Sept 19, 2015 - KV - 1959

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Date:  Sept 19, 2015
Host:  Kim Vaughan
Feature:  1959

 

Birthday Calendar


Sept 13 – Peter Cetera (Chicago) – age 75
            – Mel Torme – born in 1925
         
Sept 14 – Barry Cowsill (Cowsills) – born in 1954

Sept 16 – Kenney Jones (Small Faces, Who) – age 67

Sept 18 – Frankie Avalon – age 75

Sept 19 – Bill Medley (Righteous Bros.) – age 75
            – Cass Elliot (b. Ellen Naomi Cohen, Mamas & Papas) – born in 1941
            – Brook Benton (b. Benjamin Franklin Peay) – born in 1931








Playlist


[songs in bold are from the spotlight date of 9-19-59; 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)

                     

The Three Bells – The Browns (in its fourth and final week at #1 as of 9-19-59)

I’m Gonna Get Married – Lloyd Price (peaked at #3 this week)

Sea of Love – Phil Phillips (#4 this week.  This was his only song to make it onto the Hot 100.)






(‘Til) I Kissed You – The Everly Brothers (#5; it would peak at #4 the following week.  The Crickets were the backing band for this recording.)

Broken-Hearted Melody – Sarah Vaughan (peaked at #7 this week)

Kissin’ Time – Bobby Rydell (#12 on 9-19-59; this was his first Hot 100 hit)






My Heart Is An Open Book – Carl Dobkins, Jr. (#25, falling from its peak of #3)

What Is Love? – The Playmates (#30 this week)

The Mummy – Bob McFadden and Dor (This novelty song reached its Hot 100 peak at #39 this week.  Dor was Rod McKuen.)






Sweeter Than You – Ricky Nelson (#60, falling from its peak at #9)

It Was I – Skip and Flip (#19 this week)

Teen Beat – Sandy Nelson (This drummer’s song was at #28 and was only in its second week on the chart.  It would peak at #4.)






What a Diff’rence a Day Makes – Dinah Washington (#18 and falling from its peak at #8.  This was her first song to be on the Hot 100.)

The Angels Listened In – The Crests (#38 this week)

Poison Ivy – The Coasters (#15 this week; it would reach #7 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the R&B chart)

There Goes My Baby – The Drifters (#14, falling from its peak at #2.  The late Ben E. King is second from the left in the photo)






 * Love Potion #9 – The Clovers (debuted this week at #83)

 * Tequila – The Champs (1958, spent five weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 and was a #1 R&B hit as well)

7-8pm

Comin’ Home Baby – Mel Torme (1962, #36.  This was his only song to cross over onto the Hot 100.)

Wishing You Were Here – Chicago (1974, #11.  Written by Peter Cetera, with Terry Kath singing the verses and Cetera singing the bridge, and three of the Beach Boys singing background vocals.)

Poor Baby – The Cowsills (1968, #44)






The Path of Love – The Cowsills (1968, #132)

Itchycoo Park – Small Faces (peaked at #16 in early 1968)

Just Ask Your Heart – Frankie Avalon (#35 on this week’s spotlight chart from 1959, peaked at #7)








Thank You Pretty Baby – Brook Benton (peaked on this week’s spotlight chart at #16) 

Dream a Little Dream of Me – Mama Cass (1968, #12)

(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration – The Righteous Brothers (1966, spent three weeks at #1)

 * Mau-Mau – The Wailers (#92 this week)






Forty Miles of Bad Road – Duane Eddy (#46 this week)

 * Farmer John – Don and Dewey (1959, did not chart)

 * Tonight You Belong to Me – Patience and Prudence (1956, #4)

 * San Francisco Girls (Return of the Native) – Fever Tree (1968, #91)






 * Heart and Soul – The Cleftones (1961, #18.  Dedicated by the caller:  “to he who knows what this means”.)

Makin’ Love – Floyd Robinson (#22 this week; his only Hot 100 hit)






You Were Mine – The Fireflies (#72 this week; it would climb to #21)

I Want to Walk You Home – Fats Domino (peaked this week at #8 on the Hot 100; it was a #1 hit on the R&B chart)

8-9pm




 * You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’ – The Righteous Brothers (spent two weeks at #1 in early 1965)

Ride a White Swan – T. Rex (1971, #76)






Dancin’ (On a Saturday Night) – Barry Blue (1973, did not chart in the U.S. but was a #2 hit in the United Kingdom.  Barry Blue was born with the name Barry Green.)

Respect Yourself – The Staple Singers (1971, #12)

Apeman – The Kinks (1971, #45)






 * Straight A’s in Love – Johnny Cash and Tennessee Two with the Gene Lowery Singers (1960, #84)

Private Eye – The Olympics (debuted at #95 this week in 1959 – and that’s as far as it would go; it only spent one week on the chart)

Me About You – The Turtles (1970, #105)

Lady – Little River Band (1979, #10)

Summerlove Sensation – Bay City Rollers (1974, did not chart in the U.S. but made it to #3 in the U.K. and charted in Australia as well.)





The Guitar Man – Bread (1972, #11)

It Wouldn’t Have Made Any Difference – Todd Rundgren (1972)

Shower the People – James Taylor (1976, #22)

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









Host Next Week (Sept 26):  John Simon with a spotlight on 1966





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