June 29, 2013 - JS - Summer

Rockin' Remnants

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Date: June 29, 2013
Host: John Simon
Feature: Summer

Here at Rockin' Remnants we have a tradition of kicking off summertime with some of the classic tunes devoted to the sand, the shore, the sun, lazy days, cool evenings and summer romance. Many of these tunes unlock memories and feelings that instantly transport us back in time. Listen for multiple versions of George & Ira Gershwin’s Summertime from the musical Porgy & Bess.

Any way you slice it, summer’s here and the time is right for…Rockin’ Remnants!
  

Birthday Calendar

June 24 – Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) – 71 years old
              – Jeff Beck – 69 years old
              – Colin Blunstone (Zombies vocalist) – 68 years old

June 25 – Eddie Floyd – 78 years old
              – Carly Simon – 68 years old

June 26 – Georgie Fame – 70 years old

Rock 'n' Roll Trivia: Name That Song

Clue 1. The introduction to this Top 5 single from 1965 is the composer’s favorite piece of music he’s ever written. Its purpose was to fill the need for an intro that would “be a total departure from how the song sounds and yet would somehow lead into the melody.”


Clue 2. This Brian Wilson composition appears on BMI’s list of the 100 greatest songs of the 20^th Century, while Rolling Stone Magazine ranked it at #71 in the Top 500 songs of all time.

Clue 3. The Beach Boys took it to #3 in 1965. David Lee Roth did the same thing 20 years later. Can you name the song that compared girls from all over America with the ones in Brian’s home state?

(scroll down to find the answers 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

Rhythm of The Rain – Cascades (1/63, #3)

Raindrops – Dee Clark (5/61; #2)

Bus Stop – The Hollies (7/66; #5)

Walking In The Rain – Reparata & The Delrons (11/69; dnc, rel. on Kapp Records)

 

Summertime, Summertime – The Jamies (8/58; #26, re-released 6/62; #38), Mono 45.

Under The Boardwalk – The Drifters (6/64; #4 Pop, #1 R&B for 3 weeks)

On a Summer’s Night – Sugar Canyon (8/68 rel. on Buddah Records, dnc)

* Summer in the City – Lovin’ Spoonful (their lone #1 record, called in from our friends in the hot and sticky Vancouver, BC)

It’s That Time of the Year – Len Barry (only reached #91 in June of ’66)

Dancing In the Street – Martha & The Vandellas ((8/64; #2) smokin’ stereo version!

I’ll See You in the Summertime – Outsiders (7/67 on Capitol Records; dnc)

They Tell Me It’s Summer – Fleetwoods (rel. as the b-side of “Strangers by Day…” in October 1962, composed by then-unknown Randy Newman. His first national release)

Summertime, Pt. II – Sam Cooke (the b-side of You Send Me, it actually charted at #81 in late 1957. It would later be released with Pt. I on the b-side)

* Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon

Green Grass – Gary Lewis & The Playboys (5/66; #8)

7-8 p.m. (birthdays) and a tribute to the late Bobby “Blue” Bland

Shapes of Things – Yardbirds [Jeff Beck’s biggest hit with the band]

Beck’s Bolero – Jeff Beck [from his Truth album. Personnel appears to have been JB on guitar, Jimmy Page on guitar, John Bonham on bass, Billy Preston on kets and Keith Moon on drums]

Summertime – The Zombies [a staple of their live shows, brought to the band by Jazz-influenced Rod Argent; rel. on a UK-only EP in 1966]

Nothing’s Changed – The Zombies [featured in the film “Bunny Lake is Missing”]

Sunny Side of Heaven – Fleetwood Mac [from their “Bare Trees” LP]

Dreams – Fleetwood Mac [their only #1 hit]

California Girl – Eddie Floyd (2/70; #45 Pop, #11 R&B)

If You Could Read My Mind – Bobby “Blue” Bland (lush b-side from 1966)

Farther On Up The Road – Bobby “Blue” Bland (8/57; #1 R&B)

* Summertime – Janis Joplin (requested by two separate listeners on our Facebook page)

Sittin’ In the Park – Georgie Fame (released as a single in the UK, June of 1966)

Summer Symphony – Lesley Gore (released as the b-side of her non-charting single Lazy Day/98.6 in June of 1969)

My Summer Love – Ruby & The Romantics (5/63; #16 – follow-up to their #1 smash Our Day Will Come)

It Could Be We’re In Love – Cryan Shames (only reached #85 in August of ’67, but spent some 6 weeks at #1 on WLS in their hometown of Chicago)

California Girls – Beach Boys (#3 in late 1965…the answer to our trivia question!)

8-9 p.m. (‘70s Hour)

Beach Baby – First Class (7/74; #4 – UK studio group!)

* Walking In The Rain With The One I Love – Love Unlimited [Barry White composition on UNI Records]

* Laughter in the Rain – Neil Sedaka [#1 comeback record from 1974]

* Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts (a leftover request from last week’s show with KV; reached #6 in the Fall of 1972)

Afternoon Delight – Starland Vocal Band [#1 in August of ‘76]

Personally – Jackie Moore [#92 R&B in August ’78; Karla Bonoff would have a Top 20 hit with it 4 years later]

Shower The People – James Taylor [with Carly Simon on background vocals; #22 in July ‘76]

Fooled Around and Fell In Love – Elvin Bishop (Top 5 hit from Spring of ’76)

Knock on Wood – Otis & Carla [#30 hit from the August of ‘67]

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

Trivia Answer

California Girls.


Congratulations to Chip from Ithaca, who won four tickets to Darien Lake!

Host Next Week (July 6):  John Rudan with a spotlight on early July 1970

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