January 6, 2024
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: All Things "New"
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
What's New Pussycat? - Tom Jones (1965 - #3: Jones was reluctant to record this Burt Bacharach-Hal David composition, but it turned out to be a big hit)
Brand New Key - Melanie (1971 - #1: song went to #1 on Christmas Day, 1971, and stayed there until January 15, 1972)
New Kid in Town - The Eagles (1976 - #1: song made its chart debut on December 18, 1976, and reached #1 in February of 1977; from the classic LP "Hotel California")
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Pt. I - James Brown (1965 - #8: song ranks #72/RS500, one of 94 charting singles for the Godfather of Soul)
New World Coming - Mama Cass Elliot (1970 - #42: written by the songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil)
You Make Me Feel Brand New - The Stylistics (1974 - #2: featuring the unmistakable falsetto of lead singer Russell Tompkins, Jr.)
A Brand New Me - Dusty Springfield (1969 - #24: Dusty's last Top 40 single as a solo artist)
Bread and Butter - The Newbeats (1964 - #2: million-selling single for the group out of Shreveport, La.)
Things I'd Like to Say - The New Colony Six (1968 - #16: soft-rock group out of Chicago)
Green Green - The New Christy Minstrels (1963 - #14: song featured Barry McGuire on lead vocals)
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony) - The New Seekers (1971 - #7: song was derived from a Coke commercial)
45 Corner
(One of These Days) Sunday's Gonna Come on Tuesday - The New Establishment (1969 - #92: sunshine pop song that snuck onto the charts, the only charting single for the group)
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton (1972 - #4: biggest hit for the artist who is said to have perfect pitch)
Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudeville Band (1966 - #1: song spent 3 weeks at #1 and won a Grammy for Best Rock and Roll Record for the English group)
Won't Find Better (Than Me) - The New Hope (1970 - #57: band took their name from their hometown in Pennsylvania)
Brand New Heartache - The Everly Brothers (1960 - #109: song that "bubbled under" for the duo)
7:00 - 8:00 - The Birthday Calendar
December 31:
John Denver [Henry John Deutschendorf] - b. 1943
Pete Quaife (The Kinks) - b. 1943
Burton Cummings - 77
January 1:
"Country" Joe McDonald - 82
January 2:
Roger Miller - b. 1936
Michael "Chick" Churchill (Ten Years After) - 78
January 3:
George Martin - b. 1926
Stephen Stills - 79
John Paul Jones - 78
January 4:
Arthur Conley - b. 1946
Pete Haycock (Climax Blues Band) - b. 1951
January 5:
Sam Phillips - b. 1923
Wilbert Harrison - b. 1929
Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz] - b. 1934
Athol Guy (The Seekers) - 84
Thom Mooney (Nazz) - 76
Chris Stein (Blondie) - 74
January 6:
Nino Tempo [Antonio LoTiempo] - 89
Paul Wilson (The Flamingos) - b. 1935
Doris Troy - b. 1937
Van McCoy - b. 1940
Looking for Space - John Denver (1976 - #29: from his LP "Windsong")
All Day and All of the Night - The Kinks (1964 - #7: Pete Quaife played bass for the band from 1963-69)
No Time - The Guess Who (1970 - #5: Burton Cummings was lead singer/songwriter/keyboardist for the Canadian group)
Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - "Country" Joe and the Fish (1967 - #95: Joe McDonald's parents were communists who named their son after Joseph Stalin)
Dang Me - Roger Miller (1964 - #7: Miller's first charting single on the pop charts won him 3 Grammys)
I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After (1971 - #40: "Chick" Churchill was keyboardist for the British band, which performed at Woodstock)
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles (1966 - #11: producer George Martin arranged and conducted the string quartet that performs on this Beatles classic, which ranks #137/RS500)
Marianne - Stephen Stills (1971 - #42: Stills ranks #28 on Rolling Stones magazine's 2003 list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time)
Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid (1970 - #65: only "Maid" charted on the BBHot100, but "Heartbreaker" features John Paul Jones' bass playing)
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley (1967 - #2: song was written by Sam Cooke and produced by Otis Redding)
Couldn't Get It Right - Climax Blues Band (1977 - #3: Pete Haycock was lead vocalist and guitarist for the British group)
That's All Right - Elvis Presley (1954 - DNC: from the King's first recording session at Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio and rock history was made; song ranks #112/RS500)
Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison (1959 - #1: song was written in 1952 by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; Harrison's version sold over a million copies)
8:00 - 9:00
My Little Town - Simon & Garfunkel (1975 - #9: Phil Ramone produced songs for many artists, including this reunion song for Simon & Garfunkel)
Red Rubber Ball - The Seekers (1966 - DNC: Paul Simon co-wrote this song with Seekers member Bruce Woodley; it was a hit for The Cyrkle)
Hello It's Me - Nazz (1969 - #66: Thom Mooney was the drummer for the group; band member Todd Rundgren wrote the song and would later re-record it as a solo artist)
One Way or Another - Blondie (1979 - #24: Chris Stein was lead guitarist for the band; song ranks #298/RS500)
I Can't Go on Living Baby Without You - Nino Tempo and April Stevens (1967 - #86: brother/sister duo from Niagara Falls; Stevens was born Carol LoTiempo)
Nobody Loves Me Like You - The Flamingos (1960 - #30: another song written by Sam Cooke)
Just One Look - Doris Troy (1963 - #10: original version of song later covered by The Hollies and Linda Ronstadt)
Before and After - Chad & Jeremy (1965 - #17: written by producer/songwriter Van McCoy, who would later hit it big with "The Hustle")
Passing: David Soul [8/28/43 - 1/5/24] star of TV's "Starsky & Hutch" who also had several charting singles, including *"Don't Give Up on Us", which spent 1 week at #1 in 1977.
I Will Always Think About You - The New Colony Six (1968 - #22: other big hit by the Chicago group)
I'll Cry Instead - The Beatles (1964 - #25)
And I Love Her - The Beatles (1964 - #12: both songs from the Capitol LP "Something New" released on July 20, 1964)
*Precious and Few - Climax (1972 - #3: lead singer Sonny Geraci was also lead singer for The Outsiders)
The Girls Song - The 5th Dimension (1970 - #43: song was one of several recorded by the group that was written by Jimmy Webb)
And Suddenly - The Cherry People (1968 - #45: psychedelic pop from the Washington, DC band)
Come on Down to My Boat - Every Mother's Son (1967 - #6: one-hit wonder for a group that got its start in Greenwich Village)
Will You Be Staying After Sunday - The Peppermint Rainbow (1969 - #32: sunshine pop and another one-hit wonder)
Expressway to Your Heart - The Soul Survivors (1967 - #4: song spent 15 weeks on the charts and sold over a million copies)
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