1951

B) Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - 1951

60) Uranium Fever - Elton Britt - 1955

A) Cannonball Yodel - Elton Britt - 1953

B) Atomic Cocktail - Slim Gilliard - 1945

61) Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On - Big Maybelle - 1955

A) Rockhouse - Big Maybelle - 1957

B) Hound Dog - Big Mama - Thornton - 1952

62) Atom Bomb Baby - The Five Stars - 1957

A) You Sweet Little Thing - The Five Stars - 1957

B) B-Bomb Baby - The Jewels - ?

63) Right Behind You Baby - Ray Smith - 1958

A) I Won't Miss You (Til You Go) - Ray Smith - 1961

B) I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry - Carl Perkins - 1956

64) Uranium Rock - Warren Smith - 1958

A) So Long, I'm Gone - Warren Smith - 1957

B) A-Bomb Bop - Mike Fernandez - 1959

65) Crawl Out Through the Fallout - Sheldon Allman - 1960

A) Radioactive Mama - Sheldon Allman - 1960

B) Fallout Shelter - Peter Scott Peters - 1961

66) The Wanderer - Dion - 1961

A) Runaround Sue - Dion - 1961

B) Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson - 1961

67) The End of the World - Skeeter Davis - 1962

A) My Last Date (With You) - Skeeter Davis - 1961

B) All Cried Out - Dusty Springfield - 1964

FALLOUT 76 - Appalachia Radio

68) Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson - 1927

A) Motherless Children (Have a Hard Time) - Blind Willie Johnson - 1927

B) Devil Got My Woman - Skip James - 1931

69) Happy Days Are Here Again - Ben Selvin with Annette Hanshaw - 1930

I've heard some Ben Selvin over the years, but what I didn't realize is that he holds the record for the most recordings at an estimated 20,000. Twenty thousand.

A) Am I Blue? - Annette Hanshaw - 1929

Hanshaw's recordings were part of a big copywrite controversy surrounding the 2008 animated film "Sita Sings the Blues". Anyway, as a result of the dispute, the film is available for free everywhere and is an animated film worth watching.

B) I Only Have Eyes for You - Ben Selvin with Howard Phillips - 1934

70) Doin' the Uptown Lowdown - Isham Jones - 1933

A) Swingin' Down the Lane - Isham Jones - 1923

I hadn't intended to go THIS far back, but what the hey.

B) Puttin' on the Ritz - Harry Richman - 1930

71) I Can't Dance (I Got Ants in my Pants) - Chick Webb - 1934

A) Stomping at the Savoy - Chick Webb - 1934

B) One O'clock Jump - Count Basie - 1937

72) Just a Fair Weather Friend - Henry King - 1934

A) April in Paris - Henry King - 1933

B) Two Cigarettes in the Dark - Billy Cotton - 1934

73) Keep A-Knockin' - Milton Brown - 1936

A) I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You - Milton Brown - 1935

B) Open The Door, Richard! - Louis Jordan - 1947

74) When I Get Low, I Get High - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb - 1936

A) A-tisket A-tasket - Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb - 1938

B) Minne the Moocher - Cab Calloway - 1931

75) Steel Guitar Rag - Bob Wills - 1936

This is a western swing cover of Sylvester Weaver's classic slide blues tune. Bob Wills was a Western musician, but mixed a lot of swing and blues in his music.

A) Swing Blues No. 1 - Bob Wills - 1936

B) Handful of Riffs - Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn (aka Eddie Lang) - 1929

76) Midnight in a Madhouse - Chick Webb - 1937

A) What a Shuffle - Chick Webb - 1934

B) Carioca - Artie Shaw - 1939

77) Ol' Man Mose - Eddy Duchin with Patricia Norman - 1938

A) Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Eddy Duchin with Patricia Norman - 1938

B) "Murder," He Says - Dinah Shore - 1943

78) Jumpin' at the Woodside - Count Basie - 1938

A) Goin' To Chicago - Count Basie - 1941

"Jumpin' at the Woodside" is such a banger that I thought a Count Basie ballad would show more of his range.

B) Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman - 1938

I did want to pair it with another banger from 1938!

79) We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, and Me) - The Ink Spots - 1940

A) Java Jive - The Ink Spots - 1941

B) Dipsey Doodle - The Golden Gate Quartet - 1938

Gospel group doing a rare secular song.

80) In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town - Johnny Long - 1940

A) My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time - Johnny Long - 1945

B) Daddy - Sammy Kaye - 1941

81) Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb - 1959?

Fallout sources cite this as 1941, but the game uses one of his later re-recordings of the song, and I *think* it is his 1959 version. 

A) Drivin' Nails in my Coffin - Ernest Tubb - 1946

B) New Worried Mind - Roy Rogers - 1941

82) Juke Box Saturday Night - Glenn Miller - 1942

This is such a cool song referencing other musicians of the day! The lyrics reference Benny Goodman and Kay Kyser, but the music and lyrics directly parody Harry James and the Ink Spots. Rather than reference another Glenn Miller tune, I thought it would be fitting to add the two songs that this song pays tribute to.

A) Ciribiribin - Harry James - 1939

B) If I Didn't Care - The Ink Spots - 1939

83) Mr. Five By Five - Ella Mae Morse with Freddie "Daddy" Slack - 1942

A) Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) - Will Bradley with Freddie "Daddy" Slack - 1940

B) Roll 'em Pete - Big Joe Turner with Pete Johnson - 1938

84) Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller - 1943

A) Your Feets Too Big - Fats Waller - 1939

B) Jeepers Creepers - Louis Armstrong - 1939

85) Headin' Down the Wrong Highway - Johnny Bond - 1944

A) Loge Gone Cold - Johnny Bond - 1945

B) Too Late to Worry - Al Dexter - 1942

86) Straighten Up and Fly Right - Andrews Sisters - 1944

A) Shoo-Shoo Baby - The Andrews Sisters - 1943

B) Everybody Loves My Baby - The Boswell Sisters - 1932

87) Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters - 1944

A) Get Your Kicks on Route 66 - Bing Crosby with The Andrews Sisters - 1946

B) The Trolley Song - The Pied Pipers - 1944

88) Opus 1 - Tommy Dorsey - 1945

A) On the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe - Tommy Dorsey - 1945

B) Song of the Volga Boatmen - Glenn Miller - 1944

89) Salt Pork West Virginia - Louis Jordan - 1945

A) Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan - 1949

B) Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well - Lucky Millinder with Wynonie Harris - 1945

90) Pig Foot Pete - Ella Mae Morse with Freddie "Daddy" Slack - 1946

A) The House of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse with Freddie "Daddy" Slack - 1946

B) Rock and Roll Blues - Erline Harris - 1949

91) Bubbles in My Beer - Bob Wills - 1947

A) There's a Big Rock in the Road - Bob Wills - 1947

B) Playing Dominoes & Shooting Dice - Arkie Shibley - 1948?

92) Answer to Nails in My Coffin - and/or - Great Long Pistol - Jerry Irby - 1948

As I understand it, "Answer" was originally in the game's song list but has been replaced with "Great Long Pistol".

A) Too Many Women - Jerry Irby - ?

B) Freight Train Boogie - The Delmore Brothers - 1946

93) Two Left Hands - Freddie "Daddy" Slack - 1948

A) Chicken-Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn - 1948

94) I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded - Patsy Montana - 1949

A) Water Witch Waltz - Patsy Montana - 1954

B) Frankie and Johnny - Pearl Bailey - 1947?

