John Richards

Welcome to the Morning Show and happy 50th Birthday to Stevie Wonder's 'Innervisions'! 126 hours of 6 Degrees down with 42 to go!

6 Degrees: The Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1989 cover of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground. Listen to Flea's slap bass take on the iconic keyboard part.

6 Degrees: The supergroup Atoms for Peace features Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea on bass. The group also includes Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Nigel Godrich (Radiohead), and Joey Waronker (Beck, REM)

6 Degrees: Featuring vocals from Atoms for Peace (and Radiohead) singer Thom Yorke.

6 Degrees; Like the DJ Shadow remix of Radiohead this Ministry track samples George H.W. Bush.

6 Degrees: Another track from legendary industrial group Ministry. Catch them live at the White River Amphitheatre September 20th with Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper & Filter! More info & tickets here: www.songkick.com ministryband.com

6 Degrees: Another of Ministry's Al Jourgensen's projects covering Rod Stewart.

6 Degrees: Here's one from Rod Stewart, original artist behind "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" This track is inspired by a tryst Rod Stewart had with a woman at the Beaulieu Jazz Festival when the artist was 16. Stewart was nervous. He said the encounter was over "in a few seconds." -- "Maggie May" remains the biggest mandolin-based hit ever recorded.

6 Degrees: Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood perform with their group Faces on this Paul McCartney cover.

6 Degrees: After joining the Beatles’ Get Back/Let It Be session Billy Preston released this instrumental track featuring the Clavinet.

6 Degrees: Also performing on the Get Back/Let it Be session... John Lennon! This track features Klaus Voormann on bass who famous drew the cover art for the Beatles' 'Revolver' Record.

6 Degrees: Aretha Franklin covers this Beatles track which was originally recorded during the Let It Be Session and featured Billy Preston on keyboard.

6 Degrees: Ray Charles picks up the Beatles thread with his take on Eleanor Rigby.

6 Degrees: Back to Stevie! "The Greatest Beatles Cover Is Stevie Wonder’s “We Can Work It Out.” He may be the only musician to play a Beatles song better than the Beatles." Bold statement from Slate. Read the full article here: bit.ly

6 Degrees: Another track from Stevie Wonder, celebrating 50 years of 'Innervisions'

6 Degrees: Public Enemy sample "Living in the City" on this 1988 track.

6 Degrees: Another track sampled by MARRS.

6 Degrees: A prominent sample from MARRS' "Pump Up the Volume"

6 Degrees: The "Pump Up the Volume" samples continue with this 1980 release.

6 Degrees: This one sampled in, you guessed it, Pump up the Volume

6 Degrees: And here it is! Released on this day in 1987 and featuring an estimated 250 samples.

6 Degrees: The Pump Up the Volume party continues with another sampled track.

6 Degrees: Also sampling The Bar-Kays Holy Ghost its the Beastie Boys!

6 Degrees: Another one form the Beastie Boys. For Mike, Corwin, Kai - almost 4, and NICO - baby on Bainbridge Island.

6 Degrees: Fatboy Slim remixes this Beastie Boys' track. Listen for the differences in the instrumental, including an interpolation of "Fido" by The Byrds.

6 Degrees: Fatboy Slim proper with this track featuring Macy Gray.

6 Degrees: Macy Gray recorded a tribute to Stevie Wonder's 1972 Talking Book for its 40th Anniversary. Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Innervisions."