Aug 1, 2015 - KV - 1963

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Date:  Aug 1, 2015
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1963








Birthday Calendar


Jul 26 – Darlene Love (b. Darlene Wright, Blossoms, Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans) – age 74
            – Brenton Wood (b. Alfred Jesse Smith) – age 74
            – Dobie Gray (b. Lawrence Darrow Brown) – born in 1940
            – Sir Michael Philip Jagger (Rolling Stones) – age 72

Jul 27 – Bobbie Gentry (b. Roberta Lee Streeter) – age 71

Jul 28 – Jonathan Edwards – age 69

Jul 30 – Paul Anka – age 74

Jul 31 – Lobo (b. Roland Kent LaVoie) – age 72

Aug 1 – Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) – born in 1942





Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia


This week in 1963, there was an animal that appeared in the titles of 4 songs on the Hot 100 and the Bubbling Under charts.  What animal was it?

(scroll down to find the answer below the playlist)




Playlist


[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 8-3-63; 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)

So Much In Love – The Tymes (#1 this week in 1963)

Easier Said Than Done – The Essex (#7 this week in 1963; on its way down from spending two weeks in the top slot)







Just One Look – Doris Troy (peaked this week at #10; her sole Hot 100 hit)

Wipe Out – The Surfaris (#5 this week; on its way to a peak of #2)







Fingertips, Pt. II – Little Stevie Wonder (#2 on the Hot 100 for the week ending 8-3-63; starting on 8-10 it would spend three weeks at #1.  This was Stevie Wonder’s first Hot 100 hit.)

One Fine Day – The Chiffons (#36 this week; on its way down from a peak of #5)

Memphis – Lonnie Mack (#12 this week; coming down from a peak of #5.  Mack’s instrumental take on Chuck Berry’s Memphis, Tennessee helped to inspire future versions, including the one by Johnny Rivers.)

True Love Never Runs Smooth – Gene Pitney (#30 this week; on its way to #21)





Hootenanny – The Glencoves (this one-hit wonder group peaked this week at #38)





Surfin’ Hootenanny – Al Casey (#59; peaked at #48.  The female vocalists were the K-C-Ettes.)





Land of 1000 Dances – Chris Kenner (#86; on its way down from peaking at #77.  His song would be covered many times – five more versions would make it onto the Hot 100, with Wilson Pickett’s as the most successful.)

Marlena – Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons (#41; it would peak the next week at #36)

These Foolish Things – James Brown & the Famous Flames (this cover of the 1936 Benny Goodman song was #83 this week, its second week on the chart.  It would peak at #55.)





Rock Me in the Cradle of Love – Dee Dee Sharp (peaked this week at #43)

Do It Again a Little Bit Slower [45 corner] – Jon & Robin & the In Crowd (1967, peaked at #18 on the Hot 100.)

Not Me – The Orlons (#15 this week, on its way down from peaking at #12.  A cover of a song by Gary U.S. Bonds.)

Martian Hop – The Ran-Dells (debuted this week at #93; it would climb to #16.)





 * Six Days on the Road – Dave Dudley (peaked this week at #32)

7-8pm

She’s a Rainbow – The Rolling Stones (peaked at #25 in 1968)

Look at Me – Dobie Gray (his first Hot 100 hit; it spent two weeks on the chart in Jan 1963, peaking at #91)





Drift Away – Dobie Gray (1973, #5)

The Oogum Boogum Song – Brenton Wood (1967, #34; his first Hot 100 hit)

Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home – Darlene Love (#62 this week, peaked at #26)





Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah – Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (peaked in early 1963 at #8)

Chapel of Love – The Blossoms (cover version of the Dixie Cups song, recorded in 1963 but not released as a single)

Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry (1967; spent four weeks at #1.  This was her first Hot 100 hit – and it would be her last, when in would chart twice more in 1976, as a re-released single and as a re-recorded single.  In between, she’d have eight other songs that would make it into the Hot 100, including three duets with Glen Campbell.)






Let It Be Me – Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry (1969, #36)

Sunshine – Jonathan Edwards (1972, #4; his only Hot 100 hit)

Everybody Knows Her – Jonathan Edwards (1972)

Diana – Paul Anka (1957, #1, his first of 53 songs to chart on the Hot 100 over 26 years)

A Steel Guitar and a Glass of Wine – Paul Anka (1962, #13)
A good Canadian boy, that Paul...





Me and You and a Dog Named Boo – Lobo (1971, #5; his first entry into the Hot 100)






I’d Love You to Want Me – Lobo (1972, spent two weeks at #2)

8-9pm



Uncle John’s Band – Grateful Dead (1970, #69; their first song to chart on the Hot 100)






 * Walking the Dog – Rufus Thomas (this song would debut in Oct 1963 and would peak at #10)

 * Lonely Surfer – Jack Nitzsche (#117 this week, would climb to #39)






 * Come and Get Your Love – Redbone (1974, #5)

The Monkey Time – Major Lance (#48 this week; would peak at #8)

Do the Monkey – King Curtis (on the Bubbling Under chart at #121 this week; it would make it to #92)

How Many Teardrops – Lou Christie (#51, on its way to #46)

The Kind of Boy You Can’t Forget – The Raindrops (bubbling under at #128; it would climb to #17.  The Raindrops consisted of the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.)

Green, Green – The New Christy Minstrels (#21 and climbing to its peak at #14)





When Will the Rain Come [45 corner] – The Troggs (b-side of Love Is All Around)





Love Is All Around [45 corner, cont.] – The Troggs (1968, #7)

Wig Wam Bam – Sweet (1972, did not chart)

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






Trivia Answer


The animal that appeared in 4 song titles this week in 1963 was:  a monkey. 

(1) “The Monkey Time” by Major Lance was #48 this week.

(2) “Everybody Monkey” by Freddy Cannon was #77 this week.

(3) “Do the Monkey” by King Curtis was #121 this week.

(4) “Green Monkey” by Garnell Cooper & the Kinfolks was #132 this week.

(And although it doesn’t quite count, “Harry the Hairy Ape” by Ray Stevens was #34 this week.)

Congratulations to Greg from Ithaca for correctly answering the question and winning 2 free passes to Cinemapolis, plus 2 small beverages at Ithaca Coffee Company, plus a Rockin’ Remnants bumper sticker!








Host Next Week (Aug 8):  John Simon with a spotlight on 1967





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