95) A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Cass Daley - 1949

A) It's a Cruel Cruel World - Cass Daley - 1949

B) All She Wants to Do Is Rock - Wynonie Harris - 1949

96) Mister Sandman - The Chordettes - 1954

A) Lollipop - The Chordettes - 1958

B) Hearts of Stone - The Fontaine Sisters - 1954

97) Uranium - The Commodores - 1955

A) Cream Puff - The Commodores - 1955

B) We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Leher - 1959

98) Dark as a Dungeon - Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1955

A) You Don't Have to be a Baby to Cry - Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1955

B) I Ain't Afraid - Thurl Ravenscroft - 1956

99) Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1955

A) Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boot - Vaughn Monroe -1956

100) Ghost Riders in the Sky - Sons of the Pioneers - 1959

A) Tennessee Rock and Roll - Sons of the Pioneers - 1955

B) Dark Hollow - Jimmy Skinner - 1959

101) Shenandoah - Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1961

A) Take Your Girlie to the Movies - Tennessee Ernie Ford - 1962

B) Don't Go to Strangers - Vaughn Monroe - 1956

102) Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition - Former Lay Kyser Orchestra - 1962

Appalachia Radio DJ Julie asked what the origins of this song were. SHORT version. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Navy Chaplin Howell Forgy went about the men manning the gun batteries encouraging them and uttering the phrase. The quote got back to the press (though initially lacking details), Kay Kyser had a #1 hit with the single in 1942. After Kyser retired in 1961, his old band got together to re-record a number of his hits.

A) Three Little Fishes (Itty Bitty Poo) - Kay Kyser - 1939

I couldn't find the 1962 re-recording of this, so here's the original.

B) When The Lights Go on Again - Vaughn Monroe - 1942

Finding a WWII era song that mentions war conditions like without specifically mentioning the war directly, or the US military like "Praise the Lord" is a bit difficult. I hadn't intended to list yet another Vaughn Monroe song, but this one fits the bill for 'hope' in post apocalyptic conditions. 

103) Wouldn't it Be Nice - The Beach Boys - 1966

This song is a bit jarring for feeling out of the fictional time period. 

A) In My Room - The Beach Boys - 1963

For an additional Beach Boys tune, "Good Vibrations" has the same 'feel good' quality to it, but is even a bit farther out sonically. "In My Room" sounds a bit more "vault-ish" 

B) Happy Together - The Turtles - 1967

FALLOUT - TV series

Not all of the music is technically diegetic, but what the heck. 

104) Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Perry Como - 1952

A) Wanted - Perry Como - 1954

B) Here in My Heart - Al Martino - 1952

105) Who Do You Suppose? - Connie Conway - 1956

A) I'm in Love, I'm in Love - Connie Conway - 1956

B) Memories Are Made of This - Dean Martin - 1956

106) Some Enchanted Evening - The Castells - 1963

A) Make Believe Wedding - The Castells - 1961

B) Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton - 1963

107) Start it Slow - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - 1952

A) How Blue Can You Get? - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - 1949

And here I always thought B.B. King wrote this tune!

B) Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price - 1952

108) Keep That Coffee Hot - Scatman Crothers - 1955

A) Exactly Like You - Scatman Crothers - 1956

B) What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong -1967

109) A Nervous Kiss - Carl Coccomo - 1952

A) When You Come to Me - Carl Coccomo - 1952

B) Tell Me Why - Eddie Fisher - 1952

110) So Doggone Lonesome - Johnny Cash - 1955

A) Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash - 1955

B) Boppin' the Blues - Carl Perkins - 1956

111) All Over Again - Johnny Cash - 1958

A) The Ways of a Woman in Love - Johnny Cash - 1958

B) Breathless - Jerry Lee Lewis - 1958

112) Brighter Side - Connie Conway - 1956

So many early 50s romantic ballads, I think we're 'good'. Here's one with a female voice just to change it up: 

A) Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) - Doris Day - 1956

113) We'll Meet Again - The Ink Spots - 1941

Aw what the heck, one more Ink Spots tune! 

