Rockin' Remnants
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Date: July 20, 2013
Host: John Simon
Feature: 7-20-67
Birthday Calendar
July 15 - Linda Ronstadt - age 67
July 16 - Tony Jackson (Searchers) - born in 1940
July 18 - Dion DiMucci - age 71
- Martha Reeves - age 72
July 20 - Carlos Santana - age 66
Tonight we immerse ourselves in the week ending July 20, 1967. Vintage commercials, an authentic Top 10 countdown and listener requests from what many listeners agreed may have been the peak year for Top 40 Radio - although most of those who weighed in were coincidentally just coming of age in 1967. Hmmm…..
Rock and Roll Trivia
Clue 1: This American born multi-instrumentalist has co-written a # 1 song, appeared on records by the Rolling Stones, The Who and Jimi Hendrix, and discovered and produced records for one of the seminal Southern Rock bands of the ‘70s.
Clue 2: He left an acclaimed NYC band in the mid-sixties to form one of the first hugely successful horn bands of the Rockin’ Remnants era, and left that band to record a “supergroup” album with Stephen Stills and another friend.
Clue 3: His most infamous recording session may be the one where he talked his way into the studio for Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” playing an instrument he’d never played before. By the time producer Tom Wilson realized the ruse, the musician had been playing along with Dylan and crew. His organ can be heard coming in an eighth-note just behind the other members of the band, as he followed to make sure he was playing the right chords. During a playback of tracks in the control room, when asked about the organ track, Dylan was emphatic: "Turn the organ up!"
(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
(songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 7-20-67; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests)
6-7 pm
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
Don’t Let The Rain Fall Down On Me – The Critters [#58, headed to #39; their final Top 40 record on the Kapp label]
(I Wanna) Testify – Parliaments [at #54, headed to #20]
Happy – Blades of
Grass [at #92 this week, headed only to #87. The Sunshine Company had simultaneously released a version of this song
that fared better]
How Long Has It Been
– The Casinos [released in June of ’67 and only reached #120]
Hypnotized – Linda
Jones [at #35, headed to #21 and #4 R&B]
Up Up and Away – Johnny
Mann Singers [#109, down from #91; unfortunately,
this copy of the 45 was slightly off-center on our turntable and elicited a
number of comments! The Fifth Dimension released their version at the same time
and it won a Grammy Award. Sorry, Johnny Mann Singers! note: JS could have used this import 45 on Saturday!]
Love Years Comin’ –
Strawberry Children [a delicious slice of
sunshine pop from a group led by songwriter Jimmy Webb that went absolutely
nowhere in June of ‘67]
One Summer Night – The Danleers (Top 40 hit from the Summer
of 1958)
* The More I See You – Chris Montez (a request from early
1966)
I Got Rhythm – Happenings [just
off the chart, having peaked at #2 in June of ‘67]
Lonely Drifter – Pieces
of Eight [at #61, headed to #59 on
A&M Records]
* Eve of Destruction – Barry McGuire [#1 hit in ’66 from the Listener Line with this dedication: “Send it
out to the whole world.”]
* Pretty Ballerina –
Left Banke [from early 1967; one of three
Left Banke songs inspired by a young woman named “Renee.”]
* Mr. Bassman –
Johnny Cymbal [a leftover request from
last week’s show by the artist who would later change his name to “Derek”]
7-8:15 pm - birthdays and more from July 1967
I Wonder Why – Dion & The Belmonts [their first hit on Laurie Records from 1958]
Sugar & Spice – The Searchers
* Society’s Child
– Janis Ian [a big radio hit in the
spring of ‘67 from this graduate of NYC’s HS of Music & Art]
* Incense & Peppermints – Strawberry Alarm Clock [a record that would appear in September of
1967 and eventually reach #1 for one week]
* Try a Little Tenderness – Otis Redding [this 1967 classic featured Booker T &
The MGs as the rhythm section along with the Memphis
Top Ten Countdown for the
week ending July 20th:
10) Come On Down to My Boat – Every Mothers
Son [down from #6]
09) C’mon Marianne – 4
Seasons [peaking for the second week at #9]
08) Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum [headed to #5 Pop and #22 R&B!]
07) Up Up and Away – Fifth
Dimension [peaking in its 3rd
week at #7; would eventually win a Grammy Award as Record of The Year]
06) I Was Made To Love Her – Stevie Wonder [headed #2
Pop, and 4 weeks at #1 R&B, featuring one of James Jamerson’s greatest bass
lines of all time]
05) Little Bit o’ Soul – Music Explosion [down from a 2
week run at #2]
* 04) San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie [in
its 4th and final week at #4, written by his former bandmate John
Phillips of The Mamas & Papas]
03) Light My Fire –
The Doors [their debut single on
Elektra Records. Next week it would leapfrog into the #1 slot]
02) Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You – Frankie Valli [peaking
at #2; note that he also has the #9 slot this week]
01) Windy – The
Association [its 4th and final
week in the top slot. Songwriter Ruthann Friedman contributed background
vocals; Hal Blaine played drums]
Lovin’ Sound –
Ian & Sylvia [at #120 this week, headed only to #101]
More Love – Smokey
Robinson & The Miracles [at #25,
headed to #23 and to #5 R&B]
8:15-9 pm - ‘70s Hour
I Guess The Lord Must Be in New York City
* Bad Moon Rising – CCR [#2
in the Summer of ‘69]
Moonlight Feels Right – Starbuck [#3 hit from the Summer of
1976]
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight – England Dan & John Ford Coley [#2 hit from the Summer of 1976; “England
Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan [featuring Al Kooper (the
answer to our trivia question) on the Hammond B-3 organ]
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny - 1959 - #1 for two weeks
Trivia Answer
AL KOOPER.
Congratulations to Susan from Moravia who won a gift certificate to Papa John's!
Hosts Next Week (July 27): JS and KV,
celebrating the Ithaca High School Class of 1963's 50-year reunion!
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