Rockin' Remnants
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Date: October 19, 2013
Hosts: John Rudan
Feature: Oct 19, 1974 (scroll down for more images and video links, and click here to see some singles from the Oct ’74 charts)
It’s the great Billboard Hot 100 sounds of October 1974, featuring such 70’s chart stalwarts as Elton John, Three Dog Night, Stevie Wonder, Chicago, The Ohio Players, The Spinners, and lesser lights like The Kiki Dee Band, Blue Swede, The Three Degrees and Prelude (with their a cappella version of “After The Goldrush”).
We’ll also trace the 45 history of the pop nugget, “River Deep, Mountain High”, starring Ike & Tina Turner through The Supremes & Four Tops!
Birthday Calendar
Oct 13 – Paul Simon – age 72
Oct 14 – Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb) – age 73
– Justin Hayward (Moody Blues) – age 68
Oct 16 – Bob Weir (Grateful Dead) – age 66
Oct 18 – Chuck Berry – age 87
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 10-19-74; yellow song titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests; all chart information comes from the Billboard Hot 100 unless otherwise noted]
6-7pm (spotlight date: 10-19-74)
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Nothing From Nothing – Billy Preston – #1 for this week only
Then Came You – Dionne Warwicke and Spinners – #2 this week, spent a week at #1
You Haven't Done Nothin' – Stevie Wonder – #3 this week, spent a week at #1 -- the 45 label indicates “DOO DOO WOPSssss by the Jackson 5”
Jazzman – Carole King – #5 this week, peaked at #2
The Bitch Is Back – Elton John – #6 this week, peaked at #4 -- Dusty Springfield provided the backing vocals, lyrics inspired by Bernie Taupin’s ex-wife
Never My Love – Blue Swede – the original version by the Association peaked at #2 in 1967; this cover version peaked this week at #7
Can’t Get Enough – Bad Company – #8 this week, Bad Co’s chart debut US 45 peaked at #5
You Little Trustmaker – The Tymes – peaked this week at #12; this Philadelphia vocal group had 2 Top Ten records in 1963: “So Much In Love” and “Wonderful! Wonderful!”, both on the Parkway label
Skin Tight – The Ohio Players – peaked this week at #13
Do It Baby – The Miracles – #14 this week, peaked at #13; The Miracles first Top Twenty record since the departure of Smokey in 1972
Tin Man – America – #15 this week, peaked at #4
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive – #17 this week, spent a week at #1 on 9/29/1974.
7-8pm (birthdays, etc)
Homeward Bound – Simon & Garfunkel – 1966, peaked at #5
Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon); 45 version – Moody Blues – 1968, peaked at #24
Sweet Little Sixteen – Chuck Berry – 1958, spent three weeks at #2
Surfin’ U.S.A. – The Beach Boys – 1963, peaked at #3 – Chuck Berry sued the Beach Boys for using the tune of “Sweet Little Sixteen”, and he won. He is now listed as the co-writer along with Brian Wilson. But back in the 70's, Capitol Records could not decide!
Nadine (Is It You?) – Chuck Berry – 1964, peaked at #23
Earache My Eye (Featuring Alice Bowie) – Cheech & Chong – #23 this week, peaked at #9
Give It To The People – The Righteous Brothers – peaked this week at #20
My Melody Of Love – Bobby Vinton – #27 this week, peaked at #3; sung partially in Polish
Overnight Sensation (Hit Record) – The Raspberries – #30 this week, peaked at #18
I’ve Got The Music In Me – The Kiki Dee Band – #36 this week, peaked at #12 -- Kiki (born Pauline Matthews) was one of just 2 white artists signed to Motown Records in the early 70’s (the other being Rare Earth).
Longfellow Serenade – Neil Diamond – #39 this week, peaked at #5
When Will I See You Again – The Three Degrees – #40 this week, peaked at #2
8-9pm (River Deep-Mountain High, etc)
45 History of “River Deep, Mountain High”
Written by Phil Spector with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, this was first recorded by Tina Turner (minus Ike) for their debut album on Philles records in 1966. When the single flopped here in the US, Spector went into seclusion for 3 years. The next single version was released by NYC songwriter Toni Wine in 1967 on the tiny Senate Records label and did not chart. Eric Burdon & The Animals put it on the “b” side of their 1968 single “White Houses” and the 45 version was the same length as the LP version, 7:20. The next 45 version, and perhaps the weirdest, was done by Deep Purple in 1969, before they turned up the volume to become the first heavy metal band. Their 45 version was edited down from the LP version on The Book Of Taliesyn from 10:12 to 2:35! Concluding our history, and returning to the original 45 over-the-top production was the version by The Supremes & Four Tops in 1971, which is, by the way, the highest charting 45 version, peaking at #14 on the Hot 100.
River Deep-Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner – 1966, peaked at #88 (The A&M 45 is a re-release from 1969; neither version had Ike remotely near it)
River Deep-Mountain High – Toni Wine – 1967, dnc (Some of Toni's songwriting credits include "A Groovy Kind Of Love", "Black Pearl" and "Candida" She was also the voice of Betty and Veronica on the Archies smash hit "Sugar, Sugar")
River Deep-Mountain High – Eric Burdon & The Animals – 1968, did not chart, "b" side of “White Houses” ("White Houses" peaked at #67)
River Deep-Mountain High – Deep Purple – 1969, peaked at #53 (LP contains the 10:12 version!)
River Deep-Mountain High – The Supremes & Four Tops – 1971, peaked at #14
Slip Slidin’ Away – Paul Simon – 1977, peaked at #5 in early 1978
Devil Woman – Cliff Richard – 1976, #6
Bomb’s Away – Bob Weir – 1978 -- the only charting 45 from the Grateful Dead guitarist and vocalist, peaked at #70
Wishing You Were Here – Chicago – #56, would climb to #11 -- highest debuting 45 on 10/19/1974, featuring the Beach Boys on background vocals
After The Goldrush (45 version) – Prelude – debuted at #65 this week -- written by Neil Young, this a cappella version peaked at #22 for this British trio
Doraville – Atlanta Rhythm Section – debuted at #67 this week, peaked at #35 -- debut BB 45 for this Georgia quintet
Rock Me Gently (45 version) – Andy Kim – #48 this week, tumbling down the chart after spending a week at #1 on 9/28/1974
Hang On In There Baby – Johnny Bristol – #47 this week, peaked at #8
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) 45 version – Three Dog Night – #51 this week, peaked at #33, their penultimate charting 45
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Next week’s host: Kim Vaughan, featuring 10-26-64
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