Rockin' Remnants
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Date: June 7, 2014
Host: John Simon
Feature: June 7, 1968
Birthday Calendar
June 1 – Pat Boone – age 80
– Linda Scott – age 69
– Ron Wood (Faces; Rolling Stones) – age 67
June 2 – Charlie Watts (Rolling Stones) – age 73
June 3 – Curtis Mayfield – born in 1942
June 4 – Michelle Phillips (Mamas & Papas) – age 70
June 6 – Levi Stubbs (Four Tops) – born in 1936
– Gary "U.S." Bonds – age 75
June 7 – Tom Jones – age 74
Join JS tonight for a blast of early June 1968. Three big hits on the Tamla label, the chart debut of one of the greatest Rolling Stones records of all time, the original 45 version of Mrs. Robinson (unavailable on CD or LP) and so much more - along with your requests.
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of DATE; 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)
Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel (in its second of three weeks at #1, the original hit version of this song from the movie "The Graduate" has never appeared on CD or LP. Tonight you get a Remnants exclusive!)
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (at #11 this week, down from two weeks at #8 on the Pop chart and #1 on the R&B chart. Listed on the record label as Tamla 54163)
Yester Love - Smokey Robinson & Miracles (at #47 this week, headed to #31 Pop and #9 R&B. A rare Miracles single that ends "cold" instead of faded. Listed on the record label as Tamla 54167)
Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day - Stevie Wonder (down to #16 this week from a peak of #9 Pop and #1 R&B. Listed on the record label as Tamla 54165)
* Always It's You - Everly Brothers (6/60; #56 - the b-side to their #1 hit Cathy's Clown)
Pipeline - Chantays (5/63; #4 - Five high school kids from Santa Clara, CA. Check out their moves in the video!)
Time for Livin' - Association (at #41 this week and headed to a peak of #39, this would be the group's final #40 hit)
Love in Every Room - Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra (the follow-up to their monstrously successful Love Is Blue [5 weeks at #1], this record was in its third week of peaking at #60)
Angel of the Morning - Merilee Rush & The Turnabouts (at #14 this week, headed to #7 on the Bell Records label. Originally recorded by Evie Sands for the Cameo-Parkway label, this Chip Taylor composition would also reach #4 in 1981 for Juice Newton)
So Much in Love - Tymes (debuted on this date in 1963 and headed to #1 in early August)
A Lover's Question - Clyde McPhatter (10/58; #6 - this was the highest-charting solo recording for the former lead singer of The Drifters)
* I Want to Stay here - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme (7/63; #28 - the first and highest-charting single for this husband/wife duo)
Tony Rome - Nancy Sinatra (12/67; #83 - her fifth charting single of 1967, this one is from the film starring her father Frank Sinatra)
The Look of Love – Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (peaking at #13 this week, from the James Bond thriller "Casino Royale")
* Tighten Up (Pt. I) – Archie Bell & The Drells (down to #2 this week from a peak of #1 Pop AND R&B)
Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy - The Tams (bubbling under this week at #120, headed for a peak of #61 Pop and #26 R&B)
Mohair Sam - Charlie Rich (8/65; #21 - the only charting Pop single for "The Silver Fox" during his time with the Smash Records label)
* Quarter to Three – Gary "U.S." Bonds (spending two weeks at #1 in late June of 1961, the sonic quality of this recording is absolutely dreadful! A miraculous success story for the small Legrand Records label!)
Moody River – Pat Boone (6/61; #1 - this was the sixth and final #1 record for the second-most-successful singer of the 1950s - behind only Elvis!)
Jumpin' Jack Flash – Rolling Stones (debuting on this date in 1968 at #62 and headed for a three-week stay at #3, this record has been ranked as #124 in Rolling Stone Magazine's "Top 500 Singles of All-Time")
Safe in My Garden - Mamas & Papas (debuting at #79 this week and headed to a peak of #53; the band had pretty much folded by the time this single was released)
Can't Satisfy – Impressions (9/66; #65, #12 R&B - this Curtis Mayfield composition was eventually found to have been plagiarized from the Isley Brothers' "This Old Heart of Mine" and all royalty payments were re-directed to Motown songwriters Holland-Dozier-Holland and Sylvia Moy. For more "sound-alike hits," check out last week's post from KV)
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) - Four Tops (2/66; #18 Pop, #5 R&B)
Green Green Grass of Home - Tom Jones (12/66; #11 Pop)
Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masekela (debuting this week at #83 on the Uni Records label and headed to #1 Pop [2 weeks] and R&B [4 weeks] for the South African trumpet player)
* Grazing in the Grass - Friends of Distinction (4/69; #3 Pop hit for this offshoot of a band that once included members of the 5th Dimension)
* Love is All Around (2/68; #7 - this Reg Presley composition presented a stark contrast to the band's earlier hits like Wild Thing)
I Wanna Live - Glen Campbell (at #44 this week, down from a peak of #36 Pop and three weeks at #1 on the C&W chart. Off the prodigious pen of John D. Loudermilk)
I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) - Temptations (their final single featuring the recently-fired lead singer David Ruffin was at #19 this week, headed to a peak of #13 Pop and #1 R&B. His first solo single for the Motown label [early 1969] would bear the prophetic title of "My Whole World Ended.")
* Spooky - Classics IV (12/67; #3 for three weeks - this was the second of three charting versions of this song [saxophonist Mike Sharpe reached #57 in early '67, the Atlanta Rhythm Section reached #19 in the summer of 1979])
Ooh La La – Faces (7/73; #107 - co-written by Ron Wood and released as a single in the States, where it floundered for three short weeks and disappeared)
Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones (9/78; #8 Pop - from the album "Some Girls" and ranked by Rolling Stone Magazine as #435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time.")
Sara - Fleetwood Mac (12/79; #7 - from the "Tusk" LP, this edited 45 version trims nearly 2 minutes from the album version - and it comes in a picture sleeve!)
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band (5/71; #3 - the chart debut for this Canadian rock band would later be re-interpreted by the band Tesla in the early '90s.)
Where Do the Children Play - Cat Stevens (9/71; b-side of the Top Ten "Peace Train" single)
Jennifer Tomkins - Street People (1/70; #36 - released as a single on Musicor Records, this one was written by lead singer Rupert Holmes)
This Time It's Real - Tower of Power (9/73; #65 - from their eponymous Warner Brothers album, featuring lead singer Lenny Williams)
Be Thankful for What You've Got (Pt. II) - William DeVaughn (5/74; b-side of the #4 [Pop] and #1 R&B hit "BTfWYG, Pt. I." Another Rockin' Remnants exclusive!)
The River - Santana (1/77; album track from the Festival LP, featuring a lead vocal by co-writer Leon Patillo)
* MacArthur Park – Richard Harris (headed to #2 on this date in 1968. The rhythm track [with songwriter Jim Webb on harpsichord and "Wrecking Crew" stalwarts Larry Knechtel on piano, Joe Osborn on bass, Hal Blaine on drums and Mike Deasy on guitar] was allegedly recorded in one take! At 7:21, it was the longest Top Ten record to date and continues to elicit strong opinions [pro and con] to this day.)
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) – Delfonics (1/70; #10 Pop, #3 R&B - this smooth slice of "Philly Soul" won the 1970 Grammy for Best R&B Performance By a Duo or a Group.)
Host Next Week (June 14): JR with a spotlight on June 1969
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