Rockin' Remnants
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Date: August 8, 2015
Host: John Simon
Feature: Early August 1967
Birthday Calendar
August 2 – Garth Hudson (The Band) – age77
August 3 – Tony Bennett – age 89
August 4 – Timi Yuro – born in1940
August 5 – Rick Derringer (McCoys) – age 68
August 7 – BJ Thomas – age 73
August 8 – Joe Tex – born in 1933
Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia
This British group had twenty-four Top 20 hits in the UK between 1960-1980, yet not ONE charting single here in the States. Who were they?
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)
Windy - The Association (#8, down from 4 weeks at #1 - their first single on the Warner Brothers label was this soaring slice of Summer of Love sunshine pop!)
You're My Everything - Temptations (#52, headed to #6 Pop and #3 R&B - a rare shared lead vocal by Eddie Kendrick and David Ruffin over a majestic musical bed.)
Hypnotized - Linda Jones (#23, headed to #21 Pop and #4 R&B - her highest-charting crossover hit)
Carrie Anne - Hollies (#9 - their first single on the Epic Records label peaked at #9 on this date, officially signalling the end of their days on the Imperial label.)
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum (#7, down from #5 - their chart debut, based on Bach's Cantata in D, was a worldwide sensation, reaching #1 in the UK.)
* Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon - Jefferson Airplane (1967 - from their album After Bathing at Baxter's, requested by a listener eager to hear something that evoked "The Summer of Love.")
Don't Forget About Me - American Breed (#119, headed to a peak of #107 - this Goffin-King composition would fall short of the Hot 100. Their next single would reach #5 and put them squarely on the map.)
Washed Ashore (On a Lonely Island) - Platters (#56 - peaking on this date and featuring a stirring lead vocal by the under-rated Sonny Turner.)
* Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes (bubbling under this week, headed to #2 Pop - the first single to give Ms. Ross top billing also broke their string of four consecutive #1 on the Pop chart.)
The World We Knew (Over & Over) - Frank Sinatra (#58, headed to #30 - this record opens with an uncharacteristic fuzz guitar, and builds to a stirring crescendo. Sinatra still had some magic up his sleeve.) Click here to listen!
There Is a Mountain - Donovan (#84 - debuting on this date and headed to #11, this record has the distinction of being the basis of one of the lengthiest "covers" of Pop music, when the Allman Brothers used two sides of an album to contain their "Mountain Jam.")
45 Corner: Summertime Lies - Four Preps (8/58 - buried on the b-side of their Top 30 hit Lazy Summer Night, featured in the film "Andy Hardy Comes Home," starring Mickey Rooney.)
Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell (#62 - peaking for the second week, this one would be re-released a year later when his successful TV show took off. In the interim, it won three Country Music Grammys.)
Lady Friend - The Byrds (#103, headed only to #82 - this is the last single recorded with David Crosby in the group, who didn't even let him put it on their latest album. He would soon find success as part of Crosby, Stills & Nash.)
I Want To (Do Everything For You) - Joe Tex (8/65; #23 Pop, #1 R&B for three weeks - one of a long string of Atlantic Records 45s by the Texas troubadour.)
It'll Never Be Over for Me - Timi Yuro (9/68 - released as a UK-only single, where it didn't chart. The diminutive dynamo is often billed as a "white female Soul singer.")
Hang On Sloopy - McCoys (10/65; #1 - the Zehringer brothers were still in high school when they were discovered and whisked off to NYC to record this Garage Band classic.)
I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett (8/62; #11 - the Queens native's signature song won two Grammy Awards the following year: Record of the Year and Male Vocal Performance.)
Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby - BJ Thomas (2/72; #15 - one of the final charting records for the imploding Scepter Records label deserved a much higher chart status. Guesting on the record were Duane Eddy and his twangy guitar, Darlene Love and The Blossoms, and Diamonds' lead singer Dave Somerville, who created a convincing Beach Boys-styled chorus.)
The Night They Drove Dixie Down - The Band (11/69 - tucked on the back of their highest-charting single Up On Cripple Creek [#23], this would later be covered by Joan Baez who would reach #3 with it.)
