April 15, 2023
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Songs about 'Stones/Stoned'
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Playlist
· 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
· a glossary of terms is below the playlist
6:00 - 7:00
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Hearts of Stone - The Jewels (1954 - DNC: great 'lost' doo-wop song that was a hit for The Charms (#15); this version has been called "a crude but amazing performance")
Hearts of Stone - The Fontane Sisters (1955 - #1: great example of how white groups would copy songs of black acts to get songs on the radio; this version was #1 for 3 weeks)
Heart of Stone - The Rolling Stones (1965 - #19: the band's second Top 20 hit; Jack Nitzsche helped out on piano and tambourine)
Hearts of Stone - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1978 - NR: Bruce Springsteen wrote the song which was the title track off of the group's third (and great!) LP)
I'll Turn to Stone - The Four Tops (1967 - #76: song was released as the flip side to "7 Rooms of Gloom" and charted in its own right)
Turn to Stone - The Electric Light Orchestra (1977 - #13: band leader Jeff Lynne wrote this hit for the group out of Birmingham, England)
Turn to Stone - Joe Walsh (1975 - #93: Rolling Stone magazine rated Walsh #54 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time")
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations (1972 - #1: we heard the single version that is 6:54 in length, the LP version clocks in at 12:04; #168/RS500)
Rollin' Stone - Perry Como (1951 - #24: Mr. C is backed by the Fontane Sisters on this pre-rock'n'roll era hit)
45 Corner
Stoney End - Barbra Streisand (1970 - #6: song was written by Laura Nyro; a version by TV star Peggy Lipton bubbled under at #121 in 1968)
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965 - #2: called "one of the most influential songs in rock music", it ranks #1/RS500; "Help" by The Beatles kept it out of the top spot on the BB Hot100)
Birthday Calendar:
April 9:
Carl Perkins - born 1932
Philip Wright (Paper Lace) - 75
April 10:
Sheb Wooley - b. 1921
Nate Nelson (The Flamingos) - b. 1932
Bobby Smith (The Spinners) - b. 1936
April 11:
Richard Berry - b. 1935
April 12:
Tiny Tim (born Herbert Khaury) - b. 1932
John Kay (born Joachim Krauledat) - 79
Willie Parnell (Archie Bell and the Drells) - 79
David Cassidy - b. 1950
April 13:
Horace Key (The Tams) - b. 1934
Lester Chambers - 83
Jack Casady - 79
Al Green - 77
Max Weinberg (E Street Band) - 72
April 14:
Tony Burrows - 81
April 15:
Dave Edmunds - 79
Matchbox - Carl Perkins (1957 - DNC: one of several Perkins songs later covered by The Beatles; Perkins was one of Sun Records' "Million Dollar Quartet")
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace (1974 - #1: Philip Wright was the drummer and lead singer for the Nottingham, England group)
Detroit City #2 - Ben Colder (1963 - #90: after some early hits, Sheb Wooley began recording under this name)
Lovers Never Say Goodbye - The Flamingos (1959 - #52: first charting single for the doo-wop group out of Chicago)
One of Kind (Love Affair) - The Spinners (1973 - #11: Bobby Smith was the lead singer for this Detroit R & B group)
Louie, Louie - Richard Berry (1957 - DNC: original version of the garage-band classic; Berry wrote the song and had unfortunately signed his rights to it away in 1959, but when it was used in a 1980s commercial Berry sued for the rights back and became a millionaire)
April Showers - Tiny Tim (1966 - DNC: Tiny was still 2 years away from becoming a cultural phenomenon when he cut this song written in 1921 for Blue Cat Records)
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (1968 - #3: John Kay co-wrote the classic song for the Canadian-American band)
Tighten Up - Archie Bell and the Drells (1968 - #1: song spent 2 weeks at #1)
Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted - The Partridge Family (1971 - #6: teen heart-throb David Cassidy played Keith Partridge on the early '70s TV show)
What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am) - The Tams (1963 - #9: big hit for the Atlanta group who took their name from the tam o'shanter hats they wore)
I Can't Turn You Loose - The Chambers Brothers (1968 - #37: Lester Chambers was the lead singer for the interracial group; Otis Redding wrote the song)
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane (1967 - #8: Jack Casady played bass for the band; this classic track ranks #478/RS500)
Let's Get Married - Al Green (1974 - #32: Green has won 11 Grammys and has been called "The Last of the Great Soul Singers)
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (1978 - #42: Max Weinberg has been drumming for the band since 1974)
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse (1970 - #5: Tony Burrows provided vocals for several one-hit wonder bands, like White Plains and The Brotherhood of Man)
Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds (1979 - #65: his cover of the Elvis Costello song, it went to #4 in the UK for the singer born in Cardiff, Wales)
*Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension (1968 - #3: another song written by Laura Nyro)
Born to Be a Rolling Stone - Gene Vincent (1967 - DNC: Vincent had a second career in the UK after his initial US stardom, but this particular single wasn't released in the UK)
And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison (1970 - NR: song that kicks off Van the Man's classic "Moondance" LP)
I'm Stone in Love With You - The Stylistics (1972 - #10: Philly soul with the falsetto lead vocal by Russell Thompkins, Jr.)
Stone Cold Soul - Jackie DeShannon (1971 - DNC: later single from one of the first female singer-songwriters of the rock'n'roll era)
Stoned Love - The Supremes (1970 - #7: post-Diana Ross hit by the trio; we heard the long intro version)
Let's Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles (1966 - #31: written by the songwriting team of Ashford & Simpson)
*Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan (1966 - #2: from his "Blonde on Blonde" LP, Dylan was backed by Nashville studio musicians as well as Robbie Robertson, Joe South, and Al Kooper)
Sunday Morning Coming Down - Johnny Cash (1970 - #46: recorded live at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium as part of Cash's TV show; songwriter Kris Kristofferson was in the audience)
*I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone - The Monkees (1967 - #20: the flip side to their big hit "I'm a Believer" that also charted)
Stone in Love - Journey (1982 - DNC: from their 1981 LP "Escape")
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)
dnc = did not chart
nr = not released as a single at the time
AC = Billboard’s chart for “Adult Contemporary” records
BB = Billboard Magazine, which publishes the Hot 100 chart (previously known as the Top 100), along with several other charts
Bubbling Under = songs that were ranked but fell below the top 100
C&W = Billboard’s chart for “Country & Western” records
R&B = Billboard’s chart for “Rhythm & Blues” records
RRHOF = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
RS500 = Rolling Stone Magazine’s ranked list of the top 500 singles of all-time
Host April 22, 2023: John Simon (JS) with the best of the '50s, '60s, and '70s.
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