Oct 13, 2012 - JR - 1979

Rockin' Remnants

Date:  10-13-12

Host:  John Rudan

Feature:  1979

Birthdays

Oct 7 -- John Cougar Mellencamp, 61
Oct 9 -- Jackson Browne, 64.
Oct 9 -- John Lennon was born in 1940; he would have been 72 this year.
Oct 11 -- Daryl Hall (of Hall & Oates), 63.
Oct 13 -- Paul Simon, 71.

Trivia

Clue 1:
This artist had the #1 Billboard Hot 100 single for both 1972 and 1973 (also won Grammy for Record and Song of the Year).

Clue 2:
This artist graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and was discovered by jazz pianist Les McCann.

Clue 3:
This artist sang duet hits with Donny Hathaway in the 70's.

Answer is below the playlist...

Playlist

Heartache Tonight -- Eagles -- 1979 -- Billboard Hot 100 chart debut #52; #1 on 11/10/1979 for 1 week

Tusk -- Fleetwood Mac -- 1979 -- Billboard Hot 100 chart debut #64; peaked at #8 on 11/17/1979

Babe -- Styx -- 1979 -- Billboard Hot 100 chart debut #72; #1 on 12/08/1979 for 2 weeks

 

Dream Police -- Cheap Trick -- 1979 -- Billboard Hot 100 chart debut #79; peaked at #27 on 11/24/1979

You Were On My Mind -- We Five -- 1965

A Place In The Sun -- Stevie Wonder -- 1966

Old Cape Cod -- Patti Page -- 1957

Without Love (There Is Nothing) -- Clyde McPhatter -- 1957

Help Me Rhonda -- Beach Boys -- 1965 -- Only Beach Boys #1 single with Al Jardine on lead vocals

 

Naturally Stoned -- The Avant-Garde -- 1968 -- Future TV game show host Chuck Woolery wrote and sang lead vocals

Funky Broadway -- Wilson Pickett -- 1967

Proud Mary -- CCR -- 1969

A Question Of Tempature -- Balloon Farm -- 1968

 

Dim All The Lights -- Donna Summer -- 1979

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough -- Michael Jackson -- 1979 -- #1 on 10/13/1979 for 1 week

The Only Living Boy in New York -- Simon and Garfunkel -- 1970 -- "B"-side of hit 45 "Cecilia"

 

The Sound of Silence -- Simon and Garfunkel -- 1966

I'm A Loser -- Beatles -- 1965

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) -- Beatles -- 1966

Sad Eyes -- Robert John -- 1979

 

Sail On -- Commodores -- 1979

Cruisin' -- Smokey Robinson -- 1979

Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' -- Journey -- 1979 -- 45 version, not available on CD or LP

 



Book Of Love -- Monotones -- 1958

Mountain Of Love -- Harold Dorman -- 1961

Tobacco Road -- Nashville Teens -- 1964 -- Written by prolific American songwriter John D. Loudermilk

 

Bits And Pieces -- Dave Clark Five -- 1964

Out Of Left Field -- Percy Sledge -- 1967

Come A Little Bit Closer -- Jay And The Americans -- 1964

Rock Me On The Water -- Jackson Browne -- 1972

 

She's Gone -- Hall & Oates -- 1974

Ain't Even Done With The Night -- John Cougar -- 1981

Gotta Serve Somebody -- Bob Dylan -- 1979

The Closer I Get To You -- Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway -- 1978

Lonesome Loser -- Little River Band -- 1979 -- 45 version, not available on CD or LP

 



After The Love Is Gone -- Earth, Wind and Fire -- 1979

Driver's Seat -- Sniff & The Tears -- 1979

Blood Red And Going Down -- Tanya Tucker -- 1973

 

Theme From "The Greatest American Hero" -- Joey Scarbury -- 1981

Abracadabra -- Steve Miller Band -- 1982

Have You Ever Seen The Rain -- CCR -- 1971

Answer to this week's trivia question:

ROBERTA FLACK

 



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