The Fill In
The Long Play: From Honky-Tonk to Hollywood
Aired on Tuesday 3rd March 2026, 6:00PM
This week we are continuing our Soundtrack theme - exploring country songs that didn’t just sit on the soundtrack — they crossed over. Songs that leapt from rural airwaves into mainstream popular culture thanks to the movies and television that carried them there.
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- 0:00
Sandy Nelson
Let There Be Drums
- 2:00Dueling Banjos
Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
Dueling Banjos
- 5:00Aerial Ballet (1968)
Harry Nilsson
Everybody’s Talkin’
- 4:00Midnight Cowboy (Original Motion Picture Score)
John Barry
Midnight Cowboy
- 7:00American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
The Man Comes Around
- 10:00In Dreams
Roy Orbison
In Dreams
- 12:00Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
B.J. Thomas
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
- 15:00Just for You
Neil Diamond
Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon
- 19:00Against the Wind (Original Television Soundtrack)
Jon English and Mario Millo
Six Ribbons
- 20:00Singing Bones
The Handsome Family
Far From Any Road
- 21:00Jolene
Dolly Parton
I Will Always Love You
- 25:00Honeysuckle Rose (Soundtrack)
Willie Nelson
On the Road Again
- 29:00The Gambler
Kenny Rogers
The Gambler
