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Date: November 11, 2023
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 1958
Birthday Calendar
Nov 5 – Ike Turner – born in 1931
– Art Garfunkel – age 82
– Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits) – age 76
Nov 6 – Glenn Frey (Eagles) – born in 1948
– PJ Proby – age 85
– Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet) – born in 1941
Nov 7 – Dee Clark – born in 1938
– Johnny Rivers (b. John Ramistella) – age 81
– Joni Mitchell (b. Roberta Joan Anderson) – age 80
Nov 8 – Rickie Lee Jones – age 69
Nov 9 – Mary Travers (Peter, Paul, & Mary) – born in 1936
Nov 10 – Ronnie Hammond (Atlanta Rhythm Section) – born in 1950
Nov 11 – LaVern Baker (b. Dolores Evans) – born in 1929
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
There were 3 songs by The Everly Brothers on the Hot 100 this week in 1958. We heard one of them, Bird Dog, during last week’s show. Name either of the others.
(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
· 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
· a glossary of terms is below the playlist
6-7pm
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
It’s All In The Game – Tommy Edwards (#3 this week in 1958, having recently spent six weeks at #1)
Tom Dooley – The Kingston Trio (#2 this week, and it would reach #1 the following week)
It’s Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (#1 this week)
Forget Me Not – The Kalin Twins (#17 this week)
This Little Girl’s Gone Rockin’ – Ruth Brown (#58 this week, having peaked at #24 two weeks prior)
Beep Beep – The Playmates (#19 this week, only its second week on the Hot 100. It would peak at #4 in early Dec.)
Dreamy Eyes – Johnny Tillotson (#90 this week. It was his first single to chart on the Hot 100, and both sides charted.)
A Lover’s Question – Clyde McPhatter (#20 this week. It would peak at #6 in early 1959, and would reach #1 on the R&B chart.)
* My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own – Connie Francis (1960, #1 for two weeks)
* I’d Love To Change The World – Ten Years After (1971, #40)
I Got A Feeling – Ricky Nelson (peaking at #10 this week. The a-side of the single, Lonesome Town, would peak at #7 in early Dec.)
Little Star – The Elegants (#40 this week, after having topped the chart back in Aug)
Crazy Country Hop – The Johnny Otis Show (#93 this week)
Tears On My Pillow – Little Anthony & The Imperials (#14 this week, after peaking at #4 a few weeks earlier)
Devoted To You – The Everly Brothers (#68 this week, falling after a peak at #10. They had 37 songs on the Hot 100 during the 50s and 60s, and 15 of those were Top Ten hits.)
7-8pm
Do You Mean It – Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm (1957, did not chart)
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel (1970, #1 for six weeks)
This Door Swings Both Ways – Herman’s Hermits (1966, #12)
Sunshine Girl – Herman’s Hermits (1968, spent three weeks at #101 on the “Bubbling Under The Hot 100” chart)
Peaceful Easy Feeling – The Eagles (1972, reached #22 in early 1973, with Glenn Frye singing)
Niki Hoeky – PJ Proby (1967, #23)
Mendocino – The Sir Douglas Quintet (1969, #27)
Raindrops – Dee Clark (1961, #2)
Memphis – Johnny Rivers (1964, #2 for two weeks)
You Turn Me On I’m A Radio – Joni Mitchell (1972, reached #25 in early 1973)
Chuck E’s In Love – Rickie Lee Jones (1979, #4)
Lemon Tree – Peter, Paul, & Mary (1962, #35, their first Hot 100 song)
* Puff The Magic Dragon – Peter, Paul, & Mary (1963, #2)
So In To You – Atlanta Rhythm Section (1977, #7)
8-9pm
I Can’t Love You Enough – LaVern Baker (1956, #22, R&B #7)
The Blob – The Five Blobs (#35 this week in 1958, the title song from the film of the same name)
To Know Him, Is To Love Him – The Teddy Bears (#5 this week, and it would soon spend three weeks at #1. Phil Spector was a member of the trio.)
Look Who’s Blue – Don Gibson (#61 this week)
Bimbombey – Jimmie Rodgers (debuted at #67 this week; it would reach #11)
Blue Ribbon Baby – Tommy Sands & The Raiders (#96 this week, having peaked at #50)
One Bad Apple – The Osmonds (1971, #1 for five weeks)
Southern Nights – Glen Campbell (1977, #1, also Country #1)
* Eve Of Destruction – Barry McGuire (1965, #1)
Town Without Pity – Gene Pitney (1961, reached #13 in early 1962)
Baby I Love You – Dave Edmunds (1973, a cover of the Ronettes song. It did not chart in the US although it was a Top Ten hit in the UK and Ireland. His version of the Smiley Lewis song I Hear You Knocking had been a Top Ten hit in the US in early 1971.)
I Can Help – Billy Swan (1974, #1 for two weeks)
Hot Child In The City – Nick Gilder (1978, #1)
O-o-h Child – The Five Stairsteps (1970, #8)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
Devoted To You was one of the songs by The Everly Brothers on this week’s Hot 100 in 1958, and that’s the answer our winner gave. Problems was also on the chart this week, and (as mentioned in the question) so was Bird Dog.
Congratulations to Sofia from Houston (currently visiting Ithaca), for correctly answering the question and winning two passes to Cinemapolis!
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 Next Week (Nov 18): Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on his 45 collection
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