Rockin' Remnants
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Date: July 27, 2013
Host: John Simon and Kim Vaughan
Feature: late 50s and early 60s, local hits
Tonight we are celebrating the Ithaca High School Class of 1963's 50-year reunion. (Thanks, IHS Class of '63, for helping to sponsor this week's show!) We're focusing mainly on music from their junior high and high school years, with several local bands represented on our playlist and a few vintage ads as well. Whether you're dancing at the sock hop or in your own kitchen, we hope these songs will get you going!
Rock and Roll Trivia - 3 separate questions this week!
Question 1: What was the first chart-topper in the U.S. by an English group?
Question 2: Who was the first group in the history of the Hot 100 to have 3 consecutive #1 singles?
Question 3: What was the first #1 hit for a pop singing group that was produced by another pop singing group?
(scroll down to find the answers below the playlist)
Playlist
(yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests)
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
So
Much in Love – The Tymes (climbing the charts in June '63, would hit #1 in August)
Da Doo Ron Ron – The Crystals (peaked at #3 in June '63)
Another
Saturday Night – Sam Cooke (made it to #1 on the R&B charts, peaked at #10 on pop charts in May '63)
You
Can’t Sit Down – The Dovells (#3, June '63)
Ringo's Theme (This
Boy) – George Martin & His Orchestra (1964, #53)
Wipe
Out – The Surfaris (debuted on the pop charts in June '63, would eventually reach #2)
Theme from "A Summer Place" – Percy Faith & His Orchestra (1960, #1 - spent nine weeks in the top slot!)
Runaway
– Del Shannon (1961, #1 for four weeks, his first hit)
* At the Hop – Danny & the Juniors (debuted in Dec 1957, spent 21 weeks on the Billboard Top 100, including 7 weeks at #1)
Sometimes
(When I’m All Alone) – Danny & the Juniors (1957, the b-side of "At the Hop", did not chart)
Vintage
Ads – Alka Seltzer, Coke (Everly Brothers), Noxema Medicated Shave
*
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – Eddy Arnold (1968, #84. The Casinos brought it to #6 in 1967, and the song would chart twice more in the 70s, for Glen Campbell in '76 and Toby Beau in '79.)
That’ll Be the Day – Buddy Holly (1957, #1)
*
Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price (#1 for four weeks in 1959)
Baby Workout – Jackie Wilson (1963, #5 on pop charts, #1 on R&B charts)
Tennessee
Waltz – Bobby Comstock and the Counts (1959, #52, their first hit on the Billboard Hot 100. From Ithaca, NY!)
Your
Big Brown Eyes – Bobby Comstock and the Counts (1960)
So
Rare – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (1957, four weeks at #2)
*
Memphis – Lonnie Mack (chart debut in June 1963, peaked at #5)
*
Bobby’s Girl – Marcie Blane (1962, #3)
Little
Darlin’ – The Gladiolas (1957, #41. The version by The Diamonds won on the charts, peaking at #2, although we've heard that the version by The Gladiolas was more popular in Ithaca at the time. The Gladiolas were led by Maurice Williams, who had a #1 hit with "Stay" in 1960.)
*
(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear – Elvis Presley (1957, seven weeks at #1)
Mountain
of Love – Harold Dorman (1960, #21)
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash (1963, #17)
Just One Look – Doris Troy (debuted on BB Hot 100 in June '63, peaked at #10)
* The
Waddle – Bernie Milton and the Cavaliers (local band!)
*
Give Me One More Chance – Wilmer and the Dukes (1968, #80 - another regional band hits the big time)
Poor
Town – Bernie Milton
Jambalaya
– Bobby Comstock and the Counts (1960, #90)
The
Green Door – Jim Lowe (1956, #1 for three weeks)
Just
a Little Bit – Rosco Gordon (1960, #64)
A
Little Bit o’ Soap – The Jarmels (1961, #12)
She
Loves to Dance – The Jarmels
Have I the Right – The Honeycombs (1964, #5)
These
Arms of Mine – Otis Redding (May/June 1963, #85)
How
Much is that Doggie in the Window – Baby Jane and the Rockabyes (1963, #69)
Baby,
You Belong to Me – The Bobbettes (1960)
*
Telstar – The Tornadoes (1962, #1 for three weeks)
Hello, Mary Lou – Ricky Nelson (1961, #9, flip side of "Travelin' Man," featuring James Burton on guitar)
Big Girls Don’t Cry – The 4 Seasons (1962, #1 for five weeks)
Lollipop
– The Chordettes (1958, #2)
Venus
– Frankie Avalon (1959, #1 for five weeks)
He’s
So Fine – The Chiffons (spent four weeks at #1 in the spring of '63)
*
Little Latin Lupe Lu – The Righteous Brothers (debuted on the Hot 100 in May 1963, peaked at #49, their first Hot 100 hit. The Kingsmen charted with it the following year, and Mitch Ryder brought it to #17 in 1966.)
* Not
Me – The Orlons (debuted in June 1963, peaked at #12. Written by Gary U.S. Bonds, who "bubbled under" with it in 1961 at #116.)
*
60/40 – Bernie Milton
Vintage
Ad – The Ventures’ Twist Party
Let’s Twist Again – Chubby Checker (1961, #8)
The
Gravy Waltz – Steve Allen (1963, #64. Steve Allen was a comedian/actor/songwriter/author.)
An Angel
is Missing – Ronnie and the Redcaps (1961, from nearby Cortland, NY. "Ronnie" is the same Ronnie James Dio who sang with Black Sabbath and Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow years later)
Over the Mountain; Across the Sea – Johnnie and Joe (1957, #8. Re-released in 1960 and it charted again, this time peaking at #89.)
The
Stroll – The Diamonds (peaked at #4 in 1958)
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny - 1959 - #1 for two weeks
Trivia Answers
1. "Telstar" by The Tornadoes was the first U.S. #1 hit for a British group. It spent three weeks in the top slot on the Billboard Hot 100.
2. The 4 Seasons were the first group to have 3 consecutive #1 hits: "Sherry" (#1 for 5 wks), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (#1 for 5 wks), and "Walk Like a Man" (#1 for 3 wks).
Congratulations to Barbara from Danby for getting this correct!
Congratulations to Barbara from Danby for getting this correct!
3. "He's So Fine" by The Chiffons was produced by The Tokens. The Tokens shopped the song around to 14 labels before Laurie Records picked it up.
Host Next Week (Aug 3): John Rudan with a spotlight on early August 1973
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