Rockin' Remnants
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Date: 1/3/15
Host: John Simon
Feature: Early January 1965
Birthday Calendar
December 30 – Skeeter Davis – born in 1931
– Del Shannon – born in 1939
– Mike Nesmith (Monkees) – 72 years old
– Davy Jones (Monkees) – born in 1945
January 2 – Roger Miller – born in 1936
January 3 – Sir George Martin – 89 years old
– Stephen Stills – 70 years old
– John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) – 68 years old
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)
I Feel Fine - Beatles (in its 3rd and final week at #1, this has been cited as the first #1 record to open with intentional feedback from a guitar amp)
Come See About Me - Supremes (at #2 this week, headed to the top slot next week, this was the third of five consecutive chart-toppers from the Motown trio)
I Wonder - Butterflys (at #117 this week, this Jeff Barry/ Ellie Greenwich composition on Red Bird Records would never get higher than #107 on the Bubbling Under chart)
Ask the Lonely - Four Tops (the first Motown release of 1965 would reach the chart in early February and climb to #24 Pop, #9 R&B)
The Crying Game - Brenda Lee (in its second of two weeks at #94, headed to a peak of #87. Boy George would score a Top Twenty hit and a Grammy Award with his 1993 recording of this song)
Tear Drop - Santo & Johnny (the follow-up to their smash Sleep Walk - our closing theme song - would reach #23 in 1959)
For Your Sweet Love - Cascades (the follow-up to their smash Rhythm of the Rain should've done much better than #86 in late 1963)
* Goin' Back - Dusty Springfield (one of her signature songs in the UK reached #10 in the Summer of 1966, but never charted stateside. The Byrds barely scraped the Hot 100 with their version over here. Another fine Goffin/King composition)
Baby Make Me Feel So Good - Five Stairsteps (one of their final releases on Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records label, this one only made it #101 Pop - but it reached #12 on the R&B chart. A JS favorite!)
* Let's Get Together - Sunshine Company (the request was to "Play two versions of the same song." We picked this version of the Chet Powers-penned peace anthem, released as a single in May of 1968 and stalling at #112. We followed it with the big hit version)
* Get Together - Youngbloods (first released in 1967 to little fanfare, this one became a Top Five hit in 1969 after its being featured in a national television campaign for the National Conference of Christians and Jews)
45 Corner: The Letter - Joe Cocker (released in April of 1970, this version is different from any of the CD versions, which are all taken from the "live" Mad Dogs & Englishmen LP)
The Letter - Box Tops (the first release of this oft-recorded classic raced to the top of the charts in September of 1967, and launched the career of young Alex Chilton from Memphis, TN)
* You Can Depend on Me - The Miracles (this 1960 b-side of a non-charting single was co-written by Smokey and label owner Berry Gordy)
I'm Into Something Good – Hermans Hermits (their first single raced to #1 in the UK and is currently at #27 this week on the Hot 100, headed to a peak of #13 Goffin/King strike again!)
Keep Searchin' (Follow the Sun) - Del Shannon (at #10 this week, headed to a peak of #9 for the singing songwriter originally known as Charles Westover)
I Wonder - The Gants (released as a b-side in February of '67, this Beatles-flavored composition was based on the "harpsichord" solo played by producer George Martin on Rubber Soul's "In My Life." It wasn't really a harpsichord - it was played on a studio piano and sped up to sound like one, though...)
