Sept 21, 2013 - KV - 1961

Rockin' Remnants






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Date:  September 21, 2013
Host:  Kim Vaughan

Feature:   1961

Birthday Calendar

 
Sept. 16 – Kenney Jones (Small Faces, Who) – now age 65

     

Sept. 18 – Frankie Avalon – now age 73 or 74 (born in either 1939 or 1940)

              – Jimmie Rodgers – now age 80

Sept. 19 – Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) – now age 73

               – Cass Elliot (b. Ellen Naomi Cohen) – born in 1941

               – Brook Benton – born in 1931 

 
Sept. 21 – Dickey Lee (b. Royden Dickey Lipscomb) – now age 77





Rockin' Remnants Trivia -- Name These Tunes


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(scroll down to find the names of those tunes below the playlist)







Playlist


(songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 9-21-61; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests; all chart info comes from the Billboard Hot 100 unless otherwise noted)





6-7pm (spotlight date, 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

Take Good Care of My Baby – Bobby Vee (#1 on 9-21-61, spent 3 wks in the top slot)

I Love How You Love Me – The Paris Sisters (#63 on 9-21-61, was on its way up to #5.  An early Phil Spector production.) 

 

My True Story – Jive Five (peaked on 9-21-61 at #3 on the Hot 100, and it was a #1 hit on the R&B charts)

Without You – Johnny Tillotson (peaked on 9-21-61 at #7)

Ya Ya – Lee Dorsey (#73 on 9-21-61, was on its way up to #7 – and it made it to #1 on the R&B charts)

A Little Bit of Soap – The Jarmels (peaked on 9-21-61 at #12)

Take My Love (I Want To Give It All To You) – Little Willie John (this was the only week it spent on the Hot 100; it was #87 on 9-21-61)

 

(He’s) The Great Imposter – The Fleetwoods (#79 on 9-21-61, peaked at #30)

* Duke of Earl –  Gene Chandler (lead singer of the Dukays, who were actually the vocal group on this, but not credited. #1 for 3 weeks in early 1962) 

Bristol Stomp – The Dovells (#39 on 9-21-61, peaked at #2)

Sweet Little You – Neil Sedaka (#66 on 9-21-61, peaked at #59)

Every Breath I Take – Gene Pitney (#46 on 9-21-61, peaked at #42.  Another early "Wall Of Sound" production from Phil Spector)

 

Runaround Sue – Dion (“bubbled under” at 115 on 9-21-61, would quickly climb to the top of the charts and spend two weeks at #1 in Oct ‘61) 

Don’t Cry Baby – Etta James (#47 on 9-21-61, peaked at #39)

Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) – Sue Thompson (#59 on 9-21-61, peaked at #5)

Sea of Heartbreak – Don Gibson (#60 on 9-21-61, peaked at #21)

 

Let True Love Begin – Nat King Cole (#77 on 9-21-61, peaked at #73)

7-8pm (Birthday Calendar, end of summer, rain, more spotlight date and requests)

Thank You Pretty Baby – Brook Benton (1959, peaked at #16)

I Saw Linda Yesterday – Dickey Lee (debuted on the Hot 100 in Dec 1962, peaked at #14 in early 1963)

Oh-Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again – Jimmie Rodgers (1958, peaked at #7)

Ginger Bread – Frankie Avalon (#9 in 1958, backing vocals by The Four Dates)

Go Ahead and Cry – Righteous Brothers (written and produced by Bill Medley, #30 in 1966)

 

Dream a Little Dream of Me – Mama Cass with The Mamas and The Papas (#12 in 1968) 

Itchycoo Park – Small Faces (peaked at #16 in 1968) 

 

* So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star – The Byrds (#29 in 1967)

Wonderful Summer – Robin Ward (1963, #14)

Rhapsody in the Rain – Lou Christie (1966, #16)

Tell It to the Rain – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons (peaked at #10 in 1967)

 

Raining in My Heart – Buddy Holly (1959, #88)

* When the Boy in Your Arms (Is the Boy in Your Heart) – Connie Francis (peaked at #10 in 1962)

Look In My Eyes – The Chantels (#36 on 9-21-61, peaked at #14)

Sweets for My Sweet – The Drifters (#64 on 9-21-61, peaked at #16)

 

School Is Out – Gary U.S. Bonds (#29 on 9-21-61, peaked at #5.  It had debuted on the Hot 100 in July 1961 and remained on the chart until early October for the former Gary Anderson of Norfolk, VA)

 

School Is In – Gary U.S. Bonds (debuted in late Oct 1961, peaked at #28.  Sax solos on these by the great Gene "Daddy G" Barge)

 

* How Can I Be Sure – The Young Rascals (1967, #4)

* (Marie’s the Name) His Latest Flame – Elvis Presley (peaked on 9-21-61 at #4)

8-9pm (Name That Tune, 70s Happy Hour, requests)

I’m One – The Who (this song was the flip side of “The Real Me” in 1974 with Keith Moon on drums, and also the flip side of “5:15” in 1979)

Rocket Man – Elton John (1972, #6)

Sugar, Sugar – The Archies (1969, #1 for four weeks)

Honey, Honey – ABBA (1974, #27) 

Cherry, Cherry – Neil Diamond (1966, #6)

Chewy Chewy – Ohio Express (1968, #15)

Angel Baby – Dusk (#57 in 1971, studio group produced by the same team who produced Dawn, lead vocals by Peggy Santiglia of The Angels)

 

The Joker – Snail (1978, #93)

 

* Rock ‘n’ Roll Music – Chuck Berry (1957, #8)

Nobody – Sylvia (1982, #15, her only Hot 100 hit, and it made it to #1 on the Country chart) 

Happy – Hog Heaven (#98 in 1971, Hog Heaven is what became of The Shondells after Tommy James left, and this was their only song to hit the Hot 100)

 

Sunshine – Jonathan Edwards (peaked at #4 in 1972, his only Hot 100 hit)

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

Name That Tune – Answers

Clip 1 - Sugar, Sugar – The Archies (1969, #1 for four weeks)

 

Clip 2 - Honey, Honey – ABBA (1974, #27)

Clip 3 - Cherry, Cherry – Neil Diamond (1966, #6)

Clip 4 - Chewy Chewy – Ohio Express (1968, #15)

Congratulations to Chip from Ithaca, who got all four clips correct and won a gift certificate to Papa John’s Pizza!

 

Host Next Week (Sept 28):  John Simon

 






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