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Date: March 28, 2026
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: Spring
Birthday Calendar
Mar 22 – Jeremy Clyde (Chad & Jeremy) – age 85
– Keith Relf (Yardbirds, Renaissance) – born in 1943
Mar 23 – Ric Ocasek (Cars) – born in 1944
– Chaka Khan (Rufus) – age 73
Mar 24 – Carol Kaye (session bassist) – age 91
– Billy Stewart – born in 1937
Mar 25 – Johnny Burnette – born in 1934
– Aretha Franklin – born in 1942
– Elton John – age 79
– Hoyt Axton (songwriter) – born in 1938
Mar 26 – Rufus Thomas – born in 1917
– Diana Ross (Supremes) – age 82
– Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) – age 78
Mar 27 – Sarah Vaughan – born in 1924
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
As part of the birthday calendar, we heard a song from Johnny Burnette. In the first hour of the show, we heard a song from his brother – what was his brother’s name?
(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)
Springtime In My Heart – Bob Collins And The Diamond (1963, did not chart, written by Joe South)
Spring Again – Lou Rawls (1977, the b-side of See You When I Git There)
* Sunday Morning Sunshine – Harry Chapin (1972, #75)
* A Beautiful Morning – The Rascals (1968, #3)
* Calendar Girl – Neil Sedaka (1960, peaked at #4 in early 1961)
* The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) – Simon & Garfunkel (from their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme. A cover version by Harpers Bizarre debuted on the Hot 100 in Feb 1967, and Simon & Garfunkel’s version was issued as the b-side of At The Zoo around the same time.)
Spring – Birdlegs And Pauline And Their Versatility Birds (1963, #94)
* Rock-In Robin – Bobby Day (1958, #2 for two weeks, R&B #1)
* Where The Boys Are – Connie Francis (1961, #4)
Spring Fever – Elvis Presley (1965, from the film Girl Happy)
I Can’t Stand The Rain – Ann Peebles (1973, #38)
Raining In My Heart – Buddy Holly (1959, #88)
The Rains Came Down – Dorsey Burnette (1963, from his album Dorsey Burnette Sings)
* Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles (1969, from the Abbey Road album)
Walkin’ In The Sunshine – Roger Miller (1967, #37)
Sunshine Girl – Herman’s Hermits (1968, #101 for three weeks)
It’s Raining – Irma Thomas (1962, did not chart)
7-8pm
Yesterday’s Gone – Chad & Jeremy (1964, #21, their first Hot 100 hit)
Over Under Sideways Down – The Yardbirds (1966, #13)
Just What I Needed – The Cars (1978, #27, their first Hot 100 entry)
Tell Me Something Good – Rufus (1974, #3 on both the Hot 100 and R&B charts, written by Stevie Wonder)
River Deep Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner (1966, #88)
Summertime – Billy Stewart (1966, #10)
Dreamin’ – Johnny Burnette (1960, #11)
Don’t Play That Song – Aretha Franklin (1970, #11 – the version by Ben E. King in 1962 also peaked at #11)
High Flying Bird – Elton John (1973, from the album Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player)
Joy To The World – Three Dog Night (1971, #1 for six weeks, written by Hoyt Axton)
Cause I Love You – Carla & Rufus (1960, did not chart)
I’m Giving You Your Freedom – The Supremes (1964, b-side of Run Run Run)
Dream On – Aerosmith (1976, #6 – a shorter version peaked at #59 in 1973)
8-9pm
Broken Hearted Melody – Sarah Vaughan (1959, #7 on the Hot 100 and #5 on R&B)
Here I Am – Chip Taylor (1962, #113)
* Wild Thing – The Troggs (1966, #1 for two weeks, written by Chip Taylor)
Hummingbird – Seals & Crofts (1973, #20)
* Summertime – Big Brother & The Holding Company (1968, from their Cheap Thrills album)
Green Grass – Gary Lewis & The Playboys (1966, #8)
Purple Rain Drops – Stevie Wonder (1965, b-side of Uptight Everything’s Alright)
* Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts (1972, #6, their first Hot 100 hit)
Flower Of Love – Lynn Anderson (1969, from the album With Love, From Lynn)
Blossom – James Taylor (1970, from the album Sweet Baby James)
Buzz-Buzz-Buzz – The Hollywood Flames (1957, reached #11 in early 1958)
* The Bird’s The Word – The Rivingtons (1963, #52 – later that year, it was covered by The Trashmen with the new title Surfin’ Bird and reached #4)
Change My Darkness Into Light – The Flirtations (1966, did not chart)
CLOSING THEME: Sleep Walk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
Johnny Burnette’s brother was Dorsey Burnette. Each of them had some great songs, but both of them died young – Johnny at age 30 in a boating accident, and Dorsey at age 46 as a result of a heart attack.
Congratulations to Elissa from Horseheads, 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 (Apr 4): John Simon with a spotlight on Songs From Aprils Past
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