July 4, 2015 - KV - Fourth of July

Rockin' Remnants




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Date:  July 4, 2015
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  Fourth of July










Birthday Calendar


June 29 – Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd) – born in 1943

June 30 – Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) – age 71
            – Florence Ballard (Supremes) – born in 1943

July 3 – Fontella Bass – born in 1940





Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


What 4-word phrase does the song “Ariel” (by Dean Friedman) have in common with “The Star-Spangled Banner”? 

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)




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)

Back in the U.S.A. – Chuck Berry (1959, #37.  Linda Ronstadt would make it to #16 with this song in 1978.)





See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet – Dinah Shore (Shore began singing the advertising jingle in 1952; it was written in 1949.)

God Bless America – Connie Francis (1959, #36)

Fireworks – Schoolhouse Rock! (1976, from the TV show’s bicentennial feature, America Rock)

* American Pie – Don McLean (spent four weeks at #1 in early 1972)

* Born in the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen (1985, #9)



Battle Hymn of the Republic – Judy Collins

America, Communicate With Me – Ray Stevens (1970, #45)



American Made – The Oak Ridge Boys (1983, #72)

God, Country, and My Baby – Johnny Burnett (1961, #18)

An American Trilogy – Elvis Presley (1972, #66.  Mickey Newbury peaked at #26 with this medley a few months prior to Presley.)

7-8pm

Let’s Start the Party Again – Little Eva (peaked at #123, perhaps because it debuted on the chart on Nov 16, 1963, six days before JFK was shot.)




I’m Giving You Your Freedom – The Supremes (1964, the non-charting b-side of Run Run Run)

Statue of Liberty – Little River Band (1975, from their debut album)

Talking About Freedom – Fontella Bass (from her 1972 album, Free)

 * Eve of Destruction – Barry McGuire (1965, #1)

American Tune – Paul Simon (1974, #35)




Amerikan Music – Steve Alaimo (1972, #79)




This Land Is Your Land – Peter, Paul, and Mary (1963, from their album Moving.  A few months earlier, the New Christy Minstrels and Ketty Lester each managed to break onto the Hot 100 with their low-charting versions of the Woody Guthrie song.)

My Land Is a Good Land – Eric Andersen (1966, from his album ‘Bout Changes & Things)

Born Free – Matt Monro (1966, #126.  Monro’s version was used in the soundtrack to the film of the same name.  A cover version by Roger Williams was a Top Ten hit.)




U.S. Male – Elvis Presley (1968, #28)

Johnny Freedom – Johnny Horton (1960, #69)

The All-American Boy – Bill Parsons / Bobby Bare (it was mislabeled as Bill Parsons; the recording was actually made by Bobby Bare.  He’d submitted the demo tape to Fraternity Records just as he was being drafted into the Army in late 1958.  It peaked at #2 in early 1959.)




American Woman – The Guess Who (spent three weeks at #1 in 1970)

8-9pm




Philadelphia Freedom – The Elton John Band (spent two weeks at #1 in 1975)




 * Every Little Thing – Yes (cover of a Beatles song from the 1969 self-titled debut album of Yes)

This Is My Country – The Impressions (1969, #25)




The Star-Spangled Banner – Jose Feliciano (from a live performance at Game 5 of the 1968 World Series in Detroit)

Ariel – Dean Friedman (1977, #26)

Mother Freedom – Bread (1971, #37)




People Got to Be Free – The Rascals (1968, #1 for five weeks)

Chimes of Freedom – The Byrds (a cover of a Bob Dylan tune, from their 1965 debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man)

* Dawn of Correction – The Spokesmen (1965, #36, a response to the song “Eve of Destruction”)




A Change Is Gonna Come / People Got to Be Free – The 5th Dimension (1970, #60, a medley of the Sam Cooke and Rascals songs.  The other side of the single was called “The Declaration”, and consisted of the words of the Declaration of Independence set to music.)




* Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969, #14, the flip side of “Down on the Corner”)

Got to Be Free – The Kinks (1970, from their album Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One)

9-9:15pm

Sandy (4th of July, Asbury Park) – The Hollies (1975, #85, written by Bruce Springsteen)

Living in the U.S.A. – Steve Miller Band (1968, #94, his first Hot 100 hit)





U.S. of A. – Donna Fargo (1974, #86)

God Bless the U.S.A. – Lee Greenwood (1984, #7 on the Country chart)

CLOSING THEME:  Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny (1959, #1 for two weeks)






Trivia Answer


Both songs include the phrase “bombs bursting in air”.

Congratulations to Bruce from Lockwood, for correctly answering the question and winning two free passes to Cinemapolis!








Host Next Week (July 11):  John Simon





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