Apr 27, 2013 - JR - 1977

Rockin' Remnants

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Date:  April 27, 2013

Host:  John Rudan

Feature:  4-27-77

Birthday Calendar

Apr 22 – Glen Campbell – age 77

Apr 23 – Roy Orbison – born in 1936

Apr 24 – Doug Clifford (CCR) – age 68

Apr 25 – Stu Cook (CCR) age 68

Apr 26 – Duane Eddy – age 75

             – Bobby Rydell – age 71

Apr 27 – Ace Frehley (KISS) – age 60

Rock and Roll Trivia

Clue 1:  This group was composed of former members of The Byrds, Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Clue 2:  Formed in Boulder, CO, this band was known for its “soft rock” sound of the 70s.

Clue 3:  Their first and only Top 10 single, “You Are the Woman”, peaked at #9 in the fall of 1976.

(scroll down for the answer below the playlist)

Playlist

(songs in bold are from the spotlight date of  4-27-77 ; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests)

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

Southern Nights – Glen Campbell – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #1 on 4/27/1977, 1 week; song written by Allen Toussaint

Hotel California – The Eagles – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #2 on 4/27/1977; #1 for 1 week on 5/7

When I Need You – Leo Sayer – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #4 on 4/27/1977; #1 for 1 week on 5/14

So Into You – Atlanta Rhythm Section – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #7 on 4/27/1977

Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #10 on 4/27/1977; #1 for 3 weeks on 5/21

 Red Rubber Ball – The Cyrkle – 1966 – Written by Paul Simon; can be heard done live by S&G on several CD anthologies

There’s a Kind of Hush – Herman’s Hermits – 1967

Let’s Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key) – Jay and the Americans – 1965

Treat My Baby Good – Bobby Darin – 1963

Bernadette – The Four Tops – 1967

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – "Cannonball" Adderley  – 1967

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – The Buckinghams – 1967 – Of the four charting versions of this song in 1967, the Buckinghams peaked the highest at #5, while Cannonball topped out at #11

Lucille – Kenny Rogers – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #21 on 4/27/1977

Calling Dr. Love – KISS – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #20 on 4/27/1977

7-8pm

Running Scared – Roy Orbison – 1961 – The Big O’s first BB #1, 6/5/1961 for one week

Ride Away – Roy Orbison – 1965


I Put a Spell on You – Creedence Clearwater Revival – 1968 – The first two CCR single releases were written by men named Hawkins:  “Suzie Q” by Dale Hawkins, and “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

Forty Miles of Bad Road – Duane Eddy – 1959

We Got Love – Bobby Rydell – 1959

Gonna Fly Now – Bill Conti – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #58 on 4/27/1977; theme from “Rocky”, #1 for 1 week on 7/2

Dancing Queen – ABBA – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #26 on 4/27/1977; only U.S. #1 single for these Swedish superstars!

Lido Shuffle – Boz Scaggs – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #14 on 4/27/1977

Cinderella – Firefall – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #38 on 4/27/1977

Lemon Tree – Peter, Paul and Mary – 1962 – First single release, peaked at BB Hot 100 #35

Warm and Tender Love – Percy Sledge – 1966

Good Lovin’ – The Olympics – 1965 – Their version peaked at BB Hot 100 #81

Good Thing – Paul Revere and the Raiders – 1967

Is That All There Is – Peggy Lee – 1969 – Miss Lee’s last charting single, peaked at BB Hot 100 #11

8-9pm

Here Comes the Sun – Richie Havens – 1971 – Passed away on April 22 at age 72.  Rest in peace, Richie!

Jet Airliner – Steve Miller Band – 1977 – BB Hot 100 debut at #71 on 4/27/1977; “clean” 45 version

You and Me – Alice Cooper – 1977 – BB Hot 100 debut at #80 on 4/27/1977

Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel – 1977 – BB Hot 100 debut at #90 on 4/27/1977; peaked at #68

Weekend in New England – Barry Manilow – 1975

Mockingbird – Carly Simon and James Taylor – 1974 – Carly & JT’s version peaked at BB Hot 100 #5, beating out the original version by Inez Foxx with Charlie Foxx by 2 spots

The Rapper – The Jaggerz – 1970 – 45 version

Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma – The New Seekers featuring Eve Graham – 1970 – The first three single releases by The New Seekers were written by Melanie:  “Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma”, “Beautiful People”, and “The Nickel Song”

Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #41 on 4/27/1977; 45 version, not available on LP or CD

Lonely Boy – Andrew Gold – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #22 on 4/27/1977

Couldn’t Get It Right – Climax Blues Band – 1977 – BB Hot 100 #12 on 4/27/1977

Forget Me Nots – Patrice Rushen – 1982

A Little Bit of Heaven – Natalie Cole – 1985

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk - Santo and Johnny - 1959 - #1 for two weeks

Trivia Answer:

A:  FIREFALL.  Drummer Michael Clarke was in The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, bassist Mark Andes was in Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, and singer Rick Roberts was also in the Flying Burrito Brothers.  (Congratulations to Bill from Ithaca, who correctly answered the question and won the $10 gift certificate to the Scale House Brewpub / Northeast Pizza!)

Blog-only content:

Richie Havens passed away on Monday, April 22.  Here is a link to a video of him performing "Freedom" at Woodstock (he was improvising since the next act was late arriving), along with an ad in which he sings the tag line at the end.

Freedom - Richie Havens

Amtrak ad

Host Next Week (May 4):  John Rudan "The 70's Man" with a spotlight on May 4th, 1978

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