Rockin' Remnants
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Date: August 10, 2013
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature(s): 8-10-55 and Same Title, Different Song
Chuck Berry’s very first single, “Maybellene”, was released in July 1955 and was an instant success; it debuted on the Best Sellers chart for the week ending 8-10-55 at #13. But the top slot on all three charts (Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played in Juke Boxes, and Most Played by Jockeys) that week was “Rock Around the Clock” by Bill Haley – and it would dominate each of those charts for 6-8 weeks. Both of these songs would still be popular enough in November 1955 to make it onto the very first Top 100 chart (the predecessor of the Hot 100).
Tonight, we’re taking a quick tour through the pop charts for the week ending 8-10-55... and then we're spotlighting a second feature: songs that have the same title but are two (or more) *different* songs.
Birthday Calendar
Aug 4 – Frankie Ford – age 74
– Larry Knechtel (Wrecking Crew, Bread) – born in 1940
Aug 5 – Rick Derringer (The McCoys) – age 66
Aug 7 – BJ Thomas – age 71
Aug 8 – Joe Tex – born in 1933
Aug 10 – Jimmy Dean – born in 1928
– Ronnie Spector (The Ronettes) – age 70
– Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers) – born in 1940
Name That Tune
Clip 1
Clip 2
Clip 3
Clip 4
(scroll down to find the answers below the playlist)
Playlist
(songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 8-10-55; 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
Maybellene – Chuck Berry – debuted at #13 on Best Sellers this week – peaked at #5 on that chart
Rock Around the Clock – Bill Haley - #1 on all three pop charts (representing Stores, Juke Boxes, and Radio) for the week ending 8-10-55, and stayed at #1 for several weeks on each chart
Little Darlin’ – The Diamonds – 1957 - #2 on the Top 100 for eight weeks
Popcorn Song – Cliffie Stone – peaked this week at #25 on Best Sellers and #14 on Jukeboxes, would later be adapted by Chuck Berry as “Too Pooped to Pop”
Unchained Melody – The Les Baxter Orchestra – was on all three charts for the week ending 8-10-55, would eventually spend two weeks at #1 on the Most Played by Jockeys chart. There have been 8 artists to chart with this song, and Les Baxter is the only one to reach #1.
If I May – Nat King Cole and the Four Knights – the b-side of “A Blossom Fell”. They were inseparable on the Best Sellers chart, of course (you couldn’t purchase just one side of a 45). Both of those songs also made it into the top ten of the Most Played by Jockeys chart in their own right.
Seventeen – Boyd Bennett - #6 on Best Sellers and #10 on Most Played By Jockeys for the week ending 8-10-55
Something’s Gotta Give – Sammy Davis, Jr. - #18 this week on the Juke Boxes chart, from the Fred Astaire Movie “Daddy Long Legs”
Ain’t That a Shame – Fats Domino - #18 on Best Sellers and #12 on Juke Boxes, lagging behind Pat Boone’s version, which was in the top five of all three charts
Oh Yeah! – Joe Cuba Sextet – 1967, #62
Oh Yeah – The Shadows of Knight – 1966, #39
No One Knows – Dion and the Belmonts – 1958, #19
No One Knows – Every Mother’s Son – 1968, #96
Everybody Knows – Steve Lawrence – 1964, #72
Everybody Knows – Dave Clark Five – 1968, #43
Everybody Knows (I Still Love You) – Dave Clark Five – 1964, #15
Alimony – Frankie Ford – 1959, #97 – orchestrated by Huey “Piano” Smith, as was Ford’s biggest hit, “Sea Cruise”
Hang On Sloopy – The McCoys – 1965, #1
Little Black Book – Jimmy Dean – 1962, #29
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show – Joe Tex – 1965, #65
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show – Honey Cone – 1972, #15
Baby, I Love You – The Ronettes – 1964, #24
Baby I Love You – Aretha Franklin – 1967, #4
Baby, I Love You – Little Milton – 1970, #82
* Cool Love – Wanda Jackson – 1960, did not chart
* Get Your Hat – Don and Dewey – dnc
* Chain of Fools – Aretha Franklin – 1967+, #2 for two weeks
Tossing and Turning – Ivy League – 1965, #83
Tossin’ and Turnin’ – Bobby Lewis – 1961, #1 for seven weeks (BB Hot 100 #1 single of the year)
One Track Mind – Bobby Lewis – 1961, #9
One Track Mind – The Knickerbockers – 1966, #46
Ooh Baby – Bo Diddley – 1967, #88
Ooh Baby – Deon Jackson – 1967, #65
* I Call Your Name – The Mamas and the Papas – 1966 (or check out this version)
* Vehicle – Ides of March – 1970, #2
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel – 1970, #1, Larry Knechtel played piano on this, and he (along with S & G and two other people) won a Grammy for the
arrangement
Guitar Man – Bread – 1972, #11 – featuring Larry Knechtel on electric guitar
Guitar Man – Elvis Presley – 1968, #43 – with Jerry Reed on guitar
Dream On – The Righteous Brothers – 1974, #32
Dream On – Aerosmith – 1973, #59 – and then in 1976 they made it up to #6 with a longer version of the song
Mighty Clouds of Joy – BJ Thomas – 1971, #34
Rock ‘n’ Roll Lullabye – BJ Thomas – 1972, #15
* Low Rider – War – 1975, #7
* The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy – 1976, #12
Please Don’t Go – Stevie Wonder – 1974, from the album Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Please Don’t Go – KC and the Sunshine Band – 1979+, #1
Shooting Star – Dollar – 1980, #74
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk - Santo and Johnny - 1959 - #1 for two weeks
Trivia Answer
Clip 1 = Hang On Sloopy – The McCoys – 1965, #1
Clip 2 = One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show – Honey Cone – 1972, #15
Clip 3 = One Track Mind – Bobby Lewis – 1961, #9
Clip 4 = Guitar Man – Bread – 1972, #11
Congratulations to Dan from Ithaca, who won four tickets to Darien Lake!
Host Next Week (Aug 17): John Simon, featuring the Alternate Universe Hot 100 (different versions of songs you may already know)
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