Saturday, June 22, 2013

June 22, 2013 - KV - 1957, Summer


Rockin' Remnants

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Date: June 22, 2013
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 6-22-57






1957 is the year Elvis bought Graceland... He'd hit it big in 1956, with 17 songs on the Top 100 charts that year, and the trend was continuing.  He had six songs on this week's chart alone (June 22, 1957), most of which made it to #1. 

  



Birthday Calendar



June 16 – Lamont Dozier – age 72

June 18 – Sir Paul McCartney (Beatles, Wings) – age 71

June 19 – Ann Wilson (Heart) – age 63

June 20 – Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) – age 71

              – Lionel Richie (Commodores) – age 64
June 21 – Ray Davies (Kinks) – age 69

June 22 – Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon) – age 69
              –  Howard Kaylan (Turtles, Flo & Eddie, born H. Kaplan) – age 66
              – Todd Rundgren – age 65 





Name That Tune


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Clip 2




Clip 3


















(scroll down to find the answers below the playlist)




Playlist

(songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 6-8-66; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests)



6-7pm


OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock 'n' Roll - Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys -1969 - peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, produced by Jimi Hendrix

Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone (#1 on 6-22-57, spent 7 weeks in the top slot)

 

Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers (#2 on 6-22-57)

Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep - Buddy Knox (#33 on 6-22-57)

Round and Round - Perry Como (#34 on 6-22-57, spent two weeks at #1)

It's You I Love - Fats Domino (#61 on 6-22-57, peaked at #6)

Searchin' - The Coasters (#8 on 6-22-57)

 

Little Darlin' - The Diamonds (#12 on 6-22-57)

He's Mine - The Platters (#39 on 6-22-57)

Can't Wait for Summer - Steve Lawrence (#55 on 6-22-57)

 

Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller (1959, peaked at #14)

Summertime - The Marcels (1961, #78, one of many versions of this Gershwin song)

Summer Means Fun - Bruce and Terry (1964, #72)

Over the Mountain - Johnnie and Joe (#16 on 6-22-57)

Too Much - Elvis Presley (a #1 song for him, at #71 on 6-22-57)

Hypnotized - The Drifters (#81 on 6-22-57, peaked at #79)

Goin' Steady - Tommy Sands (#29 on 6-22-57)

 

* Waltz for Lumumba - Spencer Davis Group (1967)


7-8pm (birthdays, trivia, etc)


Heat Wave - Martha and the Vandellas (1963, #4, one of Holland-Dozier-Holland's many hits as a songwriting/producing team)

Think I'll Run Away - The Turtles (1967, from the Happy Together album)

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks (1966, #14, although the song mentions summer and was released in June, the video shows the band in a snowy setting)

 

Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys (1963, #7, featuring Brian Wilson on lead vocals and bass; he also wrote and produced the song)

Nobody I Know - Peter and Gordon (1964, #12, written by Peter Asher's sister's boyfriend, Paul McCartney)

Summer - War (1976, #7)

California Sun - The Rivieras (1964, #5)

 

Wildwood Days - Bobby Rydell (1963, #17)

Summer Wine - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (1967, #49)

If I Didn't Have a Dime (To Play The Jukebox) - Gene Pitney (1962, #58)

 

Dearest - Mickey and Sylvia (peaked this week at #85 on 6-22-57. There was an 11-way tie for #85; the Top 100 chart often had a lot of ties.  In 1958 when it became the Hot 100, there was a formula change to accompany the name change, and the ties dried up.)

Fabulous - Charlie Gracie (#26 on 6-22-57)

Come Go With Me - The Del Vikings (#20 on 6-22-57, peaked at #4)



8-9pm (more birthdays, 70s happy hour)


Fancy Dancer - The Commodores (1977, #39)

* It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren (1972)

Another Day - Paul McCartney (1971, #5, his first charting single as a solo artist)

 

Dreamboat Annie - Heart (1976+, #42 -- the + means it reached its chart peak the following year)

Summer Sand - Dawn (1971, #33)

Poppa Joe - The Sweet (1972, did not chart in the U.S., was #11 in the U.K.)

 

Ain't That Peculiar - Fanny (1972, #85, Marvin Gaye brought this song to #8 in 1965)

Summer Sun - Jamestown Massacre (1972, #90)

 

Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller - Joe Dolan (1973, dnc in the U.S., was #14 on the Irish charts.  Chuck Berry had a different song with the same title.)

 

* Summer Breeze - The Isley Brothers (1974, #60, written by Seals & Crofts, who reached #6 with it in 1972)

I Want Some More - Colin Blunstone (1972)

 

Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers (1972, dnc)

How Do You Do? - Mouth and MacNeal (1972, #8)

CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk - Santo and Johnny - 1959 - #1 for two weeks





Trivia Answer

Clip 1 = She's Just My Style, by Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Clip 2 = The Beat Goes On, by Sonny and Cher

Clip 3 = Judy in Disguise, by John Fred & His Playboy Band


4 out of 5 callers correctly identified "The Beat Goes On".

Nobody correctly identified "She's Just My Style".

"Judy in Disguise" was guessed (by different callers) for each of the three clips, and that title was mis-remembered two ways ("Judy in the Sky" and "Sally in Disguise" -- full credit was given for both).



Congratulations to Jane from Ithaca, who won four tickets to Darien Lake!




Host Next Week (June 29):  John Simon with a spotlight on SUMMER!








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