February 24, 2024
Host: Jan Hunsinger (JH)
Spotlight: Double Plays - charting songs done by two artists.
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OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969 - #29: produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Me & Bobby McGee (Roger Miller - #122 1969; Janis Joplin - #1 1971: written by Kris Kristofferson, Miller's version went to #12 on the C&W charts, while Joplin's ranks #148/RS500)
California Sun (Joe Jones - #89 1961; The Rivieras #5 1964: Jones sang about the girls in L.A., while The Rivieras the girls in San Francisco)
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (The Hollies - #7 1970; Neil Diamond - #20 1970: The Hollies version debuted 12/20/69 and peaked in 1970; one of Diamond's few hits that he didn't write himself)
You Were on My Mind (We Five - #3 1965; Crispian St. Peters - #36 1967: song written by Sylvia Fricker of Ian & Sylvia)
Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce - #1 1973; Frank Sinatra - #83 1974: personnel backing Croce included Terry Cashman, Tommy West, and Ellie Greenwich)
Hearts of Stone (The Charms - #15 1955; The Fontane Sisters #1 1955: song was originally done by west coast doo-wop group The Jewels; Fontane Sisters appeared regularly opn the Perry Como TV Show)
Let It Be (The Beatles - #1 1970; Joan Baez - #49 1971: we heard the single version by The Beatles which ranks #20/RS500)
7:00 - 8:00 The Birthday Calendar
February 18:
Bobby Hart [Harshman] - 85
Irma Thomas - 83
Dennis DeYoung (Styx) - 77
John Travolta - 70
February 19:
Bobby Rogers (The Miracles) - b. 1940
Smokey Robinson - 84
Lou Christie [Luigi Sacco] - 81
February 20:
Barbara Ellis (The Fleetwoods) - 84
Lew Soloff (Blood, Sweat & Tears) - b. 1944
Walter Becker (Steely Dan) - b. 1950
February 21:
Nina Simone [Eunice Wayman] - b. 1933
February 22:
Norman "Hurricane" Smith - b. 1923
Ernie K-Doe [Ernest Kador] - b. 1933
[William] Oliver [Swofford] - b. 1945
February 23:
Mike Maxfield (Billy J Kramer & the Dakotas) - b. 1944
February 24:
David "Fathead" Newman - b. 1933
Joanie Sommers - 83
Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) - 82
Nicky Hopkins - b. 1944
Rupert Holmes [David Goldstein] - 77
Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend) - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart (1968 - #27: besides having a couple charting singles under their own names, Boyce and Hart wrote several hits for The Monkees)
Time Is on My Side - Irma Thomas (1964 - DNC: song was released as a "B" side and was later co-opted by the Rolling Stones)
Lady - Styx (1975 - #6: Dennis DeYoung was lead singer and keyboardist for the band)
Let Her In - John Travolta (1976 - #10: Welcome Back Kotter made him a TV star, and Travolta would later cross over to the big screen)
Going to a Go-Go - The Miracles (1966 - #11: all of the members of the group: Bobby Rogers, Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin, and Warren Moore received writing credits for the song)
I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie (1969 - #10: song was arranged in the style of Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" with Ellie Greenwich and Linda Scott providing backing vocals)
Outside My Window - The Fleetwoods (1960 - #28: the trio met as high school students in Olympia, WA)
And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969 - #2: Lew Soloff was trumpeter for the group; Laura Nyro wrote the song)
My Old School - Steely Dan (1973 - #63: autobiographical song of a college drug bust involving band members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen)
I Love You, Porgy - Nina Simone (1959 - #18: song was written by George Gershwin in 1935 for the musical "Porgy and Bess")
O Babe, What would You Say - "Hurricane" Smith (1972 - #3: Smith was an engineer for the first five Beatles LPs)
Mother-in-Law - Ernie K-Doe (1961 - #1: one-hit wonder for the R&B artist from New Orleans)
Good Morning Starshine - Oliver (1969 - #3: song was from the musical "Hair")
Little Children - Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas (1964 - #7: Mike Maxfield played lead guitar for the group, managed by Brian Epstein)
(Night Time Is) The Right Time - Ray Charles (1959 - #95: David Newman played both tenor and alto sax for Charles' backing band)
Johnny Get Angry - Joanie Sommers (1962 - #7: one-hit wonder for the artist from Buffalo; song features a kazoo solo)
Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann (1966 - #29: Paul Jones was lead singer for the group from 1962-66)
She's a Rainbow - The Rolling Stones (1968 - #25: Nicky Hopkins has been called "the greatest studio pianist in rock history" and this is one of the many songs that features his piano stylings)
Thank You Girl - The Street People (1970 - #96: sunshine pop group that Rupert Holmes belonged to before he hit it big with the "Pina Colada" song)
Walk Away Renee (The Left Banke - 1966 #5; The Four Tops #14 1968: baroque pop song that ranks #220/RS500; The Four Tops version is great too!)
*Be My Baby (The Ronettes 1963 #2; Andy Kim 1970 #17: original version was produced by Phil Spector and ranks #22/RS500; Kim's version was a million-seller and won him Best Male Vocalist in his native Canada in 1970)
I Say a Little Prayer (Dionne Warwick 1967 #4; Aretha Franklin 1968 #10: another hit by the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David)
But You Know I Love You (The First Edition 1969 #19; Evie Sands 1970 #110: Kenny Rogers' name was put before the group after this single, which has a great false ending)
Cry to Me (Solomon Burke 1962 #44; Betty Harris 1963 #23: Burke's version was used in the movie "Dirty Dancing")
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959 - #1 for two weeks; brothers Santo [steel guitar] and Johnny [rhythm guitar] Farina from Brooklyn)
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