Rockin' Remnants
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Date: October 25, 2014
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: Halloween
It’s the last weekend of October… so tonight, we’ll be featuring Halloween songs, plus songs tangentially related to trick-or-treating (such as “Ring My Bell”), plus songs that might suggest a costume idea (such as “Pretty Ballerina”). Tune in while you carve your pumpkin and stir your brew!
Playlist
[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)
Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett (1962, #1 for two weeks. Re-charted in 1970, #10, and 1973).
Frankenstein’s Party – Swingin’ Phillies
* I’m Your Boogie Man – KC and the Sunshine Band (1977, #1)
Twilight Zone Theme – Marius Constant
Night of the Vampire – The Moontrekkers
Midnight Stroll – The Revels (1959, #35. Their only Hot 100 hit. Originally released as “Dead Man’s Stroll”.)
The Shadow Knows – The Coasters (1958, did not chart)
* White Room – Cream (1968, #6, sung and co-written by bassist Jack Bruce, who passed away today (10-25-14) at age 71)
Spooky – Classics IV (debuted on the Hot 100 in Dec 1967, peaked in 1968 at #3)
Haunted – Dusty Springfield (1971, did not chart nationally, although it was reportedly a local chart-topper in Boston)
Pretty Ballerina – Left Banke (1967, #15)
Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers (1966, #3, the theme song from the TV series “Secret Agent”)
Earth Angel – The Penguins (peaked at #8 in 1955, their only Hot 100 hit)
Heroes and Villains – The Beach Boys (1967, #12. Speaking of heroes and villains, see the next two song titles…)
Superman – Donna Fargo (1973, #41)
Mack the Knife – Bobby Darin (1959, #1 for nine weeks. An adaptation of a Bertolt Brecht song about the murders committed by a serial killer – English translation of the lyrics of the Brecht song here.)
Li’l Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs (1966, #2 for two weeks)
Alley Oop – The Hollywood Argyles (1960, #1)
Charlie Brown – The Coasters (1959, #2 for three weeks, sax solo by King Curtis)
Witchy Woman – The Eagles (1972, #9)
The Witch Queen of New Orleans – Redbone (peaked in 1972 at #21)
Marie Laveau – Bobby Bare (live recording from 1974, charted #1 on Country, did not chart on Hot 100. The song was co-written by Shel Silverstein and Baxter Taylor)
Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead – The Fifth Estate (1967, #11, a version of the song from The Wizard of Oz)
Dinner With Drac, Pt. 1 – John Zacherle (1958, #6. Nicknamed “The Cool Ghoul”, Zacherle hosted horror movies on Philadelphia tv.)
The Mummy – Bob McFadden and Dor (1959, #39. Dor is better known as Rod McKuen.)
The Mummy – The Naturals
Spooky Movies – Roy Clark (1963, did not chart. It was the b-side of “Tips of My Fingers”, which peaked at #10 Country and #45 on the Hot 100.)
Rockin’ Zombie – The Crewnecks
Graveyard – Leroy Bowman
Walkin’ Through a Cemetery – Claudine Clark (a non-charting song from the singer whose only Hot 100 hit was “Party Lights”, which peaked at #5 in 1962)
Rockin’ in the Graveyard – Jackie Morningstar
Thriller – Michael Jackson (The single debuted on the Hot 100 in Feb 1984 and peaked at #4. The album by the same title had been released over a year earlier, in Nov 1982. The 14-minute music video premiered on MTV world-wide in Dec 1983, and its popularity sent the album back up to #1; it remains the best-selling album in history. The release of the title single soon followed. Features a "rap" from Vincent Price)
Ghostbusters – Ray Parker, Jr. (debuted on the Hot 100 in June 1984 and spent five months on the chart including three weeks at #1, also a #1 on the R&B chart)
Superstition – Stevie Wonder (from the fall of 1972, reached #1 on the Hot 100 in early 1973, also a #1 on the R&B chart)
Ring My Bell – Anita Ward (1979, spent two weeks at #1 on the Hot 100, also #1 R&B)
They’re Here – Boots Walker (1967, #77, his only Hot 100 hit)
Little Space Girl – Jesse Lee Turner (1959, #20, his only Hot 100 hit)
Martian Hop – The Ran-Dells (1963, #16, their only Hot 100 hit)
Flying Saucers Rock & Roll – Billy Riley and His Little Green Men (1957, with Jerry Lee Lewis on backing piano)
Mr. Spaceman – The Byrds (1966, #36)
Queen of Clubs – KC and the Sunshine Band (1976, #66)
Queen of Hearts – Juice Newton (1981, spent two weeks at #2)
Angel Baby – Rosie and the Originals (peaked at #5 in 1961)
Castin’ My Spell – Johnny Otis and Marci Lee (1959, #52, with a similar sound to his Top Ten hit from the previous year, “Willie and the Hand Jive”)
The Girl’s a Devil – The Dukays (1961, #64. R&B vocal quintet featuring Gene Chandler, best known for the song “Duke of Earl”.)
Jolly Green Giant – The Kingsmen (1965, #4)
Laurie (Strange Things Happen) – Dickey Lee (1965, #14, inspired by a ghost story written by 15-year-old Cathie Harmon)
Apeman – The Kinks (1971, #45)
Safe and Sound – Fontella Bass (1966, #100)
BONUS: I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (1956, did not chart)
Host Next Week (Nov 1): JR, with 11/1/1975 in the spotlight!
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