Rockin' Remnants
Rockin' Remnants is broadcast from WVBR-FM Ithaca. Check out our webpage, like us on Facebook, and tune in to 93.5 or stream the show every Saturday night from 6-9pm! (Or download the WVBR+ app now available for iOS and Android!)
Date: Feb 1, 2014
Host: John Simon
Features: 2-1-65
This Saturday Rockin' Remnants
shines a spotlight on February 1, 1965. Some of the biggest records of the era
were on the chart this week: Beatles, Supremes, Temptations, Righteous
Brothers...plus some cool tunes that have been lost to time. Join JS on another
thrilling ride to yesteryear from 6-9 p.m. for one more show from the old
studio. When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go...to
Remnants!
Birthday Calendar
Jan 27 – Thom Bell (composer, arranger) – age 72
Jan 29 – James Jamerson (Motown Records bassist) – born in 1936
Jan 30 – Phil Collins – age 63
Jan 31 – Terry Kath (Chicago) – born in 1946
Feb 1 – Don Everly – age 77
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 2-1-65; 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
OPENING THEME: Good Old Rock ‘n’ Roll – Cat Mother & the All-Night Newsboys (1969, #29, produced by Jimi Hendrix)
Downtown
– Petula Clark [in
its second of 2 weeks at the top of the charts, this was the first #1 by a
British female on the Billboard Hot 100 in the Rock ‘n’ Roll age]
I Go To Pieces – Peter & Gordon [at #21, headed to a peak of
#9]
Look of Love – Lesley Gore [at
#30, headed to #27; this is the hard-to-find 45 version featuring sleigh bells
that were added to boost holiday-season sales]
Come
See About Me – Supremes [at #8 this week, down from #1; this was
the third in their string of 5 consecutive #1 records on Billboard’s Hot 100
chart]
She
Don’t Deserve You – Honey Bees [released as the b-side of a non-charting single on the Fontana label, “The
Honey Bees” were actually The Cookies
(who also recorded as the Cinderellas
and the Four Pennies). Carole King was the arranger on this
record (which was penned by her husband Gerry
Goffin).]
Tell Me Why – The Beatles [track 2 from Side I of their smash soundtrack LP “A Hard Day’s Night.” This one was never released as a single in the
States or the U.K.]
I
Wonder – Butterflys [peaking at #117 on this date in 1965]
Can’t
You Hear My Heartbeat – Herman’s Hermits [debuting at #85, headed all the way to a 2-week run at #2]
* In the Still of the Night – Five Satins [9/56; #24 (and re-released and charted in
1960 AND 1961]
* Fingertips (Part 2) – Stevie Wonder [6/63; his national chart debut spent 3 weeks
at #1 Pop and 6 weeks at #1 R&B]
Uh-Oh (Part 2) – Nutty Squirrels [11/59, #14; piggybacking on the Chipmunks
craze, both sides of this jazzy little novelty record scored on the Pop charts]
You’ve
Lost That Loving Feeling – Righteous Brothers [in its second week at #2, then headed for a
two-week run at #1, this record has the distinction of having gotten the most
radio plays in the history of the modern world. Tonight we hear the mono 45
version.]
* Unchain My Heart – Ray Charles [11/61, #9; #1 R&B (2 weeks). The request was for “…something bluesy by Ray Charles.” Here ya go, Joe-the-cabdriver!]
7-8pm
My
Girl – The Temptations [at #12 this week, headed to #1. This iconic recording opens with the classic
pumping heartbeat lick played by bass man James
Jamerson.]
Beginnings – Chicago [6/71; #7 (originally released as a single in 1969, this is the edited 45 version
which has never appeared on LP or CD)]
Always It’s You – Everly Brothers [5/60, #56; this is the b-side of their debut single for
Warner Brothers Records. The A-side was the #1 smash “Cathy’s Clown.”]
On the Wings of a Nightingale – Everly Brothers [9/84,
#50; this was their final charting
single; written and produced by Paul McCartney]
Bernadette – Four Tops [3/67, #4; one of a string of stunning bass lines created by James Jamerson]
You Can’t Hurry Love – Phil Collins [11/82; #10]
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell [5/67, #19; more Jamerson]
La La Means I Love You – Delfonics [2/68, #4; co-written
and produced by Thom Bell]
Betcha By Golly, Wow – Stylistics [2/72; #3; co-written
and produced by Thom Bell]
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me – Dusty Springfield
[6/66; #4]
Tell
Her No – Zombies [at #24 this week, headed to #6]
It’s Cold Outside – The Choir [6/67, #68; this bar band from Cleveland went on to team
with Ohioan Eric Carmen to form The Raspberries.]
Forever – Mercy [6/69; #79]
Mr. Lonely – Bobby Vinton [at
#19 this week, down from a peak of #1 (and 4 weeks at #3)]
* The Jerk – The Larks [at #7 this week; #1 R&B]
8-9pm
Keep
Searchin’ (We’ll Follow the Sun) – Del Shannon
[peaking on this date at #9]
This
Diamond Ring – Gary Lewis & The Playboys [at #7 this week; two weeks later it would
begin a 2-week run at #1]
Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton [10/77, #3; #1 C&W
(5 weeks)]
Touch a Hand, Make a Friend – Staple Singers [2/74, #23;
#3 R&B]
Don’t Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream) – Tower
of Power [7/74, #26]
I Can’t Get Next to You – Al Green [11/70, #60; #11
R&B]
Never Gonna Fall In Love Again – Eric Carmen [5/76; #11]
Rise – Herb Alpert [10/79, #1 (2 weeks); with this Grammy-winning Pop Instrumental, Herb Alpert became the only artist to
score #1 hits as both a vocalist and an instrumentalist]
My Sweet Lord – Billy Preston [2/71, #90; released two months after George Harrison’s
version spent 4 weeks at #1, this version was recorded first]
Day After Day – Badfinger [2/72, #4; featuring producer George Harrison on slide guitar and visiting
keyboardist Leon Russell on piano]
Wigwam – Bob Dylan [7/70; #41]
* Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan [9/73; #12]
Snow – Five Stairsteps [1971; non-charting single on
Buddha Records]
* Leader of the Pack – Shangri-Las [just off the
chart after peaking at #1 in November of 1964]
CLOSING THEME: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)
Host Next Week (Feb 8): Kim Vaughan with a spotlight on 2-8-55 and Valentine’s Day
Thanks for tuning in! You can listen to Rockin' Remnants every Saturday night from 6-9pm on WVBR (93.5 FM in Ithaca, NY) or at wvbr.com/listen.
No comments:
Post a Comment