Rockin' Remnants
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Date: Jan 11, 2014
Host: JR
Features: 1-11-70
It’s the
great Billboard Hot 100 sounds of January, 1970, as the 60’s were winding down
and the 70’s were just gettin’ fired up! Hear the cool sounds of Three Dog
Night, Stevie Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone and The Guess Who, lesser
lights like Steam, Mel & Tim, The Shocking Blue and The Archies, and chart
debuts this week from Marvin Gaye, The Delfonics and Brook Benton. We’ll also have the Birthday Calendar at 7
and Rockin’ Remnants Trivia with a chance to win a large, one-topping pizza
from Papa John’s. Before we get to our
feature year we’ll play a musical tribute to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
Class of 2014! Because Rockin’ Remnants is an oldies show, we have left off
Nirvana off our tribute, but we do acknowledge their contribution to popular
music in the 90’s, and their influence on artists to this day. However, you will hear David Bowie’s “The Man
Who Sold The World” later on, which was covered by Nirvana on their “MTV
Unplugged in New York” LP in 1994.
Birthday Calendar
Jan 6 – Wilbert Harrison – born in 1929
Jan 7 – Paul Revere – age 76
– Kenny Loggins – age 66
Jan 8 – Little Anthony Gourdine – age 74
– David Bowie – age 67
– Elvis Presley – born in 1935
Jan 9 – Jimmy Page – age 70
Jan 10 – Rod Stewart – age 72
– Donald Fagen (Steely Dan) – age 66
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
All three 45s released off the LP Blood, Sweat & Tears peaked at the exact same position on the BB Hot 100. What position was that?
(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 1-11-70; 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 (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, chart date)
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967, did not chart in the
U.S., but hit #2 in the U.K.)
Different Drum - Stone Poneys Featuring Linda Ronstadt (1968.
Stone Poneys: Bobby Kimmel, Kenny Edwards with studio keyboard whiz Don
Randi on the harpsichord.)
She’s Gone (45 version) - Darryl Hall & John Oates (1974,
peaked at #60 in ’74 and the same version reached #7 in ’76. Hall & Oates are the #1 charting duo of
the rock era. This version is not
available on CD or LP.)
Beth – Kiss (1976, heroes to thousands of teenagers world-wide
(“The KISS Army”) and true pioneers of marketing their own brand; just plain,
dumb fun)
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (1977. The original leader of Genesis, Gabriel has
had a remarkable solo career starting with this 45 release. He was inspired to leave Genesis when he saw
a performance of The E Street Band with their vaunted leader, 1999 HOF
inductee Bruce Springsteen.)
Other new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honorees:
The E Street Band is
receiving the award for Musical Excellence, and as noted above, Nirvana has been inducted this year as well. Other inductees include Andrew Loog
Oldham, producer of The Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull, and Brian
Epstein, manager of The Beatles and other Liverpool acts, both of whom are
receiving the Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Raindrops
Keep Fallin’ On My Head – B.J. Thomas – BB Hot 100 #1, 4 weeks. From Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid, this song won the Oscar for best song for Bacharach and
David.
Someday
We’ll Be Together –Diana Ross And The Supremes – BB Hot 100 #2. Dropping from #1 on
12/27/1969, it was Diana’s swan song with the group. Johnny Bristol wrote and produced the song
and also supplies the male vocal.
Leaving
On A Jet Plane – Peter, Paul & Mary – BB Hot 100 #3. Dropping from #1 on
12/20/1969, it was the swan song for the group on the pop chart. John Denver wrote this song.
I Want You Back – The Jackson 5 – BB Hot 100 #4.
First appearance on the Hot 100 for these Gary, Indiana
brothers, reached #1 on 1/31/1970.
Venus
– The Shocking Blue – BB Hot 100 #6. Part
of the “Dutch Invasion” of the early 70’s (which included The Tee Set and The
George Baker Selection), this was its #1 hit, peaking on 2/7/1970. The band Bananarama repeated the feat with a
cover version, BB Hot 100 #1 on 9/6/1986.
Na
Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye – Steam – BB Hot 100 #8. Tumbling down from #1 on
12/6/1969, this song enjoyed a revival in 1976 as “White Sox Theme.” Still played in many sports venues.
La La La (If I Had You) – Bobby Sherman – BB Hot 100 #10
Jingle
Jangle – The Archies – BB Hot 100 #14. Apparently
nonsense lyrics were a big thing back in 1970 (see above 3). This piece of pop fluff was written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim.
Eli’s
Coming – Three Dog Night – BB Hot 100 #15
Take A Letter Maria – R.B. Greaves – BB Hot 100 #20.
Full name is Robert Bertram Aloysius Greaves III. Nephew of Sam Cooke.
Backfield
In Motion – Mel & Tim – BB Hot 100 #22
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday – Stevie Wonder – BB Hot 100 23
Arizona
– Mark Lindsay – BB Hot 100 #34. First
solo hit for Paul Revere And The Raiders lead vocalist, peaked at BB Hot 100
#10.
