Rockin' Remnants
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Date: Mar 22nd, 2014
Host: JS
Feature: 1968
Tonight it's the psychedelic sounds of March 1968. Some stunningly new Soulful sounds from the Bay Area, some backwards guitars, the Beatles' latest single (debuting at #23 on the Hot 100), some one-hit wonders and your requests. Plus JS is giving away theater tickets and concert tickets in the 7:00 and 8:00 hours, all from our new state-of-the-art facility in lower Collegetown. Let your freak flag fly from 6-9 p.m. on wvbr.com (or locally at 93.5).
Birthday Calendar
March 16 Nancy
Wilson (Heart) – 60 years old
March 17 Nat
“King” Cole – born in 1919
John
B. Sebastian (Lovin’ Spoonful) – 70 years old
March 18 Charley
Pride – 76 years old
Wilson
Pickett – born in 1941
March 20 Jerry
Reed (Hubbard) – born in 1937
March 21 Roger
Hodgson (Supertramp) – 63 years old
Russell
Thompkins, Jr. (Stylistics) – 63 years old
March 22 Jeremy
Clyde (Chad & Jeremy) – 73 years old
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 3-22-1968;yellow song
titles are YouTube links; songs with * were requests; all chart
information comes from the Billboard Hot 100.
6-7 p.m.
Crazy on You – Heart [4/76; #35 Released two years later (where it only made it to #62), this song has become a staple of Classic Rock stations around the world.]
Dance to the Music –
Sly & The Family Stone [at #14
this week (for the fourth week in a row), headed for two weeks at #2]
I Just Dropped In (ToSee What Condition My Condition Was In) – First Edition [peaking in its second week at #5, this
record featured the unknown singer called Kenny Rogers, who would become a
major crossover Country star within 4 short years]
Summertime Blues –
Blue Cheer [at #38, headed to #14.
This power trio is considered by some to be the first Heavy Metal band.]
Valleri – The Monkees
[at #7 this week and headed to two weeks
at #3. The mono 45 (heard tonight) fades early and isn’t available on CD as of
this posting]
Playboy – Gene &
Debbe [at #21 this week, headed to a
peak of #17]
* The Warmth of the Sun – Beach Boys [From their 1964 LP “Shut Down, Volume 2”]
* Where the Boys Are – Connie Francis [1/61; #4]
* Where the Boys Are – Connie Francis [1/61; #4]
* 59th
Street Bridge Song – Simon & Garfunkel [3/67;
“At the Zoo” b-side]
Next Time – Johnnie
Taylor [peaking at #34 R&B]
I’m Gonna Make You
Love Me – Madeline Bell [her only
charting record in the States, peaking at #26 on this date. The Supremes &
Temptations would take this same composition to #2 about ten
months later]
Never My Love – Association [the second-most frequently played record on Pop Radio (according to BMI), this record reached #2 in the Fall of ’67. It was also the song JS & his wife chose for their first dance at their wedding 25 years ago this week.]
Never My Love – Association [the second-most frequently played record on Pop Radio (according to BMI), this record reached #2 in the Fall of ’67. It was also the song JS & his wife chose for their first dance at their wedding 25 years ago this week.]
More Love – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles [written for his wife Claudette after she
suffered a miscarriage, this record reached #23 in the Summer of ’67. Kim
Carnes would take it to the #10 spot in 1980.]
If You Can Want – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles [at #25, down from a peak of #11 Pop and #3 R&B]
If You Can Want – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles [at #25, down from a peak of #11 Pop and #3 R&B]
Sit with the Guru –
Strawberry Alarm Clock [at #72 this
week, headed to #65 on the Uni Records label]
I Wonder What She’s
Doing Tonight – Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart [down to #41 this week, after a peak at #8 on the Pop chart. Boyce &
Hart also wrote some big songs for The
Monkees, including this week’s “Valleri.”]