A) When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano - The Ink Spots - 1940

B) You Always Hurt the One You Love - The Mills Brothers - 1944

114) Tweedle Dee - LaVern Baker - 1955

A) Jim Dandy - LaVern Baker - 1956

B) Mambo Baby - Ruth Brown - 1956

115) In The Mood - Glenn Miller - 1939

A) Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glenn Miller - 1940

B) Take the A-Train - Duke Ellington - 1941

116) Act Naturally - Buck Owens - 1963

A) Love's Gonna Live Here - Buck Owens - 1963

B) Hello Trouble - Orville Couch - 1962

117) What to Do - Buddy Holly - 1961

A) Words of Love - Buddy Holly - 1957

B) Donna - Ritchie Valens - 1958

118) It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion) - The Swallows - 1951

"It Ain't the Meat" was banned from the radio waves back in '51

A) Itchy Twitchy Feeling - The Swallows - 1952

B) Big Ten-Inch Record - Bull Moose Record - 1952

This song wasn't banned

119) Journey into Melody - Sam Fonteyn - ?

A) Young and Happy - Sam Fonteyn - ?

220) I Can Dream Can't I? - The Andrews Sisters 1949

A) The Wedding of Lili Marlene - 1949

B) You Were meant For Me - Connie Boswell - 1948

221) Henry - The Jet Tones - 1959

A) Twangy - The Jet Tones - 1959

B) Carol - Chuck Berry - 1958

Since The Jet Tones seem to be quoting Chuck Berry, thought it was time to include him on this list.

222) Robin in the Pine - Bonnie Guitar - 1952

A) Dark Moon - Bonnie Guitar - 1956

B) I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - The Davis Sisters - 1953

223) Lady Fingers - Herb Alpert's Tijuanna Brass - 1965

A) South of the Border - Herb Alpert's Tijuanna Brass - 1964

B) Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones - 1962

224) What a Diff'rence a Day Makes - Dinah Washington - 1959

A) This Bitter Earth - Dinah Washington - 1960

B) Anyone Who Had a Heart - Dionne Warwick - 1963

225) It's Just a Matter of Time - Brook Benton - 1959

A) So Many Ways - Brook Benton - 1959

B) I'll Take Care of You - Bobby "Blue" Bland - 1959

226) Improvisation on Tchaikovsky's Pathatique - Django Reinhardt - ?

A) Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt - 1937

Django Reinhardt is far and away the greatest guitarist on this list and this song choice doesn't scratch the surface. Finding a guitarist from the time period equal in skill (though different style) leads us only to Charlie Christian.

B) Solo Flight - Benny Goodman (with Charlie Christian) - 1944

227) A Theme from a Summer Place - Percy Faith - 1959

A) The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart) - Percy Faith - 1953

B) Autumn Leaves - Roger Williams - 1955

228) Lonely Hours - Gene Armstrong & His West Texas Nighthawks - 1954

A) Crying My Heart Out Over You - Gene Armstrong & His West Texas Nighthawks - ?

B) Backward, Turn Backward - Pee Wee King - 1954

229) Summer In Love - Edda Dell'Orso - 1976

A) Allora Il Treno - 1975

B) The Girl from Ipanema - Asturd Gilberto - 1964

230) Skitter Skatter - Little Walkin' Willie - 1957

A) Don't Holler Baby - Little Walkin' Willie - ? 

B) Willie and the Hand Jive - Johnny Otis - 1957

231) Only You - The Platters - 1955

A) The Great Pretender - The Platters - 1955

B) Ain't That a Shame - Fats Domino - 1955

232) You're Everything - The Danleers - 1958

A) One Summer Night - 1958

B) Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson - 1958

233) From the First Hello to the Last Goodbye - Jane Morgan - 1956

A) Two Different Worlds - Jane Morgan - 1956

B) I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) - Georgia Gibbs - 1956

234) I Don't Want to See Tomorrow - Nat King Cole - 1964

A) I Don't Want to Be Hurt Anymore - Nat King Cole - 1964

And finally, wrapping up this playlist with a very "Fallout-y" track NOT already in Fallout!

B) Hydrogen Bomb - Al Rex - 1960?

Link: 

EXPANDED SONG LIST FOR FALLOUT

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