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Feb. 10, 2018 GJ - Meta-Music (Songs about Songs)


    


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Date:  February 10, 2018
Host:  Gregory James
Feature:  Meta-Music (Songs about Songs)

Birthday Calendar

February 3, 19??: John Rudan

February 4, 1948: Alice Cooper   70  
 February 4, 1944: Florence Larue (5th Dimension)  74
February 4, 1944: Marge Ganser (Shangri-La’s)  d. 1996
February 5, 1944: Al Kooper 74
February 6, 1943:       Fabian 75
February 6, 1945:       Bob Marley   d. 1981
February 6, 1946: Richie Hayward (Little Feat drummer) d. 2010
February 9, 1942:       Carole King 76
February 10, 1937: Roberta Flack 81
Playlist

Songs with * were requests.
Chart numbers are the highest position achieved by the record.
Unless otherwise noted, 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).
  
OPENING THEME:  Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

1. Peter Paul and Mary:  “I dig rock and roll music” (1967)  #9

2. Chuck Berry:  “Johnny B. Goode” (1958) #8, #2 R&B

3. Bread: “Guitar Man” (1972) #11, #1 Easy Listening

4. Beatles:  “While my guitar gently weeps” (1968) 
Both George Harrison and Eric Clapton play guitar

5. Lemon Pipers:  “Green tambourine”  (1967) #1
One of first bubblegum songs to top the charts. First #1 hit for Buddah records, the premier label for bubblegum.



6. Byrds:   “Tambourine man” (1965)         #1 Pop chart
While the group sang on the track, they did not play.

7. Preston Epps:  “Bongo Rock”  (1959) #14 Pop chart



8. Arthur Conley: “Sweet soul music” (1967)        #2
Opening riff quoted from Elmer Bernstein’s score for 1960 movie The Magnificent Seven

9. Doobie Brothers:  “Listen to the music” (1972)  #11

10. Kiki Dee: “I’ve got the music in me”  (1974) #12

11. Carole King (b’day week artist): “Jazz Man” (1974) #2
Sax solo by Tom Scott. Song refers to Curtis Amy, the musical director for Ray Charles.



12. Dobie Gray:    “Drift Away”   (1973)    #5  

13. Orleans (45 RPM corner): “Let there be music” (1975) # 55

14. Earth Wind & Fire: “Sing a Song”  (1975) #5, #1 R&B,

15. Sonny and Cher: “The Beat goes on” (1967)  #6
Backing track provided by the crack studio session group The Wrecking Crew. “And the beat goes on” is inscribed on Sonny Bono’s headstone.  



16. Turtles: “Story of rock and roll”   (1968)  

17. Dire Straits: “Sultans of Swing” (1978) #4

18. Fabian (b’day week artist):  “Tiger”   (1959)    #3
                     
19. Roberta Flack (b’day week artist): “Killing Me Softly…”  (1973)  Spent 5 non-consecutive weeks at #1—more than any other record in 1973

20. Leon Russel:  “Song for you”      (1970)   
Many artists have covered this song, originally written for and about Rita Coolidge.



21. *Grateful Dead: “Playing in the Band” (request) (1971)

22. *Orleans: “Dance with Me” (request) (1975)  #6

23. Who: “Squeeze Box”    (1975)    #16

24. *Billy Joel: “Piano Man” (request) (1973)  #6

25. O’Jays (45 corner): “I love music” (1975)  #5, # 1 soul chart



26. John Mellencamp: “ROCK in the USA” (1985) #2

29. Neil Diamond:   “Song Sung Blue” (1972) #1

27. Cass Elliot:  “Make your own kind of music” (1969)             #36, #6 Adult Contemporary. Written by legendary song writing team Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill.



28.  Vicki Sue Robinson: “Turn the beat around” (1976)
#10. Started life as a dance club record and was first played on radio in Boston.

29. Four Tops:  “Same Old Song”  (1965) #5, #2 R&B
Created in 24 hours from inception to acetate release to radio stations.

30. *Sam Cooke:  “Having a party” (request) (1962) #17, #4 R&B. The party goers heard on the record included many of Cooke’s friends, including Lou Rawls.

31. Showmen:  “It will stand” (1961) #61



32. Dr. Hook: “Cover of the Rolling Stone” (1972) #6 Written by humorist Shel Silverstein.




33. George Harrison:  “This Song”  (1976) #25
Recorded after Harrison lost a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that My Sweet Lord had substantially the same melody as He’s So Fine by the Chiffons.

34. John Miles: “Music”      (1976)    #88  
Song produced by Alan Parsons. Miles toured with Tina Turner playing guitar and keyboards and singing backup.

35. *Ian Hunter: “Old Records Never Die” (request) (1981)

36. War:  “All Day Music”   (1971)          

37. Music Explosion: “Little bit of soul”  (1964)  #2

38. New Seekers:  “I’d like to teach the world to sing” (1971) #7 Sold 12 million copies. Started life as a jingle to a Coca Cola commercial. Coke waived some royalties, donating proceeds to UNICEF.



39. Rod Stewart:  “Mandolin wind”  (1971)                  

40. Barry White: “Let the Music Play”  (1976)  #32, #4 R&B

41. Monkees: “Listen to the Band”   (1969)    #63  
First time Mike Nesmith sang lead vocals on a Monkees A-side single

42. Jim Croce: “I’ll have to say I love you in a song” (1974) #9, #1 Adult Contemporary

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)

Trivia Question: What is the technical term for music about music?


ANSWER: Meta-Music

Congratulations to Mike from Newfield, for correctly answering the question and winning a Luna Gift Card!



Host Next Week (2/17/18):  Jan Hunsinger with a post-Valentine’s Day spotlight on Songs about Love (or at least mentioning it!)


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