7-8:00 p.m. (birthdays and more)
Guitar Man – Jerry Reed [5/67; #53 on the C&W chart. Elvis was quite taken by this record and
actually hired Jerry Reed to play the guitar on his own hit version of this
song (Elvis took it to #43 Pop in early 1968]
Cole, Cooke & Redding – Wilson Pickett [4/70; #91 Pop, 34 R&B (borrows the
melody/structure of “Abraham, Martin
& John”]
Dreamboat Annie – Heart [4/76; first released as the flip side of “Crazy On
You,” it was re-released as an “A-side” in December of ’76 where it reached #42]
Crazy on You – Heart [4/76; #35 Released two years later (where it only made it to #62), this song has become a staple of Classic Rock stations around the world.]
Distant Shores – Chad &
Jeremy [ 7/66; #30]
Darlin’ Be Home Soon – Lovin’
Spoonful [3/67; #15]
She’s a Lady – John Sebastian [1/69; his first solo release only made it to #84 on the Pop chart, and was only 1:43 long!]
She’s a Lady – John Sebastian [1/69; his first solo release only made it to #84 on the Pop chart, and was only 1:43 long!]
Lady Madonna – The Beatles [debuting
this week at #23 and headed to a peak of #4, this is the original mono 45.]
Call Me Lightning – The Who [#122
this week, headed to a peak of #40 Pop
Suddenly You Love Me – The Tremeloes [peaking this week at #44, this is the original mono 45 on Epic Records]
Melody for You – Grass Roots [peaking at #123 this week in 1968, many thought this band had run out of steam. Their next 14 records reached the charts and they became one of the most successful “singles” bands of the early 1970s]
Melody for You – Grass Roots [peaking at #123 this week in 1968, many thought this band had run out of steam. Their next 14 records reached the charts and they became one of the most successful “singles” bands of the early 1970s]
I Can’t Find the Time – Orpheus [despite appearing on a major label (M-G-M), this record failed to reach
the Hot 100 (at #118 this week, headed only to #111). It would be re-released a
year later and only reach #80. A curious fate for this beautiful lush ballad.]
8-9 p.m.
You’ve Got to Be Loved - Montanas [at #59 this week, headed for two weeks at #58 for these British
“one-hit wonders”]
Funky Street – Arthur Conley [headed
to #73 Pop and #5 R&B]
Lullabye of Love – The Poppies [3/66; #56 hit for this one-hit girl group
led by Dorothy Moore, based on the melody of Brahms’ Lullabye]
All Through the Night – Mystics [2/60; #107 Pop; for a short while (including on this record) Paul Simon was in the group]
All Through the Night – Mystics [2/60; #107 Pop; for a short while (including on this record) Paul Simon was in the group]
Tragedy – Fleetwoods [4/61; #10]
The Mighty Quinn – Manfred Mann [at #11, headed to a peak of #10. Words & music by Bob Dylan. Lead vocal by Mike D’Abo]
The Mighty Quinn – Manfred Mann [at #11, headed to a peak of #10. Words & music by Bob Dylan. Lead vocal by Mike D’Abo]
Our Lips Are Sealed – The Go-Gos [8/81;
#20]
I Love You – People [at #129, headed eventually to #14. This is the promo 45 version, featuring a different mix and some deft editing. Another “one-hit wonder!” Written by Chris White of The Zombies]
I Love You – People [at #129, headed eventually to #14. This is the promo 45 version, featuring a different mix and some deft editing. Another “one-hit wonder!” Written by Chris White of The Zombies]
You Are Everything – Stylistics [11/71; #9]
Logical Song – Supertramp [3/79; #6 - one of 5 charting singles taken from their platinum-selling “Breakfast in America” LP]
Logical Song – Supertramp [3/79; #6 - one of 5 charting singles taken from their platinum-selling “Breakfast in America” LP]
Cowboys to Girls –
Intruders [debuting at #87 this week,
headed to a peak of #6 Pop and #1 R&B]
Love is Blue – Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra [just down from last week’s fifth week at #1]
Love is Blue – Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra [just down from last week’s fifth week at #1]
* Saturn – Stevie Wonder [4/76; from his highly successful “Songs
from the Key of Life” LP, where he had so much music he had to release an
extra 4 songs on a 7” 33 1/3 rpm EP. This song can be found on that small disc.]
Missing You – John Waite [#1 in September of 1984]
Next week: JR with a spotlight on the hit sounds of late
March 1973.
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