Rockin' Remnants
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Date: Jan 12, 2013
Host: John Simon (JS)
Feature: Jan 12, 1964
Background: The country was still reeling from the shocking assassination of JFK. The music was fairly innocuous, and nobody had a clue that things were about to be completely turned upside-down by a little 7” single that would debut at #45 next week.
Birthday Calendar
Jan 8 - Little Anthony Gourdine (The Imperials) - 73 years old
Jan 8 - Robbie Krieger (The Doors, guitar) - 67 years old
Jan 9 - Joan Baez - 73 years old
Jan 9 - Scott Engel (Walker Brothers) - 70 years old
Jan 9 - Jimmy Page (session player, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin) - 69 years old
Rock and Roll Trivia
Clue 1: This Michigan-born singer, songwriter and R’n’R Hall-of-Fame inductee took 5 of his compositions to the Top 40 before the onslaught of the British Invasion. After that, most of his success was with covers of other artists’ songs.
Clue 2: He recorded songs that are still strongly identified with The Beatles, The Stones, Peter & Gordon and even Bonnie Raitt.
Clue 3: His first big hit featured a lead instrument called the Musitron, which was an early version of the synthesizer.
(scroll down for the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
6-7pm
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock 'n' Roll - Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys - 1969 - peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100, produced by Jimi Hendrix
Have You Heard – The Duprees (#49, down from a peak of #18)
Forget Him – Bobby Rydell (at #5 this week, headed to #4)
My One and Only Jimmy Boy – The Girlfriends (headed to #49)
The Harlem Shuffle – Bob & Earl (#70, headed to #44)
You Don’t Own Me – Lesley Gore (at #37 this week, headed to #2)
In My Room – Beach Boys (b-side of “Be True to Your School,” reached #44)
See the Funny Little Clown – Bobby Goldsboro (headed to #9)
Hey Jude – Wilson Pickett
*California Sun – Rivieras
*Big Girls Don’t Cry – 4 Seasons
Duke of Earl – Gene Chandler
Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke
I Was Born to Cry – Dion [this b-side reached #42 in the spring of ’62]
It’s All in the Game – Cliff Richard (headed to #25. This is what most of America thought “British Pop” sounded like)
I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles [would debut next week at #45; 2 weeks later it would begin a 7-week run at #1…and the rest is history]
*Last Kiss – J. Frank Wilson
7-8pm (birthdays and trivia)
Hurt So Bad – Little Anthony & The Imperials (#10 in early ’65)
Love Me Two Times – Doors (#25 in Jan. ‘68)
No Expectations – Joan Baez [released as a single in early ’70. Didn’t chart.]
Lights of Cincinnati – Scott Walker [#13 single in the UK, 6/69]
Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore – Walker Bros.
Here Comes the Night – Lulu [the original, with Jimmy Page on guitar]
Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
Cold, Cold Winter – Pixies Three (#98, down from #79)
*Girl From Ipanema – Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz
Jody – Del Shannon [the b-side of his big #1 hit “Runaway”]
From Me to You – Del Shannon [the first Lennon/McCartney composition to chart in the US, summer of ‘63]
Can I Get a Witness – Marvin Gaye
*Dancin’ in the Streets – Martha & The Vandellas
8-9pm
Don’t Ever Be Lonely – Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose
Kung Fu Fighting – Van McCoy
It’s a Heartache – Bonnie Tyler
*Blow Away – George Harrison
Wildflower – Skylark
Dreamin’ – Cliff Richard
You Keep Me Hangin’ On/Hurt So Bad – Jackie DeShannon [her final single for Imperial Records, 4/70; didn’t chart]
You Can’t Change That – Raydio
If She Knew What She Wants – Bangles
*Time Loves a Hero – Little Feat [a dedication: “To Julia from Abel”]
Brass in Pocket – The Pretenders
Can’t Get Over Losing You – Donnie Elbert
China Grove – Doobie Brothers
When the Lovelight is Shining In His Eyes – The Supremes (this record peaked at #23 and didn’t even register on the R&B chart. Motown was preparing to cut the hitless group from their roster - and their next record would only reach #93. And then…10 of their next 13 singles reached #1 on the Pop charts, making them the most successful “girl group” of all-time)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk - Santo and Johnny - 1959 - #1 for two weeks
Trivia Answer
A: Del Shannon. (Congratulations to Chip, this week's winner!)
Next Week (Jan 19): John Simon and Kim Vaughan with a spotlight on Jan 19, 1968
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