Rockin'
Remnants
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Date: September 28, 2024
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: oldies
Birthday Calendar
Sept 22 – Debby Boone – age 68
Sept 23 – Ray Charles – born in 1930
– Bruce Springsteen – age 75
Sept 24 – Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut (Angels) – age 82
– Rosa Lee Hawkins (Dixie Cups) – born in 1945
Sept 25 – Erik Darling (Tarriers, Weavers, Rooftop Singers) – born in 1933
Sept 26 – Marty Robbins – born in 1925
– George Chambers (Chambers Bros) – born in 1931
– Lynn Anderson – born in 1947
– Olivia Newton-John – born in 1948
Sept 27 – Randy Bachman (Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive) – age 81
Sept 28 – Ben E. King – born in 1938
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
For the birthday of Lynn Anderson, we heard an album track called “Flower Of Love”. Her biggest hit on the Hot 100 (and one of many #1s she had on the Country chart) had the name of a specific flower in it. What was the name of the song?
Extra hints: It was a Joe South song, and it was recorded by other artists including Billy Joe Royal and Dobie Gray, although Lynn Anderson was the only artist to chart on the Hot 100 with this song during the Rockin’ Remnants era. It was also a Hot 100 hit for another artist in the late 1980s under a different title, “I Beg Your Pardon.” What was the title when Lynn Anderson charted with it?
(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)
A Wonderful Dream – The Majors (1962, #22)
I Can’t Stay Mad At You – Skeeter Davis (1963, #7)
Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke (1962, #13)
Cry Baby – Garnet Mimms (1963, #4, R&B #1)
A Certain Girl – Ernie K-Doe (1961, #71, best known for the song Mother-In-Law)
Can I Get To Know You Better – The Turtles (1966, #89)
I Hear Trumpets Blow – The Tokens (1966, #30)
Baby, Come Back – The Equals (1968, #32, the only song that charted for this British-Jamaican group)
Single Girl – Sandy Posey (1966, #12)
Down In The Valley – Solomon Burke (1962, #71)
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) – Ernie Maresca (1962, #6, his only hit as a performer. He is also the songwriter of Runaround Sue, which is one of the songs he references in the lyrics of Shout! Shout!)
Green Tambourine – The Lemon Pipers (1967, reached #1 in early 1968)
Let’s Start The Party Again – Little Eva (1963, #123, another Goffin-King composition. Her first hit Locomotion was as well; Carole King and Gerry Goffin discovered Little Eva when she babysat their daughter.)
I Know One – Jim Reeves (1960, #82)
Brink Of Disaster – Lesley Gore (1967, #82)
Good Timin’ – Jimmy Jones (1960, #3)
It’s Only Make Believe – Conway Twitty (1958, #1 for two weeks)
Poor Baby – The Cowsills (1968, #44)
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash (1972, #1 for four weeks)
7-8pm
You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone (1977, #1 for ten weeks)
(Night Time Is) The Right Time – Ray Charles (1959, #95)
Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen (1975, #23)
(Love Me) Now – The Angels (1963, the non-charting b-side of My Boyfriend’s Back)
Little Bell – The Dixie Cups (1964, #51)
Walk Right In – The Rooftop Singers (1963, #1 for two weeks)
* El Paso – Marty Robbins (1959, spent two weeks at #1 in early 1960, and was #1 on the Country chart)
* My Woman, My Woman, My Wife – Marty Robbins (1970, #42, Country #1)
Time Has Come Today – The Chambers Brothers (1968, #11)
Flower Of Love – Lynn Anderson (from her 1969 album With Love, From Lynn)
Let Me Be There – Olivia Newton-John (1973, reached #6 in early 1974)
Baby’s Birthday – The Guess Who (1965, the b-side of their version of Hurting Each Other. The label listed their name as Guess Who’s.)
Ecstasy – Ben E. King (1962, #56)
8-9pm
* Every Time I Think Of You – The Babys (1979, #13)
Try A Little Kindness – Glen Campbell (1969, #23)
It’s All Right – The Impressions (1963, #4)
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Paul Simon (1972, #22)
* The Story In Your Eyes – The Moody Blues (1971, #23)
Lady – Little River Band (1979, #10)
Since You Been Gone – Rainbow (1979, #57)
Wig-Wam Bam – The Sweet (1973, did not chart)
Yellow Balloon – Yellow Balloon (1967, #25. The promotional record came with a yellow balloon.)
She’s A Rainbow – The Rolling Stones (1967, #25)
Apeman – The Kinks (1971, #45)
The Kids Are Alright – The Who (1966, #106)
Arms Of Mary – Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (1976, #81)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
Rose Garden was the name of Lynn Anderson’s highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100.
Congratulations to Michael from 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 (Oct 5): Jan Hunsinger with a spotlight on songs from the movie Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
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