Eleanor Rigby - Beatles (this single from the Revolver LP reached #1 in the UK and #11 in the States in August of 1966. It was a rare Pop release that featured no guitar, bass or drums - just a string accompaniment scored and conducted by Sir George Martin)
Love the One You're With - Stephen Stills (12/70; #14 - the first solo release for Crosby and Nash - and Young's - band mate)
What is and What Shall Never Be - Led Zeppelin (this showcase for the fine bass stylings of John Paul Jones comes from Side One of the 1969 Led Zeppelin II LP)
* Downtown - Petula Clark (the US chart debut for this English chanteuse is at #5 this week and headed to #1 two weeks later, displacing the Supremes from the top slot)
* Leader of the Pack - Shangri-Las (this #1 hit from late November 1964 was requested three weeks earlier when our signal went off the air. This is a Rockin' Remnants "do-over'))
* Ferry Cross the Mersey - Gerry & the Pacemakers (requested in honor of the deejay's newly-implanted medical device, no doubt. This one would reach #6 in February of our spotlight year)
* The Cheater - Bob Kuban & The In-Men (this one was requested a month ago by a listener who heard the back-story of the song on an investigative television expose. Read the story here)
45 Corner: Whenever a Teenager Cries - Reparata & the Del-Rons (debuting at #97 this week, headed to a peak of #60. The mono 45 version does not appear on a legitimate commercial release, and sounds much better than the stereo versions that are)
Try Me - James Brown (2/59; #48 Pop, #1 R&B - an uncharacteristically sweet ballad by the Soul icon. An instrumental version of this song would chart for James Brown in the late '60s)
End of the World - Skeeter Davis (this classic from early 1963 has the distinction of being "the most successful crossover single in the history of the charts" by Billboard Magazine. It reached #2 Pop, #2 C&W for three weeks, #1 Adult Contemporary and #4 R&B. Pretty impressive.)
* Sh-Boom - The Chords (7/54; #5 Pop, #2 R&B - a version by the white group called The Crewcuts would spend nine weeks at #1 that same summer. This was requested by an 86 year-old listener who remembers it from her younger days)
Goin' Out of My Head - Little Anthony & Imperials (at #6 for its third and final week - one of the greatest songs of the era.)
Tell Her No - Zombies (at #81 this week, eventually headed to #6. This is one of three Top Ten singles for a band who deserved many more)
Too Many Fish in the Sea - Marvelettes (at #26 this week, headed to a peak of #25 Pop and #15 R&B)
* Sugar, Sugar - Archies (one of the biggest hits of 1969 featured the uncredited vocal talents of Ron Dante and Toni Wine)
Pilot of the Airwaves - Charlie Dore (2/80; #13 - this tribute to the magical relationship between listeners and the disembodied voices that reach across the airwaves was recorded in Nashville and released on the Island Records label. Check out the alternate ending found in this video!)
Long May You Run - Stills-Young Band (the title track from their 1976 LP, this version differs from the one found on Neil Young's "hits" compilations)
Lost Her in the Sun - John Stewart (12/79; #34 - from his Bombs Away Dream Babies LP)
Stoney End - Peggy Lipton (12/68; #121 - the first release by the Mod Squad TV star on soon-to-be-husband Lou Adler's new Ode Records label was penned by New Yorker Laura Nyro)
Can I Change My Mind - Tyrone Davis (2/69; #5 Pop, #1 R&B for three weeks - originally intended as the b-side, this became a runaway classic in early 1969.)
* Mandy - Barry Manilow (1/75; #1 - the chart debut for one of the big stars of the Seventies was a re-make of a low-charter for Scott English called "Brandy.")
It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring) - Felice Taylor (1/67; #42 - the only charting single for this Diana Ross soundalike)
Across the Street (Is A Million Miles Away) - Ray Peterson (at #110 this week and headed to only #106 on the M-G-M label - and produced by Ray Stevens)
This Diamond Ring - Sammy Ambrose (released on the same date as Gary Lewis' version, but this soulful reading would stall at #117 while Gary's would soar to the top)
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & Playboys (featuring top LA session players like Hal Blaine and Leon Russell, this record's appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show ensured its race to the top of the charts. Gary Lewis & The Playboys would chart an impressive seven consecutive Top Ten hits!)
Anyway You Want It - Dave Clark 5 (peaking on this date at #14 and drenched in echo and compression, this may well be the most explosive single of the entire British Invasion. You be the judge....)
Host Next Week (DATE): John Simon with a spotlight on alternative versions of the songs you expect to hear on an Oldies show!
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