Rockin' Remnants
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Date: June 8, 2013
Host: John Simon
Feature: 6-8-66
Tonight Rockin' Remnants
looks at early June 1966. The British Invasion was fully integrated into the
mix, “Folk Rock” was securely established, Soul music and Rock ‘n’ Roll were
getting more sophisticated, and Frank Sinatra was about to score his biggest
hit of the Rock ‘n’ Roll era. The Rolling Stones had the #1 record in the land,
but The Beatles’ new single debuted
on this date at #27. Two weeks later it would leap into the top slot.
We’ll also visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC, where Senator Robert F. Kennedy was being memorialized on this date in 1968.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot in the early morning of June 5, 1968. His eulogy and funeral took place on June 8th in NYC's St. Patrick's Cathedral. Singer Andy Williams was asked to sing The Battle Hymn of The Republic in the service, and that performance was recorded and later released on Columbia Records.
Birthday
Calendar
June 2 - Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones, drummer) - 72 years
old
June 3 - Deniece Williams - 62 years
old
June 4 - Michelle Phillips (Mamas & Papas) - 69 years
old
- Gordon Waller (Peter & Gordon) - born in 1945
June 6 - Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) - born in 1936
June 8 - Boz Scaggs - 69 years
old
Rock and
Roll Trivia
Clue
1: This recording artist appeared on Capitol Records for much of his career before launching his own successful record label.
Clue
2: His signature vocal tag line was created in the studio in front of a large audience when the song he was recording ran longer than his lyric sheet - and instead of the "cold ending" he was used to, the song was designed to fade.
Clue 3: Known as "The Chairman of the Board" and "Old Blue Eyes", he was the first artist to score a #1 hit with a father-daughter duet.
Clue 3: Known as "The Chairman of the Board" and "Old Blue Eyes", he was the first artist to score a #1 hit with a father-daughter duet.
(scroll
down for the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
(songs in bold
are from the spotlight date of 6-8-66; 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
I Am a Rock – Simon
& Garfunkel [peaking on this date at #3, for the first of 2 weeks]
Sweet Talkin’ Guy
– Chiffons [at #11 this week, headed to #10]
Opus 17 (Don’t Worry About Me) – 4 Seasons [#14, headed to #13]
Younger Girl – Critters
[#67, headed to #42. A competing version
by The Hondells did better in the western states, but the Critters won the
chart race with this John Sebastian composition]
It’s An Uphill Climb
to The Bottom – Walter Jackson [#96, headed to #88 Pop and #11 R&B]
Don’t Cross Over – Linda Brannon [Bubbled under at #115 in
early ’64]
Come Go With Me – Dell-Vikings
I Got You (I Feel Good) – James Brown
Better Use Your Head
– Little Anthony & Imperials [#58, headed to #54 - but a big hit on the “Northern Soul” dance circuit in the ‘90s and ‘00s]
I’m On the Outside Looking In – Little Anthony &
Imperials [a more-characteristic ballad
from 1965]
When a Woman Loves a
Man – Esther Phillips [this “answer
record” to the Percy Sledge hit, both on Atlantic Records,(which was currently at #4 on the Pop charts
after a two-week run at #1) would stall at #73 next week - but
reach a respectable #26 on the R&B charts]
Paperback Writer – The
Beatles [debuted at #27 this week, headed
to #1 two short weeks later - making it the second-highest debut of any Pop
record up to that time]
I’ll Be Gone – Pozo-Seco
Singers [at #116, headed to only #92 Pop in a few weeks]
You Waited Too Long
– Five Stairsteps [their debut single,
featuring the recently-departed Clarence Burke, Jr. Down to #106 after a peak
at #94 Pop and #16 R&B]
7-8pm
(birthdays, trivia, and a tribute to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy)
* Paint It, Black –
Rolling Stones [peaking at #1 (first of 2 wks)]
There’s No Living
Without Your Loving – Peter & Gordon [peaking at #50]
Got a Feelin’ – Mamas
& Papas [b-side of “Monday, Monday”
peaked at #1 in early May]
Lovin’ You Is Sweeter
Than Ever – Four Tops [headed to #45 Pop, #12 R&B. Co-written by Stevie Wonder, who also laid down the funky drum track!]
Battle Hymn of The Republic – Andy Williams with the St. Charles Borremeo Choir [recorded on
June 8, 1968; see top of post for images]
Abraham, Martin & John – Dion [one of 4 charting versions of this homage to the Kennedy brothers and
Martin Luther King, Jr. - all of whom were gunned down by assassins
within a 4 ½ year span]
Red Rubber Ball –
The Cyrkle [at #19 this week, headed to #2. Written
by American Paul Simon and Australian member of The Seekers Bruce Woodley, who
met on a European tour a year earlier]
Kicks – Paul
Revere & Raiders [down to #27 from a peak of #4]
You Wouldn’t Listen
– Ides of March [at #115, headed to #42]
Along Comes Mary
– Association [at #64, headed to #7]
Girl In Love – The Outsiders [follow-up to Time Won’t Let
Me, at #23 > 21]
* A Groovy Kind of Love – Mindbenders [#5 after 2 weeks at #2]
Strangers In The Night
– Frank Sinatra [at #6 this week, headed
to #1 after Paperback Writer took the top slot -
which the Beatles would re-claim a week later]
8-9pm (70s hour)
On and On – Stephen Bishop [just missed the Top 10 in June1977 – and mentions Frank Sinatra!]
Riding In My Car – NRBQ [College
Radio/FM classic from early ‘70s]
Gypsy – Fleetwood Mac [reached
#12 in the Fall of 1982]
It’s Over – Boz Scaggs [one
of 4 charting songs from his 1976 Silk
Degrees LP]
Love On a Two-Way Street – Moments [in the middle of a 5-week run at the top of the R&B charts on this
date in 1970]
Ooh Child – Stairsteps [also
from this date in 1970, their biggest Pop hit – featuring the late Clarence
Burke, Jr.]
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late – Johnny Mathis & Deniece
Williams [#1 in June 1978]
Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
* Mirage – Tommy James & Shondells
Just My Style – Gary Lewis & Playboys
CLOSING
THEME: Sleepwalk - Santo and Johnny - 1959 - #1 for two weeks
Trivia
Answer
A: FRANK SINATRA. (Congratulations to Warren from Freeville,
who correctly answered the question and won four tickets to Darien Lake!)
Host
Next Week (June 15):
John Simon with a spotlight on mid-June, 1968 (for 4 hours next week, not 3!)
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