Welcoming in 2022 with Happy New Year's greetings from Lightnin' Hopkins, Huey Piano Smith, Spike Jones & His City Slickers, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians, Captain Kangaroo & Mr. Green Jeans. Bryan Ferry, Fantastic Negrito and The Raconteurs. Plus a classic New Years mix featuring Charlie Weaver, Popeye, Bluto & Olive Oil, Ernest Borgnine, Steve Martin, Dabney Coleman, Wang Chung, Danny Aiello, James Dean. Jim Backus, Joe Mantell, Boris Karloff, Esther Minciotti, Gene Austin, Sal Mineo, Elvis Presley, W.C. Fields, Mae West, The Beatles, Doodles Weaver, Mickey & Minnie Mouse, Ray Noble & His Orchestra, Simon Williams, Joni Mitchell, James Stewart, The Police, Betsy Blair, Paul McCartney, Glenn Frey and much more. Also, Charlie Weaver, Popeye, Bluto & Olive Oil, Ernest Borgnine, Steve Martin, Dabney Coleman, Wang Chung, Danny Aiello, James Dean. Jim Backus, Joe Mantell, Boris Karloff, Esther Minciotti. In the second hour, A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left us. A Shortcut Through 2021 features Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amanda Gorman, Alec Baldwin, Alan Kalter, Andrea Bang, Anne Rice, Anthony Fauci, Anthony Joseph, Abbie Hoffman, Bernadette Peters, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill St. James, Bob Malone, Brett Goldstein, Brian Williams, B. J. Thomas, Bob Dole, Bob Fass, Byron Berline, Charles Grodin, Charlie Watts, Cicely Tyson, Clarence Williams III, Colin Powell, Dave Chappelle, David Letterman, Dean Stockwell, Dennis Miller, Don Everly, Donald Trump, D'Sound, Pher & Cory Henry, Ed Asner, Gary Negbaur, Grace Jones, Hal Holbrook, Howard Johnson, Jason Sudeikis, Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Jay Black, Jean Paul Belmondo, Jessica Walter, Joe Biden, Joe Simon, John Lennon, Johnny Carson, Justice John P. Roberts, Juno Temple, Keith Richards, Labelle, Larry Kert, Lawrence Ferlingetti, Lee Jung-jae, Leonard Bernstein, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Tomlin, Lonnie Liston Smith, Mandy Patinkin, Marjorie Taylor Green, Gen. Mark Milley, Mary Wilson, Matt Gaetz, Melvin Van Peebles, Michael Apted, Michael K. Williams, Michael Nesmith, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Mort Sahl, Norm MacDonald, Paddy Moloney, Pat Martino, Peggy Lipton, Rachel Maddow, Robert Downey, Rosamund Pike, Rostam, Rudy Giuliani, Sam Waterson, Sarah Dash, Sly & Robbie, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Stonewall Jackson, Sparks, The Chemical Brothers, The Chieftains, The English Beat (Everett Morton), The Firesign Theater, The First National Band, The Jets, The Linda Lindas, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, Tim Meadows, Tony Hale, Tucker Carlson, Vampire Weekend, Will Hoge, Willard Scott, Yaphet Kotto and Stephen Sondheim.