7-8pm (birthdays, chart debuts, tribute to Phil Everly)
Like,
Long Hair – Paul Revere And The Raiders (first charting single), 1961
Tears On My Pillow – Little Anthony And The Imperials (first charting single), 1958
(Now
And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I – Elvis, 1959
Clean Up Your Own Back Yard –Elvis, 1969
Happenings
Ten Years Time Ago – The Yardbirds, 1966
Communication
Breakdown – Led Zeppelin, 1969
Chart
Debuts
How
Can I Forget You – Marvin Gaye – BB Hot 100 #58. The
highest debut single this week peaked at #41.
Didn’t
I Blow Your Mind (This Time) – The Delfonics – BB Hot 100 #99
Rainy Night In Georgia – Brook Benton – BB Hot 100 #100. Despite dubious starts on
the pop charts, both the above two songs peaked in the Top 10, at #10 and #4,
respectively.
Don’t Worry – Marty Robbins – 1961, peaked at BB Hot 100
#3. One of the first pop songs to feature
a “fuzztone” bass, played by Grady Martin.
(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance – Gene Pitney – 1962,
peaked at BB Hot 100 #4. Recorded for,
but not used in the movie of the same name.
Director John Ford said he would have preferred Johnny Cash.
Today – The New Christy Minstrels – 1964, peaked at BB
Hot 100 #17. From the movie Advance To The Rear starring Glenn Ford.
MacArthur Park – Waylon Jennings And The Kimberlys – 1969. Waylon’s first appearance on the pop chart
peaked at BB Hot 100 #93.
Tribute
to Phil Everly, Pt. II
All I Have To Do Is Dream – Bobbie Gentry & Glen
Campbell – 1970. The version by the Everly
Brothers spent five weeks at #1 in 1958; this cover version peaked at BB Hot
100 #27.
Let ‘Em In – Paul McCartney & Wings – 1976. Name checks “Phil and Don” in the lyric. The Brothers were a big influence on the
harmony singing of The Beatles.
Poor Jenny – Rockpile – 1980. Originally recorded by the Everlys in 1959,
this cover version by the Nick Lowe/Dave Edmunds group was included on a 7” 33 1/3
EP of Everly Brothers songs on the initial release of the Rockpile Seconds Of Pleasure LP in late
1979. Subsequent pressing excluded the EP, so it became quite a collector’s item.
That is until the CD release of the LP in the 80’s when the 4 Everly
Brothers covers were included as “bonus tracks”. Good Stuff!
And
When I Die (45 version) – Blood, Sweat & Tears – BB Hot 100 #38. One of two songs written by
Laura Nyro in The Top 40 on this date (also “Eli’s Coming”).
Thank
You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) – Sly & The Family Stone – BB Hot 100 #40. BB Hot 100 #1 on Valentine’s
Day 1970, 2 weeks.
Walkin’ In The Rain – Jay & The Americans – BB Hot 100 #41. A cover of the Ronettes was
the last Top 40 charting single for this New York City quintet peaked at BB Hot
100 #19.
Angry Eyes (45 version) – Loggins & Messina, 1972
The Man Who Sold The World – David Bowie, 1971
I Don’t Want To Talk About It – Rod Stewart, 1979
Reeling In The Years – Steely Dan, 1973
Fancy
(45 version) – Bobbie Gentry – BB Hot 100 #43.
Bobbie Gentry was born Roberta Lee Streeter of Chickasaw
County, Mississippi. This song, her
second and last solo Top 40 single, peaked at BB Hot 100 #31.
Let’s
Work Together – Wilbert Harrison – BB Hot 100 #46. Wilbert had 10+ years
between his first Top 40 hit (“Kansas City” in 1959) and his last in 1969,
which peaked at BB Hot 100 #32.
Walk
A Mile In My Shoes – Joe
South and The Believers – BB Hot 100 #45. Joe’s second and last Top 40 single peaked at
BB Hot 100 #12. As a songwriter,
however: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Songs_written_by_Joe_South
No Time – The Guess Who – BB Hot 100 #47
Let
A Man Come In And Do The Popcorn – James Brown – BB Hot 100 #52. Part of JB’s “Popcorn”
quartet, also included “The Popcorn”, “Mother Popcorn” and “Lowdown
Popcorn”.
She
Lets Her Hair Down (Early In The Morning) – The Tokens – BB Hot 100 #61. This song was adapted from a
Miss Clairol commercial, not Breck shampoo, as is commonly thought in the
trivia world. Neither this version nor competing versions
from Gene Pitney and Don Young would climb higher than this on the BB Hot 100.
Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby) – Lulu – BB Hot 100 #66. Lulu’s version peaked at BB
Hot 100 #21. A cover version by Aretha
Franklin squeaked at BB Hot 100 #73 in 1972.
How
Can I Tell My Mom & Dad – The Lovelites – BB Hot 100 #86. The only charting 45 for
this Chicago female trio peaked at BB Hot 100 #60.
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Trivia Answer
All three singles peaked at #2 (“You’ve Made Me So Very Happy”, “Spinning Wheel”, “And When I Die”). However, the LP made it to #1 on the BB Album chart for 7 weeks in 1969.
Congratulations to Chris from Slaterville, for correctly answering the question and winning a gift certificate to Papa John’s Pizza!
Host Next Week (Jan 18): Kim Vaughan with a spotlight on the songs of Jan 18, 1958
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