Rockin' Remnants: Oct 12, 2013 - KV and JR

Rockin' Remnants

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Date: October 12, 2013

Hosts: Kim Vaughan (6:00-7:45) and John Rudan (7:40-9:00)

Feature: Oct 12, 1956 (scroll down for more images and video links, and click here to see some singles from the Oct ’56 charts)

Birthday Calendar

Oct 6 – Millie Small – age 67

– Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon) – age 62

Oct 8 – Robert “Kool” Bell (Kool & the Gang) – age 63

Oct 9 – John Lennon – born in 1940

– John Entwistle (The Who) – born in 1944

– Jackson Browne – age 65

Oct 10 – Ivory Joe Hunter – born in 1914

Oct 11 – Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates) – age 67

Oct 12 – Sam Moore (Sam & Dave) – age 78

– Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) – born in 1942

Playlist

[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 10-12-56; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests; all chart information comes from the Billboard Top 100 (for chart dates before/during July 1958) or Billboard Hot 100 (for chart dates during/after Aug 1958) unless otherwise noted]

6-7pm (host: KV – mostly from the spotlight date of 10-12-56)

OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)

Don’t Be Cruel – Elvis Presley (#1 on 10-12-56, it was in its 7^th and final week in the top slot)

I Don’t Care if the Sun Don’t Shine – Elvis Presley (#87 on 10-12-56, peaked at #74)

Honky Tonk (Pt. 2) – Bill Doggett (#4 on 10-12-56, spent three weeks at #2, and it was #1 on R&B. Clifford Scott plays the saxophone.)

Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino (#12 on 10-12-56, spent three weeks at #2)

Tonight You Belong to Me – Patience and Prudence McIntyre (#7 on 10-12-56, peaked at #4, the sisters were ages 11 and 14 at the time. This song was a #1 hit for Gene Austin in 1927.)

* Green Door – Jim Lowe (#3 on 10-17-56, spent three weeks at #1. Lowe was a DJ at WNEW-AM in New York when he recorded this.)

Let the Good Times Roll – Shirley & Lee (#27 on 10-12-56, peaked at #20)

See Saw – The Moonglows (#42 on 10-12-56, peaked at #25)

Be-Bop-a-Lula – Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (#61 on 10-12-56, peaked at #7)

Memphis – Johnny Rivers (1964, #2, written and recorded in 1959 by Chuck Berry, in 1963 Lonnie Mack brought it to #5)

Memphis – Donnie Brooks (1961, #90)

I Can’t Love You Enough – LaVern Baker (#48 on 10-12-56, peaked at #22)

Ka Ding Dong – The G-Clefs (#81 on 10-12-56, peaked at #24, Freddy Cannon plays lead guitar on it)

Rip It Up – Little Richard (#77 on 10-12-56, peaked at #17)

Singing the Blues – Guy Mitchell (#72 on 10-12-56, on its way up to spend ten weeks at #1. And yes, Virginia, 78 rpm's still existed in 1956!)

You’ll Never, Never Know – The Platters (#23 on 10-12-56, peaked at #11)

7-7:45 (host: KV - birthdays, etc)

My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small (1964, #2, originally recorded by Barbie Gaye in 1956)

Since I Met You Baby – Ivory Joe Hunter (Nov 1956, #12 on Top 100, #1 on R&B, he wrote the song)

Soul Man – Sam & Dave (1967, #2 for three weeks)

I Should Have Known Better – The Beatles (1964, #53, John Lennon wrote it, sings lead, and plays harmonica along with rhythm guitar)

I Can’t Get Next to You – The Temptations (1969, #1)

My Generation – The Who (1966, #74)

Ask Me – Inez Foxx (1964, #91)

I Want You to Be My Boy – The Exciters (1965, #98, female version of “I Want You To Be My Girl” by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers)

That’s the Way Love Is – Marvin Gaye (1969, #7)

That’s the Way Love Is – Del Shannon (1964, did not chart)

7:45-9:00 (host: JR – more birthdays, 70s happy hour)

Tender Is the Night – Jackson Browne (1983)

One On One – Hall & Oates (1983)

Hollywood Swingin’ – Kool & the Gang (1974)

Time For Me To Fly – REO Speedwagon (1978, #56 (45 version), from the LP “You Can Tune a Piano But You Can’t Tuna Fish”, re-released in 1980, #71 (LP version)

(Shu-Doo-Pa-Poo-Poop) Love Being Your Fool – Travis Wammack (1975)

Daybreak – Nilsson (1974, #39, his last charting 45, from the movie Son of Dracula starring Nilsson and Ringo Starr)

Give Me Your Love – Barbara Mason (1973, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield)

Ridin’ in My Car – NRBQ (1978)

Temma Harbour – Mary Hopkin (1970, #39)

Some of Shelly’s Blues – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1971, written by Mike Nesmith, covered by Linda Ronstadt)

This Night Won’t Last Forever – Michael Johnson (1979)

Seaside Woman – Suzy & the Red Stripes (1977, written by and lead vocals by Linda McCartney, featuring Wings on instruments and background vocals; the group was named after Jamaica’s best-selling beer)