Rockin' Remnants
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Date: Feb 21, 2015
Host: Kim Vaughan
Feature: 1960 and Winter
Birthday Calendar
Feb 15 – Brian Holland (of the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland) – age 74
Feb 16 – Sonny Bono (b. Salvatore Phillip Bono) – born in 1935
Feb 17 – Bobby Lewis – age 82
– Gene Pitney – born in 1940
Feb 18 – Irma Thomas (b. Irma Lee) – age 74
Feb 19 – Smokey Robinson (b. William Robinson Jr.) – age 75
– Bobby Rogers (Miracles) – born in 1940
– Lou Christie (b. Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco) – age 72
Feb 20 – Nancy Wilson – age 78
Feb 21 – Nina Simone (b. Eunice Kathleen Waymon) – born in 1933
Playlist
[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 2-21-60; 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)
Handy Man – Jimmy Jones
Running Bear – Johnny Preston
Teen Angel – Mark Dinning
* El Paso – Marty Robbins
He’ll Have to Go – Jim Reeves
Lonely Blue Boy – Conway Twitty
* Baby What You Want Me To Do – Jimmy Reed
Sixteen Reasons – Connie Stevens
Skokiaan – Bill Haley and His Comets
What’s Happening – Wade Flemons
* Wild One – Bobby Rydell
If I Had a Girl – Rod Lauren
You’re My Baby – Sarah Vaughan
* Go Jimmy Go – Jimmy Clanton
* Together – Connie Francis
Rockin’ Little Angel – Ray Smith
(You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am – Nancy Wilson
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is – Irma Thomas
I Second That Emotion – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Laugh At Me – Sonny
Love Is Strange – Sonny and Cher
(I Wanna) Love My Life Away – Gene Pitney
One Track Mind – Bobby Lewis
The Gypsy Cried – Lou Christie
* I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) – Four Tops
[45 CORNER] Peace of Mind – Paul Revere and the Raiders
It’s My Party – Lesley Gore
Brink of Disaster – Lesley Gore
Lesley passed away on February 16th at the age of 68.
Rest in peace.
* Sealed With A Kiss – Brian Hyland
* Winter – Rolling Stones
Song for a Winter’s Night – Gordon Lightfoot
Winter Melody – Donna Summer
* Baby I Need Your Loving – Four Tops
* Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
* Eve of Destruction – Barry McGuire
Snowflakes and Teardrops – The Angels
Cold Cold Winter – The Pixies Three
I’m Gonna Build a Snowman – Diane Ray
[45 CORNER] Count Me Out – Cliff Richard
Winter Song – Lindisfarne
It’s Cold Outside – The Choir
Host Next Week (Feb 28): John Rudan
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