Rockin' Remnants
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Date: July 19, 2014
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 1964
Birthday Calendar
Jul 13 – Roger (Jim) McGuinn (The Byrds) – age 72
Jul 15 – Linda Ronstadt (The Stone Poneys) – age 68
Jul 16 – Tony Jackson (The Searchers) – born in 1940
Jul 17 – Spencer Davis – age 75
Jul 18 – Dion DiMucci– age 75
– Martha Reeves– age 73
– Lonnie Mack – age 73
Jul 19 – Brian May (Queen) – age 67
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 7-19-64; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests; all chart information comes from the Billboard Top 100 (for chart dates before/during July 1958) or Billboard Hot 100 (for chart dates during/after Aug 1958) unless otherwise noted]
6-7pm
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Rag Doll – The Four Seasons (#1 on our spotlight date of 7-19-64)
No Particular Place to Go – Chuck Berry (#26 on 7-19-64; peaked at #10)
* Twist and Shout – The Beatles (had spent four weeks at #2 in the spring of 1964)
Memphis – Johnny Rivers (#4 on 7-19-64; peaked at #2)
* The Girl from Ipanema – Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto (peaked this week at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100; made it to #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart)
The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) – Jan and Dean (#6 on 7-19-64; peaked at #3)
Keep on Pushing – The Impressions (peaked this week at #10)
Don’t Worry Baby – The Beach Boys (#27 on 7-19-64; peaked at #24. This was the b-side of I Get Around, which we heard later in the show.)
* Dang Me – Roger Miller (#8 on 7-19-64; peaked at #7. This was his first Hot 100 hit; he would have fifteen more throughout the next few years.)
Alone – The Four Seasons (#33 on 7-19-64)
Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups (#32 on 7-19-64; had spent three weeks at #1)
* And I Love Her – The Beatles (debuted this week at #80; would peak at #12)
I Like It Like That – The Miracles (#35 on 7-19-64)
In the Misty Moonlight – Jerry Wallace (debuted this week at #83; would peak at #19)
* A World Without Love – Peter and Gordon (#28; peaked at #1; Pete on the right, Gordo on the left.
Sweets for My Sweet – The Searchers (did not chart, Tony Jackson sings lead. The Drifters had charted with this song in 1961.)
Love Has No Pride – Linda Ronstadt (peaked at #51 in 1974)
Somebody Help Me – Spencer Davis Group (Peaked at #47 when it was reissued in 1967. In the UK, it spent two weeks at #1 in the spring of 1966.)
Love Came to Me – Dion (1962, #10, co-written by Dion)
(We’ve Got) Honey Love – Martha and the Vandellas (#56 in 1969)
Baby, What’s Wrong – Lonnie Mack (1963, #93)
Wham! – Lonnie Mack (1963, #24. As a child, Stevie Ray Vaughan played along to this 45 repeatedly, until his dad got irritated and broke the record.)
’39 – Queen (1976, the b-side of You’re My Best Friend. Written by Brian May, who finally completed his Ph.D. in astrophysics a few years ago after having interrupted his studies for his musical career. The song is about an astronaut returning to Earth and finding that 100 years have passed in his absence.)
Johnny B.Goode – Johnny Winter (1970, #92. Johnny Winter passed away this week at the age of 70.)
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – The Byrds (1970, the b-side of Jesus is Just Alright)
Such a Night – Elvis Presley (debuted this week at #82, would peak at #16. This song was a #2 R&B hit for Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters in 1954. This video includes some rehearsal of Such a Night.)
Hey Girl, Don’t Bother Me – The Tams (#74 on 7-19-64)
Wait a Minute – Tim Tam and the Turn-Ons (1966, #76, their only Hot 100 hit)
Sunny – Neil Sedaka (debuted this week at #99, would peak at #86. This is a different song from the 1966 hit by Bobby Hebb.)
* I Get Around – The Beach Boys (#3 this week; spent two weeks at #1)
The Ferris Wheel – The Everly Brothers (peaked this week at #72)
You’re My Remedy – The Marvelettes (#56 on 7-19-64; peaked at #48)
A Wonderful Dream – The Majors (1962, #22)
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is – Irma Thomas (#55 on 7-19-64 -- note: her song begins three minutes into the video link above)
Little Girl of Mine – The Cleftones (1956, #57)
But It’s Alright – J.J. Jackson (1966, #22)
Good Times – Sam Cooke (#12 on 7-19-64, having peaked the previous week at #11. It spent 10 weeks on the chart.)
(Ain’t That )Good News – Sam Cooke (Also 1964, also peaked at #11, also spent 10 weeks on the chart. Also: Good News was recorded the day before Good Times, Dec 20 and 21 of 1963. It’s like Lincoln and Kennedy.)
Satisfied – The Heart Beats (not the male R&B vocal group from Queens; this was a teenage girl group from Lubbock, TX formed when two sisters took a music class and teamed up with two of their classmates. The mother of the sisters submitted a demo tape of the group to Happening ’68, which was hosted by Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay. The group were invited to perform twice on the show, and they lip-synched (which is how most tv performances were handled in those days) to their own cover version of Time Won’t Let Me both times, and won $10,000 worth of prizes, including four motorcycles, a Volkswagon bus, and a recording contract with ABC Records. The drummer and lead vocalist was only 13 years old, and her sister who played rhythm guitar was only 14, so their mom turned down the recording contract due to the amount of traveling it would have involved. This song, Satisfied, was written by the group and recorded in 1969.)
Friends – The Livin’ End (This band got their name when the lead singer’s mother went to England and found herself hanging out at the same pub as Paul McCartney, who she overheard say, “Well, that’s the livin’ end.” They recorded several songs, but never got signed to a label. This song, Friends, was from their first recording session in late 1965. It was one of the two original songs recorded that day, along with two covers.)
No Strings Attached – The Mad Lads (1969, did not chart)
Grooviest Girl in the World – Fun and Games (1969, #78)
Sky High – Jigsaw (1975, #3)
Medicine Man – The Buchanan Brothers (1969, #22)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Host Next Week (July 26): John Simon with a spotlight on July 1965
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