Lovin' Sound - Ian & Sylvia (#105, headed to #101 Pop - a great single that never cracked the Hot 100 here in the States, and fared even worse in their native Canada.)
Penny Arcade - The Cyrkle (#101, headed to #95 Pop - produced by the ubiquitous John Simon, who also produced the Band's first few albums. This was their sixth and final charting single, each doing more poorly than the one before it.)
Groovy Summertime - Love Generation (just off the chart, after peaking at #74)
(Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me) Higher & Higher - Jackie Wilson (debuting at #71, headed to #6 Pop and #1 R&B - featuring the uncredited studio playing of Motown's house band The Funk Brothers. Ranked at #246 in Rolling Stone Magazine's RS500 list.)
* Bluebird - Buffalo Springfield (#58 - peaking on this date on the Atco Records label. Soon Stephen Stills would depart for a project with a member of the Hollies and a member of The Byrds.)
45 Corner: Little Boy Blue - Five Stairsteps (8/69 - b-side of the R&B charter Madame Marie, this Curtis Mayfield composition and production was originally an Impressions LP track.)
To Love Somebody - Bee Gees (#22, headed to #17 - an oft-recorded classic by the English/Australian brother group.)
Make Me Yours - Bettye Swann (#30, down from three weeks at #21 Pop and one week at #1 R&B - a surprise hit on the tiny Money Records label!)
Funky Broadway - Wilson Pickett (#92 - debuting on this date near the end of Dyke & The Blazers' chart run with the same tune. The "Wicked Pickett" would take it to the top of the R&B chart and to #8 on the Pop chart. Interesting factoid: this song is built on just one chord. Really!)
* Rock 'n' Roll Hoochie Coo - Rick Derringer (1/74; #23 - on the Blue Sky label. This was first recorded in 1970 with the Edgar Winter Band.)
* Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody (3/72; #9 - this song is requested about four times a year by a woman on behalf of her husband, and it never grows old to my ears. See you in the Fall!)
Spooky - Atlanta Rhythm Section (8/79; #17 - this band grew out of the Classics IV, and it's fitting that their final Hot 100 hit of the '70s would be a re-make of the Classic IV's first hit of the '60s.)
Trivia Answer: Wonderful Land - The Shadows (3/62; #1 UK for 8 weeks - this soaring instrumental was released in the States on Atlantic Records and spent one week at #135. Go figure!)
Shower the People - James Taylor (7/76; #22 - a good-time summertime anthem featuring JT's wife and musical associate Carly Simon.)
Rose of Cimmaron - Poco (8/76; #94 - a radio station promo record that edits the longer LP version - and that cuts out many of the strings found on all CD versions.)
Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (6/70; #16 - these guys had come along way since their Pop hit-making days in other bands. The uncredited pedal steel player was none other than the late Jerry Garcia: a man of many talents!)
Smoke From a Distant Fire - Sanford & Townsend (8/77; #26 this week, headed to #9 - this would be their only charting single, making them a bonafide "One Hit Wonder" band.)
Lost In Love - Air Supply (2/80; #3 for four weeks! - the charting debut for this Australian group whose first seven singles would reach the Top Ten here in the States.)
45 Corner: It's a Crazy World - Mac McAnally (8/77; #44 on this date, headed to #37 Pop - Mac McAnally would eventually land in Nashville and make a splash on the Country scene.)
Get The Message - Brian Hyland (debuting - and peaking this week - at #91, where it would spend two weeks. This would be his final release on the Philips Records label.)
Zip Code - Five Americans (debuting at #85 and headed to #36 - this would be their third and final Top 40 re-working of the Western Union formula that had proven so successful.)
Light My Fire - The Doors (#1 for the third and final week - their chart debut was a great success, edited down from a much longer album track and condensed into a nearly-perfect Pop hit record. Ed Sullivan was livid when they changed their last-minute compromised lyric back to "girl we couldn't get no higher.")
Trivia Answer
The Shadows, led by Hank Marvin. In addition to their twenty-four Top 20 hits, they scored another THIRTY backing up British superstar Cliff Richard.
Congratulations to Regina from Ithaca, for correctly answering the question and winning a pair of passes to Cinemapolis in downtown Ithaca!
Host Next Week (8/15/15): John Simon with a spotlight TBA
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